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TY OF A.TLANT CITY HALL October 2, 1967 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 Lia ison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan S weat ~ When John F e ild was in town Thursday, discussed with him the role which I could best play in assisting the ban Coalition. As I discussed it with you before, it was my feeling t there was no reason why I should attend all the working sub-co ittee meetings of the Co a lition in Washington and that John Gunther and John Feild could represent you and the other Mayors involved without specific repr esentation from each Mayor. We are in agreement on this point and I will not attend any routine · working sessions but only those where my attendance is absolutely necessary. He will keep in touch with me on any points where your individual recommendations are needed. He has asked that I act as liaison with e ight or ten Southern cities list ed as key participants i n the Urban Coalition. Th ese are: Atlanta, Little Rock, Savannah, Charlotte, Chattanoo ga, Nashville, Galveston and Miami. My role would be to maintain contact with the Mayor and/or his key representative in e ach one of these cities with the immediate task of enco ura g ing their participation in the O ctober 17 planning meeting for local coalitions in Chicago. This would involve some telephone calls during the ne x t two weeks. I belie ve this type participation at this point would be better than trying to attend meetings every week in W a shington. I would appr e ciate your thinking on this matter. DS : fy �