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r. Ir, TRAINING CORPORATION OF AMERICA INC. _ ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I v 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 J' May 27, 1968 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Mayor City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Area Code 703 Telephone 534-9595 ~ ,1- /~ D~)~~ My dear Mr. Allen: The Training Corporation of America (TCA), an affiliate of Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO), is an educational organization with extensive experience in developing, operating, and managing vocational training programs for the hard-core unemployed. TCA also has planned and evaluated a variety of educational endeavors in the U.S. and overseas . Recently, TCA has been discussing pre-vocational training for Atlanta's hard-core unemployed with NAB and the Chamber of Commerce. Briefly, we understand, through discussions with Mr. Clinton Rogers, that National Alliance for Businessmen has developed numerous job commitments i n Atlanta. A program can be deve loped which would train the young hard-core unemp loyed for these jobs in a non-residential, co-educational center that wiZ Z r e late itself in a most meaningful way with your school system. In this manner, Atlanta's industries could fulfill their job commitments to NAB by hiring trained hard-core unemployed. Federal funding of such training may be available through a singl e training contractor, such as TCA, in the proposed Inner-City Job Corps Training Center program to be funded this summer by OEO. Only five cities are to be funded. The Training Corporation of America, which operates both OEO and Labor Department training programs, would Zike to propose to the OEO the establishment of one of these centers in Atlanta. In order to prepare such a proposal, TCA feels the city ' s approval of the Inner-City Job Corps concept is essential. ARTS & SCIENCES • BUSINESS &TECHNOLOGY �Honorable Ivan Allen, Mayor - 2 - 27 May Z968 At a rrrutuaZZy agreeable time, we would Zike to discuss with you and your staff the details of such a specialized training center for Atlanta. Sincerely, TRAINING CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. LEO A. SCHMIDT Vice President & General Manager LAS/pam �