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LAW OFFICES MATrHEW J. FAERBER /\ J 112 B ELLEVUE A VENUE NEWPORT, RHODE ISi-AND 02840 (P, O, BOX 175) 847- 0034 Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. City Hall Atlanta 0 Ga. 847- 1112 August 30 , 1969 RE: Model Cities Program Dear Mayor Allen: I am taking the liberty of writing to you at the suggestion of Gove rnor Bllis Arnall to whom I wrote recerltly in connection with an item appearing in "Fleet Owner , July , 1969" concerning the l0cent shuttle bus service for the model cities area . I am enclosing an e x tra copy of this letter for Mr. Johnny Johnson , whom I under stand is Director of Atlanta ' s Model Citie s progr am and I am also sendi ng a copy to Governor Ar nall . In my Washington office I have the good fortune to represent the City of San Juan, where last November they elected a very ener getic y oung l awye r, Car los Romer o Barcelo a s Mayor . He is 36 year s o f a g e, a g ra duate o f Yale Univer sit y i n 1953 , and o f the University of Puer to Ri c o Law School 1956 . He inherited a very difficult situation with r espect to his Model Cities pr ogr am which had been commenced under the precee ding administration wh ich had f a i l ed to take car e of many e ssen t i al i tems . The p r o gr am was in jepoar dy when Mayor Romer o t ook over but a s of several weeks ag o , h e was a s sur ed by f o r mer Mayor Hyde o f Fr esno , now a t HUD , t h a t the p r o gr am i s go i ng thr o ugh s atisfac tori ly . Coincidental ly , t h e Federal I mple men t a t i o n Gr a n t f o r Sa n Juan is $7 . 1 mil lion wh e r eas I n o tic e At l ant a's Mode l Ci t ies Progr a m is b udg e ted a t $7 . 2 mi l l i on . The principal reason for th is i nq uir y to you , a nd t hrough you t o Dir ector Johnny Johnson , i s that San Juan has a ver y difficult t ran spor t a tion pr oblem and the plan wor ked o ut i n your city with re s pect t o 1 0 c ent shuttle b us s ervic e thr oughout the 3, 000 a cre model cities area might well b e a Godsend. It is interesting to me to note that a mutual friend of Governor Arnall and mine, the late Wa l lace Ro Bu rke, fo rmer l y of the Interstate Commerce Commi s sion 6 sugge sted a n almost identical plan to Mayor Romero in my prese?ce in San Juan on 31 March,19690 �-2- Mayor Ivan Allan , Jr. August 30 r 1969 If it is not an imposition, and if Mr o Johnson 1 could send me data which would help me advise Mayor Romero along these lines 1 I would be indebted. Very truly yours , '>t~ Faertfr Hon. Ellis Arnall Fulton Federal Building Atlanta , Ga. 30303 CoC o _ �