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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 MARIETTA STREET BLDG. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Miss Ann Ingram Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Building, N. W. Room 600 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 �\ \ EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE .OF ECONOMIC WASHINGTON , D.C. 20506 Clllll(JI I lJNITY July 11, 1968 Mr. Dan Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: Attached you will find a brochure which will give you some idea of the Job Corps art exhibition entitled "A Chance To Be Somebody". As I mentioned on the phone, the exhibition began January 18 in New York City at the Time-Life Building. After New York, the exhibition hit Chicago, Minneapolis , Omaha , St. Louis. And the schedule reflects that it will hit Atlanta around August 15 . After Atlanta, it goes to Houston, Los Angeles (with a show in Los Angeles and one in the Watts section), Portland and Cleveland. It is my understanding that Sc.ripto is the Atlanta sponsor. And Mary Lou has the "scoop" on the whole thing. Of course, Scripto will decide how many they will invite to the opening but they invited 1500 in New York. It was a swinging affair. You mentioned the poor being invited on the phone. We hope to in some way establish an ongoing program for all segments of the Atlanta population to view the exhibit while it is in the city. It will be there through Labor Day . The opening is one way that we can pull in the busines smen , civic leaders, art community, etc., so that they can possibl1 have ideas about bringing other people in after the opening. I know that you will be contacted ab ou t this soon . And I hope you can do what you can to make this opening a success. 1 1 11 be down before too long and hope to see you then. Best regards always, 9~ ��vocational skills Job Corps vocational instruction is planned in steps so a Corps member can enter employment after each level of training. However, each member is urged to train in as many skill levels as possible to increase his employment potential. Here are vocational skills taught by Job Corps. AUTOMOTIVE BUILDING SERVICES CLOTHING SERVICES COMPUTER OPERATIONS COSMETOLOGY CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES ELECTRICAL/ ELECTRONICS FOOD SERVICES GRAPHIC ARTS HEALTH SERVICES HEAVY EQUIPMENT LANDSCAPE/ NURSERY MACHINE TRADES OFFICE & CLERICAL OFFICE MACHINE REPAIR RETAIL SALES Here are sample comments received from employers: INLAND STEEL CO., East Chicago, Indiana : Job Corps graduates currently on our rolls have demonstrated good work abilities and habits. They · are most cooperative and industrious, and reflect only credit on their training in the Job Corps. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC., Attleboro, Massachusetts : We have but one regret in hiring John- we wish we hired ten more like him . John is extremely well regarded and mixes very well with his associates. Job Corps is the Office of Economic Opportunity's voluntary program of human renewal and work readiness. To accomplish its purpose , Job Corps seeks lo comp ensate youngsters for a childhood spent in social , economic, and educational deprivation . Job Corps teaches basic reading and mathematics skills to youth who cannot read a simple sentence or solve a second -grade arithmetic problem . Job Corps offers guidance to young men and women who genera Ily have come from broken homes, with little in the way of adult supervision or control. Job Corps offers medical and dental care for its members-the majority of whom have had no previous contact with a doctor or dentist. Job Corps teaches vocational and employment skills to youth who not only have never held jobs, but who also lack the ability to find jobs. Job Corps teaches the importance of respect and responsibility to youth who have become bitter and hostile as a result of their deprivation . Job Corps shows young people that differences and problems are better resolved by democratic processes than by viol ence. Job Corps provides the alternative of productive and responsible citizen~h_ip for thousands who might otherwise have· known continued poverty , illiteracy, unemployment, and delinquency. program 1. Untitled/ L~RRY ANGEL/ Honolulu , Hawaii/Vocation: Art 2. H1eroglyph1cs/ ARTHUR ARNOLD/ Pacific Grove, California . Vocation : Forestry 3. Untitled/ STUART ASHKANAZY/ Miami , Florida . . . Vocation : Office Machine Repair 4. Sti ll Life/ MYRA BARNETT / Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Vocation: Key Punch Operation 5. Untitled/VI NC ENT CASCIO/ Boston , Massachusetts Vocation : Clerical Skills continued STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF OHIO, Cleveland : If Miss P. is in any way indicative of your training and the type of student Job Corps can produce, you are to be commended . You are doing a very necessary and excellent job . ST. MARGARET HOSPITAL, Kansas City , Kansas : J. is doing quite well. Her job knowledge is good , her relationship with co-workers excellent. She is neat and anxious to cooperate . If you have other trainees like J., I would like to- hire tflem . IBM, San Jose, California : We have employed 23 Job Corps graduates and in general are quite satisfied . We feel that Corpsmen make good employees and have a very good attitude toward their work and learning. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, Chicago : The 16 boys we re ceived from Job Corps have all been placed in food service positions in Chicago and suburban areas . All employers, as well as fellow workers, show complete satisfaction with the boys' ability and eagerness to learn . UNI -ROYAL INC ., Joliet, Illinois: Our experience in employing Job Corps graduates has been excellent. They have made steady progress and in some cases received promotions. They have impressed me with their cooperation and willingness to abide by company rules and policies , and their desire to succeed . They have intense loyalty to the Job Corps and show a determination to make good so the road might be easier for other graduates. �vocational skills Job Corps vocational instruction is planned in steps so a Corps member can enter employment after each level of training. However, each member is urged to train in as many skill levels as possible to increase his employment potential. Here are vocational skills taught by Job Corps. AUTOMOTIVE BUILDING SERVICES CLOTHING SERVICES COMPUTER OPERATIONS COSMETOLOGY CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES ELECTRICAL/ ELECTRON I CS FOOD SERVICES GRAPHIC ARTS HEAL TH SERVICES HEAVY EQUIPMENT LANDSCAPE/ NURSERY MACHINE TRADES OFFICE & CLERICAL OFFICE MACHINE REPAIR RETAIL SALES Job Corps is a unique partnership of Federal, state, and local governments, of private enterprise , trade unions, universities, social agencies, and community groups. The 93 Job Corps conservation centers are operated on public lands by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior, and by four states. The 28 urban and 3 special centers, located generally at unused military bases or leased private facilities , are operated under contract by 18 large companies , seven universities, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, The Texas Educalional Foundation , Inc., and the Young Women's Christian Association . Job Corps trainees are helped to find jobs by the U. S. Department of Labor, and the state employment services. Two voluntary agencies, Women In Community Service (WICS) and Joint Action for Community Service (JACS), help trainees adjust to community life and stick with their jobs. WICS also recruits for Job Corps, as does the AFL-CIO . 1. Untitled/ LARRY ANGEL/ Honolulu , Hawaii/Vocation: Art 2. Hieroglyphics/ ARTHUR ARNOLD/ Pacific Grove, Californi a Vocation: Forestry 3. Untitled/ STUART ASHKANAZY/ Miami, Florida Vocation : Office Machine Repair 4. Still Life/ MYRA BARNETT/ Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Vocation : Key Punch Operation 5. Untitled/VINCENT CASC IO/ Boston , Massachusetts Vocation : Clerical Skills u continued Youngsters enter a residential, educational, and work-skill training program that is without parallel in American education . At the 124 Job Corps centers, the program includes : individual tutoring and counseling, both formal and informal; trained staff to supervise and help enrollees 24 hours a day and on weekends; special new self-instructional materials to help enrollees move along at their own speed; modern equipment, donated by business firms, to teach modern vocational skills. who comes to Job Corps? Young men and women between the ages of 16 and 22, who are out of school, unable to find an adequate job, and in need of a change of environment to become useful and productive citizens-these are the young people who come to Job Corps. Six of every 10 come from broken homes; 63 percent from homes where the head of the household was unemployed; 60 percent live in substandard housing; 64 percent have been asked to leave school; 80 percent have not seen a doctor or dentist in 10 years. Only about 60 percent ever helcj a job, full or part-time, and their average annual salary was $639. More than half of the male recruits of draft age are unfit for military serv.ice for educational or health reasons. A youngster entering Job Corps has a reading and math ability of about fifth grade, on the average, even though he or she has completed nine years of school. More than 30 percent of new enrollees cannot read or write. Most enrollees have never slept between sheets, never shared a bedroom with only one other. Some have never had electric lights. Almost all have developed an acute resistance to conventional schooling. For every 10 months spent in Job Corps, the average youngster gains one and one-half grade levels in reading, and almost two grade levels in mathematics. Similar gains are made in vocational training. Job Corps members grow accustomed to early rising, to regular hours, to daily exercise and sports. They learn how to get along with all kinds of people- both in Job Corps, and outside. They develop good work habits and a new sense of responsibility . They find direction, a "way to go." Job Corps is the Office of Economic Opportunity's voluntary program of human renewal and work readiness . To accomplish its purpose, Job Corps seeks to compensate youngsters for a childhood spent in social , economic, and educational deprivation . Job Corps teaches basic reading and mathematics skills to youth who cannot read a simple sentence or solve a second-grade arithmetic problem . Job Corps offers guidance to young men and women who generally have come from broken homes, with little in the way of adult supervision or control. Job Corps offers medical and dental care for its members- the majority of whom have had no previous contact with a doctor or dentist. Job Corps teaches vocational and employment skills to youth who not only have never held jobs, but who also lack the ability to find jobs. Job Corps teaches the importance of respect and responsibility to youth who have become bitter and hostile as a result of their deprivation. Job Corps shows young people that differences and problems are better resolved by democratic processes than by violence. Job Corps provides the alternative of productive and responsible citizenship for thousands who might otherwise have· known continued poverty , illiteracy , unemployment, and delinquency. program what happens in Job Corps? where do they go from Job Corps? In its first three years, Job Corps has touched the lives of 165,000 young people . Otthe 124,000 who have gone through the program , 70 percent are making constructive use of the education and training they received in Job Corps. Over 69,000 have taken jobs, earning an average of $1.70 an hour; 10,600 have gone back to school or on to college; and 8,800 are serving in the armed forces . Among the present employers of Job Corps trainees are Campbell Soup, Western Electric, Chrysler, Ford, Avco, Lockheed , Sears, Honeywell , General Electric, Liberty Mutual, United Air Lines, DuPont, Cessna Aircraft, Continental Baking, Safeway, Burroughs, IBM, ITT, Consolidated Edison, AMPEX, General Motors, Uni-Royal. These paintings are by-products of what many consider the most significant function of Job Corps : setting free the individual's basic ability to learn . They are by Corps members from all over the country, young men and women training for many different kinds of jobs. To become independent and responsible citizens in today's society , Corps members must first learn to understand and appreciate themselves and the world about them . In Job Corps they have this chance through a broad spectrum of learning experiences, including art. An elective activity, Job Corps' art program has helped develop bright new confidence in thousands of young people by giving them their first sense of accomplishment. This exhibition is tangible proof of what can happen when creative and learning capabilities are unlocked . Sixteen of the private organizations which operate Job Corps centers under contract to OEO have made this ~xhibition possible. They are: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Avco Corporation Brunswick Corporation Burroughs Corporation Delta Education Corporation General Learning Corporation International Business Machines Corporation International Telephone & Telegraph c·orporatlon Northern Natural Gas Company Packard Bell Electronics Corporation Philco-Ford Corporation Radio Corporation of America Training Corporation of America U. s. Industries, Inc. Westinghouse Electric Corporation Xerox Corporation �contributions to the nation Even while training, Job Corpsmen are contributing to national betterment. In improving the Nation's forests, parks, and grasslands, they have performed conservation work worth $38,000,000 to the Nation. Corpsmen have built and maintained 4900 miles of roads, thousands of picnic tables, fireplaces and parking spaces. They have developed and improved 76 miles of fishing streams and 16,500 acres of fish and wildlife habitat. They have planted 15,900 acres of trees and shrubs, and improved and reforested 12,800 acres of timber. Forty-four young men at a Job Co,ps center near Oakland, Calif., all found Jobs in the same company last week-as U.S. Army paratroopers. T he 44, nearly all from poor f amilies, volunteered as a unit, and have been assigned to a special platoon at Fort Lewis, W ash.,jor basic training. Probably because of their stint at the Job Corps center, they averaged several points higher than the norm on the induction test. W ithout that added education, said R ecruiting Sergeant Darryl Adkins-himself a veteran paratrooper- only one out of four might have qualified for the airborne elite. -from T I M E, November 3, 1967 In time of disaster and danger, Corpsmen have labored around the clock - fighting fires, restoring flood-damaged areas, assisting in tornado clean up, and conducting search and rescue missions. service to lo~al communities Corpsmen and women also volunteer their leisure time and services in dozens of projects that benefit their host communities. They work with the handicapped, sponsor Little League baseball teams, donate evening time at homes for the aged. Some work with retarded youngsters, others shop for elderly people of the neighborhood. Several women's centers operate nursery schools for local children. Corps members paint ambulances and community recreation centers, construct wheelchair tables for paraplegics at veterans hospitals, build furniture for youngsters enrolled in Head Start,-collect and repair toys for needy children. All Job Corps centers contribute to such public causes as the March of Dimes, the American Red Cross, United Fund, the Muscular Dystrophy Association , United Cerebral Palsy, the Salvation Army. contribution to public education What Job Corps has learned about educating the school dropout is being applied in public school systems across the Nation, with the aim of helping to keep troubled youngsters in school as long as possible. I have virited over 25 Job Corps Centers and know the tremendous value this program is to the under-privileged y outh of our_country. I would like to personally help make this, their "last chance," a success. - Archie M oore, former boxing champion The interchange of teaching methods and materials between Job Corps and the public schools began in the summer of 1966, when 21 teachers from Seattle, Simi Valley(a Los Angeles suburb), Detroit, and Washington, D.C., took up year-long posts as staff members in four Job Corps conservation centers. At year-end, the teachers returned to their school systems to introduce Job Corps methods -and materials in-local classrooms. During the 1967-68 school year, 17 teachers from 11 urban school systems are teaching and learning in Job Corps centers. how to help a Job Corps trainee get a job If you are interested in employing a young man or woman trained by Job Corps, or if you want to help one of these young people find a job_and hold on to it- wnte or call one of the seven Job Corps Regional Offices : Office of Economic Opportunity Great Lakes Region 623 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605 Telephone : (312) 353-4775 Office of Economic Opportunity Southeast Region 730 Peachtree Street , N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Telephone: (404) 526-3178 continued 6. Canyon/ I NEZ CLAY/ Justice, West Virginia/Vocation : Retail Sales 7. Nature Print/NANCY CLAY/ Justice, West Virginia/ Vocation : Retail Sales 8. Purple Fish/ JAMES CRAWFORD/ Leavenworth. Kansas Vocation: Food Preparation and Service 9. Abstract/ ALMA DANIELS/ Seattle, Washington/Vocation : Data Processing 10. Landscape/ ROBERT DAVIS/ Baltimore, Maryland Vocation : Auto Mechanics 11. Daughter of the Sun/ BARBARA DEAN/ Newark, New Jersey Vocation: Clerical Skills 12. Landscape/ RICHARD DUNBAR/ Springfield, Ohio/ Vocation: Clerical Skills 13. Girl with Long Hair~ Maurice Dupont/ Seattle, Washington 14. Untitled Vocation: Photography 15. Abstract/ RAUL ES REMERA/ San Juan. Puerto Rico Vocation : Food Preparation and Service 16. Brothers/ GEORGE FINK/ Kirkland , Washington/ Vocation : Art . 17. Still Life/ PAUL FLOYD/ Decatur, Alabama/ Vocation: Electronics 18. Nature Print l JOH NETT A FORREST/ Baltimore, Maryland . . 19. Nature Print I Vocation: Secretarial 20. Free Form/ RHONDA K. FRAME/ Birch River, West Virgi nia Vocation: Retai I Sales 21. Still Life/ EDDY FRI ZZELL/ Kansas City, Missouri/Vocation : Auto Mechanics 22. Still Life/ ROSS FRYE/ Washington, D.C./Vocat1on : Data Processing . 23. Abstract/ MAX GARCIA/ Colorado Springs, Colorado/ Vocation: Surveying 24. Untitled/ BETTY HALTON/ Chicago, Illinois/ Vocation : Offset Pnntmg . 25. Untitled/ JAMES KENNEDY/ Berkeley, California/ Vocation: Clerical Skills 26. Abstract/LESLEY LAREAU/ Haleiwa, Hawaii/Vocation : Cleri"cal Skills 27. Guitar Player/ ROBERT LI NDSEY/ Birmingham, Alabama Vocation: Auto Mechanics 28. Prehistoric Birds/ PAUL McCASKILL/ Perrine, Florida/Vocation: A_rt 29. Untitled/ JAMES PARKS/ Bluff City, Tennessee/Vocation: Electronics 30. Sand Casting/ LOUISE PAUL/ Williamsburg, Kentucky Vocation: Nursing Assistant �Office of Economic Opportunity Mid-Atlantic Region 1832 M Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20506 Telephone: (202) 382-1235 Office of Economic Opportunity Northeast Region 72 West 45th Street New York, New York 10036 Telephone : (212) 573-6388 Office of Economic Opportunity Southwest Region 314 West Eleventh Street Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone : (512) GR 6-6411, Ext. 6384 Office of Economic Opportunity North Central Region 215 West Pershing Road Kansas City, Missouri 64108 Telephone : (816) 374-3661 Office of Economic Opportunity Western Region 100 McAI lister Street San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone : (415) 556-8844 The W eber B asi,z and Clearfield Centers have expressed a willingness to be of assista,zce a,zd to participate in community events. L ast T hanksgiving there were more invitations to the boys than there were boys to accept. - Preside nt, Greater O gden (Uta h ) C ha mber of Commerce I could have my Ph.D. , and it wouldn' t mean as much to me as - R esiden t worker in a J ob Corps Center two months here. 31. Abstract/VELM A POWELL/ Detroit, Michigan/ Vocation: Secretarial 32. Ink Print/PAULETTE PRENTICE/ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Vocation: Data Processing 33. Christmas/BILLY ROBINSON/ Little Rock, Arkansas/ Vocation: Electronics 34. Slums/ EDWARD SANTIAGO/ New York, New York Vocation: Medical Assistant 35. Felt Design/ JOE ANN SHORT/ Phoenix, Arizona/ Vocation : Cosmetology 36. Abstract/BILLY SMITH/ Berkeley, California/Vocation : Clerical Skills 37. Pharaoh/ RI CARDO THOMAS/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Vocation: Clerical Skills 38. Free Form/ JEANETTE TODD/ Atlanta, Georgia/ Vocation: Clerical Skills 39. Untitled I CLIFFORD van MILLER/ Wilmington , Delaware 40. Untitled I Vocation: Art 41. Collage/ JOHN WALULI K/ Hollywood, California/ Vocation : Auto Mechanics 42: Dolmens/ JAMES WOOLFORK/ New Brunswick, New Jersey Vocation : Clerical Skills 43. Untitled/ CLASS PROJECT/ Parks Job Corps Center Pleasanton, California �A ~ TO - ECO NOMIC OPP ORff UNITY ATLAN A, IN . ROUT_ING SLIP NAME AND /OR DIVIS ION BUILDING, ROOM, ET C. 1· . .LJJtt2~J aJJ,Jei-,4'/' 2. 3. 4. 5. D D D D D D 0 D D D HANDLE DIRECT D IMMEDIATE ACTION D INITIALS D NECESSARY ACTION D NOTE AND RETURN D PER OUR CONVERSATION D PER TELEPHONE CONVERSATION YOUR INFORMATION APPROVAL AS REQUESTED CONCURRENCE CORRECTION FILING FULL REPORT D D D D D READ AND DESTROY RECOMMENDATION SEE ME SIGNATURE YOUR COMMENT 0 0 ANSWER OR ACKNOWL EDGE ON OR BEFORE PREPARE REPLY FOR THE SIGNATURE OF REMARKS ~ ~ -143.215.248.55 - /A.1Fo~"4r~,c/ 4=r~ FROM - NAME AND / OR DI VISION BUILDING, ROOM, ETC. TELEPHONE GS A A TL A NT A G A 66 - 3 4 33 I DATE EO A• ADM• 2 �EOA FINANCE STATEMENT FOR YEAR 1968 STATUS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1968 I Program Direction GRANT NO. PERIOD 306/C 1/68- 12/68 306/C 16 6/68- 5/69 MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT Management Improvement Nash- Washi ng ton l1 rice Centra l City N. W. Perry Edgewood 2 ,2 32 435 , 970 52 , 943 ~ 541, 681 - 062 , 794 --2.Ll.QQ -1§.,_QQQ 451,738 - 02 , 232 , 18,000 453 , 970 37 000 89 , 943 120 , 747 146 ,317 159 , 778 145 , 014 187,889 72 , 1 91 144,463 133 , 609 155 , 502 148 , 199 137,598 61,675 50,799 16, 840 32,910 6 , 868 23,979 31 ,603 31,187 18 , 511 18 , 042 24,540 8,653 27 , 000 12 ,440 10, 81 9 109 , 126 127,519 126 , 137 110,128 164,514 120, 305 121,922 124,359 134,190 120,906 120,685 51,557 36,929 17, 498 29,994 14 ,178 34, 232 31,867 38 , 149 14,539 33,545 22 , 749 4,533 24,708 17,064 12,227 11, 621 18 ,7 98 ~ ~ 272 , 536 385 , 877 137,587 179,227 166,646 168,993 219,492 103 ,378 162 , 974 151,651 180,042 156,852 164,598 74,115 61 , 618 60 326 1, 987,49 9 2,100 , 840 - 040 , 432 40 ,2 99 37 , 477 21, 225 75 ,4 71 65 , 251 76 , 291 115 ,041 88,40: 45 30 (1)18,801 200 11 , 300 13 , 739 10, 539 8 , 341 22 ,000 25 , 213 41 , 337 23 , 270 31,881 14 ,425 18,801 200 51,732 54, 038 48 , 016 29,566 97 , 4 76 90,469 117, 627 138 , 311 120 , 282 59 732 605, 204 605 ,204 221 , 046 202,945 " " " " " " " " Pitts burgh " North Fulton " " Rockda l e " Gwinne tt SUB- TOTAL TOTAL GRANT " " " " " " ,," " " " " Cl!ILD DEVELOPMENT " " " Administra t ion " " ' " St. Paul College Park East Point . Fort Street Grady Homes " " " " " Bowen Home s Souths i de Tabernacle Vine City " " " SUll- TOTAL TOTAL GRANT NSC SUPPORT " Program For Aged Pl anned Par enthood Vocat i ona l Re habili ta t i on Employment Security Agency " " " " West End Child Development SUB TOTAL TOTAL GRANT HISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS 310 028 051 022 021, 026 Fo s ter Grandparents Legal Assistance " Summer Recr e at ion (1968) Summer Head s t art (1 968 ) SUB- TOTAL TOTAL GRANT GRAND TOTAL : 306/G GRANT - 19~8 " OTHER CAP PROGRAMS Full Year Re c . (1967 Carry-Over) Parent - Child Center Evaluation Center Comprehensive Health - EOA Comprehens i v e Health .. Fulton Compreh ensive Jleal th - Emory " " 306/B & C 8100 A/1 669920 8933 B/1 " " 5/68 -1 2/ 68 " " 9/67 - 3/68 1/1-4/68 8/67- 10/69 " " SUB - TOTAL TOTAL GRANT GRAN D TOTAL OEO GRANTS 1968, 1967 CARRY-OVER & DAY CARE FEES 604 , 475 ~ --11.,ill 1 , 510 ,188 306 , 716 126 , 624 157,513 140 , 315 144 , 360 196,381 158,454 136 ,461 157,904 156,939 125,439 145,393 68 ,621 49,156 53 344 1,816,904 34 , 241 - 034,342 36,741 31, 380 17,619 5 7, 720 59 , 307 69 , 619 98,466 77 , 588 --1Q..111 18 , 801 3,764 6, 545 9, 069 6,093 7,725 6,003 10,710 30 , 304 4 , 238 23, 724 _Lill 53,042 3,764 40,887 45 , 810 37 ,473 25,344 63, 723 70, 017 99 , 923 102 ,704 101,312 37 489 826 , 250 808 ,149 547 , 336 134 ,;15 2 681,488 102 ,866 120 ,430 120 ,892 38,3 25 11,852 -030,21,0 -049 775 --1Ll..§l 315 , 625 172, 417 315 , 625 170,417 223 , 296 159 , 21 7 11, 85 2 30 , 240 63 437 488,042 486 ,042 95 , 038 108,467 5,870 23,737 37,666 270, 77 8 91 , 030 18,901 - 0___L_§fil 111, 614 88, 731 24,105 54 , 756 271,93 9 48 7,690 620, 000 516,649 180 894 747 , 445 1,497,319 747 , 445 1,497, 319 4,674,792 1,569, 478 112 , 836 326 ,695 1,107,690 697 543 2 , 244 , 764 2 , 244 , 764 6 , 244 , 270 82 , 498 247,927 600,201 498 ,7 72 1 , 42 9,398 13,329 22 ,085 807 , 697 174 190 1,017,301 62 , 166 231, 250 230, 065 31,556 117,7 98 4,105,152 4 , 777,987 4 , 777 , 987 62,166 75,301 23 0,065 9 , 856 52 , 520 796 968 1 , 226 , 876 1,714 ,963 1, 714 ,963 -o- -o- 62,166 185,000 230,065 31 , 556 117 , 798 4,105,152 4,731 ,737 4 , 731, 737 46 , 250 -0-0-0- ·-o- 46 , 250 46,2 50 CEP 67-15 R3-8097- ll NYC - 1967-68 NYC - Summ,e r 081 083 ,I Job Corps Recrui tment Job Corps Gate House TOTAL DPL ARTS & HUMANITIES All Arts Program GRANT TOTAL ALL PROGRAMS NOTE: -o- 33, 641 34 , 886 23 , 375 (48,1 14: 22,5~1 9,250 21,312 27,2 93 16,913 10,118 13,870 ___Llll 204,775 (34 ,241; - 06,090 3,558 6,097 3,606 17,756 5 , 949 6,671 16 ,575 10 , 813 14 994 , - -,,,.., ,oo·c,~ 7 ,8'.! ::; 186, 068 127 , 368 5 , 870 23 , 737 I"' 39,349 382,392 12, 425 5, 98~· 6 , 503 12 1-0Si 44,84 7 6 , 23 :; 24 , 012 95,827 270,01 2 1 , 407 , 898 6 72 962 2,446 , 699 17, 877 67, 921 62,166 75 , 301 230 ,065 9, 856 52 , 520 796 968 1, 226 , 876 - 0109, 69S - 021 , 70[: 65 , 27f 3 308 18i. 3,504 , 861 19,7 9~· /,./7Z..,cu.f -0- -o- 0-o- 0- 0-0- 9 ,406 , 529 1,615,728 :11,022 , 257 C0;1TRACTS WI TH EOA ACEP Programs FEDERAL UNEXPE,DED 433 ,738 ,," " " " " Wes t Centra l Sum-Mee 052 095 350 230 ... 549 , 475 1 /68- 12/68 " East Central 077 078 086 088 089 . T nTS T "~AT 62 ,794 306/C " " South Fulton L, "" -~~ " Tn T n - NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS West End Ant i och T MAT 'C"T;'T\1,'n IT 486 ,681 TOTAL GRANT 01,3 01,11 01,5 01,6 047 048 071, 075 141 EXPENDED TO l l /30 'so BUDGETED PROGRk'1 COMMUNITY ACTION OE0-2885 B-89- 4621 6/67-9/68 10/67-10/68 1/68- 12/68 6 /68-6/69 6/68- 8/68 (1) Auth orizecl use o le Local Cos ts 4 , 315 ,473 1, 347,100 124,052 71 , 071 45 960 5,903,656 2 , 648 ,All 1, 168, 634 124, 052 63 , 274 13,466 4,018 ,037 36,982 58,745 21,763 14,860 , 736 2,030 , 682 16, 891, 4T'8 21,763 9,476 ,114 3 , 980 , 531 1, 210 , 830 124,052 71,071 _ _1,5 , 960 5 ,432,1,44 334 , 942 136,270 - 0-0- -o- 471 , 212 967-68 fro~ Day Care Fees . I 240,271 98 , 139 -o- 0- -o338 , 410 2 , 888 , 882 1,266,773 124,052 63 , 274· 13 466 4,356,447 22,082 43,845 1,93 2 , 507 11,408,621 1 , 331, 92(1 ,, 42,1 96 - 07, 797 32 49l l ,414,40i - 05,384,622 �-f WHAT D0ES THE DEPARTI!ENT OF FH;A.t'\CE DO? Funds for EO A in 1968 amounted to $14,8~7,150 in Federaf plus approx i matately $200,000 available in Local Cash. Of the Federal Cash, $21,763 came fro m the Natio nal Coun~il on Arts and Huma nities, $5,315,411 from the Departme nt of Labor ard $9,559,976 from _~EO, EOA will have do ne the detailed payroliing, purchasing and ac~ounting for si~ ty-eight projects and wilL hav e fund~d forty-fopr De legate Age ncy Projects _ during 1968 . .EOA Finance do e s th e payrolli~g, purchase of supplies, detail accounting and 0t~ r [inanci ~~ op~ ri~ :0ns inv olving $7,266,925. Fina nc e 0 funded through ~e l eg ~te Age~ c {e ~ EDA ~~ogr ams totalling $7,630,225. Finance payrolls th e ~cr ~G1ne ~ 5- Head~uart2rs--four t e en Neighb or h ood Servic e Cent ers -- 5~\ e ~ End Ch ild Cent er . - J Care Ce n t er s --th~ Pare nt-Child Center and West '.!.' h is _;_uvo l v es 513 eEtp l oyees . p2, id fro m CAP fu nds -- 14 st a f f and 267 e n r oll e 2s f r om XYC f un ds -- 99 st a ff a nd 73 enroll ee s f ro2 AC EP fu nds . During t h e s 1_;:;i;-ner mon t h s, Fi nan c e payr oll ed aro und 810 er:-.pL:;y ees in th e Surr:,e r Rec rea ti on P r ogram a nd 98 emFloyee s. i n Sum:;1er He 2d st ar t. Th e re are oc c a s i on s whe n our payro ll st a f f a re c alle d upon t:o do th e i o.po s si b l e , for e xa ~? l e : -Duri nt J u l ; a nd Aug ust , we wer e i ns t ru c t Ld t o payro ll a n ad di tio nal 500 ~;ye enro ll e e s . \•Te di d it. Op er at i on , y ou t hi nk o;:i l y of f -__'. '.pa y. <:hec½.' '. produ c t ". loc a tions . c ompu t e r. 1:'nec1 you d-\i:,~~ of a Pay roll T1e p2y chE ck i s o:.-i l y t h e " e::d - Thi n~, -2.g a i n -- ti me s hee ts 2 re f ed i nt o Pay,:o ll fr o:.. a.ro u:.-id 2 00 Ea ch na~e , t i o 2 - ear~ed , l eave t e ~e n , e tc . mu st ~e fed i n to a Defuction s f or Fe~2r 2l e~d St a t e I;:ic o~e Ta~ - - FI CA -- ~e tir ~- me nt -- Gr oup I ns ura~ ~e - - Chari ty , etc. must b e deduc t ed . c he c',. : s t ub a:.-id v i sual i ze 211 t he c 2. lc u l ated de t ai l.

