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May 26, 1969 Mr. Randall N . Conway Staff Division Memphis Manpower Cotnmis s i on P oot 0f.fice Box 224 Memphi f Tenne se 38101 De r Mr . Conway: In r ply to your 1 tte:r of May 21, r . g rding manpower policy de,v.elopment, the City 0£ A tlant as of this d t h s no official m. npower policy.. Ther has b en ome dl cus ion • to the City' role in ov imanpower dev lopm nt and administr tion but th City has b n .reluctant to get dir ctly involved. 1 am forw rding a copy of you, letter to Mr. Clint R odger • As socl te Admlnhtra.tor for Ma npower ol E c onomic Opportunity Atlant ,, who t C ity calls on to repre ent 1t in rn ny re s of manpower dev lopm nt. Mr. Rodg r might be able to furnish. you with ddtti inform tion which might be of h lp to yon. S lnc r ly your ., D n Swe DS:fy c e t M r. Clint Rodg iteJ t �MEMPHIS MANPOWER COMMISSION P. 0 . BOX 224 3 8 101 MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 3 May 21 8 1 0 3 196Q Citv Manr1ger Atlanta, Georgia 30304 Dear Sir: The Mempnis Manpower Commission is trying to learn what other cities have done concerning the development of an overall manpower policy. Would you please inform us of what you have done or what your plans may be in this area. We will be happy to share with you the responses received from this inquiry if you so desire. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Commission RNC :rgm �CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL May 26, 1969 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 ~ Subject: Attached letter from New York Urban Coalition on Summer NYC J obs I had a call from Washington a few days ago asking how many NYC slots we would like for this summer. We had anticipated 250. I suggested that we would be able to effectively use 675 which was the final total we reached last summer. Since that time, we have r ece ived word that 675 slots have been approved. The U. S. Department of Labor has been fair with us in my opm10n in giving us these slots. I don't really feel like we should have to h e lp fight N ew Y o r k 's battl e. The problem i s that N ew York is in a clas s all by itself and the numb e r of jobs they need staggers the imagination. You will notice the y are talking abo ut upwards to 100,000 jobs. They have 55,000 approved . Unless you jus t want to s upport a general demand for more slots, as we have done in the past, I woul d recommend no action. DS:fy �---------------· - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - NEW YORK URBAN COALITION INC., 60 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017 212-697-9202 LINCOLN 0 . LYNCH / Executive Vice President May 20, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. The Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Ha 11 Atlanta , Georgia Dear Mr. Mayor: Recent events on the campuses, in the high schools, and in the ghetto communities across the nation lead us to conclude the Summer 1969 may be fraught with danger for the major cities of our nation. The recent Federal and state cutbacks in funds available to the cities, the severe budgetary problems now faced by the cities themselves, together with the inability of the private sector to employ out-of-school young people during the summer make it imperative that the Federal government be persuaded to commit additional funds to the Neighborhood Youth Corps in order to provide many of these youngsters with a meani ngful summer job rather than allow them to roam the streets with all the dangers inherent in their idleness. As you know , t he United States Department of Labor has made a decision to fund the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Summer 1969 at the same level as in 1968 . This , in effect , means that t:rewer youngsters will be employed i n 1969 as were in 1968 , if one t akes into cons i deration the fa ct that t here will be more young people out of school in 1969 than there were in 1968. For exampl e, here i n New York, it i s estimat ed that there are 150 ,000 hi gh school and coll ege studen ts whose family income f all within t he poverty gui deli nes . We al so es ti ma t e th at t here are an additio nal 100 ,000 students whose families are living on the borderline of poverty and will be seeking jobs this coming summe r . In Summer 1968 it is estimated t hat New Yor k was abl e t o provide jobs f or some 77 ,000 young peopl e. At t he 1969 f undi ng l evel , which has al ready been announced by Secretary of Labor Schultz , New York Ci ty wi ll be ab l e to provide some 55 ,000 summer jobs , 22,000 fewer than i n 1968 . The Manpower Task Force and the Board of Directors of the New York Urban Coali t ion have pl aced top pri ority on efforts to pers uade the Admi nistration to request sufficien t supplementa l appropriations from Congress , and Congress to grant such supp l emental requests for t he Neighborhood Youth Corps to enabl e the cities to provide employment for a significant number of young people out of school. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Christian A. Herter, Jr., Vice President, Mobil Oil Corporation; Chairman • Evelina Antonetty, Executive Di rector, United Bronx Parents • Humberto Aponte, Member, Counci l Against Poverty • Morris D. Crawford, Chairman, Bowery Savings Bank • Leon J. Davis, President, Local 1199, Drug and Hospital Employees Union • Wil liam Donaldson, Pres ident, Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. • Edwin Greenidge , Chairman, South Bronx Commun ity Corporation • Matthew Guinan, President, Transport Workers Un ion of America • Wil l iam Haddad, President, United States R and D Corp. • Andrew Heiskell , Chairman, T ime i nc. • Roger Hu ll , Chairman, Mutual Life insurance Company of New York • Charles F. Luce, Chairman, Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. • David B. McCal l, President, LaRoche , McCaffrey & McCall • Herbie Miller, Urban League Street Academy • Roswell B. Perkins, Partn er, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates • Alan Pife r, President, Carnegie Corporati on of New York • Jacob S. Potolsky, President, Am algamated Clothing Workers of America • T . George Sil cott, Asst . Professor, New York University School of Social Work • David Spencer~ Executive Secretary, i.S. 201 Planning Board Complex • Louis Stuiberg, President, Intern ational Ladies Garm ent Workers Union • Frankl in A. Thomas, Executive Director, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. • Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. , President, Ce ntral Labor Council • Isidro Velez, Director, East Harlem Tenants Council • Saul Wal len , President, New York Urban Coalition • Thomas A. Wilcox, Vice Chai rman, First National City Bank �NEW YORK URBAN COALITION INC. , 60 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 212-6 97-9202 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. May 20, 1969 Obviously, it is unlikely that individual cities will receive increased grants for this purpose unless the national total is itself increased. This would suggest that a national campaign be undertaken to secure a very significant increase in the amount of Federal funds made available to provide summer jobs for youths. As the Mayor of a very important city, and as one who recognizes the problems of the cities and the dangers of thousands of idle young people roaming the streets, you are urged to join with us in asking the Administration and Congress to increase these funds quite substantially. While we believe that the provision of jobs for young people during the summer will not in and of itself insure a peaceful summer , we strongly believe that risk will be significantly minimized. I am sure you will agree with us that it is far more desirable to use our resources to insure that young people are gainfully employed than to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to repair damages caused by idleness and frustration . For your information we are enclosing a list of Senators and Congressmen on the Appropriations Committee and urge that you take such steps as you see fit in helping to resolve what could be a grave national crisis. I am , LOL:gw CC : Hon . John V. 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�May 23 , 1969 MEMORANDUM T o : Mr . Charl es Davis Frolll: Dan Sweat Subject: ABC Program I w nt to th nk you again fo~ your help in l'esolving th ABC program probl m . 1 ree with your comments in youi- memoirandum of May Zl , 1969, that the Finance Dep rtmcnt ahould have been notified at a much rller d te bout the plans to ph out the ABC program. A you know,. thi program le adlllini tered by the Personnel D rtment and th S ani tion Di1ision. Thi offlc · w s only brou.ght into the it tion at th 1 t minute bee Wi of the f Uur of the Peli' onnel Department to N olve the problems in thie c a • F ortunately; th · Fin ce D pa.rbnent w on thi progF m on short notice. ln th future aft r we bl to com to th rescu v the A dmWstr tiv Sta.ff org niz d and unction.mg, I am ur that we c n pl' v nt in.any of. these 1 st minu.t J'U8h probl rn from occ;Ufl'1!'1ng . With your coo r tion · nd xpe,...tit l m e rtaln that can · _ bll h ome roanag nt pl'ocedur and conttols which wtll b of h lp to all departments ln the City O ov . tn• ment... I DStly �CITY OF ATLANTA OFFiCE OF CITY COMPTROLLER ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA May 21, 1969 TO: Dan Sweat FROM: Charles L. Davis, Director of Finance SUBJECT: Notification to Department of Finance c./!,(2 There was a considerable delay in notifying the Department of Finance of the plans to phase out the ABC Program by August 31, 1969. This matter only came to our attention when our assistance was needed to work out a temporary solution to the placement of these empl oyees. Due to the financial effect of the phase out of any such programs, it would seem that the Finance Department should be among the first to receive notification and should at least receive notification in sufficient time to be able to assess the situation and insure the proper fiscal control. I would appreciate your assistance in insuring that our department is properly notified of such matters in the future. CLD :JRF: jcl { �• l Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta St. N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 ( 404) 525-4262 William W. Allison , Executive Administrator Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman, Board of Directors VOLUME 4 NUMBER 6 December 8, 1969 Yes, we know this is the first newsletter since October, but we've been rather busy! Just in case we don't see you again for a while, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. For good measure maybe we'd better add HAPPY GROUND HOG'S DAY, too. -Public Information 525-4262 Former aide, Mrs. Elizabeth Holland (right), is shown with classmates Mrs. Rosa Huff and Mrs. Betty Ray and Herbert Goree, acting center director, Northwest (Perry Homes). SOUTH FULTON CNAC TO SPONSOR COUNTRY MUSIC BENEFIT DECEMBER 14 Jim Single Country music fans, get ready. The South Fulton CNAC is sponsoring a big Country Music Festival Benefit in the East Point City Auditorium, 3 to 6 p. m. on Sunday, December 14. RECORDING ARTISTS TO APPEAR Stars giving their time to help raise money for a community fund in a densely populated poverty area are: Jim Single, Jimmy Lewallen, Clayton Head, Phil Peace and the Peacemakers, Jimmy Meyers and the Cherokees Pap Test Pro1ec t with Carolyn Carl and Dude King, and Tommy Farrell. Set For Perry Homes A number of local and state officials will be An all-out campaign to pres.e nt at the benefit, indetect uterine cancer will cluding East Point Mayor be waged in Perry Homes on Robert E. Brown. EOA ch i ef December 10, 11, and 13. Bill Allison will be on EOA is cooperating with hand to present a certifithe Westside Branch of the cate of appreciation to American Cancer Society and Tormny Farrell for his work a host of other agencies in staging the festival. and volunteers to reach some 1200 low-income women TICKETS AVAILABLE with the Pap-smear test, breast self-examination and All tickets are $1.50 general cancer preventive and may be bought at the education. door. (For information on Volunteers to assist in advance ticket sales, call the project are still need767 - 7541.) ed. Call 522 - 6475. MRS. HOLLAND LANDS JOB AFTER AIDE TRAINING Today's world is a r a pidly moving place. And the skills needed to run it change just as f as t. For this reason, a great number of companies and government agencies are moving to re-evaluate outdated hiring policies. Mrs . Elizabeth Holland, now an employee of Atlanta Mortgage and Brokerage Company, has her job becaus e of such a re-evaluation . Until a few weeks ago, Mrs. Holland was employed (Continued on page 2.) WILLIAM CALLOWAY, vice chairman, EOA Board of Directors, congratulates corrnnunity leaders MRS . ETHEL COX and MRS. LENA HUNT as he names Central City as Center of the Month. �MRS. HOLLAND, continued from page 1 EOA STORIES IN PICTURES as a neighborhood service aide at the Northwest EOA center. While with EOA, she trained in a new program offered to all aides with at least one year of service. The eventual goal of the program is to place aides in better paying jobs. Like other aides, Mrs. Holland received full salary but was allowed to take half her clerical training during regular working hours. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED After two months of training at Atlanta Area Tech, opportunity knocked for Mrs. Holland. Atlanta Mortgage and Brokerage Company was looking for a cashier. They didn't particularly need a person with a high school diploma and three years of business school, even though Mrs. Holland has ha:diploma. They simply wanted an intelligent person who could work with numbers. Through an interview arranged by Mrs. Ann Jackson and Mrs. Cynthia Montague, co - ordinators of the Aide Training Program, Mrs. Holland got the job. Summing up the training program Mrs , Jackson state~ Marketable skills is the real goal . If we can teach that, then we will have made a dent . " STAR PUPILS - Aides Mrs, Elizabeth Barker, NASH-Washington, and Mrs. Annie Sue Bogan, Central City, demonstrate a machine used in four Learning Centers as part of EOAs Aide Training Program. CENTER LAST OF ORIGINAL LEAVES EOA DIRECTORS Northwest resident Mrs. Ruby Hawk was one of many who paid tribute to George Dodd at a testimonial dinner last month. Other spokesmen included connnunity leaders Mrs. Mary San for d, Mrs. Carey S. Howard and Mrs. Odessa Hill; Johnny Robinson represen ting the Mayor's office and George Toomer f r om the YMCA. NO MUSCLE SPASMS HERE, IT'S BALLET - West Central youngsters enjoy their dance and drama classes taught by voluntee rs Cheryl Harris and Maye McGhee, Spelman students . I COULD BE YOUR little girl. FOR INFORMATION CONT ACT: FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES 165 Central Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone 572-2406 PERSELLS HONORED - Les ter H. Pe r sells (right), executive director of the Atlanta Hous ing Authority, was honored recently with a luncheon arranged by Mrs . Susie LaBord at the Grady Homes Child Development Cente~ With Mr. Persells are tJ.T. Crittenden (left), associate director of housing, and EOA's Bill Allison. SESAME STREET - Pittsburgh youngsters are enthusiastic over the new T, V. learning program featuring cartoons, songs, puppets and dancing . Pittsburgh sta ff members who assist at Gideon Elementary School and Parker Junior High are Mrs. Mary Lee Lockett, Mrs. Elizabeth Holliday and Mrs. Patsy Leslie. �NOVEMBER / excerpts Repotf to the Board ---~ - --- - - - ___ -- - --------- - ...., ,_ __.. William W. Allison The Sena.te, October 14, has approved the bill for the continuation of OEO for two more years. Considerable discussion has developed around the Murphy Amendment which gives a veto over Legal Services Projects. Mayor Elect Sam Massell, speaking in behalf of the U o S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities,urged the rejection of the Murphy Amendment. The OEO bill is e x pected to be brought to the House floor in early December o On August 22, 1969, the Executive Administrator directed that a Task Force be set up to e x plore new and different resources and combinations of services that would both reduce cost and make EOA programs more effective in the communities they serve. The Atlanta GATE House for Job Corps has completed one year of operation . During this period, i t has served 1,281 returning enrollees, males and females. Of this number, 719 have been placed on jobs or in training programs. The average hourly wage for the se has b een $1.75 per hour . Six thousand three hundred six separate services were provided to the total persons served . These services were either direct or referral and covered the f ollowing broad areas: health, legal referral,housing assistance, educational assistance, emergency welfare, transportation for job interviews, Job Cor ps related problems, pre and post emloyment counseling. ACEP curr ent figures o f program par ticipants for the period ending October 28, 1969 are: Institutional (MDTA): 81; New Careers: 79; Project Ready : 118; Total: 278-. EmpLoyability Plan Completed : 29; and NAB Placements: 23 ; Total placed in employment: 52 . As a public service, General Moto r s is Start Now Atlanta Volunteer s at wo rk. making available 3,000 brochure s d e picting The Planned Parenthood Associat ion family planning program was featured on Channel Five November 17 . Service s in the project continue ·· to increase . Approx imately 4,500 persons have been se rve d during the current ye ar . ' The Rodent Control Project has been The major foci of t his project are : tion, and Rat Killing . in op era tion for approx imately ten(l O) months Resident participation, Inter-Agency Coordina- Approx imately thirty - five (35) clubs have been organized in the target area to assist the projec t in implementing the rat activities . More thaµ 300 meetings have been held with r esidents f ocusing on the problem . Clean up and poison have been under t aken in : Pittsburgh, Huff Road Community son Road Community a n d No r t hwest Perry area (e x cept Perry Homes) . John - ' . Mor e t h an 212 j unk c ars hav e been moved fr om the streets . The r at population ha s b een s u bs tan tia lly r edu ced . The envi r onment al sanitation has gene r ally been imp r ov e d . The p r oject is now in t he p r oc ess o f doing main ten a n c e a n d fi nal s urvey s fo r a fi n a l rep ort t o HEW. In addi t ion , mor e than 100 garbage r acks ar e being bu il t f or ,r e si dents who need t hem mos t . The monthly report for th e At lan t a Sou t hside Comp r e hens ive He alth Ce nt e r f o r Oc to ber 31 indicated that s ervi ces h ave be en e x t e n ded g reatly s ince June when t he n ew building opened . To date, of t h e 16 ,240 p a tient s who a r e eligible fo r service, 7328 have been r egi s t e r ed, approx i ma te l y 2,23 1 patient s were seen at t he cen ter in October a nd th ere have b ee n 25 , 000 home visits to patient s since J uly. The Center s t a ff cons i s t s of nin e (9) f ull time phy s i ci ans , 6-~ time phys icians arrl s ix ( 6 ) c on s ult a nting physici a n s , four (4) full time denti s ts, 1-~ time dentis t s , seventeen (17) full time regist e red nurse s and 161 individuals who reside in the target area, and are eligible for care at the center, 84 of whom above completed the <'Or~ c11rril'11l11m .<ind .<1rP wnrkincr in f-nP u.<1rin11<l n::,r,:imPrlir.<il <l11h-n-rnfP<i<iinn.<il l'l ·l nr<i. �CHANNEL 5 TO AIR EOA FILM DECEM_BER 23 AT THE LIBRARY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS Special Christmas programs will be held in 11 branches of the Atlanta Public Library. Miss Bertha Parker, Children's Coordinator for the Library, will tell traditional Christmas stories including "The Little Match Girl'·' and "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Films, including "Kustard the Dragon," will also be shown in some of the branches. Also scheduled is the Christmas fantasy, "Christmas Cracker." Free to the public, programs will be held at the following branches: see below Storyhours and Film Programs* 3:30 p . m., Thursday, December 11, Lighting of the Tree at Smith Memorial Branch, 972 Alpharetta Street, Roswell, Ga. 3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 16, Adams Park Branch, 1480 DeLowe Drive, S. W. 3:00 p. m., Wednesday, December 17, Ida Williams Branch, 269 Buckhead Avenue, N. E. 1_:00 p. m., Thursday, December 18, Inman Park Branch, 447 Moreland Avenue, N. E. MRS. SUJETTE CRANK,ch ief of neighborhood servic e operations, attended the White House Conference on Hunger and Nutrition during the first week in December. Storyhours Only 3:30 p. m. , Tuesday, December 9, Uncle Remus Branch, 945 Gordon Street, s . W. 3 : 30 p. m. Wednesday, December 17, Hapeville Station, Hapeville Recreation Center, Hapeville, Georgia 11 : 00 a. m. , Saturday, December 20, Kirkwood Branch, 106 Kirkwood Road, N. E . 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 23, Sandy Springs Branch, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, N. W. IN SYMPATHY EOA expresses~-s.ympathy,,to-,the fol1'owing pe rs oru; .:. on the loss of Mrs . Bunny Jackson, director of planning, on the loss of her fa t her . The family of W. A. Edge,who passed away recently . Mr. Edge was one of the most active CNAC members in Pitts burgh a nd was a member of the Planning Subconnnittee , Recreation Subc onnni ttee , and attended most of . the CC.le meeting s . Mrs. 'S usie Arnold, Edgewood intake ai de, on t he l os s ~er daughter . ~-~?~~: bu~.;e143.215.248.55f~ ~fi

ON - THE - GO STAFF MEMBERS 3:30 p. m., Friday, December 19, Anne Wallace Branch, 528 Lovejoy Street, N. W. Mrs . Yvonne Bankston, planning analyst, her mothe r-in-law . START NOW ATLANTA, the exciting film of poverty tours and volunteers,will be shown on Channel 5 at 10 p. m. on December 23. In announcing the prime time slot for the film, Miss Dale Jacobs, Public Service Director for WAGATV, called · the film "an excellent one" for the people of Atlanta to see . The full color movie was produced by intern Ben Dyer and given to EOA as a public service by AT&T . Plans are being made to publicize the film over the country for showing by clubs, businesses, ·... and other groups. In metropolitan Atlanta the film may be reserved by calling 525-2068. of MRS . MADELINE LOCUS, assistant coordinator for community development,and Mrs. ANNIE LOIS TURNER , chair man of the Full-Year Head Start Council, attended the Head Start and Child Development Conference in New Orleans, November 16 -2 0 . The two delegates rep ort •many new idea s on parent involvement which was the theme of the meeting . JOHN CALHOUN , coordina tor for community develop ment, has made two t r i ps t o Tampa , Fl ori da , as a con s u l t ant f or Regional OEO. Mr. Ca lhoun was also a special gues t and advi s or to the fall meeting of the Licens ed Practical Nurses Ass ociation of Georgia held at Calloway Gardens. tw143.215.248.55-I~I~-~~;.~-D!.,~:~~:;n~:~-~o143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST) 143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST)=~·c::::~Ba~khe~d �)rn~ -A--prH- 5, 196 9 Mr. Charles Davis City Corriptr olier City Hall Atla nta, Georgia 30303 Dear Charles: RE: ABC Corps ... Casual Employees As you know, fo1·~he past 18 months or more, the Sanitation Division of the City of Atlanta has been involved in a new project under the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program called the Atlanta Beautification Corps. In this project, so-called h ar dcore, unemployed individuals have been utilized in s pedal crews designed to collect trash and debris from sidewalks, vacant lots, playgrounds, parks, etc. in an attempt to keep these areas beautiful. ~ I I The concept of the progra:rr.. was for the City to attempt to imlentify those members of the ABC Corps who could perform in regular City functions and to assist them in finding fulltime employment. Our success has not been too great. To date, we have placed three of the former ABC workers in regular City positions at the City Garage. Because of cutbacks in Federal funding, the ABC Program is being reduced in the number of employees immediately by 25 as of Friday, May 2. Ralph Hulsey and his Sanitation people say that this program has- been successful and that the ABC workers have performed a great service to the City of Atlanta. He has indicated he is in favor o! continuing these people if possible. I It seems to me that since they have performed admirably in areas where they were badly needed by the City that we should attempt to maintain the services of these 25 people in the Sanitary Division until at leas.t the end of our summer I I I I .i I -. �• 1' I !• Mr. D a vi s P a ge T w o -A-pr il 5, 1969 ni~o/' pro g r a m pe r lod, This w ould give us an oppo r tLmity to make a fur the r effo r t to pl a c e tho se who c a n meet qua lifi c a tion s in r egular job slots. At the same time, dur ing the crucial sumn1.e r p eri od w e would have the adv a nta ge of the experie nce of the s e p e ople in helping in special neighbo r hood cle a n - up p oj c cts and othe r spe cia l requi r ements which t h e summ.er p eriod bring s . It i s my unde 1·s tanding tha t Mr. Hulsey h a s r eque s te d th a t these 25 indivi dua ls be pl a ced on a casual employe e stat u s with t h e S a nit a r y Divi s ion until Augus t 31. I hope tha t you will suppo rt thi s r econ unenda tion and give us yo u r help in h a vin g this done. Sincerely your.s, Dan S we at DS:fy ~ ., ... - - • ..a- -' �,,.. . Ecene mi~ 8pp•rturiity A~lanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Bldg. • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • Telephone: 525-4262 . T. M. Parham Executive Administrator July, 1969 TO: EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS The attached clippings represent part of EOA's extensive press coverage during the last month. y~ ' ~ i1 /J:l~-- j °' "' • 7 (;Jz ~ ~ ·J-o r1 �. i JC.. . THE ATLANTA .CONSTl ThUON, Thursday, June 19, 1969 Pcirha~.i Resigns as EOA Chief, 1 A ccepts S taff Pos: at 'University By PAUL RYAN Thomas M. (Jim) Parham resigned Wednesday as executive administrator of Economic Opportuni-ty Atlanta to accept a staff position with the Institute of Go_yernment at the Univers. ity of Georgia. The EOA board of directors accepted Parham ·s r esignation "with very deep regret" and elected Deputy Administrator William W. Allison to head the organiZJation. The board elected G. Clinton Rodgers, EOA associate administrator for manpower , to r eplace Al!iso nas deputy adm inistrator. · Parham, who will leave EOA July 15, said he is r esigning because "the task of administering the wide r ange of EOA acUNJVERSITY BOUND tivities and the necessity of Jim Parham meeting the growing requirements of federal funding sources welfare, crime and delinquency consumes all and more of one's and income maintenance for the energies and leaves no time to poor." consider in depth any particu 1ar In a s tatement of r egret SUbjeC-t." _ I ./ , adopted UllanimOUSiy by the 1 The 42-year-o,d Farnam, ~_ ho I EOA board of directors, Boishas _s~rved ~s EO\ executi\e feu il!et J ones, bo2.rd chairman. adnumstrator for a.mo st t\i OI said tr.at Parham has served years, sard he has_ co~cluded ,•··as an ab'.e administrator and a that htere are ot~er::. w_ho can - sensitive hur:ia r.ist." attend these adrn1rusta'. 1ve du- 1 ties as well or brtter than my- 1 In acceptin6 the S20,000-a-year s elf." . I position, A,' ison, 35, said he will In his letter of resignation, ' "confinue to follow the same dated J une 4, Parham said he ge:12ral goals that my precleceswants to devote his time to : sor has pursued as vi~orously." "matters of long-time profes- 1 Allison, the first Negro to sional interest, _such as child , head the agency in charge of I .. ·... :,_'..:.:.··\:-:~· --~~ lecturer at Clark College. The new EOA head holds a

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The new executive adrninis- Shortly before Parham was trator, who has worked on _the named to the EOA post follow- . EOA staff since the orgamza- ing the cteath o.f C. 0 . Em~r- 1 tion's inception four years ago , ich Sr., some local Negro lead- ' said he will attempt to increase ers had pushed for the appoi:1~the participation of public and ment of a Negro to t e top 3nti. private agencies in programs to poverty job here. Jones said board members, aid the poor. In addition to his position with many of whom are Negroes, EOA, Allison has served since had elected Parham un aniJ anuary 1968 as an assistant mou ly two years ago and professor of city planning at e 1 e c t e d Allison unanimously · ·: ' Georgia Tech and as a visiting Wednesday. .f143.215.248.55i1•.,• .,.,, '.. \JJi, . �., C (, To th e m any you.tbs who wlli be a vaila ble t his Summer it ought be tord 1.l,a.t m any o:ip riunitics are be~ to keep the·m l;usy in gainful emp,oymcnt. The j obs need not be b oring. f or m os:t can be f un ; s in e we use the cta.ylight saving: in; t m s area t h ere Is J!l enty of tim e to :have clean f u n l>eCore he Sun goes down . ./ The city parks are on sp ec ia l !iessions with a. multiplicity of l'ro gi:au:s, many @L£f!}ters are SJ?OD5oring danciQg-l)}ld other .1c- Uvitlcs, th ci-e ;i.rc even special programs for t he Elrl~l!j. Among· t~ r small jobs a vailable to you ngftus of all ages are n ewsp aper routes, extra . h elp around stores, r elief workers to allo w th e regula rs , to go on vaca tion, etc. \ Vhile the Summer may be Joni!; an d hot, it can also be a t ime for fun and gain . so t.his Summer · let the young lea rn a new "Thlng" . ... . . Let's get- aw:i,y fr om the a ncient s]an;; of "Burn . Baby Burn". and r eplac e it with, "Ea:rn. Bab:,: Ea.rn." �,,- 13 · £ Vft ~dB a.=c.. f1i d ~' I p Cfarin,et ist VVins Guildford College near Greens = boro, North Carolina, attend= ing the ):::aste rn lvlusic Festival. Bessie and the other will have the benefit of the best Las t month, Bessie was very e xcited about going to Mayor Ivan Alle n's office to r eceive the scholarship , But the knew that it was more than just a fun-time for six week this s~mmer. . .· ·1 rip Bessie Barnett is 13 and attends Coan Midd le School. Three years ago her mother, Mrs, Anna Earnett, saw that Bessie l iked mus ic and bought her a clarine t. On a m aid's slary it was a big sacrifice to buy a 10-yE:ar- old a clarine t, Mrs . Barnette pa id a little each week ouc of her me ager s a lary -"and now it' s paid off. Bessie is .one oc si:s, E,onmic Ol2@ftunlrs. ,_.,'\tla,llt.a music scbol ar ship winne r s who left Atlanta by plane on Friday, J une 20. This summer the youngsters will be s pending s ix weeks a t who Bessie s ays is "a nice music teacher" started Bessie on the clarinet. This will be the instrume nt Be ssie will pl ay at the Fes tiva l, "I can le arn a l ot mo re now," · said Bessie. "This will help m e a l ot and I'll be able to_ improve . I'm r eally looking forwards to going t here and working with the profes s ionals ." Bessie wants to cont inue taking music through high school and college if she can. And BESSIE BARNETT he r mo ther would li ke noth~ profess ional instruc tion and the ing mo r e than that herse lf. fun and company of other ac" My mothe r comes to every complis hed musicians , performanc e," s·a id Bess i~ Miss Mary Francis Ea rly, j Thanks to EOA and a concerned, fars ighted mother, Bes sie will have a chance to '.ievel op a special ta lent . It jus t may be a turning point in he r life . (Bessie Lives at 49 Mayson A venue, N. E.) v· ~ IU/JL 1-u l / ! �., C THE ATI..-\ !'iTA " CONSTITUTION, Friday, June 20, 1969 _,, With the departure of Jim Parh am, Economic Opportunity · Atlanta is losing an effective executive administrator. Parham ha-s accepted a pos'ition with the ·Uni versity of Georgia's Institute of Go vernment, wh ere, he says, he can.eleva te his lime to "matters of long-time ipt~ies t, such as child welfare, crime and delinqu ency and income maintenance for the poor." EOA's board of directors accepted Parham's resignation " with very deep regre t" and commended him fo r his service "as an able administrator and a sensitive hum anist." They then nam ed William W. Alli so n to succeed him. The first Negro to head the agency, Allison comes \\·ith an im pressive list of qualifications, includ ing an M.P.A. degree in urban development and more than 18 months as an assistant professor of city planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has worked with EOA since its inception four years ago. Allison has vowed to "continue to follow the same general goals that my oredecessor has pu rsued as vigorously. " Parha m, Al lison said, "laid the foundation for real resident invo lvement." 'SQme Negro leaders have long sought the top EOA post for one of their own race. The EOA board insists the appointment was made because . of Allison's ability-not be- cause of race-and no doubt it was. Still for the first tinw , the antipoverty program in Atlanta wi ll be ad ministered by a man from the race most affected by it. We wish him well. , ___, I �THE VOICE - June 290 1969-Page 11 T hernes A1id · Variatio ns By Xernona Cla_yto_re" -· -- -- - - -- - - -- ---

Twci highly capable Negro male Atlantans were promoted to top positions las t week. William Allison, former deputy director of EOA (Equal Op portunity Atl anta), was promoted to Dir e ctor to succeed Jim Parham who res igned to assume a new . post, "Bill's" compete nce is commensurate with the r equirements of the job--Kelvir1 Wall has been nam ed a vice-Pres ident of the CocaCola Company and becomes the first man "of cobr" t o occupy such a seat. Mr. Wall posses s es qu alities which m·arch the occas ion . Whe n black m e n r eceive the ir deserved and ea rn ed posi t ions , each of us sh a r es thep r ide of such r ecognition for it is a comfort to know that racism do esn 't a lways " prevail. This columnise congra tulate s these two men who obvious ly have both natural and ac• .quired abilitie s II - ' -- ---- �'----- T he NASA Spacemobilc, ~ tourin° ir format ive pro ram on t he Apollo Moun Project, ·ill be in Atlanta June 23-27. T he progi·am, sponsored by t h City of Atlanta Parks and Re--:rcation .parln12nt, t , Atlant;i school system, t he ·DeKalb County school system . t:ssi1.1.-:i.rr•i<.:__ ;,P-Qr,t mjJ.y __ _Ap,rn[:1..--the Metro'>olitia n -,Boy 's Clu s and the v r.ICA of m etro Atlanta, will have d ifferent pr-oarams for various age groups. Progra ms fo r grades six t hrou 0 h nine will Ix t 2:G-0 pJn. , June 23 at Morris Bnnn College ; at 10 :00 a .m. J une 24 at Warren Mem oria l Bo 's Club ; at 1 :00 1->.m . J une 25, at DeKalb College and at 2 :00 p .m . at Sammy Coan Ele m entary School. T he high r level proora m \'.'ill be presented 0:1 J un e: 23 at 10:00 a.m . al Nortltsidc Hi h School; on J u,ic 2 at 2:00 p.rn . at Warren l\. eniorial Boys Cl ub : J w1c 25 at Price rn h hool • t 10: C0 a .m. and a t College Par t Hiah at 2: GO p.m.; and the fin al s howic g ;it 10:CO a.m. on June 27 at Douglas High School. T he prog ,un will incl u e a d lect urc. A II µrogra ms are o en to the public within t h<=! gra e levels outlinPrl fi lrn �(i) ~?; i :--,, ~ i~ ..: ,,. 7 II • ~ : • • .!". i ) . : . : \ I .. • .,.._ ~ .., .! r,- .:.· -l ~-?_ .i ~ 1r: r,. ~~ \ J_. -~- ·:. '... ~ .r_,'..°',- ~ I fl - ~ ·1

