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..__. .: . MINUTES OF URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING August 13, 1969 The meeting of the Urban Coalition Action Council Eiecutive Committee was called together at 3 p.m., John W. Gardner presiding ... I. Public Service Employment. This is a priority item for the Action Council. Particular attention of late has been paid to how business community support can be brought to bear on this matter. The concerns of businessmen and what faults they find with the concept of public service employment were reported on. Discussion then centered on how these criticisms can best be factu a lly answ e red. Attached is a report of the lobby strategy reviewed and approved by the Ex ecutive Committe e. II. Foundation Ta x Issue. The legal implications of the bill as it now appears and what progress has been made in changing injurious language in the bill were discussed. It was the view of the Action Council that although Foundations are in better shape than they initially we re when work first started on the bill, there are still many liabilities to it which would severely r~strict the Coilition and many other such organizations' activities. Continued efforts to win modification of the bill in the Senate were approved. Attach e d is a repor t on current action of the House Ways and Means Committee. III . President Nix on's August 8 Statement on Welfar e and Othe r Domestic Issues. A most spirited discussion ensue d on the pros and cons of the President's message to the Americ a n p e o p le . The Executive Committee adopte d a position on the streng ths and weaknesses of the Preside nt's proposal which were incor po ra t ed in a statement released to the p ress . A copy of the statement is attached . �