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-~ Look at your pa; - Mu lti p l y yo . 1 r " p2y - st u;:i " 1 No~.; -- p.';?.y r ol l ,:or~ i 5~:. ' ::- �-2- - finished. _Quarterly, we make payments of your FIT and SIT deductions to Uncle Sam and the State and then pay to Uncle ·sam your FICA along with EOA's contribution by listing each employee, his name, Social Security number, your earnings, etc. At the end of the year, we prepare your W-2's for your Income Tax Returns and simultaneously report to Uncle Sam and the State. - Also, think what happens in Payroll when you are hired: A file maintenance has to be completed on each individual - name and address, date employed, location, sex, marital status, date of birth, Social Security number, Budget Account, Base Code, rate of pay, pension and number of withhold exemptions. Every Persor..;.t2l Ac-Liem Salary I!lcrease , Name Change, Change of Address, Termination, etc, causes a change rea ction in payrolling. Also :vhen "Tvi.l t 9.ke a day's leave or work an hour overtime or on Compensatory Time, ~hist .uses individual acti ons in payroll. Our payroll girls do a tremendous ~t~, wi th almost no complaint. Most important, p&y checks are always ready Payrolling is one of on payday. Errors are nil. many Finance operations. Finance issues around 60,000 checks a year. of: Each check is the result Payroll; Travel; Rent; Purchase; Telephone Bill; etc. Before a check is issued, there must be a voucher with supporting documentation which must . be thoroughly audi t e d so as to be cert a in t hat it is calcul ated correct l y , coded against a Budget Line It em , and is prope r in all resp e cts. ·-=-- -· -- • • - · ·, Financ e s • :. . ~- ..,_,. r• ,_._.._..._,_~'!:!'- t ~ I .•• "Jtr.. ':'"C.._ • .u,.-.,.~- • Purcha sing Depar t men t wi ll have this year iss~ed 1,600 Purchas e Order s -- 440 Servic e Orders and -- 400 orde rs to GSA, which wi ll involve around 17,000 line items . Purchasing ge ts the requisition; estab lishes th e method of procurement ; gets bids from suppliers ~vhere appropr i a t e; and then issue s the procuring document . Later Purchasing starts hound i ng you for th e r eceiving report and the vendor for the i nvoice. When �-3received, Purchasing verifies these documents and then passes on to Fiscal for payment. Frequently in the process, Purchasing 'haggles" with the Supplier to expedite what you want and then later the Supplier '"haggles 11 Purchasing for payment. At that point, Purchasing starts "haggling" you, The receiver, for your Receiv~~g Report. Along with this, Purchasing dis- tributes internal mail; sends things through postal mail or arranges for your shipments. Ir does a big business of x erox , off-set reproduction and collation; It stocks and issues your office supplies; and keeps track of about 6,500 items of capital equipment. It arranges your lease, moves you -- gets building renov ations done - - f~e~s , t.·'. 1 d:i.ng insurance liability -- insures your officia::. ve:1icle after ~iavi.ng lea3ed it -- gets your typewriter repaired --::: --=--------- arranges for y0uc ~el F~n ~~e and utilities an ~ arranges many, many other things with which you h av <:: ~a c-·_lity to do your job of operations such as pest control janitorial service-·- anj that city bus to take VIP's on an inspection tour. Yes, Purchasing has a t e rrific job of servicing you and we in Finance are proud of the job it does. Finance do es th e a ccoun ting for EOA . Our ftccountin g Division gets the money in "hunk s" and puts it in the bank . · Accounting then proce e ds to account for the ' 1ou t -g o" p enny by penny , Accounts must ex c ercise controls. When a requisition is r e c e i v ed, Accounts dete rmin e s that th ere is mone y to pay for the purchase a nd wh en p urch ased it must h av e re co1 d of th e obli gation. Each rec e ipt, ob l iga t ion and expend it ure must be rec orde d. During 1968 , we had 2,1 60 Distr i bution Ledger Ac counts with co r r e s pondi ng a ccoun ts i ~ s ~x Genera l Le dgers. Can you imagine th e vol ume of de t a il in ent e ri ng i nto the Di s tri bu t ion Ledger Ac counts , th e budge t s , obl iga tion s, exp end tture s and resulting unob li gated b a l ances for each and every transacti on and r equi ring abso l u t e a ccuracy in the process. Kind or Local Support. Al so entered in detai l is every · EOA us es a mini mum of a 11 11 c rumb 11 of In- Double-Entry" Accounting System, ,vhich means that every entry in the Distribution Ledger is also �I -4- entered in General Ledger and the t wo ledgers must balance. So lets in- vision some 12,000 entries each month in the "Distribution Ledger 11 that must match up in dollar value to corresponding entri e s in the ;'General Ledger". Get the picture for accuracy perfection? of checks and balances. Yes, we have all sorts For ex ample, it is essential that our bank accounts have accumulative deposits and withdrawals.which agree with our records of expenditures. At the end of each month, our Accountants must come-up with • / / / /' I Financial and Budget Reports to show management-~ and you -- how we stand rnoneywise. There are 107 sheets in the Budget Report which involve _about 3,638 line i terns. OEO and the Department of Labor, our auditors and a fe-.:.1 I others a. ..:e interested . too 1and Finance must produce reports which agree wit i, l their figures. You get copies of some o~ these monthly reports. _ Try ann ! visualize the many recbrde ~ transactions. which are ei:itailed in the cornpil a tio ;:. of these reports. I You really can't -- but try. To compound this a little, we should let you know that Finance must us e a different Accounting System i I to satisfy CAP, NYC and ACEP and th a t OEO, NYC and ACEP periodicall y change I their systems, and th~n -- we must ch ange ours. Our Internal Audit j econciles all accounts and for one thing they . hav e to look at thos e 60,000 ch e ck s which we r e issued and be sure none were "hiked", that they wer e endtrse d and s ev er a l other things. your check, Fin anc e h as to When you los e ut :.? "s t op orde r" at the bank befor e we can issue you a rep l acemen t ch e k &nd t hen -- to make c e rt a in s omeone doe s n 't i fin d and coll ect on t he ch e ck yo u lo s t. Aud it mu st rev i ew t he "In-Kind " yo u repo r t and t hen be sure i t ts cred i ted to your pro j e c t. has b een known to prod you i I n the pr oc ess , Audi t lit t l e to get your I n-Kind " in " . Aud it a l s o takes a lo ok at Delegate Agtncies ' ac c ounts j ust t o make s ure they are liv i ng r i ght. Aud i t rides herd on Pe t ty Cash , Emergency Assi st ance and other escrow funds that are made av ailable to units outside Finance. s uch accounts. We have about 43 of Each must be carefu l ly analyzed and reimbursed each month by I �I -5- I Internal Audit. This year Audit is supervising the Employe es Credit Union, reconciles our bank accounts to t .h e General Ledger, monitors the Retireme nt Fund and handles Clearances for indebtedne ss for final pay settlement to departing employees. The Fiscal Officer do e s the pay ing of all the bills. vouchers are carefully ex amined and checks drawn for payment. Here, all the Most payments are run through Data Proc'essing but a large number of checks are handdrawn. Most checks are ~un thro J [oh the check signing machine, Fiscal maintains a / careful vigilance on blan fraud and embezzl ement. ch e ck s and the check si gning machine to guarante e a gai n st I Did you know that in the history of EOA there h c".S been I! 0nly one instan ce of fraud (a long time a go ) which involved around $400.8 0 a nd that amount was imme diately recover e d_. Even an att empt to f raud would r ~~u i ~s ! ' the conspir a cy of four key p eo ple and in Finance, th.at is 100% unlikely. Evc1. I if it should h appen, such fraud would be i mme diat e l y discove red und e r our I system of che ck s and b a lan c e s. Fisc a l will vouch er and p ay aroun d 7,000 bi lls this y e ar for such it ems a ~ suppli e s, serv ic e s, Tr av e l Vouche rs, rent, tel e phone, utiliti e s, e quipmen ~, e tc. for Progr amming . .I Our Budge t cap ab ility o f more assu.ranct are a s prov i ded by budge ts F iscal a lso assis t s in pre p a r a t i on of budgets Control is b e i ng refine d ,and we will soon have to Management t hat obl i ga ti ons and expend itur es 1 s appr oved and mod ifi ed by Manageme nt. als o c ontr ol s the Key Pun ch l operati ons for Da t a Proc e s sing . Fisc a l Our Fi s c a l Op e r ation assur es th e Director of Fi n anc e and EOA Manag emen t t hat eve r y nicke l \I o f di s burs ement i n it s day t o day op eration is prop e r i n a ll re s p e cts and we c an a ll s l e e p we ll every ni1\ht in t his kn owl edg e. Fi nanc e is n ow h andl· ng a l l Insurance and Emp loyee Ret ir emen t . inh eri t ed this in Septemb er , 1968. We Si nce t ha t time EOA emp l oy ee s h ave en j oyed a much i ncreased Group I nsur anc e and Ho s pi t a l Benefit Pl an. Re c ords h ave been b rought up-to-date find you are a ssured o f c overage . . New bookl ets �-6o_f your coverage are now being made available to you. are being processed on the date received. All claims received The Retirement Fund has been audited for the ~irst time -- Retirement r e cords are current and up-to-date. Many old accounts have been settled. The evaluations for each six -months period have been establishe d for the periods since 1965 thro4gh 6/30/68 and we expect to hav e made t h e " 12/31/68 evaluation prior to 1/31/69. Each employee has an up-to-date card record which shows the employee contribution, EOA contribution, number of units credited and the value of such units. We also handle Workmen's Compensation claims for employees and enrollees totalling from 1,000 tr 2, sno parsons. The for e 6 0i n1s gives yu u a What •:loe8 i'.h8 11 b&ll-park 11 view of what Finance does. ))irector of Finance do 11 Well, he attends a lot of meetings -- has~ l ot L visitors -- writes a lot of reports (such as this one) -- and must k e ep cl os P. l y knowl edgeabl e of all those things going on ·in Finance and in EOA a 8 t h ey r e l a te to Financ e . His main concern is effort to see that peopl e in Financ e ge t de ser v ing reco gnition for the terrific job they do for EOA and for th e peopl e who work in EOA. This report, which is lacking in much de tail in the way of a compl e t e r eflection of all those things don e by Financ e , j g wr itt en in ap pr e c ia tion and commendation of th e Department of Finance St a f f . -0Novemb er 26 , 19 68 �\V . l-1 Ol(,Z. Sltl I / f, Pre- Vvc.c.{11;,,~I +_.._,;, l\·, u, o:,.t!. 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s:Z �MACHEALTH Minutes The December 11, 1969 meeting of MACHealth was held in the Planned Parenthood Board Room, 1st Floor, Glenn Building, after last-minute cancellation of Room 619. Those present: Members Alternates Staff Mr. Linwood Be ck Hon Wm. H. Breen, Jr. ~ev. E. B. Broughton Mr. Jack Cofer Mr. Gary Cutini Mr. Drew Fuller Mr. James Gardner Mrs. Henry Mae Glenn Mrs . Mandy Griggs Dr. Quillian Hamby Miss Sue Jockers Mrs. Linden Johnson Mrs. Evangeline Lane Mrs. Gladys Lovett Mr . Wi lliam Pinkston,Jr. Mr~. Ruth Robinson Mr. Nelson Severinghaus Dr. Luther Vinton Mr . Lyndon A. Wade Dr. Robert E. Wells Dr. Luther Fortson Mr. Flay W. Sellers Mr. Bill Thompson Mr. A. B. Padgett Mrs. Merle Lott, R. N. Mr, Henry Montfort Dr. Raphael B. Levine Mr. A. F. Branton Mrs. Harriet Bush Miss Rebecca Dinkel Mr. Frank A. Smith Mrs. Gayle Matson Mrs. Lou Ashton Mrs. Harriet Bush passed out questionnaire s pertaining to Public Health and asked that they be filled in and ret urned to her. Mr. A. B, Padgett reported results of site team visit of December 2. He said that there had been a rather lengthy visit with the site team, 9:00 A. M. - 1: 00 P. M. The team had many questions. Mr. Padgett said that friends had reported that the team seemed favorably impressed with the answers to questions they raised and there was no apparent reason why they would not go ahead with their recommendations for funding at the January 26 meeting. This, of course, means that there will be no funding January las was hoped and it will necessitate shifting some items on the timetable. Mr. Padgett called on Dr. Levine for an explanation of what this means. Dr. Levine added that the site team did not at any time appear antagonistic. Thay had legitimate questions and wanted answers and were determined to probe until they got the answers. He said that he thought the group was satisfied that MACHealth was the right kind or organization in regard to MACLOG and CCAA. Dr. Levine said he felt that they were convinced that the systems approach was an excellent way for the council to have more information, therefore, decision would be somewhat easier to arrive at in this way rather than using the current standard techniques of attacking one problem at a time �Page 2 - Minutes and ignoring the interrelationshipr. of the problems. Mr. Padgett added that people on the council will have an opportunity to have explained to them any questions that they may have regarding the systems approach which they do not understand clearly. Dr. Levine discussed the impact of the delay in funding. He pointed out the fact that there were a number of things which needed attention now and there was no money with which to engage additional staff an~ this ·would necessitate going ahead with inadequate manpower in many instanc~s until April 1 at which time MACHealth should become an agency on its own. At the recommendation of the Regional Health Advisory Committee, MACHealth applied for an extension grant to continue in the organizational phase for an additional three to six months. Under this grant, urgent items can be done. Dr. Levine mentioned the need for bringing a facilities review committee into existence by February. Dr. Levine introduced the new organization liaison planner, Miss Rebecca Dinkel, and reported that she was doing an excellent job. Dr.Levine also reported the illness of Mrs.Loretta Barnes, Secretary pro tern, and told the group that Mrs. Barnes expected to leave the hospital about December 12. Dr. Levine asked the Nominating Committeee and the Council to begin thinking of logical candidates for the permanent offices: president, 5 vice presidents, and secretary. He point ed out the need for a slate to be presented before the end of December. He also said there could be nominations from the floor at the meeting in January. He said the nominating committee would be glad to hear from any individual on MACHealth who might have a logical nominee in mind for one or more of the offices. Mr.Padgett stated that the Community Council has been looked to by State Department of Public Health as a review agency for requests for federal funding and federal approval. He said that the Board of Directors of the Community Council agreed to turn this responsibility over to MACHealth as soon as we are ready . Nelson Severinghaus moved that MACHealth accept that responsibility as soon as possible. The motion passed unanimously. Dr. Levine added that any person who would like to be on this committee should mention it to the Chairman pro tern. He also pointed out that a mental health committee needs to be set up qui te soon . He urged members to participate diligently in committee work. Dr. Levine brought t he group up to date on the matter of Cobb County, the misund e rstanding through the press, etc. He stated that MACHealth is the official agency for review of all health projects involving federal government and it would redound to Cobb County's benefit to be a member in good standing of MACHealth. The council will be giving a good deal of technical assistance which will be made available to participating members, but cannot be made available to non-participating members. �Page 3 - Minutes Cobb County's holding out, said Dr, Levine, will probably mean about a 10% cut in the budget, with some reduction in staff. Dr. Levine says that he feels sure that Cobb will come in eventaully. He said that there is a commitment in the budget for 1970 from all counties except Cobb. $149,000 must be raised locally to match federal funds. Counties have committed just under $100,000. It is hoped that $37,000 can be raised from private sources such as foundations, and $112,000 f.rom . .ccimties..·.Dr.. ;: .·Levine · said -that even if Cobb decides not to come in, it is expected that participation from other Cobb County agencies will prevent Cobb from being left out of the budgetary picture altogether. Mr. Severinghaus asked if the City of Atlanta was included in the budget; Dr , Levine answered that so far no way had been devised to get city money contributions into the picture. Counties are asked to contribute on a percapita basis, which includes cities within the county, He said that there is no a priori reason why the cities should not be involved. They have an impact on health and receive benefits from health, too. Dr. Levine reported that the MACLOG incorporation was ratified in November. Miss Rebecc~ Dinkel reported her efforts to get through to Cobb County through the Chamber of Commerce. She said that Messrs. Gilbert and Graham had suggested a "cooling off" period, then beginning a new education campaign in Cobb County about MACHealth. 1• Dr. Levine br i efed the group about the work, that the emergency health services task force has been doing. He said that an application for a study is almost ready to be submitted by Georgia Tech. He said that the application must be submitted by December 20 and that the project was very closely coordinated through a task force of MACHealth. The question of local matching money and whose responsibility it will be to raise it was brought up. Dr, Levine reported that several members of the task force had ideas of where the money would come from and prospects for raising the money look good . Mr . Pinkston suggested that the board take no official action on this matter until more is known about funding, etc. Dr.Levine asked if there would be any objections to stating in the applicati on t hat the group expects to stay within the framework of the MA CHea l th guide lines. Mr. Padgett suggested that the applic ation state that the task force is working hand in glove with MACHealth. There were no objections to this statement. Gary Cutini urged that caution be used in endorsing projects in order to avoid duplication and fragmentation. Mr. Padgett agreed that MACHealth's main objective was coordination. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:30 P. M. /ia �EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 (Jllll(Jl~TIJNITY January 10, 1967 Mro Al Kuettner 675 Sherwood Road, NoEo Atlanta, Georgia 30324 Dear Mr. Kuettner: Thank you very much for your letter of December 16, 1966. Although it is true that the Office of Economic Opportunity has some money available for research and demonstration programs in housing, none of it has been earmarked for any specific cities. The work done by the National Committee against Discrimination in Housing was undertaken some time ago, before there was any clear idea of what our appropriation for this fiscal year would be. When our appropriation was reduced, it was impossible to fund all programs which had been considered, and no further action was possible on the one you mention. With its limited funds for housing demonstrations, our office has concentrated on the development of city-wide and neighborhood corporations as an experiment in new delivery mechanisms for low-cost housing. We have also encouraged a wide variety of housing services programs through community action agencies. We would, of course , be happy to discuss any proposal you might have, either on an informal basis or on the basis of a formal submission. May I suggest that you contact your local connnunity action agency or other housing groups to see what your next step might be. Thank you for your interest in our program. Richards . Granat Director Housing Programs �CITY OF A.TLANTA. CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-44 63 Area Cod e 404 January 13, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admin istrative Ass istant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. Al Kuettner 675 Sherwood Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30324 Dear Al: Mayor Allen has asked me to answer your letter of January 4 regarding grants which have been made to the City which would be of concern to the Community Relations Commission. I have b e en out of tow n and I am sorry that your letter has not b e en answer e d sooner. The only current grant that I know of which might be of interest to you would be the $23, 000 grant from the Stern Family Fund. Attached is a copy of the announcement put out by the Stern .Family Fund which I think e x plains the intent of the gra nt . W e have e mploye d J ohnny Robinson to dir e ct this demonstration proj e ct and Johnny is now located in Room 1204 in City Hall . W e ar e in th e proc e ss of compl e ting a compr e h e nsive outline of th e pr oj e ct fr om th e e x ecuti on standpoint a nd I w ill make this a v aila bl e to you in th e n ext fe w d a ys . Pl e as e call m e if you nee d any furthe r information . /' A/ /ff/r Si l ) e ly yo urs , an Swe at DS :fy �,.. I- J -. / 0 V ... G:' !\:,?rL~: City o f A·;.:.1 2. n ·-3. 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- wconomic and socic..l l~.~ly ~o give wayo D::L~ .·: of t.'1c cit::_r nre no~ �Pag e Sevc City o f Atlanta (conti ued) 1fua l.. thi s m2an.s i s ·':i"'.c:.'c t.~. G r.-:.odc:.:-;·i mayor must be a "::;ys t.c an2. y st II a nd o ~ _ · -: nr.~.::; c. vim-1 t:.. e ci·ty v.s a sy::;·ccr.t made up of i nte~~· s t 0~s ~nd imp inge d u~on by r1 -r1.· c·· .1-·1:1e -,-,,- V O"" i S rc q i. oi1a.l an d na -c..:i_ o •n ,. J" ...- .1C ,_l...•. ,_--=o ... '·"-.,_ _ II to mesh t hese syst ei"i s ....,~- ·i:~1a·:: tl·icir own rules--o f-·chc- 2 . e" and sel f - s2:. \1ing obj ec·c. ~.vcs 2.:-:-c ·to ·the g r eat.est degree poss · ble induced to ssrvc -'·he:: pi.;.Ypo e s 0£ the gcne:c2. l w lfare and devel o:::. ..:·;:;. or t he corr.znunity . I- ow c.:1n t . c mortgage banking s ys'c em be:tt ·-: p::-oe.uce low cost h o using? - ow c2n the c u s ·to s # le c:crs1:ip pa:i.: ·tern s and a sp i :catio_J.s o f the l ow income clegro cornmu. i~~ bes~ be mob i lized to v.sh constru ctively fo'.!:" u;~":72--d n~obi lit~, ? How c ar. ·che nco2ds o f indust r y fo·· s1 : : :i.:Llec1 pc:.:sonne .. be made a ::.:-:;...:-ce to speed up the t raining of unskilled peo_le? Hew can the reso urces c f fe de:c2l .::.g<cmcics u. .. d fo undat · on s ::ie ma=sh alled to supper~ orCc=ly a~d equitable devclo~~en~? Mosi: cities nmv exp l oit on.ly 2. L.c=.c·tion of the o u·· side resources · potentially ava:i_lable "i:.o them because they do n ~t know how t o go after th8m o;c t o use ther.-i ef:Eicie.1tly o All o f this takes know-l~Oh'o To be deployed mos·;: effective y that know-how must be in! or clo se t. o, or at t he bee!<.: and c all o f the mayo~ 0 s o f£icco At lanta is one of the bcllwo·th-2r cities of the south with ou t standing leadership in the ~ayo~~ s office. The general cl imate i n the city is such t~at we!l rcasonEd and executed p olicies and programs h~vc a favorable cnvi~onment in which to con front ti1e complex probl ms of today O s cities .. The se ci rcumst ances make it an opportune time and Jlace to try to improve the cc\_;>acity of the Mayor O s off ice to perform the d ynamic role .:.t should and for the cxp2ricncc to be visible and hopefully in:1~lucntial el.scw~1el.'.'eo -1 ~ · .. ,, : . :c.:-'- :1cc of h·~:o..:- ~- , ar_~ ~-.: _._c. 41· . ~ - :\:t.). . .--1.r:~. \. l _,. ... i.c~n n.-2, :i.onal C "'uncil, �ATTACHMENT B COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION REPORT OF PROGRAM COMMITTEE Helen Bullard, Chairman PREFACE The Program Committee would like to list the premises on which the program is based, since in our opinion it was not possible to suggest program in a vacuum but rather to suggest program in terms of the implementation; in other words, when we suggested the following program we considered whether or not in our opinion it was feasible within the framework of limited staff, budget, and other facilities. We propose the following as a summary of the philosophy of the Program Committee of the Commission: 1. That the Commission make accessibility one of its prime objectives. 2. · That as far as possible the work of the Comm.is sion be in the area of prevention. 3. That the Commission avoid duplicating any function that is already the province of an e stablished agency or group and that its efforts be c h a nne l e d in the area s of impl e m e nting r athe r than duplication . 4. Tha t t h e p r og ra m of t h e Commission remain fl exible and within t h e capab ilitie s of the C ommission. 5. That the Commiss ion rec o gnize the re s p o n sib ility of a creati ve approach t o solv ing problems of our C o mmuni ty and its re s pon s ibility t o encourage the i nvolve m ent of th e citizens of the entir e City. �6. That the Commission's program include for consideration and possible implementation the suggestions from the citizens themselves. That the Commission then becomes, with the approval of the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen, the spokesman for the City of Atlanta. PROGRAM I The Program Committee proposes the following areas for immediate action (the se areas were included in the ad hoc committee I s r e port as b e ing the most obvious areas for survey of services and facilities): a. Blue Heaven (Location: Decatur Street - Atlanta DeKalb area) b. Cabbage Town (Location: Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill) c. M e chanicsville d. Summe r Hill (Location: Off G e or g i a Avenue , behind the C a pitol) e. Vine City (Location: Vine Street and Magnolia) f. Lighting g. Scotts Crossing (othe r suggestions) h. i. j. and such other areas as may be d e t erm i n e d b y th e Commi ssion o r requested by the neighborhood organizations or individ uals. The purpose of this investi - gation is to make recommendations to the Mayor and t h e Board of A l dermen r e garding the furnishing of necessary services and facilities within the control - 2 - �of the City of Atlanta which shall standardize the services furnished in the above mentioned areas with all the other areas of the City of Atlanta. As a basis for such information and recommendations, the Program Committee urges that this program be given first priority; that the information be obtained by holding public hearings in the suggested areas to which the public, neighborhood organizations and other interested individuals will be invited. We suggest that this be a simultaneous project and that the Commission be set up in teams · and a ss igned to specific areas and that each team designate one member as a secretary for the purpose of filing a joint report to the entire Commission. In areas where there i s not unanimous agreement within the team, we suggest a m inority repo rt also be filed. PROGRAM II For purposes of gaining information we suggest that the following people who a r e concerned with the community relations in the various areas and disciplines be invited to appe a r befo re the entire Commi ssion for the following purposes : a. To outline for t he community their present method of operation. b. To p roject plans for the future. c. To analyze what they consider their greatest problems, and d. To make whatever recommendations they care to to the Community Relations Commi ssion. We suggest the following a r ea s of concern: 1. A meeting of all agencies dealing with community problems. - 3 - �2. EDUCATION - Dr. John Letson, Superintendent of Atlanta Schools 3. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES - Mr. Charles O. Emmerich - Director of the E. 0. A. Program 4. JOB OPPORTUNITIES within the City Government - Col. Carl Sutherland, Director of Personnel, City of Atlanta 5. RECREATION - Mr. Jack Delius - Director of Parks Department, City of Atlanta 6. HOUSING a. Atlanta Housing Authority, Mr. M. B. Satterfield b. Mayor's Committee on Housing, Dr. Sanford Atwood and Dr. Benjamin Mayes 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT - Chief Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta Police Departmmt 8. WELFARE - Mr. Welborn Ellis - Director of Fulton County Welfare Department 9, 10. HEALTH - Fulton County Public Health Department, Dr. James F. Hackney In addition to the above official agencies, we would like to recommend that the Committee that is assigned to work with ministers be asked to select from the churches the significant churches in terms of community program. We think it would be helpful to have such programs explained so that other churches might be encouraged to similar or other community programs. (We are thinking partly in terms of clinics, counseling services, etc . ) - 4 - �TIME TABLE I. Public hearing of concerned citizens from various neighborhoods through. out the City. room #2. 2. Place: Purpose: City Hall - February 16, 7:30 p. m. - Committee to begin to pinpoint problems of the City. Meeting with agencies who are concerned with community relations. Purpose: to ask each agency to define their areas of operations and program, and to get their ideas as to the problems of the Atlanta Community. Suggest that the agencies be asked to file a brief with the Commission in addition to their verbal reports. Time: Thursday, February 23, 7:30 p. m. - City Hall. 3. Public meeting in areas suggested by ad hoc committee (committees of not more than three persons to each area) be appointed by the Chairman of the Commission and such meetings begin the first week in March, with area meetings being held simultaneously; that the entire Commission be called into extra session for reports and to formulate recommendation s. 4. That the heads of agencies suggested in Program I I be contacted as to their earliest availabilities for meeting with the Commission. - 5 - �ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS ( FOR DISCUSSION) I. Compiling of a simplified directory of community services - Check with C. P. C. as to the status of their directory. 2. Project involving newcomers into Atlanta - See what C. P. C. has done on this. 3. Establishing Speakers' Bureau. 4. Forming of an Advisory or Auxiliary Committee, for the Commission, names to be selected from proposed names for the Commission itself or by other means. 5. Internship program for students either in the field of social work, education, health, etc. 6. Prog r am to involve more groups and individuals for working with problems involving the entire City . - 6 - �June 8, 1970 Mr . Robert E . Scott, Chairman Mr . Mi chael Banks , Representative Central Youth Council E c onomic Oppo rtunity Atlanta~ Inc . 101 Marietta Street Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Gentlemen : This is to acknowledge your letter requesting representation for the Central Youth Council on the C~munity Relati ons Commission. The Board of Aldermen at it next meeting will con ider an oi-dinance to amend the City Charter to provide for the addition of two student members on the Community Relations Commission. We hope that the Aldermen will provide the e po ition to be filled by young citizens of Atlanta. I will certainly consider your :reque t if and when I am called upon to make the e appointments. Sincer ly, Sam Ma SM :sdm co: Rev. Sam Willi m 11 �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Str eet Bldg. William w. 11 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • Allison Executive Administrator May 28, 1970 The Honorable Sam Massell Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Massell: This letter is in regards to having representation of the Central Youth Council (CYC) on the Connnunity Relations Connnission. We, the representatives (Robert Scott and Michael Banks) of the Central Youth Counci l would like to know as soon as possible how we would go about getting an established position on the Connnunity Relations Connnission, if at all possible. Time is of the utmost importance. Yours truly, Robert E. Scott Chairman of the CYC ~7143.215.248.55 Mfchae 1 Banks Central Youth Council, Representative RS/MB:dt cc : Reverend Sam Williams �c,,e-c ..... .. . Th e 1-\1- la nta Co mmunity Re loti ons Commi ss ion he ld a tow n ha ll n·,2e ting for the re sid ents in the Pe c!c hfre :::,- Tenth Stc0et areci in on e ffort to .beg in som e kind of . . dialogu e betwe e n t he youns_1 peo p le , long -li me res ic.!ents, a nd prope rty owners and to de term ine v,heth e r J-h e ci ty ~erv i(: es and reso urc es are adequa le for thc1J- area . The are as of conc ern see med to 62 cs fc:ill o,vs: Priority Numbe r l: Jo bs Pri orit? l'-lu mbe r 2: Hous ing Priorif-y l'-lu,-;.be r 3: Drug traffic and drug haz ards PrioriJ-y !'-lumber 4: _Th e ne ed for a c omrnun if-y house thal· wou ld al so house health fo c ili t ies one! provid e Foi· co(Jnse li ng. Priority h! u:11: ,er 5: Th e need J·o mak e p la ns for o pro jected influ;-: of vocati o n Hip pies from oth e r cit ies · Priority Nu mbe r 6: Th e nee d for po lice potro lli ng lh e d ist ri ct viithoL1t harassme nt of th e res ide nl s Pri or ity t'--lu mber 7: N e ig hborhood c leonup fa c iliti es (N eeJ fo r more str ee t gmboge c ons) Priorily Numbe r 8: The need for a c e nt er to c ope w ith th e prob lem s of runowoy p eop le ./ ,• . . Th e Cornrnu1]ily Re lat io ns Commission is. concerned with th e Te nth Stre et area .1: . in th e sam e way ih a l· il ha s con c erned itse lf with oth e r ne:flhbor hood areas in !·he c ity. However , we re oli ze tha t the prob lems in thi s arna are mad ~ more compl ex by th e presence of drug s and th e confli~l betwee n !·he life sl·yl es of th e lo ng-·t irn e res id e nts a~d th e yo uns;cr res ide nt s. Th e Comm iss ion app lauds th e e fforts by lh e y oung peop le in hand li ng th e drug prob lem and for using th e ir own pressu res to rid th e ne ighborh ood of chug pushers a nd to keep new d,ug pu shers fro m corning info I he area . O bv ious ly Atl anta has no d es ir e or inc linoti o n to ma ke th e city into a po li cz cHy by prohibif·in9 anyone fr om ch oos ing to come to At lanta to li ve or to e xist . However , th e Cornmhsic,n does urg e that wha ~evc r mea ns arc a va i lob le he 1_1sed [O get informat ion to Hi ppi es in oth er arecs as to t he lock of job opporl uni t ies t hat ex ist a!l over J\1- lcrn: o a~ we ll a s th e io~k of h:->us ing for the cx is:·ing popu latfon. We urge tLa f !his ir1 fo,n,c1r ion he dissir.1 inC1! ed os we ! I r:·s th ~--irif.:,r:·:,o fia:1 that the c ity gov~;·nn.2 r,t int ends to use ,ve~y resource it has and eve n to usi ng wha tever o:Jts ide oge nc..ics c:r ~"' avai labl e in a hugh crc1-:: kdo,,vn po licy on the so le of n~rcotics th roug hou t 1·he cily . Tl ,e Commi ss ion 0e liE:Vcs thcit th '2:nf·s h::Ju!cl be no r ,isu ncle rs~a11cl inJ ci"s to th e cli mo l·e o f L 1 �opini on .in regard to t he imp lemen tot ion of the ci ty gove rnment itse lf, its po lic e . . depar tme nl ond a ll other a genc ies in po lici ng o f th e overa ll city. We ti.ink it is only fai r to te ll you ng peop le v.; hat to expec t if !h ey ar ri ve in Atlan ta w ith out a job and with out visi b le meo ns of su ppo rt. .