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\ lfr Lr gcr! the 11k lilU?rs f th •.'! . r.O .-\ -;·Pi , l1cl co;n:11ilf 0 '.' nnl to to c-H:clus:l,':, " ,,nd LO · ·'tal.e Ilk ti•:·.:' · tn lt-:1r:1 ab,,ul 1~\h :r ;.1ti :,1r--: cf t'.1P S} .--.Lt rn. I " j ump ! I :\l tk · t ·.1t,d of ti,,' 1ri,•l'l i:1;i:. , \\·c1 :rn 1,;hl Ind ubj··-·td ltJ iou; -ic:cL:1:-::tit_n..; Uy sub; c 0n1n1 i if LL~ !ih ni ;,-. rs th·1t thr \,h,·.·clrd wris C')~ Cl n1 n1uniccd inr;; ~.,\·1th i L:i ( ·1i i.,:.! tu. !.~ ~ - andr l'ited ' 1. 1.-• r c1 .l lc:te·r.-; f' r0n1 !'"(J:\ o f;.:3..: ilic iab than'.dr,~ t ~ H,,:.rd of J p i t' \ '. tduc.1fo,n fnr kc2 jJiilg clun n0\., , I --- �., .... L I . I·, ~\ ~ ' \. t f l 1 ' r ·., ~ t .,, . , ', / ,. ... _,.- ,•· .- / GET READY FOR T HE FOURTH- --These children in the E:!st Point Ch "!d Car Center r:iise the fl:!g a u s:l' t 1e pledge of ::ulc 0 L1ncc getti1·~ ready fo r the Fo1.mh of Ju y HoliJJy . The chi! rcn from ~s three to si., :!I!'s bug h l thi,1:;s Lke tj1is in t he p r::·s~hool cxp-:1•'!nces at t he nur5'!ry. It is operate for workinJ; mothers wit!1 ' nc!s from Ecomomi ~ Oprcrturity Atb.nta. (Photo by R:;che! \'t1!itmue) ...._..,.. .... -· ·-~~-"""--=--- �_,,j-f;Hv UALLe cfluj;/d¥ · 5-- fa 1 1·-- .§ r / \ " The Food Fu nd ,' ' began last October in West End to provide food as emergency assistance to poor people. is lagging, according to a spo ·esman from the West EOA Q?.n-End Neighborhood - ~-·J,~ tei:.. The fund is coordina ted by the center . , At the peak of the effort to .establish a food fu nd, 30 churches in the metropolita n area were partici pating in the program . Now. there are only three giving help. . Th e parti cipati on by .churches consists of aski ng eac h member to bring one ca n of . fo od to .church the fi rs t Sunday of eve ·y month. Although all members did not take part, the 30 churches were pro viding enough fo od to meet emergencies . At thi s ti me . peop le are being turned away. And other • agenc ies whi ch normally provide this kind of ass istance are out of funds and un2b le to help. The ~l~ spokesman said individtITilsor chu rches wanting to help should call J oe Flan naga n, 523- 1541. St. Vincent dePa ul Soc iety. 326 Ivy St. N.E. The Society colll'cts the food . store it and di tr ibutes it to center where it is needed. Th e fc"Cl can be take n by the Soc ie ty on Jvy Street. . , , ·" .... ~ �1. - -Z:.Dr ~tlr nta Jot rnr1f a 1d CO:\STI1TT1O,. JU NE 29, 1969 . ..,{i;1 j I f ~i i ., ·.. ..... :. · · "'~::-. -' · i ,.. .,· .. ~- .i . ...... x

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. . i\ Staf f P ho! o-N -J-1 1 o ~v i s ·r-:.~!Q LJr· I l j '...'.i ,-1·~ I I Alhert Dawson prer ares [n f€ed hungt·:: chi'drc:1 al Buller __ At.1 ::int;i . Inc. Trucks lnaded wilh !ig!JL food lea\·e centra i Fatk in a ne•s summ~r rrogr· rn cosp-)nsored by the City ot points :\loncla> through Frid ay mornings and tra \·el to pi ayAtianta Recr 2alic:1 Dep;i r tm~nt and Lcnnom;c Cpr,ortunity lots aro,incl the city to feed youngsters . -,. -::::=r-,;..- -=.-=:.....,_ _ ____, --·· ------- -- �THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1969 Tw· T E Phyllis Ca r ter and Sheila · White, beth students at T ho.m as High School in CoUege Park,. have been named winne rs of conomic Opportuni tv Atlanta"strmmeY m cs1c sc o atsh 1ps lo atte nd the Eastern Music Fes ival. The fe stiva l wi ll be t)eld at Guilford College ne ar Greens boro , N. C. J une 20 th rough Aug . L Participa ntswi!l receive priva te instruction fr.om professiona l musicians . Phyllis , 13. a nd Sh il a. 16. are both s tudents of J a m es H . P a tterson , band director a t Thom as. The girls , who live just two blocks apart. are among e ight winner s in the e ntire city. Schola rship recipiants were selec ted a fte r a uditions bPfore a pane l of professio:.al musici ans a nd poverty area resid ents, according to Dr. Benno Fra nk , direc tor of 'trea tive Atla nta , EOA's summer a rts program. During the summer festiva l participa nts will present numerous public concerts. Arrangem en ts have also been s ., IC t dents cho arsh i1 s m ade with an educational television channel in North Carolina to film a program featu r ing the young musici ans. and plans are being m a de for a special White House perfo rma nce this fa ll. Scholarships include tuition. living expenses, clothing a llowa nce . tra nsportation and incide ntals. P hy llis , who plays the bas-so dent. She was an alternate on the junior high all-state band and plays saxa phone during th e foot.ball season. She has a lso been playi ng the pi ano since she wa s six and bega n her band instruction on the c!ctrinet as a fourth-grader . Patte r son beea n tP:irhin P he r to play the ba ssoon two years ago. Sheila , who also sta rted with the clarinet, now plays oboe and hopes to learn to play tl~e __saxophone or flute. �~·, -~- ., THE ATLANTA CONSTIT'UTION, Wed1_1~s ey, Ju~e .---- '-,.. 44,,000 at Playlots Get Food Supplements Here ,. nation to take advantage of this By HAROLD WARDLAW More than 44,000 underprivi- new feeding program, called leged Atlanta youngsters have " Special F o o d Services for star ted r eceivi ng between-meal Children." He added that this supplements at supervised J7,S~ is one of USDA's first ventures r eation centers, a feder al agncul ture officia l said here Tuesday . . . 1 " This is a cooperative ven' ture under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) , the Campbell Foundation, the Atlanta Board of Education, conomic O or- · and t 1e tunity Atlanta ( _._. y ot Lian a c1arks a nd Recr eation Depa r tment," Haines Presley explained in ,rn inLervie.w. He sa id Atlanta's program is the lar gest in the nation. " Estima tes indicate that as ,many as ...70,Q.00 children m ay be r eached befor e the summer is over." The between-mea l i s upplements, or " m ini-rnea1s," consist of such items as milk, sandwiches , fru its, br ead, jL1ices a nd so on. , "These m ini-mea ls are prepared al 12 Atlanta schools a nd then delivered twice daily to . Imore tha n 100 s upervised pl aylots or r ecr eation centers," P resley pointed out. But, he said, progra ms of this type could not get off the ground wi,thout help from private organizations such as the Campbell F oundation. "The fo undation has already contributed $10,000 t o the s umm r project to help pay for personnel. needed to pr epare the 'mini-meuls' at ,t he 12 school ca fc4.erias," he s a id. Presley said more 1han $500,000 has been set aside for the · ·· program by USDA. Al lanta is one· nl' ll1t• Ii, : I ,·iii,··; i,1 Iii,· in urban feeding. EOA's Mike Ray, coordinator of the summer feeding program , said "Although _the program i3 r ec>.ciy to go, we a-re low on supt . / ~ ( I plies of · cardboard boxes .a nd m ight be a·ble to contribute sandwich bags. · boxes and sandwich bags," Ray "Interest in the program has said. "That way, all the USDA been running high, and we :-: , funds could be spent on fo::.d for in hopes that local industries I these needy children." 25, �I(/U).( I _, ',.::::: 0 -. - f;-=i !n ::·,('· 1j H U By JO G RAH/.f..1 STERN Staff Writer L ,. - ~ •.. y time yo!tJLf~e r_fo r.Econom ic _Qr.o.9~LY..!- _1J_,~n.t1;_ "'Arte r is not a typica l work- " To say tha t I'm sacrific'ing .awthing is ba loney. J just Jove these kids. f'i ghting pon:rty is li!,e fi ghting a fire from a ci rinx i:ig foun t3 in wilh a paper cup ." This is the way Charles Ar ..er , a Southsi je r esioen t, feels a bout wor..ing as a f11ll- er. He dcesn·t have n ordi nary· job b"cause he !oesn't ner:.-d the money , since he r ecei es an income from an in ie rit e d trust fund . "I came to At Rnta \': it.I a fri end from Akron, Ohi o. J ha d rec i•..-ed a degree ln e~onom ics from Amhers t Col- .f n Jl , ~ -• .~ •f ' ' :l' bJ • oo, > o· fj Li~~ ((··.<I Ir ' • " Ii <J 1 ' ",, ~ · •l .-:;,, lege , a nd my fr iend was atteDdin(T E mory · b siness sc hcol. He an u I began loo ·ing for worl and found j obs in a soci al welfare ag nc y. Arter fou nd soci a l work unre wardin::;, he sa id, because he was " not a liowed to do any tbne I felt v,as relevant or worth \·hi le." v;ith i ic orr;,rni.zati on ever since. He feels he is he lping to brid.ze the ap oetv1·een black. and 1hite peo le . ~ "i I ~ find -·animosity amona · j bl2.cb:; but I can under tand The f i ' f ' \ i \ I' it. ma j ority are r ec1l!y fri cn,.iy. Tl,cs kids 3re ca nd:d . They 'll test you , and they can spot a hoiJe . ' ' J us! being in the area has l awa:ened rter to t .e needs more arid better schools, ~ for 1 rernc ial reading classes , Je3s cro wded classrooms . l j i t'i ~: r· • I ,. 1 ~ l I I i ., I ·, ' t " . t..---_en \HI.ES \WITH .\ \I) nrn-:,Jh ..,-t,i~~t \\ ti!·l,t' r an d C'.1p_i) •>! .\\ 1•, Pupil ~ I I �(' ·\ C\1V,·., · -' ~• ~ '\,_,,; (0 rn , . , ~n ·. --1,, i. 1; , i , ; ; . 1,: r:1" , JLi ' ! ·._,..J 1!i.J ~ I ,,,-,,.,-, ' r1 • ~· ) \... i •• ,• ! . t ,--.- ~..c;r.; \ ' t I . ~ ' , _, , J _,1 1·j · , JJ d :.J 1 1 • I i I • •1 LnJ u ... \ ~ 1 \ ·· (1· ' ( .' (\ 11n'1'w' .. . ~ ' i i, ,7Qrr \ '~ I / - U By E.RN.EST i' I . PHJ...R, William \V, (Bill) AJ.l ison, who will on J uly 15, become the firs t blac k Executive Administra to;: of Ec on_o_.rn l:c..D..P.:: portun ity _ E.QA): \','.hose pro·adm ir1 iscer prim arily t o black peop e, told the Ir quirer this week he " will s tress greate r deve opment and us e of community resour ces to ass ist EO,\ in this job of fi ghting poveny.' ' Allison, who came to EO,\ In l965 . Director of P lanning, is moving up from the numbe r two pos ition as De puty Director bec a use pre s e nt head T . i\l. (J im ) P a rha m is accepting a position with the Institutc= of Government at the Unive r sity of Gebrgia . P2r ham , who will be R spe cia li st in the fie ld of social we lfare , discussed his tenure as EOA head t his wee'· with the Inquire r , noting, "i fee l reF. I goo. a bout my te rm at EO:\ , We ' ve m ade s ome or an izationa l pro gress and s ome· key s taff members ha,·e deve loped very nicely and are r eady to ste p in. " Of Allison , he sa id , ·,.1 t hink we c ouldn ' t have fOLmcl a better man to take ove 1·. He 's bee n 2n importan t p2rt of impro\'e org?.iliza tional ga ins . He ' s demonstrated his ability to work with e \·ery le Ye l of the c ommtmity an t he s taff hes conf ide:ice in him ," Alli son , a 195() gra uateof Dooker T, \i as L :;ton High School here , earned hi s undergraduate degree from Oe Pauw Univers ity in Gree nc a s ,k, In,. ia na in 195-L He Sf)t!nt two ye ai-s wilh t!.e U.S. Army i\'ledic2.l Corps in Europe and in 1956 atten, ed gi'ams. i i '

i ' ·\ '. ' ' j ·-· '\ •. {I I ~- -_J WILLL.\M ALLISO~ Nonhwestern Law School. A ho de r of the :S.l ,_..\ . de gr c in P ubl i::: • d ministr:; tion fr om the University of P itts ur gh, he s ent 1957 in the :--tidd le East on a pilgrimage towards the c eate r ·of the Baha ' i fa ith. Fi-om 195S to 1963 , he was a r esearc h;, ssociate ,•:iC:1 the Counci l on Econom ic and Culturn l Affa ir s, funded by J ohn D. Rockefelle r , Ill.He d id r esearch on pon:-rty in the Phil!ipines, Befor e c oming to EOA , :ie v:as Director of the :--!erit Employmen t Program for Am er i:::an Fr·ie nds Service Committee in lligh Point, N,C. A ske ii a nticip.; ted an y problems as a black administra tor of EO_·\ , Alli s on s2.id , "I anticipate tha t r\ tla nta will c onfer upon me the same honor and 1-es ec t a s estowec u on my predecessors ." (C. 0 , E mmer ich p_n,i Parham ) One si e li:;'. ht to the Alli:;on ar,po intin ::nt c omes from l\.lrs . Xernona Chyton , col·· unlll ist,. T\' i-v r sona li ry and t\lode l ' itie s s taffer , who r:2t hat "some::i dy m arki'd ought tv give Bill an honor. " i •t . ,· I I .. ti".I , • U...:u c;:.:J jt q JJ ~

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i\e gro woman, :\lrs. Clay ton s a id , r eacted \':ith, "! d on 't see 11·hy nobody s hould ho11or· him . He ain 't hired no l\egroes yet. I-le a in' t gonna gi ve no i\egroes jobs . Sam e differe nce . " (:\1lison d oe sn ' t assume his new du ' '-es until J uly 15). Speaking of Parham, Alli·· s on s a id , "I t hink this is a loss fo r EO.-\ , 1-le ' s been a good dir ector , but I have a lot of inte rest in this progra m a nd look t o direct a lar ge program such as EO.-\ with a cons iderable dezree of enthusiasm , " Al lison , who will s uper vise !~ neig-h orhooj s ervice c enters , some 38 different progr ams and an annual bLdget of $11 mil!io:- , s a id, " l will be trying to s t ress greater devel opment and use of c ommunity resources to assist EOA in this job Qf fi ghting pove rty. J .J; �. ATL-ts.J\TA DAiLY WORLD TJ-!UPvSDA Y, Jli:-.-E 26, 1 969 - r~:v~~,., ~ C -~~· Nine different agencie·s are co mbining their sources ai ct se rv i ces t o offer many residents of Fulton County a free h ea lih check~up this sum1 er. T he County anciState Health D epa r tment in c ooperat ion with th e !11 edica l Society, Red Cr os s, TB Associat i on, E. O. A., D L'lb etes As socia tion, Model Cit ies, and the city oi Atl an ta will offer A tl ant ns t ests f or tuberculosis , diabet es, syphilis , emp 1ysema, and bronch i t i s. "Health F airs" will take place at every f,.,...--:r-.. '. ·': - . . b_g__rh_q~E?..U' ; . ,<;;. f:nt~r rFulfon County . l)fficials of the H ea lth D e artmeRt and E . O. A. encourage all t e:magersand adults i n t he ::. r ea t o tak e adv anta ge of these frees rvices . Ac cording t o tllrs. Ol ivia Pull ens, chai rman of the h ealth committe e in t he Peny Homes area, "These areas are overcrowded and far from doct ors and druggists . Some people wou l d never k now about these· diseases or wh ether t hey have them with ou t something like t he Hea lth Fai r. We need to catch these thinbs ea rly . All we' re doing i s asking t he people to comE out and get these te sts r i ght on th e spot at t he EOA Cen t ers" T he Health Fairs will take place f rom noon to nine p . m . at these E.O.A.Centers on th e f ollow i ng"cfates: Central Citv J uly 1, Kortl1 Fulton -July -8, Nash - Washin~ton- July 15,-- f Northwest Perry- - July 22, -1South Fu lton -July 29, East 1 Central-Au gus t 5, Sum-tlle<'A ugust 12, P i ttsbu r gh-August 1 9, . West C ent r al-August 26 , \Ve st End-Se tembe r 2. in j �---~ - -- - - - - - - - - Parent C eri ter anrl Chdt Federql J ou rn ;i l, f'or.s (il n ll on Wash in::. t :,n J~:1rc:t u WASHl:-iGTON - Foliov:ing is a summary of le'.;scr grant;; to Georgi a and the A la11la ,ll'ea . announced by federal c1gencies _ and department· lac;t week. From the Office of Economic Opportunity -- $176,!lf:!l (pa rt of ; total gra nt o $210,0GO) to_E£.~:.'. nn1J.1ic-.O.rmm· 1111ilv /-.tlanLa for· the cont it1iiing•.operalion of a parent and child CL'nl cr . 1 J' F rom tile Depr,rlme nl of Jlous- · ing c1n . lJrban Develop ncnl-$'.l7 .56-l to Atlci nla for incr ecisecl cosl~ of site imprn-,·cmcnts for the Georgia Tech urba n r enewct! area. From lhe Depar tment of Commerce-$57,6CO to the Cenlral Sm·annah Jfo:er Area Planning' and Dc\·elopmenl Comm i,-~ion lo help eco;icm ic grrmU, planning for Bu r,e, Columbia , E m,rnuel , Gl ascock. J efferson. J enkins , Linco n. \ lcDuffi c, Hichm onrl. Screven. 'fal ifer ro, W?. tTcn and \\'i lkcs counties. !, J I �c_ ... § THE ATLA!'iTA CONSTITUTION, Friday, Jun e 27, 1969

Continued from Page 1 time, but we were never dlvorced. I would like to know if I can draw his Social Security. I a m 53, have no means of support and am not able t,J work. - Mrs. A. R. If you are disabled, you can probably draw Social Security, provided that you meet the other requiremenLs. The fact that you were separated from your husband will not affect your case: Check with your local Social Security office. Can a F ulton County dog catcher Nmc onto private property to remove a dog?-L. G. F. Not if he doesn't have the permission of the owner of the - -·· \ propert .I' interested in the Rent-a-Kid program. I have a lot of work to be clone around my house, and I'd like to get some youngsters to do it:. Can you tell how I can get in touch with this program?- '.\1. C., East Point. \ To empioy one of these youngsters, you may call the Renta-Kid office at 577-5522. They are between the ages of 14 and 15 a nd perform the traditional summertime clean-up, fix up jobs. They also do baby sitting. The baby sitters get 75 cents an hour in the daytime and $1 an hour at night. The fixup, clean-up youngsters earn $1.35 an . hour. The program is spo nsored J-.y E!M. - - - '----:~ ' -- - --- -----~--- How does Georgia rank in land area among tbe Southeastern states?-Q.M., Smyrna. Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with a total land area of 58,876 square miles. .I C L • �., .I · Thursday, June 19, 1969 I '----- ,. ~oA · · ~rfl s n -~et 0 ,.., I os _ Thoma . i\1. c.:.run" Parham has r esigned as executive adminisf;rak, of Eco·1~"'ic O:ir:i~;ttv Atlanta (EOA) and Dep- . uty Administrator- \\·1lfoun 1.-V. 1son has '1ieen appointed to fi ll b is. position. •. Allison will be the firsl ! '-egro to head t he agency which administer poverty programs for Atlanta and Fulton. Gwinnett &. and Rockdale comtties. · Parham, 42. res1gned eff ctive July 15 to jui'.n .the staff oE the Institute of Go i.--ernme at the ·university of Georgia in 6 tilens. · l ri his letter of resignation. Parham, who has headed EOA for the pa st two years, said he hopes to dcrnte his time to ':matter s of long-time professional interest, such as child welfare, crime and delinqu_~ncy and income maintenance for the poor:• THE EOA BOdRD of directors, accepting Pamam's resignation "with very ,~~ep regre t ," said he has been "·<'..n able .adJill PARHAM m inistrator and a sensitive Going To · Athens Ji.umanist."' .. Allison. 35, lias: been on t he I EO. staff since the organization was founded four years ago . . In ,acrepti.ng lhe $20,000 a year ' job, he said he will "follow , the same ge era! goa!s that my pr:::dc-cessor has pursued." . G. Clinton Rodgers, associa te I adminish-a,Lor for manpower, was app,:,intcd ~o replace Allison as cieputy admiruslrator. ,/ (.. , /, '·- .I -· / ,,-- �,.,,1·t: ,·,·,Lr:1i, ~ i ; . , ...... iI -...\, " ' I ( ' ,., ••,' '

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ll \.1 :._·; t..: 1 t.. A yea r a·go , the \ \ 'est _ En Neighh0rh oo . Service C,:,Qt~.J,:_j1!it i2.ts,d ;,. uniq 2 pro 6 -arn• to · · Lus\rffie ffl<:: t..:nds ~nJ m ines of htinGff,.S cf jobless , moneyless ki s clesil·ing wol'l: dtu·i g the sum mt:r, ~-l nny of t he::;e c .i lu:·cn W<!::e un er 16 and financin ll y dep.::nde:it on thems e lves. T hey v:a ntcj to e arn m oney so the y c ou d go bac to sc hool in th- fa ll vl h e: equate mone y fo r clothing , trr-.nspo, t:>.tio11 to · school e.n. lunch 1 ,one y. Ar rro r iatdy c a lkd Rent-A-l'U , the non· · profit program la st year oreratcu on a shoes tr ing budget and was blc t o organize , sup-ervise and p ace a out '100 c ildren in jo. s t hrong ollt the Atlanta area . T ,e P• , gram was so popt ' ,.r with kids l 1unse~vcs tl,::. t by t he end of the s um me th. 1·e w::>re m :rny , many mo re boys ~n, gids on r~scrve \Vf.it!ng lists t h:i.n t ..:: re \Vere c1.ctu:: !:,· \";or~~ing. T his summer , the !\layer ' s Council on Yc•uth t!f,.s ex anclecl the Rent-A - ' i prngn:m t o tap tie youth re&ource::; in ten L'" r:•r ivi. le8ed sect ions thro ughout t c fiv~ count · \ :8 ·. ro o ita.n are~. A p icture of the average Rent-A- f~id rev a ls t nt he is 15 years old, h~.s si., broth-e rs and sisters , lives in a hcnse ,old \'1.1ere t here is 110 •fath r r c:;n hl s mot ,or works. He lives in U0!ic housjng, sh:ircs a .ed w·r:h t le2.st two oti.?r chil:!1·en anJ e::;ts o;,e Rn:::i a h?.lf mea s p:.!r cl,iy , His fo m ily ' s income is less rh:in $3 ,000 per .year. He i s as e2.ge r to v;or k as he i s to eat. Re r:t-A- ICi. s c a 1nio \v lawns , trim s u b2ry, cban fi o-.·.-~;: ds , was. win:lows , move fu r nituJ~e , cle an out bc.semeut s , attics and garage s, p:1 int ( vith sL1per ision), m end and hem , ir on , b::ibys it, was., c ars and m any other things that are not listed h,:;i·c . Ch1rnces ar e , if t he u iic need s a job to be clon th at is not l is ted here , a Rent·-A - l'id will be able to fi t t he bill . They are a va ila ble from Mondays t irough P r ida ys from 9 to 5 an on S .. t urd ays from 9 t o l. T he y work on a n hourly bas is ·iti1 an avere.ge c.,art:'= of $1.35 per hour or 75 ce nts an hour· fo r 2bysittieg during t he ay. Ti:2 c h.:11·ge , however, is fbxible de .~ nding on t he t ypa o: ,·,or.· to b0 done . T h'=' kids are willing and cager , but thesuc -ces~ of t he program deper, s entirely on the jobs a\',iilablc for t em. This is wher . 1e:.ro :;, it 0.l! r.::-e r eE. jent- come in, Look arom1d t e t,ouse. Loo!: arotm t e yard . Look ar oun t he basement or the attic. Loo. "tall tha t you wis h to do s.n d o not have time ro do. T hen , thin!: of t , e mr.ny c hil,.,ren who Leg, " Do you know where I ce.n get· a job? " A n:i call 577 - 5252 . Yoti nee the h.;:lp. . . J

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�-. . . - - --- -~--- THE AT"...A!'\'TA CONSTITUTIO:'.'I', Wcdncsclny, June 25, 1969 .·-... . - - -- - . . . ._ - To ·F,1n1il1 of 11 1 a/ By ALEX COFFlN J I Walt Anderson , the tough-talking ex-Marine now fighting poverty, was given a house the other day to be used to he!p young people. Anderson, in turn, is giving it away to a family with eight children. · ' "What the hell." Anderson mons ," Anderson said. "I looked said Tuesday. " Helping eight at it and saw it was a deed .. . · kids is as imr;ortant as helping I thought, 'How could · I ha\·e -80. They' ll ha ve a home the rest bought someth ing and foq3"otten of their lives and sec urity it?· I thought I ,ms being sued. they 've never had."

I was shaky."

It happened this way : l Pilcher said he 'd give tr.e Associate City Attorney J ames I hous~. at 429 Da rgan Place SW P ilcher called Ande rson l ast , m \Vest End. to Anderson to be week and asked the Econorni,.. · used for the benefit of yo uth. I ~orsugitv Atlanta ~=ferro Pilcher said S3.430 ~till was ne oy Eis umce. owed on the lot. but still sturdy, With Anderso n siWng in front : structure. of him, Pilcher reached inside NEEDS REPArnS his coat pocket and pulled out Anderson agreed. then went a slip of paper. I out to look at the house, which •·1 thought it was a sum- ! sits on a high ground with trash and weeds front and back. It -- - f has solid walls but needs considerable repairs. David L. Park1 er. a. 35-year-old sign painted witb a wife , eight children and an sister-in-law, live the re. Anderson thought about it and asked if Parker 1Youid like to own his own home. I ·· He thought I was a · con ·artist. ·· Anderson said. "so I , ga ve him some names of people to check with. I guess he did because he called me a couple of days later and sa id okay.· · \ . Anderson asl;ecl Wilson .\lcClure. dirertor of the West Encl Urban Renewal Project, to he!p and the las, arrangements are I. being mad~ th is week. __ _ l , $83 A ~vlO:\"l'H Parker will take o\·er the S83 'a month payments and begin paying another $55 a month for the SlU.000 reha bi:itation to be carried out through i\.IcClure·s · office. The $33 payments will be due for only a c;ouple of years or so - the $55 will be due for 20 vears. l\:lcClure will send a Georgia State College urban life intern out to work wi th the Parkers :

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believes the Parkers can handle ' the payments because both work · - she in a restaurant. • ··r just hope I'111 doing t'1e right thing.·· Anderson s2jd . i . .I �Ff-·[ , J/ 11 ·1•·· ~:';1 P ' p" r.=-:J •.:.'; - By CEL.ESTIJ IE Sl LEY' chanm.d wi t' its beauty and THE OTHER DAY I went in ,·c1ri etr. Si x Flag;; O·;c-r Gco:·~i" to ,;Tl' s not a bil like :\loot1c\·'s sec 85 li ttie He;id St;irl children from th;;-tfr11i:~~1r.:mcc; La ke us2d tr, be ."' I marvelied to pl otog ~a p 1er Bill \\'il ,;r,:i, . nursery launchl d on ·aarif s outing, pro1·i cd by readers . thi nking of U1e days 11·hc11 I took m · children there for a who senl in conlribuli ons of big outing. green s t a m p s and ~omc money . I came a11·ay from my A DAY OR SO before two fi rst gl.i.mpse of thi s \'a st fri en~ls , Caroly n B e c k n c l l am usement park t o L a 11 y Mann and Leah Loga n, spo ·c cosily in my pres2nce of new Ce estine Si bley's column appears i n The Atla l! ta Const itul'icn . pl aces to eat in our town. Thcv asked i'nc ho-,1· I li:.:ed the Lio1i 's Head a1,d The Ab!wv and I said , " Huh'1 \\'hal .-s that?" "You have io ge l out and sec more ." Ca ro:1·n told me fi rm!)'. "We 're: going lo take you in hand. " And I mad e a resolu~ion to get oul more and see more anrl w -·nt slraight homr , fl ushe with righ teousness born of new resolve, ch,rng0d lo my jeans and stra ·: h::it and went blackberryin g.

JN SPITE of 1,·b2t I say, I r ea ll y enjoy ihe q11iet co~mlry pleasures. Black berries ar e reaching their pea · around Sweet Apple settlement now and it would be terrible to be k it ing· off to Seven Fl ags or some entici ng new resta urant ea tirig all mann er of gorgeous food when the blc1c ·bt:rric.s are hangi.J 1g · then~ on the vine grtt ing over-ripe. Some prople can pc1ss up bl ackberries, I real ize. The re are those who are afrc.id of sn akes and tho~e who hale bri ar~ and c,·cn more who ar.., tu rned ba ck b\' chi~gers. Bu i I kno11· of rw nlrasrinte r way to pass the ho;1rs of the sun·s setling and twili ght's setllin g in than in a c-crt:1in pa::.:(ure do1rn on Little Hi\'Cr pi c:!,ing bcfl' ics. The hav h::i. hrfn Frr., 11lv cut and t:12 random straw(c_; 1hc mowers lcH h Ve turned to gold. Th e summer , un h:.i.; dried them and in (he dr:-·i ng bro ught out t.i1at S\\'ed July fra grance that's like none oth er. In the oak t recs on the hil:s the Ju y fli r.;; sav; av:ay and dow 1 on the ri1·er ban· frogs start th eir late c\·cniiig symphony, puncln ating it \':ith an occasiona l soft, coolin g " plop" into the w::tcr. A mock ingb ird sings fr om th e beaut ifu l big poplc1r in the center of the pc1sture ai1'.l cardina ls make gentle n:r;ht-coming-on murmui'ings in the alders by th e »trearn. IT'S E_ASY Lo reach the li ttl e berri es and there are pl en,y of them but Lhc big on es , th e long bl ue b! ack onrs that look as fat and tempting as li LLlc sausages , hang way bac: _in the bri ars. I al \';ays pause be fore reaching for one of them and th.:-n. fu lo·.\'ing t:1e cxdrnple of my nPig-hbnr Doc. T s[a;;,p on th e ground, rustle the bu 5hcs ,i ml sin g lu!-lily. " You can'l see snake, 11 ·hcn it's this thick ," says Doc, plunl:ing a ha ndful of berr ies info his bucket 1rith a tu nefu l sound. "I li ke to th ink the sna ·es can't see me eith er."

