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C ITY OF ATLAN ~ - -143.215.248.55 12:56, 29 December 2017 (EST)Jkrv WHEREAS 1 the President of the United States and the Congress have expressed the nati,onal will of the people through enactm~nt of the Economic Opportunity Act and creation of the Office of Economi_c Opportunity as a means towards eliminating the causes of poverty in this country; and ·l WHEREAS, the Job C~rps was established as an integral and vital part of the national 'Anti-Poverty Program, to provide disadvantaged young men and women with a chance to acquire the skills and attitudes needed to become useful and productive members of the community; and WHEREAS, the Job Corps has provided a real service to the people of this country and the pe9ple of Atlanta,, with the united efforts of leaders in the field of commerce and organized · labor to give useful employment to thousands of our citizens; and WHEREAS, a Job Corps Exhibition, sponsored by leading industrial and educational organizations opens to the public August 16, 1968 at the Regency-Hyatt House, which will tell _the dramatic story of the Job Corps under the title "A Chance to be Somebody"; , .,. NOW 1 THEREFORE 1 I, Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor of the City of Atlanta, do h e r eby proclaim the w eek of August 19 - 24 , 1968 JOB CORPS WEEK in Atlanta and urge a ll citizens to support the c·ommendable work of the Job Corps. IN WITNESS W HE REOF, I have h e r eunto se t my h and and cau se d the Seal of the City of Atlanta to be affixed. ·l ·i �