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Up unf-i : now coex iste nce in th e area ha s -~ee n made poss ibl e by con ce rn ed citi ze ns, by ch u,c hes , by ind ivi·J uu l members of t he med ical profess ion, which includ es psychi atr is ts . We are ~Jrateful ior the conc erned peop le a nd orga ni z ati ons . · As ind ivid ua ls and as. a ci ty comm iss ion we wi ll con l·inue to wo rk wi1·h th e commu nity in a tl' emp ting to fu rth e r a peac eful, c reat ive comm unity .. We in no ,vay subsc ri be to f·he J·heory for t hi s comm unity or ciny comm unity in Amedeo th a t if y ou ignore prob lems they will go away . The gr im lesso n of other citi es whic h subscri be !·o thi s phil os_o phy has bee n heeded . Stree !· area on Jun e .{;-td We -in te nd to re!urn to th ~ Te nt h to make a report , to make suggeslio ns , cmd to list e n to th e res ide nts . In th e mea nlirn e , th ere are c erta in recommenda ti ons which 'Ne wou ld li ke to make now a nd whi c h we be li ev e wou ld be suPi=:::n ted by th e ma jority of t he peop fe in the c omm un ity . I ,,, , ,, / ., · t, .. .. '

• ·1 ........ .. .. :;.-\,:-11 .:--.. .,.r " �I. LAW O F"F"ICES KALER, KARESH & RUBIN 1820 FULTON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING CABLE ADDRESS: IRVING K . KALER SANFORD R. KARESH MARTIN ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 " KKATTY" ATLANTA December 23, 1966 AREA CODE 404 525-6886 H. RUBIN TELEPHONE; PAUL M . M'?LARTY, JR . C. LAWR ENCE JEWETT, JR. Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I know you have received the letter from Mr. Lucien Oliver resigning from the Community Relations Commission. I recommend that you appoint an outstanding businessman to succeed Mr. Oliver. There are a number of successful and prominent businessmen who I am convinced will add great strength and balance to this program. Yours very sincerely, ~t.i143.215.248.55n Community Relations Commission IKK/sf cc: Hon. Sam Massell, Jr . Vice-Mayor, City of Atlanta �:.. ... .. OFFICE OF CLEl{K 01•' llOAlW OF ALDEHMEN CITY. OF A'l'LAN'l'A, GEORGIA AN ORDINANCE TO AflliNO THE CllARTER BY: SAH NASSELL, JR., C!IARIMAN ALDERMANIC IIUrli\.N RELATIONS COMMITTEE AN ORDINAi'iCE TO AflENO TIIE CIIARTErt OF THE CITY OF ATLAF,TA TO CREATE A CO::-J~iUNITY RELATlONS CO)ff,!J.SSION FOR TIU~ CITY OF ATLAJ.\JTA, GEORGIA, PROVIDE FOR l1EMBERSUIP, DEFINE THE · PURl~os~s AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION AND OBJECTIVES SOUGHT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, PROVIDE FOR 'fl-IE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE COMMISSION. BE AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED BY THE .MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER.MEN OF 'THE . : · CITY OF ATLANTA AS . FOLL~-lS: · Section l. There is .h ereby' created a Community Relations Commission for the .City of Atlanta, Georgia; to be known as the Community Relations Commission. The Commission shall be composed · of twenty members~ serving without compens a tion, all bonafide adult residents and representatives of all segments of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to be appointed qy the Mayor with approval of the Board of I Aldermen, one of whom shall be designated by the Mayor as its chairman at the organizatio.nal meeting and at each annua l mee ting therea f ter. Seven members of .. said Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Of the twenty members first appointed, six shall be appointed for on~ year, seven for two years and seven for three years; ther eafter all appointments to the Commission shall be for a term of three years. Any member may be removed by the Mayor for failure to attend meetings or inattention to duties. In the event of death, res i g- serve £or the unexpired period 0£ the time for which such member . .has been appointed provided, however, that all members shall continue in office until their succe ssors shal l have be en appointed. SECTION 2. The Commission, at it s organizationa l mee ting and each annual meeting thereaft~r, shall elect from its membership a vice-cha i r~u n; a second vice -chairman; and a secretary • .The ch a irman, vi~e-chairma n, s econd vice chair ma n, a nd s ecre tary shall have and perform s uch duties as are co~.monly associated with t heir r es pective t itles. The office rs o f the Commission s hall be <ind co~scituce the exe cut i ve commi t tee o f t he Commis sion wh ich shall exerci s e s uch powers oi the Commission between i t s regular meetings as may be authorized by the Commissio,,. The . Commission sha ll be further authori zed to appoint and fix the membersh i p of such numbe r of otonding and temporary commi t t ees as it may find exped i ent f or the per formance of its duties, SECTI ON J. The c·ommunity Rc l .1tion s Conuni ss ion ·sha ll mee t :.it lc.:1st o,1ci:? • �__________ ........ --· , .. ..... . ... .... .. ' ,,.. ,. ;. ,. ,, , ..... ~ - '.. ' ...... ··-... ,. ·-- -. --. "-·-~. - -.--- - ' , '. each mo nth at such time .:ind place .:w shall be fixed by the Commission by its standing r u l~s . Special meetings shall be called by the chairman> or if°\ his absence by the rank i ng vic~-chairman, or on the written request of any two members of the execut ive c o nmittec·, or upon the written request of a majority (ten members) of sail Commiss i on. All such requests sh.:1ll st.:1tc the purpose or purposes for which such s pe cia l meeting is to be called, and shall be filed . with the iccretary at least twent y -f our hours before the time of the special meeting so-called and authorized. Such req~est and call for a special meeting shall be read at the meeting and entered i n the minutes, and no business shall be transacted except that stated in the reque s t for such special meeting. The Commission shall prepare .its own agenda for a l l meetings and establish its own rules of order or ·adopt Robert's Rule of Orde r for the conductof their meetings. SECTION 4. The functions, duties and po~ers of the Commission shall be: (a) · To foster mutual understanding, tolerance, and respect . among all economic, social, religiouus, and ethnic groups in the City. (b) To help make it possible for each citizen, regardless of · race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, to develop his talents and abilities wi thout limitation. (c) To aid in permitting the City of Atlanta to bcnc;ic from the fullest realization of its human resources. (d) To investigate, discourage a11d seek to prevent discriminatory practices againit any individual· because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin 00r ancestry. (e) To attempt to act as conciliator in controversies involving human relations, (f) To cooperate with the Federal, State, and City agcncibs in dev~loping harmonious hum3n relations. (g) · To coopenate in th e development of educational programs dedicated to the improvement of human rel.:1tio ns ,~i::l,, and to enlist the support o f , civic leaders; civic, rcli s io~s , veterans, labo1.·, industri a l, co:iuncrcial nn<l clccmosyn:.ry groups; and privat e a gc nc i co cncaged in the inculcnti0n of ideals of tolerance, mutual rc::pec t and u·n dcrst~rndin~;. �=========:::-=-~-,-===-·~-:.._ --::::.:. . . --;---:------;,-----------;, ;--,-::..c:-: .. --;-,-:. :-----:.-:-:: .•::.. -:-•.::: ._:;-: __:-:; _,_::-.=·-= - -=-·:::: - ... .. (h) To make studien, and to h.:ivc studies made, . in the field ·of human relation::;, and to prepare and disoemtnacc reports of such ntudies. (i) To rcconwcnd to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen sue~ ordinances as will aid in carrying out the purposes of this ordinance. (j) To subm{t'an annual report to the MayQr and Board of Aldermen. (k) To accept grants and donations on behalf of the City •', from foundations and others for the purpose of carrying out the above listed functions, subject to the approval . ' ._ r .j of the Mayor and Doard of Aldermen. SECTION 5. Pursuant to the named functions and duties of the Community Relations Commission, it is empowered to hold hearings and take the testimony .of any person under oath. · The Commission, after the completion of any hearing, shall .. make a report in writing to the Mayor setting forth the facts found by it and its recommendations. At any hearing before the Commission a'witness ·shall have the right to be advised by Counsel present during such hearings. SECTION 6. The Commission shall, with the approval of the Nayor and Board of Aldermen, employ an executive director, and the Mayor and Board of Alder.:nen shall fix his compen~ation. the exec~tive direGtor shall be a person with training and experience in inter-group and inter-racial relations. The executive director shall coordinate the activites o.f the Commission and its staff. He may, with the Mayor's approval and within the limits o f the budget of the Commissior., employ su ch staff as he needs, and the ex~cutivc _dircctor shall .fix the compensation of such staff, subject to the approval of the Personnel Doard of the City. SECTION 7. The Commission shall prepare annually a budget for the ensuing fiscal year , and shall submit s uch budget to the Mayor and Board o ~ Aldermen of their approval. Except for the initial year, the Coli'UTlission .shall prc?arc and submit each budget no later than September 30 of each year. All Bud£etary e~pen~~tures shall be authorized by the Commission . SECTION 8. In the event th at private funds are made avail ab:c f 0r special projects, s ur veys, and educntional programs, the Hayor is a utl.01·i~c d, up on. recommendation of the Commission, to enter into such contract or cont1·acts with �_,_ , ....... ..\ .. ..., ....._ .. .. ~ - ....,. ,. .. . . . · ~- - .• t· - -· ·- ~-_,. _....... .... __.. __ _ _ _- - ' - - -·- ,.,... .,.. , cea:ri e private in<liviJuals, associations, or nr oup G desir ing to promo~e the purpose of said Commission by furnishing fonds fo r sai<l purpose::;. SECTION 9. The scrvic~s of dll other departments of The C~ty of Atlanta shall be made available to the C~1~ission upon its request for cu6h services subject to· the ability and capacity of said Department to render sa.me. Infonnation in the possession of any department, boa.rd, or agency of. the City of . Atlanta shall be furnished to the Commission upon its request, and to the extent permitted by law, subject to the ability and capacity o_f the dpcartr.ient to furnish it. , Upon the refusal by any director or head of any department; _board, or agency of the City to furnish any informa.tion which has been requested by the Comrniss ion, the matter shall be referred to the :Mayor who shall determine whether such information shall be furnished to the Commissio.1, and the decision of the Mayor shall be finaL-· SECTION 10. The Nayor is authorized to allocate adequate office space_ and to proviqe the necessary facilities in the City Hall for said Corr..-nissi on if the office space and fa~ilities are available. If office space and facilities are not available in the City Hall, then the MayoF is authorized to secure adequate office space and to provide the necess ary facilities as convenient to the City Hall as possible. SECTION 11. If any section of this ordinance be held-to be unconstitu- tional or otherwise _invalid by any Court of ·competent jurisdiction, then such section ~hall be considered sppijrntely and npijrt from th~ remaining provision of this ordinance, said section to be complet e ly separable from the remaining provisions of this ordinance and the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall remain in f ul l for ce and effect. SECTION 12. The provisions of thi s ordinanc·e shall be included and incorporated in the Charter and Related Laws of the City 6£ Atlanta, as a n add ition thereto . SECTION 13. That a copy of thi s proposed ame ndment t o the Ch-1rtcr .: rnd Related Laws of the City of Atlanta shall be f iled in the Office of the Ckr:, of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and in the Of fi cc of the Cl erk of the Supc~:ior Cou-:.:t of Fulton County and that the "Notice o f Propos ed .i\mc ndmc nt to the Chart01.· :: ml Rcl;1l: eci Laws of the City o f Atlanta 11 , .:ittached here t o, marked "Exhib it A" an,: r.,adc :.. p,1r t of this ordinance, be published once a wee k for tl1rcc weeks in a ncw~~- r ~r , o i general circulation in the City of Atlan t a or t he off icial orsnn of t ul t on County and that a copy of said advertisement be nttachcd to tl1is ordinance prior co i ts ~ - �----- --· 1, final adoption by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. · ~ SECTION 14. That all ordin~rncen and parta . of orclinancea in cqnflict herewith arc hcrcbi repealed. ADOPTED By . Board of Aldermen November 7, 1966 APPROVED .J,. A true copy, Clerk .. November 8, 1966. �.. . .. .. . • NOTICE OF PROPOSED Ai'-1EI'.1}MENT TO CHARTER OF TIIE CITY OF ATLANTA .. NOTICE is hereby given that .'..l_n ordinance hc:1s bcc:n , I ., introduced to amend the Charter and Related Laws of the City ' of Atlanta to create a Conununity Relations Commission for the City ·of Atlanta, Georgia,_ provide for membership, define the purposes and duties of the Commission and objectives sought to be accompl~shed, provide for the organization and oper~tions of the Commission. A copy of the proposed amendment to the Charter is on file ~n the Office 6£ the City Clerk -of Atlanta and .. the Office of the Clerk of. the Superior Court of Fulton and DeKalb C6unties, Georgia, £cir the purpose of examination and inspection by the public. This day of_________....,..,....,.....,,.> 1966. J. J. Little , City. Clerk City of Atlanta \ I I j ~ ' • : ~ I . \. ' \ �O c tober 14, 1966 To : Alderman Rodney Cook Mr . Bennie T . Smith M1·s . Dorothy B . Thompson Rev . Samuel W . Williams From: Eliza Paschall A meeting of the sub - committee formed to submit recommendations concerning membership of the Community Relations Commission has been scheduled for Thursday, October 20 , at 3 : 30 p . m . This meeting will be held in the offices of the Greater Atlanta C ouncil on Human Relations at 4 Forsyth Street in Room 209 . Please make every effort to be present at this important meeting . EP:fy cc: Mr . Sam Ma 11, Jr. �MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 - Members of the Human Relations Committee met at City Hall on Thursday; September 29, 1966, at ll:00 a. m. with the following members present: Alderman Rodney Cook Alderman Richard Freeman Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles Leftwich Vice Mayor Sam Mas sell, Jr., Acting Chairman Alderman Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. Bennie T. Smith Rev. Samuel W. Williams Also present were: Mr. Dan E. Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. Jim Pilcher City Attorney's Offic e The meeting was called to orde r by Mr. Mas sell and the first order of business was the election of officers for the Committee. Upon motions duly made, seconded and pass e d, the following officers were elected: Mr. Sam Mas sell, J r ., Chairman Rev. Samuel W . Williams, Vice Chairman The Committee the n reviewed the draft ordinance for the establishme n t of a human relations commission and the following actions w e re taken : Section 1 : Upon m oti on duly made, seconded and p asse d, i t was agreed t he c o mmission should be called the Community Relations Commission. U pon motion d uly made, sec on d ed and p a s se d , i t wa s agree d tha t seven (7 ) members of the total of twenty (2 0) members shoul d constitute a quorum rather than ten (10) members as called for in the draft. It was agreed that the phras e "member s hip shall include representation of all segments of the City" be included in this section. �I . Page Two· Section 2: Approved as submitted. Section 3: Approved as submitted. Section 4: Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, sub-section (d) was amended to read as follows: "To investigate, discourage and seek to prevent discriminatory practices against any individual because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry." l 1. Section 5: The first sentence was amended to read as follows: "The commission shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, employ an executive director, and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall fix his compensation. " The last sentence was amended to read as follows: "He may, with the Mayor's approval and within the limits of the budget of the commission, employ such staff as he needs, and the executive director shall fix the compensation of such staff subjec~ to the approval of the Personnel Board of the City of Atlanta. " Section 6: Approved as submitted. Section 7: Approved as. submitted. Section 8: The first sentence was amended to .read as follows: "The , services of all other departments of the City of Atlanta shall be made available to the commission upon its request for such services subject to the extent of the personnel that they have. 11 The second sentence was amended to read as follows: "Information in the possession of any department, board, or agency of the City of Atlanta shall be furnished to the commission upon its request, and to the extent permitted by law and based on the ability of the department, board or agency to provide such information. " S e ction 9: This section was amended to read as .follows: "The Mayor is authorized to allocate adequate office space and to provide the necessary. facilities in the City Hall for said commission if the office space and facilities are available or to secure space as convenient to the City Hall as possible. 11 Section 10: Approved as submitted. �i Page Three Section 11: Approved as submitted. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed to add a separate section (Section 12) to the ordinance to provide subpoena power for investigative purposes. The wording of this section will be left to the City Attorney's Office. There being no further discussion on this matter, it was agreed that the ordinance, as amended, be submitted to the Board of Aldermen at their regular meeting on Monday, October 3. In order for this commission to be a charter commission, it will be necessary for the ordinance to be submitted to the Board of Aldermen three times. The Resolution establishing the Human Relations Committee called for the Committee to submit recommendations concerning membership of the Commission. · Mr. Mas sell appointed the following committee to submit such recommendations to the H,uman Relations Committee for consideration : Mrs. Eliza Paschall, Chairman Alderman Rodney Cook Mr. Bennie T. Smith . Mrs. Dorothy B. Thompson Rev. Samuel W. Williams Con c e rning the matter of the budge t of the Commission, Alderman Millican sugge sted this not be set until the p e rmanent Commission is appointed so th at it can consider the budgetary requirements. Alderman Leftwich and Alderman M i llican we r e appointed as a committee of t w o to bring the m a tte r to the attention of the Comptroller and the Finance Commit tee of the Boar d of Aldermen that at a future date a r~quest for funds for this Commission will be forthcoming. In revi ewi ng t he m in'4t e s of the pr evious me e tin g , it Aldermen Cock, Freeman lUH.i Wi:l,t, n o t e d t hat Millican and Mr. Benni~ Smith should be add e d t o the list of m e mbe r s p re s e nt . · It w as asked that the m inu tes be correcte d t o include these n ame s . Mr. Hart inquired if this committee coul d make r ecommendati on s to the department heads and, if so, suggested the B o ard of Education be asked to work with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. to es tablish a program t«;> �• Page Four keep the school libraries open in the evenings. This was discussed but it was felt this could be more effectively handled under the direction of the permanent Commission. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be scheduled after Mrs. Paschall's committee completes its re commendations. .. < �MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 • Members of the Human Relations Committee met at City Hall on Thursday; September 29, 1966, at ll:00 a. m. with the following members present: Alderman Rodney Cook Alderman Richard Freeman Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles Leftwich Vice Mayor Sam Mas sell, Jr., Acting Chairman Alderman Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. Bennie T. Smith Rev. Samuel W. Williams Also present were: Mr. Dan E. Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. Jim Pilcher City Attorney's Office The meeting was called to order by Mr . Mas sell and the first order of business was the election of officer s for the Committee. Upon motions duly made, seconded and passed, the following officers were elected: Mr. Sam Mas sell, Jr., Chairman Rev. Samuel W. Williams, Vice Chairman The Committee then reviewed the draft ordinance for the establishment of a human relations commission and the following actions were taken: Section 1: Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed the commission should be called the Community Relations Commission. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed that seven (7) members of the total of twenty (20) members should constitute a quorum rather than ten (10) members as called for in the draft. It was agreed that the phrase " membership shall include representation of all segments of the City" be included in this section. �Page Two· Section 2: Approved as submitted. Section 3: Approved as submitted. Section 4: Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, sub-section (d) was amended to read as follows: "To investigate, discourage and seek to prevent discriminatory practices against any individual because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry." Section 5: The first sentence was amended to read as follows: "The commission shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, employ an executive director, and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall fix his compensation. " The last sentence was amended to read as follows: "He may, with the Mayor's approval and within the limits of the budget of the commission, employ such staff as he needs, and the executive director shall fix the compensation of such staff subject to the approval of the· Personnel Board of the City of Atlanta. " Section 6: Approved as submitted. Section 7: Approved as submitted. Section 8: The first sentence was amended to .read as follows: "The services of all other departments of the City of Atlanta shall be made available to the commission upon its request for such services subject to the extent of the personnel that they have," The second sent ence was amended to re ad as follows: "Information in the possession of any department, board, or agency of the City of Atlanta shall be furnished to the commission upon its request, and to the extent permitted by law and based on the ability of the department, board or agency to provide such information, " Section 9: This section was amended to read as follows: "The Mayor is authorize d to allocate adequate office space and to provide the neces·s ary. facilities in the City Hall for said commission if the office space and facilities are available or to secure space as convenient to the City Hall as possible. 11 Section 10: Approved as submitted. _.: �. Page Three Section 11: Approved as submitted. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed to add a separate section (Section 12) to the ordinance to provide subpoena power for investigative purposes. The wording of this section will be left to the City Attorney's Office. There being no further discussion on this matter, it was agreed that the ordinance, as amended, be submitted to the Board of Aldermen at their regular meeting on Monday, October 3. In order for this commission to be a charter commission, it will be necessary for the ordinance to be submitted t o the Board of Aldermen three times. -: The Resolution establishing the Human Relations Committee called for the Committee to submit recommendations concerning membership of the Commission. · Mr. Massell appointed the following committee to submit such recommendations to the Human Relations Committee for consideration: Mrs. Eliza Paschall, Chairman Alderman Rodney Cook Mr. Bennie T. Smith Mrs. Dorothy B. Thompson Rev. Samuel W. Williams Concerning the matter of the budget of the Commission, Alderman Millican suggested this not be set until the permanent Commission is appointed so that it can consider the budgetary requirements. Alderman Leftwich and Alderman Millican were appointed as a committee of two to bring the matter to the attention of the Comptroller and the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen that at a future date a request for funds for this Commission will be forthcoming. In reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, it was noted that Aldermen Coe,k 1 Freema.n and Milliean and Mr. Bennie Sn<tith should be added to the list of members present, be c or rected to include these names. It was asked that the minutes Mr. Hart inquired if this committe e could make recommendations to the department heads and, if so, suggested the Board of Education be asked to work with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. to establish a program to ..~ �l • Page Four keep the school libraries open in the evenings. This was discussed but it was felt this could be more effectively handled under the direction of the permanent Commission. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be scheduled after Mrs. Paschall's committee completes its recommendations. ,, ' . �ATLANTA,GEOROIA ROUTE SLIP TO: _ _,M =r"-.,,__,,S=a=m'-"--'M '""1""a=s.,__s=e....ll...________________ FROM: Dan E. Swea t , Jr. 0 For your information O Please re fe r to the attached c orrespondence and ma ke the nece s s a ry reply. O Advise me the s ta tus o f the a tta ch e d. Attached is a copy of a draft of the minutes of the last meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee !or your approval. After you have had an opportunity to review the minutes , let me know if you would like for my office t o m ake copies of the minutes and send them out. Da n Sweat FOR M 25- 4- S �I' MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 Members of the Human R e l a tions C o mmittee met at City Hall on Thursday, September 29, 19 66 , at ll:00 a. m. with the following members present: Aldennan Rodne y C o ok Alderman R i chard Freeman Mr. Charl e s H a rt Alderman Charles L e ftwich Vice Mayor Sam M a s sell, Jr., Acting Chairman Alderman Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. Bennie T. Smith Rev. Samuel W. Williams Also present were: Mr. Dan E. Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. Jim Pilch e r City Attorney's Office The meeting was call e d to order by Mr. Mas sell and the first order of busine ss was the election of officers for the Committee. Upon motions duly made, seconded and passed, the following officers were elected: Mr. Sam Mas s e ll, Jr., Chairman R e v. Samuel W . Williams, Vice Chairman The C ommitte e th e n revi e we d th e draft or d inanc e for the establis h m e nt of a human r e lati ons commission and the following actions we r e take n: S e c t i on 1: Up on motion duly m a d e, s e con d e d a n d p asse d , it was ag r ee d the commi ssi on s ho uld b e c a lle d t h e Community R e l ati ons Commi s sion. U pon m oti on d uly ma d e, s e con ded a nd p assed, it wa s agreed t h a t seven (7) member s of the tot al o f twenty (2 0) members sh oul d c onstitute a quorum rather than ten (10) memb er s as call e d for i n th e draft. It was agreed that the p h ra s e " membership shall include representation of all segments of the City " be included in this section. �_ _- , Page Two Section 2· Approved as submitted. Section 3: Approved as submitted. Section 4: Upon motion duly made, secon ded and unanimously passed, sub-section (d) was amended to read as follows: 11 To investigate, discourage and seek to prevent discriminatory practices against any individual because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry. 11 Section 5: The first sentence was amended to read as follows: 11 The cormnission shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, employ an exe cutive director, and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall fix his compensation. 11 The last sentence was amended to read as follows: 11 He may, with the Mayor I s approval and within the limits of the budget of the commission, employ such staff as he needs, and the e xecutive director shall fix the compe nsation o f s uch staff s ubject to the approval of the P e rsonne l B o ard of the City of Atlanta. 11 S e ction 6: Approved as submitte d. S ect i on 7: Approved a s s ubm itte d. Section 8: The first sentence was services of all other departme n ts available to the commission upon to the e x t ent o f the p e r s on n e l t hat ame nded to read as follows: 11 The of the City of Atlanta shall be made its r e que st f or such servic e s subje c t the y h ave . 11 T he second sent en c e was amende d t o rea d as fo llows : 11 Information i n th e poss e ssion of any department, board, or a ge ncy of the City of Atlanta shall b e f u rnishe d to t h e commi ssion u pon its r e quest , a nd to t he extent p ermitted by law a nd based on the abili ty of the depa rtment, b oard o r agenc y to provid e s u c h i n formation . 11 Section 9: This section was amended to read as follows: "The Mayor is aut horize d t o a llo cate ade quate offic e space an d to p r o v i de the necessary facilities in the City Hall for s aid c ommi s s ion if t he offi ce space and facilities are avai labl e or to secu re space as c o nveni ent to the City Hall as possible. 11 Section 10: Approved as submitted. �Page Three S ection 11: Approved as submitted. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed to add a separate section (Section 12) to the ordinance to provide subpoena power for investigative purposes. The wording of this section will be left to the City Attorney 1 s Office. There being no further discussion on this matter, it was agreed that the ordinance, as amended, be subn1itted to the Board of Aldermen at their regular meeting on Monday, Octob er 3. In order for this commission to be a charter commission, it will be necessary for the ordinance to be approv:ed by the Board of Aldermen three times. Si-l-b°'" ; nu 4--o The Resolution establishing the Human Relations Committee called for the Committee to submit recommendations concerning membership of the C ommission. Mr. Mas sell appointed the following committee to submit such recommendations to the Human Relations Committee for consideration: Mrs. Eliza Paschall, Chairman Alderman Rodney Cook Mr. Bennie T. Smith Mrs. Dorothy B. Thompson Rev. Samuel W. Williams C oncerning the matter of the budget of the Commission, Alderman Millican suggested this not be set until the permanent Commission is appointed so that it can consider the budgetary requirements. Alderman Leftwich and Alderman Millican were appointed as a committee of two to bring the matter to the attention of the Comptroller and the Finance C ommittee of the Board of Aldermen that at a future date a request for funds for this Commission will be forthcoming. In r evi ewin g the minutes of the pr e vious meeting, it was noted that Alde r men Cook, Fre e man and Millican and Mr. B ennie Smith should' be added to the list of m embers present. It was asked that the minutes b e c o rrec t ed to include these names. Mr. Hart inquired if this committee could make recommendations to the department heads and, if so, suggested the Boar d of Edu cati on be asked to work with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, I nc. to establish a program to �Page Four keep the school libraries open in the evenings. This was discussed but it was felt this could be 1nore effectively handled under the direction of the permanent Commission. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be scheduled after Mrs. Paschall's committee completes its recommendations. �October 4 , 1966 Mr . Raphael B . Levine Pres i dent of the Boa rd of Tr u stees Unitar i an Universalist Congregati on of Atlanta 1911 Cliff Valley Way , N . E . Atl anta, Georgia 30329 Dear Mr . Levine : Thank you for your letter of September 15 recommending the establishment of a Mayor 's Aldermanic Council on Human Relations . The establishment of such a Council has been recommended to the Board of Aldermen and passed first reading by the full Aldermanic B o rd on 1onday afternoon. I am sure that uch a Council can be very useful in helping to resolve many of the crucial problems facing Atlan ta . Sincerely yours , I v an Allen, Jr . Mayor IAJr:fy �UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF ATLANTA EUGENE PICKETT, MINISTER September 15, 1966 The Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia My dear Mr. Mayor: I wish to express, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, UnitarianUniversalist Congregation of Atlanta, our concern over the recent events which have seriously disturbed the interracial climate in Atlanta. We feel that the time is due, and past due, for some really constructive action to be taken in this area- -action which only the City Government is in a position to implement. At the same time, we want to commend the obvious solicitude with which you and other leaders in Atlanta have grappled with the immediate problems raised by the shooting incident, the personal bravery shown by yourself and the police force, and the rapidity with which the murder suspects were apprehended. It is becoming daily more apparent that meaningful and constant communication among the various factions involved in our city's dilemma is a crucial ingredient to its solution. We believe that the most useful single action which could be taken at this time is the establishment of a Mayor's Aldermanic Council on Human Relations, which would be empowered to call to its meetings not only concerne d citizens in the various private organizations, but also ranking officers in all branches of the City Government. Such a council should have quasiofficial status, and should have the ear of the Mayor and the Alder manic Board at all times . Of the essence in the usefulness of such a Council would be the fact that its recommendations would be taken seriously . 1911 CLIFF VALLEY WAY NE ATLANTA GEORGIA 30329 TEL : 634-5134 �Members of this Congregation, and of our Denomination generally, have worked unceasingly since our beginnings in the field of civil rights and of human wellbeing generally. We have accepted both hard work and danger--as in the case of James Reeb in Selma. We are especially concerned, therefore, that outbreaks of violence and and intransigence on both sides of the issues might jeopardize much that has been won in the cause of better understanding and equality of opportunity. We urge, with all vigor and earnestness, that a major step such as the Mayor's Council suggested, be established immediately, and that leaders of all factions give it their unqualified support. Very truly yours, Raphael B. Levine President c/c Samuel Williams Samuel Mass ell Atlanta Constitution �·--'"--'--'~ - ~ - -- - -·- - '··'-' · -- . -- - - - - - ------· - -- - - ----- MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 22, 1966 Members of the Human Relations Comn1ittee met at City Hall on Thursday, September 22, 1966, at 2:00 p. m. with the followin g members present: Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles Leftwich Vice Mayor Sam. Mas sell, Jr. Acting Chairman Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. L. D. Simon Mrs. Dorothy Bolder Thompson Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Director of Governmental Liaison for the City of Atlanta, was also present. Since a quorum was not present at this meeting, it was decided to again postpone business of the Committee until the next 1neeting. Mr. Massell requested the City A ttorney to prepare a draft ordinance for the establishment of a Human Relations Commission. Copie s of this draft were distribute d to th e members alon g with copies of information prepared by Mrs. Paschall on Human Relations C ommissions of other cities comparabl e to Atlanta. Mr. Massell s tressed the importance of reviewing the ordinance be fore the next meeting and agreed to mail copies to those members not present. The meeting was adjourned at 2: 30 p. m. with the next meeting schedul ed for Thursday, September 29, 1966, at 11:00 a. m. -- , �1-·~k--··- - ·-- - --- -··- -· MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 9, 1966 Members of the Human Relations Committee met at City Hall on Friday, September 9, 1966, at _2 :30 1 p. m. with the following members present: A ld - n ,1c.1 n Milton Farris Mr. Charles Hart Vice Mayor Sam Mas s e ll, Jr., Acting Chairman Alderman G. Eve r e tt Millican Mrs. Eliza P a schall Mrs. Dorothy Bolder Thompson Rev. Samuel Williams Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Director of Governmental Liaison for the City of Atlanta, was also p,resent. The meeting was called for the purpose of formal organization of the committee. However, due to the fact that a quorum was not present, it was agreed to postpone this f or a future me e ting. The g roup then discussed the role of the commi tte e a n d possible activitie s and programs to be accomplished. Some of the sugge ste d programs or improveme nts include d : (1) Alderman Farris sugge sted a n ordinance by the Board of Alde rme n prohibiting building of h ous es on unpave d s t r eets . (2) The group disc u ssed a demons t ration proj ect whereby a small area (pe rhaps a city block) in disad vantaged neigh borhoods could b e comple t e ly cle a re d a nd inexp e nsive but s ub s t anti al s i ngle fami l y d w e lling s built b ack a s r ent a l p:rqperty q:r a~ pu:ri;;hg,;=rn p:rope:rty, .A$ one i:!:rea is completed the program would then move to another area rather than taki ng in the large sections as under the present urban rene w a l programs . (3 ) Mr. Massell suggested that a listing of problems and a schedule of priority of needs be compile d and suggested the Atlanta Chapter of the N ational Ass ociation for InterGroup Relations Offic~als be contacted to obtain their recommendations. �,._ .........~ .. - ------ - ··· Page Two (4) (5) The group discussed the value of a survey of the re si~ents of the disadvantaged areas to determine what they feel are tJ1cil· ~rc..'atcst needs and problen1s. There were many s uggestions as to how to conduc;:t such a survey including: a. A professional survey b. A survey carried out by amateurs (such as the EOA Neighborhood Aides) as the people might discuss their problems more freely with this group than with professional persons c. Community meetings with members of the Board of Aldermen It was suggested that a fulltime staff and budget be recommended as part of a permanent Human Relations Commission. It was agreed that the City should have one person responsible for all needs and activity in this field. Sinc e most of the discussion c entered around the problems of housing, it was suggested that Federal authorities from the D e partment of Housing and Urban D evelopment be asked to attend the next meeting to explain their -programs and the services this department can render in solving this problem. Mrs. Paschall agreed to review the material and information obtained from the U. S. Conference of Mayors and the Civil Rights Commis sion on Human Relations Commissions of other cities and prepare a brief summary for the members of the co1nmittee. The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p. m. with the next meeting scheduled for Thiu;§gey, $~pt~mb~r ii~ 1966, ~t i:o o p~ m ! �/ _ ,,,,/

I~ --•I U '/' I T I E.:. ARY B ·i e fing a nd Bus Tour S pe c ial Committee to S u rvey S e rvic es to Slum A r e s Wedne s day , August 10, 1966 2 :00 P .M . Corn m i tt e 2:' oom N o. 4 C i y Hall A t lant a, G e o r g i a 2 ; 0 0 P oMo I C a ll to Q _ d e:. - May or Ivan A ll e n II E xplana-'-ion of Res o l u tion - M ay o_r A llen III I ntrodu c t i on o f C omm itt ee M embe :. s - Mayo _ A lle n (Al dermani c Me m bers} Milton F a rris, C h ai rman, Finan c e C ornmitte e C ha r les L eftwich, C hai r m an, P arks Commi tte e R i cha r d F reeman, C hairman, P olice C ommi tte e Ja c k Summers , C hai rman , Publi c Works N o. 1 Corn ___i t tee G. E verett M i lli c an C hair man, Public Wo _ks No. II C omm : te e R odney Coo , 'C hai r m an, U rban Renewal Poli c y C o ___ m it'-ee Jo n Fla nige n , C hairma n , Zoning C ommit t ee ~4J ~ /...P ~ ~ . /J .<JJ.

