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CITY OF .ATLANTA. Mar ch 28., 1968 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN , JR ., MAYOR MEMORANDUM CECIL A. ALE XANDER, Cha irman Housing Re sou rce s Committee To: Mr. Dan "• Sweat, Jr. MALCOLM D. JONES Housing Coordinator Director of Governmental Liaison Pursuant to our verbal discussion t his morning, attached is copy of a letter which I wrote some time ago to Dr. Ed Harr is on, President of Georgia Te ch, pertaining to a presentation before his Construction and Design Panel of the Housing Resour ces Committee, of a construction process developed by Hr. John .McNamara , Engineer, and his associate, Mr. Leon J. Meyer, Architect, both from Savannah. A slide presentation of the :proces s was made before the Construction and Desi gn Panel of the Housine Resources Committee i n Dr . Harrison ' s off ice at Ge orgia Tech on March 26. Mr . McNamara has gone t-0 Washington and present ed his concept to Mr . Porter Dris coll, Di re ctor of the Architectural Division, FHA in HUD and to Mr . Driscoll' s superior, Mr . Deman, Assistant Commissioner f or Te chnical Standards in HUD ( both at HUD ' s main office in Washington). Hr. McNamara states t hat he was well received by both gentl emen who expressed considerable interest in hi s project and offered to recommend a Federal grant under Experimental Housing for a pilot project using t his method. Mr . McNamara has further advised me t hat he talked by phone today with Mr . Driscoll in Washington, telephone Area Code 202, number 382-5584; that Mr . Driscoll said he would be glad to talk with you or other persons from Atlanta about this project, but sugg ests that a specifi c appointment be made in advance to insure that he would be available; that he does quite a bit of traveling and might therefore be out of the office. Y.ir . McNamara's telephone number in Savannah is Area Code 912, number 232-4821 Sincerely, Housing Coordinator Encl: Cy Letter to Dr . Harrison dated Jan.15,1968 