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•. IT'S THE PROPER attitude for a acdicated b!ack-berrver and it ma. ·es fur a mu.si'cal out in er. At one rnd ofJ th e pasture Doe heists a tu ne abou t fai thless lo\'Crs. At 111\' end I sing my fa, -oritc, "I Don 't Wa nt io Walk \','ithou You, Baby." ll1 E;antng juo:t th e opposite if c 11y snakes 2rc listen in g ai1d in be!l':ecn I hear a mtunL:ed c11rsf fro m somcbG,,r/y wiJ,) \•· as briar ~ ,afcbcd and r,rndo:n slap~ at mo;;qu itos a:id hor.-e mes. IT'S NOT Si·.:: Flaf;~ . n0r ycl go ing out lo dimir·r. Hui if. rc:~1ll ls i,, fi-·c r0:)h!er and a fr,·; ghssc.: , t Pie preltic.•t jc-lly you ever saw. �.- ~. · · • · . r (' i • , I THE VOICE-June 22~ 1969-P c 4(,"'1-1,:' ;.; , h ,a Q p 4_ 'I i ' . I ·--.. ) J ,I The Manpower Develop- · ment Training Center, 111 Ivy Street N. E. hold:'! Community day activitie:'! on

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1 From 12 noou .to 4:*J p.m. i The purpo:'!e i3 to offer the community in the City of Atlanta an opportunity to visit our center, and to view · the facilitias · ·and our trainee:'! at work. The Manpower Training <;:!,!Ete_~ !~ . _t!1e f~cili!Y p~of vided by the .Divi s ion of Voca_tional Technical and adult Education; Atlanta Public Schools to provide train·· ing to unemployed and underemployed youth:'! and adult: male and female, through individualized industrialization tra_ining, and guides them through a :'!eries of experiences which lead to prospective :'!Ucce:'!:'!ful employment of Vocational trainin~, - ' I .! Presently, vocational classe:'! are being held in the following areas: Weld- · i~1t ' ; ing, Automotive Mechanic, i'i.° ,·., I • ' Clerk Gen Office (2 cla:'!:'!e:'!) L 1~ Seamtre::i:'!, Cook, Hotel and Restaurant, Barbering and Upholstering. The Curriculum includes two hour5 of Ba:'!ic Educator, four hour:'! of shop or (Lab), 2 hour5 of related :rnbject (Note: r e lated could be replaced by per5onal lmpro:vement and Human Relation:'!). I. Refre:'!hment will be L,..,.,.,¥ ....,L

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Ce The West End Ne ighborhood Service Center of EOA Monday recruited rrnd placed 75 young people . between the ages of 14 and 21. in jobs for the - summer through the Neighborhood Youth Corps Summer Program. The voung people, who must be in school from high school,. will fill a er inds J bs ror 75 Y u variety of pooitioll.5 . Some . will do clerical. maintenance. and ·.recreation work .· Othe rs will serve as teacher aides and as aides in the Roy McGee Hea lth Center. Still others will be placed at the Girls· Club and at the West End Boys' Club. The youths . who began ·ar- riving at the Neighborhood Center at 8 a.m. Monday . have been placed in the 75 jobs a nd a re already at work . The jobs will last through the week of August 20. Mrs . Sarah Zimmermann. director of the West End Service Center 1 said. By 4 p.m. Monday nea rly• 100 students had applied for thejobs . "Allwehavetodois whisper a job might be availa ble . Mrs. Zimmermann said. "and the kids turn out enmasse. It makes you wonder why some people say "these people don't want to work." s Ossie Helton. Manpower Youth Advisor at the West End Center and Derral Fralish. coordinator for the sum-·; mer NYC program at the center. handled the placement of the students from lowpincome families ' ) /l· i . \\ E~T"EI\D STL DE I\TS \\ 'i\ lT AT CEI\TEB To .lie- lnlen·ic\\ l'd for I\YC Su mnu•r E111plo~·111y111 �. ~- - .JUfJE 28, 1969 __ ,,.---, \.. C I ti Cl

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. J ' 9 Rent-A-Kid is placing an ave rage of 50 youths a day in jobs as it enters its third week of oper ation. T he Economtc · -'Opportun it y ~ s po ns ored pr o Ject-place's disadvanta ged y,,uths betwe en 14 and 16 in pa rt-time summer jobs. This is an age group excluded by othe r e m ~ ployme nt progr ams . One ma n called and wanted a Rent-A-Kid to babys it with his four St. Bernard dogs . A lil d~·, upon be ing told the r e were·~no girls ava ilable tat da y for dust ing, and clea ning , . hired a 14 year old boy inste ad. La ter . she ca lled to rave a bo ut hi s work and ar :... ran ged to hir e him a gain. "Though t he fir s t two weeks of ope ra tion we r e im pressive , I can s ee a d i lemm a appr oach in g, " s tate s l{ent - A- Kid Admini s tra to r, Mr s . J oy Ruyle . " :'-.!any of the · c hild r e n ar e going to become disat is fied when the r e a r e no t enough jobs to fill t he alre ady increasin g ,(11;:u-'0 !lment. More t han 600 teenage rs are now r e gis tered wi th Rent-A- Kid . For babysitting, c ar-washing, lawnmo1ving .or ironing, the Ren t-A-Kid s are a \·a ilable fr offi 9 to 5 weekdays, 9 to l Sat ur days at ab,lUt $ 1.3_5 a n hour or . 75 an ho ar for babys itting. To Re nt-A-Kid ca ll 5775252. J ! �.1 ., F ive fam il ies living in the rura l are;_i between Roswell and Alpharetta have joined efforts in planting a community gar de n under the guida nce _of Lee.\ illi arns , -empl oyee of the North F ul ton Center of EtJ'..Dornir· 9.E9J!_rt l¥}itv.A.t _t~,l~ The famili es involved in the venture arc clients of William 's office and will use the food grown in the ga rden lo supplement the s urplus food s tuff they r eceive monthly. The families are composed of eigh t , seve n, five, six and /J "~-.-{ l ·.('(·c; TW t'--lEI GHtlOR fou r m embers. The children who are old enough and the parents who arc physica lly able tend t 1e tract. A banker from Alphare tta volunteered to pa y for tl!e fertil;zer and the see - Jor the garden. An au to dealer in R oswell pa id fo r the dr ive r ar.d t ractor for pl ow in° the ground. An Alpharett woman , owning some rura l land , don:ited the tract for the garden . Willi ams organized the famili es and is giving teclm ical assistance. · .I J �• I On July 8, from noon until 9:00 p.rn. at the .Nor.th__.Eul: to~l':!..eighho.rh_ood Sem_c_e Center of Economic Oppor- !Uflit_y_ ~~JJta,.ln~~ted at 25 Oa SL. Roswell a_'._'. He_al~h Happening" will be con1ucted for the benefit of all North Fulton area residents, regard1'.ess of inco me level. A Mob.1"12 Health Unit will be provided. Tests for tuber-· cmosis, diabetes , veneral diseases, and chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Diseases frespi tory troubles) will be gjv en free of charge. Baby sitting services will be provided for parents as they take the examinations. Transportation will be provided for those in outlying a re.as who have need ofsncb a service. J �\ JP\o·verty 1 \ yo:i efh§ 1receE'"Je ruiu§I o T 1 \ \ I -, "P. o _i;:C tl.Ot,€){1( § !/l,f,1 ·g Ei g hi g ift e d teenage nrn s ic i~n~ fro m 3cw-1 ncomc familiC's h,ll"e be en aw a rd e i;~l10l arship s to th e F.a sk rn Mu sic Fr st iw;,J at Guilf ord Colle ge n e ar Green s boro , N.C. , thi s summer in a com pe li l iun ,,pon~orcd by Economic O pporluni t,, A ~ -~ Th ey were selec te d afte r audition s tefnre a pnne l of profe ss iona l mus ici an s

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Dr. Benno Fr,mk . di rector. of '· C1'e .live Atl a nta," EO . 's summer· arts pro grnm . 'Iw ad d itiona l s chol ars hip s a re still rendi ng. Tn e fes tival progra m , which \1·ill nm from J u nc 20 lo Au g. 1, will i nclude r,ioff.s . iona l art i,ts an d · in,;lrurn ent,il mu~i c ,;tuclcnls from a ll ov er th e n c1 ti on . Etuclrn ts will be g i1·en pri1·at e i ns(rn ci) u1 i.ly t ,, e pro k~s ionaJ mus icians . r~rtici polion of po1·e rty youth s is c · r,r, ss ib! e throu g h an O EO g r,1 n( 1o fiq, Southca~tc rn c i l i C' . . Th e 1cl;0Jarships include tuit ion , Jivin g J1€ 1,sts, a clolhin g a ltow;i nce , tr;:inspor! a-· 1imi; and inc iclcnt a Js . · · S-M .l ·cx- ):ft,irin g° _(lie summel' th ~ stud ents \riil ~resent nu me r ous public pe rfor mances, ii;c:luding a p rni,;r:•m on N01'lh (';,ro lin a ·. u 1ur,,tion:1 J TV s!:iti on . Pl :ins a re als o i e11~g made for a Whit e H ouse pe r for~.r.f,n,ce _in t he f a ll. J �.( c:.i /~© Implementation of a summer feeding ·program . which will provide mini-meals to an estima ted 70,000 Atlanta • children before the summe r is over. bega n Monday. 1\1. Agnes J ones F:l crncntary School. located on Fair Street in southwes t Atlanta . is one of 12 Atlanta schools selec ted to serve as a food i repara tion and di stributi on point. The between-meal supplements which will be trucked \I I r1 twice c1 day to parks and p!ay- Atlan ts IS or.c Ol the lirSt pare the mini-meals a t the 12 lots. will consist of such i terns cities in the nation to take ,:chool cafetcri.a s . . as milk. sandwiches, fru its, ad vantage of the ne\v feeding breads and juice. A number of • procrram made available by West Encl supervised playlcts the US Department of Agriand recreation centers arc ·culture 's "Specia l Food Seramong the 100 to partici- vice Pro" ram for Children." pate in the program. Atlanta 's program is reported . Among those already bcin0 to be the largest in the nation. served in WC'st End arc 0:.1kAlthough USDA provides land City East. Howel l Park. most of the fun s and food for West End Park. and Commu- · this program. its actua l opernity of Hope. \1orc will be ation is the result of cooperaadded as the program gets tion and hard work by offi cials of the city , the Atlarita into full swing. Boa rd of Educa tion, lheAtlanta P:irks and Recreation Department and E conom ic .-9., port.uni ty_ A !c11i ta. -·~ sa1u Mi°keRay.--wl10- is with EOA-i!,!_!f]is coordina ting the --sm'itmer feeding program . Ray said that ·'a lthough !he program is ready to go, we are low on supplies of cardboard boxe and ~andwich bags. " He sa id he hopes local industries wiil contribute boxes and sandwich bags. Tha t way, a ll of the USDA fn n .,s could be spent on food fo r these needy children," he said. · The Campbell Foundation of Atlanta has a lready contributed $10.COO lo the summer project to help pay fo r _personnel needed to pre- .I �' I @~ ~ $ ~~ i» ~ fi~W©J l / Vi I ) I l ) . t 1 l I I ( ( at Guilford · College -near · Greensboro. N. C. this sum-. mer. He leaves Friday for Guilford, where he will · spe nd six weeks under the guidance of professional. · musicians, including band · directors, orche stra leaders and band and symphony members. Claude O'Donell, Marshall 's string instrument teacher at Collier Heights, · said Marshall was well advanced for his age. Marshall is also taking private r ) lessons from Reginald \\'hitworth, a student at Georgia_ State and an advanced stu-· deni: of Mr. Don Schumacher, first cellist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestr a. ,. ---·- .-.. -- Marshall does every-: thing instinctive!,' correct," said O'Donnell. "He learns very fast," Mar shall has been playing Marshall Hall On The Bass Marshall Hall, 12 yearold student at Collier Heights Elementary School, w.ould like to play in a professional orchestra someday. And thanks ':_o Economic . Qpgortunity Atla'!ta he JUSt might get the chance. Of course, anyone with the exceptional musical taI ent which Marshall has probably would not go through life without someone discove ring him. But EOA has made it possible for some..: one to work with his talents at an early age. Marshall has been selected as one of ten scholarship winners to attend the Eastern Music Festival for only two. years but can al ready claim a knowledge of more than one Instrument. He also plays the bass·. "I like to play the bass," said Marshall, but I will be taking a cello with me to the festival." Marshall practices everyday for an hour but this · summe r he will find himself practicing every day for six weeks. He ought to love that. . ) ( r · �',) . t THE ATL.3-~-=1'. ! CONSTITIJTION, Friday, Jun~ 2_1, _1_269 Celestine Si°bley Sh.a ron Finds a Friend The near-misses in life are probably the m ost terrifying thing about it. If you hadn't been at a particular place at a p articular time what might have happened .to rm? If a certain person hadn't seen you and spoken to you at a sp ;re ::r,::vJ. l, \'\;here would you be now? I've had the happenstance a spects " i1c ii ·rlty ·mind a great deal the last few days because of a report which a young writer ·named Edward Downs Jr. made on the case of a· little Negro girl named Sharon. Sharon -is almost 13 years old and she lives " . . . Everybody took it for in that area west of the Atlanta stadium called Mechanicsville. Life isn't easy for most people granted that S h a ron was in ental-4t Mechanicsville and it doesn't seem possible ly retarded. Her efforts at talk that it could be r emotely co:mfor.table for were gibberish. She clearly did Sharon and her family. There are about 20 of not understand what was said to them - 16 children at last count - living in a three and a half room house. Her father, unedher ... Then Sharon found a ucated and untrained for any kind of work, . l" . f n.enc . had a poor-paying job until ,r ecently but it fizzled ouf and according to the last report he that at some point in the little girl's life before was on the street looking aga in. she reached her 13th birthday but you don't None of this looks pa rticularly jolly for a litkn ow how confusing and bewildf? ring life can tle girl ·but on top of tha t everybody took it for get for 20 people i n furee and a half room s. granted tha t Sharon was m entally r etarded. When the scramble fur food is fren zied and Her efforts at talk were gibberish. She clearly there's not enough of anything to go around didn't understand what was said to her. The you might stop paying attention to other trouregular escape from an overcrowded and imbles. poverished home, public school was closed · to her. Sharon has a: lot of-c atch~ng up to do and it Then Sharon found a friend. isn't going to be easy iior a time. But things Mrs. Bernice Miller, mother of three and a re looking up. She is getting special a.ttention former school traffic policewoman, visited at the Milton Avenue $.chool, where they conSharon's hom e as a pa rt of her job as an E co- centrate on work with metarded children. She ~ QlJpprl11Dity snvice aide. has speech lessons , am@11g othe rs, and can now "The little girl's face a ttracted her . She could m ake herself unde rstood! !better. see something was wrong and, wittLJ.he..se.em.-. i,!:!gi boundless optimism of EOA__wqrkers, s he " Sharon still lives alt the crowded Mecha n"1na e up her mind to- gersnaron some exper t ics ville address ," Mr. fill.o wns wrote in his rebelp. por t. " But now nearly :ve ry day she is at the Sum-Mee (Summerville..fflecha nicsville) Center The fi rst thing was a psychological test and the n she took Sha ron to the Butler Health Cenparticipa ting in dancing, d rawing and eleme nter for a physical examination a nd then, Io and ta ry wri ting. Now, too, the gentle black face behpld, they found the trouble. tha t was once ignored bm.eaks into a jolly smile . ShaFOn was not m entally re tarded but prac- when observed." __ ·t ically stone deaf. - - - - - -- - _Ma kes it -s-ca rywlferF y ou tnink tha t if EcoIt seems inconceivable that pa rents or nom ic Opportu nity didn'l ~exfs t, if Mrs. Miller friends wouldn't ha ve caught a handicap like hadn't been there . .. doa m't it? a ! �/ / - ,, (":. . './-.~~-~ ~:

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1~~- / . / 1/. ..~~t."?'-,:+· ~ ~ ,,.,....... "'7........ ·, J · ,' / -~. , - .,/ EOA . ~ rtthy, Pourham Hold / '; , _; . ··\~\ f\ ·' . By BILL SHIPP I -, ;.A1l!]~ Sta ff P hoto-Charles J ackson 'RAZOR'S EDGE' Jim Parham I EOA Wo:rthwhile, Say§ Reii:ring Head Continued from Page 1-A grams ranging from a small 1 ($10,000) special food distrib~tion program to a large ($4 million) training and employment set-up. Twenty-five to 30 parent-child care centers were funded and Atlanta became to the first city in the nation to open such a center. EOA attracted 602 non-paid middle-class volunteer workers to help in the battle against being poor. And EOA initiated YEAR AT START its "Find Out" tours of Atlanta's "It took me about a year to poverty pockets. Some 4,000 pe rstart getting the signals and sons have taken the tours, that learn what to do" when conflict- were begun in January, Parham ing policy guides were iss~ed, said. He views the tours and the Parham said. So Parham Just volunteer program as among did what he thought was best in EOA's more successful venadministrating about 20 pro- tures. EOA also embarked on ambitious training programs, but ran into a-common bureaucratic ailment, according to Parham. Vietnam. EOA took a $400,000 slash in 1968. And there was always the problem of finding enough skilled manpower to do the jobs required in the massive training, counseling and servicing programs. Despite all this, EOA has racked up some successes and has been considered among the more progressive anti-poverty agencies in the country. PRES.SURES There was always pressure from above, from Congress and elsewhere to make a good record; therefore, there was always pressure to train those ' who would best fit into a work situation- and not the high risk hard-core impoverished persons . who might make the programs look bad on paper. Despite some of his criticisms, Parham said he believed that EOA has filled a community need and has fared better under the Nixon administration than he had expected. Parham, who will join the staff of the University of Georgia Law and Government Institutes, also said he saw ' no real threat to the anti-poverty programs in the admini~tration's removal of certam proJects from OEO. "EOA - or OEO - should be an incubator for ideas. I know of no reason that any given program should remain with OEO after its inception," Parham said. ? / Before he was to step down Wednesday as executive administrator of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Thomas M. (Jirri) Parham looked back at his 22 months as a local general in the War on Poverty. "It was like trying to build a and be efficient, and we were sailing ship and sail it around told to use idigencus unskilled the world \','.bile you were build- personnel whenever possible. ing it," he said. Or, " It was like We were told to pla n scientifisliding down the razor's edge of cally an.d deliberately, but move life." in fast and take quick decisive The program was hindered by action; we were told to advocate ambiguity in its m issions, at strongly for the poor but don't , times hamstrung · by erratic become politically partisan," funding and sometimes almost Parham said. crippled by a lack of necessary A big headache was tryi ng t.o skills, Parham said. put together a program and imBut a ll things considered, Par- plementing it a t the same ti me. ham said he believes the pro- "It was like to trying to build a gr am has been wor th the trou- sailing ship and sail it around 1 bles-and the money. EOA is the world while you were build· currently operating on a $12 mil- ing it," he said. lion annual budget with a staff While juggling and trying to of 500 persons. Parham got a reconcile all the contradictions. salary of $20,000 a year . Parham emphasized he didn't there was always something want to appear to be .,leaving else to contend with. "You had EOA with a blast of criticism. to be liber al enough to be ac"Atlanta will never be the same cepted in the poor communities. yet conservat ive enough so tha: because of EOA," he says. But there were some tall prob- you could. work with the Establems to try to solve-problems lishment," Parham said. "It that for the most part will be in- was like sliding down the razor's herited by his successor , Wil- edge of life." liam W. Allison, who was Par- · One would think this might be ham 's deputy, administr ator. more than enough to stymie a ny P arham talked about some of program-especially o n e so those prcblems: complex and all-encompassin~ Policy dispensed by Office of as the anti-poverty program. Economic Opportunity headBut these werer,'t the onk quarters was often vague, controubles. Congress slashed th·e tradictory and sometimes non- budget for helping the poor ir. existent. It took OE O until the the United States so that the fall of 1968 to set down on paper country could finance the war in just what its mission was, al. though OEO came into being Continued on Page 8-A, Col. ;; more than three years earlier, Parham said. ....:. 'We ·. ·ere told on the one hand to cooperate with existing governmental agencies, a nd, on the other, to work to change those agencies," Parham said. "We found it was a little difficult to develop coopera tion with somebody when you're trying to put the needle to him at the same time. .. - "We were told to spend wisely ! �,~ .I. \ .. , ,, . . --~ ~ - -- . C y 0 By JuNlE BROWN Atlant a J ourna l :Educatiun 'Editor An Economic Opportunity AtI a n l a (EOA) subcommittee m eeting. which began as a forum for discussion of educational complaints, ended as a political r ally. Despit e EOA's regulation about po°i tic.ai n(: utralityy two persons announced at the meeting that they are candidates for the Atlanta Board of Education and a third person adviszd those present to " begin political iaction t.o unseat certain boa rd members." Tlie occasion was a meeting of the education subcommittee of EOA's Citizens' Centra l Advison • Comm ittee Monday night at' West Hunter Street Baptist Church. building a n~! cons:.ruction, to be enough in the planning of r.e.placecl when he refused to schoo's. Dr. Womack respondag ree with the parents in the ed : "You won't like me for sayaudience that enla rging Price ing this, but the difficulty · Higl~ s ~hcol w~u!d b~ detrimen- with bringing people into plan- I tal to the Negro neighborhood it : ning is that they waii t veto · he's doing patchwork planning. served. . · power." • They are just thinking about "Somebody ought to be rec"I think the community has I Septemb-er, they're not planning om mending for. this man's job ; the right to have veto power" i for the future of the commuIiie's riot responsive to the needs J ackson said. "And he ought to ! nity. " of th~ :.:Jmm~nit,~- a:nd ought _not i k_now that l~;· ·h as to ans\,:er to ! Jackson said: "Every day you to be m that Job. Jackson s~L?- : tne people, J ackson said of · can hear ambulances coming In answe: to a comp amt : Womack. down Bankhead Highv;ay to fram comrruttee mambcrs that I pick up a child who's been hit fu _._e_ eo143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST)1.ity is not involved "IT'S QUITE obvious that by a car walking to school." He I I I blamed the repe.ated accident:; on "poor planning" by \Vomack's office. Mrs. Maggie 1ioo<iy chairman of the EOA subcommittee on eci:ucation, will t.ake the r eport anci the 13 recommendations before the full board of education °:lfonday night at the r egular m onhtly briefing session. - - -- -- THE SUBCO:\fMITI'EE meeting ostensibly was called to dis! cuss a contro,·ersial report and set of recommendations for improvements of the school system which the grou,p had. cma,V11 up during the four years of its exis_tence. I Dr. J ohn Letson, super,inte.nd- : ent of Atlanta schools, r a ised 1 the ire of subcommittee members by rejecting an uivitation to_ appear at I.he meeting and disc_uss t he report. Instead, three members of Letson's staff fielded questions from .those present. Early in the fou r-hour meeting, Mrs. June Cofer announced she Will run for the board of ed. ucation from · the 1~1: Ward against incumbent Ed Cook, a nd Dennis Jackson said he wiI' !:,e I a candidate for the 2nd Ward I seat held by Mrs. Anne Wood- 1 wa~. I The Rev. l\fance J aeks-On. director of the Urban Mission Project in the " Lightning" area of Atlanta sponsored by the Interdenominational Theological Center, :told subcommittee . members they are "really too · patient with this bureaucratic 1 iI'ed tape." "THE BOARD of education bas no respect for us as a community," Jackson said. '"We play. white people's games 1 year-m and year-0ut, and we 1 get the runaround." "I would hope we would eventually get Jf;o the point where we would not write letters and beg if.hem to come. I recommend that the subcommittee entertain political action to unsea,t those who won't come to see yon," Jackson said. · "You sit in a most powerful position. You are not aware of ithe power you have. This subcommittee has the power to change the complexion of this whole city," Jackson said. "You beat 'em to death ()O rapid transit, and you c.an do H again," J ack~ n aid. JACKSON AL<-0 called for Dr flan ·in \ ·om·,. a ·(j ·t· 1l (;j,.. . , . , , , , ••• ./ ( j

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./ �I .• I City ces By ALEX COFFIN The Atlanta Board of AMerm en Monday established qualifying dates a·nd fees for the city elections in October. . The boar d adopted the proposals of the aldermanic Finance Comm ittee and City Clerk Jimmy Little. The City Ex:ecutive Committee last week endorced the proposals. The qualifying time for the candidate will be 8: 15 a. rn. to 5 p.m. Aug_. 25-26 The fees a re equivalent to two moqths' sa!ary. They are mayor, ~5,000; vice mayor, $1.400; a lderman, $1,200, and school board member, $600. At"Efie end of Mooday's a lder- t ·<Lalifying Se m anic session, Alderman E vereL Millican a candidate for m ayor, spoke critically about remarks made over the weekend by Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. and forme r Police Patrolman James Mc 'inney, now a ca ndidate for the board from the Third Ward. Referring to Allen's comments about Mi!l ican·s age on a t elevision program Sunday nigh t. l,le (Millican) said, " I'm .71 years old. I want you to kn?w that. Yesterday, someone said how old I'd be when I got out. That's the first time I've heard it in reverse. I_'ve only got one foot in the grave." Allen had noted in summing up the qualifications of the candidates that Millican would be m ore than 75 at the end of \ his first term if elected. Millie-an · dicin'! name the mayor, but left no doubt as to whom he was re1ferd ng. 1CHALLENGES j / mayor and aldermen 30 days before signing any ·public hous· ing contracts. 6. Delayed action ·on a proposal under the Model Cities program to exp;rnd the ~ nomir. Ortlun.Uv . ma se rvice center nclgnhurif'oo program• into Grant Park anci Adair Park. Alderman Gregory Griggs and ~Alderman Robert Dennis made the request. · Then Millican sharply criticized McKinney for the former policeman's remarks on a r adio 11 program Saturday. Millican said McKinney "lambasted a n d abused" the m ayor, the aldermen and the .Police department as "crooks." MiUican said that if McKinney k new of any wrongdoing, he should go to the grand jury "and I'll help him . . . If not, he ought to keep his mouLh shut." MU!ican then said he understood that Mrs. Eli_za Pascha ll, who was ousted as director of the Community Relations Commission more than a year ago. was one of McKinney's "main campaign managers.' ' OTHER BUSINESS During the regular order of businP..ss, the aldermen approved for new terms Grady Ridgeway as airport manager, Jack Delius as parks general manager, Roy Elrod as auditorium manager and Howard Monroe as City Hall superintendent. The board also: 1. Heard that Allen had re-appointed Edwin Sterne to the Atlant.a H o u s i n g Authority (AHA. 2. Receive a draft of an updated ,building code, which will be explained at a public hearing July 15. • 3. Approved zoning changes to allow additional parking at the Sheffield Building at Peachtree and Collier Road. . 4. Approved the planning for the relocation of Carroll .P..oad, which had been made four lanes a short time ago, because ,of expansion of the Fulton Coun- I t-y Airport.

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- .. • Monday, J uty 14, 1969 ~e.2\flnnf.'tS!ournat i 5-A r . ,o-fer La h e f r c ool o rd Mrs. .June Cofer, chairman of the Model Cities education subcommittee, has announced she is a candidate fur the First Ward seat on the Atlanta Board af E ducation. Mrs. Cofer launched her campai;gn Saturday at a barbecue given in the front yard of her home at 443 Oakland Ave. SE. · What she described as a ..grass roots" affair attracted several dozen supporters, both Negro and white, from the several neighborhoods composing Atlanta's 1\1odel Cities Area. Mrs. Cofer, who is white, will b ve Robert Waymer, a Negro and a funner official of ;11:conomic~pportunity !UJanta, Inc., the antip,nerty agency, a$ her campaign m anager_ seat now occ':1pied by Ed S. Cook Sr. She is not "running against" Cook, she said, but is running for the school board post because "I feel it truly necessary that we have some representation of ordinary citizens on the school board." What I have been saying," she said, "is that my friends asked me to run, my enemies dared me to r un, and the condition of the school system today forced me to run." Mrs. Cofer also is chairman of another Model Cities committee, , that advising on deveiopment of the headquarters comple~ b.eing developed at the intersection of Washington Street and Georgia SHE SEEKS the school board Avenue . ... �10-A ~1\Ilnnfa~ru,ml Tuesday, July 8, 1969 WEEKLY SESSIONS SET ·.• I By JUNIE BROWN . .tiu::it~ Jou= Educalloa EdU.Or . Put the Atlanta Board of Edu- ·cation and an education subcommittee of Economic Opportunity Atlanta (EOA) together and what would you get? Sweetness and light. ~embers of the subcommittee left tl:i'! Monday night meeting which they expected to be a. fracas still a little unsure of what had actually happened. Not only did they get a sympathetic hearing, but at the recommendation of Atlanta Supt. of Schools Dr. John LetWll, the subcommittee will hold weekly meetings with the board "as long as is necessary" to discuss and iron out their complaints. "DO YOU REALIZE what this means?" Mrs. Marilyn Graybill asked following the meeting. "It means we ... .:e actually going to get in on school" decisions at the policy level." · "This is the best boar<t meet:Jng I've ever attended," said ~bert Tuve, chairman of another citizens ,group, Better Schools Atlanta. "I'd say this was a very positive response." "I'd say we made a start," ~d Mes. Maggie Moody chairman of the subcommittee of the tc)A Cmzens Advisory Council. . The meeting began on a sour llOte when board chairman Bill WJinwright grilled Mrs. Moody about differences between her eorrespondences praising the l,oard for working with the sub- I mm.mf.ttee and published re- , ports that the su.bcommi~e hqd : eriticize.d the board for {ailure · ID communicate and cooperate. i However, the tone of the ~eting began to change after one of. the subcommittee members came to Mrs .Moody's defense. ·'You're awful stiff," Mrs. ,Usie LaBord told Wainwright. YOUTe like you'v-e got Mrs. Moody ill . trial. We're here to ia.lk about our children's problems, not to jerk up Mrs. Moody. We don't want anymore of that kind of talk.," she said. AFTER A BRIEf exchange between Wainwright and another mbcommittee member, t,frs. DoroUiy Bolden, ovex whether 1he board should re- spond t.o the coxpplaints of the ..-oup in writing or, <JS Wainwright said, by having Dr. Le~ son "throw the answer~ out on · e table." Dr. Letson took over th~ rpeeling. --,. High School and .request that the board · ouil(j a new high school on Field Road to serve the expanding notithwest Atlanta population. . Mrs. Hill maintainoo Archer ls housing 1,700 students but has a capacity for only .1,2()0. Dr. Letson told the parents the school board included additions for. Archer, Harper and West Fulton High Schools in this bond issue to take care of popuiation growth in that area. "Mr. Wainwright may I suggest that we take each one of . these broqd areas the subcommittee is questioning us about .md set up a specific meeting to discuss it with them in depth," .l)r. Letson said. · "Let me illustrate," Letson went on. The Atl-anta school lunch program is the largest food service operation in Atl~nta. If you want . a thorough un<lerstan<ilng of our school lunch program it's · abosolutely essential that you spend the tJme to learn about it. "We'll set up these meeti,ngs, one on eqch topic or more if necessa.ry, and have all the staff people, area superintendents ~ d principals here to answer Yout questions. Then you help us evaluate the program cUld if there's a t>etter way to do it, we'll be glad to take your recommendations. THE FIRST rneetlpg, ~ t for 7 p.m. Wednesday, will deal with the operation of the school lunch program and the board's new policy on free and partial pay iunches. Mrs. Odessa Hill, Mrs. Mary &lnford and Mrs. Olivia Pullen representing the Perry Homes area, appeare<l before the board earlier in the evening to discus~ overcrowding in Archer can �r Health f ir In Vin Ci "A stitch in time saves nine" is the word around the Vine City Foundation Medical Clinic wher a Health Fair will be held Julyl5from . 12 noon to 9 p.m. The clinic is located at 558 Magnolia ) Street, N.W. The clinic is being sponsored by Mrs. Griffin of EOA and Mrs. Helen Howard of the Vine City Foundation and both advise, "Don't check out; get , -·- a check up, Please do your thing. " Free r efreshments to everyone. For information , call 5238112. ! �ATLANTA DAILY WORLD* SUNDAY JULY 13, 1969 • r i I For 85 children at the ents were able to share the Bowen Homes Day Care Cent- experience. From the time er, I of IO Full-Year Head the group boarded 2 Atlanta Start Centers funded by EcTransit Chartered buses until onomic - Opportunity Atlanta, the return trip to the Center, Inc. and a component of The these children and their parGate CltyDayNursery Asents experienced one of the sociation--A DREAM came happiest days of their lives. true on July l. For many Thanks to all who respondweeks these children had ed to the Appeal. People do dreamed of a trip to SIX care about those they do not FLAGS OVER GEORGL<\. know. The Community really Thanks to hundreds of woncame through and Head Start derful people thrnughout the will label it - "L,-Kind c;onState of Georgia who se nt S tributions" - but the parents & H Green Stamps, checks and and children call it FUN, EX dollar bills and other good CfTEMENT, HAPPINESS ano wishes. say THANKS A MILLION to These children, who migftt. the hundreds of peop~e who not have had this opportunity are responsible for this at any time in the immediate "ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP future, had a real "HOLIto SIX FLAGS O.YER GEORDAY," and 6I'le of- the tie st GIA." parts about it all-the ir par- ! �. - ··- -~--::.::__ .• THE ATLA~T A UHlUIRE JULY 12, 1969 EO s righ er To 15 e r Od ha on In 1968, Mrs. Miller reFor nearly I3- jears, Shalies, earns less than $2000 entered Sharon's life and . ron Dennis·• paremts, broa ye2.r. · ·. discovered that she still had· _, tbers, sist'e_r s a:mi friends _ When Mrs. Miller i it d 1 thought she was r etarded - ·· -: h ·. . v s e ~:··:.-no·t ··been ·enrolled in anf · ,: . .,.. She did not a ttend school: t e home, she not only disschool. Immediately, stie She could not taJA:. And she covered Sharon but she contacted the Bryant School could not understla:Ild what learned that her mother had for a psychological test. was said. to her. anearnestdesire to enroll the the Butler Health Center child in some school. She did he goes for a physical examination .Tod ay however: s, h h not owever, know the proper to Scho ol • and ~;and Milton A venue School for 1:-'-""YS at t e . Sw,i-Mec E OA ~rer becaprocedure. The aide recompossible acceptance. All use of the work aft,.>lrs. Bermended her mor.h.er send went favorably. I nice Miller, an EOA NeighSharon to a nearby EOA CenThe sc;hool put Sharon in an borhood Service .A ide. She ter until plans could be comage-grouping since there is found tha.t Sha.rem was not pler.ed. The mother agreed. no grading system and immentally retardedbutalmost But Mrs • Miller's work mediately Sharon became indeaf. with EOA required that she volved in physical skills, The IS-yea:r-<nld black temporarily leave Sharon grooming and oral expresyoungster from the Meehanand Mrs. Harritt Darnell, a sion. Hopefully she will ulfcsville area of A tlanta livHom e Service Technician at timately write understanded with almost. ~ O family the Summerhill-Mechanicsably. Her progress since . members in a painfully croville Center, kept in touch 1968 has been commendable. · wded 31/2 roam house on with 'the child byfrequentviGeorgia A venue.. sits to her home and by giSharon still lives at the Her family, like countless ving helpful suggestions to · crowded Georgia A venue adimpoverished. I:rlat::k famiher mother. ~ �/ EIG S~DE Atlanta's Newspaper· Of _Distinction CIRCULATION 422-5370 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDA\_!ULY 3, 19.~.?._ 0 s y 0 An international bus filled with 40 Amerity cen~er and an urban renewal area. The tour can Field Service students Crom 25 countries will begin at 2 p.m. at the EOA center, 486 Decawill arrive at Peachtree Presbyterian Church . tur St. Shopp mg Center. ·Go. ,.' ==today, J1ily 3, at 1 p.m. Its passengers have spent a ·year as members of families and as stuBus Number 48 is one or 74 touring buses dents of local high schools In communities enroute to Washington D,C., where over 3,040 across the United States. AFS students will have a final meeting before Activities planned for the teenage visitors Include old-fashioned Fourth of July picnics. the . returning to their own countries . The end-ofyear bus trip exposes the students to more of the annual parade, and sightseeing. . United States than they would otherwise see On Saturday, because they wish to learn · from their home communities. Over 25,000 about our urban and social problems, they will .fami lies in over 650 communities host bus trip be taken on ~ tour of a pov~rty ar~a~-~-143.215.248.55:~nk students. Handling all the arrangernent.!i for the! l

·· -------- .I,I LJ , .\' . bus stop in Atlanta is Mrs. Harry L. Holloman of Sandy Springs. The American Field Service conducts International Scholarship Programs for students 16 t· 18 years of age from many nations. A nonprofit organization with no religious or political ·, aftlliatlons, It seeks to foster understanding of the . differences and similarities which exist among peoples of the world. To accomplish this ai m there are two American Field Servic~ Programs : One, Students to ' the U.S. , in 1968-69 has brought more than . 3000 students from 61 countries to live, study and join in community life in the United States. The other, Americans Abroad, in the current year has sent over 1~00 students to 48 countries overseas for an equivalent experience. In the past 21 years, over 47,000 students from 75 countries have participated in the AFS · ·programs. AFS has 40 overseas offices and 3000 volunteer Chapters throughout the U.S. 'l ( ' J., "(_ tJ;l �I' ( J.jRBi\N CORPS WORKER ther tude t Help c~ --""" e e t!-' .,. -..-.. . By DAVID MASSEY --.-c-.-·,.·· Gary Wood ,is a college student spending his s.ummer months working for Urban Corps, a citywide program designed to involve young people in .the social and political life of the citv. Gary, · 23, works with the · , - - · project receiving job ~ order-s from potential employers of the 2,000 youngsters in the program. Like most college students who devote their vacation lime to helping other people, Wood finds his work "very fulfilling and rewarding." But unlike most students, Gary cannot see the people he helps-he is totally blind. While a senior at R ussell High School in East Point, where he lives, Gary underwent seven operations to remove three tumors behind his eyes. Caused by a ,r are eye disease, the tumors were successfully destroyed. However, the healing of the scar tissue caused the r etinas to become detached and covered, resulting in total blindness. Wood says he went through "a traumatic expe:-ience" following his blindness. He found it "a ti.me of evaluation and appraisal" when he had his firs t deeply religious encou nter. "My experience with Christ Staff Photo-Mario n Crow e was the "time wher-i I began to GARY WOOD FINDS JOB 'FULFILLING, REWARDING' reach for greater heights," he Blind College Student Works for Urban Corps said in a soft voice. After graduation from hi_gh I of the freshman class and was ployed at . the South Fulton school , Wood at_ten~ed special I elected to Who's Who in Ameri- Neighborhood Service Center. schools for the blind rn Alabama can Junior College. In addition GARY HAS A " sense of wantand in Atlanta where he learned I to· other activities he was a how to read Braille. member of P hi Theta Kappa, a n ing to be complet_e and effective in what I do." Despite his blindHe then attended Truett Mc- honorary scholastic society. ness he wants to be an indeConnell Junior College in Cleveland, Ga. He received an ft,.sso- . G_ary met his wife Carrol in pendent person. ciate in Arts degree last wmter Junior college. They were J"!3ar"Bein" blind maT<es me want quarter. ried after . 16_ mo~ths. _·,.Mrs. to be r:ore independent and to While there, he was president Wood, who 1s not b!Ind, 1s em- be a positive influence," he ~ ~ ~=-,. said. . . "My goal is to know myself · and the only way to know myself is to . know others, to identify with them and try to relate . to them ," he commented. ' Mr. and Mr . Wood will both I attend Mercer University in the , fall where she will work toward a degree in social studies . .' He plans to major in psychology and hopes to go on to graduate school. He likes counseling and guidance work and looks forward to the day when he will have his own private practice · as a · psychologist.· I I �'IT CAN BE DONE' Racial Gai In· Atlanta \ · ,, § -~- "Now there is an atmosphere of freedom. You fe.el more

··like an individual . . . a man." This statement by Dr .. Benja• min Mays, president emeritus of. Morehouse College, reflects

Atlanta's progress in achieving racial · equality-the subject of '. a penetrating ABC :\ews documentary, " It Can Be Done." The 'special hour program in the network's Time for Americans series t will be broadcast on Thursday, July 3, at 10 p.m., in coil•r on .- ·WQXI-TV, Channel 11. Filmed entirely in Atlanta Allen in his discussion ·of a · during a ten week period this black mayor in Atlanta. ~ past spring, "It Can Be Done" is a candid examination of the But, " It Can Be Done" con-I city's gradually changing atti- firms that there is still much to tudes - the change in image be achieved. Cameras show the from one of the Confederacy to conditions existing in Vine City that of the liberal new South. as Rep. Julian Bond assesses Paul Jones is on vacation the problems of the members of his constituency. Bond takes his ' ABC cameras c o n t r a s t a own man on the street poll ask_ sparsely attended Ku Klux Klan ing people what they think of At,- parade in downtown Atlanta lanta. One citizen stated, "I , with the futuristic skyline of the think it"s one of the greatest cit- ; - city. ies on earth." BLACK AND WHITE , ., ABC news correspondent Mal Black leaders, in a round ··, Goode interviews A t I a n t a 's table discussion, provide a problack and white business, civic, vocative look at America's . and religious leaders on their white society and the problems ' efforts to break down social inherent in racial equality. Par. and economic barriers. Heard ticipating are the Rev. Samuel ! :are Mayor I v an Allen Jr.; Williams, professor of philosoState Rep. Julian Bond; Opie phy at Iorehouse College; Dr. Shelton, executive vice presi- Otis T. Smith, ·president of the dent of the Atlanta Chamber of Summit Leadership Conference; .:Commerce ; Richard Rich, pres- State Sen. Leroy Johnson, and ~ident of Rich's; A. H. Sterne, Lyndon Wade, executive direc;'president of the Trust Company to,r of the Atlanta Urban ~of Georgia ; Lonnie C. King, League. J head of the Atlanta chapter of , the NAACP; Bob Waymer, forNarrator Mal Goode, t~e mer director of Sum-Mee, an grandson of slaves, traces the - EOA ce,gt_~r,,; Herbert J enkins, Atlanta he has visited for the r1.rrnfuath1ef of Police; and the past 30 years, and attributes the -:c. .~Rev.. William Holmes Borders, city's evolution to former Mayor -:pastor of the Wheat Street Bap- William Hartsfield, journalist

mst Church.