( rnu -8-:;i. <J;i~) ' :£i M(fbt:=is~ 1/0 o'1J. u.» ~ ~ M rs . Dor ot h y Bol d e r Thomps oni 1'-i~ · Mr . L. D . Simon i ol.3 ~ ~ , ~ . E. ., · _ , Mr. B e nny T. Smith , 2.cA ~ ~ ~ '-L i ~~ , ~ Mr . C ha rle s Hart , 9 0 1 ~ rn. ~ 7 9 1 -1CJO,j) M rs. Eliza Pas c all ,~ ~ <ltl . CRJc.,_"CJ. (1,- lsL,r,.-c..._, ~ --,___.,_ ~ ..jQ.U')tt-- ~ · 3a.3o.3 Re v. Sam W i lliams , · ;v...;,,__~ <-{- 3 , )'\l(h:.R&.t_ ~ , $ . LV . •_ e0 (Summit Memb e rs} .Je , ( ¥ ~ ~. IV I n:: ro duction of E a rl Landers, Admin istr ative A s st. - Mayo r _ 11 n V Departme nt Heads or ce sig n ated r e pr ese n t ative s each to g ive 5 - minute b,._ i e fi ng on n atur e and e xtent of s e _vices provid e d by the ir depar t m ent. E a rl Land er s ·o i nt roduce departmental spo_-esmen. Jerry C offe l , Planning Department: Mr . Coffel will lo c ate areas of immedi ate c o __ c ern O!l map and explain the D epartmen-'-!s p r o g r e s s on p r epa r ation of surv y and planni ng a:,plicati ons . He will a l s o expl a i n 1:.a _c.out n 1ate r ials des c : :.- i b i ng each a:..·ea, a long with individua l m aps . (1) �(2) Ray Nixon, Const- uction Departrnent 3) Bill Wofford, Inspections De pa r t ment (4) J a ck Delius ~ P a rks D epc.r tment (S) Bob S p e e _ , S a nitary De partment ( 6) Karl B e vins , Traffic Enginee _ ing De pa rtment (7) Capt, Morris Redding, Police Departrnent VI Mr. Landers introduce Earl Metzger, who will not speak bu·:: who will rn.al-:e the tour to answe _ questions on Urb n Renewal an Public =-fousingo VII 2: 5 p. m. VIII 2:45 - 4:: 30 p. m. Board bus in front o _ City Hall. Tour of following areas: Vine City Blue Heaven Cooper-Glenn C abbage Town Summerhill Mayo _ Allen will handle' mike and answer questions or call en appropriate department representative fo:. answer. J e rry Coffel will direct driver along tour route and assist Mayor Allen by pointing out locations, city parks, play lots and other points of impo_ tance . Helen Mey ers o:.:: the Planning Department will record sugges ions and r commendations during the course of the tour . 4: 30 p. m . - Tour ends at City Hall. �September 13, 1966 Mr . Sam Massell, Jr. President of the Board of Aldermen 40 Pryor Street, S . W . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Sam: Attached is a draft letter to go to members of the Human Relations Committee who were not present at the last meeting . There is also a draft to be sent to those who were in attendance along with a copy of the minutes of the last meeting. If you will make any corrections or additions to the proposed letters and minutes and have someone return them to my office , we will get them out to the Committee members immediately. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS:fy E nclosures (3) �S e p te mber 13, 1966 DRAFT M e mbers Not Present A t Mee tin g Dear

I regret t hat you were unable to att end the meeting of the Human Relation s C ommittee on Fr i day , September 9 . Due t o an insufficient number of members to constitute a quo r um, formal organizati on of the Committee was postponed until the next regularly scheduled meeting. Thi s meeting has been called for Thursday, September 22 , 1966 , at Z: 30 p . m . at City Hall in Committee Room # 2 . ....\-~Q... l ~ A copy of the minutes of Friaay •s meeting is att ched . Sincerely yours, Sam Mas sell, Jr. �September 13, 196 6 DRAFT Members Present Dear

Attached i s a copy of a draft of m inutes of the September 9, 1966 meeting of the Human R e lations C ommittee . Please makk your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday , September 22, at 2 : 30 p . m . at City Hall in Committee R o om # 2. W e are looking forward to this meeting . Sincerely yours , Sam Mas sell , Jr . �HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE Member s of t he Human Re l a tions C ommittee met at City Hall on Fri day, September 9, 1966, at 2:30 p . m . w ith the following members present : Alderman M ilton Farri s Mr . Charle s Hart Vice Mayor Sam Mas sell , Jr . , Acting Chairman Alderman G . E v erett Millican Mrs . Eliza Paschall Mrs . D o rothy B ol der Thompson Rev. Samuel Williams M r. Dan E . Sweat, Dire ctor of Governmental Liai son for the City of Atlanta, was also present. The meeting was called for the purpose of organi zation of the committee. However , due to the fact that a quorum was not present, it was agreed to postpone this for a future meeting . The group then discussed the role of the committee and possible ctivities and programs to be accomplished. Some of the suggested programs or improvements included: (1) Alderman Farris suggested an ordinance by the Board of Aldermen prohibiting building of houses on unpaved atre ts. (2) The group discussed a demonstration project whereby a mall area (perhaps a city block) in the di advantaged neighborhood could be completely cl are d and inexpen ive but substantial singl f mily dwellings built back as rental property or as purchase -- �- 2 - property. As one area is c ompleted the program would then move to another area r a ther than taking in the l a r ge s e~tions as und er the pre sent urban renewal programs . (3) M r. Ma ssell suggested that a listing of pr oblems and a schedule of prrority of needs be compile d and suggested the A tlanta Chapter of the National Asso cia tion for Inter-Group Relations Offi cials b e contacted to obtain their recommendations . (4 ) T he group d iscus sed the value of a survey of the residents of the d isadvantaged areas to determine what they feel are their greates t needs and p r oblems . There were many suggestions as to how t o conduct such a survey including: a) A p rofessional sur ve y b) A survey ea1·ried out by amateurs (s uch as the EOA Nei ghborhood Aides ) as the p ople might discuss their problems more freely with this group th n with professional persons C omm.unity meetings with members of the Boa.1·d c) of Aldermen (S) It wa r commended sugg oted th t full time staff and budget be s p rt of a permanent Human Relations Commission. It w s · greed th t the City should h ve one p r on responsible for all n ds nd ctivity in thi f ld. The p eopl of th se communiti �- 3 - would then know where to go with their problems and have confidence that their needs will be handled by this office.' Since most of the discussion centered around the probl ems of housing, it was suggested that Federal authoritie s from the Department of Housing and Urban Development be asked to attend the next meeting to explain their programs and the services this department can render in solving this problem. Mrs . Paschall agreed to review the material and information obtained from the U. S. C onference of M a yors and the Civil Rights Commission on the Human Relations C ommissions of other cities and prepare a brief sununary for the memb rs of the committee . The meeting was adjourned at 3: 4 0 p. m . with the next meeting cheduled for Thursday, September 22, 1966, at 2: 30 p . m. �• r CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL August 29, 1966 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN' ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assistant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Director of Governmental liaison To: Alderman Rodney Cook Alderman Milton Farris Alderman John Flanigen Alderman Richard Freeman Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles Leftwich Alderman G. Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Pascall Mr. L. D. Simon Mr. Benny T. Smith Alderman Jack Summers Mrs. Dorothy Bolder Thompson Rev. Samuel Williams The committee of Aldermen and citizens to evaluate services in Atlanta slum areas will hold its second meeting on Friday, September 9, at 2 :3 0 p. m. in Committee Room# 2 in City Hall. At this time a report of the results of the summer improvement pro g ram in three target neighborhoods will be presented to th e committee. I hope that you will make Ivan All en, Jr . Mayor I A J r :fy �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR August 29, 1966 R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assi stant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison To: All Persono Responsible for Summer Slum Program From: Ivan Allen, Jr. Our summer Neighborhood Improvement Program in four of the City's major slum areas has certainly produced significant results. It is important that we evaluate the success of this program to determine future courses of action. Would you please compile the results of the summer program in your particular department or agency for the period through August 31 and forward it to my office as soon after the 31st as possible? Thanks again for the co ope ration and good work. lAJr:fy �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HA,L L August 26, 1966 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat ~ A meeting is being set for services to slum areas on 2:30 p. m. tigate t I would recommend that we analyze an attempt to evaluate our summer slum program effective August 31 and present a report to this committee at their meeting and ask them to make recommendations or suggestions for continuation and expansion of the program into other areas on a year-round basis. DS :fy �I WESTERN UNION 1057A EST ~UQ 1 66 AH110 A PU<, PO 10 EXTRA An..ANTA GA t 1015A EST HONORA13LE IVAN ALLEN MAYC-R ATt.A THE E:XEOOTIVE fX¥.!l!ITTEE OF C£m-fl:At., CITY' NEI~SORHOOC SEf\V.!CE CENTER WOUt.O l.tKE 10 REOOfflENO THAT A Hll'lAN RELATIONS Cct-lMISSION VITH POWER, A PAID STAFF ANO GRASS ROOTS REPRESENTATION BE APPOINTED FOR THE P~POSE Of' ACTING UPON MATTERS WHICH NEED ATTENTION IN THE N£IGHBORHOOOS MRS N B COAN CHAlMAN CEHTRAL CITY CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY CO~CIL HRS BERTtiA .JACt<SON fl!AS ETMEL co·x ANO O A COOLEY ~~: t ~ I ~ OPPORTUNITY ..... -lfll:." '-. 1 270 ( 1-5 1 ) Of ATl.AHTA /,-,:./A,, �T his is a fast message u nless its defe rred character is inc;Hcatcd by the p roper symbol. WE TERN UNION W . P. MARSHALL CHAIR MA N OF' THE B O A. RD TELEGRAM R . W. McFALL PRESIDENT R The fi ling time shown _in the Jltc line on domestic tclel'rams is LOCAL T IM E at point of origin. Time of recc1rt is LOCAL T IM ,"' r,r>1nt oi Jc· instio 522P EST JUL 29 66 AE353 -A LLW219 PD ATLANTA GA 29 432P EST . MAYOR IVAN ALLEN CITY HALL ATLA THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF' THE WEST Ef\O NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER, OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, IS IN ACCORD WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR YOU AM:> THE ALDERMANIC BOARD TO APPOINT A HUMAN RELATIONSHIP COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACTING UPON MATTERS WHICH NEED ATTENTION IN NEIGHBORHOODS FRAt«;ES MCKEE CHAIRMAN (20). SF1201 ( R2-fi.';) D �r- - ------ ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLAN TA, INC. C, O, EMMERICH ADMINISTR A TOR PRICE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER 1127 CAPITOL AVENUE, S. E 0 July 28, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The Price Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council would like for you to use the power and influence of your office in urging the approval of the recent proposal submitted by a citizens group. This proposal would pennit the Mayor and Board of Aldennen to appoint a Human Relations Connnission, with power and a paid staff, for the purpose of acting upon matters which need attention in the various neighborhoods and that "grass roots" representation be included in the appointments. The Price Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council is composed of twenty-four members, representing approx imately twenty-one thousand "grass roots" residents of the South Atlanta area. We sincerely believe that the above mentioned commission would be another milestone in the great "Forward Atlanta Movement". Sincerely yours, ~y~~ ~ , Chairman LW/ a �THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE NASH-WASHINGTON E.O.A. CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL (CNAC) ON JULY 28, 1966: R E S OL UT I ON

"Be it resolved by the NASH-Washington CNAC that the Atlanta Mayor and Board of Aldermen be urged to appoint a Human Relations Connnission, with power and a paid staff, for the purpose of acting upon matters which need attention in the neighborhoods: Be it further resolved that 'grassroots' representation be included in the appointments.," Signed: Erwin Stevens, Chairman Abe Wheeler Mrs., Maudie Wheeler Mrs ., Beatrice s. Moore Mrs., Alice Kinsey Mr. J., E., Owens Mrs., Mill Mabry Mrs. Eunice Ivey Mrs., Laconia Lane Mrs. Mary B., Thomas Mrs., Yancy Green Mrs., M., L. Moody Mrs. Alvenia Davis Mrs., Georgia Morrison Mrs., R. L. Pye Mrs., Marguerite Johnson Mrs. Elizabeth Barker Mrs. Parialee Faulkner The Technical Advisory Connnittee of the NASH- Washington Center which met on the same date , adopted a similar resolution. Signed : Malcolm Dean, Chairman T., J ., Crit tenden w.. N., Harp er Sims G. Gordon �Sum-Mee Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 August 1, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: We, the members of the Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council of the Sunnnerhill-Mechanicsville area, are deeply concerned about the recent demonstrations reflecting the need for more recreational facilities. We believe that the recommendations proposed by the citiz~ns group convened by Mr. Bennie Smith on Thursday, the 27th of July would be effective steps toward removing the causes of an unrest. We, therefore, go on record in support of the following: I o That the May~r and Board of Aldermen be urged to appoint a Human Relations Commission, with power and a paid staff, for the purpose of acting upon matters which need attention in neighborhoods and that "grass roots" representation be included in the appointments. II. That all leaders be asked to use their influence to suspend demonstrations until the Mayor and Board of Aldermen could act on the recommendation, Monday, August 1, 1966 . Very truly yours, Mro Lewis Peters, Chairman Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Council Mrs o A L Benton Mrs. Rosa Burney Mrs . Annie B Byrd Mrs. Myrtle L Crew Mr. Henry Cantrell Mrs. Bennie Farley Rev Ike G Powell Mr . Andrew Jackson Mrs. Lei la Hancock Mr. Robert Hewel l Mrs. Ann L Childs Mrs. Ruby Yancey Mrs. Sarah Houston Mr ED James Mrs. Sarah Baker Mrs. Doris J ennings Mrs. Guss i e Lewis Mrs. Lillian Love Mr . J A Manus Mr. Edward Moody Mr . Willie Richie Miss Elizabeth Bibb �Sum-Mee Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 August 1, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: We take this opportunity to express our support for the recommendations made by the citizens group convened by Mr. Bennie Smith on Thursday, July 27th. Our members have been polled and we are authorized to attach our names to the following recormnendations: I. II. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen be urged to appoint a Human Relations Commission, with power and a paid staff, for the purpose of acting upon matters which need attention in neighborhoods and that "grass roo t s" representation be included in the appointments. That all leaders be asked to use their influence to suspend demonstrations until the Mayor and Boa rd of Aldermen could act on the r ecommendation, Monday, August 1, 1966. We believe that such a Human Relations Commis sion would offer a permanent channel of connnunication through which solutions to probl ems could be sort and that crisis situations preven ted . We sincere ly hope t ha t the Mayor and Board of . Alder men give thes e r ecommendations favorable considerat ion . Very truly your s, Miss Dori s Alexa nder, Convenor Technical Neighborhood Advisory Committee Rev . BB Bowens Mr . Harry Chance Rev CD Colbert Mr. William Dunn Mr . CG Ezzard Rev. Edgar Grider Mrs • M Y Greene Mrs. Betty James Rev BJ J ohnson Mrs. Eva Lindsay Mr. Ralph Mitche l l Rev W J Rowe Mr. Reubin Stafford Rev L M Terrill ML Victor Franc o Mrs. Sara Kel l ey Mrs. A J Lacy �FREDERICK R. D . BROWNE, President Chairman, Board of Trusl ees JAMES J. MARTIN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS A. HAWES, JR., Vice President Treasurer SYLVESTER ASHFORD, 201 Ashby Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30314 522-7512 Mrs. C. w. Pollard L . S. Molette Frank S. Mcclarin L eonard N . Rodgers D . L. Thomas Lawrence S . Young Henry B . Bryant J . T . Lacy Charles C. Hall Robert F . Jackson Walter Belton, Jr . Jam es C . Reese H. E . Tate, Executive Secretary August 1, 1966 TRUSTEES Harry S. King Earl H. Thurmond Napoleon William s Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor City of Atlanta 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: On July 21, 1966, a meeting of community leaders was held at the Price High School Community Center that had as its major objective that of discussing problems that are prevailing in the City of Atlanta. Another major objective of this meeting was to determine if problems prevalent in the Atlanta community could be resolved without unnecessary hardships being placed on citizens of this community. After a lengthy discussion of prevailing problems and subsequent suggestions for solutions to the problems, the group as sembled decided that a resolution should be passed which would request the Mayor and Aldermanic Board t o establish a human relations office with direc t re spons ibilities t o aid in resolving problems that are prevailing in our city . It is the sincere desire of many c itizens of the Atlanta a rea that such a director and such an office be commissioned as early as possible so that this office can begin work on preventing burdensome problems from oc curring . I am therefore sending this letter at this . time to remind you t o bring this matter before the Aldermanic Board. "Invest in a Child and Make a Man" �Hon orable Ivan Allen August 1, 1966 Page 2 This letter comes from me simply because Mr. Bennie Smith, who called the meeting, asked me to serve as chairman of the group. I wish to thank you for your cooperation and for your efforts in seeing that this request gets to the Aldermanic Board. On the enclosed sheet will be found a copy of the resolution. Names of the persons who attended the meeting and who voted for the res elution are stipulated at the end of the res elution. With kindest personal and professional regards, I am Sincerely yours , / L / (' l t L {£ H. E . Tate Executive Secretary HET :dc Enclosure �RESOLVED, that a full-time director with a staff be established in the City of Atlanta with full responsibilities to establish and maintain rapport in the human relations 81'89 for citizens of Atlanta and for the Atlanta community. The undersigned group urges the passage of the necessary city legislation to implement the human relations office with the necessary responsibilities and authority to completely implement the objectives of such an office. Mr. Bennie T. Smith, Dr. H. E. Tate, Presiding Officer Vice l\1ayor Sam Mas sell, Jr. Alderman Q. V. v\Tilliams Alderman Richard C. Freeman Alderman George Cotsakes Alderman Jack Summers Alderman Rodney Cook Alderman Charlie Leftwich State Representative A. D. Grier, Jr. Chief Herbert Jenkins Helen Howard Edward Moody Rev. V1J. A. Hines James Howard Elm ore Keith LeRoy Aldridge Pa uline Ki ndell Mrs. Martha VIeems Rev . H. F . Gre en Mrs. Sa rah F. Baker Theodore if-Jard Sen Horace T. vVard J. H. Calhoun Capt. M. G. Redding Clinton Chafin G . A. Beard James E. Dean Rep. Charlie L. Carnes Rep. Tom Dillan Dr. C. Clayton Powell Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Rev. C.' D, Colbert P,,e~1. E. J. Jones Dr. Gerald Reed Vvilliam Merritt John Hood Joel M. McGuire Rosa L. Burney �OFFICE OF CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN CITY OF ATLANTA GEORGIA A RESOLUTION BY: \ ALDERMEN WILLIAMSON, COOK, COTSAKIS, FREEMAN, LEFTWICH AND SUMMERS WHEREAS, investigation and survey of various areas t • of the CityJ of Atlanta show that many of said areas are sub1 standard and lacking in certain essential facilities, many of which are provided and furnished by the City of Atlanta, and WHEREAS, it is the desire and goal of the City ·of Atlanta to see that all areas of the City are furnished standard service and facilities which are under the supervision and control of the City of Atlanta, HOH, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta, as follows: 1. That the President of the Board of Aldermen appoint a committee of the members of the Board of Aldermen to be composed of the chairmen of the following committees: Finance, Parks, Police, Public TTorks I, Public Harks II, Urban Renewal Policy c!nd Zoning to work in cooperation with a committee to be selected and designated by the Atlanta Summit Conference. 2. That said committee shall visit and survey the services and facilities which are furnished in the areas of the City known as Blue Heaven, Vine City, Mechanicsville, Summer Hill, Cabbage Town and such other areas as may be determined by the committee and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the furnishing of neces,snry services and facilities within the control of the City of Atlanta which will standardize the services furnished in the above-mentioned areas with all other areas of the City of Atlanta, J �-2- 3. That said committee further be authorized to ' formulate and present recommendations to the Board of Aldermen for the membership and formation of a Human Relations Commission for the City of Atlanta together with an estimated financial statement as to the required sum of money to commence the operation of a Human Relations Commission for the City of Atlanta as soon as funds can be made available, but not later than January 1, 1967. ADOPTED BY BOARD OF ALDERME N August 1, 1965 APPROVED August 3, 1966 A True Copyx~\'0]--) Clerk o f ~ Aldermen 3 -- �June a, 1969 Mr . Eugene T . Br nch, Chairman The Community Council of the Atlanta Area , Inc . c/o Jones , Bird and H owell Fourth Floor Haa. .. ffowell B uilding Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Gene : Thank you for giving m the lat st status report on Volu.oteers Unlimited . This i s rvice long ne ded in th city. The proper utlliz tion of volunteer citizens i very difficult t sk to handle . M tching th e volunteer with commu.o.ity n eds in the most · ffleient and c:onst:ructlve manner is something that just doesn't take place without lot of org nb:ation nd const t tt ntion. We hav found in City Hall th ton many occ sion we h v h d to turn down ofie'1:' of • istanc from highly motivated volunte~rs bee u e of 1 ek of prop r machinery to coordinat the volunte r fforts . It look if the timing on Volunt er Unlimit: d i ju t bout right nd l am ur th t e are going to be v ry thankful that you nd the orga.niz tion took the inWi tlve to stabll h this et.fort now th t the N tlon Administration h kicked off the Volunteer Action Progr m in the D partment of Housing n d Urbnn De velopm.ent. I hop th t you will make our Model Citi peopl w r of w t you h ve to off r well other City dep nm nt d gencl Th nks gain on b hall of the City tor your fin work. Sincerely youre, I an Allen. Jr. M yor lAJr:fy �ROBERT T. JONES , JR. FRANCIS M . BIRD ARTHUR HOWE LL EUGENE T. BRANCH E D WA RD R . KANE ROBERT L . F OREMAN. JR . LYMAN H. HILLIARD FRAZER DURRETT, JR . EA RLE B . MAY, JR . TRAMMELL E . VICKERY RA L PH WI LLI AMS.JR . J. DO NALLY SMITH WI LLI AM B .WASSON C. DALE HARMAN PEGRAM HARRISON CHARLES W. SMITH CHASE VANVALKENBURG R ICHARD A . ALLISON F. M.B I RD , JR . PEYTON S. HAWES,JR . RAWSON FOREMAN MARY ANN E . SEARS A RTHUR HO WELL Ill VAN C E O . RAN KIN Ill CYRU S E.H O RNSB Y Ill R ICHARD M . ASBILL LAW O FFI CES JONES , BIRD & FOURTH FLOO R HOWELL H AAS- HO W ELL BUI L D ING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ROBERT P. JONES 1879 - 1956 RALPH W ILLI AMS 19 03 - 196 0 May 28, 1969 TELEPHONE 522-2508 AREA CODE 404 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta 68 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: Volunteers Unlimited Dear Mayor Allen: This is to bring you up to date on the present status of our project to recruit, train and place individual and group volunteers in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Volunteers Unlimited is the name given to the project which is now being sponsored by the Atlanta Chamber of Corrnnerce, EOA, the Junior League of Atlanta, the Corrnnunity Chest, and the Corrnnunity Council. I enclose a copy of a letter from me to Secretary Romney, together with a copy of the Memorandum enclosed with my letter. The Letter and Memorandum are self-explanatory. I attended a meeting in Washington last Thursday and Friday, May 22 and 23, of executive directors and presidents of councils in cities having a population of one million or over. It was well attended. About twenty-five cities were repr esented. At the meeting with Secretary Romney and Mr . Max Fisher, our group first obtained assurance that the Voluntar y Action Program as envisioned by the National Administration is not intended to be a substitute for federal or state funds or programs - but is intended to be a supplement to these programs. We emphasized the fact that the nature of the problems in the cities is such that more federal and state money is r e quired - not less. �Hon. Ivan Allen May 28, 1969 Page Two At the Friday meeting it was pretty obvious that Secretary Romney would like to have gotten into a discussion of the Model City Program. As I am sure you know, the Nixon Administration plans to spread the "Model City" money over areas in the city beyond the boundaries of the neighborhoods now designated. We didn't get into a lengthy discussion but he did mention one thing which would be of interest to you and the people involved in the program in Atlanta. He said that preference in Model City Programs would be given to cities making maximum use of voluntary agencies and volunteers in the total community. It may be helpful to you and those involved in the Model City Program to point out that we have a project for the recruitment and placing of volunteers which is jointly sponsored by strong organizations and has the support of your office. We had a number of outstanding applicants for the job of Executive Director of Volunteers Unlimited. We finally selected Mr. Jack T. Mallory, Jr., who is twenty-eight years old and has had considerable experience with the YMCA and community organization. His employment is effective June 1. The Massell Companies are permitting us to use, without charge, a building on Gordon Street about one-half block from Ashby. This is a building formerly used by the Bank of Georgia. It is directly across the street from a branch of the Atlanta Library and a branch of the Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Association. We think it is an ideal location and facility. During the next two months most of our time will be devoted to the organization of committees which will be responsible for recruiting, training and placing volunteers. One large committee will begin working with agencies in the accumulation of job de scriptions for volunteers . We still need some help in a number of a reas. We have to do some painting and remodeling of the building. We have to provide office equipment and supplies for our Headquarters. We do not have at this time sufficient funds JONES . BIRD & HOWELL �Hon. Ivan Allen May 28, 1969 Page Three to employ two neighborhood aides which we need in connection with the project. If you or Dan Sweat know of any large corporations which would loan us a young executive for a couple of months, this would be most helpful. We are basically funded for the first year. The next year we are going to have to take care of on the basis of our performance during the first year. However, we are determined to make this project a success. We are most encouraged by the enthusiastic support of the Junior League. As you know, these gals are real movers. We appreciated very much your letter of support and it has been helpful to us. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know. Yours very truly, ~~ Eugene T. Branch ETB : j s Enclosures cc: Mr. Dan Sweat w/Encls. JONES . BIRD & HOWELL �ROflER1 T. JOtlES. JR . F RANC I S M. B IRD ARTHUR HOWELL EUGEtlE T. BRANCH EDWARD R . KANE R08(RT L . FOR E MAM, J R. L AW OFF I CES JONES , B[RD & HOWELL FOU RTH FLO OR HAAS - H ·OWELL BUILD I NG RO BERT P. JONE S LYM AN H. HILLI ARD FRAZER DU RRETT, JR . E ARLE B . MAY. JR. T RAMMELL E.VICKERY RA LPH VllLLIAMS.J R . J . OON A LLY SMITH ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 WILLIAM B.\'IASSON C, DALE HAR MAN P EGRA M HARRISON CH ARLES W. S MI T H CH ASE VAN VAL KENBURG RI CHARD A.A LLI SON F. M. BIRD. JR . PEYTON S. HAWES.JR. RAWSO N FOREMAN MARY AN N E. SEARS ARTHUR HOWELL Ill VANCE O. RANK IN Ill C YRUS E . H ORtJSBY Ill R ICHARD M. A SBILL 1879- 1956 RALPH W ILLI AM S 190'.3 · 1960 May 28, 1969 TELEP H ONE 522-2508 AREA CODE 404 Honorable George W. Romney Chairman, Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action c/o Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20024 Dear Secretary Romney: I am Chairman of The Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. and was among those present at the meeting held in your department on last Friday, May 23. We appreciated very much the opportunity of meeting with you and Mr. Fisher and some of the · members of the staff which has been formed to move forward with the Voluntary Action Program. The proposal and the meeting could not have b een more timely from our standpoint. Our Council and other organizations in the Atlanta area have been working for fourteen months on the organization of a facility to effectively .and efficiently recruit, train and place volunteers. We enthusiastically support the idea proposed by the President as we understand it. I enclose a Memorandum which sets out the procedure which we followed in organizing and funding an agency designed to use individual volunteers and groups to expand , supplement and enrich programs of existing public and private voluntary agencies and to stimulat e the deve lopment of n ew and innovative pr oj ects or programs to solve specific problems in specific areas. As ·s tat ed in the Memorandum, we b egin our operation on June 1. Aga in, let me say how much we appreciated the opportunit y of meeting with you. I am today writing to Mr. Roger Feldman and will send him a copy of this Memorandum . We look forward to �I ·.,' . . Hon. George W. Romney May 28, 1969 Page Two working with your corrrrnittee. Yours very _truly, 1 ., . c-;--··/ 4 .-,)l .,. , .'l-----e,.-L/ t_ _ ~ 1., VL/ { '- VEugene T. Branch Chairman, The Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. ETB:j s Enclosures JONES , BIRD &. HOWELL �MEMORANDUM May 28, 1969 TO: Honorable George W. Romney Chairman, Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action FROM: Eugene T. Branch Chairman, The Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. This is to review briefly the background and present status of a planned volunteer citizens service project in the metropolitan Atlanta area. This area - encompasses five counties in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The project is being spon- sored by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, the Atlanta Junior League, the Community Chest, and the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. It also has the strong backing of the Office of the Mayor of the City of Atlanta. The Community Council convened the meetings of the organizations which lead to the formation of the project and the Council now serves as the umbrella organization under which the project is operated. 1. Background. The proposed project for the training and placement of volunteers arose from the realization that in the Atlanta urban area we are not likely to be able to expand services as rapidly as needed unless we effectively tap some presently untapped resources. If we undertook to expand the exist- ing services of public and private agencies in the traditional way, it would be years before we would have sufficient funds and trained personnel to make any serious impact on our problems. s •" 1"" 'l ~ .., �The largest untapped resource appears to be individuals and organizations whith would like to make a contribution. Effic- iently and effectively channeling this resource is not an easy task but it has been done in a number of cities and it was believed Atlanta has a unique opportunity to demonstrate an effective use of volunteers. In the late spring of 1968, we had a meeting of organizations which were being flooded with calls from citizens and groups which wanted "to do something." We met with representa- tives from EOA, the Mayor's Office, the Atlanta Junior League, and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. From this early meeting, it was decided that we should sponsor a luncheon meeting of organizations which might be helpful in either using or recruiting volunteers. This larger meeting included representation from about seventeen organizations. At that meeting a Steering Committee was formed and has been functioning ever since. 2. Steering Committee Recommendations. The Steering Committee consists of representatives from the Atlanta Junior League, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, EOA, Corrrrnunity Chest, and the Community Council of Atlanta. From time to time we have also had present representatives from the Women's Chamber of Commerce. The Steering Committee after a number of meetings reached the conclusion that the most desirable procedure was to sponsor a demonstration project to extend over a two, maybe three - year period. The project would be jointly spon~ored by the Junior League , the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Corrnnunity - 2- �Chest, EOA, and the Connnunity Council. would be "members." Other interested groups Funds for the support of the project would flow through the Community Council and be specifically designated for the Volunteer Service project. . ' I enclose a copy of a docu- ment entitled "A Coordinating Agency For Volunteers" and this sets out the general procedure which will be followed. This was simply an outline document from which we worked and does not purport to be a blueprint for organizing an agency for placing volunteers. In essence, the purpose of the organization is as follows: (a) Recruit and register volunteers and volunteer groups. (b) Screen such individuals and groups for placement. (c) Provide training for volunteers. This would consist of some classroom activity and some on-the j ob training. (d) Provide leadership on the effective use of volunteers and work with agencies and programs in which they would be used. The experience which we have had, and that of volunteer programs in most other cities, illustrates that the most dif ficult part of the job is training agencies to use volunteers effectively. (e) Evaluation. We would provide a procedure by which we would periodically evaluate the using agency and the volunteers. The Steering Committee was divided up into various task forces. One committee reviewed applications for the job of Ex ecutive Director. One committee, with the Atlanta Chamber of Connner ce, sought a suitable location for the operation . The Junior League, in conjunction with a subcommittee, undertook to rec r uit the Cha i rman of the committee s which will be responsible fo r th e var ious func tion s of the agency. It is cont emplated t ha t the pr oj e c t i tself will b e sta ff ed almos t entirely by volunt e ers. I I -3- �. __,_ ~ I One of the most encouraging developments is the express ed desire of the Junior League representatives to support the project not only with money but with a considerable amount of volunteer time by its members. 3. Funding The Project. The enclosed outline of the pro- ject has been revised from time to time. been added as a sponsor. Of course, EOA has Also, we have reached the conclusion that the first, and possibly second, year of the project could be adequately supported by $40,000.00 a year. The Atlanta Junior League has voted to support the project by a contribution of $15,000.00 during the first year and $10,000.00 during the second year. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has voted to provide $10,000.00 during the first year. The contribution towards the second year operation has been left open. The Community Chest is contributing $5,000.00 for the first year's operation. Local foundations are providing the balance of the funds. The Community Council has provided some staff assist ance and will continue to do so. EOA has also provided staff and consultant support and has pledged to continue to do so. I • 0 enclose a copy of a letter from Jim Parham dated March 12, 1969 indicating the willingness of EOA to be one of the sponsors of the project. I also enclose a copy . of a letter from Mayor Allen dated April 10, 1969 expressing the City 's interest in the pro ject. We have corfllTlunicated frequently yJith Mr. Dan Sweat in the Mayor's Office, and I am confident that we will be able from /: -4- �time to time to obtain assistance from the City. Mr. Sweat's office has been flooded with people and organizations calling to find out what sort of project or program they could work on and they have not been able to respond as they would wish. 4. Present Status of the Project. named "Volunteers Unlimited." The project has been We have had donated. to us until September of 1970 a building which fits the description set out in the document entitled "A Coordinating Agency For Volunteers." The building has adequate adjacent parking, is just off an expressway, is near the complex of predominately Negro universities in Atlanta, and is easily located. We have employed an Executive Director who is now working on a voluntary basis but goes on our payroll on June 1. The Chairmen of the committees charged with the different responsibilities of the agency have been named ·and are enlisting their committee members. We will spend about two months educating our committees on their functi6ns and getting our building in shape for operation. When we are equipped to recruit, train and place volun~ teers effectively, we will have a concentrated program designed to give full publicity to the purposes of the agency. The agency will b e run by a Board which will encompass r .epr esentation from every segment of our population. / I -5 - �·' . A C.OOIWIN:\TING AGJ::;:-{CY For. VOLU rffEEES Purpose: To _provicle a central point where volunteer activities could be coordinated, devc_loped and orga nizeu so that the vast reservoir. of man and woman powe r who ar~ looking for ways to make constructive, significant contributions to the comn1unity can be utilized. This would be more than the traditional volunteer bureau. It would not only wo rk with existing programs but also develop new areas of service for individua ls and groups an~ be innovative in its approaches. For the most part it would be organize d, administered and operated by volunteers and its functions would vary according to the _group or organization it was working with. Function: 1. It would be a place where agencies can register theirneeds for individual volunteers and group projects. 2. · It would be a place where individuals or groups can register and . become kn0\ m to an agency or program where his capabilities and interests can be u sed to bes t advant age . 1 3. It woyld conduct an initial screening of volunteers to protect the agency from clearly unsuitable applicants, while the agency retains its ri ght to select its own volunteers. · 4. It would offer leadership on the effe ctive use 6f volunt eers. 5. It would provide a framework for communication a mong civic organizations r e garcli_n g their owi1 areas of community participation. 6. It would conduct regular p rograms to educa te the public about project s and problems in the fie ld s of h e a lth, we lf are and enrichment. 7. It ~ould d eve lop challeng in g opportunities for volunt ee r commitme nt. Sponsors: Possible sponso r s could be the following as we ll as othe r int e r e sted o:rgan i zations: 1. . 2. 3. Atlanta Junior League 4. Women ' s Cha mbe r of Commerce Chambe r of Corrm1erce 5; Un ite d Fund Comrnuni ty Council of the Atlanta Are a, Inc. - 1 - �Members hip: Members would be solicited from organizations and agencies that arc possible providers ancl users of volunteers. Location: The ~hysicnl facilities should include the following: l. Office space for a minimum of seven people (four staff and three full -time volunteers). 2. Adequate parking nearby for a minimum of fifty cats. 3. Be in an area that is well lighted, and where staff end volunteers · would feel comfortable when attending meetings at night. 4. A large meeting room in the building or nearby that could be .utilized for training sessions or conference meetings. How It Nay Be Financed: There are various ways in which the volunteer project can be financed and services provided. A · few of these are liste·d as follows: I - l. Community Council of the Atlanta Area Inc. - Technical assistance and assistance in traini~g of neighborhood aides. 2. Junior Leagu~ - Financial support, and volunteers to staff the office and assist project director 3. Chamber of Commerce and Women's Chamber publicity. 4. Foundations - Financial grants 5. Business - Office and meeting spa~es, e9uipment, financial donations 6. United Fund - Financial assistance 7. News media - Publicity. Perhaps a daily column on needs of and services provided by volunteers, radio announc emerits: 8. EOA, VISTA, .Member ag enci e s - Staff to teach train"ing courses, and perhaps funds to train volunteers for them . - 2 - Financial assistance and ! ·1 �Co s t Ferso nncl .$ Proje ct Dire ctor Executive Sec retary Ncic;hborhoocl Aides 2 @ $LI, 000 . · Fringe bcnefHs Cost 12,500 5,000 8,000 2,100 Minimu m s taff $ 27,600 ·I 'l'raincc s Subsistence ($1.00 per day x 12 · ,c 300 trainees ) $ Travel ($.50 per day x 12 days x 300 tr.a inees) 3,600 1,800 $ 5,400 meals, r~freshme nts and travel necessary to train 300 voluntee rs Permanent equipment 6 desks, executive @ 6 chairs·, executive @ $150 90 $_ 1 1 7 1 desk, secretarial chair, secretarial @ 30 side chairs electric typewriter 3 manual typewriters @ 220 4 file cabineis; 5 drawer@ 100 equipment maintenance 900 540 150 80 could be donated · 210 550 660 400 500 $ " 3,990 Cons umable supplies Office supplies and postage Educational ~aterials $ 1,150 1,200 $ _2 ,350 minimum necesary to train 300 volunteers 1,840 to reimburse 6 people for travel nece ssary and public r e l a tions Trave l Local 15,400 miles@ $.10 per mile 1 out of town trip $ 1,540 300 $ Misce ll a neou s expenses . Rent - 1,200 sq . ft .. @ $3 ,00 pe r sq: ft. per yea r $ 3,600 Telephone 900 Insurance and bonds 150 Promot ion and pubiicity 1,000 Auditing 600 Organiza tion dues 250 Publications 75 Meeting space for training classes and Board mee tings . 80 d ays @ $3 0 p er d a y ·2,400 - 3 - could be donat ed could b e donated could be dona t ed cpuld be donated $ 8,97 5 �Overh e ad co s ts. 3 1 .5 % of $::iO, 155 $17,303 1 Total Costs $G7,45S Total pos s ible donation $28 ,,893 Total of minimu m funds necessary if separate agency and all listed donations received $38,~ 5G5 only ncccs s a ry if hou s ed i11 O!l~oin2: agchcy - not needed if orgm1ization is scpan1tc '· ) ' ! \\ \ Paid Staff Organization: 1. Project Director The Project Director will be responsible to the Board of Directors. a. · b. Duties and Responsibilities (1) Admi~istration of the program. Guidance and supervision of all s·taff engaged in the- project. (2) Promote the Volunteer Project in all necessary areas particularly public and voluntary agencies, and to the general public. Interpretation of the goals of the Volunteer Project. (3) Responsible for all publicity of _the program. assignme nts for speaking engagements. (4) Supervisor of volunteers who will organize, plan and develop all training classes. (5) Select and work with volunteers and agencies in developing curriculu~ for class e s. Edit training manual and select all materials used in course. (6) Work with Board of Directors of the Volunteer Project and sub-committees in op e ration of program. (7) Work with volunt eers to develop contracts with age ncies and organizations for training programs for othe r volunteers. (8) Program plannin g and deve lopme nt for futur e ex pansion of the Volunt ee r Proj e ct. . . ' :·· ': .,. .:..~~ ;_· . 10 Qua lific a tions (1) . Review all (2) Executive ability ne ces sary for the admini s tration, promotion and impl e me nt a tion of the_ Volunteer Proj e ct .. Abilit y to relat e to individu a ls and g r ou ps both profession a l s a nd volu nteers . Good jud ge me nt in se l ec ti on of staf f , f a cult y a nd tra in e e s. 4 - �'· ~ . .,. , (3) .,. E~pcd c nce and s kill in com:n un ity or 6 :.r n i z ati c,n. A thoroug: h k11 0·.•:lccl 6 e of th e he ::i.lth, we lfare ancl education 1 resources of the cor.imunity. I 2. (4) Unclerstamling: of the needs of lower income people in . order to plan training; pro g:r::i.ms that will equip volunteers to make significant contributio ns toward meetin g so me of these needs. (5) Background and academic degree in Education, psychology, social work or a related field. (6) Administration experience. Neighborhood Aides The Neighborhood Aides will be responsible to the Project Director. a. Duties and Responsibilities (1) Responsible for volunteer recruitment of residents from low income groups. (2) Assist with interviewing and screening of trainees from low income are as. (3) Maintain contact with neighborhood organizations and community leaders. These will include P.T.A., church, civic, service social tenant associations, and .other groups • . (4) Attend mee tings of conununity orga nizations to inform people of prog ram. Ma k e ~pc e che s and public a ppe ara nc e s to int e rpre t the Voluntee r Proje ct in low income are as . (5) Develop records of recruitme nt resource s within these groups. Initiate follow up proce dure s for recruitme nt. ~6) Organi ze h o u se mee tin gs in small communiti es . (7) Work with volun t e ers from targe t areas to deve lop additional recrtiitme nt r e sources , (8) De ve lop sps cial publicity ma t e ri a l s , fly e r s , post e r s , b r ochures f or u se in l ow i ncome areas . io publici ze Volunt ee r Pro j e cts t-e. (9) (10) Work \\'ith Project Dire ctor to gain first h a nd informa tion ·. on volunt ee r placeme nt s rt e~d c d. Ac t a s li ason b e t wee n P ro j ec t . Di r ec to r a nd volun teer s t aff , a nd resi d e nt s o f l ow i n come areas. - 5 - ,- �[ b . . Qualifications 3. (1) Ability to communicate effectively with residents of lo w income areas both low a11d miclclle inc o111e groups . (2) A good grasp of th e problems in lo w income areas and receptiven ess to n ew ways of doing things. (3) Knowledge of conununity organizations, church, civic, P .T .A., service and other groups in low income areas. (4) Ability to discern th e qu a lities that make a good volunteer and assist in intervie wing and scre en ing candidates for trai ning, . Secretary The secretary of the Volunteer Project shall be responsible to the Director of the Volunteer Prpject . . a. Duties and Resporisibilities (1) Personal secretary to the Project Director, i.e. appointments, telephone calls, p ersonal files, etc. (2) Supervision of all office clerical work. Should be capable of properly coordinatin g all work, insure proper distribution of workload and relieve ' the Director of tasks which come with supervision 6f clerical work. , b. (3) Personally responsible for all docu mentar~ typing, pro gram development, evaluation, proposals, budgets, etc. (4) All dictation and transcription for entire department. (5) All typing for r ec ruit ment and publicity. (6) Record all sessions in • connection with 'evaluation and in ~egular trainin g session~ when n ecessa ry. (7) Minutes of all meetings requiring the use of shorthand. (8) Direct supervision of a ll filin g procedures. records are filed regularly and properly. (9) Keep co mplete records of all supplies and postage ch arged to the Volunteer P1·oject. Qualifications (1) Good typing spe ed. - 6 - See th at all �r~~ . . .- . ' . (2) Exce lle nt shorth,rncl speed to cnaule he r to tnke verbatim note s nt all conferen ces ancl teaching -sessions where nec essa ry. (3) Goocl ove rall uncl crstanclin g of offic e pr,., ceclures ancl policies. . / \'· . I ! (4) Ability to work we ll \;tith p eop l e , wi th1 initia ti vc to to a job on her o wn witho ut invo lve d i h structions. Ability to supervi se addition a l cl e rical s 't aff . .., - 7 - r· �' JEcono1nic. 0 por t 1 11ity Atlanta, Inc o 101 Ma ri etta Str e et Bldg. o Acl a nca, Georgi a 30303 o T. M. Parh a m Exe c uti ve Admini s tracor March 12, 1969 Mr. Eugene T. Branch Chairman of the Board of Directors Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. 1000 Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Branch, Economic Opportunity Atlanta will take pleasure in being one of the sponsors of the Volunteer Bureau. I understand you plan to be in operation by June 1, 1969. The need for this type of city-wide bureau is obvious as the Economic Opportunity Atlanta volunteer staff receives daily calls from various organizations and agencies requesting volunteer help. We will be glad to give you staff and consultant support. With every good wish for the success of the Volunteer Bureau. Siit;:· ~ ,' i/11-,~ T/ M Jim) Parham Executive Administrator ~c7 kic Opportunity Atlanta �... ~-. [ f. f•! ..... ., CI'T~Y OF A':.:LANT.A CITY l-IALL April 10, 1969 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR ., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assist ant . MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secret ary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Liaison Mr. Eugene T. Branch Chairman of the Board of Directors Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. c/o Jones, Bird and Howell Haas -Howell Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Branch: The City of Atlanta has been fortunate in having 1nany citizens and groups volunteer their time and services to help resolve important needs in -our community. As the City has grown and the interest and concern of our citizens has increased, it has become more and more difficult to effectively and efficiently utilize volunteers in meeting the needs of the city. It is extremely encouraging to see the efforts being put forth by the Community Council, the Chamber of C o mmerce, the Community Chest and the Atlanta Junior League in developing a vehicle for providing orderly assignment and utilization of volunteer manpower. It is essential that there be a central point wher e by community needs can be catalogued and consolidated and volunteers enlisted and trained to help .fulfill these needs. I believe only through such a coordinated effort can the talents and skills of Atlanta's volunteer citizens be marshalled and utilized to the best advantage of all the people of the city. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:fy �Memo F R o M T n E n E s K o F Sam Massell, Jr. Mr. Dan Sweat ~s~Pue-~ ~ µ ~ ~~ /u- ~ -k '; ~I �CITY O F ATLANTA Atlanta 3, Georgia SAM MASSELL , JR . November 10, · 1966 Pres ide nt, Boord of Ald e rm e n TO: Alderman Rodney M. Cook Alderman Milton G. · Farris Alderman John M. Flanigen Alderman Richard C. Freeman Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles Leftwich Alderman G. Everett Millican Mrs . Eliza Pascall Mr. L. · D. Simon Mr. Benny T. Smith Alderman Jack Summers M r s. Dorothy Bolder Thompson The Rev. Samuel Williams FROM: Sam Massell, Jr., Chairman·, ·Ad Hoc Commi ttee for Establishment of Community Relations Commission . I I i I T h e :i'e soluti on es tabli s hi ng our ad hoc com mitte e d ir e c ted that w e recommend to the Board of Aldermen the structure, membership and budget for a proposed permanent community relations commission. As most of you probably know, t he Board _of Alde r men at i ts meeti ng on Nove mber 7 adopt ed_a charte r amendme nt which form a lly cr e ates said c o m m i s sion. I .. I It is no w necessar y that we p r epare .bur r ecommendations on the .. me mbe rs hip and budge t , fo r which pur po s e I a sk you to a ttend a me eting . at 10 : 00 a. m., Thursday, Nov einbe·r i7, in c o mmittee r obm No . 1 o n the second floo r o f city hall. . \ The charter amendment provides t hat the commission shall consist of _20 members appointed b y the Mayor with the 'appro val of the B o ard of Aldermen. With this in mind - - and with good a t tendance at our meeting on the 17th - - it is probable that we could submit our recommendations to the Mayor on that day, which would give him time to compose his final list for submission to the Board of Aldermen at its next regular meetj.ng on the following Monday (November 21). This means that if you will make a special effort to attend this meeting on the 17th, this could - for all practical purposes - be our last meeting, and we could ... dissolve our ad hoc committee upon the establishment of the permanent commission. . �Nov mb r 17, 1966 Honor ble Ivan Allen, Jr. M yor of th City of Atlanta. City Hall tlan • Georgia 30303 Dea.r M yor Allen: A ched ls a. Uet ol nam th Ald rmank Ad Hoe Human R 1 tion Committee wlehes to ubmit in ccordanc-e with it eponaiblliti s as i-ovid for in th r solution ata'bliahing thi committee, for your conei ratiou in nominat on to fill th tw ty po ltione ci- ated by charter ndm.ent tabli bin th Atlan Community R lation co~~,~....u lon. chart r provid a that th member hip hall includ .. ,.. r 1entati¥ a of 1 eot of the City of A~,a~11 ,. Thi• requir m nt w: a of prime eonsideration m th e 1 ction of · me ttach d. Th number d name • o tb.Jrough r the 1!.r t choi r commend ti.one by our r 1 of hich ar .followed by term. eu • oy W appoint ix for on ye r tenns, and aeven for th t yo ~ aa th c:habrnan. Yotd' ppointubj ct to th pproval t the t yo wll1 c nd the• ta tin on Monday. Nove.1M.b 1. mo•t ca•••• inclden lly. • have not ch c d ti d• rrnln �Mayo:r Allen Page Two NovembeJ" 17, 1966 lt th se people are willing to sen . Your since\" ly. Sam Masaoll. Jr., Chairman Alder nic: Ad Hoc Human R 1 tion• Committ S r:fy �Sept embe r 16. 1966 Alderman M ilton Farri s Gulf Oil Co r p o rat ion Post Office Box 7245 Station C Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Dear Alderman Farris: Attached is a copy of a draft of minutes of the September 9, 1966, meeting of the Human Relations Committee . Please mark your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday• September 22, at 1.:.Q.Q. p . m . t City Hall in Committee R oom # 2. We are looking forwai-d to this meeting, Sincerely yours, S m Massell , Jr . Acting Chairman Human R lations Committee SMJr:fy �September 16, 1966 ,.,'l ~.,',J . _, '10 ('t\Y' , '-1/, 'I qfl"\ / l oD . C\ ., ?- V 3 J,o"' ·(>. f) ~~ \ ~·.00 \ .1 · ?,o ~1 f '-f I ' I l0 / ,~ ,? Mr . Chai-lee Hart 807 Conunodore Street Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr . Hart : Attached is a copy of a draft of minutes o.{ the September 9, 1966 , meeting of the Human Relations C ormnittee . Please mark your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 22, at 2:00 p . m. at City Hall in Committee Room # 2. We a.re looking f orw rd to this meeting. Sincerely yours, Sa.m Massell, Jr. Acting Ch irman Human Relations C oznm.ittee SMJr:fy Enclosure (1) �September 16 _ 1966 Alderman G . Everett Millic an 500 Bishop Street, N . W . Atlanta, Georgia 30318 Dear Alderman Millican: Attached is a copy of a draft of minutes of the September 9, 1966 , meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee . Please ma1·k your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday. September 22, at 2: 00 p . m . at City Hall i~ Committee R oom # 2. We are looking forward to this meeting . Sincerely yours . Sam. M ssell, Jr . Acting Chairman Hum n Rel tions Committee SMJR:fy Encl sure (1) �September 16. 1966 M rs . E liza P aschall Greater Atlanta Council on Human .,,'6\ Rel a tions I' 5 Forsyth Street L '1 0., dt r~-~ Atlanta, Georgia L Dear Mrs . Paschall: A ttached is a copy of draft of minutes of the September 9, 1966. meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee . Ple se mark your c endar to attend the next scheduled rn eting on Thursday, September 22,- at 2.:00 p . m . at City H 11 in Committee Room ,fl 2. We re looking forward to this meeting. Sincerely yours, Sam Masaell. Jr. Acting Chairman Human R latlons C ommitt SMJr:fy Enclosure {l) �Septe mber 16, 1966 Mrs . D orot hy B older Thompson 643 Del bri dge Street, N . W . Atl a nta, Georgia Dear Mrs . Thom pon: Attached is a copy of a draft of minutes of the Sept ember 9, 1966, meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee . Please mark your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday , September 22 , at 2 :00 p . m . at City Hall in C ommittee Room # 2. - We are looking forward to this meeting . Sincer ly yours, Sam Massell , Jr . Acting Chairman Human Relations Committee SMJr:fy Enclosure ( l ) �September 16, 1966 Rev . Samuel Williams Friendship Baptist Church 437 Mitchell Street, S . W . Atlanta , Georgia Dear Rev. Williams: Attache d is a copy of a draft of minutes of the Septembe r 9,. 1966 , meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee . Please mark your calendar to attend the next scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 22, at ~ p. m . at City Hall in C ommittee Room # 2. We a:re looking forw rd to this meeting . Sincerely yours , Sam M ssell, Jr. Acting Chai:rman Human Rel tions Committe SMJR;fy Enclo ur (l) �• September 16 , 1966 Mr . L . D . S i mon 23 Maury Avenue , S . E . Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr . Simon: I regret th t you w re un ble to attend the meeting of the Human Relations Comnuttee on Friday, September 9 , 1966 . Due to an insufficient number of members to constitut e a quorum.. formal organization of the comxnittee was postponed until the next regul rly scheduled meeting. Thi s meeting has been called for Thursday. September 22, 1966 , at 2: 00 p . m. at City Hall in C ommittee Room # 2. A copy of the minutes of the 1 st meeth1g 1 attached . Sincer ly yours, Sam M s 11, Jr. Acting Chairman Human R lations C omrnitte SMJr:fy E nclo ur (1) �September 16, 1966 ,, J/ 1 Mr . Benny T. Smith 209 Arch c rest Drive Hapeville , Georgia r. lo-' ~/ i

