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Dr. Harmon D . Moore E xecutive Director Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. 5 3 Six th Street, N. E . Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Mr. Albert J. B ows Vice President Partner - in- Charge Arthur Ande rsen & Company Bank of Georgia Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Erwin Stevens, President Citizens Central Advisory C o uncil 799 Parsons Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia .., Dr. J o hn W. Letson Superintendent A t lanta Public S chools 22 4 C entral A venu e, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Reverend Samue l Williams Co-Chairman Summit Leade rship C onfe re nce F ri endship Baptist Church 437 Mitchell Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Mr. R obert J. Butler President Atlanta Labor Council 250 Tenth Street, N . E. Atlanta, Georgia ..-- Mr. Opie L. Shelton E xecutive Vice President Atlanta Chamber of C ommerce P. 0. Box 1740 Atlanta, Georgia 30301 Mr. Bois feuillet Jone s 230 Peachtree Street, Suite 210 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 �/ October 20 , 1967 Mr. Erwin St evens., President Citizens Cent\' · 1 Advisory Council 799 Parsons Stre t , S . W . Atlant , Geol"gla De i- MT , Stevens; 1 am sure that you . re we.re of the movement et the national level to dev · lop strong c oalition of urban intei-ests in an effort to x rt mo1,'e influence in national programs and priorities £01" the benefit of our citi·e e . R present ·tives of busines , l bor, civil rights, religion, educ tion d Mayo,: of I.Ul'ban citi s have joined tog ther in n Urb n Coalition to provide coordin t d machinery for getting the story of our big city problems cttoe to the n tion. I am tt dung som information xn terial Th e will -xp1-in the b ckgi,ound and go com.mitt e . on tho Urb n Coalition. of th n tional ste ting It be n ..- cognl ed £,:-om th beginning that in ord i- to b ££, ctive , loc count l"•P rt co Utlon mu t be dev loped in p rt of th count#y to support th goals . It l my belt £ th ti foi, y J'S Atl ni h s b n ble to gtow and pro,p r thl'ough n eUectiv nd inform coalition r lationship ol bu lnee nd gov rnmenl nd with th upport of th oth r re of int r st whlch l' p rt of the n tio coalition effort. I believe, however,, that w need to i-ecognl a Uttl · mor formally th co lltlon which keep oul' clty movtn nd al o to develop loc co litton • 1 ion• ship wlth the national Urb Co ition. �Mr. Stevens Page Two October ZO, 1967 It is my thinking that an initial step would be for us to get together the top rep:resentatives of these key interest gi--oups to form a local cl>alition steering committee an~ invite the participation by othe:ir org nized groups. The initial steex-ing committee could be composed of the Mayor~ as chief elected official of the c;:ity, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Atlanta Labor Council, the President of the Atlanta Christian Council., the co ... Ch ia,rnan of the Summit Le dersbip Confei-ence; the Supel'intendent 0£ public education,. and the Chairman of the Citizens Centl"al Advisol'y Couneil, who is the' elected repi-esentative of p -rtlcipants in the Economic OpportW'lity program. 1 have drafted statement which might be considered by this group which recognizes the need for a local coalition - d endorse the d cl l' don of principles of the national coalition. A copy of th principl · of the n tional co ition is · so att ch d for your consld r tion. By recognizing th · Jtist nee of co litlon we will be ble to b tter corrununic te urb n probl ms nd focus max.imwn re outc s upon their olution • Ol'd r that we might consider this proposal I h v, invited th following p opl to me.et with mo t my otilce t City Hall on Wednee Y; Oetob .. 2.5, t 10;00 • m .: ln Mt" .. A~ H. St rne, Preaid nt Atl Chamb , of Comm re R v. S mu l Williams C o.Cb 1"man Summit Le der hip Conf r Mr.B obnJ.Butl .Pi: Atl · L boJt Council nc ident �Mr. Stevens Page Three October 20, 1967 Rev. Bevel Jones, President Christian C ouncil of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Dr. John W . Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mr, Erwin Stevens,_ President Citizens ·centr 1 Advisory Council Economic Opportunity Atl nt , Inc. Sincel"ely yours. Ivan Allen, Jfl. Mayor IAJr :fy �October 20 ,. 196 7 Dr . John W . Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools 224 Central Avenue , S . W . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 De ~ John i 1 am ute that you ar aware of the movement · t th n tional level to develop strong coalition of urban interests in an eftoi"t ~o ej( tt more in!luence ln national pro gr me and priotitie 8 for the b nefit 0£ our of.tie • R pres ntatlve of business ,. labot .. civil rights , r ligion, educ tlon d M yoi- · of ~ban clti s h ve joined together in n Urban Co ition to provld coo,tdinated machin NY lor getting the stoty of our big city probl m a.croe · to the n ti.on. X am tt cht,ng eome information mated on th Urb n Co lition. Th s wW expl ln th b ckground d goals of th n · tlonal teering committe • it h . s been r cognlz d from the beginning 'th t in ol'd r to b . eliecth ,. local count t.,P i't co lition muat b _ d velop d in all pa.l't of the country to upport th e go l • lt is my b U f that for y t Atl . ha b n abl to .-ow and pro p r throl.l h an flectlv and lnforrnA]. coalition rel tionshlp ot bu. in • d gov tn ... m nt d with the uppo~ of th oth r a e of inter et which a " pal't of the national coaJ.ltlon effort. t b U.ev , ho V ft, th t w ne d to cogni llttle more form.ally th co lltlon which k e p our city movin nd also to dev lop a. loc.al coalition el ti.on• ship with th national Urban Coalition. �Dr. Letson Page Two October 20, 1967 It is my thinking that an initial step would be £or us to get together the top representatives of these key interest gl'oups to form a loc 1 coalition steering committee and invite the participation by other organiiaed groups . The initial stee,.-ing comrnJ.ttee could be composed of the Mayor, as chief elected official of the city., the President of the Chamber of Commerce , the President of th Atlanta Labor Council, the Pl'e ident of th Atlanta Chris~ C ouncil,. the Co• Chahm1.an of the Summit L adership Coniet'ence, the Superintend.ant of public education,- Wld the Chairman of the Citiz ns Centr 1 Advisory Council, who is the elected i,epl'esentative of participant in the Economic Opportunity program. I have drl.fted a statement which might be con ldet" d by this group which recognhtes the need for local coalition and endorses the declaration of princlplea of the national coalition. A copy of the principles of the n tional co ition i al o ttach d for your coneide ration. By recognizing the xistence of coalition we will be · ble to bett ~ communicate urban p:robl ma and focus maximum re ourc; s upon their solution . In orde:r that we might con ider thl ps,oposal I h ve invited the following p opl to me t with me at :my offic Wedn d y , Octobet- 25. t 10:00 • m .: at Clty Hall on Mr. A. H .. Stern , P esi.de.nt Atl nta Ch mb r of Comme,-c R v. S muel Will C o.-.Ch irman Summit L d :rship Conf t nee Mr. R obert 1. BuU ~. Pre ld nt Atlanta L bor CouncU �Dr. Letson Page Three October 20, 1967 II Rev. Bevel Jones , President Christian Council 0£ Metropolit n Atlanta , In.c. Dr . John W . Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mr. Erwin Stevens , President Citi~ens Central Advlsoty Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Inc. Sincel" ly your ,. lvan Allen; JJ'. M yo1t IAJr:fy �October 20 ; 196 7 Reverend Bevel J ones " President ChJ."ietian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc . 143 B verly :Road, N. E . Atlanta, Georgia Deat Bevel : lam sure that you are aware of the moveme.nt t then tional level to develop strong eoa.lltion 0£ urban inter sts in n effort to exert mor · influence tn national programs and prioritieai for th benefit of O\ll' citi · Represent tiv s 0£ buelnes _ labor• c:lvil rights,, religion, education d Mayors of w:ban citi s have joined tog th r in an Urb Coalition to provide cool"dinated ma.chin ry tor getting th tory of our bl city probl ms ae,.-o s to the nation. 1 am tt ching som tn£ormation mate'rials on th Th se will xpl · in the b ckground d go · UJ!ban Coalition. of th n .tlonal te _,dn eommitte · . b n r cogni.zed f:rom th · b ginning th .t 1n ord r to b it c:tive ; loo _ counter--p rt coalition rnuit b dev lop d in all p rt of the countJ'y to suppo-rt thee go· i.. Ii l my b lie£ th :t (or y .rs Atl nt · b en ble to row d pro p r throu b an ff ctlv nd lnfo~mal <:<> i.tion r tion hip ol buslnea d ov tn• ment and with th upport of th · oth l' I' Q.a of intet t which · · e pa_r.t of th na.tlon coalition U.ort. l b · u v , howev r. that w lteed to r cogni~ llttl mor form.ally th coalitions hi.ch ki . p our city moving d al o to d v lop a local coalltion Jf~l tlon -hip with th n tlon l Urban Codltion. It h �Reverend Jones Page Two October 20 , 1967 lt is my thinking that inttlal step would be for us to get together the top representatives of these key interest groups to form a loc coalition steering committee a,;id invite th · puticipation by other org nized groups . The initial steedng committee could be composed of the Mayor. as chief elected official of the city., the President of the Chamber 0£ Comme:rce , the Pr·e sident of the Atlanta Labor C ouncil , the President of the Atlanta Christian Council, the Co• Chairman of the Summit Le der hip Conference , the Superintendent of public education~ and the Ch irman 0£ the Citizens Cent:ral A dvisory Council,. who is the elected represent tive of particip ts in the Economic Opportunity program. 1 have dr ted a statement which might be considered by this group which recognizee the need for a local coalition and endorses the decl r tion of principles of the national coal.Won. A copy of the principle o! the n tional coaHtion is also attached fo~ your . con ideration. By recognizing the xistence of · coalition we will be ble to ~ettel' communic te u.rban problems nd focus maximum i-e ourc s upon their eolutions. In order that we might con id r this proposal I v invited the following p opl t o m t with rn t my office at City Hall on Wedne da.y, Octob tr ZSa t 10:00 . m .: Mr. A, H.Sterne" p,_.. ld nt Atl ia C mber of Commerce I\ v. Samu, 1 William C o -Ch lrman Summit Le d rehip C ont renc Mr. B ob rt J. Butler, P r s id nt At1 ta L bor C ouncU �Reverend J ones Page Three October 20, 1967 Rev . Bevel Jones., PresJ.dent Christian Council of Metropolit n Atlanta, Inc. Dl' . John W . Letson S upe:rintendent Atlanta. Public Schools Mr. Erwin Stevens. President Citizens Central Advlsoi;y Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Sincerely you.rs, Ivan Allen, Jr . Mayor IAJrtfy �October 20; 1967 Revei-end Samuel Willia.ms Co-Chah·man Summit LeadeJt. hip Confe1tence Friendship Bapti st Chui,cb 4l7 Mitchell Stre t , S . W. Atlanta. Georgia Dear Sam: lam sure that you a.T aware of the mov ment t the national level to develop a stl'ong coalitlon of urban lntei-ests In an etloi-t to exert more infiuenc inn tion progr ms d priodtles for the benefit of Ou.JI ci'ti Represent tlve of bu in s , l bor, clvil rights , r ligion 1 education and M yors of \lrb n cities hav join d tog · th l' in an Urban Coalttion o provid coordin ted ma.chin ry fo~ g Ulng the tory of our blg city problems aero s to the na.tlon. l · rn tte.ching om Wonnatlon mat,erlals on th Urban Coalition. The will explain th b ckgtound and goals of th ~tlonal te rin conunitte . It h b n recognt.z d from the be lnnlng that ln ord r to b U ctive 1. loc count I' part coalitiona muat b dev loped in ·1 pan of th · country to suppoi--i th e go • It i my bell ! that fo~ ye r Atl~ ha b n bl,, to tow d pro r through I.£ ctlve and into~ coaUtlon 't lationship of busin • and governm nt and with uppor-t of th oth I' &l' a• of int · f t which t & pa.lf·t of th n.atlonal coallUon -!fort. 1 beltev • ho v · r-, th t w n d to recopl · . little more tor-mally co•lltions which ep ou~ clty movin .-.nd al o to d v lop a loc coditlon relationhip wlth th \ion.al Urban Coalition. �R e verend Williams Page Two October 20 , 1967 It is my thinking that .an initial step would be for us to get togeth r tho top repi-e entatlve$ of these key inte re t groups to form a local coalition ate ring committee d invite the participation by othe:r organized groups . The initial steering committee could be c omposed of the Mayor , as chief elected official of the city. the President of the Chamber of Commerce,,_ the P~e ide,n t of the Atlanta L ,b o~ Council , th President of the Atlanta Christian Co1;m.cll , the Co• Ch bma.n of the Summit Lead rship Conference~ the Superintend nt of public educ tion~ and th Chairman of th Citizens Centi' Adviao~y Council, who i the elected repJ'esentative of particlp in the Economic Oppo,;tunlty progi-am. ts 1 have drafted e ternent which might be conoidered by this group which recognii,; a, then , d for local coaUtton d endo:r es th decl tion of p ln,ciplee of the tional co - ltion. A copy of the of the nation co iltion i also ttachcd foT your ·cone de:t tion. i- principle By r c:ognidn th communlc t urb th ir solution • exi tenc pl'obl ms co U.tion will b ble to b tt ind tocu · mPimum r sourc~ u - of In order th t w rnight con idet" thl p;ropo~ I h · v lnvl d th following p opl to meet with me t my oW.c at City H on Wcdne d y , Oetober ZS. at lOiOO • m.; Mr.: A . H. St rne, P ld nt tlant Chamb t of Commerce Rev. Samu 1 Willlanua C o -Ch tl'lnan Summit Lead r,hip C M • Rob r J. Butl *'• Pn ld nt U _ ta L bot C ouncil �11•= =-------..-:---;:,r,.1==~-=:c,:,n-=-""""'"'"""_______________c:ga_ _ _ __ ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.., Reverend Williams P age Three October 20, 1967 Rev . Bevel Jones . Prttsident Christian Council of Metropolitan Atl taa Inc . Dr. John W. Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mi . Erwin Stevens, President Citizens Central Adviso:t;'y Council ~conomic Opportunity Atl nta, l,nc . Sincet'ely yours . lv n All nt Mayor lAJr:£y Jr. �Octobe,: 20; 1967 Mr. Robert J . Butler President Atlanta Labor CouncU 250 Tenth Street, N. E . Atlanta, Georgl~ De r Bob :. l am a u.te th t you ai.-e aware of the mov ment t the n tional level to develop s ong coalition of urba?J. lntet"ests in an effol't to exert more influence ln national pi-ograme and priori.ti s for th bene!lt of our cities . Representatives of bu inesa, 1 bor,. civil rights, religion, education nd Mayor of Ut'ban cltl~s have joined togethe~ in Urb Co lition to p:rovlde coordinated ma.chine1y for getting th story of our big city problems across to the nation. I am tt ching som info tlon mat rial on th Ui-ban Coalition. The e will e,xpl in the background nd goa.l oj th n tional st ring committee , It ha be n recognized from tb beginning that in ord r to b effectiv , local count r .. p rt co lition mu t b developed in all . p rte of the country to upport th se o s. It i my b 11 f th i for ye r Atl nt h s b ·n able to grow d pro p through n ffec:tiv and inform. · coalltlon rel tlon hlp ot bu in s nd ov tn• ment and with th upport of th oth r re s of int rest which r , p rt of th n tlonal co itlon effort. 1 b li" v • bowev r ,. th t w n d to r . co¢~e little mor formally th coalition• which ki p ou.r city moving d also to develop 1oc co Ution rel tlon .. hip with th . Urban Coalition, �Mr . Butler Page Two October 20, 1967 It is my thinking that an initial step would be for us to get togethet" the top representatives of these key inteJ."est groups to form a local coalition steering committee and invite the participation by other organized groups . The initial steering committee could be cornpos d of the Mayor, as chief elected official of the dty, the P:resident of the Chamber of Commerce, the Piesident of the Atlanta Labor Council , the President of the Atlanta Christian C ouncil , the CoChairman of the Sujunit Leadership Conference,, the Superintendent of public education, and the Chairman of the Citizens Central Advisory Council, who is the elected representative of patticip nts in the Economic Opportunity program. I have drafted statern nt which might be conside:red by this group which recognizes the n ed for a local coalition and endo:tses the declar tion of principles 0£ the national coalition. A copy of th pri.n ciples of the nation coalition is also ttached for you.r con ider ti.on. By recognizing the existence of co lition we will be ble to bett r conununic te urban problems and focu maximum r sapce · upon th h~ · olutione ~ In order that we might consider th" propo all h ve invited th following people to m et with m.e t my office t City H 11 on W dne d-,y., October 25, t 10:00 • m.: Mr. A . H . Stern , Pre id nt Atl ta Chambel' of Comm rce Rev . S mu.el Williams Co-Ch irman Su.mrnlt Le d r hip Conle11 nc · Mri Robert J. Butl l', P:r sident Atlanta L bot Council �Mr. Butler Page Thl'ee October 20, 1967 Rev·. Bevel J ones, President Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta,, Inc. Dr . John W . Letson Superintendent Atl ta P ublic S chools Mr. Erwin Stevens , P,:esident Citizens Cent:ral Advisory Council Economic Opportunity tlanta •. Inc . Since11ely yours , Iv n Allen. Jr. M yol' IAJr,fy �CITY OF .ATLANTA. CITY HALL Feb ruary 13, 196 9 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assi st ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMOR AND UM To : Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Subject: Dan Sweat ~ Urban Coalition In determining whether or not a formal 11 Urban Coalition 11 should be established in Atlanta, I feel the following points should be considered: 1. The National Urban C oalition will apparently be a key communications link to the Nixon Administration. Whereas in the past, the heavily Democratic dominated National League of Cities and U. S. Conference of M a yors have enjoyed a key position in national administration affairs , they might not have quite the muscle with the Republicans . John Gardner does have. 2. It is abundantly clear that the Nixon Administration intends to funnel as many urban programs as possible through the priv ate , business s e ctor. This will requir e some sort of c oordina tion a mong busine ss and g ove rnme nt a t the lo c al l evel a nd m e tro l evel. 3. There probably will be a greater need and demand for an identifiabl e local coalition a fte r you l e ave the offic e of M a yo r. The n ext M ayo r c e rtainly won 1t be the leade r of the 11 powe r structure 11 and proba bly not even a me mb e r of it . 