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November 1 8, 1969 Hr . ilton F arris , Chai rman Boar d of Aldorme, F inance Co ittee Gulf Oil Corporati on P. o. Box 7245 , Station C tlanta , Georgia 30309 Dear . Farris : Let xt nd y appreciation to .ou and the oem e rs of your committee for the opportunity to p r esent the 1970 Budget Pr oposal for the Atl nta Jrban Corps . Hopefully , t le Propo s l i s de tailed enough to give a concise p icture of the need of t he Program next year. Because of t h necessity of mak ing a brief pr esentation , I fear many of the i m ortant facts a out t e Corps were not voice. I believe t.~ese several points will make t he oun t wa arc req uesting mor r e sonable f rom a rcturn-on·-investment vi . point. (1) The Or ban Corp provides an bund nt npo :r sourc t hat has been overlooked. The majority of the student s involved ar in colleg (2 ) or in graduate or in the upper level rofe sional ehool. The jobs the tudents perfor r all isting job that hav ecn left undono due to lack of manpower , nd ith t he creative cooperation between t h Urban Corps and City dmi ni s t.r tors, ny v ry n ce s ary task~ c perfo d by int rns. (3 ) Accor ding to th f i gur es provide by th yor' Office, t h int rns ill pr ovid 52 n r of 1 bor t n v rage cot of $2,690.00. Thi cost i xtr l y lo b don th e rning po r pot ntial of a coll g g r adu t or near-gr du t e . Alo, it doe not include th 17 n y ar orked th propo - - t f. () Th Orban Corp offor th potenti l tr ining progr or the City by cqu intinq with th po ibiliti s of gov rnment lo , gr uation. io on can deny that with onl pproxi t ly 8,000 City loye ( xclu i t rd of due tion nd th Library) h ving coll d gre , th t the r cruit ent of highly quali 1 