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Jim Gibson
February 9, 1972
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would, with a slightly more philosophic bent.

John is all things.

As more come to mind, I will send them on.

Keep in touch. Let me know what develops.

In additional note: many of the Black elected officials here - not
excluding myself - are leery of coming to meetings and making decisions
with people who unlike ourselves, don't have go before the public
every two or four years and explain our actions. There doesn't seem
to be much interest here in the Convention, particularly since what
many thought was semi-decided at the Northlake meeting was never acted
on or followed through, and particularly since the Southern Black
Caucus Meeting in Mobile which has never developed into anything at
all, which did pass resolutions which no one but me has ever lived up to.

Sincerely,

Julian Bond

Jim Gibson
Potomac Institution
1501 18th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036