4. If a real coalition is formed , it must be done by the 11 p ower struct u re 11 a nd supported by the very top l e adership . 5. A meanin g ful c o a lition should a ttemp t to ge t metro representation . If it is t o set the r ules for t h e city in the f uture it must be geared to i nfluence annexat ion, dispersed h ousing , p l anning for industry , transpo rtati o n , e t c. �Mayor Allen Page Two February 13 , 1969 6. Someone should look into the Winston-Salem Urban Coalition . They have already raised $1. 7 million for coalition activities , plus some $ 2. 5 million for a Housing Dev_elopment Corporation. I understand they met the other day and raised $120 , 000 for summer programs . If we had just a fraction of that kind of money to 1 1 sell 1 1 projects , we could multiply it many fold. 7. I envision an Urban Coalition whose membership would consist of every organization wishing to identify with it and which would get together as a whole at one big annual dinner . A small executiv e committee of pow er structure 11 statesmen 11 would set the policies and priorities between annual meetings and communicate to the community through a small high powered staff. DS :fy �The urban Coalition I Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 H Street, N. W. Washing t on , D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-ch airmen : Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph \1 MEMORANDUM TO: MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTBE, THE WORKING COMMITTEE, AND THE TASK FORCE ON LOCAL COALITIONS FROM: JOHN FEILD--RON LINTON, NATIONAL COORDINATORS SUBJECT: GUIDELINES FOR FORMING LOCAL COALITIONS A working group of the Task Force on Local Coalitions developed the attached Guidelines for Forming Urban Coalitions Nationwide. This version is a result of a series of meetings of the Task Force working group and a series of redrafts. National Coe,rdinafors : John Feild/ Ron M . Linton Telephone 293-1530 �GUIDELINES: FORMING URBAN COALI'rIONS NATIONW1IDE On August 24, 1967, in Washington, D. C., the Emergency Convocation of The Urban Coalition issued an urgent appeal to all concerned American citizens to join with The Coalition in efforts to fashion a new political, social, economic, and moral climate that will make possible the breaking of the vicious cycle of the ghetto. Action at the community level must now follow. Community leadership is now called upon to use its commitment and ingenuity to muster the public support and involvement needed to bring about a major reordering of both national and local priorities in the face of the unresolved urban emergency. At the conclusion of the August Emergency Convocation, The Urban Coalition adopted a comprehensive Statement of Principles, Goals and Commitments. It is this document which charts the course for our mutual efforts. The Urban Coalition's program as adopted at the August Convocation may be characterized as follows: �( 2) "We believe the American people and the Congress must reorder national priorities , with a commitment of resources equal to the magnitud~ of the problems we face. The crisis requires a new dimension of effort in both the public and private sectors, working together to provide jobs, housing, education, and the other needs of our cities. "We believe the Congress must move without delay on urban programs. The country can wait no longer for measures that have too long been denied the people of the cities and the nation as a whole-additional civil rights legislation , adequately funded model cities, anti-poverty, housing, education, and job-training programs, and a host of others. "We believe the private sector of America must directly and vigorously involve itself in the crisis of the cities by a commitment to investment, job-training, and hiring, and all that is necessary to the full enjoyment of the free enterprise system--and also to its survival ... "This convocation calls upon local government , business, labor, religions, and civil rights groups to create counterpart local coalitions where they do not exist to s~pport and supplement this declaration of principles." The National Steering Committee at the present time consists of thirty-six members. They are broadly representative of business, labor, local government, religion, civil rights, communications, and education. The Coalition identified seven specific areas of urban affairs calling for action by The Coalition and the Nation. Emergency Task Forces have been created reflecting these problem areas: �( 3) Public Service Employment and Urban Legislation Private Employment and Entrepreneurship 1 Educational Disparities Housing, Reconstruction and Investment Equal Housing Opportunities Communications and Public Support Local Coalitions The National Steering Committee and its seven Task Forces are already at work developing strategy and fostering action to achieve the goals set forth in The Coalition's Statement of Principles, Goals and Commitments. This will not be enough. There must be complementary action at the local community level where ultimate responsibility rests and where u r ban problems are most clearly perceived. November 1 , 1967 �(4) What is a Coalition? A "coalition" is an alliance , association 