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EMILY AND ERNEST WOODRUFF FOUNDATION SUITE 210, PEACHTREE CENTER BUILDING 230 PEACHTREE STREET, ATLANTA. GEORGIA N .W. 30303 BOISFEUILLET JONES PRESIDENT 3 , 19 69 1 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Geor g ia D e ar May or Allen : / ~\ \\i W e ar e now proc ee ding w ith r e or g urtio~ of the E. O.A . Board of Dir e ctors i n accordanc e w ith t he atta c h e d m emorandum w hich w as cleared w ith the Fulton Coun t y Commissione rs and May or of Atlanta a b out a y ear a g o. O r i g i nally , th e Fulton County Commissione rs a p point e d s eve n b o a rd me m be rs , t he May or of Atlanta a ppointe d s e v e n, and t he Coun t y Co mmis sio n e rs a n d M a y or to g e t he r appoin t e d jointly a fift eenth membe r to s e rv e as C h air m a n . Late r , u n d e r r e quireme nts of OEO, t w elve e l ec t e d r e pr e s entative s o f t he poor we r e add e d to t he B oard fro m r e spe ctive n e i ghb orhood s e r v ic e c e nt e r ar e as i n Atlanta and Fulton Coun t y . Also late r, Co mmission e rs of G w inn e tt and Roc k dal e Coun ti e s e ach appoint e d tw o membe rs a n d a t h ird fr o m e ac h coun t y wa s e l e c t e d by the poor. Unde r t he r e quired r e o r g a n i z atio n, F ulto n Coun t y a n d Atlanta w ill e ac h appoi n t f o u r memb er s . O f the s eve n membe rs w ho have s e r ve d as a p poin t ee s of Fulto n Count y , M rs. Lu cy Ai ken, M r . H a rold Be nson , M r . J e ssi e Hill , and M r . J ohn Gree r w ill c o n ti nu e to s e r ve unl e ss Fulto n C o u nty w is he s to r e plac e t he m n ow . As to t he othe r thr ee, M r. Ca r l Plunk e tt and D r. P a ul W e st w is h to r e ti re fr o m t he B o a rd n o w and M r. J e ssi e Grantham will b e repl ace d by a d ir e ct n o m i n at i o n fr o m the A tlanta, G e or g i a L a b o r C o u nc il AF L-CIO. Th e C hairman is now e l e cted b y t he Board, w h i ch po s itio n I h o ld. Sinc e I w as an appointee jointly of the C ity and County and s ince ther e is n o l ong e r pro v ision for a joint appo i ntme nt, the May or has a s k e d that I continue on th e B oard a s o ne of the four app ointe e s o f the C i t y a l ong w ith R ev . Jos e p h L . G ri gg s, Mr. A.H. S t e rne, and R e v . M. L . King. �• As to the other four City appointees, Mr. William L. Calloway will probably be continued on as a nominee of the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc., Dr. John Letson will retire from the Board in reco g nition of a nominee selected by the Board of Education, Mr. W. H. Montague is deceased, and Mrs. Ann Woodward will probably be nominated by the Board of Education as its representative. ·' We believe that this plan continues on the Board the Fulton County and City of Atlanta appointees who are willing to continue, which will provide necessary stability. May I say that it has been a very g reat pleasure to work with all of your appointees, who have contributed very ge nerously of their time and talents to our local anti-poverty efforts. The support of the Fulton County Commissioners and the Mayor and Aldermen of Atlanta and the wisdom of your choices for members of the Board have had considerable impact on development of the local prog ram into what has been reco gnized nationally as one of the best. We hope to merit your continued interest and help. Since rely yours, ~~ll~t, ~~ ~= J(&=rsfe~ t J onv fv" Chairman EOA Board of Dir ectors cc: Mr. Walter M. Mitchell Chairman Fulton County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues �