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. l,. October 27, 1967 . NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT \I LOCAL COALITIONS Six cities have now announced the formation of urban coalitions and intend -to affiliate with The Urban Coalition--Detroit, New York City, Minneapolis, Gary, Indianapolis, and Atlanta. Sparked by the Chicago "Mobilizing Urban Coalitions" planning session dozens of other cities now have organizing co~ittees. The California League of Cities, meeting in San Francisco, formally endorsed the formation of coalitions in all its constituent cities on a motion by Mayor Floyd Hyde of Fresno supported by officials of San Diego. Both cities announced they are organizing coalitions. Regional meetings like the one in Chicago have been scheduled for San Francisco on November 30 and New York in early December. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT On October 25, some 40 major Pittsburgh employers and labor leaders attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Joseph M. Barr on private industry plans for hiring hard-core unemployed. On October 27, at the invitation of Mayor Herman Katz of Gary and Mr. George Jedenoff, Superintendent of the U.S. Steel Gary Works, The Urban Coalition Task Force on Private Employment joined with several hundred leading Gary employers and unions in developing a program of expanded employment opportunities. Mr. David Stahl, of Mayor Daley's office representing the Task Force, spoke briefly at the luncheon. Other local meetings on private employment have been scheduled for Baltimore (November 14) and Detroit (November 21). Task Force cochairman Gerald L. Phillippe will speak at both meetings. In Baltimore, · Mayor Theodore McKeldin and Council President Thomas D'Alasandra and fifteen major industrial leaders are convening a meeting of top management representatives of Baltimore firms to launch a program of expanding Negro entrepreneurship in the ghetto stimulated by sub- contract arrangements with leading industries. �(2) -This is being viewed as a "breakthrough" type of program and is being carried out through the Baltimore Council on Equal Business Opportunity (CEBO) . CEBO is a pr·o j ect of The Potomac Institute. In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and edµcation committee is convening a meeting of industrial anq labor leaders to discuss e xpansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the c e ntral city and the Michigan Bell Te l e phone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairme n Andrew He isk e l l and A. Philip Ra ndolph urged members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on Independent Offices Appropriations to adopt the Senate's recommendations for funding model cities and rent supplements--$637 for model cities arid $40 million f or rent supplements. Rent suppleme nts r e ceive d $10 million (the Hous e h a d e a rlier approve d no f und s ) and model cities r e c e ived $312 (the Hous e h a d approve d $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendme nts will be maile d to the Steering Committee the first part o f n ext wee k. EDUCATIONAL DISPARI TIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membe rship. HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION AND I NVESTMENT Th e Task Force h ad t o re s che du l e i t s Octob e r 19th meeting for e arly Nove mber. EQUAL HOUS I NG OPPORTUNITIES Task Fo rc e workin g c ommitt e e me e t s Nov e mber 3 in Washington t o cons ide r a pilot three city proj e ct involving d e v e lopme nt o f n ew l owe r -income ·hous ing on an ope n occup ancy basis i n subur b an areas. Als o s chedul ed f o r the meeting a r e p l ans t o d raw t oge t her some 3 00 Fair Housing Committee s now ope rating in suburba n communities f or a n a tiona l actio n s ess ion on o p e n hou s ing to b e h e ld i n Ch i cago early in J a nuary . �