0r combination of persons , groups , organizations or constituencies drawn together for one or more specific purposes. A coalition is not necessarily a formally chartered, regulated and structured organization. Typically , coalitions emerge in time of crisis or emergency and endure for the period of that emergency. Development of a coalition which will include all civic interests is , therefore , most appropriate in the face of America's present urban crisis. Local Circumstances Local circumstances and the status of existing local organizations, of course, vary greatly from community to community. The Urban Coalition recognizes that the nature of the organized response to its call for local counterpart action will also vary from community to community. A local coalition can encompass a single city or an entire metropolitan area in which it is located, whichever is feasible and appropriate. The organization of an urban coalition may take several forms. It may involve individuals or organizations. It may embrace a large membership or be an organization centered on leadership. �(5) New Coalition s In those local situations where citizens determine that it is appropriate to for m an essentially~ coalition of community leadership, the immediate need is to assemble an organizing or steering committee. As is the case with the National Steering Committee , local steering committees will typ ically be made up of representatives from the community's business , organized labor , religious , civil rights, educational , local gover nment and communications lea dership. I n or der to insur e , however, that the local steering committee is b r oadly repr esentative of the life of t he community , it is imp ortant that low-income n e i gh b orhoods o f t he c ommuni ty also b e represented. It is the local steer ing c ommittee which would s erve as the i nitial l ink with t he nationa l Coalition. Coordinati on o f Existing Groups In other c ommunities, it may b e that c o a l itions broadly representative of the life of the community have previously been formed around such single i ssu es as jobs, schools, or housing. A local coalition in these communities may, under these circumstances, be an association of such existing single-purpose groups which should jointly establish a coordinating committee to serve as a local coalition with a �( 6) multi-purpose, comprehensive concern. Through this mechanism, mutual agreement on goals, policy positions, and local needs could be developed. Equally important, a joint coordinating (steering) committee could also facilitate a complementary network of program efforts carried out through its member organizations. The full weight of community leadership could, thereby, be brought to bear on local problems without causing any existing individual organizations to surrender their identities or their program control. The coordinating (steering) committee would serve as the initial local link with the national Coalition. Incorporation Not Necessary In either kind of community situation , formal incorporation o f a new loca l coalition or of an association of existing single-purpose groups is not necessary, although in some cases it may be desirable. The national Urban Coalition has chosen not to incorporate. In the case of unincorporated local coalitions, funds for technical support may be channeled through a separate fiscal agent, such as a cooperating organization. �( 7) Statement of Principles The steering or coordinating committee in either kind of community situation should consider developing a draft Statement of Principles , Goals and Commitments, which (a) endorses the national Statement and (b) broadens and supplements it to include major local concerns. This approach will chart the course for local efforts in cooperation with the national Ur ban Coalition. Such a local statement, when formalized , will also serve to inform local citizens and focus their discussion and action. Operat i n g Str ucture With respe c t t o newly -fo rmed l o cal c o ali t ions , it is antici pated that the local structure wi ll inc l ude not o nly a steering committee b u t task f orces to dea l , respectively, with national urban l egislatio n, expansion of private employment, housing and e ducation , and public support. The task force subjects suggested above are, of course, by no means the only problem areas for which task forces could be created. Task forces in the named problem areas would correspond with and could relate to the task forces working at the national level. �( 8) In the case of an association of existing single-purpose \\ organizations, the coordinating (steering) committee could look to its respective member organizations to serve the task force roles and treat those problem areas closest to their respective program concerns and organizational focus. This is in lieu of appointing new task forces as is recommended for an entirely new coalition . Each participating single- purpose organization could relate functionally to the national task force working in its subject area of concern , e.g. a local community-wide employment committee could work cooperatively with the national Task Force on Private Employment and Entrepreneurship. Assistance for Local Coalitions It is strongly recommended that where a new coalition or a new association of existing single-purpose organizations is being formed , the local steering or coordinating com- mittee arrange for at least 2n,g_ staff person to work full time for the new coalition venture. It is likely that this staff person could be borrowed from the staff of one of the participating groups of the coalition. While the National Steering Committee is not able to offer any financial assis tance to local coalitions, it will provide other assistance �(9 ) in p r eparing and convening local coalition activities o The National Steering Committee will also provide speaker s , where needed and request ed, in any or all of the