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1968-03-03 Fort Madison Human Rights Commission to the Iowa State Highway Commission Page 4

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when the time comes.
We feel that the real concern should be not for the few business interests, but rather for the homeless and inadequately compensated families that this new concept will produce.
In other words, gentlemen, we of the Fort Madison Human Rights Commission are concerned mostly about the people whose lives this new concept will disrupt than with the vaguely explained and so-called benefits of a relocation of a highway through the city of Fort Madison. It is a waste of time as well as money, in this day and age to run a highway through a city,...but the most important fact, and this is why we are asking to be given time at the hearing on March 7, 1968 at Sacred Heart Hall, is that there are hundreds of people who are being unfairly subjected to the will of a few.
The above constitutes the subject matter which we wish to discuss. We will appreciate your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Charles Bolden, Chairman
Fort Madison Commission on Human Relations

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-4- when the time comes. We feel that the real concern should be not for the few business interests, but rather for the homeless and inadequately compensated families that this new concept will produce. In other words, gentlemen, we of the Fort Madison Human Rights Commission are concerned mostly about the people whose lives this new concept will disrupt than with the vaguely explained and so-called benefits of a relocation of a highway through the city of Fort Madison. It is a waste of time as well as money, in this day and age to run a highway through a city,...but the most important fact, and this is why we are asking to be given time at the hearing on March 7, 1968 at Sacred Heart Hall, is that there are hundreds of people who are being unfairly subjected to the will of a few. The above constitutes the subject matter which we wish to discuss. We will appreciate your cooperation. Sincerely, Charles Bolden, Chairman Fort Madison Commission on Human Relations