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CITY OF .ATLANT.A September 4, 1968 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative As sistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Attached is a memo andum from Jim Parham outlining the cutback in Federal funds fo our training programs. We have been in ont ct with Bill Norwood, Regional Manpower Administrator, he has no objection to our contacting Stanley Rothenburg, th l Manp wer Administrator for Willard Wirtz. ind There is a pr tty good i dication that some big city mayors have called Rothe· burg about utbacks in their programs and have gotten favorable r sults. Jim a d I feel that it would be very helpful if you would elephone Rothenburg and,. . express your concern that the one milli n dollar cutback will seriously affect the City 1 s ability to maintain our momentum in cutting down on hard-core unemployment. If you t lk to him it might also be helpful to tell him your support Sam C ldwell Is request for the Labor Department to waive a freeze whicht as existed on conducting power sewing machine training cours s. There is a great demand for power sewing machine opera ;Grs in the Atlanta area and Caldwell has been attempting to get the ban lifted on training people for this employment. He and R othenburg are pretty good friends and it might be another plus if we support Sam in this regard . Secretary Rothenburg 1 s numbe r is 202-961-5464 . s e cr e tary is Miss Eula M . Burton. DS :fy His personal �