Ralph McGill, and Mayor Allen. ~ The differences which have 1 '.'.',fepeatedly distinguished Atlanta Lastly, Martin Luther King !"are appraised as well as the fu- Jr. is seen at a banquet honor• t u•re direction of the city. Chief ing his receiving of the Nobel ~Jenkins explai ns the workings I Prize, at which time he quoted of the Crime Pr~venti~n Bu- the words of an elderly Negro a-eau, a program m which all

Atlanta policemen train as preacher . . . "Lord, we ain't

+'community service officers" in what we ought to be. We ain't

. the black community. Opie Shel- what we want to be. We ain't \ ton dliscusses the total commit- what we gonna be. But, thank ~ment of the Atlanta business God, we ain't what we was." .community, and ABC points out ABC's material was partly the strong personal involvement based on WQXI-TV's award-winof Mayor Allen and the special ning summer series, "Atlanta pride that characterizes At- Responds," produced by assignlanta. ments editor Van Redmond. · - Particularly frank statements · are made by Calvin Craig, for- "It Can Be Done" was written •_µier United Klan Grand Dragon and produced for ABC New by · of the United 1.::lans of America, Arthur Holch. Photographer ~ho explains why he turned in was Chuck Pharris. Executive tis robes to work for the Model producer for Time for AmeriCities Program, and Mayor cans !s Stei:hen Fleischman . . '

'-......___ �. critical of the board's ability to communicate adequately with residents of economica!lly deprived neighborhoods. commumca uou a:; ui vc ,.uui,J to silence their critics, was p r e. pared by a citizens committee ~~mmumty s~hools, an ;frly being used this summer to staffed by EOA officials. I Joint venture, 1s one of the few prepare 44,000 snacks served to projects carried on by local SEEK_ UNDERSTA.l\"'DING .. · agencies after OEO (the federal economically deprived children tbe Special Summer Feeding . «n 1s EO!\'s role_iD staff c_iti- government's Office of Econom- in · 1 zens commrtt.e.. <>S without telling ic Opportw1ity) fundincr was re- Program. them what to think but to move moved." b There has been "good interthem toward more complete agency cooperation en a school· understand ing and consider aPar ham pointed out that the absente:eism project in the . tion of alternatives of action city school system has partici- Northwest P erry area," Par- _ open to them," Parham said. pated in the establishment of the ham said. He said tlhe school system has Details of t he report, com- Parent-Child Center a nd th e At, piled by the education subcom- lant'a Concentrated Employment always operated the Summer mittee of EOA's C"rtizens Cen- Program Training Cente r . Head Start program on a large · tral Advisory Cmmcil, wer_e He said the schools have con- scale and has made facilities published in the J ane 18 ~ 1- t.ributed to the summer r ecrea- available for VISTA tu torial . tions of The Atlanta Constitu- tion program and the Atlanta projects. tion.

Adolescent Program.

· "Only recently, space in the Wilen he released the report · Parham said 12 schools are old Pryor Street School was Tuesday, J"'ohn .'ff Calhoun, , who is a paid . official of E~A, made available to house the commented. that be has tried unsuccessfully for almost three Southside Child Development months to obtain permission to Center," P arham stated. present the subcommittee's rec- , He said it was his intention to olillJlendations to the s chool " r emove any implication from board. the J une 18 article that EOACalhoun, EOA's coordinator city school relationships were fotr community development, , negative." said residents of Mechanicsville Parham added that he was have- been waiting three years not " in any sense r epudiating . f.or a response to the Mechanicsthe honest work and feelings of ville ·Improvement Committee's our citizens commi ttee." J proposal for de.alirW with absenHe commented that "only as teeism in their schools. the community is aware of their Parham aid recommenda(the citizens of Atlanta) thoughts ti.an.s in the report were dis· and feelings can it make the cussed in May when subcomnut=' appropriate responses and actee members met with two commodations when necessary. members of the school board ' and "three top school administrators." ·The EOA executi.ve adminis- trator said the wu~ of the sub- I committee is supposed to "expand communication from rep- · ·resentatives of poor neighborhoods to sdlool officials and to increase mutual understanding." RESIGNED Parham, who resigned his post .with EOA Iast week, said the Atlanta chool syst6Il works •-v.ery positively and cooperatively with EOA 111 m a n y . areas." He said the development of �. - ··--=- . .' - ·----=-.: ·~~ - - -- · --·--· .. . ' J-/ --·- ... f / 0 B s f mg, stuffi ng envelopes, most any kind of temp~rary,part time work. _"The _girls particularly like serving as party By PLU TRIBBLE Editor "Ren~-A-~)d is going beautifully. Beyond all ~ctat10ns, . Southsider Mrs. ~oy Ruyle; ad11strator of the program, said in a recent inriew. Began last summer to help West End , earn more money for essentials and for k-to-school necessities. the program has wn to encompass 11 locations with an enrollnt of 800 teenagers, ages 14-16. The idea for renting kids for iobs originated Joy Ruyle's creative mind. But, she doubted · could make it become a reali,ty. With the

ouragement and help of Father Edward Dil, then with St. Anthony's Catholic Church in

st End. _R~nt-A-Kid not only became a reality a thriving one which helped 400 y oung 1ple last summer. . Now. the rro$ram is a pilot project in m etro anta, and if 1t works here this summeir the ,gram will be instituted in all major d ti~ of U?ited S~tes. From the rnccess the pro1m 1s meeting at its one-third mark. Re nt-Al should become a national program next 1r. . "We ~re cat~logiilg job titles and descrip!~ of Job~ which are available and acc eptaJoy said. These will be used to set ap pro,m~ elsewhere. Acceptable jobs_. Mrs. R uyle >lamed. are those which conform to federal l state child la bor laws. .some of ~h~ jobs handled by the teenagers . baby s1~t1?g, _1romng. cleaning. hElping ,ther~. ass(stmg m packing for movers and Jacking, window washing, yard work., paint: under supervision. loading, unloading,. s tack- Rent- . . · . ! .1· W ter Spr e Cy~thia R ~ des emerges l_ ea water he wa?ing pool the Colle,..e Park ec reat10n Center. Cvnthia w ho will b . fo ur in Augus t, is th ·dauah : ter of Mr. · and Mrs. Charles Rhode/ of CoUe~e Park. (Photo by Bill Grimes) sp:tte .from as~istants." Mrs. Ruyle said. "They help 1n s rvmg and cleaning up at parties." Prese nu ·. the girls also provide baby ·sitting services ; . Atranta motels and hotels. Som~ of the job requests are a little un u_;J .:;,_ the adminsitrator said. One caller asked fer .:. bab~ sit_ter-for four St. Bernard dogs: A ra·: stat10n IS usmg Rent-A-Kid to answer pl:o:-.co d~ring a contest. Last week a department s .ca hired three Rent-A-Kids to demonstrate a r:e ·:.. toy. And a paper company. desperate ior old i:-2.: ers to reprocess. is furnishing trucks at fc _: Rent-A-Kid locations and has hired six kids : . each cen~er to work on the paper drive. T:. p~per dnve locations, are Kirkwood o :-,. _ Hills, Forest Park and Perry Homes . · _,_· Mrs. Ruyle said people can take their pa!= -~_ ~o these locations or call Rent-A-Kid at 577-5"..:.. 1f they have too much paper to ha ul. and a ·tr·..: _ will come by and pick up the papers whici: _. n?t ha~e to be bundled or tied . This pick up 5 a:v1ce will be m effect the first two weeks of J t.: . ~'Th_e exciting thing about this progra::-. Joy said. "is that it has opened a new la:•.. market. It has stimulated jobs in an untouc:-. .. area that will continue to provide employrr: ~ for teenagers. The grass keeps growing. Pe.. r:: keep having babies. Dust keeps collecting ... The_most sa_tisfying aspect of the prog, :c.--: according to 1ts administrator who is employment specialist for E.OA.1 is what i m~nt and continues toliiea-n·ttf'the kids . .. ~--ults sometimes don't realize what is impor:~~ to a young person," she said. id Continue,Hrom Page One Last year at the end of the program, Mrs Ruyle · received a letter from one of the West End Rent-A-Kids, thanking her for the job opportunities. He said that means a lo:. to these teenagers. · He had been able t o buy shoes for all of his brothers and sisters :and himself. He paid his locker fee a t school. F,or the first time he had a gym suit. "Now I d on' t feel different," the young boy wrote. "I d on' t mind going to school this year." "By helping teenagers at the age of 14 and 15, we can keep them from dropping out of school and joining the hard-core unemployed at the age of 16, before t heir motivation is killed," Mrs . Ruyle said. She estimates there a re 30,000 kids in the metro area who want and need employment . There are not enough jobs for them. Industry and business can't absorb this many kids. "Rent-A-Kid is Irelping to fill the gap." The program i:s funded this summer by the US Department of Labor and the Metro Atl.inta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquen~ cy. "Thi~ js the first time the US Depa rtment of Labor has ever paid for any kind 'of program for kids younger than 16," Joy said. Presently job orders and the kids enrolled in the program are about even. We would like to have double the number of job orders we now have, Mrs. Ruyle said, "so before the summer is over we can enroll the 2000 teenagers we have slots for." As job orders increase. enrollment can be increased. Joy is optimistic that 2000 will be enrolled in the program before summer ends . ··• If Atlanta keeps cooperating as it is now. we will get this many enrolled. " She believes the only way Rent-A-Kid could fail anywhere is if a city is not open and warm in its reception of the program as Atlanta is. The Optimsits Club in the metro a rea have given the program a big boost. They have furnished T-shirts with "Rent-A-Kid . across the front. After a teenager works eight hours on a job in the program, he is eligible for one of the · shirts and wears it on his job. A Rent-A-Kid orders are going through a central office this year. The phone number to call is 571-5252: .·-\ I ) _! �1 I cQ , ............ ' r. ...,.,__.._.. Council ~ es Reco mend tion On Schools This was the scene at West Hunter Street Baptist Church Monday evening at a mPeting of the Education Sub-Committee, Citizens Central Advisory Council of EOA, Public School Deputy Superintendent Dr. H.l lliard A. Bowen thumbs through a list of recommetrdations the Council made to the Boa:rd of Educat ion. Among the 12 recommendations wer e that the Board e stablish a ce ntral information ce nte r to which all a genci es with disadvantaged clie nts may r eport needy fa milies e ligible fo r free lunches . for their children, that the Board make "a concrete response on the implementation of the Mechanicsville absenteeism proposal, that provisions be made for another school to relieve Herndon, that portable units at Bryant and Herndon be removed, that ROTC be an e lective course, that techniques of teaching in low income schools be revamped . and that the Board issue a statement on the s.ource-s of money spent on the public schools and where t he money goes. (P hoto by S, C, GORDON)• . I I j �! ;. (' 1o,, - / School Pla1111n1g DebatedPeople Battle City Planner ! .. By LEE SI1\'10W.ITZ A meeting on a report critical of the Atlanta Board of Educa ti'on this week unexepectedly . turned into an impromptu symposium on community control versus professional planning. The ·meeting was called by the education subcommittee of the Citizens Central Advisory Council, a body that pools community representatives who help make policy at anti-poverty neighhorhood centers-:- .,.. The subcommLttee had issued a list of recommendations to the school board on various aspects of the school system, and several members of supt. John 1 Letson's staff were on hand Monday ni1ght to reply. THREE HOU:"S The staff members heard a three-hour series of complaints from the subcomm~ttee on the alleged difficulty of communica ting with the board or involving neighborhood residents in the planning process. Finally, faced with a ques.t_ion about expanding Price High &hool, assistant superin~endent for buildings Dr. Darwm Wo- 1 mack said flatly: "I'm telling you as a planner · it ought to be bigger. It's the best thing. I'm a planner and l'm supposed to know." Womack immediately faced an uproar in the room at the West Hunter Baptist Church where the meeting was being held. . The Rev. Mance Jackson, director of an lniterdenominational Theologica1l Cen_ter project in the Lightning district, stood and said, "He (Womack) is not responsive to the will of a community of people." Womack, said Jackson, has no children in the affected school. " Tha t man," he added, · "has no business serving this lcind of community." I i EARLIER-CI.;ASH Womack and Jackson - who suggested sit-ins to tie up construction sites; of unwanted schools - clashed once earlier on local control. "That's the trouble with participation," Womack said. · "People think they have veto power." Even if a school is built against the wishes of some of the residents, he added, that does not prove the school board did not listen to community opinion. "A community has the right to have veto power," replied J ackson. If the community is against a school, it should not be built, he added. The school system also came under attack for being inaccess i bl e to citizen complaints. "The bureaucratic red tape not only frustrates us but dumbfounds us," said Jackson. "If we want to raise Cain about the lunchroom, who do we see?" asked one woman. "If we want to raise Cain about how the money is spent, who do we talk to?" ACCOMPLJSHED FACTS Mrs. Maggie Moody; chairman of the subcommittee, complained that the school board's public meeting only presented citizens with occomplished facts, - and that she had been unable either to address the board or to attract members to subcommittee meetings. The meeting covered only five of the subcommittee's 13 recommendations, a nd. ended when Mrs. Moody. said the list would have to be forwarded ·ctirectly to . the sc,hool board for a reply. 1 . r. • , . .._.. \ J �.- -- ..:.

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/ ~1/ - / )- ,,,.,,...._. , > j • --rojects Okayed r $1.2 Mi . ion By 1/lodel Cities Directors . By ALEX COFFlN noted that Moody's name wa.s . The · Mode-I Cities E xecutive the only . one to come up as the Board approved some $1.2 mil- executive board's special review lion in projects Tuesday, b ut committee screened proj ect aphel,d up on two contracts. with plications. The review panel apModel Neighborhood Inc. a i '..er proved the fWlding. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. shaq>ly The board voted to expand the criticized.its president. review committee to include all The board agreed to hear executive board members and a gain from MNI, of which. Ed- hear from Moody's group again. ward Moody is president , chair- EOA CONTRACTS man of the board and director, ---itmong the contracts apbefore acting on two projects to- proved · were four t o t a l i n g taling $35,000 which are de- $255,000 with Economic Opporsigned to assist ghetto busi- tunity Atlanta. One of the programs, Project Expand, at nesses. "I'm obviously opposed to Mr. $140,000 would set up EOA cenMoody," Allen said, "He is not ters in Grant Park and Adair qualifi ed . .. based on his asso- Park- against the protests of ciation with the city . . • his Joe Whitley, the board's reprepast record and his failure to sentative from Grant Park. rollow through." Whitley said additional services are needed, but argued WORKED WITH CITY Allen noted that Moody h ad that a majority of Grant Park been with city agencies twice residents don't want EOA to before-the City P arks aep::irt- move in to provide them. ment and. Model Cl.ties program Pet ers charged Whitley with itself. speaking only for white resiThe board sharply divided on dents. Mrs. Matte Ansley sugthe question of funding :&'INI, gested that Grant Park resiwhich has started a small gar- dents ought to " face up" to the ment factory in Summertrill and fact that poverty exists in their plans a shopping center in Me- 1 area and accept SOA's help, as have o ther neighborhoods in the chanicsviHe. C. Miles Smith defende d Model Cities territory. Moody's project. while Deacon JOB HELP Lewis Peters and others '°PThe board referred to the city posed it. Clarence _ Coleman I attorney's office a - resolution • . proposed by a special committee headed by · Co eman to give Model Cities r esidents first crack at jobs connected with the various projects. Alderman Everett Millican, a board member, said the resolution went too far by requiring contract agencies to give preferential treatment to area residents . But when Millican tried to substitute his own resolution, the board wo uld not go along and sent Coleman's proposal for a ruling on its l•e gality. Millican had argued he had talked with the city attorney's office, which had said his version was preferable. .J L . ,.. I -- �- ... - - - . --· -· ,' • Use of Older Workers Wins ·EOA· a Trophy 'I.he West End Child Development Center, an agency of Econmmc Opportunity Atlanta, has received the G€orgia American Ji.egfon Citation Award for empl.opng oldel' persons as child care workers. . ~ e award is a trophy in a statiewide contest and part of a national "Employ the Older Worker " campaign sponsored by the American Legion.

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ef fue center. received the citatiml from Georgia Commislinner of Labor Sam Caldwell. .I • ... �Cele.:.--=-!i· · ··,· ~ ~.,, ~e y (i!ff',~id:~i~:.:;143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST): ~:~w~!~\143.215.248.55:e~ t tit r~:!13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST);~1:~r;Ji;r~r;~::i;; f!'.i:f{;!~l:i~~:; ~?r a The Constiitution it's true - and they should have the . happiest possible celebration today. They cared about nearly a hundred little the children . . . you should see how excited Negro children they didn't even know. Th ey th_eyare!" were stirred by the plight of little -·::· .:s who I did see. Bill Wilson, our photographer, and I went out to Six Flags. Don Daniel of the publive skimpy lives in . a shabby p~d of , ( :-~·,m, licity staff met us and took us to the gate shut Off from outings and expetlitions and carwhere the Bowen Homes Head Starters would be coming through. We saw them coming-85 nival good times that are a part of growing up. And they did something about it. They sent little dark-skinned youngsters, looking spruce and clean and combed and hair-ribboned and over 500 books of green stamps, $5 checks and one dollar bills and $10 check$t s nd one $50 polished. They clung to the hands of mo thers check so the children of Bowe:rt nomes Head arrd teachers a nd volunteers, who, th anks to your generosity, were able to come along too. Start day care center could go to Six Flags The turnstile gate was a bafflement to most of the children and Don explained it and helped Over Georgia. 11he green stamp people themselves were them through it one at the time, murmuring moved by the desire of the children to have a words of encouragement and welcome. Once day-long outing a.t Six F~ _ a;..:. ~ ~-t inside the children stopped and stood stock 100,000 stamps, amounting to 60 books. still, gazing in wonderment at littl e ra ilroad "We haven't be en able to think of the words trains chugging over a trestle , old-timey autoto say thank you," sa id Mrs. Frances Wyatt, mobiles dri ven by children along a bi g track, director of the school. "We 've been so busy an Englishman ringing a bell , a band playing, opening the mail. It's been a revelation to me. great tubs of gardenias blooming and fillin g I didn't know things like this happened. And the air with perfume. They caught a glimpse of air-borne cable carts moving across the sky and the fine, ineffable fragrance of hamburgers rose from ,a nearby sandwich shop. They didn't ,push or run about or squeal like most of the three-to-six-year-o1ds I k11ow. They moved quietly, nudged along by the hands of adults, but their fac es were alive. with excitement and awe. When I left them they were to take a train ritle. After that they had a marionette show and the musical revue at the Crystal Pistol before them. They were going to lunch at one of the score of eating places there -a "boughten" lunch , which was an entirely new experience or mos.t of them. The center had at first planned to take lunch but the money you ·all sent convinced them the children should have a total_]y glamorous day and I think they had it. And there are stamps left-so many that Mrs. Wyatt thinks U1e center may use them to buy a television set. All of you who helped . .. I wish you could T ina Usher Prepares to Devour Ice have s~en them, too. It would have been thanks eno ugh Cream at Six Flags 1 �"" ··~ I '(; ~ : r = - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~- - - - - ·'! ·: ~ ,. ~~ · - ·~

Sure Thing In 1'i ij-Or's Ra.ce ! -, :;i1Ft Is Mrs. Jenness Won't Win By ALEX COFFIN One thing can be said with certainty about the outcome of the mayor's race-Mrs. Linda Jenness, the Socialist Workers Party candidate, won't win. She's virtu:1Ily unkno wn, has little money, pas a platform u n acceptable to the majority of voters and is Alex c:fiin a woman. But · that hasn't deterred her cam· , paigning. Mrs. Jenness won't attract as much attention as other can- ') f:;J':;~lr: i -;~ I l• ~~ f:~; t1t 1. f li clidates, but she has something voting bloc between the labor to say and here it is : bureaucracy, moderate black For example, she explained l'e aders and t he Dixiecrats? 143.215.248.55:gtl~irf~;s h~;o:c~;~;/ ~:m~ ;~~t:1i~t ii~itit~!~ot~ft~7 capitalist politician, who, she black community and the labor said is either satisfied with the movement with sugary promstatus quo or believes ti ~~ . .: ms ises and when elected throw - · .- ---the promises in the was,te basComment and Analysis ket," she said. Sodalist candidates, however, can be made within the frame - don't believe the major probwork of the existing capitalist lerns of the nation can be solved "by piling reforms one on top system. "Since the pr~ ·-goal of of th.e other within the walls the capitalist politi.c'iari is t o get of the capitalist system," she elected, he will make whatever said. Mrs. J enness added that unholy alliances are necessary the United States' foreign policy to achieve this aim . How many attempts to preserve capitalism Democraitic presidents have throughout the world and interbeen elected on the basis of a vene against "the rising re volu- -- - - - - - - - -· tion of oppressed people. · · ," -~-~w-~·~-~w- RACIST PLAGUE At home, the "racist plague , .. cannot be wip ed out without uprooting the existing economic and political order. . • • The privileged minority of capitalists that run this country cannot permit the black community to control its own affairs because it would' end the profitable fr uits of racism ," she said. Mrs. Jenness demands abolishrnent of sales and gasoline taxes. no taxes ·on income less than $7,500 and 100 per cent on incomes more than $25,000, rais-ing corpora te taxes and 100 per cent tax on war profits. "Politicians like (E verett) Millican, (Sam) Massell and (R;odney) Cook may argue that this _w~ul~ be a_ good ~ema,id but it 1s 1mposs_1~e. !t 1s only 'impossible' if you are a capitalist politician attempting to defend the capitalist system," she said_

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• Reliable sources say Dr. Horace Tate is having trouble raising money for his campaign for mayor. Other political observers say that while Tate is far from being highly popular in the black community, he may get a lot of votes just because he is the first black candidate for the , top elected spot in ,t he city.

.. Add Dr. John Middleton, president of Morris Brown College, as a strong possibility for the new 9th Ward seat on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen. Jerry. Luxemburger, a leader of Good Government Atlanta, ,told the Community Relations Commission recently, that his group had not been as successful as H had hoped in getting school board candidates. Luxemburger predicted that Ed s. Cook of the Fjrst Ward and Robinson W. Schill ing of the 6th Ward will retire after this term. Luxemburger had high words of praise ·for the school board's , newest member, William T. Beebe of the 8th Ward.

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(TUFF) ha ve asked six organizations invited by the Atlarrta Housing Authority to select representatives to,' the public housing advisory _committee to . �.l 16-A c!IJt1\Hmrln3Loumnl Thursday, July 10, 1969 Ed mcation Boa rd, anel Swap Views ,~ . By JUNIE BROWN Atlanta Journal Education Editor I It was a long, painful process, but the Atlanta Board of Education and the education subcommittee of the Citizens Advisory Council of Economic Opportunity Atlanta have begun to "communicate." _ The citizens subcommittee, I board for failure ~o communiwhich has been critical of the cate, began a senes of meet. ings with the board Wednesday night to discuss 12 educational recommendations b e i n g proposed by the subcommittee. The first meeting, dealing with the problems of free and partial pay lunches for children of disadvantaged liomes, at first appeared to be stalled. DESPITE the subcommittee's claim that it wanllS to work with the board to improve education in Atlanta , it was obvious some of the members were there to "tell the board off." Nevertheless, two positive developments came out of the meeting. First, the subcommittee asked and received permission to distribute applications for free and partial pay lunches door to door in most parts of the city. The blanks are currently being sent home by children, and as a result many never reach the parents or simply aren't understood by the parents when they do arrive. Subcommittee m e m b e r s agreed to take on some responsibility for explaining the valuable forms 'to the parents and - ------- ., .. , ' if necessary helping them fill 1, member Dr. Asa Yancey told getting some state money for tliem out. "WITH THE extremely disadvantaged you literally have to take them by tho hand and lead them to a form like lllis .111d help them fill it out and return it for them because all of the spontaniety ls gone, 11 board the bo;ird. Second ly, the subcommittee members were told by school lunch personnel that they need locr1l s11pport from citiz ns to help get a bill passed to p1•ovide for sta te participation in the school lunch program. lunches, " said Area II coordinator Mrs. Rose Thompson. We can't do anymore. " Mrs. ThompRon pointed out Lhat Atlanta ha~ 77 per cent participation in the school lunch · program whereas the national "You people could help us in average is 38 per cent. ' �.. ~-·. -r,-:-t.. \": :~.·. training methods should . be offered so that a woman with a sixth to eighth grade education could develop the necessary skills. ·='· .·~,,.. Special To The Voice 3. Women in low-income areas should be allowed the opportunity to adva_nce to supervisory posinons. Employers should supplement the cost of adcil.tional· education needed to p~rlorm the job. I ·recomm"!:lnd a job training center to equip women for decent jobs. Women are asking for an equal chance to make a contribution t0 society. by Mrsp Margaret Grant · (Mrs. Grant is an aide at the East Central EOA Neighborhood Service Center. She ., so serves as one of Economic Opportunity Atlan•- '.s \',;;;- nteer Information People.) Women can do many of the same jobs now done by men. If employers would convert or redesign their job operattions or methods suitable to female labor they would find that womencouldproduceasw.eaasmen. During World War II, with the men away, women p;erformedmany jobs normally thought of as primarily for men. Most of the heads of house hold in ghetto areas are woSome . of these may sound men and because of this they heavy or dirty but we always make be,ner employees. had .ta.de some dirty works, They tend to be on time and--~ 11/ those of us who 1i ve in low-inc ome areas. be more dependable due to Mos t young women in the their respons ibility to their families. · ghetto desire jobs such as There are women who secretaries, cashiers, file havebeenknown to stay on clerks, but because of the jobs 20_or more years even lack of skills and personal qualities, they cannot qualify wi.chout a decent salary. for the job. · Kitchen helpers and other domestics often times work 10 or 12 hours per day for I propose the following: six days incl~ding Saturday 1. Employers ·should lower or Sunday on jobs which offer no opportunity for adrequirements as to the experience and skills for vancftment and for this, they make only about $1.15 per some clerical jobs. For hour. Therefore training is example, if a clerk typis t very essential for thos e in job requires a n applicant low-income jobs. Some of 40 words a minute and a promising applicant . th~ current training programs have not proved suctypes 35, she should be cessful. given a strong consider"'. · There are jobs that women ation. can perform as well as men: 2. For jobs in industry such Watch repairer, power and as T.V., Radio and watch sewing machine operators , repa1n ng, operation of shipping clerks !lnd e ven machines, and furniture automobile mechanics. repairing simplified .. - - - -- - I ! I �(j)· /

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/ .,, �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Bldg . • Atlanta , Georgia 30303 • T. M. Parham Executive Administrator Boisfeuillet J ones, Chairman , Board of Directors. Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. cordially invites y ou to a special briefi ng and tour for public officials and news representatives r on Friday , January 10, 1969 at 10:00 a . m. East Central EOA Neighborhood Center 486 Decatu r St reet 6 S . E . at Boulevard (back ·· side of shopping cente,r . A bus to the neighborhood cente r will leave at 9:45 a. m. from 101 Marietta Stree t (between Spring and cone ) for those who want to leave t he ir cars downtown . An early lunch will be served at the neighborhood center for those who wish to remain after t he tour . �. -~ - - - - - - - - - - -··· ·----- I(athy McGrath, Editor . P ~ USI Saturday, July 5, 1969 Service By JUDY HIPPLER College a c t i v i s t s demand m ore re'.evanc education and c i-ties desp 2rately need manpower a nd intel lig·c nce to meet urban needs . Th e Atlanta Ser. vice-Lea111ing Confc-rence m ay help solve both problems. The first meeting in a sixmonth series about student in. vol ve ment in co mmunity pr ob- · ]ems was held Monday and Tuesday. The 200 persons attending studied ways for Atlanta 's 50,000 col lege students to · receive eredi-t whPc participating in community service. Th e me eting was· sponsored by the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Urba n Corps, Economic Opportunity Atlanta (E OA)' and the Department of Health, Educa1. tion and Welfare. Also the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service ito America (VI!::TA), Snlh e-rn Regional Edt1cation Board and Atlanta colleges and uni ve rsi lies . "These a re troubl ed times," said Bill Alli son, who will become EOA director July 16. "Our campuses are witnessing a re volutionairy response by young peopie who want to do something about ·the world they live in. What happens on cam- ...,; J pus cannot be scparatod from wha,t happens in lru•ge.r society." PEACE CORPS DEPUTY DIRECTOR ENDORSES SERVICE-LEARNING CONCEPT 'l'om Houser Speaks iMwcen Representatives of VISTA, Morehouse CoUcgc and Urban Corps �/ ,f I •. 111 . 1,p 11 I t' 011 " NC1'ds o( 1 America " at lunch Mon' ) . !le urged cooµcration be•. •;c l' . universities and govern.1 .. :- • and private agencies to ,.,:"(. mutua[ problems. ··R r c:ognition bl1at academic 1 . ..i. ·Jrger communities have a '::'<,, • wn interest is long over·r !1e said. "Now is the time r. ;· ... cm to work together. Par.::.:ip,_tion is the name ?f t~e _; . .-ii ..: and service-lear.mng 1s ,•: , ·a:; participation can be re·t , . z: . ,, -r;1[ s~rvice-learning concept _. '. .. ~ experience au-I.side the .·· _, com broadens education. · : .e Peace Corps has been in

