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November 3, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT Plans have been Baltimore (Nov. Chairmen Gerald both meetings . will attend. completed for the two exploratory meetings-14) and Detroit (Nov. 21). Task Force CoPhillippe and David Sullivan will speak at Key business and labor leaders from the area In addition, three regional conferences on expanding private employment have now been scheduled. They will take place in Atlanta (Dec. 13), Phoenix (Jan. 17) and Kansas City, Mo. (Jan. 24) . Officials of the National Industrial Conference Board are cooperating with the Coalition in developing information on hard-core unemployment and training projects. Task Force representatives met with the National Association of Manufacturer s to d i scuss the ir .acti v i t ies in employment e xpansion. Representatives of task force co-chairmen meet November 8 in Washington. EQUAL HOUSING Repre s e n tatives o f task f o r c e co- chairmen mee t Nove mber 3 in Wash i n g ton . The group i s p a ying parti cula r attention t o the p r oblem of new lower income housing in suburban areas on an open occupa n c y b asi s . A n a ti o nal action ses s i on f o r s ome 300 s ubur b an fair h ous ing c ouncils i s plann ed f o r early nex t year in Chic ago . HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION AND I NVESTMENT Task force mee t s Nov e mbe r 21 in New Yo rk to d isc uss pos i t i o n paper s drafte d by representativ es o f the c o - chair men. Announc e ment of new me mbe rs on the t a sk forc e will be made at that time . EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES Task f orce meets November 7 in New York. COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT McGraw-Hill Publications has scheduled a special supplement on urban problems for January which will run in ~11 40 of their publications: This i s the second time McGraw-Hill has ever done this. �Andrew Heiskell, Co-Chairman of The Urban Coalition, speaks on urban problems and local coalitions at the annual convention of the Public Relations Society of America on November 14 in Philadelphia. A presentation on the work of The Urban Coalition will be given to the Public Service Council of PRSA by James Pitt, director of public relations for Time, Inc. Discussions of the Coalition and its goals are also taking place with representatives of the Advertising Council and the American Business Press Association. LOCAL COALITIONS Communications are coming in from cities across the country wanting to know how they can set up a local coalition. The task force is developinq a pamphlet version of the guidelines distributed in Chicago. This will be available for distribution shortly. The next regional meeting on "Mobilizing Urban Coalitions" wi ll take place in San Francisco .on November 30. Program and space arrangements are now being made with the help of Mayor John Shelley's office. The Eastern Regional meeting will be held in New York City on December 11. �