Box 19, Folder 3, Document 31

Box 19, Folder 3, Document 31

UNITED STATES PLYWOOD CORPORATION

SOUTHERN PINE MANUFACTURING DIVISION
4651 ROSWELL ROAD, N. E.—ATLANTA, GA. 30305
TELEPHONE: 255-5447





WELDWOOD’|

Manufacturers of Weldwood Plywood
and Allied Products



September 12, 1966

The Honorable Richard B. Russell
The United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:

The situation here in Atlanta is steadily getting worse
according to all news reports. I am so afraid of what is happen-
ing to our City’. ‘One’ person killed and three people hurt Satur-
day night, and the tension is mounting. :-It seems such a waste,
the hate that is spread around the world. If we could only live
and love and forget our differences - wouldn't it be a great
place to live.

I feel that something had better be done soon to ease the
poverty situation for both the black man and the white man.
Couldn't we start by relabeling some of our "Foreign aid" to read
"American aid", and organize a system where men could earn this
aid by way of keeping their self respect in some organized work
system? I don't believe people want to be given help. They want
the right to earn it; but heaven only knows they need it. Why
can't our government realize this and alleviate the situation?

We, the laymen, are helpless in this respect, and I'm afraid it

is up to you and others like you to help save America's frecdom.

I am not trying to be dramatic. Our freedom is at stake because

we are afraid to walk the streets due to the unrest and anarchism
rising in our beloved cities and states. Is this what is to become
of our Nation that our forefathers founded and gave their lives so
willingly for? Are we so intent on making good impressions on other
nations that we forsake our own people? I ask you, is it worth the
sacrifice? Sure other nations need our help, but if we can't do
both I think the situation here is much more dangerous and should
get help first. Violence nor force can help this situation. Only
a full understanding of the problem by the government can help.

In closing I would like to remind you of something I hope none
of us will ever forget. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The Honorable Richard B. Russell September 12, 1966
The United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

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-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth
of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

amet Liber

Mrs. Jennie Elder
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