Box 19, Folder 19, Document 5

Box 19, Folder 19, Document 5

LAW OFFICES OF
JOHNSON, OXFORD & TAYLOR

ATLANTA FEDERAL SAVINGS BUILDING
ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
J, N. JOHNSON PHONES JA, 2-4966
CLIFFORD OXFORD JA. 39-8081
EUGENE S. TAYLOR



JOSEPH W. LOVE

FRANK W. BRANDON
WILLIAM W. EPSTEIN August 6 3 1963

W. P. WILBANKS, JR.

Honorable Ivan Allen
Mayor of Atlanta
City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Ivan:

I want to commend you on your position relative to the
"Public Accommodations Bill,"

I feel that it is encumbered upon Congress to pass a law
that would give direction to the various cities. This would
certainly clarify the position of those cities so that they
would know how to enforce the law or else there would be no
law they could enforce.

It is a most controversial issue in Atlanta today, and
it took a great deal of courage for you to speak out on it.
I think that most of the antipathy for such a law comes from
ignorance, but it is perfectly obvious that in a country where
the people with whom we were engaged in war a few years ago
are welcomed into a restaurant, and the citizens of this
country who fought against them in behalf of America are
refused can't be right and something has got to be done
to rectify this great human error.

With kindest regards, I am



Sincerely yours4

Clifford Oxford




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