'(/ () ';}- / .v '\ \' f\ f?t.., {. f' ~ / } -7;0 t7 n lJ\ / Dear Mr. Smith: I regret that you were unable to attend the meeting of the Hwnan Relation s C ommittee on Friday. Septembe r 9. Due to n insufficient number of members to constitute a quorwn, formal organization of the committee wa postponed until the n xt regul rly sch duled meeting. This meeting has been call d for Thursday., September 22, 1966, t 2:00 p . m . at City Hall in C <.J mmittee Room# 2. A copy of th minut s of the last me ting i att ched. Sincerely yours, Sam Ma ell, Jr. Acting Ch irm n Human Relation Committ e SMJi-:fy Encloeu:re (1) �Sept ember 16 , 1966 Alderman Charl es Leftwich 1665 Jonesboro Road, S . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Dear Alderman Leftwich: I regret that you were unable to attend the meeting of the Human Relations C ommittee on Friday, September 9 . Due to an insufficient number of members to constitute a quorum, formal organization of the committee was postponed until the next regularly scheduled meeting . This meeting has been called for Thursday, September 22,_ 1966, at 2:00 p . m . -at City Hall in Committee Room# 2 . A copy of the minutes of the last meeting is attached. Sincerely yours, Sam Massell, Jr . Acting Chairman Human Relations Committee SMJr:fy Enclosur (l) �September 16, 1966 Alderman Richard Freeman 1116 First National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Alderman Freeman : I regret that you were unable to attend the me ting of the Human Relations Committee on Friday, September 9. Due to an insufficient nwnber of members to constitute a quorum, form.al org nization of the com.mittee wa s post .. poned until the next regularly scheduled meeting. This m eting has been called for Thursday, September 22 , 1966 , at 2:00 p. m •. at City Hall in Committee Room# 2. A copy d the minutes of the last meeting is att ched. Sincerely yours, Sam Massell, Jr. Acting Chairm Human Relations Committe SMJr:fy Enclo ur (1) �September 16, 1966 Alderman Jack Summers 167 Trinity Avenue , S . W . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Deal' Alderman Sununers : I regret that you were unable to attend the meeting of the Human Relations Committee on Friday, September 9. Due t o an insufficient number of members to constitute a quorum, formal organization of the committee was postponed until the next re gularly scheduled meeting. This meeting ha been call d for Thursd y;. S eptember 22~ 1966 at 2:00 p . m. City Hall in Committee Room # 2. at A copy of the minutes of the last meeting is attached. Sincerely yours, Sam Mass 11, Jr. Acting Chairman Human Relations Committ e SMJr:fy Enclo11ute (l) �Septe mber 16 , 1966 Alderman Rodney Cook 34 - 10th Str e et, N. E. Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Dear Alde r man Cook: 1 regret that you were unable to attend the meeting of the Human Relations Comzni.ttee on Friday, SeptehJher 9. Due to an insufficient number of members to constitut e a. quorum, formal organization of the conunittee was post ~ poned until the next regularly scheduled meeting . This meeting has been called for Thursday, September 22, 1966 , at 2: 00 p. m . at City Hall in Committee Room# 2. A copy of the minutes of the la.st meetin g is attached. Sincerely yours , Sam Massell , Jr . Acting Chairman Hum.an Relations Committe SMJlhfy Enclosur {1) �September 16 , 1966 Alde1·man J ohn Flanigen 245 Third Avenue. S. E . Atlanta , Georgia 30317 ,. Dear Alderman Flanigen : l ,:egret that you were unable to attend the me ting of the Human Relations C ommittee on Friday,. September 9. Due to an insufficient number of members to constituee a quorwn, fo1·mal organization of the conunittee was post-poned until the next regularly scheduled meeting . This meeting has been called for Thursday. September 22, 1966, at 2:00 p . m. at City Hall in Committee Room# 2. A copy of the m!nums of the last meeting is attached . Sincer ly yours, Sam Massell, Jr. Acting Chairman Human Relations Committee S MJr:fy E nclo ul'e (1) �·' 'I 11 I I' I MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 17, 1966 Members of the Human R e lations Committe e met at City Hall on Thursday, November 17, 1966, at 10:00 a. m. with the following merribers present: . \ . ' i I· I j ,j Vice Mayor S am Mas sell, Jr., Chairman Alderman Rodney Co ok Alderman Milton G. Farris Alderman Richard C. Freeman Mr. Charles Hart Alderman Charles L eftwich Alderman G. Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. B enny T . Smith Alderman Jack Summers Mrs. Dorothy Bolder Thompson The meeting was called to order by Chairman Massell and the Committee considered the recommenda tions of the sub -committee appointed to submit nominees for membership on the Community Relations Commission. After discussion of the sub-committee I s report and additional nominations by the Committee members, the following individuals were recommended to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. for consideration: 1. Mr. James Moore, President, Atlanta Labor Council Alternate: Mr. 'E. L. Abercrombie Int~rnp.tion_a l Vic e President Secretary,. Tr@t:l.t:mrt:! r Loea.1 21§ Laundry, D ry Cleaning and Dye House Workers International Union Board of Directors, Atlanta Urban Leag u e 2. Rab.b i Jacob Rothschild, The Temple 3. ·Miss Helen Bullard,· Consultant, T oombs, Amisano and Wells �\ \I I I I ,.,. .... ---------------~ ' Human Relations Committee Minutes Novembe~ 17, 1966 Page Two 4. Mrs. Sara Baker, Resident of Peoplestown Section Alternate: I Mr. Arthur Smith, Manage r of Perry Homes Public Housin g Development 5. Dr. Cleveland Dennar d , Principal, Carver High School 6. Mr. Robert Dobbs, R esident of Perry Homes 7. Mr. C. G. Ezzard, Resident of Summerhill-Mechanicsville Section 8. Rev. Joseph L. Griggs, Gordon Street Presbyterian Church Alternate: Mr. Edgar Schukraft, Schukraft's Florist 9. Archbishop Paul ?allinan, Atlanta Archdiocese Alternate: The Rev. Kernan, St . · Anthony 's Catholic Church 10. Mr. Charles Hart, Member o f Human Relations Committee 11. Mr. James H. Moor·e, Attorney Aiternates : Mr. Irving Kal el' Mr. David Gol dwasser Mr. Hamilton Douglas, Jr . . 12. Mr. Mills B. Lane, C & S National Bank Alternates : Mr. Mr. Mr . Mr . Mike Che atam J. Ben Moore W. L. Duvall Lucien Oliver •• • _ ..... _ # . . _ __ _ _ .. ··1 �- ------------------------i Human· Relations Committe e M inute s Noven~ber 17, 1966 · Page Three 13. Mr. Joseph Haas, Attorney 14. Mrs. Fred Patterson , F orme r Pr es i dent of Unite d Church W omen Alternates: Mrs. L. L. Austin, Unite d Church Wome n Mrs. Carl J. Blie m, P re side nt, Unite d Church Women 15. Mrs. Mary Stephens, R e sident of Lakewood S e ction . 16. Mr. James Townsend, Editor, Atlanta Magazine Alternates: M r. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ray M o o re B en Pe r ry Al Keuttner Mike Davis 17. Mrs. Dorothy Bolder Thompson , Memb e r of H u man Relation s Committee 18. Rev. Samuel Williams , Memb er of H uman R e lat ions Committee I 9. Rev. F re d Sta i r , C entral P r e sbyte r i an' Chur ch A l t ernate : R e v. Alli son Willia ms, Trin ity Pr esbyt eri a n Ch u rch '\ \ 20 . Mr. R obert Mitche ll, Vice Pa.-es ide nt of Lockhe e d A lte r nates: I f M r . R obert M . Wo od, Sears, Ro e buck and Company M r. W . A . Parke r, Sr., B e ck & G re gg Mr . John W il son, Horne Wils on & C omp.any The Community R e l ations Commis.s i on ch a r te r provide s tha t t he Mayo r shall nominate individua ls to s erv e on this Commis s ion t o the B o ard of �Hun~an Relations Committee Minutes Noven~ber 17, 1966 Page Four Aldermen for their approval. It also provides that the M·a;yor shall appoi:qt six individuals for one year terms, seven for two year terms, and seven for three year terms and shall appoint one membe;r as Chairman. It was also agreed that the names of all individuals considered for membership on this Commission be submitted to the Comm\lllity Relations Commission for consideration on any advisory committees which might · be established. The Committee also voted to recommend a budget for the first year of . $30, 000 which Mr. Farris will have included in the Finance Committee report. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned sine die. '\ I I I I �MI.NU TES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 17, 1966 Members of the Human Relations Comm itte e rrie t at City Hall on Thursday, November 17, 1966, at 10:00 a. m. with the following members present: Vice Mayor Sam M a s s e ll, Jr., Chafrman Alderman Rodne y Cook Alderman Milton G. F a rris Alderman Rich a r d C. Fr ee man Mr. Charles H a rt Alderman Cha rl es L e ftw ich Alderman G. E verett Millican Mrs. Eliza Pa s c hall Mr. B e n n y T. S m i th Alderman J a ck Summers Mrs. Dorothy B olde r Thomp s on The m ee ting was called to o r d er b y C hai rman Ma ss e ll an d the C ommi tt e e considered the r e commenda ti ons of t he s ub-commit t ee a ppointed to submit nominees for memb e r shi p on the Commu n i t y R e lation s C ommiss ion. Afte r discussion of the sub-commi tte e ' s re port a nd a ddition al n omin ati on s by the Committee members , the fo ll owing i n dividua ls were r e commended to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. fo r c ons ideration: 1. Mr. James Moore , P resi d e n t, Atl ant a Labo r Council Alternate: M r. ' E . L . Abercrombie International Vic e President Seeretary~Tr a.s u1•er Lc eal 218 I L aun d r y , D ry Cleaning and Dye House Wor k ers Internati onal Union B oar d of D irectors, Atlanta U r b an League 2 • . Rabbi J acob Rothschild, The T e mple 3. ·Miss Helen Bullard, Cons ultant, Toombs, Amis an o a nd Wells �Human Relations Committe e Minute s November 17, 1966 Page Two 4. Mrs. _Sara Baker, Reside nt of P eoplestown S e cti'o n · Alternate: Mr. Arthur S mith, M a n a ge r of P e rry Home s Public Housing D e v e lop m e nt 5. Dr. Cleveland Denna rd, P rin c ipal, Carve r Hi gh School 6. Mr. Robert Dobbs, R e sid e n t of P e r r y Homes · 7. Mr. C. G. Ezzard, Reside nt of Summerhill-Me chanicsville Section · 8. Rev. Joseph L . Griggs , G ordon S t reet Pr e s byte ri a n Church Alternate: \ \ Mr . Ed ga r Sch ukr a ft, S chu kraft 's Fl o r i st 9. Archbishop P a ul Hallina n , Atla nta Ar ch d ioc e s e I / Alte rnate: T he R e v . Kern an, St. A n thon y ' s C a thol i c Church ,j 10 . Mr. Charl es H a rt, M e mb e r of H uman R e lations C ommittee 11. Mr . J ame s H . M o ore, Attorne y Ait ern ate s: Mr . Irving Kal er M r. D avi d G o l dwasser M r . Hami lton D ouglas, J r . . 1 2. Mr . M ill s B. Lane , C & S N a tiona l Bank A lte rna t es: M r. Mr. M r. M r. M i ke Cheatam J . B en Moore W. L . . Duvall L ucien Oliver �Human Relations Com.mhtee Minute s November 17, 1966 Page Three 13. Mr. Joseph Haas, A t torne y 14. Mrs. Fred Patterson, Fo rme r President of United Church W omen 'Alternat es: Mrs . . L. L. A u s t i n , Unit e d Church .Women Mrs. Carl J. B liem, P res i de nt, United Ch urch Women 15. Mrs. Mary Stephe ns, R e side nt of Lakewo od S ection 16. Mr. James Townsend, Editor , Atlanta Mag azine Alternate s: Mr. Mr . Mr. Mr. Ray Moor e B e n P e rry Al K e uttner Mike D avis · 17. Mrs. Dor ot h y B ol d e r Thomp s on , M e m b er of Human R e l a tio ns Committee 18 . Rev. Samue l Willi ams, Memb e r of Human Re l ati ons Commit tee 19. R e v . Fre d Sta i r, C e ntra l P resbyte ri a n Church Alternate : R e v. A llison Williams , T r inity Pre~b yte r i an <;::hurch 20. M r. Robert Mitche ll, V i c e P res i dent of Lockhee d Ali:~rfiate§ i M r . R obe rt ·M . Wood, Sears, R o ebu ck and C ompany M r. W. A. Parker , Sr . , B eck & Gregg Mr . John W ilson, Horne Wilson & Company The Community Relations Commission charter provides that the Mayor shall nominat e indivi dual s to serve on this C ommission to the Board of ,' , �Hun1.an Relations Committee Minutes November 17, 1966 Page Four Alderinen for their approv.al. It also provides that the Ma;yor shall appoint . six individuals for one year terms, seve n for two year terms, and seven for three year terms and shall appoint one m e mber. as Chairinan. 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~ iti:cit}.!~tl <£ill.~ i~ ~ il:u.fsrr 12.!i<!lil~f~ /:::ti@ l! ! l ~ Uh~ 1. GETTING STARTED 2. ORGANIZING THE COMMISSION 3. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 4. SELECTING COMMISSION MEMBERS r~i•J•~l.!.liruy ~A~~ 1h~ @r I~ le;lici (!)11 I'~ IJ • ~~ ~lmit.CeJ ~n, 0Jl~.r- i~ .i' ~ j1 i&i litftJ;;;Ji'~· It.~! lOl.t ·a;Th) ~ -'¼l ~ k , G}j_J t@.!J <illJt@ulim& ~ I~ UJJ14j tilii(~ U11 ~~ ·m, ffeliU? ~~ . 5. STAFFING THE COMMISSION 6. THE COMMISSION IN OPERATION 7. HOW OTHER COMMISSIONS WORK 8. SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE �1. Getting Started What one citizen has described as the "comfortable , self-satisfied existence" of a certain North Carolina town came to a sudden end in 1960. Two unrelated events caused the people of this community to raise questions about their way of life which had gone unchallenged for more than 200 years. One event forced the citizens of this community to reexamine race relations in their city. The other required that they review the entire economic structure of the community. The latter event was the shutting down of Southern Railway yards in the area, throwing hundreds of workers out of work. The shutdown was damaging both economically and psychologically. Not only was the railroad operation the major industry in the area , but it was a symbol of industrial activity in the community. The second event had its beginning nine months earlier in a nearby community. Four Negro college students had sought service at the segregated lunch counter of a five-and-tencent store in the other town. Service was denied, so ..the students sat. Now, just as the sit-ins had spread to hundreds of cities throughout the South, they threatened this economically troubled community as it"battled to overcome its economic plight. Negro students at a local college picketed the segregated movie theaters of the community, and announced that they would also conduct sit-ins and demonstrations against other places of public accommodation which still had not desegregated. The demonstrations surprised many white citizens. They considered their community further advanced in race relations than most southern communities and saw no need for demonstrations. They feared that protests would frighten off the new industry the community needed, and also bring an angry, or even violent, reaction from extremist factions . An informal biracial committee of white and Negro leaders met to consider the situation. One request that arose from the meeting was for the establishment of an official interracial comm1ss1on capable of the continual handling of grievances. Presented to the city's mayor, the request was rejected. But events were occurring which made it imperative that the city have such an organization. Theater owners did agree to desegregate their movie houses. Extremists, however, were threatening to do bodily harm to any Negro entering a desegregated theater. The day the first Negroes entered the formerly all-white theaters, known extremists did show up, but failed to carry out their threat. The biracial group that had met earlier was nonetheless concerned that another confrontation might not be as peaceful. So the group began to meet as an unofficial human relations commission. Their first act was to convince the Negro students to suspend demonstrations while they attempted to correct further injustices in the city. With the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association, the group began calling on businessmen and urging them to integrate their facilities. Quiet negotiations with the Board of Education brought the beginnings of school integration. The city was well on · the way to solving its major racial problems. In 1962, a national organization named the community an "All America City" because of its success in rebuilding its economy and for other citizen action achievements. While the human relations program was not a part of its entry in this competition, the community assuredly would not have received this award had not its racial climate also been good. Early that same year, the mayor introduced an ordinance in city council to establish an official biracial committee . On the day the ordinance was adopted, members of the original, informal committee sat in council chambers and heard their names read among the charter members of the official body. That is how the Salisbury, N. C., Community Services Committee was formed. Today, it is an active force in the community. It has helped · Salisbury immeasurably in resolving racial disputes without undue friction. /; l'

