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Dear Mayor Allen,

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Only persons living in the South could appreciate your bravery and the abuse you will undoubtedly encounter because of it. 

 

My hat is off to you, Sir. You are my nomination for “Man of the Year.”

 

I am a white transplantation Yankee who has lived in the South only six years, but have found many kind, reasonable and realistic people here and also “the other kind” so again - Congratulations -

 

Sincerely, 

 

Jean Betty Meyers(Mrs. R.M.)