Box 19, Folder 19, Document 16

Box 19, Folder 19, Document 16

First Methodist Church

1630 HINMAN AVENUE
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

August 27, 1963

Mayor Ivan Allen
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Ivan:

Though we now find ourselves living on the North
Shore of Lake Michigan, we keep in close contact
with Atlanta through the daily Atlanta Constitu-
tion. Also, we have been privileged to have two
months this summer at our mountain cabin near
Dahlonega, Georgia; so we have met and talked
with many of our friends in and around Atlanta.



I want you to know again how grateful I am for

the leadership you are giving in Atlanta and so
many areas, I understand that through your recent
testimony on the Kennedy Civil Rights legislation
there is extra turbulenee in your life. Let me say,
however, that the whole nation is grateful - and
more of the South than you may realize - for your
forthright honesty.

Don't let the difficulty of witness ever cause
your spirits to flag! Being right is the only
reward we ought to desire. I am sure this is
satisfaction enough for you.

Sincerely,

red

DK:ep Dow Kirkpatrick