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c r c di t th~m many think," claimed Bincia. A member of the School of Educa,tion's curriculum committee said Georgia State Co1lege already gives some credit for par ticipation in tutorial programs. Mrs. Sara Reale said students can tutor disadvantaged children three hours a week and receive · three hours credit. A former Tulane Un.iveristy studer.t said a new course there with academic sredit w.ill £ea- . · ture community srrvice . Yet it's :-?ot easy to persuade university administrators t o give credit. WANT RESuLTS "CurricuT.wn committees are jealous of their · courses," said Agnes Scott College graduate Tara Swarlse-J. "They're hesitant •to let students out of the ciassroom into the field unless they ::ec definite results." Mayor Allen welcomed partlcipanLs Monday to the two-day confe1·ence. Speakers inc1,uded: U.S. Commissionei· of Education James E . Alfen J r. , Atlanta d p u t y adm!nlst!'ator Dan Sweat Atlanta· Urban Corps direct~r Sam 'williams and White House speech writer Lee e a c e Jorps, VISTA, Heubner. Also, U1 ban Corps Nn• • , ... 1 ,.r Cl)rps and Urban Corps tional Development Office direc. . t , , ,ost colleges do not give tor Michael Goldstein, Georgia ·, Lciit for this service. :_ Tech president Arthur G. Han·I · much simpl~r to ,ap• • I ' , • Turn 'to ':rage ·s:L ' vu-:' I ti university' for C6urse . • ·: • 2 0 U§ Continued from Page 1-L sen and Upward Bound director Ed Ducree. Six group• semina.rs interspersed with speeches focu.sed on S"l'Vi c, l arning, curncu- Str. rf Photo-Joo MoT»l't QUESTION I HOW CAN COLLEGE COURS~S .~E MORE: ltl.-:LEVAN'r_? Service-Learning Participants Try to Fwd the · Answer J.um, finance, methods and programs and research. A play presented Mon?UY morning lllustrntc~ th service, lenrnlng co11ccp_L ·A Dr~~,d Approach lo Rapid Transi t fea 1urcd hora t:crs c,. "Vic" Lea !er, Ahle N. Willing, Mrs. - Minn Orily and 0. L. McDonald from EIElO (Environmental Inv sligo lions with Economic Impact Office). Education commissioner Allen said extending classroom theory into govqrnmen:t wcrk i~ a :;step toward re1.evant educat10n. Atlanta d e p u t y administrator Sweat stressed the need for stt: c' :nt involvement in communir.; problems, " Students of today can im) vide a valuable service io tl ,1 ommunil 1," 11 nid, "Tll,' r,i , I sources of the acac!em!c ' munity must ~e libera.te·~: 1 a support.s the scn·1c:l'·1•, · Jng eo~cept. We w::iut tu )1 part of what you':-c dolng, hope you'll be a pnrt uf we're doing1 too." The service-learning C0'1 ence wiT,l continue t 11r months with periodic mee··::~ , _ , I �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, loco 101 Marietta Stre e t B ldg . • Atl a nta, Georg ia 3030 3 • T. M. Parh am Contact : Mr s. Mitchell 525 - 426 2 E xec uti ve Admini s trat o r For immediate release January 7 , 1968 In preparation for " START NOW ATLANTA WEEK "a Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman of the Economi c Opportunity Atl anta , I n c. Board of Directors, is inviting public officials and news represen tatives to a special briefing and to ur on Friday , January 10 , 1969, beginning at 10 : 00 a. m. at the East Central EOA Neighborhood center , 486 Decatur Street S. E. at Boulevard (ba ck side of r shopping center.) Mayor Ivan Allen , Jr ., has proc laimed the week of January 12 - 18 "START NOW ATLANTA WEEK" urging " all Atlantans t o invest in Atlanta's future by becoming involved in EOA ' s neighbo rhood information and v oluntee r p r ograms ." At Friday' s briefing Mr.Jones will launch "START NOW ATLANTA WEEK" and the two new programs ment i on ed in the Mayo r's procla ma tion . He will int-:t\oduce 22 poverty area resident s c a lled V. I . P . ' s or Volunteer Information People a who f o r the first time will lead public tours through their own neighbo rhoods. He wi ll also e xplain EOA's new volunteer program . After the short briefing , on e o f the V.I. P . ' s . a p ove rty area resident , will take guests to a nea r b y s t ree t to s e e what �-2 - residents living there have done to help themselves. An early lunch will be provided for guests who wish to rema in after the tour for further discussion o According to Mr. Jones , the purpose of F riday ' s briefing a nd tour is to give public officials and news representatives a first hand look at some of the problems 6 the progress which is be i ng made and the potential for volunteer help . " I am convinced , " Mr . Jones said, "that Atlantans want to become involved . People constantly ask 'How can I know what's happening? ' and ' What ca n I do?' That is why EOA is introducing two new programs during r "·START NOW ATLANTA WEEK " to help more Atlantans find way s to become involved." �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Bldg. • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • T . M. Parham Telephone ~ 525 - 4262 Executi ve Administra to r Contact ~ M.ary Lu Mitche ll Fo r i mmed i ate r e l e ase J·anuary 7 , 1969 Mayo r Ivan Allen J r o, h a s proclai med the week of Tanuar y 12 " S. ART NOW A LANTA WEEK e " urging al l Atlan t ans to i n v est in the ci ty 0 s fut ure by bec omi ng inv l v ed in Econ omic Oppo r t unity Atlanta 1 s neighbo rhood informati on an d v ol un t eer programs. I n his proclamation M.ayor Al l en states that e v e n though Atlanta is one o f the mo s t progre ssi v e c i ti es in the United s t ates e some r 160 11 000 citizens have n o.- shared i n A lan ta 0 s g rowth a n d p o gress. The severe problems caused by t his wasted huma n and e con o mic p oten tial c annot be solved wi thout the immediate help of all cit izens , a ccording to the Mayor . To ass i s t t h o se who wan t to . bec ome personally involved in s olving t hese pr ob lems , Economic Opportun ity At la nta e I n c ., Atlanta 0 s anti-poverty agency , is i ntroducin g two new prog ra ms du ring " START NOW ATLANTA WEEKQ 11 One progra m offe rs p over t y area tours led by residen t s of t he area and t he other offers new k i nds of volunteer jobs . I . POVE RTY TOURS . For thos e who want fir s t hand information about Atlanta 's slums , twenty-two p o verty area r es i d ents have volunteered to l e a d tours in th e ir neighborhoods t o show what pr o gress �'

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• . ..., i . ..: ··• ~. I." ~ - 2·- •(·.~ ' they ha ve made th r ough their own efforts and wh at obs tacles they still face. They ca ll themselves V.I . P.'s o or Volunteer I nformat ion People, and are me mbers of EOA n eighborhood self - he lp groups in 1 4 low-i n come areas served by EOA neighborhoo d c enters. Groups or i n dividuals interested in arranging tours should con tact Mrs. Mary Lu Mitche11 6 EOA Public Informa t ion Director , 5 2 5 - 4262 . II . VOL UNTEERS. Fo r those who wan t to assist t he poo r in the ir self-help efforts, EOA is coordinating a n e w volunte er program. Vol u riteers will either develop th e ir own projects , work in partnersh i p wi t h block clubs in l ow-income areas, organi ze study groups in thei r own ne i ghborhoods or ac c ept specific assignments a t agencie~ or centers ; • '•' ... ~I").: ... • ~-~•~. _.: '• ". •·; •' .·, :.~ ~ .. :: ,. · I ., • The firs € t i aining program fo r volunteers wi l l be conducted o n ~anuary 22 , 23 a nd 24 . Groups o r ind i viduals i n terested in volun t eering should .c ontact Mrs. June Sammo ns, EOA Vo lunteer c o ordinato r at 525-4262. �l CITY OF ATLANTA @143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST) WHEREAS, Atlanta is one of the most progressive cities in the United States; and WHER EAS, 160,000 Atlantans have not shared in Atlanta's growth and economic progress; and r WHEREA S, the wasted potential of these citizens causes human suffering and severely limits Atlanta's future progress; and WHEREAS, th ese prob lem s can not be solved without the immediate help of all Atlanta's citizen s: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ivan Allen , Jr., Mayor of the City of Atlanta, do hereby proclaim the week of January 12 as START NOW ATLANTA WEEK and do hereby urge all Atlantans to 11 Start Now 11 to invest in Atlanta's future by becoming involved in EOA 1s neighborhood information and volunteer programs. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused- the Seal of the City of Atlanta to be affixed. Ivan Allen, Mayor �DR. JOHN W. LETSON JOHN Atlanta Public Schools VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION SUPT . OF SCHOOLS F. STANDRIDGE DIRECTOR 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 February 4,1969 M E N Q....R A _H D U H TO: Those in i.ttendance at the Job Corvs Skill Center Meetings FROH: '. 1· l j \ ) Mr. John F. Gtandridge, Executive DirectoCvYf ,,-(,; Vocational-Technical and Adult Education v-~~ In accordance Hith our previous meeting, we are sending you a copy of the Jq.b Description for the Director of the Job Corps Skill Center. JFS:pf 2/~./68 Enclosure .e-4 Scl.ool. S'14-'e-. /5e,w<if9 U.e A~a cuul. v/-uit- t.1/ l.. (u v,' .1 {' L- , . ' �PLEASE POST PLEASE POST i) ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERSONNEL DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY January 30, 1969 Position: Director· Job Corps Skill Center Education: Bachelors degree required; master ' s degree preferred. Must meet State Department of Education requirements for certification in Vocational Education . Experience: Three years vocati onal teaching experience . desired . Salary Range: B.S. M.S . EDS . DR . Job Description: Plans, organizes, and directs the educational program and administrative functions of the Skill Center . Reports to the Executive Director of Vocational- Technical and Adult Education . Other Qualifications: Functional Responsibilities: Degree Degree Degree Degree Broad industrial experience $13,723 . 80 $15,360 . 60 $14,542.20 - $16,179 . 00 $15,360.60 - $16,997 . 40 $16,179 . 00 - $17,815.80 Must have extensive knowledge of the principles and methods of organization of course content, the principle~ and techniques of teaching and General school administration; knowledge of academic subjects and their place and value in a Vocational Education Program. Must have .e xceptional ability to plan, organize, and direct a school program of vocational instruction; to enlist, organize, and effectively use advisory committees. Must have considerable ability to evaluate instructional techniques, procedures, and equipment; present comments and opinions clearly and concisely; create and maintain cooperative relationships with others ; and to anticipate, to analyze, and to prepare plans to meet needs and situations. Must have ability to apply budgetary principles, and to establish effective records and report sys tems . Plans , develops and administers programs to provide educational opportunities and counseling for students . Cooperates with business , civic, and other organizations to develop curricula to meet needs and interests of students and community. Appoi nts a dvisory committee for each ma jor instructional area. Establishes procedures, i n cooperat i on with t he Job Corps and Employment Security Agencies, for the recruitment registration, and placement of students , and supervises t hes e activities. Interviews and recommends s election and placement of staff and faculty and other personnel necessary for operation of the Skill Center. Provi des inservic e training for instructors . �Supervises review and evaluation of course content and schedules, and revision as necessary to meet student and community needs. Prepares periodic budgets and determines allocation of funds within overall authorizations . Directs preparation of pamphlets, posters, news releases, and radio and television scripts to publicize and promote personnel recruitment and educational programs. Supervises collection and analysis of data from questionnaires, interviews, and group discussions to evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and community participation in Skill Center programs. Establishes procedures for preparation of records and reports; for maintenance, accountability-, and equipment, assigned to the Skill Center; and ·supervises these activities . Plans, develops, and administers physical educational program, recreational program, and student residential program. Plans work of faculty committees and di rects school safety program to include fire and emergency drills . r Statement of Interest: Interviews: RIIS/f~ Statement of Inter est should be mailed to Mrs. Ruth Satterfield, Director of Recruitment and Plac ement, Personnel Division, 224 Central Avenue, S . w. , Atlanta, 30303, no later than Friday, February 14, 1969. Applicants will be noti fied of date and time of interview. �- - -,;;;;.-============--=======;;,;;,.~~""""~........,-~---·------- ----------------~----BRIEF HISTORY OF EOA . EOA PROGRA~.1S THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM On August 20, 1964, the President of the United States signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, (Public Law 88-452). This act mobilized the human and financial resources of the entire country to help the nation's poor help themselves by giving them OPPORTUNITIES - opportunities for education and training, for employment, and for better methods of living in present day America. While this legislation was still pending, Atlanta and Fulton County officials began making plans to ensure prompt action for over 160,000 underpriviledged citizens in this area. The result was a joint resolution passed on August 19, 1964, by th.e Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta and the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, creating a community action board to receive and administer federal Economic Opportunity funds. Because of this timely planning, Atlanta and Fulton County received one of the first OE~ to an urparrarea on Noyember 23, 1964. .:C M <-v+, ~ ..., eJ h o c.,,J, /.ach year thousands of people move to Atlanta from farms and villages. Many are unequipped to cope with the demands of urban living. These new arrivals, as well as thousands of families already living here, are trapped by the cycle of poverty, unemployment, disease, ignorance and public dependence. Many who most need the help offered by public and private organizations concerned with their welfare are not aware of the services or are not able to take the basic steps necessary to obtain them. Often they are unable to read street or bus signs, fill out applications or follow written instructions. In short, they are unable to help themselves. To reach these people and help them become self-sufficient, EOA has established neighborhoord service centers in 14 lowincome areas of Atlanta and Fulton, Gwinnett and Rockdale Counties. Through these 14 centers EOA provides employment counseling, social services and numerous self-help programs. Seventeen local agencies help administer these programs, under contract to EOA. Other agencies, though not funded by EOA, also place representatives in EOA neighborhood centers or cooperate by providing services to individuals referred to them by EOA. Residents of areas served by the 14 centers participate in planning EOA programs through 200 neighborhood block clubs, 14 Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, A Citizens Central Advisory Council and the EOA Board of Directors, one t hird of which is composed of low-income representatives. Through this participation, people learn to identify common problems. As new leadership emerges, they assume responsibility for finding solutions to many of these problems. Representatives to EOA committees are elected once a year through democratic elections held in the neighborhoods. More than 12,000 people voted for 1968 representatives in 200 neighborhood block elections. In 1967, 11,500 people voted in 194 block elections. In 1966, the first such elections, 2,000 people voted in 11 polling places. EOA is not a financial aid program. It offers opportunities, a hand up instead of a hand out. It is an experimental program, searching for new approaches to old and complex problems. Acting as a catalyst, it has brought numerous changes in old methods and attitudes. The success of these changes will be measured by the continued development of a se lf-sufficient, aware and responsible citizenry, so essential for the growth and survival of Metro olitan Atlanta. Statistics in this report cover the period from January 1965 through December, 1967. Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-1494 Mrs. Doris C. Bridges A comprehensive manpower program to recruit, train and place 2,500 hardcore unemployed and underemployed persons in permanent employment. Persons included in the program reside in the following five target areas: Sum-Mee, Pittsburgh, West End, Price and NASHWashington. From August 14 through December 1967, 704 people were placed in orientation and pre-vocational training programs and 687 people were placed on jobs or in on-the-job training programs. ACTION: ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND SERVICE CENTER Administering Agency: Address of Program: Telephone: Director: Georgia Department of Education, Vocational Rehabilitation Division 1599 Memorial Drive, S.E. 378-7591 Mr. Cantey Gordon A centralized service to diagnose and evaluate work potential and training needs of difficult cases and to follow up job progress. It serves all agencies cooperating with EOA programs. From May, 1966, through December, 1967, 1,983 people were accepted for evaluation, 1,452 completed the evaluation phase and 605 finished training and were employed. ACTION: DAY CARE - FULL YEAR HEAD START Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 Mrs. Gloria S. Gross Ten day care centers provide supervised care, enrichment and education for 725 children of working parents. The centers are open 11 hours a day, five days a week, all year. Approx imately 1,759 ch ildren have attended day care centers si nce the first one began operation in April 1965. DAY CARE - FULL Y EAR HEAD START CENTERS Antioch North Day Care Center (50 children) 540 Kennedy Street, N.W. Telephone: 523-4862 Director: Mrs. Mary Ray Bowen Homes Day Care Center (Gate City Association ) (100 children) 1060 Wilkes Circle, N.W. Telephone: 799-1170 Director: Mrs. Frances Wyatt 3 "--~-~---~---~~-~------~-~~-~~---·--------------------:---------l �College Park Civic & Educational Center (35 children) 407 West Harvard Street, College Park, Georgia Telephone: 766-4456 Director: Mrs. Eloise Thomas A program to provide children in institutions with adult affection and companionship while also giving older citizens a chance to be employed in a useful, personally satisfying job. East Point Child Care Center (24 children) 1147 Calhoun Avenue, East Point, Georgia Telephone: 767 -4404 Director: Mrs. DeVern Howell ACTION: Forty-one men and women over sixty years of age are employed to work with children at three institutions. Each grandparent is responsible for two children. Since February 1966, 196 older people have participated in the program. Fort Street Kiddie Korner (100 children) 562 Boulevard, N.E. 876-9279 Telephone: Director: Mrs. Yhonna Halcomb INSTITUTIONS Carrie-Steele Pitts Home Fulton County Juvenile Court Grady Memorial Hospital Gate City at St. Paul's (Gate City Association) (36 children) 1540 Pryor Road, S.W. Telephone : 622-8951 Director: Mrs. Barbara Martin HEAD START - SUMMER Grady Homes Day Care Center (Grady Homes Tenant Association) (90 children) 100 Bell Street, S. E. Telephone: 522-1595 Director: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter Administering Agencies: Address: Telephone: Director: South Side Day Care Center (120 children) 802 Pryor Street, S.W. Telephone: 577-2640 Director: Mr. Henry Furlow Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment for a total of 8,989 children during the last three summers. Vine City Child Development Center (50 children) 168 Griffin Street, N.W. Telephone : 525-4419 Director: Mr. Joseph Gross EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Address: Telephone: Director: EOA and Georgia State Employment Service 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-9491 Mr. Aaron Alderman One Georgia State Employment Service Manpower Counselor is located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide job placement and referrals to other services. ACTION: Since March 1965, employment counselors located in neighborhood centers have placed 9,891 individuals on jobs; 6,218 individuals in training programs such as MOTA, Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps, and made 21,356 referrals. Counselors have conducted 37,859 initial interviews and 102,615 total interviews. Of all individuals coming to EOA neighborhood centers, 72% wanted jobs. Address: Atlanta Public Schools 761-5411 Ext. 233 6,909 children have attended in 3 summers. Berean Junior Academy 758-4831 360 children have attended in 3 summers. Free For All Day Nursery 525-6371 360 children have attended in 3 summers. Gwinnett County Public Schools 963-9248 480 children have attended in 2 summers. Hinsley Temple Day Nursery 524-8146 180 children have attended in 3 summers. Rockdale County Public Schools 483-4713 80 children have attended in 2 summers. Sullivan - Mitchell Academy 799-1261 90 children have attended in 1 summer. Wheat Street Day Nursery 525-4621 300 children have attended in 3 summers. JOB CORPS - MEN'S Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: FOSTER GRANDPARENTS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Administering Agency: Eight (see below) 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 Mrs. Gloria S. Gross A summer enrichment program for culturally deprived preschool children operated by the Atlanta School System and seven private agencies. Tabernacle Baptist Church (120 children) 475 Boulevard, N. E. Telephone: 876-1779 Director: Mrs. Mattie Bruce Administe ring Agency: 577-2474 Mrs. Georgie 0. Miller Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 577-2855 Room 313 Mr. Wilbert Solomon Job training for out-of-school, unemployed boys aged 16 through 21. EOA is responsible for recruiting and screening male Job Corps applicant s from Atlanta and Fulton , Cobb, Clayton, Fayette, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnet t counties. Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. 120 Marietta Street, N. W. 4 I �Antione Graves Center ACTION: Since January 1965, 2,012 boys have been sent to training centers throughout t he country. 301 have been processed and are awaiting assignments. 277 boys have graduated. A new recruiting quota of 1,560 boys has been received for the current year. l\ddress: Telephone: Health maintenance, adult education, recreation, transportation, counseling, information, referrals and volunteer services for 764 individuals living in three high rise apartment buildings for the elderly constructed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, plus approximately 3,000 elderly individuals who live in the neighborhoods where the facilities are located. (See also "Job Corps - Women's" page 8 .) LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Administering·Agency: Address: Telephone: Project Director: General Counsel: The average daily attendance is 389. The Atlanta Legal Aid Society 136 Pryor Street, S. E. 524-5811 Mr. Michael D. Padnos Mrs. Nancy S. Cheves NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS Administering Agency: Address: Coordinator of Inner City Centers Coordinator of Outer City Centers NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES Bellwood Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Assistant Attorney: 717 Marietta Street, N.W. 523-2528 Mr. Eugene Taylor Mrs. Evelyn Fabian 1839-C Hollywood Road, N.W. 799-8336 Mrs. Colquitt McGee Mr. Samson Oliver Sum-Mee Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Assistant Attorney: 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E. 524-7982 Mr. Robert B. Newman Mr. Howard Simmons Emory Neighborhood Law Office 486 Decatur Street, S.E. Telephone: Director: All legal cases from EOA target areas are referred to t he downtown office or one of the four neighborhood centers. The program also offers legal education and includ es a research and reform unit and a special litigat ion unit. Two additional neighborhood offices will be opened in 1968: 872-2445 Mr. Edd ie Neyland Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center 1723 Boulevard Drive, S.E. Telephone: Director: Extension Area Manager: MUL Tl-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED 378-3643 Miss Charlene Wharton Mr. Coll ins Hastings Gwinnett County Neighborhood Service Center 225 Perry Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia Telephone: 963-9700 Director: Mr. Gene Johnson Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. 577-3828 Mr. A. E. Horvath NASH-Washington Neighborhood Service Center 247 Ashby Street, N.W. Telephone: Director: John 0 . Chiles Cent er 435 Ashby Street, S.W. 755-577 1 524-2084 Mr. William A. Fowlkes Eagan Homes Extension Area Center Palmer House Center Address: Telephone: 577-1735 Mr. George Dodd East Side Community Extension Center Since July 1965, attorneys have served 29,738 cases and have reopened 1,301 cases. 6,175 cases were completed after court act ion. Address: Telephone: 873-6759 Miss Margaret Ajax Mrs. Lucy Guthrie 547 Hunt St reet, S.E. Telephone : Extension Area Manager: ACTION: Telephone: Executive Director: Mr. George Williams-873-6759 East Central Neighborhood Service Center 447 Parkway Drive, N.E. 874-1948 Frederick S. LeClercq Administering Agency: Mrs. Sujette Crank-522-5792 Central City Neighborhood Service Center 840 Marietta Street, N.W. Telephone: Director: Extension Area Manager: Another legal services center is operated by Emory University. Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. All EOA services are brought to low-income families through 14 neighborhood service centers located in poverty areas. Employment counseling,social services and a variety of self-help programs are available at the centers. In addition, staff members help residents form neighborhood block organ.izations, deal with neighborhood problems and develop leadership ability. Each year, residents of EOA target areas vote in neighborhood elections to choose their representatives to EOA committees and the EOA Board of Directors. Northwest Branch Legal Services Center Address: Telephone: Managing Attorney: Law Clerk: 126 Hilliard Street, S.E. 577-1793 97 Chestnut Street, N.W. Telepho ne: Extension Area Manager: 430 Techwood Drive, N.W. 873-3453 5 523-3186 Mr. Maurice Pennington �Vine City Extension Area Center 141 Walnut Street, N.W. Telephone: 523-5137 Extension Area Manager: Mr. Maurice Pennington ACTION: 440 work posit ions are provided. Since Augu st 1965 4,033 have participated in the program. I See also Neighborhood Youth Corps (In-School program) page 8 . North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 27 Oak Street, Roswell, Georgia 993-3795 Telephone: Acting Director: Mr. George Ad ams PARENT AND CHILD CENTER Northwest (Perry Homes) Neighborhood Service Center 1927 Hollywood Road, N.W. Telephone: 799-9322 Mr. Howard Jefferson Director: Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Act ing Director: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Service Center 993½ McDaniel Street, S.E. Telephone: 523-1577 Director: Mr. Sam Baxter EOA has received a planning grant to design an A t lanta Parent and Ch ild Center. It is a pilot demonstration project designed to provide services to low-income families in t he Edgewood area w ith children under three y ears of age or those expecting a baby. Price Neighborhood Service Center 1127 Capitol Avenue, S.W. 522-5792 Telephone: Director: l)/lrs. Paul ine M. Clark One of t hirty-six such projects throughout t he country, the PPC program emphasizes planned parenthood, household skills, parent-child relationships and the use of commu nity facilities. Rockdale-Conyers Neighborhood Service Center 929 Commercial Street, Conyers, Georgia Telephone : 483-9512 Director: Mrs. Sarah M. St arr PLANNED PARENTHOOD South Fulton Neighborhood Service Center 2735 East Point Street, East Point , Georgia Telephone: 767-7541 Director: Mr. James Callan Extension A rea Manager: Mr. Hubert Murray Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: r Summerhill-Mechanicsville Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E. Telephone: 577-135 1 Director: Mr. Daniel Brand Extension A rea Managers: Mrs. June Sammons Mr. Richard Rembert The Planned Parenthood Association of the Atlanta Area 118 Marietta Street, N.W. 523-6996 Mrs. Julian Freedman Bet hlehem Community Center Clinic 9 McDonough Boulevard T elephone: 627-0176 (Thursday evenings 6- 9 p.m.) Downtown Clinic 118 Mar ietta Street, N.W. Telephone: 523-6996 (Friday evenings 6- 8 p. m.) West Central Neighbrohood Service Center 2193 V erbena Street, N.W. Telephone: 799-0331 Mr. A mos Parker Director : Extension Area Manager: Mr. Oscar T rent Vine City Clinic 558 Magnolia St., N.W. T elephone: 523-8 112 (Friday evenings 6- 9 p. m.) East Point Clinic 2735 East P.o int Street Telephone: 767-7541 (Tuesday evenings 6- 9 p.m.; 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the month, 10-12 a. m.) West End Neighborhood Service Center 727 Lawto n Street, S.W. 753-610 1 Telephone: Mrs. Sarah Z im merman Director: Extension Area Manager: Miss Penny A. Blackford John 0. Chiles Homes 435 Ashby Street, S.W. 753-4228 Telephone: (Thursday evenings 6- 9 p.m.) NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (Out-of-School program ) Administering Agency: Address of program: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 525-4266 Miss Anne Ingram Perry Homes Cl inic 1660 Drew Drive, N.W., Apt. 756 T elephone: 355-8278 (Monday -Wednesday evenings 6- 9 p.m. ) EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 688-6232 Mr. Henry Pace A fam ily planning service. A job training and employment program for out-of-school, unemployed youths aged 16 through 21. 146 public and nonprofit Atlanta agencies provide 154 work locations and 440 positions. Return to school is encouraged. ACTION : The program, under contract with EOA, has served 6,231 individuals from January 1966 through November 1967. Five · neighborhood family planning clinics plus the downtown clinic are in operation. 6 �PRICE AREA HEAL TH CENTER PARTICIPATING COLLE~ES: Fulton County Medical Assoc. Emory Univ. School of Medicine 1070 Washington Street, S.W. Temporary Address: 688-1350 Telephone: Dr. William Marine Directors: Dr. Calvin Brown Permanent address will be 1039 Ridge Avenue, S.W. Clark College Emory University Georgia State College Georgia Institute of Technology Morehouse College Morris Brown College Oglethorpe University Spelman College Administering Agencies: A new health center will provide complete medical services, except hospitalization, f or 22,000 low-income people living in the Price neighborhood . The Fulton County Medical Society is the delegate agency and Emory University will operate the program. The program will cooperate with all other health and planning agencies within Metropolitan Atlanta , COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Temporary services will be available June 1, 1968. Full operation will begin on November 1, 1968. · Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: SUMMER RECREATION The Atlanta Board of Education 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W. 761-5411 Mr. Alan Koth An education program to serve the entire family using neighborhood public school faciliti es around the clock . The program was financed by EOA until the 1967 budget reductions. Call Mr. Harold Barrett at 525-4266 for information. City-wide recreation programs were conducted in the summers of 1966 and 1967 by EOA, the City of Atlanta, 10 United Appeal Agencies and 14 other private agencies. The total 1966-67 attendance at summer recreation programs was 377,000. A large 1968 program is planned. Eleven Community Schools are still in operation. Five (Brown, Price, Washington, Archer and Howard) offer academic credit toward a High School diploma. Credit courses are also offered at Bass High School. VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA) Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: EOA 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 577-3195 Mr. Johnny Popwell, Jr. Archer High School, 2250 Perry Boulevard, N.W. 794-1567 Telephone: Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal Bethune Elementary School, 220 Northsid e Drive, N. W. 524-6854 Telephone: Norris Hogans, A ssist ant Principal A domestic Peace Corps of volunteers assisting low-income neighborhood residents with education, community organization, recreation, counseling, health, legal assistance, employment and other specialized programs. Brown High School , 764 Peepl es St reet, S. W. Telephone : 758-5050 Stephen Vernarsky, Acting A ssistant Principal ACTION: Fifty-four VISTAs are currently working with EOA neighborhood centers and other agencies. Since July 1965, 101 VISTAs have worked with EOA. Capitol Avenue Elementary School. 811 Capitol Av enu e, S.W. 523-8696 Telephone: Obadiah Jordan, Jr., Assistant Pr incipal COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS Sammye Coan Middle School, 1550 Boul evard Dr ive, N.E. Telephone: 377-1748 Aaron Watson, A ssist ant Prin cipal ADULT BASIC EDUCATION Agency: Address: Telephone: Directors: The Atlanta Board of Education 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W. 761 -5411 Ext. 206 Mr. Alan Koth Mr. Joe Fuller Dr. Curtis Henson Dykes High School, 4360 Powers Ferry Road , N .W. Tel ephone: 255-5236 Jack Glasgow, A ssistant Pri ncipa l Grant Park Elementary School , 750 Kalb Av enu e, N .E. Telephone: 627 -5741 James Chivers, A ssistant Pr incipal Instruction in reading, wri t ing and arithmetic for adults over 18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grad e level , to improve their employment potential. Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N .E. T elephone: 522 -5096 Joe l Din k ins, Ac t in g A ssista nt Pri ncipal COLLEGE WORK ST UDY PROGRAM Price High School, 1670 Capito l A ven ue, S.W. T elephone: 758-8024 Carl Hubbard , A ssistant Prin cipa l Part-time employment progra m t o k eep y ouths from low- income families in college. 7 �Washington High School, 45 White House Drive, S.W. MOTA Telephone: 755-7721 Robert H. Wilson, Assistant Principal Agencies: West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N.W. Telephone: 799-3177 E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal ·Address of program: Telephone: Director: 875-0971 Mr. Lloyd Groover The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 provides job training for needed skills. CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU Agency: Address: Telephone: Officers in Charge: The Georgia State Employment Service and the Atlant a Board of Educat ion 522 W. Peachtree St., N.W. The Atlanta Police Department 82 Decatur Street, S.E. 522-7363 NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS On-School) Capt. 0. W. Jordan Lt. C. Dixon A. A. Harris Agencies: Address of program: Telephone: Director: Policemen work in each EOA neighborhood service center to become friends with residents and help them with their problems. The program, the first of its kind in the count ry, was developed by the Atlanta Police Department. All new policemen are assigned to the program for their first few months of duty. Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education 101 Marietta Street, N.W. 524-7886 Mr. Eugene Wimby Training and employ ment of low-income h igh school youths in t he Atlanta-Fulton County School Systems t o provide work ex perience and money to enable them t o remain in school. ACTION: Since January 1967, officers have made over 162,800 contacts, attended 339 meetings on off-duty time, and helped 176 hardship cases. 654 students are now employed in the public schools. 3,867 youths have participated since the beginning. ACTION: The supervising officers and their centers are: NASH -Washington Price and Pittsburgh Central City Northwest (Perry Homes) Edgewood East Central West End Su m-Mee West Cent ra l TEN CITIES Officer Gambell Officer Davenport Officer Cardell Officers Smith and Bolton Officer Steed Officer L. Coggins Off icer Owens Officer Lyons Office r Johnson Agency: Address of program: Telephone: Director: Program offers the human relations approach to gaining and maintain ing ernploy ment. It is under t he Manpower Development and Training Act. EMO RY EVA LUATION PROG RAM Agency: Address: UPWARD BOUND Emory Universit y Clark College 309 Thompson Hall Address: Telephone: Director : Emory Universit y Telephone: Dire'ctor: 377-3504 Emory University Add ress: Telephone: Director: ACTION: First annual report has been filed with OEO in Washington. Emory University Campus, Emory Univ. 377-2411 Ext. 7546 Mr. Louis Becker Morehouse College Address: Telephone: Director: JOB CORPS - WOMEN'S Address: Telephone: Director: 240 Chestnut St reet, N.W. 525-5293 Dr. Carson Lee Dr. Fred Crawford An eighteen month eval uation of Atlanta's Community Action Program. Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education 756 West Peachtree Street, N.E. 876-1571 Mr. Thomas W. Hinds Women in Community Service, Inc. (WICS) 730 Peachtree Street, N.E. 223 Chestnut Street, S.W. 577-1505 Mr. Mac A. Stewart Morris Brown College Address: Telephone: Director: 526-3297 642 Hunter Street, N.W. 577-2628 Mrs. Vivian McGee Mrs. Lois Baldwin A project to reduce the dropo ut rate of 11th and 12th graders with ability by providing remedial and interest classes and encouraging them to set goals for further education after high school. Job training for out-of-school, unemployed girls aged 16 through 21. At present, 208 girls are in training center-s throughout the United States and 63 have graduated. 8 �YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTE R MEDICA RE ALERT I) Administering Agency: Address: Telephone: Director: A two month program . 10,697 citizens 65 y ears and older were con tact ed. 110 paid w ork ers, old er people from low income areas, and 117 volunteers ex plained health and hospital benefi ts availab le und er th e new Medicare legislation and helped peopl e apply before the March 31 , 1966 deadlin e. Ga. State Employment Service 522 West Peachtree Street, N.W . 875-0971 Mr. Forrest Humphries A program which concentrates on the employment needs of youths aged 16 through 21, w it h emphasis on coun se ling, testi ng and referral to other agenci es for remedial education or t raining. PUBLIC HEAL TH Four Public Hea lth Nurses worked with neighborhood service centers. Admini st ered by Fulton County Department of Public Health DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS BEES - BIZ Training and work experience for 500-700 hard -core, unemployed out-of-school youths per year, in w orkshop situations. Administered by BEES-BIZ, Inc., a non-profit private organi zation. 233 were enrolled during the program. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS A center to screen prospective loan applicants and to provide assistance in the management and development of small businesses. An education program, form erly financed by EOA, to serv e the entire family using neighborhood public school faciliti es around the clock . Now administered by the Atlanta Board of Education. See page 7 . From October 1965 through July 1967 the center interviewed and counseled 850 low-income businessmen and approved loans total ing $326,225. Administered by EOA. 20,964 w ere enrolled in 12 school s. Approximately 10,000 more partici pated in programs while financed by EOA. SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROJECT ENABLE In 1965, scholarships were provid ed for 6,500 primary and Group education for low- income parents w hose children are enrolled in Head Start cl asses, to increase motivation for se lf-help. Commun ity and personal probl em s were ident ified and became the target for action . The project w as administered by th e A t lanta Urban Leagu e, Inc. second ary students from under-privil edged homes to allow th em to attend summer school. Administered by the Atlanta and Fulton County Boards of Education. ACTION : El even groups w it h a total of 295 parents have com pl eted th eir discussions. Th ere have been 424 referr als to oth er agencies fo r help. 1,836 peopl e have been interview ed . 60 persons have been involved in lead ersh ip t raining. The program ended on December 31st. VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE A program to provide t rain ing and supervision of loca l vo lunteers who suppl ement ed services of th e EOA professi on al st aff. Volunt eers were drawn fro m all areas of the city , inc luding EOA target areas. Th e progra m was ad m inistered by t he Community Counci l of t he Atlanta Area, Inc. du r ing it s demo nstratio n year. HOME MAKE R SE RV ICES Subst itute homemakers assumed responsibil it y for households in low-i ncome areas during emergency sit uations. Admin istered by V isiting N urse A ssociation o f A t lanta. 28 ho mem akers served 522 ho mes and made 13,436 visits. ACT ION: A ppro xi mately 250volun t eerswere recruited, t rained and placed. Seven cl asses were held, both daytime and evening. The volunteers worked fo r at least six months in neighborhood service cen t ers, ch ild development centers, summer head start programs, planned parenthood clinics, senior citi zens centers and community schools. HOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING EOA Home Management Technicians and aides worked in Neighborhood Service Centers, taught residents cooking, sewing, housekeeping, budgeting, child care, hygiene, consu mer buying, and facts about loans and installment bu yi ng. 9 �TARGET AREA POPULATION AND BOUNDARIES Centers 0 Street Bounderies Census Tracts Population Central City N- Southern Railway E-W. Peachtree S-Jet Street W-L&N RR F-6, F-7, F-8. F-9 F-10, F-20, F-21 20,304 East Central N-North Ave. E-Moreland Ave. S-Memorial Dr. W-Williams St. F-17, F-18, F-19, F-27, F-28, F-29, F-30, F-31, F-32, F-33 39,589 Edgewood N-c·of Ga. RR D-5, D-6 12,782 E-Rogers St. S-Memorial Drive W-Moreland Ave. 'Gwinnett County Entire county Nash-Washington N-Bankhead Ave. E-Elliot Street S-Greensferry Ave. & Westview Dr. W-Ashby Street F-22, F-23, F-25, F-26, F-36, F-37, F-38, F-39, F-43 38,334 North Fulton N-Fulton-Cherokee County Line E-Fulton-Forsyth County Line S-Northside Drive to W. Wieuca Rd. to Nancy Creek, Fulton-DeKalb line to Chattahoochee River W-Fulton-Cobb County Line F-101, F-102, F-114, F-115, F-116 42,943 Northwest Perry N-Marietta Boulevard E-Marietta Boulevard & Louisville&Nashville RR S-Proctor Creek W-Chattahoochee River F-87, F-88 14,134 Pittsburg N-Cont'd W-Whitehall E-Southern Railway S-Atlanta&W. Point 'R R W- W. Whitehall F-57, F-58, F-63 10,559 Price N-Atlanta Ave. E-Hill Street S-Lakewood Ave. W-South Expressway F-67 F-558 * F-55A