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�The community now has integrated all of its places of public accommodations. The committee is working to promote merit employment with the continuing assistance of the SalisburyRowan County Chamber of Commerce and the Salisbury-Rowan Merchants Association which now have Negro members. The committee too is working with an integrated school board in trying to find a satisfactory solution to the integration of Negro teachers in the community's school system. Other communities can profit from Salisbury's experience without awaiting a crisis. The racial problems of Salisbury are present in every southern city, and appear in a different form in most northern communities. A commission on human relations may have the most humble of origins. One very simple beginning may be an informal parlor meeting of a group of concerned citizens, white, Negro or interracial. If members of this initial group are all of one race, they should move immedi ately to become interracial. This interracial group should next seek to invite as participants representatives of a broad cross-section of the entire community. Another approach to formation of a human relations commission may be through the avenue of already existing organizations. Almost any church , civic, fraternal, neighborhood or social group may provide the initiative for a commission . Several groups, or chapters of several groups, may act in concert. Many communities never progress beyond establishing an interracial committee with broad representation from all segments of its population. It remains an unofficial committee, with perhaps no more than informal approval of city fathers. Organizations such as this-and indeed those with official standing-may select a variety of names, such as "friendly reiations council ," "community relat ions committee," " friendly neighbors," " human relations com mittee," etc. The most commonly used designation-and the one that best conveys the nature and purpose of the organization-is "human relations committee" or "commission." A group without official status can and has proved beneficial in tackling a community's human relations problems. But the most effective bodies have been those constituted as official human relations commissions under local ordinance . 2. Organizing the Commission The most effective commission on human relations-o'ne that is best suited to cope with racial problems and help improve intergroup understanding in the community-is one that is created with a firm legal basis-a municipal ordinance. This type of commission operates with a clear and unmistakable official sanction. The city council and the mayor, as representa tives of the city, are unquestionably on record as favorable to the commission and its goals. The commission has permanency. Its members will not hesitate to tackle in a forthright manner the issues and currents that otherwise might lead to community dissension and racial turmoil. Commission members may speak and act with authority, without fear of reprisal or reproach. About 20 percent of the human relations comm1ss1ons in existence across the nation operate under local ordinances. These include commissions in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, New York, Toledo, Ohio , Erie, Pa., Des Moines, Iowa, and Louisville, Ky. There are alternative, but less effective , bases for a commission . It may be created by proclamation of the mayor, with approval of the city council, It may be created solely by a mayor's proclamation or executive order, without formal city council approval. These types operate with some official sanctions, but obviously not with the strong backing of city fathers afforded under a local ordinance. Nevertheless, a commission established under procla mation offers greater potential than a private citizens group or a quasi-legal body. Cities with human relations agencies without enabling ordinances include Phoenix, Ariz., Tampa, Fla ., Alton, Ill ., Durham, N.C., and Richmond , Va. �A proper local ordinance should spell out the scope and authority of a commission on human relations. It should specify the number of members on the commission and provide for a specific term of office. The size of a commission may vary according to local conditions and makeup of a community's population. Generally, a commission can function comfortably with between five and 15 members. A larger commission may prove too unwieldy for obtaining a consensus. One too small may not have sufficient manpower to cover its chores adequately. A commission should meet periodically, at least monthly. Its meetings should be public, unless sensitive matters require a closed execu tive session. There Will be little service to the community from a commission empowered to act only when trouble is brought to its doorstep. A good human relations commission has the authority to initiate investigations into potential or actual areas of trouble and tension. Of course, much of a commission's work will be that of quiet probing and persuasion. But it should also have the power, when necessary, to hold public hearings and to request and summon the presence of citizens. The enforcement powers of a comm1ss1on naturally depend on the laws in the field of civil rights · a community has to enforce. In many communities with local ordinances banning discrimination in public accommodations, housing and employment it is the commission on human relations that is charged with their enforcement. These powers should at least be as broad as the 1964 Civil Rights Act and prevailing state law. l 3. l Goals and Objectives The best organized commission on human relations will be ineffectual unless it sets for itself clearly defined goals and objectives. In fact these ought to be set forth in its establishing ordinance or charter. It should be made plain that a commission is an instrument for orderly change toward the goal of equal opportunity for all. The commis sion must seek actively to promote this goal. It should do so by creating a climate of understanding, cooperation and mutual respect among all citiz~ns. The commission should keep open the channels of communications and provide these channels when they do not exist. Much of, the racial ills of a community result from the frustrations of those without a procedure for airing their grievances. A commission should serve this function. It should strive aggressively to prevent violence and ease tensions. And it should provide the resources and research into methods for accomplishing this end. A good commission is a leader in its com munity-not a mere follower. It is a mediator when turbulence erupts, but it should provide the groundwork that would make such mediation unnecessary. 4. Selecting Commission Members Many an otherwise well organized and directed human relations commission falters because its membership is not properly or carefully chosen. The membersh ip should reflect the composi tion of the community. It should be representative of religious groups, business interests, civil ~ights organizations, labor unions and civic bodies. It is wise to sound out leaders of these groups before selecting commission members. The prestige of a commission will mirror that of its members. Particularly in a young commission it is important that members be persons of respect and influence in the community. It is equally important that their commitment to the aims and programs of the commission be unswerving. Selection of minority group members must be made with great care. For example, often white leaders search for Negroes who will merely reflect tt"\eir own conception of the Negro community. They look for Negroes whom they trust. Their choice may not have the trust of the Negro community. A Negro who enjoys a fine status among white persons may not necessarily have the same standing among Negroes. Thus many, perhaps a majority of Negro citi zens, will be alienated and communications �•., •f channels to them jammed. Certainly all elements of the Negro community, including those thought of as extremist, should be canvassed for advice. The role of militant civil rights groups and even those persons sometimes looked upon as "extremists," is of vital importance to a commission on human relations. Direct contact should be maintained with these groups. This does not mean that it will be necessary, or even wise, to appoint representatives of militant groups to the commission. On the contrary, it may be that such appointments would compromise the militant's standing with his followers. He would sometimes be required to vote on issues which would be contrary to the position of his organization, preventing both the commission from functioning effectively and jeopardizing his own position of leadership. Still, militancy must be acknowledged, understood and heard. It is imperative that the commission maintain the closest contact and mutual respect of these elements. It is an absolute necessity that the activists in the civil rights movement have a direct access to the commission's listening post. For they often telegraph the direction in which the community eventually must travel and the points of trouble it is likely to encounter. 5. Staffing the Commission A commission without an adequate staff is seriously handicapped in its efforts to serve the community in the field of human relations. As a bare minimum every commission should have a full-time, trained professional staff member and a secretarial assistant. They should operate from a permanent office. Careful attention should be given to staff qualifications. This is an essential for a commission with a lone professional. He should be a college graduate, preferably with a master's degree in the social sciences or social work. He should have experience in the fields of community relations and community organization . It is desirable that he be a good public speaker, resourceful in dealing with others and an effective writer. I II l, 1 Above all, the post should never be considered a political plum or a refuge for cronies. It is not necessary to limit the search within the community. Often, in fact, a likely candidate may be a staff member of a larger commission in another, city. He may be willing to accept a position as director of an agency in a smaller community for the challenge of helping to organize and develop such an agency. It is difficult to specify a budget for a commission. Obviously this depends on the size of the staff, the work it is expected to accomplish and the facilities it is given. A commission's resources are expanded, of course, by organized volunteers and committees. 6. The Commission in Operation A good starting point for any commission on human relations is to learn more about the community it serves. A commission ought to be a source of expert knowledge on all matters pertaining to human relations problems in the community. It should undertake detailed surveys to determine the patterns of employment, housing, educational opportunities and leisure life of its minority groups. For the financially limited community, a cross-section of volunteer community organizations might provide this service. This type of research should be a continuing concern of the commission. There should be periodic dissemination of all of the material gathered through an active on -going public information program. The commission should not overlook the importance of publicizing itself. Even the most eleme:itary brochure or leaflet on its organization and function should be given wide distri: bution. Its executive director should not be a stranger before local groups, to local newspaper columns or on community airwaves. A periodic newsletter is highly effective in keeping the commission before the community and speaking to its citizens. A good human relations commission is well known within local government. It should not hesitate to provide advice to city fathers. It ought to see that all arms of government oper- �r I J. • ate under policies and practices of nondiscrimination and equality of opportunity. Local government must be a model for the rest of the community. When moments of crisis arise, the commission must be prepared through advanced planning. It should arrange procedures with local law enforcement officials for coping with trouble and violence. Similar arrangements should be made with the mass media. But a commission cannot merely operate a fire bucket brigade. It should develop long range programs that will minimize the chance · · of serious flareups. It should lead the efforts to erase all discrimination in places of public accommodations. It should search for realistic programs for eliminating racial segregation in schools, whether under law or de facto. It should plot methods for improving the living standards of minority groups confined to the ghetto and enabling them to move freely and orderly to neighborhoods throughout the community. It should make certain that discriminatory barriers to any citizen's right to vote are dropped. It must encourage and push forward equal opportunities for employment for all its citizens, both in private industry and in government. In most cases, to give official sanction and direction to these efforts, a commission will find it necessary to work for local ordinances. Throughout all its activities, a commission must attempt to educate its community to an awareness of and desire to pursue these goals and objectives. t policeman clubbed a 17-year-old Negro teenager over the head, requiring his hospitalization for a possible concussion. The Negro community became aroused over what it considered police brutality. Several thousand persons, including 'angry teenagers, prepared to demonstrate. A critical confrontation developed between the Negroes and the police department. Working swiftly, the New Rochelle Human Rights Commission opened lines of communication between police and municipal officials and Negro leaders. The result: the police department held a human relations course for all of its patrolmen; the hearing of the accused o'fficer was speeded up; New Rochelle's City Council agreed to press the city's business community to hire more teenagers; the housing authority began to acquire more integrated living units; and the recreation commission expanded its entire program. 7 . How Other Commissions Work Chicago, 111.-During the summer of 1964, t_he Mayor's Commission on Human Relations observed that potentially explosive conditions which had led to riots in other urban cities also existed in Chicago. Feeling the urgency of the situation, it brought together representatives of the mass media, and the top city and police department officials to explore the situation. The result: mass media cooperated fully in adopting guidelines for reporting racial incidents in a non-provocative manner. The police department instructed its officers in the proper handling of arrests in predominantly Negro areas. Not one case of police brutality was reported during the entire summer. Chicago remained peaceful. Creation of human relations commissions is not a recent occurrence in our nation's history. As early as the 1920's there were committees in many Southern communities. Today there are more than 200 cities with some type of human relations agency. Here are some examples of how they have worked in some of these communities. New Rochelle, N.Y.-On June 21, 1964, the same day that three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss., a New Rochelle Louisville, Ky.-ln May, 1963, the Louisville Human Relations Commission conducted an extensive testing campaign to determii:ie whether public places were open to all the city's citizens. The survey found that 35 percent of the city's restaurants were still segregated and not likely to desegregate voluntarily. The result: the commission helped obtain an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in places of public accommodation. �- ---~ --

M E MO R A N D U M November 23, 1966 TO: ·. FROM: Irving Kaler Grace Hamilton Congratulations on your new responsibility as Chairman of the Community Rel ations Commission . There are opportunities ahead and I believe that much depends upon the quality and competence of the person selected as Executive Director . It seems to me that a first objective might be to consider s omeone who has had working experience with one of the better munioipal canmunity relations commissions . Tho difficulty is that such a person would probably require a larger salary and operating budget than is likely to be available here as a beginning. George Culbertson, who is presently a member of the Community Relations Service staff, Washington. o.c. would be such a person . He would be excellent if available . Before oin to the Community Relation$ Serviee, he was a staff member of the Pittsburgh Human Relations CQfflJllis ion, He was one of the founders of NAIRO ( Na tional Association of Intergroup Relations Officials) . I understand that the Pittsburgh operation is among the better ones . Mr. Joe Hendricks, who is pres ntly Dean of ~ at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, is another p rson who ·~ b considered. His origins are Talbottom 1 Georgia and he has an undergraduate degree from Mere r with further eraduate work som where. I under-st nd that he was invited to be the Chairman of the Georgia Civil Rights Advisory Commi sion but declined. He is well acquainted with the c001munities in the St te. is personable and bti ht . He is presently th volunt er Chairman of the G orgia Council on Human Relations . H perhaps would b moe bl to consider the position with the sal ry which is available. third ugg stion is Paul Rilling, wbo i now th Director of th Hu n Relation Commi ion in th Di trict of Columbia. You my r emb r hi from hi work in Atlanta 4 or 5 ye rs a o. Hes rv d tor whil s Dir ctor of Field Services with th Southern Rolon l Council and befor that wa · the Director of hum n r lations sp oial proj ct of the Nation l Council of th Y.M.C.A., Southern Fi ld. �Irving Kaler -2- ~ovember 23, 1966 It occurs to me that there might be value in seeking executive dire ction from someone net presently associated with any of the community relation organizations or agencies working in the City f or several reasons. In the fi rst place, we have an opportunity here to add additional professional leadership to the community and; secondly, the work of the Col'nlllission will obviously require the utmost of cooperation and s upport on the part of all of the existing organizations ang agencies interested in this field of endeavor. I pass these ideas on for whatever worth they may be,. If there are ever any ways in which I can be helpful. please call upon me. Sincere ly your friend. GTH teo BCC: = .................... Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. and Dan Sweat �I. Mr . Jim Moore , President, Atl anta Labor Council Mr . E . L . Abercrombie International Vice President Sec retary - Tre surer Local 218 Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye H ouse Workers International Union Boa.rd of Directors , Atlanta Ul'ban League 2. Dr . Jacbb::Rothschild, The Temple 3. M iss Helen Bullard, Consultant, Toombs , Amisano and Wells 4. M rs . Sara Baker, Resident of Peoplestown section Mr . Arthur Smith, Mana ger of Per:ry Homes Public Housing Development 5. D r . Cleveland Dennard, Principal, Carver High School 6. Mr . Robert Dobbe , Res ident of Perry Homes 7. Mr . C . G . Ezza:rd, R sident of Summ.erhill .. M chanicsville s ction 8. Rev. Joseph L . Griggs , Gordon S treet Presbyterian Church M r. Edg r Schuk:raft, Schukr ft ' s Florist 9. Archbi hop Paul Hallinan, Atlanta Archdioc se Th R v. Kern n, St. Anthony ' s C -tholie Church 10. Mr . Ch rl H . rt, M mber of 11. Mr. Jame H. Moor • L wyer Suman R l tion Conunitt e Mr . lving K 1 r Mr. David ldwa ser Mr. H milton Dougl • Jr. 12. Mr. Mill B. Ln Mr. Mik Cheatam. Mr. J. Ben Moor Mr. W. l.,. Duvall Mr. Lucien Oliv i' �13. Mr. Joseph Haas , Atto:rney 14. M rs . Fred Patterson, Former President of United Church Women Mrs . L . L . Austin, United Church Women Mrs . Carl J . Bliem, President, United Church Women 15. M rs . Ma:ry Stephens , Resident of Lakewood section 16. Mr. Jim Townsend, Editor , Atl nta Mas zine Mr . Ray Moore M r . Ben Perry Mr. Al Keuttner Mr. Mike Davis 17 . Mrs . Dorothy Bolder Thompson, Member of Buman Relations Committee 18. Rev. Samuel Williams, Member of Hu.man Relations Committee 19. Rev. Fr d Stair, Central Pre byterian Church -- - - ) R v. Allison Willi ms , Trinity Presbyterian Church ZO. Mr . Rob rt Mitchell, Vice Pr sident of Lockhe d ~ ~ Mr. Robert M . Wood, Se rs Roebuck & Company Mr . W. A . P rker, Sr. , Beck & Gr gg r. John Wils on, Horn Wilson & Comp ny - '\ �• January 13, 1967 Mr . Al Kuettner 675 Sherwood Road, N. E . Atlanta, Georgia 30324 Dear Al: Mayor Allen has asked me to answer yo\U" letteT of January 4 regarding grants which have been made to the City which would be of concern to the Cornmimity Relations Commission. I have been out of town and I am sorry that you~ letter has not been answered sooner . The only c\U'rent grant that I ~ow o! which might be of intei-eet to you would be the $23 , 000 gr nt from the Stern Family Fund. Attach dis a copy of the announcement put out by the Stern Family Fund which I think explains the intent of the gt nt. We have employed Johnny Robinson to direct this demonstration ptoject and Johnny is now located in Room 1204 in City Hall . in the process of completing a comprehensive outline of the project from the execution standpoint and I will make this available to you in th next few days . We ar Please call me if you need any further inform tion . Sincerely yours. Dan Sweat DS,fy �AL KUETTNER 675 SHERWOOD ROAD , N . E . ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30324 J -. n . The Hon . I van Allen, May or, City of Atl.w t a , City Hal l, Atl - n t -. , Ga. 30303. 4, 1967 Re : Co mmunit y Re l a tio n s Co mmis s io n De a r May or Al len : I am se r v ing as c ha irma n of a s pe c ia l co mmitt ee i n th e Community Rel a ti ons Co mmission which i s i nv es ti ga ting t he fu nd i ng of proje ct s th a t mi g ht be initi ated u nder the juris dictio n of th e Commission. I woul d app reci a te any i nf or mat io n fro m y our office as to g r ant s fro m found a ti ons or oth er sour c es , now a v a i la ble or i n pr ospe ct, fo r t he city of At l a nta i n t he a r ea of o ur Co mui ss io n ' s i n t e rest . I am no t th i nki ng he r e of the many funding prog r ams t hat ha v e be en made to th e v a ri ous estab li shed org an iza tions b ut th ose made or a v a il ab l e direct t o th e cit y and whi c h a r e not now being adm ini ster e d . I un i e r s t an d o ne su ch fu nd i s a $ 23,000 g r ant fro m the S t e rn F am ily F und for a " Neig hborho od I nv olv ement" prog r .i.m . As we get furth e r i nto o ur wor k , such inquir i es as tha t a bove wil l , of course , co me f r om t he Executi v e Director . I am required to make a r e port ' t o the Ex~cuti v e Committ ee on J a n. 20 and would be gra t ef ul f or a ny i nfo r ma tio n pr io r to t hat ti me . Bes t personal r ega rds. Sincerely , ?V--~ cc: Mr . Irving K. Kaler. �L AW OF F ICE S KALER, KARESH 1820 F U LTON NAT I ON A L I RVING K . KA LE R S AN FORD R . KAR E S H MART I N H. R UBI N P A UL M. M <? L A RT Y , J R . C . L A W R E NC E JEW E TT, J R . & RUBIN B ANK BUILOI N G CA B LE AD D R E SS : ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 "KKAT TY" AT L A NT A TELEPHO N E : January 5, 1967 A R EA CO DE 4 04 525 - 6886 Miss Faye Yarbrough c/o Office of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Faye: The nex t meeting of the Community Relations Commission will take place on Friday, January 27 at 1:30 P.M . We will meet in Committee Room 2, City Hall . I appreciate very much your assenting to take the minutes of this nex t meeting. I look forward to seeing you at that time. Yours very sincerely , IKK/sf �Race Relations Commission Organizes; Gets Challenge . Atlanta's new Community Relations Commission, created to help sofa.re problems of racial strife, was officially organized Wednesday and urged to "get out there to the danger spots as quickly as possible. " The challenge came 'from T. M. Alexander, a member of the commission, set up recently by the Atlanta aldermanic board. . Alexander's comments came after the 20- member commission had been sworn in and was having its first business session. Alexander and several other members expressed the hope that the commission could move 1swiftly to head off potential 1trouble in areas similar to Boule! vard and Summerhill where ra. cial incidents erupted in Sep' tember. Division of t he commission 1lnto small groups which could

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, people" was suggested by Alexander. Vice Mayor Sam Massell J r. declared that with formation of the commission "no longer will official concern about community relations come about only as · result of crisis and emergency." Organization of the commission, said Massell, assures that racial problems will "now rightfully take their place in City Hall as a day-to-day responsibility. The commission, headed by attorney Irving Kaler as chairman, will operate initially on a $30,000 a year budget. Thls includes some $12,000 to $15,000 for an executive director. Much of the commission's first meeting was taken up with discussion of the type of person needed for the executive direc tor's job . -The Rev. Sam Williams head of the commission's scr~ening committee, said some 17 applications for the job have already been received. Massell 11rged the commission to hold "mass meetings" in Atlanta neighborhoods in order to "catalog grievances" of the citizens. He also suggested that the commission pursue an application for an Office of Economic Opportunity grant in the amount of $130,000 to establish a "fair housing center" as an adjunct Mayor Ivan ~Hen's camp~i_gn for more housmg opportumties for the lower econoIIDc bracket. John G. Feild, director of the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, told the commission members that they would have to decide themselves what role they wish to play in the city's racial relations. · Feild said they must decide "whether you're going to do it yourselves or see that it gets done." The Rev. Mr. Williams was named first vice chairm;m of the commission; Helen Bullard, second vice chairman, and Mrs. Fred Patterson, secretary. �,. J .c;,J ·~··' AGENDA FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF COMMUNITY REIATIONS COMMISSION (Wednesday, December 14, 1966) 1. Statement by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. 2. Mayor Inducts Conn:nissioners and Installs Chairman. 3. Statement by Chairman. 4. Chairman Presents Vice-Mayor Massell Vice-Mayor Introduces Speaker - Mr. John Feild 5. Chairman Calls Connnission to Order for Business Session (a) Adoption of rules of parlimentary procedure. (b) Election of officers. (c) Establishment of powers of Executive Connnittee. 1 (d) Selection of monthly meeting date and time. (e) Report of Committee on designation of Executive Director. (f) Announcement of Committees to report at January meeting. (g) Good and welfare. (h) Adj our nment • ·/ �January 13, 1967 M:r . Sydney Wi rsdorfer Program Devel opment and Evaluation Speciali t Community Action Program Committee 1209 Li!e 0£ America Building Fort Worth, Texa 76102 De r Mr. Wirsdor.£er: The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta have rec ntly authoriz d the establishment of C ommunity Relations Commission. Thi Commi sion i in the formation tage at the present tim and it will be a few more weeks before we will be abl to answer th queatlon in your January 5 letter in detail . The City has appropriated $30 , 000 for the e tablishm.ent nd opelt'a.tion of the Commi sion. dudng the c\U':r nt y ar . However, the development of det il staffing plans h not b en completed at the pre ent time . We wUl be gl d to funu. h you with the e oon they ha.v b en completed. The Conuni sion is ere tion of the Mayor and Board of Alderinen and ia compo ed of tw nty member :tecomm.ended by an ad hoc ~om.mitt e e tablbh d by the Alderman.l e Bo rd. This committe w • composed of Aldei- -n and a cros section of citi~ens . Th M yor made th ppointments. Tb r is no direct 1"elatlon hip to th loc comm.unity ctlon goncy, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, In<:. How ver, I m sur th t the Commia ion b gins to function v ry close rel tion•hlp will be e t bU. hed .. I will forward your letter to th C ommieslon o t t whenev r �Mr. Wirsdorfer Page Two January 13, 1967 an Executiv Director i · employed copi projects may be forw rd d to you. oj r ports and Sincerely your , Iv n Allen, Jr. M yor IA1r:ly ctivity �" The United States can achieve its full economic and -social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society." 88th Congress, Aug. 20, 1964 0 COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM COMMITTEE • 1209 LIFE OF AMERICA BLDG. • FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102 • ED 6-8714 January 5, 1967 Mayor Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: The Executive Committee of the Fort Worth Human Relationa Commission has requested assistance in s ecuring funds for professional staff. Before approaching the Community resources for financial assistance, the Executive Committee desir es information concerning similar commissions throughout the United States. Res ponse to the following items would be helpful: 1. What are the staff patterns, size of the staff, salary range and the .iob descriptions? 2. How doe·s the Commission relate to the local War on Pov erty and the city council? 3, Copies of reports and activity pro jects which are available would be appr ec iated. An answer from you at you ear liest convenience would facilitate our planning. Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Sydney Wirsdorfer Program Development and Evaluation Specialist SW: j ab �ATLANTA,GEORGIA PHONE 522-4463 Faye Yarbrough 12/29/66 Mr . Kaler: Attached is a copy of the draft of the minutes for the Community Relations Commission meeting of December 14. If you have any changes or corrections you w ould like to make, I will hold the copies before mailing them to the other members of the Commission until I hear from you. I am sorry that I didn't get them any sooner but things have b een a little hectic here during the holiday season. FOR M 2SL 13 �C �_,..__ol,-.1 ~- · - --•~---.-. --· ---~--.- ... -~ . .Lo '- •"l,.. ~ .•. L..,. • ·• - +-,. J- '1,,..-J., \ \ , , ,. _ .. .. _.!. .- • • • • •• --i: __ .,_...._. 4-,._. _,~,.._._,_ .. _ J'(,...._.-~~., ... -.,.__....... . . , ~ ~ ~-J • _..,,. • ~ - I COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES DECbMBEH 14 , 1966 Members of the Community Relations Commission met for their organizational meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 1966, at 2:00 p. m. in City Hall. The following members were present: Mr. Irving K. Kaler, Chairman Mr. T. M. Alexander, Sr. Mrs. Sara Baker Miss Helen Bullard Dr. Cleveland D e nnard Mr. Robert Dobbs Mr. C. G. Ezzard Mr. A. L . Feldman Rev. Joseph L. Griggs Mr . Joseph Haas Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Mr. Al Kuettner Mrs. Fred Patterson Rabbi Jacob Rothschild Mrs. Mary Stephens Rev. Samuel Williams Mayor I v an Allen, Jr. called the meeting to order and spoke briefly regarding this ne w ly created Commission. He e x press e d the City's appreciation to the members of the Commission for their interest and willingness to serve a nd to all those w ho have furnished leadership and have worked to see the Community Relations Commission established. H e revie w ed the functions of the Commission a s d e signated in the charter and charge d the g roup as to their duties and re s ponsibilities . He then introduced t he Community Relations Commission Chai r man, Mr . I r ving Kale r , and tu r n e d the m e eting o v er to him. Mr. :Kale 1' thahked M a y o :1' A llen :fo r himself a hd fo:r his fe llow tnetnbet's fo-r the confid en c e shown i n thei r a ppointme nts . H e st a t e d the membe rs of the Commi s sion rec o gni zed the challenge and a cc e pte d it . H e also s tate d he f elt the g reate s t r esour ce o f the city wa s i t s p e ople a nd t his Commiss i o n seeks to reserve and de v e lop thi s res o urce s o tha t Atla nta can have a f o rce and economic climate to maintain i t s po s ition of leader ship. He then introduced Vice Mayor Sam Mas sell, Jr., who has been so instrumental in the creation of this Commission. �- - ~ ..,.. ....1 - - - - .~ - • • ..

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._ - ~, .....,.__1 _ ._• ..._ .,._ ~ ,:__ _ _ _ _ _ .,,,,,, , ~ ! Community Relations Commission Minutes December 14, 1966 Page Two I Mr. Massell expressed his pleasure in seeing this Commission' become a reality and told the group of the earlier meetings and committees preceding this Comn,i ssion. He made the following recommendations for the Commission's conside ration as their program is established: 1. Consideration of those individuals considered for membership on the Commission and those who have expressed interest in assisting in this work for utilization in advisory committees or similar capacities. 2. A mass meeting with representatives of the disadvantaged neighborhoods in an attempt to catalog the grievances in the community. 3. A conference or consulting session with the professional representatives of the local human relations groups to benefit from their experiences and ideas. 4, Inquire into the possibility of an Office of Economic Opportunity grant possibly in the amount of $130, 000 to establish a fair housing center in Atlanta. Mr. John Field, Director of the Community Relations Service of the U. S. Conference of Mayors, spoke to the group regarding his experiences and observations of the activities and undertakings of other commissions around the country. He stated that these groups played various roles in each community including such things as performing advisory functions for the governing bodies, handling complaints and grie vances, acting as mediators, a nd r e viewing and monitoring the function s of governme nt to insure d e mocratic participation. He then reviewed some of the methods and techniques used by other groups . He told the members they must now decide what role this Commission is going to play in the community. The Commission must d e cide whe ther it is going to try to do the wo r k itself or see that it is carried out by a nothe r group and to what ext e nt the Com mission will participa t e when other exi sting age ncie s can h andle the problem. H e sta t e d the n e c ess ity i s n ot to d i spla ce othe r agencies but to work w ith them. The Commis sion membe r s the n proc ee d e d with their busines s s es sion. Upon mot ion duly m ade , s e conde d and u n animou s ly pas se d the C ommission agreed to follow R obert s Rules of O rder for the c o n d uct o f a ll meetings. The group next cons ide red the e l ect ion of of fi cers of the C ommiss ion. Upon - - -- .1 ,, �r .. . ·- --·- - - .... . ........ - _..,.. . ... _ _ .- .. _ -~ • . ~ 1 • • .. .... . . - - ~ ... ...~, , , , .. ~ I Community Relations Commission Minutes December 14, 1966 Page Three motions duly made, seconded and unanimously passed the following individuals were elected as officers: de-:,..,,,._,~ Rev. Samu~l Williams, First Vice ~iJcnt . J . _ Miss Helen Bullard, Second Vice &:Jt::elllll!!!ileE.t ~ - . . . ,-,,, Mrs. Fred Patterson, Secretary 0 ~ ~ \ cw« tt.e O~ "I ¢,Jr...> , ~ ' q he above officers and the Chairman shall constitute the Executive Committee . in accor'1aR8"9 •.vi+h-t!tt t h a ~ . Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was agreed that the Executive Committee has and is authorized to act for and on behalf of the full Commission, subject to review of the Commission, between regularly scheduled meetings of the Commission. A regular meeting date was discussed at this time and it was agreed that the Executive Committee be allowed to deliberate on the selection of the meeting date and time and report back to the Commission at the next meeting. Pt io1 to ~ri s=.:iwe-ei-¼1~u ie, ~

