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Box 19, Folder 18, Document 110
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
August 30, 1963
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
.Mayor of Atlanta
Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen:
It was with great pleasure and
pride that I read your eloquent testimony be-
fore the Commerce Committee of the United States
Senate earlier this summer. I was in New York
at the time and I was happy to show my friends
there the issue of the New York Times which
carried the story, and to let them know the
kind of leadership we have here in Atlanta.
Despite occasional lapses and embarrassing set-
backs, all of which you wisely acknowledged,
Atlanta is showing the South and the nation
that orderly change is being effected. With the
same kind of leadership, it can also be done in
other places in the nation.
I hope the young men from Bowdoin and
Williams Colleges, whom you graciously received
when they visited Morehouse last spring, will
read your statement. It was a forthright and
courageous document that did not attempt to
cover up what still must be done in our city.
Because of it, your personal and political
prestige have enhanced the good image of
Atlanta.
incerely yours,
A
tler T. Henderson
Assistant to the President
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
August 30, 1963
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
.Mayor of Atlanta
Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen:
It was with great pleasure and
pride that I read your eloquent testimony be-
fore the Commerce Committee of the United States
Senate earlier this summer. I was in New York
at the time and I was happy to show my friends
there the issue of the New York Times which
carried the story, and to let them know the
kind of leadership we have here in Atlanta.
Despite occasional lapses and embarrassing set-
backs, all of which you wisely acknowledged,
Atlanta is showing the South and the nation
that orderly change is being effected. With the
same kind of leadership, it can also be done in
other places in the nation.
I hope the young men from Bowdoin and
Williams Colleges, whom you graciously received
when they visited Morehouse last spring, will
read your statement. It was a forthright and
courageous document that did not attempt to
cover up what still must be done in our city.
Because of it, your personal and political
prestige have enhanced the good image of
Atlanta.
incerely yours,
A
tler T. Henderson
Assistant to the President
BTH :gm
oc Zs
aed NE yi \e PS
My
*
Vor
—
aK
Os
“EGE e
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