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' 21,548 Rockdale County Entire county South Fulton N- E. Cleveland Ave. E-Sylvan Road S-Thomas Avenue W-A&W.P. RR (S. Main St.) F-104, F-105, F-106, F-107, F-109, F-110, F-112 60,037 Sum-Mee N-Memorial Drive E-Primrose & Kelly Streets S-Atlanta Ave. W- Southern Railway F-44 F-45 F-46 F-47 F-48, *F-55A *F-56 ' ' ' 22,975 West Cent ral N-Proctor Creek, Gun Club Road, Eugenia Pl. & North Ave. E- L&N RR , Ashby St. S- Atlant ic Coast Line RR , & Hunter St. W- Chattahoochee River F-24, F-83, F-84, F-86 33,449 53,800 15,700 10 I. �West End N-Harris Homes Project E-Whitehall Street S-L&N Railroad 0 W-John White Park, S. Gordon Street F-41, F-42, F-59, F:60, F-61, F-62 20,200 TOTAL 283,151

These Census Tracts are divided between two center areas

1968 EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman Mrs. W. H. (Lucy) Aiken Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. Harold Benson Mr. W. T. Brooks Mr. William L. Calloway Mr. J. Otis Cochran Mr. Lawrence Coleman Mr. Robert Dobbs . Mr. George L. Edwards Jr. Mr. John Gaither Mrs. Beatrice Garland Mrs. Katherine Gatty Mr. Melvin Grantham Rev. Ellis Green Mr. John W. Greer Rev. Joseph L. Griggs Mrs. Sylvia Harris Mr. John S. Herndon Mr. Jesse Hil'I Mr. T. J. Justin Rev. M. L. King, Sr. Mrs. Susie Labord Dr. John W. Letson Mr. W. H. Montague, Sr. Mr. Michael Murphy Mr. Carl Plunkett Mr. Julian Sharpton Dr. Lynn Shufelt Mr. A. H. Sterne Mrs. Nancie Stowers Dr. Paul D. West Mrs. Leroy (Ann) Woodard Mr. W. A. Edge Mr. Ralph Long Mrs. Annie Pace Mrs. Susie Perkins Reverend R. B. Shorts Mr. Robert Tibbetts CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Marked * below, plus the following Executive Administrator Nominees: Mrs. Gladys Bradley Mrs. Rosa Burney Mr. James Couch CITIZENSrNEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS Central City Center

Mr. James Austin

Mrs. Dorothy Brown Mrs. Evelyn Brown Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. Ethel Cox Mr. T. J. Justus Mrs. Ethel Mc I ntyre Mrs. Tempil Owens Mrs. Ruth Palmer Mr. W. A. Reynolds Mrs. Kathryn Turner

Mr. L. L. Turner

Mr. Alonza Watson Center Director Nominees:

Mr. Spencer Blount

Mrs. Kathryn Turner Conyers- Rockdale Center Mr. Jim Baker Mr: Leroy Bigham, Chairman Reverend E. N. Brewer Mr. Bobby Brisendine Reverend William Byington Mr. George Davis Mr. George Edwards, Jr. Mr. James Finlayson Mr. Moses Green Mr. Aubrey Harvey Mrs. Olivia Haydel Mr. Willie Henderson Mr. J. T. Hicks Mrs. Merle K. Lott Mr. John Penn Mr. Frank Smith Mrs. Otis Smith Mr. Jack Turner Mrs. Dora Zachery East Central Rev. W. M. Allen Mrs. Clide Anderson Mrs. Alice Birdsong

Rev. N. D. Daniel

Mrs. Jean Fryer Miss Edith L. Grant Mr. James Gilbert, Sr. Mrs. Lois Harris Mrs. Ophelia Harris Mrs. Lila Hawkins Mrs. Gladys Hutchinson Mrs. Susie Labord, Chairman

Mrs. Corine Lang

Mr. John Mattox

Center Director Nominees: Mr. Harold Hess Mr. Julius Pruitt Mr. Samuel Sheats Edgewood Center Mrs. Fred Brantley Mrs. Eliza. Brock 11 Mrs. Blanche Cox

Mrs. Rosie Harris

Mrs. Charity Hill Rev. C. W. Hill Mr. Lorenzo Johnson, Chairman Mrs. Maxie Lewis Mr. Columbus Maddox Mr. George Malden

Mrs. Rubye Payne

Mr. Julius White Center Director Nominees: Mr. Rufus Favors

Mr. John Gaither

Mr. Charles Turner Nash-Washington Center

Mrs. Elizabeth Barker

Mr. Otis Cochran Mrs. Mattie Cotton Mrs. Parialee Fau lker Mrs. Lois Ferguson Mrs. Cathrine Greer Mrs. Margaret Guest Mrs. Cynthia Hampton Rev. W. L. Houston Mrs. Geneva Mack Mr. James S. Wilson Mrs. Jesse Miller Mrs. Lena Pritchett Mrs. Carrie Porter Mrs. Annie Sewell �Mrs. Gladys Shaw Mr. M. T. Sheppard

Mr. Erwin Stevens, Chairman

Mrs. C. M. Wolfe Center Director Nominees:

Mr. James Gardner

Mrs. Mattie Hutchinson Mrs. Ruby Lundy Mrs. Maggie Moody Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson North Fulton Center

Rev. Paul Abernathy

Mr. Royce Adkins

Mr. Alonzo Allen

Mr. George Barnhart Mr. Tom Bell Mrs. Ophard Buice Mrs. D6ris Born Mrs. Rupert Cartwright Mrs. Susie Day Rev. G. R. Hewatt Mrs. Clyde Lafitte Mrs. Robert McCallum Mr. Robert McCallum Mrs. Fannie Martin Mrs. Judy Metcaff

Mr. Gene Poteete

Mr. Lynn Shufelt, Chairman Mrs. Ed. Steele Mr. A. C. Turner Mrs. Anne Verner Mrs. Nelle Wilson Center Director Nominees: Mr. H. B. Jones Mrs. Grace Kilgore Mr. Horace McClusky Mr. W. H. Scott Mrs. Ann Standridge Mrs. Agnes Wells Northwest Perry Homes Center Mrs. Azzie Brown Mrs. Margie Freeman Mr. Isreal Grant Mrs. Beulah Hill

Mrs. Ruby Hawk

Mrs. Annie Mae Hoard Mrs. Pearline Johnson Mrs. Elizabeth McMillian Deacon Henry Mitchell Mrs. Mary Rowe Mr. John Slaton Mrs. Arie Shelman

Mr. Albert Sm ith

Mrs. Elizabeth Strong

Mrs. V era Travis Mrs. Josie Wynn Center Director Nominees: Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman Mr. Robert Shaw Pittsburgh Service Center Mrs. Madeline Cooper Mrs. Huston F. Dyer Mrs. Annie Evans Mrs. Mamie Fleming Mrs. Beatrice Garland GSA ATLA N TA GA 68 - 355 4 Mrs. Annie B. Nelson Mrs. Rbsa Hammonds Mrs. Mary Robinson o

Mr. N. H. Scott

Mrs. Willie P. Thornton Mr. John W. Tolbert Mrs. Annie P. Wright

Mrs. Carrie B. Wright, Chairman

Center Director Nominees:

Mrs. Sallie Billings

Rev. Calvin Houston Mrs. Katherine. Harris

Mr. Arthur L. Hodges

Mr. Robert Kelly

Mr. Jimmie Kennebrew, Jr.

Mrs. Gussie Lewis Mr. Edward Moody Dec. Lewis E. Peters, Chairman Mrs. Doris Thomas Mrs. Eva Upshaw Mrs. Mary Vaughn Mr. Hudson Whitsett Center Director Nominees: Price Center

Mrs. Grace Barksdale

Mr. Melvin Barnes Mrs. Mary Benning Mr. Jessie Berry Mrs. Charlie M. Foster Mrs. Betty Hightower Mrs. Helen Lowe Mr. Gariel McCrary Mrs. Mary Marshall Mrs. Addie Moore Mrs. Elizabeth Mosley Mrs. Ceclia O'Kelley

Mrs. Francis O'Neal

Mrs. Mollie Parker Mr. Henry Phipps, Chairman Mrs. Christine Printup Miss Rene Respress Mrs. Marjorie Stone Mrs. Jessie Terry Mrs. Emma J. Watkins Mrs. Louise Watley Mrs. Martha Weems

Mr. Willis Weems

Center Director Nominees: Mr. Robert Barnes Mrs. Ollie Powell South Fulton Mrs. Tommie Anderson Mr. Ronald .Bridges, Chairman Mrs. Margaret Burnett Mr. Paul Dorsey Mrs. Maxcine Jackson

Mr. Leroy Lowe

Mrs. Susie Perkins Mrs. Myrtice Rowe Mr. Robert Sm ith Mr. John Walton, Jr. Mrs. Louvenia Williams Mrs. Mary Lou Williams Mrs. Lucy Willis Center Director Nominees:

Mr. W. T. Brooks

Mr. Milo Fisher

Mr. James Maddox Mrs. Kathryn Gatty Mrs. Leila Hancock Deacon Edward James Mrs. Marie Thomas West Central Center Mrs. Katie Brown Mrs. Katie Davis Mr. John Dixon

Mrs. Elizabeth Hill

Mr. John Jackson Mrs. Elora Johnson Mrs. Dollie Jones Mrs. Leola Perry Mrs. Christine Phillips

Mr. Elisha Pitts

Mrs. Essie Powell

Mr. Buster Starr Rev. H. H. Strong Mrs. Ernestine Wynn Mr. Edward Young Mrs. Marion Young Center Director Nominees: Rev. Ellis Green Mr. Charles B. Hart, Chairrnan Rev. Pozie L. Redmond, Jr. Mrs. Jaunita Scott Rev. R. B. Sutton West End Mr. Alvin Barner

Mrs. Hazel Bridges

Mrs. C. B. Cole Mr. James Dillion Father Edward s Mrs. Carrie Jordan Mrs. Dorothy Minter Mr. Michael Murphy, Chairman Mrs. Geneva Rushin Mr. J. A. Segars

Mrs. Kathleen Stapotsky

Mr. James Stewart Mr. Fred Thomas Mr. Homer Whaley Center Director Nominees: Sum-Mee Center Mrs. Lucy Alexander Mrs. Rosa L. Burney

Mrs. Ann L. Childs

Rev. L. C. Clark Mrs. Carri e Cox Mr. Richard Ferguson Rev. W. L. Finch Mrs. Joyce Harden 12

Rev. Marcus Bramblett

Father Edwards Mr. James Dillion �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 MARIETTA STREET, N .W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 . . . T ELEPHONE : T. M. Jim Parham Executi ve Administrator F·8 2 F • 79 -- -, ' i¼.u,. 1 Neighborhood Service Areas A. B. C. D. E. F. WEST END NASH-WASHINGTON PRICE SOUTH FULTON SUM -MEC EAST CENTRAL G. EDGEWOOD H . NORTHWEST (P .H .) I. WEST CENTRAL J . CENTRAL C IT Y K. PITTSB UR G H L. NORTH F ULTON (Gwinnett and Rockdale County areas not shown on map) AREA CODE (404) 525-4262 Three Year Report 1965 - 1967 �INDEX MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 HEADQUARTERS KEY STAFF MEMBERS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS. . Page 2 BRIEF HISTORY. . Page 3 EOA PROGRAMS. . Page 2 COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS . . . . . . . Page 9 TARGET AREA POPULATION AND BOUNDARIES . . . . . . . . Page 10 EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. . Page 11 CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL . Page 11 CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 HEADQUARTERS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. 101 Marietta Street, N.W. NAME TITLE TELEPHONE Ex ecutive Admini strator Mr. Thomas M. Jim Parham 688-1012 Deput y Director Mr. William W. Allison 688-2033 Associate Admini strator Mr. William G. Terry 525-7023 A ssociate Admini strator for Community Services Mr. Harold Barrett 525-4266 Direct or, F inance Mr. Peter Jones 577 -3345 Direct or, Pu rchasing Mr. 0. H. Gronk e 688-3010 Chief of Manpower Servi ces Mr. George C. Rod gers 526-6347 Ch ief of Neigh borhood Services Mrs. Sujette Crank 522-5792 Unit Coord inat or Mr. Geo rge Will iams 873-6759 Chief of Ind ividua l & Fami ly Services Mrs. Ed it h A . Hambri ck 688-2033 Director, Public Information Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell 525-4262 2 - - -· - - - - · - · - - - ~ - - - ~ - - - - - ~ ~ - - - - J �I JOHN OR. JOHN W. F. STANDRIDGE LETSON DIRECTOR Atlanta Public Schools VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION SUPT. OF SCHOOLS 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. AUanta, Georgia 30315 ~EMORANDUM TO: Janu ary 13,1969 Those in Atte:nda!lce a.t the Job Co P~ Skill Center Meeting on January 7 .· 1969 , at Atlanta Area Technical School FROM: Mr. John F. Standridge, Executive Director, Vocational- Techn.' c al and Ad·: .;lt Edu·~ati on 2. / ·--J -YIU,( v" g /ht a P/tvt-4. - -/ ~ AE you r ecall , I indicated i,O th group that we wo send copi es of t he j ob description of,. the diffe rer:t key positions for the Job Corps Skill Cente r Staff. We have not been b .k to complet e these job descriptions as of t hi date . I though t I would let you know thar, we had n ot f orgotten to do this . .As soon as t he job de-s cr:Lptions have been c ompleted , we will a.t that time send you copie s . If you k mv of any .i ndivi dual that you would like to recorrrrnend f or di f :'ercnt posit.ion'>, you might submit resumes to me for later consj.deration. A'> soon aE a ny additional word is known about t h e funding of this program, we will let you know . JFS:pf �February 12, 1969 M r . Louis Hertz Louis Hertz A dvertising Agency, Inc . 23 Third Street, N . W . Atlanta, Georgia Dear Lou: Sorry that we have been unable to communicate in the past several we eks . I£ p ossible~ we would like to use an EOA message on our signboards for the m onths of Ma rch a nd April and then shift to summer program advertising early in May. Mary Lu Mitchell has sketched out s ev ral id as to publicize th EOA block club movement . We are open to your uggestions and advic . Sincerely yours, D n Swe t DS :fy Endo urea �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Street Bldg. • t\tbnta , Georgia 30303 • Telephone: 525-4262 T . M. P arham Executive Administrator TO: Mro }Jan Sweat FROM: Mary Lu Mitchell SUBJECT: Billboards DATE: February 10, 1969 The attached suggestions are hereby submitted to the BILLBOARD BOARD for serious consideration. Art work or photographs will be supplied by EOA o Choos~ one. �,-· ,. - .-..- ·-- -• -=:- - - -:..- _:: ., "WE CAN'T DO ANY BETTER UNTIL WE GET TOGETHER" JOIN AN EOA BLOCK CLUB I \._ / CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER _i - -- - _ ,. _,..,. ___ ·-·--~---·--·- -.- ..,_,.--,.-- ,~-- - J "/ ,~-'/; { _.. .J I / ' .

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You are cordially invited to attend the program which promises to be informative and enjoyable in as much as you will be able to ask questions and join the discussion if you so desire. You 1-J ill not want to miss this phase of the program nor the vesper services designed to make the e vening complete. Do come , Hon I t you? CDH/e b �JOHN F. STANDRIDGE DR. JOHN W. LETSON Atlanta Public Schools VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL & ADULT EDUCATION SUPT. OF SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 MEMORANDUM TO: Fulton Coun.ty Delegation Advisory Committee Members Other Interested Parties FROM: John F. Standridge, Executive Director Vocational-Technical and Adult Education February 20,1969 ~-;,;t:/~ In order to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of business and industry, it is necessary to provide Vocational Education in various fields where the needs occur. More funds are needed in Vocational Education to help meet these needs. Programs which have rbeen authorized nationwide by the new 1968 Vocational Edu.cation Amendments and other Vocational Acts for the Fiscal Year 1970 amounts to $773,661,455. The President in his Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1970 requested only $286 , 377,455 which is $487,284 , 000 less than the authorization. Some of the programs that will be affected by this cut includes the Work Study Program, which provides needy students with part-time jobs while they are going to school. This program was completely eliminated from an authorization of $35,000,000. The Cooperative Educa tion Programs were cut from $35,000 , 000 to $14, 000,000. Programs for Students with Special Needs were completely eliminated from an authorization of $40,000,000 and Construction of Residential Vocational Schools was eliminated from an authorization of $55,000 , 000. These are just four of several programs that received cuts. However , these four programs are most significant if we are to eliminate the problems of unemployment and proverty in Atlanta and Fulton County. We are again asking your continued support of Vocational Education and that you enlist the support of Congressman Fletcher Thompson and Senators Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge requesting that they vote for the full appropriation. We understand that Congress will finalize the Budget Proposal shor tly after the first of March so time is fle eting. We must have action now! JFS : pf �EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PR ESIDENT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WASHIN GTON , D.C. 20506 CJllll(Jl~TlJNITY February 20, 1969 MEMORANDUM FROM BERTRAND M. HARDING ACTING DIRECTOR I'm sure that by now you have all seen news reports on the President's long-awaited statement regarding the future of the. Office of Economic Opportunity. I believe all of us at OEO, the operators of our programs in the field, our supporters among the general public and most of all the poor_ whom we seek to serve should be gratified at the course charted by the Administration's newly announced anti-poverty policy. President Nixon's statement to Congress of February 19 represe·nts in every important aspect an endorsement of much of the work OEO has -done over the past 4 years. But, of even greater significance, is the President's recognition that a major effort still lies ahead to redeem the lives and hopes of America's poor . As the President put' it: "From the experience of OEO , we have learned the value of having in the Federal Government an agency whose special concern is the poor . We have learned the need fo r fle x ibi lity, responsiveness , and continuing i nnovation. We have learned the need for m anagement eff ect i ven ess. " As I s ee it the key poin t s i n the Pres i de n t 's m es sage ar e these : 1. OEO will continue , unde r th at name a n d within the Executive Office of the P res ident. The Pr e side nt will pr opo se t o C o ngr e ss t h at OEO's autho rization fo r appr op riatio ns be exte nded for one year to J une 3 0 , 19 7 0 . 2 . Later this year, the President will send to Congress a "comprehensive proposal for ·the future of the poverty program" which he will propose to become effective July 1, 1970. �-23. Head Start will be delegated to the Office o f the Secre t ary of the Department of Health, Education a n d We lfar e, effective July 1, 1969. 4. Job Corps will be de le gated t o the Department of Labor e ffective July 1, 1969, with the Departments o f Interior and Agr iculture retaining ope r ating responsibilit y fo r conse rvation cente rs. 5. Preparat ions w i ll be made for the eventual t ransfer of the Comprehens ive Health Centers a nd Fo ster Grandparents progr ams to HEW . 6. The "vital" Community Action Prog ram will be pressed fo rward, and C AAs will c ontinue to b e involved in the ope ratio n of programs at the local level, even though such progr ams may be delegated to other Departments at the natio nal level. There will, of course, be difficulties as we seek to carry out the administ ra tive changes the President wishes, a s Congres s performs its legi slative duties a nd even as we at OEO meet our continuing responsibilities to the poo r. Thes e, however, are difficulties inherent in the t ransition process , rathe r than difficulties of substance affecting the c o ntinuation of p r ograms and their impact on the poor. As such they are difficulties I am confident can be effectively resolved. The overriding questi o n for the past few of OE0 1 s mandate to help the po<;>r out of hand and I think all of us concerne d with heartened and ready to pus h forward our months h as been the continua tio n p ov~r t y. That mandate is now in the pli ght of America's poor are common cau se. During the past four yea rs OEO has made major strides toward erasing poverty . But some 22 million poor remain with us, so there is much s t ill to be done. In essence we now have the Presidential support to get on with the job. • �Fe:: f' E L;j CC r.r.::;r'. £.:.:- S.F_' ur cN I:E!..!V'· 1· Y TO T':<E CF T:-'..r_ 'j r- 11; .. F O F FICE OF [ nm FED H.UARY l'J, 1%9

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WHI T E H OU~E FRESS SECRETARY THE WHITE HOU.SE TO THE CO NGRESS OF THE UNITE D STATES : E c ono mic Cppo::-tunity A ct The blight of poverty r e qu i res priori t y attention . It engages. ou:r hearts and challenges OU'r in t z lii ger.c e. It cannot and w ill n o.t be treated lightly or· indifferently, or withou t the m ost sear chin g e x 2.rn inati-o.n of how best. to marshal the res ou rces avaiL,bl~ to th e Fede r a l Govern ment for comtiatting it. At my d ire c tion , t h e U rtan Affairs Council h a s b e en co-nducting an intensive s tudy o f the n a tion ' s a n t i- pove rty prog r a ms , o f the way the· antipoverty effort is o rgani z e d and admini st>:,red, a nd of w ays in which it might b 'e made more e ffe c ti ve , That study i s· cont i nuing. However, I c a n n ow annom1ce· a number of steps I i ntend t o ta\<e , as well as spelling out some of the- consid'e·rationstha t w i ll guide my fut u re r e c ommendations . The Economic Oppor t u nit y Act of 1964 i s n ow sch e duled to expire on June 30, lS7C. The present authorizati o n for app rop r i ations for the Office of E conomic C ppor tu;1ity runs on ly u ntil June 30, 1969. I will ask Congres s that this authori zati on for appropriations b e ext e nded for another year . ~rior to the end of t h e Fiscal Yea r , I w i ll send Con g ress a comprehensive p ro p o s a l fo r t he future of the pov e rty pro g r a m , including r e c omme n d a t i ons fo r revising and e,:tending the Act itse lf b e yond it s schedul ed 1970 exp i ::-ation , H ow the w o rk begu n by OEO can best be carried forwa rd is a subj-ect on which man y view s d eserve to be heard -- both fr o m within Co ng r ess, a nd among thos e ma n y ot h ers who are interested o r a ffect e d, including e s pecially t he poor t hems e l v e s, Ey sending my proposal s w ell befo r e the A ct's 1970. expi r a t ion , I intend t o p rovide time for full de b a te and d i scus s.ion. In the maze of a nti - poverty efforts, precedents ar,, weak and knowle dg e uncertain. T hese p a st y ears oI increasing Federal involv ement have begu n to make c l ear how vast is the range of what we d o n o t ye t know, and how fra g ile are pr ojections based on partial underst a nding . But we have learne d some le s s ons about what works and what does not. The c hang es I propose w ill b e b ased on those lessons and those d i s cove ries , and r ooted i n a determinatio n t o press ahead with anti-poverty e fforts e v e n though indi vidual e x p e riment s have ended in disappointment . From the expe r ience of OEO, we have learned the v alue o f hav ing i n th e F ede r al Gover nment an agency whose special concern is t h e p o or. 'v'f e ha ve l earn e d the need for flex ibility, responsivene ss , and continuin g i nnovati on. We have l earned the need for manage m e nt effectiv eness. Even those most t h orc.,ughly committed to th.- goals of the a nti - pove r ty e ffo r t recogni z e now t hat much that has bePn tried has not work e d. T:1. e O:SO :-,a::; 1.:eea 2. ·1 2.lu.2.'::·b,fount of i c1ea:i and enthui;ia s m , b ut it has s uffere d from a confusio n of roles. MORE �- 2 OEO's greatest value i s as an init iat i n r, agency -- devising new pr o gra ms to help the poor, .ind sez- ·,1in'.5 a:::; ,tn "incu ba tor" for these programs dur i n[: their initial, experimc•1tal 1:,;ia!:,~3. On e of my aims is to fre e OEO it:; d f to perform these func tions more effe cti vel y, by providing for a greater conc cntra~ion of it s energies on its inno vative role, Last y ear, Congres s di:.e ct e d that sp ecial studies be made ·by th e Executive 2ranch of whether Head S tart and the Job Corp s should continue to be administered clirc c tiy b y OEO, or whether responsi!:lility should be oth erwise ass ign e d. Section 309 o f the Vocational Ed ucation .Ame ndments of 1968 pro v ides: "The Fresiclent sha ll make a special s t udy of w h ether th e responsi bilit y for administering the Head Start p r ogram e s t ab lis!-ied under the Economi c Opportunity A ct of 1964 should co ntinue to be vested in the Dir e ctor of the Office of Economic Opportunity, should be transferred to another agency of the Government, or should be dele gat ed to another su ch agency pursuant to the provision s of s e c tion 602 (d) of the aforementioned Econ omic Op portu nity P. ct of 1964, and sha il submit the fin din g s of this stud y t o the C ongress not later than Ma rch 1, 196 9. " I have today submitte d this stuµy to tne Cong res s. Meanwhile, under the Execu:cive authority provi ded by the Economic Opportunity Act, I have --directed tha t preparations be mad e for t h e delega tion of Head Start to the Depar tment of Healt :1, Educ a tion and Vi elfare, VJ hether it should be actua lly transferred is a question I will take up in my later, comprehen sive message, along w ith my proposals for a pe rmane nt status and organizational st ructure for OEO, Fending a final deci si on by the S e cretary of HEW on where wi thin the d epartment responsibility for He ad Start would be lodged, it will be located directly within t he Office of the Secretary. In o r der to provide for orderly preparation, and to ensure that there is no interrupti o n 01 p rogram s, I ha v e directed that this delegation be made effect i ve July 1, 1969. By then the summer programs for 1969 will all have been funded, a nd a new cy cle w ill be beginning. I see thi s delegation as an importa nt elen1ent in a new national commitment to the cruc ia l early years of life,_ Head Start is still experimental . Its effect:; are simply not known -save of course w here medical care and similar services are involve d. The results of a major national evaluation of th e program w ill be available this Spring. It must be said, howeve r, that preliminary repo rts on this study confirm w hat many have fear ed : t he l o ng term effect of Head Start appears to b e extremely weak. · This must not d is courag e us. To the contrary it only demonstrates the immense contribution the Head Start program has made simpl y by ha~ing rai sed to prominence on the national agenda the fact -- known for some time, but never w i dely recogn ized that the children of the poor mostly ar rive at school age se ri ously deficient in the ability to profit from formal education, and already s ignificantly behind t h eir contemporaries , It also has been made a bundantly clear that our s chools as they now exist are unable to overcome this deficiency. In this context, the Head Start Follow-Through Frogram already delegated to HEW by OEO, assumes an e ven greater importance, MORE �- 3 - In recent year s, f' nor m ou s advan ce s ha ve been ma de in the understanding of human development . W e have learned th a t intelligence· is not fixed at birth, but i::; larzcly for,·n e d !:.y the envi::-onmental influences of the early formative years. It develops rapidly at first, and then more slowly; as nmch of that development takes place in th e first fo 1.tr y ears as in the next thi:c-~een. Y.'e i1avc le:::?.;:ne::l further th at env i1·onmcnt ha:; its grc~tc::;t impact on t!1.e dcvelop,·,1cfli: of intelligence v111en il,at .:le v clopment is proceeding rr. o::;t r2.pidly -- that is. in those earliest years. This means that many of the problems of poverty are traceable directly to early childhood experience - - and that if we are to make genuine, longrange progress, we must focus our efforts much more than heretofore on those few years which may determine how far, throughout his later life. the child can r e ach. Recent scientific developments have shown that this process of early childhood development poses more difficult problems than had earlier been recognized -- but they also promise a real possibility of major breakth~oughs soon in our understanding of this process. Ey placing Head Start in the Depc>.rtment of HEW, it will be possible to strengthen it by association with a -wide range of ot!1er early development programs within the department, and also with the research programs of the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of lVIe ntal Health, and the National Institute of Child He2.lth and Human D e velopment. Much of our know ledge is n~w . But we are not on that ground absolved from the responsibilit y to r e spond to it. So crucial is the 1natter of early growth that w e must make a national commitment to providing , a:ll .American childr e n an oppor t unity for healthful and stimulating development during the first five years of life. In delegating Head Start to the Department of HE Vv , I ple dg e myself to that comm it m e nt. The Voca tional Education Ame nd me nts of 1968 dir e ct ed the Commissioner of Educat ion to study the Job C orps i n re lat ion to state v ocational education prog ram s. I have d ir e ct e d the Se cr eta ri es oi Labor a nd of Health, Education, and W elfare, and t:he As s i stant Se cretary of L a bor for Manpower, to work w ith the Acting Commis s i on e r o f Educati on i n p re pa r ing such a r e po r t for submi ssion to Cong r ess at t he e a r liest op po rtunit y . One of th e priority aims of the n ew A dminist ration is the deve lopment by th e Depa r tment of Labo r of a c·omp re he n siv e ma n p ower pr o gram, design e d to make ce ntrally a va ila ble to the unemployed and the underemplo y ed a full range of Federal job tra ining and plac e m ent services. Tow a r d t his e nd, it i s e s se ntial that the m any Federal manpow er pr ograms b e i n te gr a ted and c oordinate d . There fo re, a s a firs t step toward better pr ogra m manage me nt , the Job Cor ps will b e d elegated t o the Department of La b o r. For the Departm ent, this will add another i mpo rtant manpower s e r v ice component. Fo r the Job C o rpsmen , it w i ll m ake a v a ilabl e addit i ona l training and servi c e opp ortunities . From the s tandpoint of prog r a m management, it make s it possible t o c oordinate the Job Corps w i t h oth er manpow er serv ice s , espec i ally v ocatio n al educat i on, a t the point o f delive ry . T he Depart me n t of Labo r a lr eady is deeply involv ed in the recruit m e nt, counseling a n d placement of Job C o r ps me n . It refer s 80 pe r cen t of a ll male and 45 p er cent of a ll f emaie enrolle es ; it provides job market info r m ation, a n d h elps l ocate Job Corpsme n in the a r eas o f g r e a test opportunity. MORE �I - 4 - This d clc[;3tion w ill a lso be made effective on July 1, 1969; and the Departincnts of Jntcr·io r a nd l, g r i"cultu.rc will con, i nue to_ have op e rating responsibility for t!1e Jo'b Corps centers conc2 :rncd primarily with con !l e rvation. I have d ire c te d t:ha·~ p:reparati onn be made for the transfer of two other progrc:.m::: from C·E ·c: co the ::..:::partment of Eecilth, :Sdl'.cation, and Vi elfarc: Comp re h en s ive Eealt.4 Centers , which provide health service to the residents of poor nei.c:;!1borhoods, and Foster Grandparents program. In my judgment , these can be better administered at present, or in the near fut_ure , within the structure of the Department. In making these changes, I recognize that innovation costs money -and that if OEO is to continue i.ts effectiveness as an innovating agency, adequate funds must be made available on a continuing basis. Moreover, it is my intent that Com1nunity Action .Agencies can continue to be involved in the operation of programs such as Head Start ·at the local level, even though an agency other than CEO pas received such programs, by delegation at the national level. It also is my intent that the vital Community Action Frograms will be pressed forw ard, and that in the area of economic development CEO will have an i mportant role to play, in coopera tion with other agencies, · in fo ste ring community-based business development . One of the principal aims of the Administration's continuing study of the anti-poverty effort will be to improve its management effectiveness. When poverty-fund monies are stolen, those hurt most are the poor -whom the monies were meant to help. When programs are inefficiently administered, those hurt most again are the poor. The public generally, and ~he poor especially, havri a right to demand effective and efficient management • . I intend to provide it. I . expe ct that impo rtant economies will result from the delegation of the Job Co rps to the Department of Labor, a nd we shall continue to strive for g::sater efficiency, and espec ially for greater effectiveness in Head Start. A Co n centrated M.anagement Improvement Program initiated in OEO will be intensified • . Under this program selected Community Action .Agencies will be requir ed ~o take step s to devise improvements in such areas as organizat ional !ltructu re , financial and a ccounting systems, personnel training and work scheduling. Standa rds w ill be applied under the "management improvement programto evaluate the operations of Community Action Agenci es. We intend to monitor these pr ograms actively in order to ensure that they are achieving high-level effectiveness and that they are being administered on an orderly bas'is. In the past, problems have often arisen over the relationship of State, county and local gove.nments to programs administered by OEO. This has particularly been the case where the State and local officials have wanted to assume greater responsibili ty for the implementation of the programs but for various reasons have been prevented from doing so. I have assigned special responsibility for working out the se problem s to the newly-cr·eated Office of Intergovernmentc1-l Relations, under the supervision of the Vice President. I have directed the Urban .Affairs Council to keep the anti-poverty effort under constant review and evaluation, seeking new ways in which the various departments can help and bette r ways in which their efforts can be . coordinated. My comprehensive recommendations for the future of the poverty program will be made after the Urban Affair s Council's own initial study is completed, · and after I have reviewed the Comptroller ·General's study of OEO ordered by Congress in 1967 an<l dn .. fcu· eubmi ssic>n next month. �- 5 Meanwhile, I would stress this final thought: If we are to make the most of experimental programs, we must frankly recognize th.c ir experimental nature and frankly acknowledge whatever shortcomings they develop. To do so _is not to belittle the expe riment, but to advance its essential purpose: · that of finding new ways, b e tter ways, of making progress in areas still inadequately understood. We often can learn more from a program that fails to achieve its purpose than from one that succeeds. If we apply those lessons, then even the "failure" will have made a significant contribution to our larger purposes. I urge all those involved in these experimental programs to bear this in mind-- - and to rememcer that one of the primary goals of this Administration is to expand our knowledge of how best to make real progress against those social ills that have s o stubbornly defied solution. w·e do not pretend to have all the answers. W e are determined to find as many as we can. The men and women who will be valued most in this administration will be those .who understand that not every experiment s ucceeds, who do not cover up failures but rather lay open problem s, frankly a nd construc tively-, so that next time we will know how to do better. In this spirit, I am confident that we can pla ce our a nti -poverty efforts on a secure footing -- and that a s we continue to gain in understanding of how to master the difficulties, w e c a n m ove forward at a n a cce lerating pace. RICHARD NIXON THE WHITE HOUSE, February 18, 1969. '* #' �Economic Opportunity Atlanta., Ince 101 Marietta Street Bldg . • t\ t bn ta, Georgia 30303 • Telephone: 525-4262 T. M. Parh am Ex ecut ive Admin is trator contact: -Mrs. Mitchell or Mrs. Mason For immediate release March 11, 1969 For the first time in Atlanta, and perhaps the nation, residents of poverty areas have taken over . the task of teaching the more affluent about poverty. Since they began their STAR'J:. ~OW ATLAN'I':... c cwipn.i': n two months ago the poor have schedule · . s lutn tours , for mor2 than . 2,000 Atlantc.:.1 1.2. ' . They also have spoken to numerous clubs and organizations and have appeared on radi0 and TV programs. The ?OOr have enlisted 202 Atlantans ~s volunteers fo r -- ~ : . Econ omic Oppo rtunity Atlanta, th'; city' s anti-poverty age11r:y . Thi s month they are planning a special -t:on:i · for lawyer s a r :i one for docto rs , at the reque3 i' o f the profess i onal o rgani- - ~2tions for both groups. 'I'he 23 pov_e rty area rcsi.dents who have led the cami::aign call themselves v. I. P . 's or Volunteer Information People . Since they initiated their program Janu ary 10,they hav e completed tours for 1,400 of the 2,000 schedulE;:!d . will be completed duri ng the next month. The remainder �-2- -I ~ Indications are that the tours are really two-way streets; as one V.I.P. put it, . 11 They learn from us and we learn from them. r- - ' Those taking the tours are young, middle age·d , old. ' tour by foot, by car, by bus. They They are lawyers, business men, doctors, social workers, club women, church members, journalists, visitors to Atlanta, the already concerned, and those not-sosure- about-it-all. They c.:c , ' is in greatest number from Metro- politan :Atlanta, but also fiJm various parts of the United States and from countries ov€r the world. t The 202 'volnnteers are working in a variety of projects, including Big_ 8 is t.er pro~rams, story hours, adult literacy classes, tutorial programs, and marionette shows • .•_# I::, In addition, f our white chu r r:h es have formed partnerships with black churche s , 2 college f ~<-:t erni ties a.re -.v0rking in volunteer p rojects and some 200 college st d e ::-. ~s are c ond·.icting f a comprehensive consume r surv e y in one low- ·nco me area. Tours, speaker s and the volunteer program ~ri l l continue . The Atlanta Dogwood Festival will feature poverty area tours ' led by the v; r. P. •,s on 'April 8 and 12 . To volu nteer , to arr ange a tour for individua l s or g r oups , or to get a speaker o r a pane l , call 5 2 5 -4 262. 11 �Economic pportunity Atl~inta, Inco 101 Mar ietta Street Bldg. • Atl Gn ta , Georg ia 30303 • T. M. Parh am E xec:.:ti ve Admi ni s trat o r February 26, 1969 Miss 'i-Iartley Campbell Department 0:!: J-l.:;using & Urba n Devel opment Office of Ur ban Trans p c r.~a tioi-. T)evelopment Washington, D. C. 204 :0 This letter i:::; ~ -: iniorm you '.J d 2velopment s regarding the demonstration transp0~tation proposal since our last conversation. L. On your recommendati0n we contacted the City of Atlanta to discuss th e poss ibilit y of th eir· assuming the project ma n age me nt . . It was suggest2 d t h at EOA continue to s erve as proj ec t mana ger with . the coope ration o f the city and other agenc i e s ' such &s the Atlanta T~ans it System. currently we are prepa~ing a le tter 01 application joint ly . Thi s will b e a propo~al for a fou r (4 ) month p:ann ing gr ant . It is ant icip a ted tha t EOA will prov ide one f·c.111 tirae staf f person to the proj ec t. The city has agr eed to coope r a t e within the limits of their own ob l igations . The At l anta Tr ansit System i s b e ing i nvolved . The -::ity has re commende d that the Atlant a Transit Sy ste m ' s transport a tion consulta nt b e c0ns idered for the p r oj e ct. Also we h a v e h a d cont a ct with Urba n Resear c h a nd Deve lopme n t As soci a t es . It is anticipa t e d that the planning gr a nt applic a tion will b e comple t e d the fir s t o f March and should b e in y our office tha t week. �\ February 25, 1969 Miss Hartley Campbell -2- Thank you again for your assistance and interest. s7.cerely, ic L (~