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It was generally agreed it would be n ece ssary for the Commission to determine specifically what type program was to be conducted before selecting the individual to fill the position as different prog rc!rn empha§e f:! worud :r~q\lire different qualifieat:i.ons a:pd experience. .. In an effort to expedite this Miss Bullard distribute d a questiofll1a.ire regarding the function and program content of the Commission to each member. questionnaire is to be · returned to her for analysis and consolidation. Mr. Kaler appoint ed the following temporary ad-hoc committees: Program Committee (To m a k e recommendations to the Executive Committee meeting in January This �--=---·---~ ·- ·-==--'-" -= ""--'---"---.:.;:;· -·: __;..: · -;..:.. · --:.. · ;;:; · :.:.. · ..;. · .;;.; -·;..;.;··;;... · - ~ - - ' - - - - ~ -- ~ ~ -- - - - -- . Co1nmunity Relations Commission Minutes December 14, 1966 Page Four . and thereafter to the full Commission) Miss Helen Bullard, Chairman Mrs. Sa.ra Baker Dr. Cleveland Dennard Mr. Robert Dobbs ~b ~-E ,o, - 4-~;, l f.~_t~ ·) rlla,....Q 'e x..~t.a:rt:t:.{~:nn·· ~ ( To make recommendations to the Executive Committee meeting in January and thereafter to the full Commission) Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Al Kuettner, Chairman T. M. Alexander, Sr. Hamilton Douglas, Jr. c. G. Ezzard James 0. Moore Committee to make recommendations on the establishment of <;;tanding ' °mmittees (To make recommendations to the Executive Committee meeting in February and thereafter to .the full Commission) Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, Chairman Mr. A. L . Feldman Mr. Joseph Haas Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Mrs. Mary Stephens There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p. m. Respectfully submitted, (Miss) Faye Yarbrough Acting Secretary �COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES DECEMBER 14, 1966 . M e 1nbers of the Community Rel a tions Commission met for their organizational meeting on W e dn e sda y, Decemb e r 14, 1966, at 2:00 p. m. in City Hall. The following memb e rs were pr e s e nt: Mr . Irving K. Kaler, Chairman Mr. T. M . Alexander, Sr. Mrs. Sara Baker M iss Helen Bullard Dr. Cleveland Dennard Mr. Robert Dobbs Mr. C. G. Ezzard Mr . A. L. Feldman Rev. Joseph L. Gri gg s Mr. Joseph Haas Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Mr. Al Kuettne r Mrs. Fred Patte rson Rabbi Jacob Rothschild Mrs. Mary Stephens Rev. Samuel Williams Mayor I v an Allen, Jr. called the m e e t ing to order and spoke brie fly r e gar ding t his newly created Commission. H e expr e ss e d the City's appreciation to t h e m e mbers of the Commission for th e ir inte r e st a nd willin gness to serve and to a ll those w ho have furnished l e ade rship a nd h a ve worked to see th e Community R e lations Commission establishe d . H e r evi e w e d the functions of th e Commission a s d e si gnated in the charter and cha r ge d th e gr oup as to th e ir duties and r es ponsibiliti e s. He then introduc e d t he Com munity Rel a tions Commission Chai r man, Mr. Irving Kaler, and tu rne d th e m ee ting over to him. Mr. Kale:r th a nke d M ayo r Allen fo r himself and £or h i s :fell ow n:1ett1.bers for the confi d e nc e show n in th e i r appointment s. H e stat e d the m e mb e r s o f the Commis sion r e co g nized the chall e n ge and ac c e pte d it. H e a lso st ated he fe lt the greatest res ourc e of the city wa s it s pe opl e and th i s Commiss ion seeks to reserve an d d e v e lop thi s res o ur c e so that Atl anta can have a force and economic ciimate to maintain its position of leadershi p. He then introduced Vice Mayor Sam Mas sell, J r., who has been so instrumental in the creation of this Commission. �C o rnrn uni ty Re l at ions Commission Min ute s D c c en1be r 14 , 19 6 6 P age Two M r. Mas s e ll e xpr e ss e d his pl ea s ur e in se e i n g t his Commission b e c o m e a r e ali ty a n d to ld th e g roup o f th e e a r li er rn e e t i n gs an d comm itt ees pr e c e ding this C o1n rr1i s sion. H e m a de th e fo ll owing r e comm e ndations for th e Commission's consid e ration as th e ir program i s e s tabli shed : 1. Cons i de r a tion of those individua l s co ns i de r e d for m e mbership on the Commission and those who ha ve expr essed inte r e st in a ssi sting in this work f or utilization in advisory co m mi t t e es or similar capacities. 2. A n1.a ss meeting with r e pr e s enta t i ve s of th e di sa d v antaged n e i g .b orhoods in a n atte mpt to cata log th e g ri evan c es in t h e communit y. 3. A confe r e nce or consultin g s e ss i o n w ith th e professiona l repres e ntatives . o f t h e l o c a l human relations gr oups to b e n e fit from their e xp e riences a nd idea s. 4. In quir e into th e possibility of a n O ffic e of Economic Opportunity g rant p os sibly in th e amount of $130, 000 t o e s tablish a fair housing c e nter in A t l a nt a . Mr . John Fie ld, Director o f th e C ommuni t y R e l ati o ns S ervic e o f the U. S. Confer e n c e o f May ors , spoke to t he g r oup r egar d i n g his exp e ri e nc es a nd obse r va tions o f the a ctiviti es and und e rtakin g s of oth e r commi s si ons around th e c ount r y . He s ta t ed t h at th e s e g roup s p layed va rious r o l e s in ea c h co mmunity i n clud i ng s uch things as p e rformin g a dvis o r y fun c tions for th e g o ve r n i ng b odie s, ha n dlin g compl a i nts and g r i evan c e s, a c t in g a s med i ator s, a n d reviewing a nd monitorin g the f u nctions of gove rnme n t to insu re democ ratic p arti c ipation. H e t h e n r evi ewed some of the meth od s and techn iqu e s u sed by o th e r gr oups. H e told th e m embers t h e y m u st n ow de ci de w hat ro l e thi s C ommiss ion is goin g to play in th e comm unity. T he C ommi ss i on mus t de ci d e w h e the r i t is goin g t o t r y t o do t he w ork i tse lf o r see th a t it is carried ot:it b y a noth e r gro u p and to w h at e x t e n t th e Commis s ion w ill par t icipat e when o ther e :xi s ting ag e ncies c an handle the p rob l em . He state d the n@ e s ity bi not to displ a c e o ther agen cie s b u t to w o r k w ith them. The Commi ss ion m e mbers t h en pr o c ee d e d w ith t h e ir busine ss s es sion . Upon motion duly ma d e , seconde d and u n animously passed th e C omn1.i s s io n agreed to follow R ob er ts Rul e s o f O rder for the c o n duc t o f a ll meetings. The group next co n sidere d th e e l e ction of offi c er s o f th e C ommis sion. Upon �I .- Con1rn.unity Relations Comrnission Minutes Dec e rn.ber 14, 1966 Pa ge Three 1notions duly made, seconded and unanimously passed the ,following individua ls were elected as office rs: Rev. Samuel Williams, First Vice Chairman Miss Helen Bullard, Second Vice Chairman Mrs. Fred Patterson, Secretary In accordance with the ordinance, the above officers and the Chairman shall constitute the Executive Committe e . Upon motion duly made, seconded and w1.animously passed, it was agreed that the Executive Co1nmittee has and is authorized to act for and on behalf of the full Comm.is sion, s.ubje ct to review of the Con1mission, between regularly scheduled meetings of the Comn1is s ion. A regular rneeting date was discussed at this time and it was agreed that the E xecutive Committee be allowed to deliberate on the selection of the meeting date and tin-ie and report back to the Commission at the next meeting. On behalf of the Committee appo i nted to select the E xecuti ve Director, Rev . Samuel Williams then reported that the position had been advertised in the various news media and that seventeen applications were received. Interviews have been scheduled to b egin on Tuesday, D e c ember 20. It was the sugge stion of Rev. Williams (Ch airman of the Committee) that the Comm.is s ion discuss the type qualifications, characte ristics and experien ce of the individual to fill this position. Various members gave their opinions on this subject and Mr. Feild and Mr. Clifton Henry of the Confer en ce of Mayors also offered their suggestions based on the ir work with oth e r commissions. It was generally agreed it would be necessary for the Commission to determine specifically w hat type program was to be conducte d before selecting the indi v idual to fill the position as differ ent program emphases wg\J.ld require different qualifications and experience. In an effort to e x pedite this Miss Helen Bullard distributed a questio nn aire regarding the function and program content of the Co1nmission to each member. This questionnaire is to be returned t o her for analysis and consolidation. Mr. Kaler app ointed the followin g te1nporary ad -hoc committees: Program Committe e (To make recommendations to the Executive Committee meeting in January �Corn.11.1.unity Relations Com1nis sion Minutes D ecembe r 14 , 1966 P age F o ur and th e reafte r to th e full Commission) M iss H elen B ull a rd, Chairman Mrs . S a r a Bak e r Dr. C lev c l., nd De nna r d Mr. Ro b, · rL o bbs Rev. Jos eph L. Griggs Mr. Lucie n Oliv e r Committee to Investigate P o ss ibility of OEO Grant ( and grants from Fo undat i ons ) (To make recommendations to the Executive Committe e mee ting in January and thereafter to the f ull Commission ) Mr . Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Al K u ettne r, Chairman T. M. Ale xand e r , Sr . Hamilton Dougl as, Jr. C. G. E zzard James 0. Moor e Committee to n'lake R e comme ndations on the Establishment of Standin g Committees (T o make -recommendations to the E xe cutive Committee meeting in February a nd thereafter to the f ull Commission) Rabbi J a cob Rothschil d, Chairman Mr. A. L. Feldman Mr. Jo seph Ha a s Archbishop Paul J . H a llinan · Mrs. Mary Ste p he ns There being no further business the m ee tin g was adjourned at 4 :05 p. m. R e sp e c t fully submitte d, (M i ss) Faye Ya rb r ough A c ting Se c retary �COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION NOTICE OF MEE TING To All City Department Heads: The C ommunity R e l a tions C o m m i ss ion invites you t o a tte.n d the public hearing sche duled for Thursday, February 16, 1967, at 7:30 p. m. to be held in City Hall i n Committee Room 2. The C o mmission pla ns to sche dul e a n othe r m eeting spe cifica lly with City officials t o h ear how we can w ork c ons t r u c tively w ith y ou b u t we want you to k now we w ould w e lcome your atte ndance at this public hearing . Since r e ly yours, J~1 k ~n,Q,_,_,b"\ Irving K. K ale r, Chairman Commun ity R e l a tions Commission I KK:fy �7 NOTI C E 02? MEE TI1 -G T o All C" ty D epa r tment Heads : T nc C on1munity Relati on s C or:1.mis sion i nvi te s you t o atte:.'ld the public hearing schedulec· :or ThL:1.· s day, "'<'eb r u a ry 16, 196 7, a t 7 : 30 p . m. to be h eld i 11 C i ty I-L.111 in Com 1.itt e c Ro o1n 2. T he C o miriis sion plans to s chc d ulc a ,1othcr n1.eeting s pe c i fic a ll y with C i ty o fic i a i s to hear ho, we c an 'No rk c ons u :uc t iv e ly w i th you b u t \ Ve w nt you to know we would we come your a t tendan c e at this )t. blic hea ing . Sincerely you rs, \ · . ~/v',;, Vl,'..,,(,,0/\ 1] ) . \ } Y\ cJ~v {~\ I r vi}1g K. Kale r, C ha i rina:n C omn1.uni ty Re la tio n s C onu-n.is sion I KK :fy �PERSONAL DATA SHEET (Mrs.) Eliza King Paschall, 1957 Westminster Way, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30307 PERSONAL: Native of Charleston, South Carolina; grew up in Columbia, S. C. Widow of late Walter Paschall, WSB News Editor; form'er president, Atlanta Civitan Club. Mother of 3 daughters: Suzanne (Mrs. Martin Gilbert, of London); Jan independent study in Europe; Amy - attending Druid Hills High School. EDUCATION: Graduate of Agnes Scott College, Phi Beta Kappa, with High Honor. Graduate study in Public Administration and Sociology at American University, Emory University; independent study in England. CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (Since 1961) Executive Director of Council on Human Relations of Greater Atlanta, Inc. FORMER EMPLOYMENT: Consumer Consultant, U. S. Food & Drug Administration; American Red Cross O v erseas Ser v ice, European Theatre Operation, World War II; National Youth Administration of Georgia. OFFICES HELD: President, National Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott College Alumnae Trustee, Agn e s Scott College President, League of Women Voters of Georgia P r esident, League of Women Voters of Atlanta Chairman, Council on Human Relations of Greater Atlanta, Inc. CURRENT: Board of Atlanta Urban League ( 7 years) Life p re sid e nt of Agnes Scott class Memb e r ACLU, National Democratic Party, Atlanta Press Club Na t ional Com mitte e fo r Support of Public Schools Am er ican Academ y of Political and Social Science. Nati o n al Confe r enc e of Christians and Jews Good Neighbor Award, 1962 Fun d fo r Adult Education Fellowship, 1960 F ir s t Editi on of Who's Who Among American Women Publi s h e d a rtic l e s i n v a r ious journals Speakers Bureau o f Ame ri c an Embass y , London, 1964 - 65 �., . ,., .· ,. ' ,1 · .• .j ' I .f AGENDA · FOR MEETING OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION (January 27, 1967) I. \ ' I COMMITTEE REPORTS: 1. \ RJport of Committee on Selection of Executive Director -- Reverend Samuel Williams a. Establishing of salary for Executive Director 2. Report of Committee on Obtaining Grants·0 -~r. Al Kuettner 3. Report of Progrannning Committee_ -- Miss Helen Bullard • II. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Resolution adopted by Executive Committee establishing the monthly meeting date and time of Commission 2. · Resolution adopted by Executive Committee respecting attendance requirements of members of Commission • • .~ ~··

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J I "·;. .,, �7 LA W OFFICES KALER, KARESH & 16 2 0 I RV I NG K. KA L ER SAN F ORD R. KAR E SH MARTI N PA U L RUBIN FU LT ON NAT I O N AL B ANK BUILDI N G CABLE ADDR E SS: ATLA N TA, GEORGIA 30303 "KKATTY" AT L ANTA H. R U BIN M. M 'l' L A RT Y, JR . T E L E P H ONE : C. L AW RE NC E J E W ETT, J R. January 23, 1967 AR E A CODE 4 0 4 525 - 6666 I Miss Faye Yarborough c/o Office of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall ..,. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Faye: Enclosed you will find copies of the Agenda for the January 27, meeting of the Corrnnunity Relations Commission. You will remember that we will convene at 1:30 p.m., on that day 1n Room #2 at City Hall. Please di stribute copies of the Agenda to members of the Corrnnis·s ion. In anticipation of the meeting, I should also appreciate your confirming with Mr. Monroe that: (a) There will b e s uff ic ient chairs f or all the Corrnnission members in Committee Room #2. (b) We will need pads and pencils for all member s of t he Corrnnission. (c) The usual ash trays, carafes of wat er, etc. I under s tand that the conference t able in Committee Room #2 is no t large enough f or a l l t he Corrnnittee members t o sit around. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that they will be able to group around the table somehow and perhaps in two rows. I will rely upon you to make all the necessary arrangements with Mr . Monroe as to the appointments for the meeting. Again , thank you for your kind and generous assistanceo Yours very sincerely, << I {____ fl ) Irving K. Kaler, Chairman Corrnnunity Relations Commission IKK:db Enclosures �j / COMMUNITY RELA TlONS COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY 27, 1967 Members of the Community Relations Commission met on Friday, January 27, 1967, · t 1: 30 p . m . in City Hall. The following members were p resent: Mr. Irving Kaler, Chairman Rev. Samuel Williams , First Vice Chairman Miss Helen Bullard, Second Vice Chairman Mrs . Fred Patterson, Secretary Mr. T . M . Alexand r , Sr. Mrs . Sara Baker Mr. C . G. Ezz rd R v . Joseph L . Griggs Mr. Joseph Haas Archbishop Paul J . Hallinan Mr. Al Kuettner Mr. Rolland Maxwell Rabbi Jacob M . Rothschild Mr. M . 0 . Ry n Mrs . ·Ma~y Stephens Upon motion duly made , econded nd unanbnously passed, the minutes of the p:reviou meeting were dopted ae submitted. Mr • P tteraon r ad th minutes of the me ting of the Executive Committe held on Friday, January 20, 1967, nd the Commi sion m mb rs di cussed th busin ri ing from this meeting. R v . S a muel WilliamB , Chai;rman of the committc to el ct the Executive Dh· ctor, repoitted th t M:r • Eliz Pa chall h -d be n recommended to rve a th Executiv Dil' ctor and mov d the . pprov l of this r commendation. Upon rnotion duly m d , second d and p sed, it w s RESOLVED to ace pt . the Committ e's r commend tion and request th M yol' nd Board of Ald rmen to pprove th ppointm nt of Mrs. Pasch 11 Ex, cutiv Dil' ctor t a al ry of $12, 500 p r annum. Th Com.mi ion th n dhcuf..l d the dvi ability of st blishing tenure of rvlce. Upon motion duly de, s cond d nd pa eed it wa RESOLVED that th •election of th Executiv Director b for J'iod of on y :r subject to i rmination upon sixty (60) daye notice on a m jodty vote of th full Commi •ion. �-

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Page Two The Chai rman then asked Mr. Al Kuettner, Chairman of the Special Committee to Investi gat e OEO Funding, to give the Committee ' s report at thi s time . A copy of M r . K uettner ' s report i s attached and made a part of. these minutes (Attachment A ). M l". Kuettner rec ommended that early in the operations of the Commission a stand ing committee be established to w o r k clo sely with M r . C . O . Emmerich, Admin i ·trator of E c onomic Opportwiity Atlanta, Inc., to f ollow through on this r eport. M r . Kaler then asked the Commission t o consider two reconunendat ions adopted by the E xec utive Committee : 1. That any member of the C ommis s ion who ie absent from th~ee consecutive meetings without valid reason be J'epl a c ed by the Mayol' on request of the Commission. 2. That the time of t he monthly m eetings of the Commi ssion be e stablished on the f ourth Friday of each mont h t o c omrnense at 1; 30 p . m . at City H 11. Both of the s e i-ecomm n dation were unanimously approved b y the C ommissi on . The Chai rman official! y welcomed two new members, M;r. Rolla n d Maxwell and Mr. M . O. "Buzi" R,an, t o the body nd xpr es ed the pleasure of the Commis sion on their appoi ntment . Rabbi J a c ob Roths child made the following announcement a t this time . The Templ e i s c e lebira ting it 100th Anniver · a.ry and the Con g r egation wis he to make ome contribution to the Cit y . Therefore , the Congr egation h a s et s i d a t rus t i und in the mount of $5 , 000; the procee d s of. which will b turned ov e r to the Community R l ati on s Commi i on fo r the purpose of e ta.bliahing and giving a good citizens hip wal'd t o an individ 1 o~ grou p who be t c a :rd s out th pirit and pui,,os of the Comm! sion. T h e Rabbi p~ s nted thi to th Commls ton a p r oject ed gift from th Congregation with the und - rstanding that th r spon ibilU:y for s lectlon of th award wUl be 1 ft to th Commitslon. Upon mot ion duly mad , s conded and unanimou ly p a d it w R OLVED that thl gift be cc pt d and that an a.ppfopd t 1 tter of appre-clation be nt to the Congr gation. Th Commission m mb r xpr s d theiz- gratitude lor th gift and th int r et of The Temple. Mte H len Bullard, Cb ir n of th Progl' m CornmUte • pr nted th Com.mltt 's -, port to th Commi · "ton, a copy ol which is ttached nd mad • pavt o f th ee minutes (Att ehm.ent B). Th Conuni lon dl cussed thi repoi-t �Page Three ' at great length and adopted the Committee I s recommendations with the following c hanges : 1. Section 3 in the Preface was revised to read as follows : "That the Commission wherever possible avoid duplicating any function that is already being satisfactorily pedormed by an already established agency o:r group and further that its efforts be channeled in the areas of implementation rather than mere £act finding . 11 2. The listing of the survey areas in the Program I section was revised to read as follows. These areas will be listed acco1·ding to prio:rity after consultation with the Executive Director. a . Blue He ven b . Cabbage Town c. Mechanic ville and Pittsburgh d . Summerhill, Peoples Town and South Atlanta e . Vine City and Lightning f . 5-cotts Cro sing g . Plunkettown h . Bankhead Highw y area i . Thomasville j . Ea t Atlanta, Reynolds Town nd Lynwood Park k . Boulev rd (Bedford-Pin ) 3. Program ll will be implem. nted in the form of a seminal". The Pi-ogT m C ommitte w The following memb rs wer Q commended fo:r it appoint d as team Blue Heav nz C bbag T own: Me cba.nic ville and P ittaburghe plendid r port. to work in specific at as : Rev. J o ph L. Grigg · Mr. Ha milton Dougl , Jr. M r. M . 0 . Ry n Mr. Joo ph H R bbl J a cob M . Rothschild M r. A. L . F eldman Mi Hel n Bullard R v. Samu 1 William M r. Rolland ..v.ur:,u,o. well �Page Four Summerhill : Mr. Al Kuettner Mr . C . G . Ezza.,_..d Mr . James O . Moore Vine City: Mrs . F1·ed Patterson Mr . T . M . Alexander, Sr . M:r . lrving Kaler Committee to Organize Public Hearing on February 16 : Committee in Reeorve (To Serve on 0th r Committee When Regul r Membei- Cannot Attend) Th meettng was Mr . Robe~t Dobbs Rev . Samuel Williams Mrs . Mary Stephen Mrs . Sa;ra Baker Mr . Robert Dobbs Mrs . Ma:ry Stephens Mws . Sa:ra Bakeir Archbishop Paul J . H llinan djoqrned at 4 :00 p . m . Re peetfu,lly submitt d , Mi's . Fr d Patter on S cretal"y �February 16, 1967 Mr. Irving K . Kaler Kaler, Kare sh and Rubin 1820 Fulton National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Kaler: Enclosed are the minutes of the Community Relations Commission meeting of January 27, which Miss Yarbrough has prepared. 1 am enclosing cot"respondence which this office has kept on file until such time as the Executive Dire ctor of the Commission was named. I feel that since you have now appointed a Director and are in the process of establishing an office that you would want to transfer all responsibilities for administi-ation to this office . Please feel fr e to call on us at any time we can be of fqrther help to you or the Conunission. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS:fy �COMMUNITY-RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES J ANUARY 2 7, 196 7 Members of the Community Relations Commission met on Friday, January 27, 1967, at 1:30 p. m. in City Hall. The following members were present: Mr. Irving Kaler, Chairman Rev. Samuel Williams, First Vice Chairman Miss Helen Bullard, Second Vice Chairman Mrs. Fred Patterson, Secretary Mr. T. M. Alex ander, Sr. Mrs. Sara Baker Mr. C. G. Ezzard Rev. Joseph L. Griggs Mr. Joseph Haas Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Mr. Al Kuettne r Mr. Rolland Maxwell Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Mr. M. 0. Ryan Mrs. Mary Stephens Upon motion duly made, seconded and unani.mously passed, the minutes of the previous meeting we re adopted as submitted. Mrs. Patterson read the minutes of the meeting of the E xe cutive Committee held on Friday, January 20, 1967, and the Commission members discussed th e business arising from this meeting. Rev. Samuel Williams, Chairman of the committee to select the E xec utive Director, reported that Mrs. Eliza Paschall had been recommended to serve as the E xecutive Director and moved the approval of this recommendation. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was RESOLVED to accept the Committee's recommendation and request the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to approve the appointment of Mrs. Paschall as Executive Director at a salary of $12, 500 per annum. The Commission then discussed the advisability of establishing a tenure of service. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed it was RESOLVED that the selection of the Executive Director be for a period of one year subject to termination upon six ty (60) days notice on a majority vote of the full Commission. �Page Two The Chairman then asked Mr. Al Kuettner, Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate OEO Funding, to give the Committee I s report at this time. A copy of Mr. Kuettner's report is attached and made a part of these minutes (Attachment A). Mr. Kuettner recommended that early in the operations of the Commission a standing committee be established to work closely with Mr. C. 0. Emmerich, Administrator of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., to follow through on this report. Mr. Kaler then asked the Commission to consider two recommendations adopted by the Executive Committee: 1. That any member of the Commission who is absent from three consecutive meetings without valid reason be replaced by the Mayor on request of the Commission. 2. That the time of the monthly meetings of the Commission be established on the fourth Friday of each month to commence at 1: 30 p. m. at City Hall. Both of these recommendations were unanimously approved by the Commission. The Chairman officially welcomed two new members, Mr. Rolland Maxwell and Mr. M. 0. "Buzz Ryan, to the body and expressed the pleasure of the Commission on their appointments. Rabbi Jacob Rothschild made the following announcement at this time. The Temple is celebrating its 100th Anniversary and the Congregation wishes to make some contribution to the City. Therefore, the Congregation has set aside a trust fund in the amount of $5,000, the proceeds of which will be turned over to the Community Relations Commission for the purpose of establishing and giving a good citizenship award to an individual or group who best carries out the spirit and purpose of the Commission. The Rabbi presented this to the Commission as a projected gift from the Congregation with the understanding that the responsibility for selection of the award will be left to the Commission. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was RESOLVED that this gift b e accepted and that an appropriate . letter of appreciation be sent to the Congregation. The Commission members expre ss ed their gratitude for the gift and the interest of The T empl e. Miss Helen Bullard, Chairman of the Program Committe e, presented the Committee I s report to the Commission, a copy of which is attached and made a part of these minutes (Attachment B). The Commission discussed this report �Page Three at great length and adopted the Committee I s recommendations with the following changes: 1. Section 3 in the Preface was revised to read as follows: 11 That the Commission wherever possible avoid duplicating any function that is already being satisfactorily performed by an already established agency or group and further that its efforts be channeled in the areas of implementation rather than mere fact finding." 2. The listing of the survey areas in the Program I section was revised to read as follows. These areas will be listed according to priority after consultation with the Executive Director. a. Blue Heaven b. Cabbage Town c. Mechanicsville and Pittsburgh d. Summerhill, Peoples Town and South Atlanta e. Vine City and Lightning f. Scotts Crossing g. Plunkettown h. Bankhead Highway area 1. Thomasville J• East Atla nta, R e ynolds Town and Lynwood P a rk k. Boulevard (Bedford-Pine) 3. Program II will be impl e m e nted in the form of a seminar. The Program Committee was comme nde d for its splendid report. The following members were appointed as teams to work in specific areas: Blue H e ave n : Rev. J o seph L. Gri gg s Mr. H a milton Dougl a s, J r. Mr . M. 0 . Ryan Cabbage Tow n : Mr. Joseph Haas Rabbi J a cob M . Rothschild M r . A . L . F e ldma n M e chanicsville and Pittsburgh: Miss H e l e n Bulla rd R e v. Samue l Williams M r. Rolland M axwell �Page Four Summer hill: Mr. Al Kuettner Mr. C. G. Ezzard Mr. James O. Moore Vine City: Mrs. Fred Patterson Mr. T. M. Alexander, Sr. Mr. Irving Kaler . Committee to Organize Public Hearing on February 16: Committee in Reserve (To Serve on Other Committees When Regular Members Cannot Attend) Mr. Robert Dobbs Rev. Samuel Williams Mrs. Mary Stephens Mrs. Sara Baker Mr. Robert Dobbs Mrs. Mary Stephens Mrs. Sara Baker Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p. m. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. Fred Patterson Secretary �ATTACHMENT A AT LANTA COMM!PlITY RELATI O'lS COMMIS S ION Re por t of .S p e c i a l Commi t t ee t o I nv es t ig a te OE O Fund ing Mr. Irvi ng Ka l e r , Cha ir ma n, Community Rela ti on s Commiss i on. De a r Mr . Cha irma n: Yc ur commit ~ee t o inv e sti g a t e supp l eme nt a ry fundin g possibi Liti e s f or th e Atl a nta Community Re l a tio n s Commis s i o n h a s c omp l e t ed its work an d make s her e with its r eport. Me mb e rs of t his c ommi t tee we r e Al Ku e ttn e r, Chriama n; C. G. Ezz a rd, J ames O. Mo or e , Ha mi l ton Do ug l a s a nd T . M. Al e x a nd e r, Sr. The c ommit tee held t wo le ng t hy mee ting s ot f ic e of Ma_y or Iv a n Al l e n; :r . Cha r l e s Opp ortuni ty Atl a n ta ; Mr. Ric h a r d Gr a na t Opp ortunit y in Wa s hi ng t on , and wi th t h e F lei s s i g and As so ci at e s i n At l a nt a . a nd wa s i n c or r espon a en c e wi th t he Emme r i ch , d i r e ct or of Eq ua l of t h e Of f ic e of Ec on omic c i t y pla n ni ng fi r m o f Cand e ub , Th e c ommit t ee h a s a s c e ~ t a i n ed t he f ol l owi ng i nf or ma t i on : 1. Mr . Gra na t a dv ises t h a t his of f i c e wi l l b e hap py t o d i sc uss a ny p r opo s a l we mi h t h a v e , eithe r i nfo r ma l ly or on t he b a s i s of a fo r ma l sub missi on of a p r o je c t . He po i n t s o ut t ha t a n ea rl i e r -c on t e mpla te d f und f or f a ir hou s ing oper at io n is n ot pr e se n t l y a v a i lab le b e c a u s e of a s e v e r e c utb a c k i n a ll s u c h f und s , but he i nd ic a t es t ha t OEO wil l b e gla d t o wo r k wit h us t o e v e ry ex t ent poss ibl e . He s ugge s ts t ha t we dea l dir e ct ly wit h t he Atl a n t a o f fic e . 2. Mr . Emme r i c h ha s ad vi se d t ha t h i s of f ic e wi l l c o op er a t e f u l ~y wit h o ur Commission ori spe ci f ic p r o j e cts a n d t he Commi tt e e f eel s t ha t we sho u l d c all upon thi s o ffic e f or long r a nge p l anni ng a n d a cti on . 3. The city o f At lan t a has r e c e i v ed a $23 ,000 g r an t ~r om t h e S ter n Family F und fo r t he p urpos e of s t a f fk n g t he may or ' s offt c e wit h s pe ci a l he l p so as t o de v el op s t r ateg y and a cti on f or mob ilizi nB t he c i t y ' s fo r ce s t o a tt a c k p robl em s of the slums. The c ity is mo ving ahead on t h is p ro j e c t and has an ~mploy e for t he wor k . Lette r i s atta a:h e d t o t h i s repor t as we ll as a r esume of t he St e rn Family F und . 4. ~r . Ha rv ey F ri edman , Chai r ma n of th e Lawyers Commit t e e for Civil Ri g h t s Under Law , Washing t on , D. C . , has b een c on t a c t ed. He says his gen cy wi l l be glad to wor k with u s , i n i t ially in an achv i sor y c apacity . This is a v ery signi f icant commit t ee f t p lawyers. 5. Our Commi t tee is of the opini on that f unds can be obtained f r spe c ifi c projects, based n detailed plans a nd pro g ram . It is t h e co mwittee ' s recommendation that pr jects be planned in or d er of p riority, these proj e cts then t be submitted t o the pr per a g ency for funding. It is t he co nc e nsus of the committ e e that long r· nge planning, fact finding and prog ramr,D.ing must come ahead f efforts to fund the prog ~ ~ A~ ,,Ktk& ner~ For the Cummittee. , �. C .ir.l 1 iT 0 £17 • ·CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Ttl. 522-4463 Area Code 404 August 6, 1969 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Ass istant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer FROM: Johnny H. Robinson Communjty Development Coordinator SUBJECT: Monthly Report {Statistical) Dan, you will find enclosed a breakdown on the amount of complaints received from July 1, 1969 - August 1, 1969. The overall received are as following: Total Received 708 Total Corrected 405 Total Meeting Attended 105 We were also involved in a survey for the Planning Department in Plunkettown. JHR/mc �- - - - ---'-'--..:.....C..--'"---<---.- - - - Johnny H. Robinson A~r/4; FROM:

