We have seen with astonishment and dismay the action of the
Georgia House of Representatives in denying Representative Julian
Bond his legally elected seat as a member of that body. Their action
has struck a blow at the fundamental right of all Americans to free
speech as guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States.

Many of the undersigned disagree vehemently with Mr. Bond's
views. Others vigorously support them. But his views, whether we
abhor or applaud them, are not at stake. What is at stake is the
right of every American freely to express his opinion, without fear
of retaliation, intimidation or harrassment.

Some of the members of the House of Representatives, in denying Mr. Bond his seat, claimed they were motivated by patriotism. If so, they seriously misapprehend their duty as patriots. Our national leaders have proclaimed that the mission of the United States abroad -- in Viet Nam and in other areas of the globe -- is to promote the cause of democracy against the forces of totalitarianism and repression. The Georgia House of Representatives has done a grievous disservice to that cause by suppressing at home the very democracy we seek to promote abroad. This paradox cannot fail to be observed by the peoples we seek to influence.

Perhaps we can state our position best by quoting the words
of President Lincoln just over a hundred years ago:

"What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements or bristling sea coasts. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prized liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere."

It is this standard we urge upon our representatives. It
is this sentiment we ask all Georgians to support.

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Atlanta Chapter of the United Nations Association

DR. FRANK GRAHAM TO BE SPEAKER

AT UNITED NATIONS TUESDAY

Atlanta, Georgia, November 5 --

Dr. Frank Graham, United States Representative on the United Nations Committee for India and Pakistan affairs, will be the speaker at the United Nations Dinner to be held at the Progressive Club on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:15 p.m. He will speak on "The United Nations in Perspective and Hope". During the evening the Sylvan Hills High School Mixed Choir of 160 voices will provide musical entertainment. The choir is under the direction of Miss Peggy Newfield and Susan Wilson and Shelia Lombard are accompanists. Art work from the students at Turner High School will be exhibited under the direction of Mrs. Alma Simmons.

Tickets to the dinner cost $4.25 and checks made payable to the United Nations Dinner may be mailed to Rawson Haverty, president, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Commerce Building, or to the UNA of the USA, Room 361, 1401 Peachtree Street, N.E. Reservations and information regarding tickets may be obtained by telephoning TR. 6-4800.

A Miss Phillips who participated in the recent demonstrations and was jailed has written an account of her experiences. I have not seen the copy, but if you are interested, I can get a copy of it and have it mailed to you - for background material maybe for your writings.

When you were here in 1960 astutely reciting poetry at Clark or was it Appelman - anyway, backstage drinking SCOTCH were Baldwin Burroughs and Alma Simmons. Alma related this to Ves Harper who stated that you would have much preferred being backstage with them instead of going to an after poetry reading TEA!

Ves is extremely busy with the customing of HAMLET - he came out to my apartment briefly for steak, salad, baked potatoes - and he brought a lovely dry light red wine and he told us of your JERICHO JIM-CROW production and Dr. Killingsworth came over at my invite and talked and drank lovely dry light red wine and the next evening gave me a hugh piece of delicious lemon pie...

And, of course, Nese will be here - come this Friday - and Friday is my payday - and maybe we can have steak and baked potatoes for her - only I have the ownership of exactly two plates, two forks, two knives and four spoons - however will I serve four people...

Just answer either yes or no about the Phillips manuscript and I'll do the rest if your answer is yes...

We can't shop for Easter - another boycott - we are only supposed to buy medicine and food - oh, my aching running stockings!

Thank you for you...

Harriett

Aw...the forsythia is in bloom...the daffodils and jonquils are grren and spikey -
the trees are budding - t'is almost here - this wondrous SPRING - it comes so early -
so softly - so lovely.