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William W. Allison . Deputy Administ~ator WwA:jj j CC: Mr . T. M. Parha m ..., l"Ir . Dan Sweat / Mr. Collier Gladin ·" �' I I I MEMO TO: Dan Sweat FROM: DATE: January 30, 1969 Clint Rodgers # - SUBJECT: CEP Model Cities Manpower Coordination Attached is an excerpt from the revised CEP Handbook which was reviewed and approved by the White House January 25, 1968. I would like to discuss some issues and ideas relative to the Mayor's involvement after you have read it. CR:caa Attachment �t ( • •' Exc:erot fror;1 Rev:..sed C::s? Handbook (T his .portion reviewed and ipproved

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~--- HUD, which is a sien;i_ture agency to t h e· inter-de partmental CP..i'1? S agreement , has info rmed CD As of the n ecess ity of working clo sel y wi t h the l oca l CA.JV:PS COIT'u-;1itt ee . A:n·a coordinating committees h a ve been established in all cities select ec as Model Cit ies and mayors h ave b een encouraged to r,,ssu.T.e leadership -- • �L ( •' - :1.1 in the cstablish:nent and structuring of these corrJid. tte e s in order to -- ·1=)-ro.vidc direct local government input for CEP/l'l.odel Cities planning . • In. addition to the role mayors have in the CAMPS mecnanism, the fb1llowing avenuE:s for cooperative participation on the part of the ma1,or will be provided in cormection with CEP: l.. Target P..rea ·The: CEP target area will be selected by the prime sponsor i::. consultation with the CDA and the local chief executive . W}1r2r~ the· CE? is located in a Xodel City, the policy shall be that the CEP target area embrace the ~~de1 Neighborhood area • ....._ 2.. Sn:.rnsor The prime sponsor of the CEP is the CAA. Howev er , wnere a .Ct:.? is. located in a ~~del City, it shall be the policy of IDL to cc,n.sult the local chief executive r egarding sponsorship of -th f., CEP •. 'When. the sponsorship is dis puted by the Mayor , the ,.Regior,nl Manpower Administrator will consult with the Regional Direct.ors or· O:ED, HUD, and HEW be.fore making a decision. Cooperative effo.rt.s should be made by the Regional Jvl'.odel Cities Coo r d i no.t ir. £ Committee to consili at e l ocal differences . J.. Pl,mrd ng The P..'l.npower .Administratio;i f i r-' ld r epr e s ent ati v es (MAR) are - - - - - .-r-..-. - ·~ ....-.•-,..,-....,......---.... a • •., • • _r--=----.-.>"-~ '--·"'· •.,.-c!, ..,i:.,"4 ""'..r-,.- . - ~... ~u - .. , inst ructed to brin g to gether representati w ·s of the CDA , CAA - - ~ - - - - - . . , . _ _ _.._ _ _ _ _ , . . . ; _ . _ _. ... _ • ..,_,,._. - ~,,~..- - ·,... • • _,.,_ -:._ ..... .c.. , ,o.·,.\. .... ..., _. .., ~- a nd ES when making his i niti a l cont a ct in a city in connectic~ ..._,__ _ _.....__..._...,..;...- - i ; o ~ ~r-.·~~

·-·- : l >a....,., :..•- n . ,._.._, _ ...1'-ti,__•_··-.-....r.-,, _.,_ ._ ,_ f �. • ' ( - 12 - with the develo pment of a CEP. --. ---- opportunity . to de si gnate a The Y.a.yor will be provided U-,e representative to p~rticipate in tte .. ~ pre-operational pla!1:1ing and structuring o.f the CEP. P..ny existing municipal manpower corr~Qttees should also be consult ed . The .t:".iayor•s office will be provided the opportunity to review the final CEP plans to assure their consistency and continuity with the ¥~del Cities plans . ~- Ope rational Phase Any· major operational restructuring required during the life of the CEP cont ract will be brought to the att ention of tne 1/~yorrs office to assure such change will not conflict with ~bde l Cities 1 pr:)gra..'4:'ling. 5.. Commu."1-aty Part.icio2.t ion The Mayor is encouraged to play a major role in promotir,g tr.e. CEP program and in obtaining the needed cooperative support of citirens, t h e business community, labor, and both public and priv.ate agencies of the city. It shall be the policy of 001 that citizen participation a::::-rangements 1,:i th r eg.qrci to CEP programs be integrated with overall YDdcl Cities citizen participation arrangements in a manner prescrib ed by local agreement. The si~e and sco pe of a CEP project within each ~Ddel Ci ty will, of' course, depend ·upon the availability of Dcpa.rt rr,ent of Labo r funding.. In most instances sufficient financi al resources will nat. be available to accommodate the complete manpower pror,rarr.minc L �. •' I ( 13 sBt forth in the llidel Cities plan. In such cas8s it ffiay be possible --.. --~·~ to augment the CEP with V.odel Citie s funding. In addition, it is also likely that there will be a considerable nu.T.ber of !·~d~l C:±ties, whi ch will not receive any CEP :r:esources. In these ca ses, the Labor Department will make every e ffort to tailor _its s c-para t0 p:.rograms .funded undC::r both the MDTA and Economic Opportunity Ac:+.. to: the needs o f :tvbdel Cities target area re s idents. The first generation of Kodel Cities applications submitted by d t,J gpv.ernrnents included many potentially effective, as well as innovative, manpower p rojects. ...,_ Such locally conceived projects could greatly,, e nrich the CEP operations and multiply the potential for se:::-ving 0 greater numbers of disadvantaged residents . These efforts should oo.t be abandoned b e caus e a CEP operation has b een initiated . The th.rust of the Model Cities l egislation is fo r increased conc er,trc.t io:-. . cr>:ordination a.."ld coope ratio~ of local, State and Fed e ral efforts; t:-.'= Mode l Ci ties program provides an ex celle nt opport U."li ty;i .for E::xpan.:'iir,r: the. CE.P potential for pr.,)viding improved and expanded services, particufa:rly the much needed supportive 3ervic es . Is-sues growing out of implementati on of the above policies whi ch cannot. be re solved at the region.::i.l level will be r eferred to the Washington offices -of t he r e spectiv e agenci es for decision . �April 28, 1969 Mr. Carl P ul City Personnel Dep rtinent City Hall Ann x A tl ntat Georgia Dear Carl : You will r c 1 that we met on April 15, to discu s the Atl nt B autific tion Corpa and the possibiliti s of finding fulltime City mployment foi- m.cmber of this organization. It w e agr d t that meeting that Personnel ould revi w the health and personnel record of 1 members of the ABC C o rp to determine those th t could me t mlnirnwn st nd rds for City mploym nt and those who could not. Mr. F a l'row w to attempt to pl c thos p opl tarting t th top ho h d qualification in City job slots wh re po aible nd to r fer tho t the bottom with no kills nd .no q lific:atione to EOA o th t th y might att mpt to get th m . m a slat ce. Tim is rapidly running out to complet thi chor and l ho t t h ve m d aom progre long th s Unea. It i my und ret nding tall xc pt 23 of th employ ar •ch dul s to be termin t d May 1. I bop that have b en bl to plac a numb r of the e peopl by th t de dlin • Sincer ly yours, Dan Sw DS:ty bee: Mr. Clint Rodgers t �Economic Opportunity At a 101 Marietta Street Bldg . ., ,\tl,rnt a, Ge o rgia 30303 ., nc . 5 2 5-6 854 T. M. P arham Ex ec uti v e Administrat o r M9 rch 7, 1969 Mr. Dav id C. Cowl ey , Di rector Human Relations Commission Ann Arbor, Michigan Dear Mr. Cowl ey : nhis is .1.n reply to your letter of February 24, f or inf ormation

- 143.215.248.55 13:06, 29 December 2017 (EST)ain~ chi ld c are plans for l ow-income arid working mothers.

1·he Community Ac tion Agen c y , Economic Opportu n ity At-l an t a , Inc._was fac e::! ., j th this di l e mma a t the ve ry be yinr1ing of th e program sin e.~ At l anta h a s a l arge n umber o f lo,.1- i nsome working m0thers who a~e h eads o f ho useho l ds. We began by going to voJ.untary agencies , c hurche s, civic organization s , etc ., which were b a sed i n l ow income ar eas and asking these organi za tions to co nsider organizing cay c are c enters f0r l ow-ii:i~ome far..c3 lies. We are now co ntra cti ng with te n (1 0) autonomous ag ~nr i e~ which are und er c ontract ~o run eleven (11) centers carina f" or 715 children b etiveen the ages of six months to nine ye ar s . ~inety per143.215.248.55t ' 90%) of the ch J.ldren are b e tween the ages o f 3-6 y 0~ . - Originally , we were ru~ning as s~r a ight day ca re ag enc i es and ch arg e d a f ee pe r f a mil _,r ~ .as-2d on f am:i.ly _income . About fifte en · p er c en t (15%) o f our i ncomP wa s d er i ve d from fe es. Twenty per c ent ( 20%) c ame f rom th e c ommun ity in the fo r m of volunt ary s er vic es o r in-kind c ontr ibu tions .. Th e rest of our income c ame from Of fice of Economic Opportunity (OEO ) fund s . It is to b e noted that we may rent at only on e f ac ility, th e r est of our hou sing is d onated. We are us i ng f a cilitie s in fi ve churche s~ t hree hou s ing pr.e j e cts, two re mo d e led h ouses a nd on e warehouse. The cost per · child i s from $75 to $90 pe r month. �Mr. David C. Cowley Page 2 March 7, 1969 About t wo and one-hal f or thre e year s ago, we were incorp ora te d into full-year, el even hou r , he a d st a rt. The ma jor c hanges were in the i mp r oved ratio of adult to child and e x te n ded medical s erv ic e s . As of Apri l 1 968 , OEO h a d us disc o nt i nue ch a r ging fees. Our pres e nt str uc tu r e c o n s ist of a c o ordinating he a dquart e rs s t a f f including a dir ec to r , assista n t dire~tor , progr a m coordinator, v ~lun t eer coordin a t o r, and p r og ram e v aluator. Ther e is

, r , 0 v er a J 1 Po licy Adv i s o r y Comm itt ee co ns isting· of pare nt s ,

p arent xepres e nt a tives , inte res ted prof e ssion a l s and me mbe r s o f ·LLe loc al conmmnity. Each Child De v e lopme nt Center is s e par ate ly j n c o r por a ted as an autonomous a gency with its own boar d and staff . With i n the guid e lines as s e t fc rt h in the Head Start. Ma nu a l, each boa r d s et s its own pr ogram of -i n s tructio n , personne l policies , p a r e nt or gani zat io n , e t c. Each must rais e it s t wen ty pe r c ent ( 20%) c ommunity c ont ribut ion. We h ave h ad c ent ra l recruitment a 11d t ra ininc o f volu n t eers . · We _h andl e pur ch asing a n d f inan c e c entra lly th rough th e Commun i "!::.y Acti on Agency. Al s o each prog r am is r ev i ewed c entra lly f or 1 quality c o n tro a nd i mproveme nt o f o pera tio n . We h a v e ava il ed ou rse l ves exten. i ve l y o f s L :-1. :cL -!: ra i n i ng o pport.-c·,n it ies a ff orded u s t hrough OEO. We a : so : ~~u r~gu l ar i n - servi ce t ra i n i ng. We were f aced wi t h many seriou s prob ems f rom the outset, many o f wh i ch are sti ll n o r c'f' O] vcd . Because o ur l oca l boards were made up l arge l y o f thE' poor with li ttle o r n o community e xperience , many errors i n j uJgment were made i n h and l ing funds , s taff se l ec t ion , and socia l seryices. Time and experience h as h e l ped somewhat but we s t ill h ave a l ong way t o go. Another a rea o f c oncern is the lack o f q ualif i ed staff. Ou r s tate offers n o c ert i fication for pre-schoo l t eachers and there i s very li ttle t raining _through t he l ocal c o ll eges, a l though t he Atlanta Board of Education ha s i naugurated an e x tensive program of evening classes for people i n day c are on a non-credit, l ow f ee basis. Perhaps ou r greatest handicap i s ins uffic i ent funds �7 Mr. David C . Cowl ey Page 3 March 7, 1969 to att ract top quality staff and to e x tend our services. The estimate is th at 10,000 low-income children need d ay c are and we are providing for only 715. I hope our e xpe rience has been us efu l to you . in your enterprise. I wis h you wel l Yours t ruly , (Mrs .) Gl oria S. Gross Co ns ultant in Child Development ---.. GSG/ j m cc: ' I Mr . T. M. Parh ::JPMr. Dan Sweat 1 �Economic pportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Mar iet t a Street Bldg. • ,\tl :rn ta , Georgia 30303 • T. M. Parham Telephone: 525-4262 Executi ve Administrator April 15 , 1969 Mrs. Miriam J. Clarke 2855 Peachtree Road, N. E. Apt 10 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 . Dear Mrs. Clarke: The Mayor's office asked me to answer your letter concerning the income of Martha's family. I am pleased to learn from Allen Williams, the Director of our East Central Neighborhood Service Center, that y ou are working as a volunteer. Mr. Williams tells me that he has talked with y ou about Martha's family. I understand y our concern and want to give you all of the facts that we have. Since Martha's father began working at a garage near their home, he has made only $30 a week. The family p ays $28.00 a week rent each Saturday. That leave s $2.00 for all other e xpenses . That is why her family, and many others like them , are in such urgent need of help. That is why so many go to school hungry. There is just no money for food. Her family could po ss ibly find a cheaper apartment. It is not unus ua l f o r slum apartments to be priced at a leve l similar t o those in better areas. Poor people are of ten- forc ed to take the inferior apartment at the same price because of down payments; leases; monthly , instead of week l y payments .and references required in other n eighborhoods. Thank you so much for writing. I appreciate your intere st in Martha's Day and hope y ou wi ll let me know if you have additional questions. -S i n i e ~ ~Q E1/ T. TMJP: lb . I L";v-.. ,/ _Ji;_ 143.215.248.55z-i.- - --

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tive Administrator r �7 _,-- .. u.s·. DEPA RTMENT I 1 OF U -\BOR M A NPO\.'IER ADM I N ISTRATIO N W ASHI N GTON, D.C. 20 2 10 .. / I ~.;t>I> 7 --October 9 '·. 1968 . -, · j 'J .... . C. -~- MANPOWF. R ADHI:ITSTRA TION ORDER NO. J.2-68 Subject: I mpleme ntation of Title I-B of the 1967 EOA Amendments Purpose . 'To d,e l egate authority and assign responsibility for the adminis t ration o-r -work and training programs under Section 123 of Title I-B of the Ec onomic · Opportunit y Act of 1963, as amend ed (EOA). Exclud ed from consider ,a tion herei_n is that par t of EOA Title I - B programs and resources devote d to the Job _Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) progra.I!l , 1. 2. Ba ckgrou~d . Tn e Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967 consol i date auth or i t y for all the delegated wor k and training programs now adwinistered by the Manpower Admini stration under Section 123 of the EOA . The l aw now requires that: · I . ' .,..--.... I \ . ...___. ~ . . ' ~ ("a) a c o:-.munity program area (CPA) be designated for the purpose of planning and conducting comprehens ive wor k ~nd traini ng programs (CWTP), (b) all vork a nd training components be consolid ated into a C\,;TP a nd fin ancial ,assis t ance fo r such pr ogra.rns pr ovided through a pri:::ie s ponsor (PS) after July 1, 1968, and ("c) the Fed eral - State employment service provide and develop furth er its capacity for providing maximum suppor t for manpower t rai ni ng programs. l' . j 1;' ~ - ) ·-

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I The implement ing inst ruction s set fo r th her ein ar e pr ovided to insure · that ea ch C~?r ehens ive work and traini ng pr ogram (CWTP) will provide · an unbroken S9_quence of us eful tra ining ?nd work opportunitie s together with approp~iate reilledial and sup por tive services to t arget groups of unemployed and l o-~ income pers ons so that t her can obtain and hold regular · co::-ipet itiv e j obs. The goal is a comprehen'sive de livery system which In.9..I'Shalls t h e total manpowe r resources avai l ab l e to overcome the c onplex e~ploy,:nent problems of t he most severely disadvantaged in the rural and urban areas in which they are concent rated. The instructi on s outline a systematic approach to planning and implementing t he ~C'"vTTP which takes into consideration t he need to provide loc al le aders and ~~bers of the gr-oups to be served, with the opportunity to~participat e 1n the decisions which ·determine how manpower resources - are to be· allocate d and utilized. ·. -·- . OCT 2 5 1So8 �------- ,. , .. ... ,. ~-- -- - _'1 2 .. ,,.,.--· ....... r 3. \

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Delegation of Autt 1rity n~a Assisnment of Responsibility. The Regional Manpo,1er Aaministrators (RMA.s) and the Manpower Administrator fort.he District of Columbia ar~ hereby delegated authority and assigned responsibi~ity in respect to those functions and programs authorized by Sections 121, 122, and 123 of the EOA, as'. amended., A. for: (1) designating cor.um.mity program areas (CPA), for the purpose of planning and conducting co;nprehensive ·t-1ork and training programs (CWTP), I . ' (2) recognizing a pri.r:ie sponsor (PS) to receive all financial assistance for progre..:n.s under section 123 and to plan and conduct comprehensive work and training programs (CWTP), (3) approving a ccrr.prebenaive -work and training progTcJ:n (CWTP) for each commun:tty pr ogram aren (CPA), which shall cousolidnte all work and training components commencing July 1, 1968, ', (li) approving and executing all contracts and a,p:eements for programs and pr ojecta to i mpl ement an approved comprehensive work and training program (CW TP); •• . _.--."' (5) assuring that the Federal-State employment service provides and develops its c~pacity for providing maximum support for such manpower programs. · B. Al~ authority delegat ed and responsibility assigned to the Regiona l Manpower Admi nist rator s and the Manpower Administrator for the' District of Columbia by this Order shail be exercised according to the implementing instructions contained herein and subsequent guidelines and standards issued by the Manpo-.-rer Acrlllinistration. It should be noted that t be inst ructions require the R.i\1.A. , in spe~ifie d instances , to obtain the concurrence of the OEO field staff befor e a final action is t aken. . .. 4. -~_pprovcd Policies. In accordance with the terms of the agree- m~nt r eached be~;een the ON'ice of Economic Opport unity (OEO) and the Department of Labor (DOL) embod i ed in the l1_emorandum of Agreement dat ed · April 12 , 1968, the -policies set f orth below have been joi nt ly devel oped and approved by OEO and DOL.

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. A. Consultation with Local Government Officials 1 The ffi/..A will, i n the course of bis i nitial planning for t he establishment of a comprehens ive ~ork and training program in a community, consult with the head (s ) of l ocal gove?n:nent (s ) . Consult at ion i s al so required prior to his making maj or progre.m determi nationa af fecting an ongoi ng CWTP. J ] Reference;s throughout t his Order to RMA i nclude t he Manpower Adm.ini strat_or for t he Dist rict of Columbia. • • / \ · ,-· ·- _ .... . j ./ �.. - _. . . . -··- - 3 - B. Designation of a Prime Sponsor (PS) A PS is a public or private nonprofit afiency which is capable of (1) receiving and disbursing funds and (2) planning, developJ~g, administering, coordinating and evaluating a CWTP. · ··. (1) The CAA in a community is the PS of a CWTP and shall be chosen unless it is jointly deterinined by OEO and DOL to be incapable of perfonning the functions of a PS and cannot be ·feasibly provided with that capacity. Within 30 days after .designation of a CPA, the RMA will solicit in '.lTiting, and accept an application for recognition as PS from the local ·CM. Once the RMA has tentatively selected a PS, he will irra:n~diately notify in writing, the OEO Regional Office and the appropriate CAMPS committee. When exception is taken by OEO to the nonselection of an existing CAA, the checkpoint procedure jointly developed by OEO end DOL will be followed (see pa:ragraph 4H below). 1-'· . ...... \ ..__. •l -f,. \ when an application for sponsorship has been submitted to the RMA by an agency other than a CM, t he RMA will furnish · two copies thereof to the ~ppropriate CAMPS corrm:lttee. Within 10 days of receipt of all non-CAA applications for sponsorship, the CA,.'v[PS cowmittee will schedule interviews with each applicant and forward its recommendations on the merits of each claim for sponsorship to the RMA for his final . decision. The relevant CAMPS committees will be notified of all selections· 9f PS's by the RMA. - . I i . (2) Where OEO and DOL agree that .an e~isting local CM will not be the PS, or where there is no CM in existence,the RMA will promptly solicit and accept applications for sponsorship from non-~AA agencies. In such situations, the State employment service or other agencies bf state government, local governmental jurisdictions, or private non-profit agencies may be designated as Prime Sponsors wherever they qualify. (3) The PS is responsible for a s suring that delegate ngencies sa~_isfactor ily ·perform their re sponsibilities, including providing for part icipation and employment of members of groups served. When ~ in the cour se of monitor ing the performance of del egat e age nd.cs , the PS fi nds unsat i sfactory perf ormance , he shall seek iremediat e corrective act ion by t he dele gate agency, appealing to higher organizational level s of t he , agency, aa neceosary. If' th~ del egate agency r emains unr esponsive , the PS shall seek corrective acti on thrO'l.lgil t he .RMA, and .ultimately, t hrough appeal to the Manpower ~· Administrator. I �--- - ... ------ - --·- . --- - -· . (4) ,.,-- ' , The RMA r;ball review o.nnually the perform.3.nce of each PS, applying the standards of pr oject effectivene ss developed and published as described in $ection 132(c) of the EOA • . .. (5) All financial assistance for a CWTP in a CPA munt be provided through n PS, unless a ·aetcrminntion has been made by the RMA thnt: ·- .:--. _.,-_ (a) there is a ·-gooa co.use for e.n extension of time or,

(b) after soliciting and conaidering the cciments of the PS, if any, it is determined that the provision or financial nssis truice too. public agency o~ private orga.1ization other tbs.n the PS, for one o i.~ more compone nt pr og:rums , , roula enhance pr ogram effecti veness or acceptance on the part of the persons served and that such action would se:rve the purpoa'e s of T'l tle I-B; ' -1 ' (c) _the pr oject is an in-school Neighborhood Youth Cor ps· (NYC) project in which case financial assistance may be provided directly to local or State educa~,ion agencies • . ...._ When the RMA decides unaer 5a orb above, to provide financial assistance directly to a public or private non- pr ofit agency in any corr:nunity wher-e the CM is designated as the PS, he wtll 1.nmiedia:te ly notify the 020 Re gion Office in l-Triting. Where exception ia t aken by OEO to the proposed dfrect funding by the Rlf!A under 5a or b above , steps t wo nnd three of the OE()..DOL chec~int procedure wi ll be follmted.

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c. .___ ., De s ignation of a Community Program A:rea (CPA) A community pr ogram area (CPA) is the area for which-a comprehensive work and traintng pr ogram (CWTP) i s planned and within which it is administered by a prime sponsor (PS). -A ne ighborhood, ci ty or multi .. city unit, county or multi-county unit, Indian reservation or other area, may _be designated as a CPA if it provides a suitable organizational base and possesses ~he ·commonality of interest needed for the CWTP. Where feasible, a .CPA should be at least city-wide in dimension. HOi:leve:r, an area in whi ch a ·CEP is already located will be pa.rt of a CPA or if no broad er area possesses the above prerequisites, the CEP area itself shall be a CPA. - (1) Designation or recognitjon of a CPA is to facilitate the planning and administration of a CWTP for that community . Areas should be selected upon the basis of such criteria as · the extent to ~hich : .... .I • ___ ., �- 5 ~ ( ' . (a) A sui t able organizationnl bas e exists in the area; (b) a cqmmonality of interest is found among the various populations of the area; (c) the selection serves the interests of'm.aking br oad communi ty;Tide :n;ianpower planning more generally applicable and expedites the process of planning a CWTP to meet the needs of the area; .. · (d) the boundaries of the CPA will be consistent with bound aries of other areas used for the plar..ni.n~ of manpo.:;er prog:r&-u..s, such :as Co,E.;1uni.ty Action Agency (CM) boundaries, . local governmental jurisdicti ops, CEP a:reas ~ 2i!odel Cities areas, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (ffi.fSA ) or CAMPS . areas; , . I (e) the selection contributes to sound administration of a CWTP. (2) To help him in selecting areas meeting the above criteria, the RMA, a s chairman of the Regional CAMPS committee, will solicit the recommendation of the State CAMPS c m.r.mittee or when appropriate , the areas CAMPS committee . The CAMPS r ecommendation shou.ld be solicited in time to aid the RMA in designating CPAs prior to the date established for the ii;µt iation of the annual CAMPS planning cycle . ,,,,.--.. . . ~ ._ ... . Befoi-e making -a final designation of a CPA,' the RMA vill info~ the OEO Regional Offi ce· in 1-rrlting of his 1.n-oposed designation. When exception is ta1~en by OEO t o the proposed designation of the CPA, the chec:c:,ooint procedure · joint~ developed by OEO and DOL will be followftd. (See paragraph 4H below ). Once a CPA has been designated, the RMA will i.mrcediately notify the OEO Regional offi ce , and the appropriate CAMPS committee. D. ~ l ,· f .' Cmprehensive Work and Training Progrrun (CW TP) A CWTP plan, developed through a systematic appxoach to planning and implementation, will link all relevant ccmponent pro0r-rams under Title I-B with other appropriate public and pr ivate maDPQ'"~er prog:ram3 and acti vities so that di mrdvant a~ed residents (See Manpo:-,er Adminiat rat i on Order No. 2- 68 for defin ition of t he term "disa.dvant eged") of a CPA who ar e enrolled in a CHTP nre pr ovided with an unbr o~en s equence of services whi ch will enable t hem to obtai n and hold euiployment. 'I"n e CW'.I'P will contain ·an annlyais of t he needs and prioTit i es of t he ~PA, t ogether with a co~plete ~ st atement de8crib1ng how t he Title I-B proJram cw1.ponents fo-r ~bich.the'PS bas contractual responsibility are to be linked with other related manpcnrer progro.ms available in the CPA. ~ •. . ,_ _ ,_ ·. �.._._... .- ·- - .-- · ... ........ ;-... .- ,; ·.:..· ·--: : . -. . - ~.l.-- --- -. :-· .- ··..... .,.. ~- ·- - - --·-- ·--- ·· -· - ·- · - ·· ··· .. ,__ ,_ - 6 (1) Development of a Comprehensive Work and Training ProgJ·am (CWTP) The ~pproprinte CN-f:PS committee annually initiat es the· planning cycle for its Comprehensive Manpower Pl_an by relating the priorities established to each propos a l for deploying program resources. Regular participants in the CAMPS planning process will now include the PS who is responsible for planning and administering a CWTP for the CPA. ' The PS will provide the appropri ate CAMPS committee with a plan I • ,I of action describing how the various Title I-B program element s for which he has contractual responsibility are to be linked with other manpower progr ams available in the CPA, indicate the role to be .played by delegate agencies, and specify, to the extent feasible, the number of persons involved in each program, both as staff and enrollees, tne amount of funds to be obligated, nnd the time schedule for implementation of each project. I 'I'he analysis and proposed plan of action for FY 1969 will be · developed and submitted as an amendme nt to the CAMPS plan and shall be in the form prescribed in ICI 68-4. Tne analys is and- plan of action for a CWTP will be reviewed by the appropriate CAMPS ccmmittee to deter.nine ,rhether it is consistent with the CAMPS Comprehensive ?--!a.npm,;er Plan. No alte rution may be made in the analysis and plan of action for a CWTP without the PS's approval. Th; area c~mrnittee sha ll then forward the analysis and plan of action for a CWTP :( togethe_r with its reccinnne ndation) through the State CAMPS cornmittee 1 to the regional committee, as a separate , identifiable part of the area CAMPS plan. Tne Regional CAMPS committee will, as part of the pr ocess of reviewing and approving a CAMPS Comprehensive.Manpower Plan,'make a recomme nda~ tion to the RMA concerning the extent to which the analysis and plan of action for a CWTP is conqistent with the Compreh ens ive Manpower Plan. After considering this re~om:nendation, the RV.A will accept, reject, or modify the CWTP anj i mmediate ly f'urnish copies of whatever plan has been approved t o both the PS and the appropriate CAMPS colJlrll.it tee~· .... \ . _) The PS will then prepare the interre l ated set of specific project proposals which, when executed, will co~pl ete the CWTP. Tnese proposa l s will be forwarded to the RMA f or approval and execution of the necessary documents. Prior · to acting on the proposed agreeme~t (s)-the RHA shall dete rmine whether the proposed pr ojects are essential to the implementation of a CWTP which is consistent with the CAMPS area plan • ._ ...:--- . __ . . / .. -~-- . -· .. �- 7 \ - (2) Contractin3 The overall objective is to have all components of a. CWTP planned, administered, coordinated, ·and evalunted by a single· PS who will serve as the sole source of funds for the operation of those Title I-B projects for which he ·is contractually responsible. Projects will be operated through delegate agencies wherever feasible. While all elements of a CWTP are ultimately expected to be consolidated into a single · contract, initially these elements need not be expressed in one c_~:mtract. Rather a CWTP plan is. in effect when both the analysis, plan and interrelated· set of project proposals (action) have been co6rdinated and approved by the RMA. Specific project proposals· shall take whatever form· is required to imp+ement the j .I -CWTP. / \ . . (a)- Implementation of a CWTP wili not require termination of on-going contracts. For example, ongoing contracts antedating developmen.t of an approved CWTP shall, wherever possible, be incorporated in the proposed plan for th~t CWTP. If the CWTP is approved as part of the overall CAJ.'LPS plan then all such contracts may proceed to completion ·without moc1ification. Additional funds should not be obligated under existing contracts· where the PS is not the contractor. --- >-- Where modifications are necessary they shall be made, wherever possible, upon the recommendation of the PS, .to avoid .termination and .to bring the contracts into line with the CWTP. This co.n be done over a period of time, with minimum disruption to the action portion of the CWTP. . (b) Where a required modification is substantial or where a.n entirely new component is initiated that i _s not reflected in an approved CWTP, it will be necessary to amend the CAMPS -plan in accordance with CAMPS instructions. Such amendment shall be made before the modified agreement is forwarded to.the R11A for approval. (3) Relationship of CEP to CWTP All CEPs (including existing CEPs ) shall be located within a designat ed ·cPA and shall be operated by a PS or a del egat e agency and planned and administered as a part of a CWTP. In ' other words, an area in which a concentration of manpower pr ograms is pr ovided (CF.P area ), sha ll be an i nt egral part of the CWTP' s total r esponse to the pr oblems of _the CPA . • I • I • '· �.... ··- - .. ---- ·-- .. ~·-·-·- - - 8 E. ~uviSion of ?43.npm-, er Services I