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�·- --- A SUMMARY OF THE EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF: Mr. Bement (East Central) · Mr. Bruce (West Central) Mr. Christenberry (Pittsburg) Mr. Isaac ( Central City) Mr. Menez (Ed g e w ood) Mrs. S n ider ( C i ty H a ll) Miss Sow ell (Na s h-Washi n gton - E x tension) Miss Woodward (West End) AUGUST 1, 1969 �EVALUATIONS OF CITY SERVICES , In evaluating City Services not all interns mentioned all City' Services. divided opinion on many departments. There was However, the general consensus was that the City Services were not responding well enough to complaints by area residents. The Atlanta Housing Authority, according to Miss Sowell, does not respond at all. . . . However,- the Housing Code Department was commended by Mr. Christenberry and Miss Sowell. This was not the case with Mr. Menez, who feels the department is "not only inadequate, but also poorly administered 11 • Mr. Isaac reported that the Police Department is· doing well in Central City, but Mr. Christenberry, Mr. Menez, and Miss Sowell reported very poor response. Mr. Christenberry was told that the Police D epartment did net knov.r to return route sheets; howev er , that is not b e liev e d. In most areas they have shown poor response on pick-up of junk cars: Only Mr. Isaac mentioned Public Works. He noted only one third response. The Recreation D e partm e nt was commented on by Miss Woodward and Mr. Menez. Mr. Menez stated that the Recreation Department was not only hampered by lack of e quipment, but its unsystematic s yste m allows for i!1consistenc y. Miss Woodward was more explicit, stating that recreation "app ears to suffer not in quanity but in quality". Since this is Atlanta's third y ear of exp a nd e d summer r ecreation , she feels that " one would exp e ct to find a ctivities with carry ov e r values 11 • Further, Atlanta is loosing its b es t opportunity t o communicate with youth in th e se areas. She r e ports t h at youth do e s not participate in othe r programs, such as Mod e l Citi e s, E. 0 . A. , e t c . �-2- The Sanitation Department came in for quite a bit of com1neint. Miss Sowell, Miss Woodward, and Mr. Isaac had reasonably good e x periences with this department. Mostly their request had been answered promptly. Miss Sowell stated that the quick response on the trash barrels gives tangible evidence of the City's concern. Thus this service of the Sanitation Department is invaluable. Miss Woodward states tha"t ther·e· is such· high c·onfideri~e in the department and in Mr.· Hulsey in · West End that citizens there usually call Mr. Hulsey directly with their complaints. Not all opinions of the Sanitation Department are good. Mr. Christenberry reports poor pick-up of junk cars by this departme n t, especially if the car has not been tagged by the City Service Coordinator. Mr. Menez feels the departments "output well _on complaints concernin g litte r barr e ls and/ or trash removal and poorly on removal of junk cars. The "Sid ewalks D e partm e nt" wa s commended by Mr. Isaac who stated that he has r e c e ived o ne -hun dred percent r e spon s e . Miss So we ll r e ports Str ee t Mai n t enanc e as b e ing prompt in r e plying. Ho wever, she f ee ls they should h ave inf o r m ed this offi c e t hat no addition al p av in g could b e done. The Traffic Engineerin g D e pa rtment d id not p lea se M iss S owe ll , Mr s . Snid er, o r Mr. Menez. Mi s s Sowell fe lt they s houl d h ave no tifie d th e Commu n i ty Development Coordinator 1 s Office t h at n o traffic s ignals were availa bl e for this year. Mrs. �---- - -3- Snider noted that many times the Traffic Engineering Deparhnent replied with "will check this next week" or "maybe next year". harm than good. are done". She felt this type of reply did more Mr. Menez criticized "the bureaucratic procedure in which things Mr, Isaac reported answers to all five route sheets sent to Traffic Engineering. Thus of the four comments on this department, only Mr. Isaac was satisfied. RECOMMENDATIONS There were several types of recommendations which appeared often in the intern evaluations. · These were concerned mainly with the City Services Coordinator, · junk cars, and the establishment of a central tel ephone nurn.ber or office. Although many recommendations were quite si1nilar each wa s p:resented from a slightly different viewpoint. The recommendations conc erning the City S ervi c e s Coordinators cent ere d around the number of coordinators and their duties, Miss Sowell, Mr. Isaac, and Mr. Bement recommend that the re be one City S ervice Coordinator per target area. I• Others , such as Christenb err y, Mrs. Snider, and Miss vVoodward felt that more City S e rvice Coordinators should be hired 11 • Mr. Christenberry su ggested that since the City Service Coo r dinator's do public relations work anyway, the 11 e x pens ive, blu e-ribb on b e d ecked Community Rel a tions Commission 11 could be abolished and the commission 1 s money be used for more City S ervice Coordina tors . Miss Woodward, Mr . Bement , Miss Sowell, and Mr. - Ch r ist e neerry also discussed pos sibl e change s in the coord i nat or 's duties . making them the administrators of 11 Miss Woodward recommended Little City Halls 11 and increasing the scope of �- -4- their duties to include early slum detection, consumer services complaints, public relations, and general information distribution. removing the coordinators from the E .O. A. Centers. the City Service Coordinators be viewed as 11 All of this involves Mr. Christenberry feels inovaUve chaps with an overview of the whole system whose job is to better integrate existing services and develop ne~ services as they see .fit 11 • They should have the po\ver to "recommend revisions in and additions to the city codes in their respective areas 11 • Mr. Bement saw the coordinator: s job as that of a "city-man in the ghetto; touching, listening, stimulating, teaching, reporting " . Miss Sowell believes the City S ervice Coordinators could perform a broader coordi nating function between the va.1~i 0LLS groups en h.is (or her) area. Those were not the only recommendations pertaining to City Service Coordinators. Mr. Christ enberry wants all City Service Coordinators (both present coordinators and all future ones ) to sp e nd tim e w ith experienc e d coordinators, le arning methods of "handling 'routine ' community proble ms". He also fee ls that all City S e rvic e Coordinators should have a per sonal knowledge of the operation of all city departments. Mr. Isaac recommended tha t the coordinators b e publicized in th e community. Miss Sowell suggeste d that re g ul ar 11 hou t' .!. of att endance 11 in their offic e s b e kept by the coordinators, and that route she e ts from the Cit y S ervic e Coor dina tors should received priority action (perhaps special funds could be a ll ocated for thi s ) . Thu s the s e inte:o. r ec omm end a tions conc e rnin g the City S e rvic e Coo r dinators r e l a t e �- r - - - - - - -- - -5- · to their role, their number, their training, etc. There is disatisfaction not with the ideal of a City Service Coordinator, but with the reality. A large number of recommendations concerned centralization. the entire system be tied to one telephone number, such as 511. Mr. Bement suggested He also suggested .a cent~al City Services intake . and Routing Office containing one or two complaint desks from each department. This would expand the Community Development Office's · coordinating function by enabling departments to work together on problems not "apropos II to any one department. Mrs. Snider also felt a central information service for field personnel was needed. Under her plan, the Community Develop- ment Office could become a central coordinating a ge ncy for target area groups who might need supplies or other help and those churches, busine sses, etc., who rr1igh: like to help such groups. A centralized publicized telephone number was also recommended by lvlr. Isaac. Miss Woodward suggested a central complaint depart- ment similar to that of Mr. Bement, but not included as a part of the Community Development Office. In the complaint department there would be a central real-time information bank and "exceptions 11 crews to investigate a11 types of complaints. Centralization as seen by the interns, wouLd expand the function of the Community Development Office and aid in its operation. Junk cars were the object of many of Mr. Christenberry 1 s and Mr. Menez's recommendations. Both felt that only one department of the City should have re spons ibility for removal of junk cars, rather than both Sanitary and Police. Menez suggested that this single ag ency be the Sanitary Department. Both felt that manpower in Sanitary should be increased; Christenberry suggesting that these �-6- --

be used to make "periodic sweeps through all infected are as to remove junk cars 11 • An additional suggestion made by Mr. Christenberry was to assign personnel from the Community Development Office to work with Rex Honeycutt of Sanitary in the development of a profitable system for handling jul"'..ked cars. In other words, these intern recommendations were concerned with increasing the efficiency of junk car removal. Although the above are the major types of groupings of intern recommendations, there were many more. - Mrs. Snider and Miss Woodward suggested "little City Halls". Miss Woodward also sugg e sted a social research and planning staff which would . begin slum prevention studies, a new training orientation program for summer recreation employees, pla.i.11 english transl~tions of city orcHnances. new ordinances concerning consumer service violations; investi g ation of bribery complaints, regulation of absentee landlords, and use of volenteers for summer recreation programs. publicity. Mrs. Snider and Miss Woodward had recomm endations pertaining to Miss Woodward feels the War on· Poverty should be publicized to affluent Atlanta; Mrs. Snider sugg ested that City Hall publicize itself through direct effective action. Miss Sowell and Mrs. Snider felt thathi gh l evel p ressure (i.e., Mayor Alle n) should be used against those departinents which were unresponsive to the Commqnity Development Office . Several sugg es tions were made with regard to p ers onnel. Mr . Isaac b e lieves the inter n progr am should be continue d part-time all year. Miss Woodward sugge sted the pay of polic emen and recreation e1nployees be increased. She also suggested strengthening the lines between the E. 0 . A. Manpower Progra1n �- -7and the City Personnel Office. Miss Sowell r-ecommended that the Atlanta , Beautification Corps workers could be used to clean streets and vacant lots in . ' answer to complaints. Mr. Christenberry also suggested increasing the number of housing inspectors. Other's suggestions included improving the Summer Program Book by printing it in color code, having each department use the same are~ definition providing space for up-da_tir1g t~e book, revising th~ route sheet filing system by using file cards (Mrs. Snider); charging land owners for cleaning their property, giving recognition to the Housing Code Department for its fine performance, making a concentrated effort in one area in the hope that changes in crime, property values, etc. (Mr. Christenberry). �f // I ,-' (DRJl..FT) 1970 PROGRAM PLAN COMfv'lUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION SECTION I LEGISLATION The Conmmnity Relations Commission has.been operating for .almost three. years under the initial ordinance creating the Commission. The Commission has been able in many cases to implement suc- ~essfully its duties and functions "to foster mutual understanding, tolerance, and respect among all economic , social, religious, and ethnic groups in the City." The Board of Aldermen also charged the C_o rnmission with the responsibility "to investigate, discourage and seek to prevent discriminatory practices against any individual b e cause of rac e , color, creed, religion, national origin or --- ancestry.'.' Here the Com.m ission has foun d that the only tool it ha s is tha t of per s u asi on. ./ L In light of the nature of the dis- , criminatory pra ctice s still e x isting in Atlant a , th e Comm is s ion 1 a s found thi s tool, to b e. in a de q u ate . To do the job the Comm is - s i o n be l ieves must b e d o ne i n elimin a ting disc r imi na tory prac t ic e s, lo ca l l egis l a tive acti o n i s n e eded in the following ar e a s: 0 �-- Page 2 Program Plan 1970 Draft 1. Public Accommodations. Although the 1964 Civil Rights Act has been an effective to~l in eliminating discrimination in most businesses serving I

the public, the law is applicable only to firms

engaged in interstate commerce. Some Atlanta businesses not in interstate commerce, such as trailer parks, skating rinks, health spas and barber shops,discriminate because of race.) In the opinion of the Commission, it is unjust for this small number of businesses to enjoy the prosperity of this great City while the vast majority of business es are abiding by the letter and spirit of the Federal law. The Federal remedial process is slow, cumbersome and e x pensive .. A local public accomi~odations ordina nce with enforc e me nt powe rs through the municipal courts of Atlanta is nee ded. 2. Contract Comp liance . . In 1967 the Board of Alder men ena cte d Ordina nc e # 31-41.1 ma king it nec es sa r y for f irms contracti n g with the City to h a v e a nondiscrimina tor y hiring policy. Each supp lier c e rti f i es he doe s nof di s crimi n a te but nothing else i s dbn e t o enfo rce t h e o rd ina n ce . conta i ns The o r d i n ance - no inve s t i gator y o r e nfor cement powers. In 1969 , t he budget o f the City o f Atl anta was $2 0 7,0 0 0, 000 . The f ull imp l enenta tion of thi s o r dinance .would be a n imp o r tant l e ver in e n d i ng employment d i scri :mi·nation in At l a nta. 0 �Page 3 Program Plan 1970 Draft 3. .Fair Employme nt. The 1964 Civil Rights Act covers firms with 25 or more employees. This 1 leaves thousands of Atlanta citizens without fair employment protection. Furthermore, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's backlog of cases in the Southeast is proof that more action is needed on a local level. Other Southern cities such as Miami and Nashvill~ ~ have found their local fair employment ordinances to be highly useful in combating discrimination. The Commission believes that Atlanta needs an ordinance with enforcement powers to cover firms with ten or more employees. ~-==, In order to enforce effectively ordinances on public accommo- ! dations, contract compliance and fair employment the Commission J needs subpoena, cease and desist, and other powers which may be ,. "'. ~ · necessary to implement these ordinances. The Commission recommends that the number ·of Commission /~(,/) / v(1/ members be increased from 20 to 22, with the additional two «::_ positions being designated for young persons age 22 or under. The Commission asks that the terms for these two youTthhepybosuitt-hion_s be rotated yearly for increased youth · involvement. Commission er s ar e to have full voting rights and powers. ~ -~ ~ They are _ to s erve on an equal b a sis with th e othe r Commission membe rs. v<./4 ~ f wv- p d ,

�-- Page 4 Program Plan 1970 Draft SECTION II - TOWN HALL .MEETINGS Immediately afte r its creation three years ago, CRC instituted a series of Town Hall meetings in disadvantage,d areas. Thesy ~ meetings gave citizens an opportunity to e x press their grievances and City Hall a chance to take remedial action. ~~ CRC benefited from this progra m because it gave the Commission a direct involve-JJY~ "L, ment with the people in their neighborhoods. The ci;iz!ns bene~» fited because they had a direct line to City Hall. ' / _ Concurrently the office of Community Development Coordinator ~e,, ~ was created to deal with City services in disadvantag e d areas. cJfa1/ Although the CRC has h a d an effective working relationship with Johnny Robinson's office, duplication of effort exists. ~ CRC's main goals a r e to improve human relations and to elimina te discrimination. f Th e Town Hall mee tings d ea l prima ~ily with imp roving City services. J The Commission recommends that the staff of the Community Deve lopme nt Coor din at or b e e x panded with more City coord inators being place d i~~dis a dvantag e d a rea s 611 a year iound basis and that the Community Development Coordina tor's o f fice assume the responsibility for th e Town Ha ll mee ting p r o gram. SECTION III - PUBLIC HEARI NGS Th e Or din a n c e c rea ting the Commu n i t y Re lation s Commi s sion st at e~ iri Se c . 3.8 . 5 .: . " Pu rs u ant t o the n amed f u nct i ons and duties o f th e Community Relations Comm i ssion , i t is empower e d to hol d h ear i ngs and t ake the t est i mony o f any p ers o n under o ath. The Co:rruriission, after the comp l etion of any h eari ng , shall make a report in writing to the Mayor setting for th the facts found by it and its recommendat ions .. At any hearing before the Commission a witness shall have the r i ght to be advised by counse l present during such hearings." �Page 5 Program Plan 1970 Draft ~ t· , <f~~ The Commission has ma de very little use of this section of its charter. In an effort to get to the root cause of discrim_i_- , nation, CRC will institute public hearings in such .areas as o~! ~v ~ ' public ac6ommodations, employment discrimination, school segre- \\))/\ ~/ 1 gation, housing discrimination and other vital areas affecting ~ c)vv improved human relations in Atlanta. SECTION IV - EMPLOYMENT 1. Starting in September CRC will undertake a systematic i study ·\of minority employment and promotion in each City Hall

. I depart,m ent, the Atlanta Housing Authority, and non-professional positi~ ns in the Atlanta Sc~bol System, Upon completion of this study, \ the Commission will make a public report of its findings with recommendations. · 2. Jobs Creation-Atlanta, a joint project of the Equal Employ- ment Opportunity Commission and CRC, has been refunded for another ye~r. Mauric e Mitche ll has been employed to direct this project during 1969-70. During the last 12 months CRC has worked with 25 companies on their hiring and recruiting practices of minority 0 persons. The plan for the forthcoming year is to continue working with th e se 25 firms and to add , 15 new companies. 3. · The C~mmi'ssion will work for the elimination of discrim- in a tion in Atlanta labor union s , tr a de associ a tions, and prof e s siona l o r g a ni za tions. 4. to CRC wi ll c o n i nue it s f o r t s with an o f ant i c' ated j ob pen ings i n Atl an a d ur i ng and how v o ca ·iona l an geared to 0 d hoc ca be e · I �~~ (I_/.,', Page 6 Program Plan 1970 Draft 5. CRC will c sider havin·g another workshop on minority rt__ economic developm nt in mid-winter. ) 41) G ~ SECTION V - EDUCAT ~ 1. CRC will work with the n e w school board to impro~~ the quality of education for minorities and the .disadvantaged and to accelerate desegregation. 2. The CRC plans to work with the Atlanta School System and y ..., the City Planning Departme nt in d e t ermining how locations fo r new schoo~s can assist in solving the desegre gation problem . .j I 3:. The Commission will make personal calls on each coll e ge pre sid\e nt in Atla nta to ur g e his in.s titution to acce l e r a t e s tude nt arid fap ulty r e crui tme n t a c r o s s r acial l i n es . I I SECTION VI - POLI CE-COMMUNI TY RELATIONS in deve lop ing tr a in i n g programs i n police-community r e l ati o ns fo r seni o r officers , p a t rolme nt a nd n ew recruits . · Effor ts will be ma d e to util i z e outstanding s ocio l o g i sts , crimi nolog ists , p sycho l o g ists, p sychi a tri s t s , l aw enfo rceme nt o ff ic ers a nd consulta nts in Atlanta a n d e l sewhere. 2. The C~C wili o ff e r i t s s e rvic e s t o the Police De p a r tme nt i n init iating more t r aining in huma n r e l ations fo r the polic e / c ommuni ty s e rvic es o f fic e rs . 3. CRC -will monitor Mun i c ipa l Co u r t s and make r e c omme nd a t ions to j udges on how h u ma n r e l ation s c a n b e improve d. 0 �Page 7 Program Pl a n 1970 Draft SECTION VI I - HOUSING 1. In the l a st nine y e ars 22 Atlanta schools have gone from all white , to virtu a lly all Negro. The City of Atl~nta Planning · I I Departme nt estimat e s tha t in 1967 and 1968 490 City blocks changed from white to non-whit e . After identif ing one or two targ'et ares for transition the Commission will s e ek to ma r shall ' total community support~···· ~ .... businesses, churches, the Atlanta School Board, huma n relations organizations, r e al esta te broke rs, and the press ..... to stablize

i The Commission will s eek to d e velop ways and these t r ea s. to report and halt block-busting~ 2. The .CR5)plan ~ to memb e r ~ fu varlo; u st 'part . and / /sk fo I housi g. . n doing . be ide nt j/f i e·a. and d e 1 t wi .t h. 3. / The Commis ion will con t a c t The Adv erti s ing Council and the De partme nt of Housing a nd Urba n Deve lopment to find out _the availability of public s ervic e TV . spots, ads and c a r-cards. The sta ff will the n ur ge ~o ca l medi a to us e th e s e public . s e rvice ads ·on ope n hou s ing . 4. CRC will continue to p a r t ici pa t e a ctive ly as a membe r o f th e Metropolitan Atlan t a Hou s ing Conf ere nc e which seek s to f u r th e r o pe n hou si n g and t he d ispersa l of low- income hou si ng to a ll q uadr ants o f th e Ci ty and s u b u r b s . 5. There i s a t remend ou s need i n Atl a nt a fo r a c entra li zed ' a~ency which lists available housing at a ll income l eve l s. CRC plans to talk to representatives of the American Friends Service 0 �Page 8 Program Pl a n 1970 Draft ,.-· CbITLrni ttee, Metropolitan Fair Housing Con ferenc e and the .M·a yor' s Housing Resources Committee to s ee if such a function can be assume d. SECTION VIII - PUBLIC INFORMATION 1. CRC will strive to furth er its public information role by working closely with all n ews me di a and having member~ and staff speak to church and civic groups. It is the wish ofy th~• staff to involve more inte n s ive ly Commission membe rs in public speaking roles. The staff will make personal calls on television stations and s ervic e clubs o ffer ing a lis t of pane lists a n d speakers who r efl ec t a wi d e r a nge o f exp eri e n ce a nd vi ew p oints in the human relations field. 2. Spec ial effort will b e made to conc ent rate on the huma n r elation s edu cation o f white a n d b lue coll ar workers in At l a n ta . The staff will prepare t wo or three storie s for the 25 largest ..... . compan y h ouse o rgans in the City. Personal c a ll s will b e made b y the staff at h igh c ooperat e lev e ls t o u rge t h e ~ se o f _these materi a ls . . SECTION IX - INTER- AGENCY COOPERATION 1. The Commiss ion will invite al l Atlanta profess:i.. onal o rganizations concern e d with the h u~an relations to a o ne day meeting at City Hall in Decemb er so each organi zat ion can outline its progra m plan for 1970. 2. Throughout the year the staff will concentrate on improving communications with other human re l ations organiz at ions ..... working �Page 9 Program Plan 1970 Draft directly with them and through the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Inter-Group Relation s Officials I I 1. (NAIRO ). SECTION X - WORKSHOPS IN HUMAN RELATIONS In mid-1970 the CRC staff plans to repeat several sessions · of the Workshop in Human Relations for new c·i ty Hall employees. 2. As a follow up to the Workshops in Human ·Relations, CRC plans an on-going program on human rela tion :i. for City of Atla'"hta personnel. Each department will be asked to designate a person through which the Commi ~sion can work. i" ! SECTION XI - REACTION ·TO CRISIS CRC 's foremost function is to identify and eliminate discrim- I ination in Atlanta. minimized. If this job is done, civil disorders will be However a ma ster plan n eed s to be d e v e loped outlining what CRC should do in eve nt of a racial crisis. For example: 1. The opera t ion of Rumor Control ·. 2. The organiz a tion of "Inte rfaith. Mobilization", a group of Atlanta ministers traine d to act as obs erv e rs and report e r s at hospitals and police stations . . 3. The identification of · a list of community leader s who can b e called on for specific as s ignme nts. SECTION XII - RESEARCH The Board of Aldermen charged the Coni.mission with several responsibilities including .. .: .. "To make studies, and to have 0 �Page 10 Program Plan 1970 Draft studies made, in the field of human relations, and to prepare and disseminate reports of such studies. Due to lack of staff, the Commission has not adequately discharged this responsibility. The Commission req uires a full time staff member to initiate specific studies in the field of human relations in 1970. staff This work closely with the Community Council, the , and colleges and

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�!' ' ( DRA.FT ) )' . ""• 1970 PROGRAM PLAN COM.l.ViUNITY RELAT I ONS COMMISS I ON l' I ! I SECTION I - LEGISLATION 'l'he Commun ity Re lations Commiss ion h a :3 b een o per a ting for almo s·t thr e e y ears und er the ini t i a l o rdi n a n c e c reat ing the Commi s sion. The Commiss ion h as b e en a bl e in ma ny cas e s to i mpleme nt sue- ces sfu l ly its dut ies and fu n c ti ons to fost e r mut u a l und ers tanding , tol era n c e , a nd r e spe c t among a l l e c o n o mic , s o c i a l, r e lig ious , and ethnic grou p s i n the Gity ." Th e Bo a rd o f Al d ermen a l s o c h a rge d t h e Commissi o n with the re s pon s ib i lity " t o inves tigate , discourag e and s eek t o p rev e nt di scrimina tory pract ic es ag a ins ~ a ny i ndividu a l b e c aus e o f r ac e , c o lor , c reed , re ligion , n a t i ona l o rigin o r a ncestry. " · Her e t h e Comm i s s ion h as fo u nd that the o n l y too l i.t h as is that o f p e rs u as ion. In l ight o f the n a ture o f the d is- c r imi n u.to ry p rac t i c es s t ill e x i stin g in Atl a n t a , the Commis s j,on · h as f ound this t ool t o b e i n a dequ a t e . To do the job t h e Commi s - s ion b e li e v e s mu st b e done i n e limi n a t i ng disc r i mi n a tory pra ctice s, l oca l l e gis l ative act ion i s n eeded in t he f o l l owi ng areas: 0 �Pa g e 2 P£ograrn Plan 1970 · Draft 1. ·- ~ Public Accommodations. Although the 1964 Civil Rights Act has been an eff ective tool in eliminating discrimination in most businesses serving _the public, the law is applicable only to firms engaged in interstate coITuuerc e . Some Atlanta businesses not in interstate commerce, such as trailer-rarks, skating rinks, health spas and barber shops,discr i minate b e c a use of race. 'I' . ... In the o pinion o f t he Commi·ss ion, it is unju s t for this small number of businesses to enjoy the prosperity of this g r e a t City while the vast majority of busines s es are ab iding by the l etter a nd spirit of the Federal law. The Fede ral remedial process is slow, cumber some and e x pensive .· A loc a l public ac c ommo dations o rdinan ce wi t h e n f orceme nt powe rs through the municipa l courts of Atlanta is needed. 2. Contrac t Comp l iance . In 1967 the Board o f Alder- me n ena cted Ordi nanc e #31 - 41 . 1 makin g i t n e c essa ry fo r fi r ms contracting with the City t o h a v e a nondiscriminatory hiring p olicy . - Each s uppl ier c erti f i es h e do es n o t discr i minat e b u t nothing els e / 0 i s done t o enfo r c e the o r d inanc e . contai ns The o r dina n ce n o i n v e stigato ry o r enfo rcement p owers. In 1969 , the budget o f the City o f Atl a n ta was $2 0 7 ,000 , 000 . The f u ll imp l er,1e n tation of t h is o rdinan ce wo u l d be an i mp o r t ant l e v er i n e n d i ng emp l oyment discrimina ti o n in Atlanta . -=--- ~--=- - ---- - �Page 3 P~ogram Plan 1970 Draft 3. Fair Employment. The 1964 Civil Rights Act covers firms with 25 or more employees. This leaves thousands of Atlanta citizens without · • fair employment protection. Furthermore, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's backlog of cases in the Southeast is proof that more action is needed on a local level. Other Southern cities such as Miami and Na~hvill~ · have found their local fair · employment ordinances to be highly useful in combating discrimination. The Commission believes that Atlanta needs an ordina nce with enforceme nt powers to cover firms with ten or more employees. In order to enforce effective ly ordinances on public accommodations, contract compliance and fair emp loyment the Commission _ ne e ds subpoena, cease and desist, and other powe rs which may be n e cessary to implement th e se ordinances. The Commission recomme nds that th e number of Commission members b e increased from 20 to 22, with the additiona l two posit i o ns b e ing designat ed fo r young p e rsons age 22 or under. 0 Th e Commission asks th a t the t e r ms fo r these two youth po s itions be rot a t ed y e arly for incre a sed youth involveme nt. The youth Comm is s ioners ar e to hav~ full voting rights and powers. The y a re to serve o n an equa l b as is with t he o t h er Commis sion memb ers. �Page 4 Program Plan 1970 Draft SECTION II - TOWN HALL MEETINGS Immediately after its creation three years ago, CRC instituted a series of Town Hall meetings in disadvantaged areas. These meetings gave citizens an opportunity to express their grievances and City Hall a chance to take remedial action. CRC benefited from this program because it gave the Commission a direct involvement with the people in their neighborhoods. The'citizens benev . ....., fited because they had a direct line to City Hall. Concurrently the office of Community Development Coordinator was created to deal with City services in disadvantaged areas. Although the CRC has had an effebtive working relationship with Johnny Robinson's office, duplication of effort exists. CRC's main goals are to improve human relationi and to eliminate discriminatioh. services. The Town Hall me etings deal primarily with improving City The Commission recommends that the staff of the Community Development Coordinator be expanded with more City coordinators .being plac e d in disadvantag e d areas on a year round basis and that the Community Development Coordinator's office assume the responsibility for the Town Ha ll meeting program. SECTION III - PUBLIC HEARINGS 0 The Ordinance creating the Community Relations Cormnission sta t es in Se c . 3.8.~.: 0 "Pursuant to th e n aLted functions and duti e s of the Communi t y Re l a tions Comm ission , it is e mpowered to hold h ear ings and t ake the test~mony o f any p e rson u nder o ath. The Commi s sion, after t he c omp l e ti on o f any hearing, shall make a repor t in wr i ting t o t he Mayor setting forth th e facts fou nd by it and i ts recommendations. At a n y h ear i n g b efo re the Commission a witn~ss s hal l have t h e right to be advised ::iy counsel presP.nt during sur.h hearings." �_Page 5 Prbgram Plan 1970 Draft ,. The Commission has made very little use of this section of its charter. In an effort to get to the root cause of discrimi- nation, C~C will institute public hearings in such areas • as public accommodations, employment discrimination, school segrega t ion, housing discrimination and . other vital areas affecting improved human relations in Atlanta. SECTION IV - EMPLOYMENT 1. \f • -\.\1 Star ting in Septembe r CRC will undertake a systematic \ study ~f minority emplciyment and promotion in each City Hall . I . . I department, the Atlanta Housing Authori ty , and non-professional positi~ ns in the Atlanta School System. Upon comple tion o f this i study, \ the Commission will make a public report of its findings with recommendations. ·2. Jobs Creation-Atl anta , a joint project of the Equal Employ- ment Opportunity Commission and CRC, has been refunded for another ye ar. Maurice Mitchell h as b een employed to direct this project during 1969 - 70. During the last 12 months CRC has worked with 25 companies on their hifi n g and recruiting pract ic e s o f mi nority per·sons. · The plan for the forthcoming year is t .o continue working with these 25 firms and to add 15 n ew compa ni es . 3. · The Commission will work for the elimination o f discriminat ion in Atlanta l abor unions, trade a ssocia tions, and professiona l o rga ni za tions. 4. CRC will continue it s efforts with an ad hoc committ e e to make a study of ant ic ipa ted job o p e nings in Atl a nta during the nex t f ive years and how vocational and other training can b e g eared to me e t these n eed s. 0 �Page 6 Program Plan 1970 Draft 5. CRC wili consider having another workshop on minority economic development in mid-winter. SECTION V ·· EDUCATION 1. CRC will work with the new school board to improve the quality of education for minorities and the disadvantaged and to accelerate desegregation. 2. The CRC plans to work with the Atlanta School System and the City Planning De p a rtme nt in d e t ermi ning how loca tion s for new schools can assist in solving the desegregation problem. 3. The Commi ssion will make p ersonal calls o n each college president in Atlanta to urg e hi s insti tution to acce lerate student and faculty r e cruitment across racial lines. SECTION VI - POLICE-COMMUNITY. RELATIONS 1. The Commission will work with the Police Departme nt and the Urban Lab~ rato~y in d eve loping training programs in police-community relations f or senior officers , patrolme nt and new recruits. Efforts will b e made to utili ze outstanding sociologists, criminologists, p ~ychologists, psychi a trists, l aw enforceme nt offic er s and consultants in Atlanta and e l sewhere. 2. The CRC will off er its services to the Polic e Department in initiating more t raining in human relations f o r t he police/communi ty servi ces offic er s. 3. CRC will monitor Municipa l Cour ts and ma k e rec omme ndat ion s to judg e s on how huma n r e l at ions can b e impro v e d. �Page 7 Program Plan 1970 Draft SECTION VII - HOUSING 1. In the last nine years 22 Atlanta schools have gone. from all white to virtually all Negro. The City of Atlanta Planning· Department estimates that in 1967 and 1968 490 City blocks changed fro m white to non-white. After identifing one or two target ares for transition the Commission will seek to marshall ' total community support ..... y .... businesses, churches, the Atlanta School Board, human r~lations organizations, real estate brokers, and the press ..... to stablize these areas. The Commission will seek to develop ways and means to report and halt block-busting. 2. The CRC plans to send out te a ms of black and white staff members to various apartme nt buildings and housing developme nts and ask for housing. In doing so discriminatory practices will be identified and dealt with. 3. The Commission will contact Th e Advertising Council and the Departme nt of Housing and Urba n De v e lopme nt to find out the avail a bility of public service TV s p ot s , ads and car-cards. The staff will then urge local me dia to u se thes e public servic e a ds on ope n housing . 4. CRC will continue to parti c i pa t e actively as a memb e r of 0 the Met r o p olit a n Atlant a Hou s i n g Con,fere nce which seeks to further · ope n hou s i ng a nd t h e dis pers al of low- income housin g to all qua d r a nt s o f the City and su~u r b s. 5. Th e r e i s a t remend ou s n eed in Atlanta fo r a c e nt ra liz e d agency whi ch lists availab l e h o u sing at a ll i ncome l evels. CRC p l ans to ta l k to representatives o f the American Friends Serv i ce �Page 8 Program Plan 1970 Draft Committee, Metropolitan Fair Housing Conf erence and the Mayor's Housing Resources Committee to see if such a function can be assumed. SECTION VIII - PUBLIC INFORMATION 1. CRC will strive to further its public information role by working closeiy with all news media and having members and staff speak to church and civic groups. ' It is the wish ofv th~ staff to involve more intensively Commission members in public speaking roles. The ~taff will make personal calls on television stat ions and service clubs offe ring a list of panelists and speakers who reflect a wide range o f experienc e and vi ew points in the human relations field. 2. Sp ec ial effort will be made to concentrate on the human relations education of white and blue collar workers in Atlanta. The staff will prepare two or three stories for the 25 larges t company house organs in th e City. Personal calls will be made by th e staff at high cooperate levels to urg e the use of these materials ~ pECTION IX - INTER- AGENCY COOPERATION i. 0 Th e Commission will invite all Atlanta professional a,rganiz a tions conce rn ed with the huma n r e lations to a one day mee ting at City Ha ll in Dec emb e r so e a ch organization can outline it s p r o gram p lan f o r 1970. 2. Th r o ug h out t h e y ear th e staff will conc e ntra t e on i mpr ovi ng communications with o the r huma n r e l a t i on s orga niza t i o ns .... . wo rk i ng �Pa ge 9 Prngram Plan 1970 Draft directly wi th them a nd thr o ugh t he Atlanta Chapte r of t h e Nationa l Associ a tion of Inte r-Group Rel at ions Of fici a ls (NAIRO). SECTION X - WORKSHOPS IN HUMAN RELATIONS \. 1. In mid-1970 the CRC sta ff pla ns to r e p eat several s e ssions of the Work shop in Hu man Re l a tions f o r n e w City Hall employe es. 2. As a follow up to the Workshops in Human ·Relations, CRC plans V • '\&i an on -going p r ogr am on human r e latio n :·i for City of Atl a nta p e rsonnel. Each ~epartme n t will be asked to d e signat e a p e r s o n thr ough which the i ! Commi s sion can work. I SECTION XI - REACTION TO CRI S I S CRC 1 s for e most function is to ide ntify a nd e limina te discrimi ina tion in At lan ta. minimized . I f th is job i s d o ne , civil di s o r d ers wi ll b e Howe ver a ma ste r plan n eeds to be dev elo p e d outlinin g wh at CRC shoul d do in event o f a racia l cr i s i s. For e xamp l e: 1. The ope ration of Rumor Control . 2. The o rga ni zat ion o f " Inter fai t h Mobi l iza t i o n ", a group o f Atl a n ta min i ster s tra ine d to act a s 0 obs erv e r s and r eporters at hosp i ta l s and poli ce sta t i ons . 3. The ide nti fica tion o f a lis t o f community l eaders who c a n b e c a lled o n f o r s p e ci f i c a s signme nts. SECT ION XI I - RESEARCH The Board of Aldermen charged the Commi$sion with several responsibil i ties includi ng .. .' .. "To make studies, and to h ave 0 �Page 10 Program Plan 1970 Draft . studies made, in the field of human relations, and to prepare and disseminat e reports of such studies." Due to lack of staff, the Commission has not adequately discharged this re,sponsibilit_y . . The Commission requires a full time staff member to initiate specific studies in the field of human relations in 1970. This staff member will work closely with the Community Council, the Urban Laboratory, and colleges and universities to avoid ~uplica...., \' . tion of efforts.

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�I II Pa.ge Program Plan 1970 Draft SECTION XII - HIPPIES CRC will endeavor to serve as a communications link between the growing hippie community and the City of Atlanta. CRC plans to hold periodic meetings in the near Northside neighborhood with residents, business proprioritors and landlords and to make recommendations to City officials. / �