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.,. ~.-...'_;,1ru Ll ~· ·1 '.!; I I 1 r;:'""'.~, ' ( ,,. I ',:"""I. '• I t. · .ED TOR'S NOTE: A Citi· would he forwarded to mayor, during a time or serious racial cy of city government to work zcns Task Force has callee! on city council or · department tension or other eme rge:1cy exclusively in areas of disMayo r Geo rge Scibcls .Jr. to heads . Birmingham's neigh- situation, the· c:en le r i's ready crimina tion a nd community u;;point a st ,w!ling comnuttcc hor cities of New Orleans .~nd to give out accurate inform a - r e];.1tio ns. _ rf six mcn:hcrs and a chair- Allanta have such a p rogram tion about what is rea lly Mayo r Ivan Alle n Jr. and oilier city officials met logcthma n to hold evcni1g 1 l('ctin~s a lready ln operation . This iS · happening. The Rumor Control Center ('r in planning s~ssions. A In ri ty hall 111 licar .Hobkms tl e first of two articles con11' B irmi l " 'iam citizens and to cerning the functions and sue· is a creature of the Atlanta majorily vote of th e aldermen n e l a ti o n s fo r adoptio n of an ordinance ,altl pu hl'e i1eari11 g~ on suh- cess of those groups in thOs e Community Commission, an organizal io n establishing a Comm unity cd s a Tt' dir g ia r;;c ;;roups. cities. that has been on. the job since . Relations Commission was fol, a lysis of p roblems hro:,;;ilt

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o the c,·cning city l:all mect- BY LILLIAN FOSCUE VANN , November, 1966 . A group of lowed by approval of the Dial 524-3261 in Atlanta and · ·"grass-roots" citizens from mayor. ,1~s and rqiorts on p 1JJI1c The first budget was $2j,QQ0. 1rarings :1:1d ·' in tlcpl h" you have call ed the Rumo r · Soulheasl All anla saw the .udies and rrt:t•m m·11cl,11..ons Control Center. In operalion need to have an official agen- This year with a staff of six, Rev. Sa muel W. Williams, pastor of Friendship Baptist and, with the late D r. Marlin Luther King, one of the foun ders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Rev . Williams is also professor and cha irma n of the Depar1ment of Philosophy and Reli gion, l\'Ioreho use College. " We do r.o t ha ve too serious a generation gap in Atlanta," said the chairma n, "but the See ATL_\:'\:TA, Pa&e 2 0 ..:b Cl. •--=-" "'""" .,.-<• -<~ the budge t is $50,000 . The chai rman is ·black and seven others of the 20 com.mission members are· black. Vc1 rious segments of the community are represented on the commission, whose m embers a rc appointed by lhe mayor· and approved by the board of aldermen . The clergy, labor, business and U1e poor all have voices on the commission. Women too hold places on the commission. munity with a report of positive a ction an d whatever results ha ve come about as a A staff of six people is result of th e first meeting's headed by Executive Director complain ts an d suggestions. Nat Welch, former AlabamThe com mission makes an · ian . Offices are in Cit y Hall annua l report to the ma yor, where the com mission holds a but forwurds r ecommendapublic meeting once a month tions · to ci ty official s on at which citizens are invited whatever issues being i1p:estito speak. Town· Hall meetings ga ted by the commission. are held r eg ula rly throu ghou t . "We have · been able t,:i the city by the comm ission . m aintain a pretty good diaThirty days later the com- logue in Atlanta." said the m ission re turns to the· com- commission Chairman, the �