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October, 1968

Dear friends,

This is another issue of my newsletter. I hope you have enjoyed receiving it, and that you will continue to send me the names and addresses of other people in our district that you think might want to read it too.

I want to thank all of you who voted for me in the primary. I hope even more of you will turn out to vote on November 5 in the General Election, and that you will not forget to vote for the kind of men and women who will vote for you.

You all know the fine record that former Congressman Charles Weltner had when he represented us. You know that Vice-President Hubert Humphrey has always supported civil rights, while his opponents have done everything they could to keep Negroes down.

For your information, I have listed on the second page of this letter a report on thepprogress we have received with the Democratic administration. If we will continue to stick with the party that gave us John F. Kennedy, I believe we will continue to progress.

I hope most of you have noticed the traffic and street improvements in our District. These include some paving of side-walks, the new traffic lights near Elm and Fair Streets, the paving of Beckwick Street, and the new dividing lines on Ashby Street.

There were a lot of people who got mixed up about what precinct they vote in during the last election. Once again, I am