subject a r eas under consideration by The Urban Coalition Task For ces mentioned earlier. The national task forces and the national coor dinati ng s t aff are prepared to shar e wit h cooperating community leadership the results der ived f r om their continuing surveys of avai l able re sour ces and eva luation o f current progr ams dea l ing wi th urban problems. For e x ample , local coalitions can b e k ept advised of t h e s tatus , meri t s a nd relevanc e o f pend ing nat i onal legislation p e r tai ning t o critic al urban prob l ems o Up t o d ate i nformation o n the exp erience g aine d with new recr uiting, training and employ ment activities o r l ow-income hous i n g d e velo pment in the pr ivate secto r can also b e ex- changed through the nationa l task force s. Affiliation wi t h The Urban Coa l i t ion The expec t a tion o f t h e Nationa l Steering Committee is that local coal i t ions wi ll , when ready , seek affiliation with the national Urban Coalition . To be eligible for affiliation, a �(1 0) local group : One: Must endorse The Urban Coalition's Statement of Principles , Goals and Commitments. In the absence of common agreement between the local coalition and The Urban Coalition on the basic need for action on urban problems and the broad character of the action needed, affiliation would have little meaning. stitutes the agreement. The Statement con- Insofar as it is the product of the Emergency Convocation of The Urban Coalition and, there fore , received the endorsement of over twelve hundr ed leader s from across the nation , it should not be difficu lt for like-minded local leaders to support it. Two : Must be a multi- purpose comprehensively committed group. By way of example, while a broad-based local o rganization devoted to promoting equal housing opportunity may, in effect, be a local leadership coalition, because of its single purpose it would not meet this standard. The purpose of the standard is to encourage local action on all major urban problems and a single-purpose organization such as a f air housing coalition is not o rgani zeo o r prepared t o ac c omplis h that end. �(1 1 ) Three: Must be broadly representative d f the life of the local community . The ultimate significance and effectiveness of a local coalition's efforts will be dependent on the extent to which all significant sectors of the community participate in and support the local coalition. A coalition comprised exclu- sively of businessn en and labor leaders would not be in a position to accomplish nearly as much as a coalition involvin g , in addition , leaders from religion , local government , civil r ights , education , communications and disadvantaged neighbor hoods . This standar d is a means of encouraging the degr ee of community involvement essential to major local accomplishments. Th e Coun c i l of Ur b a n Coa l itio n s The Urban Coa l ition is i n tereste d i n continu i ng p artic i patio n in its affairs by l oca l c ommunitie s a nd n o t of its g o al s and c ommitments. just endorsement The f o r matio n of a Council of Urban Co alitions is anticipated shortly after the beginning of 1968. Each affiliated local coalition should pla n to designate two repr esenta tives to ser ve o n this nationa l Counci l . At i ts f i r s t mee t ing , the Council wi l l elect two representatives to serve o n the Natio n a l Steering Committee of The Urban Coalition. Additional representatives may �(12) be added as the Council expands. In this manner, affiliated local coalitions will participate in and help shape the programs of The Urban Coalition. The Council will serve as a community-based national body working with the National Steering Committee. Working Approaches With any new effort, such as that being undertaken by The Urban Coalition, it may be expected that national organizational structure and methods will continue to undergo change. For this reason, The Urban Coalition is understandably following a flexible course of action. Among the working approaches currently being taken are the following : 1. A supporting rather tha n operational emphas i s: The Urban Coalition is supporting efforts to solve ongoing problems at both the local and nat ional levels. It will stimulate new under takings, f or example , in the crucial are a of expanding pr ivate emp loyment o f t he h ard- core unemployed, giving empha s i s to effect i ve training approaches , recr u itme nt prac tices and facilitating assimilation of new employees into r egular wor k f or ce s. It is working copperative l y with s uch ma jor new e ffor ts as t he $1 billion i nvestme nt a llocation of t h e i n s ur a nce i ndustry for center city develo pment. The Urban Coalition ' s posture is that of a catalytic agent stimulating public d iscussion, communicating the need for national and local action, and supporting appropriate ongoing efforts. It is unlikely that it will, itself, initiate and administer programs, on a continuing basis as this would tend to detract from the central and critical catalytic role. Given the multitude of existing national and local, public and private organizations capable of program implementation, that role, in most instances, is best left to them. �( 13) 2. Stimulat ing interest i n s ucc e ss f ul exa:::nples of action. Through its task forces . The Urban Coalition is attempting identify, work with, and publicize successful efforts to expand employment, extend lower income housing and equal housing opportuniti es , new educational programs and the like. The task forces hope to serve as catalysts and conveners. They will further serve a clearinghouse function with respect to news of local action. 3. Coor dinating a national legislative c a mpaign. The Ur ban Coalition has called upon Congr ess for action acr oss a broad front to meet the urban crisis. Interpreting and emphasizing the need for national action is as much a local obligation as it is a commitment of the National Steering Committee. Discussions with members o f Congress is as much a hometown affair as are appearances befor e Congressional committees. 