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Gene E. Coffee, Secretary
DEAR MR• MAYOR:
AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE9 THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH HAVE NOT
HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT WHICH THEY ARE CAPABLE OF AT—
TAINING. THIS HAS NOT BEEN BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN WISHES9 OR TIIE WISHES
OF THE WHITE PEOPLE HEREV BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNI—
TIES. WE ARE IN LARGE MEASURE AN AGRICULTURAL SECTION AND HAVE BEEN
SINCE THIS REGION WAS SETTLED IN THE LATE 170O'S AND EARLY 180OtS• NOWy
WITH RAPID MECHAHIZATOON OF FARMING METHODS, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROL Of
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WHICH TAKES MILLIONS OF ACRES OUT OF PRODUCTION
AND PUTS IT INTO FORESTS AND GRAZING LANOS9 AND THE LESSENING NEED FOR
FARM LABORS WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION OF HAVING A HUGE LABOR
SURPLUSI MOST OF THEM BEING OUR COLORED FARM LABORERS*
WE BELIEVE WE KNOW THE LABOR NEEDS OF VARIOUS SECTIONS OFSHE COUNTRY
YOU HAVE
AND HAVE CONCLUDED THAT YOUR AREA HAS A LABOR SHORTAGE -
SET AN EXAMPLE OF EMPLOYMENT
ALL�REGARDLESS
1,IOULD061KERACE
TOASENOOARNUMBER EOF OUiABELIEVE
FOR
IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES PLEASE LET US KNOW THE NUMBER
COLORED PEOPLE TO YOUR AREA FOR EMPLOYMENT.
WILL SEE TO IT THAT THEY ARE WELL EM—
NEEDEOI THE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHO
PLOYEDS AND THE HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE FOR THEM AS SOME
OF THEM HAVE VERY LARGE F
WE WILL HELP THEM TO MOVE TO YOUR CITY AND O BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SUPPLY
ANY NUMBER THAT YOU WISH• WE HAVE HEARM OF YOUR FINE PEOPLE AND KNOW
WE SINCEELY
THAT YOURS is A LAM ABIDING CITY LNCONSIDERATRON. FEEL THAT OUR SUGGESTION
WILL BE GIVEN YOUR MOST THOUGI9TFU
PLEASE
LET US NEAR FROM YOU REGARDING THIS MATTER AT YOUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY*
OURSELVES THE SOLE RIGHT TO REJECT OR ACCEPT ANY OR ALL
OURSE
WE RESERVE FOR THE EMPLOYERS CONDITIOM OF EMPLOYMENT ARE
OFFERS 0P EA9PL®YMEBAT tNS9FAR AS
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