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~ The urban Coalition I Federal Ba~ B,u.:rfin,<1 We:;// 1819 H Street, N. W. Washington. D. C. / 20006 Sleering___Commiltee Co-chairmen : Andrew Heiskeil / A. Phi.',:o Randolph December 8, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT This week's report consists of the following schedule of coalition activities, the rosters of two Task Forces which have now rounded out their membership and the enclosed material on the New York Coalition and the December 18th Meeting of the Steering Committee. DECEMBER Steering Committee Meeting Detroit Task Force on Educational Disparities Meeting Detroit Tuesday, the 19th: Ad Hoc Committee on Urban Economic Council Detroit Monday, the 18th: JAJ.'1UARY Wednesday, the 10th: Task Force on Communications Luncheon New York City Friday, the 12th: Task Force on Local Coalitions Eastern Regional Conference New York City Wednesday, the 17th: Task Force on Private Employment Western Regional Conference Phoenix, Ariz. Thursday, the 18th: Task Force on Equal Housing Opportunities: National Action Conference Chicago, Ill. Monday, the 29th: (TENTATIVE) Council of Urban Coalitions Washington, D.C. Tuesday, the 30th : Steering Committee Meeting Washington, D.C. Private Employment Task Force Mid-Western Regional Conference Kansas City, Mo. FEBRUARY I j Wednesday, the 21st: ' ' . National Coordinators : John Feild/ Ron M. Linton Telephone 293 -1530 �TASK FORCE ON EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES CO-CHAIRMEN: Roy Ash Roy Wilkins Arthur Fleming MEMBERS Walter Davis Director of Education AFL-CIO Washington, D.C. Edward Hodges Michigan Bell Telephone Company Detroit, Michigan Dr. Francis Ke ppel General Learning Corp. New York, New York Dr. Paul Briggs Superintendent of Schools Cleveland, Ohio Dr. James Redmond Superintendent of Schools Chicago, Illinois Dr . Arthu r Johns on As soc. Superinte nde nt o f Schools Detroit, Michigan Dr. Steven Wright President, Negro College Fund New York, New York Dr. Charles Brown Superintendent of Schools Newton, Mass. Dr. Elliott Shapiro Ass't Superintendent of Schools New York, New York William Saltonstall Ft. Rodman Job Corps New Bedford, Mass. Vernon R. Alde n President, Ohio University Athens, Ohio Thomas H. Eliot Chance llor , Was hington Univers ity St . Lou is , Missou r i Buell Gallaghe r President , City College New York , New York �t \ TASK FORCE ON HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION, AND INVESTMENT CO-CHAIRMEN: Walter Reuther Joseph D. Keenan David Rockefeller MEMBERS Frank E. Mackle Mackle Builders Miami, Florida Gene Brewer President U.S. Plywood-Champion Paper New York, New York Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Chairman of the Board I.B.M. Armonk Village, New York Rudolph Peterson President Bank of America National Trust and Saving Assn. San Francisco, Calif. Mr. George H. Weyerhoeuser President Weyerhoeuser Company Tocoma, Washington Donald C. Burnham President Westinghouse Electric Corp. Pittsburgh, Pa. James Felt James Felt & Company New York, New York Paul Ylivisaker Commissioner Department of Community Affairs Trenton, New Jersey James Rouse · President Rouse Company Baltimore, Md. Honorable John Collins Mayor of the City of Boston Honorable Jerome Cavanagh Mayor of the City of Detroit Bayard Rustin Executive Director A. Philip Randolph Institute New York, New York �(

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. .. \ NEW YORK COALITION TO UNDERTAKE IMAGINATIVE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM Mayor John Lindsay announced last week an imaginative new program to be launched by the New York Coalition with the financial backing of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Under the $125,000 Standard Oil grant, the city's Police Department will train men and women from poverty areas for career employment in the private sector. The approximately 50 trainees will perform civilian work in the Department during half of their work time and attend school the other half. They will be paid about $60 a week during the sixmonths training period. Calling the new endeavor an "experimental program", the Mayor said "I am delighted that Standard Oil (New Jersey) has made this project possible. It is an excellent example of cooperation between the private and public sectors." Milo Brisco, a vice president and board member of Standard Oil (New Jersey) and the company's representative on the New York Coalition, joined the mayor in making the announcement. They said the new program, the first to be undertaken by the New York Coalition, was developed by Police Commissioner Howard R. Leary and the company.. 7he Mayor said the program is not intended to prepare trainees for employment with city government, but is aimed at preparing them to qualify for jobs in the general employment market. �( . STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING December 18, 1967 PROPOSED AGENDA I. II. III. IV. V. Minutes of previous meeting Administrative and Financial report Report of Organization Committee Report of Committee on Budget and Finance Report of Task Forces - _-Loe_ - _Ca.a:-1.ition s --Private Employment --Equal Housing Opportunities --Educational Disparities --Housing, Reconstruction, and Investment --Legislation--Policy Statement for 1968 --Communications �