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The Urban Coalition 1815 H Street, N.W. Wash ington , D.C. 20006 Telephone : 347-9630 CHAIRMAN : John W. Gardner CO -CHAIRMEN: Andrew Heiskell/ A . Philip Randolph March 18 , 1969 The Honor able Ivan Allen , J r . M yor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: During the last year t he Urban Coalition has grown rapidly in both numbers of staff and the programs and activities we are cur rently carrying out . The time when I could singlehand dly manage both the external and internal affairs of the Coalition has long sine passed. For this reason, I have instituted several internal changes which I believe will significantly improve our capacity to c rry out our responsibiliti s during the forthcoming year. Th se changes include tho following: 1 . I have ppointed Peter Libassi, formerly Vice President for Local Coalitions, to be th Executive Vice Pr sident of the Urban Coalition . 2. I have revised th internal proc du:res by which polici sand progr is were developed by e~tablishing Policy Committee which I will chair. The oth r embers of the Poiicy Coromitt will be C rl Hol n, Vice President for Policy and Progir D v lopment, and Pet r Liba-s si .Sincerely, John w. Gardner Ch inn n cc: Mr. Dan Sweat �