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Toe St:2.te Err.'."t,loyment Service (SES) is the supplier of a:11 ma.npo;rer services fo:r the CWTP pursuant to Section 637 of the EQt\. , a:s a.mended. · Manpower service3 provided to o.·Ci-TTP · by a .·. SES -r,-r .tll be EE.de ·available to the extent possible :from curz-ent SES r es ource.a. The provision of these services will be defined in a i:;:.e;::oranihnn of agreement (BWTP Forn 32 rev. ) be·l;1,;een the SES anti the JPS. .• It is t he r e-p-onsfoility of the PS to insure that these In.a.J."1:pm;er servic s are provided in accordance with terms of the contractual agreerr:znt or the memorandum of ag-ceeu:~nt referred to above. I:f in the - cour se of c~ing . out his monitoring and overseeing reapon-ibilit ies, the PS deter.utlnes that the SES is not supply'l.ng ma:.npc1-1er services in a satisfactory manner, lie should a~temp"- to reco1ve the matter with,the appropriate representative of the SZS ce ntral office. If the p1~oblem cannot be resolved at the SES central offic~ level, he 'should present his findings to· the_ffi,7i. ~··· · When as a reEUlt of the above procedure the RMA determines that a SES. i.s not in co;npliance with the Secretary's Regulations requiri:ng t he SES to be responoible for supplying the ms.npo.·1er aervice:s epacificQ in the C;vTTP, the RMA ·will, in consultation vitb t~~ PS, arrange for such services to be supplied by another ~rivate or public agency. '1:ne requirements of s ~ction G of this docucent ai-e applicable to any age ncy proyiding such m,anp<:,~ er serv~cea. Wheneve:r manp o-,rer · 3erv:lces are required for a CHTP wi1ich are over ara1 above thos e noz-ma.11.y provided by the ES, ,the PS tbroug?i cont r actual a..-rangement, c'!:lall rcinburse t!le ES Stat e ~gency- r or the pr oviaion of these additi onal s ervices . Guidet:1:nea f'O'Z" reimburs ement to the SES will be pr ovided in ·a. subsequent a ocument. ' A1thou&b the SES i s r enponsible for Pl'oviding the full range of manpo-.1er a erv.ic e s s et · forth in the CWTP, it i s recogni zed t hat i t may 'be n ec-e ssa.ry or desii'abl e f or the SES .to make appropriate arrangezient s v1th other · pr i vat e or public agencie s to pr ovide a particular- :manpo~a1er service. · F. Su:ooortive Services -. ,_. In designing a CWTP, t he prime sponsot or other sponsor i ng agency ~ B responsible f or LJ.aking arranget1ents f or the provision of other needed services , as appropri ate ; i ncluding : ---~-- �·- --- - · - - - --·--··-- - · - --- - - ----..- - --~- . ..1

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' ~ --- - 9 .. / \ ~, . ·- .:--- __·_ . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) · ·J G. a ay ca1-e nedical servt_ces t .ran sportation family oervic es ·. , '. legals erv:ices . bv.sic or remedial eaucntion where not.provid ed a s pa.rt of manpower aervtces. Con.u1unity Particination (1) Participation by Representatives of t he Pool"' It is the basic, continuing and Ie~ally binaing resp~nsibility of ' each PS to provide for an effective administr2/dvc s-cructu.re · which ensures that repre:::icntative m-2Iubers of the groups b e ing served inn CPA have c1irect access to ar.d p.J.rcicipate in the decision-ma:tlng pr0cess involvlng pJ <'i"Ping, conduct n.nd eva l uation of a CWTP and its• progrru;i ccmponents. (a) Agencie s gove~ned or adclnistel"'ed by a board of , which at least one third of the filPn OGl"B are dcmocraticalzy' selected from the gToups to be ne~·· ved, shall meet this requirement . In all ens es "!;1flCl"'c a prime nponsoz- is not so structured, it should eG·i;ablioh n sp8cio.1 board which includes, aB at least one thii•d of the rr.e::ibc:-i:·ohip, democratically selected l"'epresentat\ves o:f t'he arcns to be served. Those speciel boards should be given r esponoibility 'for over2eeing the planning, conduct and evaluation of t he CWTP a.i.--id i t 3 cciponents • . _ (b) The gover_ning or Elpe':ial bonrd :re:f~rrea to ~bove should also aerve as the polic y level participatory body f or delegate agencies required by S2ction 122 of the EOA, through one of the following optional arrange- ments : - (i) The board ohould appoint a subccw:;nittee co-;;iposed of appropriate representatives of the governing or special board to serve each delegate agency in an advisory capaci-ty or, (ii) the board chould esta.blisb a. "del egate agencies advi sory board 11 co:iposcd of selected o embera of the governing or sp0cial board ru:d a rcpTescntative :t'rO'.ill each delegate asency. · . I - - -~- - In _!:.ither situationj) ~mbel"s of PS. boa.Td s vho rc!)rccent the groups bein3 s erved will :function al.so as mc::ib~ra of co:;nponent bonrda in or der to p-.."ovide overall cocl"dinnticn of ·the ccmpone1;1t p:rogra.os . . -·

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This can be accomplished by using existing represent8tive groups, · specially creat ing such g:roups, or by utilizing other equally ·. acceptable channels of connimnica.t ion. · . (3) . . Labor and Management Participation ) The PS shall provide for participation of employers and of 1abor organizations in the planning and conduct of the compre.:. hensive work and training programs, in a manner comparable to that provided for members of the groups being served. (4) Training,' Technical Assistance and Financial Assistance The PS and the delegate agencies should provide training and · technical assistance to the resid ent poor board members and enrollees which is responsi ve to· their needs. Where financial problems are a barrier to participation, reimbursement for trapaportation or babysitting expenses, etc., and compensation for services on boards or committees should be provided. • ! (5) Employment of the Poor The PS and delegate agend.es shall proviae maximum employmen~ opportunities for resident poor of the CPA, including elderly unemployed and underemployed, in the conduct of component programs. This employm~nt shall include opportunity for further occupational training and career d~velopment, and · upgrading, with funds made available for this purpose. H. OEO-DOL Checkpoint Procedure The following checkpoint proc~dure will apply when exception is t aken by OEO to the non-selection-of an existing CAA as PS, the situation where OEO obj ects to the proposed boundaries of the CPA or when the Rl-1A proposes to provide financ ial assistance directly to an agency other t han the PS under D ~ or b above. - (1) When the RMA t akes one of the above acti ons, be will . notify the OEO Regional Directo~ in writing, of his decision " • 0 ' , . ,.- -~ ... �I' - - ·- · ·· - - · . - -- · ... . · - -· - L.. .·· . .• - ;.....,. ._ _ - ·. -·-··· :·. . . - -· - I . ..--, ( . ' 11 - ' ! ·-..: ana his r e ason(s) for taking such action. The OE0 Regional Director will have 10 working days to investigate the situation and attempt to resolve a!}Y differences with the Rl,1A. . . ·. (2) Wher ,e these parties are able .to reach agre ement, the· agreement will be reduced td w:riting and signed. If no agreement is reached, the 0E0 Regional Director will have five additional days to compile and forward .all written deliberations 1to the Director of 0E0.* (3) The Director of 0E0 ,,111 immediately :furnish to the Manpower Administrator a copy of the record and both parties will have three_ working days to resolve the question. Once ·re solved, the decision will be reduced to vTri ting, signed, and transmitted to the appropriate ,RMA. /·

Tne RMA will, of course,' keep the MA informed of this devel~pment through normal internal channels. \ 5. Authori ty and Directives Affected. ·.. _. . . .'-...-_ This Order is issued pursuant to Secret ary 's Order Nos . 5~7, 23-6?, and·6-68 and implements Ma.npo~·r er Administration Order Nos. 4~68 and 5~68, and Executive Order No. 11422. 6. Putu:re Change s. During the third quarter of each fiscal year, representat ives of the Department of Labor (D0L1 and of the Office of Economic Opportunity -( 0E0), shall jointly review the provi~;ions ·of this Order and determine what procedural and policy changes should be n:ade in order to carry out the delegated Title I-B programs more effectively. Changes in the policies and procedures described in thi s Order shall be made with the joint approval of I . I 0EO and DOL . 7.. Tne Office of ,Economic Opportunity and the Manpower Administrat.ion have jointly developed and approved the policies set forth ' in this Order. · I .I 8 .. Effect ive Da te. This Order is .. i I . . / I , ' ,'· �Econoill.ic pportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Marietta Str eet Bldg. • ,\tl;:inta, Georgia 30303 r Telephone: .525-4262 T . M. Parham E xecutive Administrator Contact: Mrs. Mitchell For immediate release April 10, 1969 To begin observan.c e of "Martha's Day" on April 11, membe:r.s of the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta adrninistra1.:!_\·1c committee have invited the public to join them for fasting anC praye- a f:. 7:00 a. · m. at St. Mark Methodif't Church, Peac'l-1tree ~n~ Fi1th Streets. The invitation was issued by Dr. William Geren, President of the council and Pastor of the Dogwood :t-:ills Baptist chu ~ ch. ·,:e urged a L 1• h.t l,mtans to particis>ate in "M-:i. rtha's Day" -~ y contributing tc tr..c Ira Jar-Le l.l. ~~::. l -1<-. Fund for hLi.ngry school child1. ren. \ Tax deductible checks c an be m3.iled to Christian Counc~l, i ! Box 567, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. I Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. h as proclaimed April 11 as "Marthr ' s Day" calling upon the ci ty to "eat for 1 day what Martha ea tis·, to feel for 1 day wha. t Martha feels. " Martha , · a :fiirst grader from a poverty family, was intr,o duced by Economic Opportunity Atlanta a~d the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta to dramatize the _plight of Atlanta's hungry children. �i . Martha is not her real name , but she is a real child. She knows what it is like to try to do her school work on a near empty stomach. She lives with her parents, four brothers and one sister in three rooms which used to be someone's garage. pays $28.0o' a week for the three rooms. co_llect the r en-:- e a ~h Saturday. making $30.00 o. The family The landlady comes to Now that her father is only week t he farn .L ly of eight must somehow e x ist each week o n. the :;::-~ma L . ing $ 2. 00. Sometimes !via rt1ia goes to r_

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Her daily ~iet ofter. cor sists o f a sandwich and several hot dogs, or perhaps just bean s and potatoes. In Oc t ober !-1arth a wa s sick during the entire month with a throa t infection. Her --:eacher told h e r mother that Marf:ha might f a. il th8 f ir s t · gra . e because of_ h .s.c month's ab s (:..n::..:e. But Martha is eager to show visitors how well she c a r . read and .wr ite . She hopes she wil l pass . I Nobody knows how many hungry Mar thas there are in Atlanta or Ge orgia, but there are thousands. meal all day is the schoo l lunch .

For most the o nly decent Some do not even get that. �April 14,, 1969 Mr . William Norwood Regional Manpower A dministr tor U .. S . D p rtment of Labor Room 700 1371 .Peachtree Street, N., E . Atl t , Oeorgi De r Mr. Norwood: Dan Sw t of my staff~ diselis · ed with rn.e hi conference with Mr. H ry L . Child of your office r g: rdb1g th implement tion o! Titl~ l~B of the 1969 EOA Amendment • Sine the Feder 1 w requir _ that all wot'k and ualning compon nts und r th c:, cmpreh neiv work and tr lning program be pJ-ovided throt1gh prim pon or· 1n community p11ogsa.re • it is impol't t th -t th moat ff ctf.v, pt"im sponsor b d ted for th Atl n-t · tie . ft t.a my und r tanding that th Atlanta community p1:ogram of Fulton. DeK b. R ockd , C ett, Cl yton d Cobb Counti t th pr ent tlme, Economic O pol"tunity Atla.nta, lnc~ functions th off c community ctlon pro ram. ncy in Fult-oll, Gwinn tt d R oded 1 Coun EO d v lop d n d . bt r d N lghborhood Yo\lth Corp.a, Cone• Employin nt Prog,:a.m,, and oth· r m.anpow r or d tl"a.lnitlg p~o run hich contain d in Titl 1-B~ Sincerely yo-ue ,, cc:

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ar am �/\\ Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. /o A\ 101 Marietta Street Bldg . e Atlan ta, Georgia 30303 • Telephone: 525-4262 T. M. Parham Ex ec uti ve Admini s trator 525-4262 Contact: Pat Mason (EOA) or J. Hunter Todd (TOYPA) 633-4105 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 1969 "'1'1) ~{PA " JO INS START NOW ATLANTA ,..hl t•.. teen your.g me n and women, selec-l:.cd as The Outsta nding You"'.'lg People in Atlanta (TOYPA), will joi.r. Economic Opportunity Atlanta's START NOW ATLANTA Campaign on Saturday , April 12, with a pov2rty area tour which b egins at 10: 3 0 a. m. from ;the East Centr, _;_ r'OA Neighborhood Se~-v ice Cent8r , 486 Decat:.:i. r Street, S. E. For TC'-YPA the tour wj 1:.. b e t he first s tep in what h as been chosen as their fir st. \ ~ re Ject: thE p roduction of an orgina. J. ! mo tion picture which will e:(plo:r-e the progress and pro"!.)lems ' of I Atlanta ' s poor communities. I According to Sara Ridgeway and J. f Hunter Todd, co - Chairmen o f the TOYPA project, the motion p'.ic- tu re wi ll be presented to top community l eaders, civic clubs, and church groups to channe l community interes t and assistance to EOA's START NOW ATLANTA campaign which has involved 374 new volunteers in the war aga inst poverty since the program b egan on J anu ary 10. - �l -2- On Saturday these 19 young people will be toured by poverty area residents who live in C':l.bbagetown, Reynoldstown, Buttermilk Bottom, and adjacent communities. They will see first hand the efforts of the poor in their own self-help projects and will be confronted with the problems which remain. Saturday's tou:'.:', scheduled as part . of the Dogwood Festival, will also include othe ~ htlan~ ~s, young and old, who are among : the 2,277 who. have - taken months. che EOA tours in the last three �April 10, 1969 Mrs . Mary Lu Mitchell C ommunity Information Officer E cononli c Opport\lllity Atlanta. Inc . 101 Mal"ietta Street, N . W . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mary Lu! How about thinking about getting a little publicity in the A tl nta Magazine or through other media on our billboard progl'am as soon as the EOA posters are put up . I am sure a lot of people wonder what they re all about, who ' s responsible for them, etc . If we could get a little publicity for Turn r and Process P o ters, it c rt inly would not be out of ord r since they ha.ve b n so good to us . You might think of wh t w ought to like " m ini-ho rds " , " p ople po ter bo r d s " . all thes bUlbo rds ... something or II ighborhood bulletin 1' , Thanks for your h lp in dv ncef Sine rely your , D n Sweat DS :fy �INSTRUCTIONS TO SENDER I. DETACH YELLOW COPY 2 . SEND WHITE AND PINK PARTS WITH CARBON TO PERSON ADDRESSED. INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENT a.:rnco ./u, _ sets •7 ll

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2 . DETACH STUB, RETAIN WHITE COPY AND RETURN PINK COPY TO SENDER l . WRITE REPLY AT BOTTOM. FORM 215 1- - - -- - - -- - - - 70.- Mr. Dan Sweat Mayor's Office City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 26 3rd STREET DATE SUBJECT FOLD ATLANTA 4/7/69 "t M Dear Dan: E We are underway with new E.O.A. b1llboards that should be up in 3 weeks. Can you get us some publicity in Atlanta Magazine, especially for Turner Outdoor Advertising Co. and Process Posters, Inc. s s A G E SIGNED !°ATE OF" REPLY Lou I REPLY TO R E p L y SIGNED RECIPIENT �Econo1nic Opportunity At_~ant~1, lf1n c..a 101 i\larietca Str eet Bldg . • - 0 r\t lanta, Geo rgia 30303 • T. M. Parham Exec t!t i ve .-\d m iniscracor Contact: Mrs. Mason, 525-4262 or 636 -9390 Johnny Popwell, EOA VISTA DIRECTOR , 577-3195 Duke Harrison, EOA Recreation Director, 523- 7561 April 7, 1969 NO ADVANCE PUBLICITY (The footb a ll players involved have requested no advance publicity in c~2 ~ ~ to insure that pove~ty area youngsters will be the ones to b 2~e £ _;_ t .,":;_·om the even~.) P-r:o-foctba-:.1 _s tars from across th e,. nation will . join with local college players in an EG,.-\:l .'.'TA :.;-ons orec Eootba.11 extravaganza for 2500 poverty area youths at Washin15 -con Hi gh School, \5 White House Drive , S, W. on ' April 7 • . A copy of the prcgrzm which will be in two sessions, one starting at 10:00 a . m. and the othe r a t 1:30 p. m., is attached, a long with a list of tLe footba ll players and visitors t o tlJr_ event. NOTE : Bill Curry i-'nd F:..·3.n Tarkenton are co-chairmen of ·:1--tL! Pr,1f ess:i..c nl Athletes VISTA Assistan~e Program, organized recently . "NSC " on the prc,gr ain means Ne i ghborhood Service Cente r. �VISTA - EOA FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA Washington High School April 7, 1969 NSC's schedule d for 10:00 a. m. Clinic 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Rockd a le-Conye rs NSC North Fulton NSC South Fulton NSC Gwinnett County NSC West End NSC NASH-Washington NSC Washington High Schoo l NSC's scheduled for l:3O · p. m. Clinic 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Ed gewood NSC Northwest (Perry Homes ) NSC Central City NSC East Central NSC West Central NSC Price NSC Summe rhill-.Me ch anicsville NSC Pittsburgh NSC 1. Master of Ceremon ies - Johnny Popwe L, EO A Director of VISTA II- III o IV. V. Introduction of Visitors . - T. H. Jim Parham, EOA Executive Administrat or Introducti on of Visiting AL hletes - Co-chairmen Bil l Curry and Fran Tarkent on NFL Fo otb a ll Highlights Film Demonstration of pos iti ons on athletic field �Eco nor11ic Opportunity Atl~1nta, \------------- 101 Ma rietta Sr reer Bl dg . o t\cl ,rn ra, Georg i a 30303 e T . M. P arham E xecucive Adm in iscra cor PARTIC IPATI NG FOOTBALL PLAYERS - EOA VISTA FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA April 7, 1969 Washington High School NEW YORK GIANTS: ATLANTA FALCONS: Fran Tarkenton Homer Jones Willie Hi.11 i.8.IDS Carl LocLhar i: Ernie Koy Ralph Heck Floyd Hudlow Errol Linden Jim Burson Randy Winkler Jerry Simmons Ken Reaves MINNES OTA VIKI NGS: . Bill Br o,,u Mick Ting l eh ,ff BALTIMORE COLTS : VISTORS: Bill Curry Pat Kennedy,. National Director , VISTA LOS ANGELSS RP ~!S : Ma x i e B..:. ughan ST. !°,Cl UIS CARDINALS : Je rry Stov::. 1.1 Chuck Wa l ke Alex Grant, Ns t i ona l Direc tor , VI STA Recruitment Mrs, Clai :r: Pa l me r, As s i st-=i r,t LO Nat io na l Dire c tG . . , ·rJ ~-l'A Recru itment Ron Capa l ac e.s , -:;:;::c Gi:fi : e Affair s ci. Pub lic WASHII NGTON REDSKI NS: Car 1 Ka.mmerer GEORGIA TECH: Lenny Snow John Sias Randy Kinder , Sp ec ini As s istant to Na tion _~ V!.STA Di rec t or Ross Cogg i ns , Reg iona l Admi n i s tra tor , VIS TA • i Lev i Terrell, Regi ona l VISTA Recruitment Dire ctor �Economic • pp,ortun1ty Atlanta 101 Mari etta Screec Bldg . o r\clanca, Georgia 30303 • ~ Telephone: 525-4 262 T . M. P arham Contact: Execut i ve Administrator Mrs . Mitche l l For immediate r elease April 9, 1969 Cities acr o ss the countr y are planning programs similar to the START NOW ATLAN'I'A c ampaign launched January 10 by Economic Opp ortunity At l anta , Inc . to involve more citLzens in the war against poverty. One city of f icial wrote, "In Phoer.. i :'.: (Arizona ) we are very enthu s i asti c about thi s· program and hope -f:ho.t we wil.l be ab.I J to follow in y our foo "- steps to work out a similar pro9-rc1J", foL· o ur city • II Mi ami , florid2 already h as initiated

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s im i lar program a ~1.<l other citj2s have requested info ~nation . .:-: i.~ce START NOW ATLANTA was launched t hree m J ,.th s ago, 2 , 2 7 ·; peo9le have taken poverty area tours led by the poor and EOA hRs

i.c~ u.ir ed t he services o f 374 volunteers .

The 2, 00 0th person to take t -1e tours l ed by the poor was Mrs. Bill Curry , wif e of the Ba ltimore Colt s football star , who was presented with a certificate b y Vice Mayor Sam Masse ll in Vine City on March 29. EOA continue s to receive dai l y r equ es t s from p eop l e who wi s h to take the tou·rs or volunt eer the ir ti rne . �- 2 -•:, The START NOW ATL..A.NTA progr am was initiat2d for the hundreds of Atiantans who have asked "How can I find out what needs to be done and what can I do?" The prograni offers t wo phases, one 1 the tours led b y 23 poverty area residents called Volunteer Information People, or V.I.P. 1 s, and the other a volunteer program. The poor wanted to lead the tours because, as one said, 11 W2 1 re. tired of people coming through here shaking their head ::. . ._ about i. 1.e rats and g arbage and nasty shack s and not seeing us. We' :.·e people too and we've done a lot to he .i.p curselves." Indic at ions are that the tours are really :..wo-way streets; as one V.I.P. put it, Those t :i....··5.ri':..· "They learn from us and we learn fro m \ ·:;m, 11 t h e tours are you ng , middl e aqed, old. tour b y foot , by c a r, b:· : u s. 1'hey are lawyers , busin.es s ri12n, doctors, social workers, clul, ,Jome n, church members , journa li "s ts, visito rs to Atlanta, i..he -;- l_ready concerned, and those not- .-:oo-sure' . about-it-all. They come i n g~eatest number from Me tropolitan / ' I i Atlanta, but also from various p arts o f the United States and / from countries o ver the wor ld. I The 374 volunteers are working in a variety of projects, ineluding story hours, adult literacy classes, tutorial progr am s, marionette shows, horticulture classes and legislative action. �-3- ~ In addition, . four white churche s hav e formed partnerships with black churches, 20 college fra t ernities are working in volunteer projects and some 200 colleg e students are conducting a comprehensive consumer survey in one low-income area. To volunteer, to arrange a tour for individuals or groups; or to get a speake r or a panel, call 525-4262. \\ I I I �In~ -Apzil 5, 1969 M r. Charles Davis City Comptroller City Hall A tlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Charles : RE: ABC Corps - Casual Employees As you know, for the past 18 m onths or more, the Sanitation Division of the City of Atlanta has been involved in a new project under the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Progr m called the Atlanta Beautification Corps. In this project, so ... called hardcore, unemployed individuals have been utilized in special crews designed to collect trash and debris from sidewalks , vacant lots , pl ygrounde , parks, etc . in an a ttempt to keep these are s beautiful. The concept of the program was for the City to attempt to nlentify those members of the ABC Corps who could perform in regular City functions and to assist them in finding fulltime mployment. Our success has not been too great. To date,, we have pl aced three of th former ABC workers in regular City positions at the City Garage. Bee use of cutbacks i.n Federal funding; the ABC Progr m is being r duced in the number of employ es ammediately by 25 s of Friday, May 2. R lph Hula y and hi Sanitation people say that thi.s program h s been succ ssful and that the ABC workers h ve performed a great service to th City of Atlanta. He h s indicated h is in favor of continuing th s p ople if possible. It eems to me th t ince they have perform d admii- bly in areas wh r they w re badly needed by the City th t we should attempt tom int in th s rvic of the e 25 peopl in the S nit ry Division until t le st the end of our sumrn l' �Mr . Davis Page Two -April 5, 1969 n-,~ program period. This would give us an opportunity to make a further effort to place those who can meet qualifications in regular job slots . At the same time , during the crucial summer period we would have the advantage of the experience of these people in helping in special neighborhood clean.up projects and other special requirements which the summer period brings. It is my understanding that Mr . Hulsey has requested that these 25 individuals be plac ed on a casual empl oyee status with the Sanitary D ivision until August 31. 1 hope that you will support this recommendation and give us your help in having this done . Sincerely yours; D a n Swe t DS :fy �A~ - c ood C~~Fa ir . . ~ .. ., ... .... .. ..· . ATLAJ~TA B.2AUT IF iCATI0N CO!~PS F =- POOl'. Name Sex Age Neilson F 34, .A l octi a . Rosse r F 38 A _Ruby Scott F 24 A Sarah Euba nks F 44 A Azzie Lee Gordy F 63 A Roberta Satte rwhite F 33 A Rachel we·~ ver F 55 A -Mildred Grice F 42 Health A .r~ary A Anna Louise Ware F 25 A Lula Ma y Pearson F 48 A Eva J\!ay Whitaker F 34 Ro sa Gas F 51 C Joann Henderson F 28 C Rosa Marshall F 28 C Jess e Terry F 39 C Ethel Wa nsley F 47 C Essie Richards F 38 C Josephine Burton F 61 C Alen\!? Griggs F 49 C Edna Harris F 38 C .J ulia Lowe F 49 C Eunice Moore ~F 29 C Eunice Murriell F 45 C Carrie Wi lli arns F 56 C J ohnny Wimbish F 51 C Sarah Ev .•.ns F 22 C Lucille Griffin F 61 C Mary J ohnson F 46 C A.}.ice Welchs F 38 C ..., . �A- - Good . ATLANTA. BSAUTf.FICATION COl<PS c- - F,d.r F'- -J:> oor Hea 1th -- ·-·- ~----- Name S ex Age C Clifford Williams M 56 C Fleater · Bennett F 46 C Ruby Seay F 42 F so M 60 M 35 C / Emma Harris ·· ·-- ····----!---- -- - --- - - --- I C Joe Logan < - -·--- - / --. C - -·- -- -· Johnny Math i s F Annie Bridges F 39 F Emma Styles F 40 ? Allen Arnold M 59 ? Willie Buckhalter M 38 '?. Emma Dunn F 54 ? Johnny Fann i ng M 62 ? Willie George M 35 1 Ol a May Williams F SJ. ? Arthur Holmes M 40 ? Erne stine Jackson F 40 Alice T. Norman F 40 ? Annie King - ? Je c. Callaway ·--- - F

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45 ' . - �-, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Ma rietta Street Bldg. • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • T. M. Parham Executive Admini s trator April 29, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: At the EOA Board of Directors meeting on April 16, 1969, the question of the impending reduction and ultimate phase out of the Atlanta Beautification Corps Program (ABC) was discussed. This reduction was caused by a reevaluation of the ABC component being funded from this program source and a cutback in funding of the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program (ACEP) ~which operates the ABC Program as a component under contract with the City of Atlanta. The ABC Program was orginally designed to provide low income residents with work experience while providing needed cleanup of inner city areas. Although the contract does not specifically provide for hiring of the ABC enrollees by the City, their past performance does suggest that they merit every consideration in this regard. The EOA Board heard an appeal from Mrs. Rosa Marshall, Supervisor of ABC workers, for assistance in finding meaningful employment for the ABC workers being phased out of the program. Although her long range concern was for all of the workers, she was especially concerned about the imminent cutback on May 5 of approximately 40% of the total 60 slots. Mrs. Marshall requested that the Board consider authorizing a letter to the City of Atlanta on beha lf of the ABC workers. Such action was duly passed by the Board requesting that I communicate with you on this problem. I understand from the Executive Administrator of EOA, Mr. Parham, that City and EOA officia ls have be en a ggre s sive l y s eeking a s oluti on on this ma tter . There f ore, speaking for the EOA Board of Directors, I would like to express apprecia tion to y ou f or y our past concern and t o encourage you i n your f u t u re effort s for t he low income peop l e wh o wil l b e affected by t his unfortunate reduction . Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, euil let hainnan Board o f Directors BJ:a �Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. 101 Ma rietta Street Bldg. • Atlanta , Georgia 30303 • T elephone 688-1012 T . M. Parham Exec utiv e Admini s trat or March 24, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: rJ?.fi/Aj t / w ~ c? As you know the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program (ACEP) has a contract with the City of Atlanta for a component known as the Atlanta Beautification Corps (ABC) Program. We currently have about 58 low income residents of the center city employed under this contract. Their salaries are paid by stipends received from U.S. Department of Labor. The ABC enrollees have made a valuable contribution to the City of Atlanta through their work which involves cleaning up streets and public facilities in the low income areas of the city. The original intent of this program was that the residents could gain work experience and improve their work habits through this program in the hope that they could be eventually hired in city or other jobs requiring minimum e ducationa l cre dentials. We have just b een advised by the De partme nt of Labor that we will have to phas e out the ABC Program by August 31, 1969, and budgetary limitation will force us to cut the number of available slots from 60 to 20 by May 4th of this year. Our staff has bee n working cooperative l y with a number of city officials in attempting to provide jobs in the Public Wor k s and P a rks and Re cr e ation De p a rtme n ts o f Atla nt a . Spe cif ica lly Mr. Johnny Robin s on, Mr. Ed Hulsey, and Aldermen Everett Milligan and Q . V. Williamson have been attempting to work out a solution �Mayor Allen -2- March 24, 1969 that would accomplish this end. I would appreciate your assistance in helping to work out a plan which would allow the city to absorb into its permanent work force approximately 25 of the ABC enrollees by the end of April. I believe you will find that Mr. Hulsey and Mr. Delius and others have been impressed with the overall performance of these enrollees who represent some of the most disadvantaged citizens in the city. I believe that they will agre e that it would be beneficial both to the enrollees and to the city to make every effort to provide these people with meaningful employment. Any assistance you could give us on this matter would be v e ry greatly appreciated. Parham TMJP/gj �May 13, 1969 Mr . Charl es L . Davis Comptroller City of Atl anta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Charles : ,. ,., Thank you for your great help in resolving the problem of the .Atl nta Be utific;atlon Corps . Your 1 tter of May 7 is in line with my understanding of the decisions which hav been reached. In uthorizing transfer of these 25 workers to the Sanit tion Division from the F derally funded ABC p yroll , we hould h ve lso uthorized thre of these people to be placed in a upervi ory c pacity at sal ry r t of $ 2 . ZS per hour. In order for this program to prop rly function under the crew con .. cept, it is nee ss ry that crew forem n be plae d in ch rge of eupervi ion of each crew. It is my understanding that thia i in Un with R lph Huls y•s thinking nd th t this uthorlz tion hould be given. I hope that you c uthorize th paym. nt of th thr visors at rate of $2. ZS an hour . Sine r ly your , Dan Sw DS :fy I t up r- �C TY OF A DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 May 9, 1969 CHARLES L . DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE W. ROY SMITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A . VAUGHN, JR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JAMES R . FOUNTAIN, JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MEMORANDUM TO : Mr . Dan E. Sweat, Jr . FROM: Charles L. Davis / <9-. I understand that there are three people in the supervisory capacity in the ABC Program paid at $2 .lS per hour. As you will recall, our authorization transferring twenty-five of these workers to the Sanitation Division from the federally funded program authorized $1.60 per hour . I would appreciate a request from you for these three supervisory people. C.L.D. CLD:dhf �A CITY OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 May 7, 1969 CHARLES L. DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE W. ROY SMITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A. VAUGHN , JR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JAMES R. FOUNTAIN, JR . D EPU TY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr. Dan E. Sweat , Jr. Mayor' s Office City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: This is to advise that your letter of April 5 (May) relating to the continued employment of twenty-five employees of the Atlanta Beautification Corps was thoroughly discussed at the Finance Collllli.ttee meeting held on Monday, May 5. The Comnittee approved your request to transfer these ' employees from the payroll of the Atlanta Beautification Corps to the regular payroll of the Sanitary Division of the Public Works Department with the f ollowing reservations: 1. The twenty-five employees involved are to be terminated not later than August 31 of this year, and the employees are to be advised of this action. a. There are to be no new employees added either to the group of twenty-five being transferred from ABC to the Sanitary Division payroll or to the remaining group in the ABC Program. 3. Salaries paid to the twenty-five employees being transferred together with the casual labor which has heretofore been authorized for the division and the regular employees of the division re not to exceed the appropriation established for salaries, vacation, and sick leave for the garbage collection accounts of the Sanitary Division of the Public Works Depart• ment. Occasionally, I will h ve someone on the staff tabulate the expenses we have incurred for salaries and will advise all p rties accordingly. Sincerely, d~;aJ<-- I Charles L. Davis Director of Finance CLD:dhf cc: Finance Committee Mro R. Earl Landers Mr .. Ray A. Nixon Mro Ralph Hulsey • �0 2855 Peachtree Road, NE Apartment 10 Atlanta, Georgia 3030.:> April 25, 1969 Mr. T. M. Jim Parham , Exe cut iv e Ad:1inistrator Economi c Opportunity Atl anta, Inc. 101 Marietta Str.ee t BuiJ d i ng Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Parham: Thank you so much for your l e tter ot April 15, 19n9, 5 i ving me the fac ts with r e f eren ce t o Martha 's famiiy. It was very kind of you ~o write to me. I do feel very unh appy a bout the situation of the hungry in our country . It is inc om;_)T.':!1 1ens i b - to me that there should be h unger iu such a we a l t hy country. As· you know, one of the things that worries me is that the r ea l e state people should be able to charge so mucn. for such inadequa t e housing. I hop e that some day all of the s e injustic e s wi ll b e r ecti fi ed. Tha t, I fear, is far off in the futur e . It is very pleasant working a t East CenLr a l . The atmospher e is good and Mr. Wi lliams i s so cons cientious and e fficient. I hope that the health center we are pl anning and work i ng f or will eventuate soon. Sincerely you r s , �