About four weeks ago there were intense demonstrations - a great number of students -
white and Negro were arrested and faculty members from Atlanta University and Spelman
College. It was a cold Monday night: I was returning from IBM class out on Peach-
tree and got out of the car downtonw to watch. From 10 until 12 every moment of
this was observed. It is a most memorable experience. The police had requested the
demonstrators to watch a certain distance apart - quietly. When I reached the area
of demonstrations, they was a small group silently walking around the restaurant of
Charlie Leb. Charlie is Jewish - he owns about five restaurants in the Atlanta area
and has been a target for demonstrating since last summer. Prior to the Monday night
event, the Saturday - a great number of us sat in at Charlies. His prices are very
high. Coffe is 15 cents - a hot dawg with french fries costs .60. The target that
Saturday was the Krystal Hamburger chain - which having been forewarned of the demon-
strators had closed its downtown places - so the students swept en masse past Krystals
and entered Charles Lebs. It is well organized. Before they leave the black ghetto
districts, each student determines whether he will go to jail or leave when asked.
And names are taken of those who are not going to leave an area when asked by the police.
I went in with them - not to enter a jail - merely to sit in and was delighted because
if Charlie had served the students - many of them did not have the .60 for a hat dog.
Two fellas sat with me in the knowledge that I had $5 and could pay for them if they
ordered. We filled Charlies - white, Negro - youth, adults. There is a strange sweet
eloquence - Americans - all ages - sitting together - united in a belief. Of course -
we weren't served - Charlie had the lights turned off and declared the place closed.
One of the demonstrators wryly remarked that the Student Movement should coin a new
song - we were eating the kosher pickles on the tables - in the dark - he said somone
should write a song - pickles in the dark. Then the police came and asked us to leave.
We left - and those who did not were the ones signed to go to jail. An unusual factor
concerning the student's demonstrating downtown was the use of Negro policemen. Hereto-
fore NO NEGRO POLICE had ever been seen on the downtown streets of Atlanta - but Chief
Jenkins criticized by the Civil Rights people for the white police's handling of the
students prior to the Saturday event - wisely chose Negro police to handle the pre-
dominantly Negro demonstrators. I left about 4 - and at 5 PM Dick Gregroy joined the
demonstrators at Charlies. Nothing unusual happened - the demonstrations continued
until 11 PM that night. The students were guilty of one act that received national
publicity - they urinated on the floors in the men's room after Charlie locked the
"john" doors. There's a letter in this week's TIME magazine written by a Negro woman
expressing her disgust at this type of behavior.

But Monday night was the tremendous demonstration...I had turned the corner one block
above Charlies - when I encountered one of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating girls
waving a great sea of oncoming humanity - that extended for blocks - even three little
children - all types of people - slum Negroes poorly clad - students - adults joining
from the street - there were enough to encircle Charlies for a half city block - walking
closely together - the black police vans were there - lined deeply were the motorcycles
of the transport police - police squad cars - the street traffic was heavy with many, many
persons - white and Negro driving around and around observing...the street across from
Charlies to the extent of three city blocks was lined with milling white and Negro
observers. IT WAS DANGEROUS, TENSE, FRIGHTENING...

And there those people walked - around and around - silently UNTIL Mrs. Cerny (white -
wife of a Spelman faculty member sought to gain admittance to Charlie Lebs and was
either kicked or pushed by a customer leaving the restaurant. I was a block from
Lebs, but I could hear this great graon - the police put Mrs. Cerny in the black
van and drove away - and suddenly, the voices started the illegal singing -

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BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER - WE SHALL OVERCOME
WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH MY MIND SET ON FREEDOM...

And the black vans began moving - and the police were there - and the newspaper cameramen were flashing and the crowds were milling close to see - as the demonstrators were falling limp and being carried to the waiting vans...and this started at about 10:30 and at 12 - they were still being placed in vans. The crowd after the leaders had been taken away became disorganized - I followed them as a lesser group went about six city blocks away over to the jail - the students inside were pounding on the bars singing their songs - the students outside were singing and demonstrating and being placed in vans. One Negro policeman noticing an observing acquaintance of his remarked - "Man, don't you get in this demonstration, because you are too big and fat for me to hafta pick up"....

Aftermath resulted in long trials for the students - fines...denunciation by the white and Negro community of their demonstrating - and there has been and still is injustice. A particular white girl - of whom you may have read in your local press - I saw her the Monday night and asked her if she was going to jail and she replied negatively because as an exchange student from Connecticut to Spelman, she was due off campus that Wednesday. I was so surprised to learn of her being in jail and on trial - she was meted this week either 6 months in jail - 12 month of hard labor - $1,000 fine and a $15,000 propery bond - as of this writing she is out on bond -

There is a lull - Charlie Leb had an article printed in the paper that he is going to sell his restaurant because he'll loose money if he serves Negroes patrons - which is very true. He also questions why the Negro demonstrators chose his - as a representative of the Jewish minority - and wisely remarked that other whites were not helping him - because they were safe in the knowledge that Negroes would not demonstrate at their places. And this too, - is true.

I've realized that demonstrations must not remain in the perspective of Negroes demonstrating (which it has meant to me for a number of years) for their redress of grievances - demonstrations must represent all mankind stressing the human worth and dignity for everyone - everywhere. This is the Christ or Buddha or Confuscious - this is the godhead in us -

I keep qu questioning the necessity of a wise, just, good God permitting so much evil - but it is explained over and over again to me that man has to grow thru his own endeavors in the aspect of making this with each generation a nicer world - I certainly hope this is true - for if it isn't - then JESUS has been a futile gesture on God's part...