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u () ATLANTA VRDAN CORPS 30 COURTLAND STREET , N .E . / PHONE [404] 525-2662 / ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 MEMORANDU M TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: DATE: May 8, 1969 It( Sam Will:iams, Director~ -Atlanta Urban Corps Q C,f/v SlJB.JECT : Atlanta Urban Fellowship Program Recently, New York City received a grant for $189,000 from the Sloan Foundation to institute an Urban Fellowship Program to select twenty highly talented young men and women from universities throughout the country to serve full-time internships for a twelve month period. All of these young people are Master 's Degree candidates in their r espective fields. New York Fellows are assigned to agency heads and Mayoral assistants and given commensurate responsibilities . This program is a di rect parallel to the White House Fellows started by John Gardner under President Kennedy , Atlanta deserves such a program. In my opinion, these interns should be handled separately from the Atlant a Urban Corps since they will be year-round and will r equire special counseling and guidance only available f rom a source such as your of f'i ce . I would be glad to submit a detailed proposal for an Atlanta Urban Fellows Program and also pursue Foundation funding if you are interested. Enclosure cc: Mr. Dan Sweat Mr. Charles Davis ' / J/ // �