4. Workinq with the mass media. Through its Task Force o n Communicatio ns and Public Support and t hrough counterpart committees at the local leve l , it i s hoped that the mass media can be encouraged to focus greater attention on the needs of cities. Br oad public understanding of the need for greater ·resources , of the complex i t ies of the problems involved and the need for u r gent act ion are e s sential . if the goals of The Ur b a n Coali tion are t o b e achieved. 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Conf r nee . o1 Mayors hav enjoyed k y position in national administration affairs , they might not h v quite th mu cle with the Republicans. John Gardner do .s h v • It i funnel bundantly cl ar that the Nixon A dministration intends to many \irba.n progr - ms as possible through th prlvat , business ctor. Thi will l"equir sol'Ile o:rt of coordination mong business nd government at the loc: l lev 1 and m · tro level. 3. Th r probably Ul b a greater n d and d mand for n identifi bl loc:al coalition ft t you 1 ve th offie oi Mayor. Th next Mayo't c - i,t inly won't b th le d r of th "pow l' tructur " nd prob bly not ev -n . m mb r of lt. 4. lf a 1"• 1 coalition ls foirmed, it mu t be done by the " pow r struetul°' and upport d by th v · ty top leadership. 5. nlngful coalition should att mpt to et metro r p~. -nt tlon. U it ta to s t the J'ul a for th city in th £utur it mu t b · a.r d t lnflu nee a.nn~ tlon, dlsp rs d hou in , pl nnin fot industry, A tn tr n po~tatlon. te. 11 �Mayor Allen Page Two February 13, 1969 II 6. Someon~ should look into the Winston ..Salem Urban C oalition. They have already raised $1. 7 million for coalition activities, plus some $2 . 5 million for a Housing Development Corporation. I understand they met the other day and raised $120,000 for summer programs. If we had just a fraction of that kind of money to 11 sell I projects, we could multiply it many £old . 7. I envision an Urban Coalition whose membership would consist of ev-ery organization wlehing to identify with it and which would get together as a whole at one big annual dinner . A small executive committee of power st!l:'ueture "statesmen" would set the policies and priorities between annual meetings and communicate to the community thi-ough a small high powered stafi. DS :fy �(Draft) June 6, 1968 Revised June 12, 1968 MEMORANDUM. TO: 1J Local Coalitions THE NATIONAL COALITION PROGRAM OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Responding to the Emergency · convocation of August 1967 and to the critical urban crisis of our nation, iany cities have formed local coalitions and many are or soon will be in the organizational phase. These local coalitions are becoming a vital forum for communication among different elements in the community. C They are a mechanism for assess- ing community problems, establishing priorities, coordinating efforts and initiating new programs. They are also extremely potent vehicles for members of coalitions to individually and collectively speak out on national issues and to support, propose, or oppose legislation affecting urban problems and the resources needed for their solution. The National Urban Coalition, in an effort to maximize the aims and objectives of local coalitions, will make available through its sEaff a broad technical assistance program at the request of the local coalition. This program is developed within the limits of resources presently available to the national Coalition to meet needs of local coalitions. be e xpanded and/or modifi ~d as those needs change. It will �- 2 - The National Urban Coalition's technical assistance program will range from assisting communities to organize and launch local coalitions to concentrated assistance for specific programs. To accomplish this assistance program, the national coalition has divided its staff t .,,_,--r.cJ 1 _ into four board units; the Local Coalition Division, the Program Development Division, the Communications Division and the separate Action Council Division. (1) The Local Coalition Division is the operational staff of the national Coalition. Its primary task is to explain the urban coalition concept and assist communities in organizing local coalitions. c: It will also render general technical assistance on coalition programs and relate national issues to local coalition objectives . (~) The Program Developme nt Division is the program specialist staff of the national Coalition , Its primary task is to provide expert assistance in specific program areas by its staff me mbers and through its consultant resourc es. It will also be the major channel for the assembly and dissemination of technical program information relative to local coalition activities. (3) The Communication s Bivision (to be filled in by Brian Duff) ,, �- 3 - (4) The Urban Coalition Action Council is a separate unit of the national Coalition. The primary functions of its staff will be to promote social improvements in ' the nation's urban centers through its study of proposed legislation and its mobilization of community leaders across the country to support, propose and oppose legislation affecting urban problems and the resources for their solution. Local coalitions will address requests for all forms of technical assistance to the Local Coalition Division. As the operational staff of the national Coalition, these staff members are assigned to each of the local coalitions throughout the country. They will either respond directly to the request or, if it requires extremely technical problems, refer it to the appropriate specialized division. Council staff will deal directly The Urban Coalition Action with coalitions and coalition members. The national Coalition will provide the following forms of technical assistance upon request: 1. Provide assistance to new communities in identifying and bringing together local leaders who might in the formation of a coalition. 