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December 11, 1967 .MEMORA1'TDUM TO: Members of the Steering Committee Urban Coalition FROM: John Gunther, U. S. Conference of Mayors Chairma n, Working Committee on Organization SUBJECT: The Urban Coalition in 1968 Your Working Committee on Organization met and based on that meeting and subsequent discussions with individual members of the Working Committee, I submit this report_. 1. The Urban Coalition should continue its efforts toward assuring an equitable shar e of the benefits from the nation's economy for the re s idents of our central cities. The Urban Coalition should be responsive to but independent of the individual elements of it. The Coalition should seek to facilitate the implementation of policies developed by it and others and concurred in by the Coalition. Area s of substantive concern should be education, employme nt, and housing, including related community faciliti e s and service s. The Coalition should encourage the formation of local c8alitions to develop and implement plans for the solution of communi~y problems. The National Coalition, through local coalitions and by direct action, shoul§ support policies to order private and public priorities to meet the pressing and long n e gle cted needs of the central cities. 2. The Steering Committee is the governing body of the Coalition and i t may add to its number as it deems appropriate. The Steering Committee shall select its chairman or co-chairme n from its me mber s and shall d e termine· the subs tance of the areas of the Coaliti on activitie s, establish a budget and employ a National Coor d i n ator . 3. There shall be a Council of Loca l Coa litions . This Council will b e made u p of two r epresentative s f r om each loca l coa lition and i t s h a ll se l ect two of its members to serve on the n ationa l Steering Committ ee. The Coun c i l will serv e i n an a d vis ory capacity to the Steering Committee. �2 4. Each member of the Steering Committee may designate an individual to repres ent him on the Working Committee. The Working Committee shall select a chairman or co-chairman from its memb er s, and may establish committees as needed to oversee the implementation of decisions by the Ste ering Committee, and prepare proposals for the consider ation of the Steer ing Committee. 5. Areas of Coalition activity will be explored in depth by task forces established by the Steering Committee and responsible to the Steering Committee. 6. The Coal ition shall employ such staff as its budgeted resources permit. The staff will be under the direction of a National Coordinator who may be retained and serve at the pleasure of the Steering Com.mittee. The staff will provide services as necessary to the Steering Committee, the Council of Local Coalitions, the task forc es and the Working Committee. 7. Staffing and funding should be planned on a one -year bas is; and prior to January 1, 196~ a comprehensive review should be made to asses progress towar d the objectives of the Urban Coalition and to make such recommendatiorna s may b e appropriate for its continuation. �