2. (local) Provide assistance to new communities in explaining the philosophy and ( be interested objectives of The Urban Coalition and in the formation and reprepentative character of organizing and permanent steering committees. .,;. \ ,, (local) �- 3. 4 - ·provide speaker resources through the national +LdcC\ \ ~ Steering Committee~to assist in the launching of the local coalition. 4. (communications~ loc.tJ) Provide assistance to existing coalitions on improving the representative character of its steering committee and guidance on the composition, purpose and functioning of its task forces. 5. (local) Provide assistance to coalition on how they organize neighborhood groups for community leadership in coalition planning and policy making and for community generated social action projects which require no funds. (local, program development) C 6. Provide guidance on dealing with the diverse elements of the black community. 7. (local, program development) Provide assistance to lucal coalition staffing, funding, administration and program management problems. (local, progr~m development) 8. Provide liaison for local coalitions with Federal agencies on clarification and modification of policy and for their con- sideration of__meri torious applications for grants. (local, program development) 9. Provide information on sou rces of local, state, federal -, and founda tion funds to employ staff and to i mpr ove existing programs or start new oned to meet community priorities. ~ I (?) �- 5 - 10. Provide representation before various national private organizations conducting programs locally to insure that their local counterpart organization cooperat~ with the coalition in its effort to coordinate all programs. 11. Provide assistance ~o help local coalitions analyze community problems, inventory existing programs aimed at the solution of those probl~ms and identify gaps or duplication of effort. 12. (program development) Provide a periodic newsletter to include relevant national or local surveys and studies on urban problems, information on new program concepts, Federal program guides, new national Coalition statements and policy, visual materials developed by local coalitions related to coalition goals. 13. (communications, program development) Provide a periodic program memo to include intensive case studies of successful programs of local coalitions. (program development) 14. Provide assistance on a range of specialized programs (ghetto entre prene urship, youth mobilization, manpower, housing, education, communications, etc. 15. (program development) Provide advice to local coal i tions on mechanisms by which th ey may coordinate e x isting and new community p r ograms . (local , p r ogram d e v e lopme nt) '\ �- 16. 6 - Provi~e assistance in the writing of applications for state, federal and fo~ndation funds. (program ~ development) 17. Provide assistance in developing projects and materials on attitudinal change and methods on increasing communication between the black and white community. 18. (communications, program development) Provide advise on the programmatic implementation of the Kerner Commission Report by local coalitions. (communications, program development) 19. Provide information and guidance to aid local coalitions in interpreting local, state and national legislative issues and relating them to the coalitions goals and priorities. 20. (Action Council) Provide periodic legislative reports on the status of pending national legislation of interest to coalitions and to outline significant features of newly passed legislation concerning urban problems. Council)

(Action �.. . _.,. . ·-, . · -,· CITY HALL ATLAI'<"TA, GA. 30303 el. 522-4463 Area Code 404 January 8, 19 68 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR ., Director of Governmental liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Dan Sweat Attached is a copy of a preliminary program for the New York meeting next Friday on Mobilizing Urban Coalitions. Some of you might be interested in attending this meeting and this is for your information. I would also lik e to call your attention to the January issue of FOR TUNE Magazine. This is a special issue on business and the urban crisis. It contains several in-depth a:rticles relating to the problems of the cities and discusses briefly the Urban Co alition. It is the typ e publication that you would want to keep on your desk for reference and illustration when discussing urban problems and the business responsibility and involvement in particular. DS:fy Enclosure �" ·MOBILIZING URBAN C.OALIT/ONS January 12, 1968 New York University Loeb Student Center New York, New York 8:30 am Registration: New York University Loeb Student Center 9:30 am Opening General Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman, The Urban Coalition Welcome: Dr. Allan M. Cartter Chancellor, New York University Remarks: The Most Rev. John J. Maguire Administrator, Archdiocese of New York Address: Jarnes F. Oates, Jr. Chairman of the Board - Chief Executive Offic er Equitable Life Assura nce Society of the United States 10:30 am Mobilization Workshops All workshops will deal with the same series of topics. The morning workshops will deal with methods of organizing local coalitions. 12:15 pm Luncheon Session: Eisn er and Lubin Auditorium Presiding : A. Philip Randolph Co-ch airman, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein Rabbi of Temple Ansche Ch esed Memb er, Executive Committee, New York Board of Rabbis Remarks: Ch ristian A. Herter, Jr. Chairm an, New Yo rk Co alitio n Address : Hono rable Jo hn V. Lindsay Mayor of the City of New York 2:00 ..p m Mobilization Workshops The aftern oon worksh ops will deal wi th the development of task forc e acti vi ty at the community level in counterpart to the national l evel task forces on specific urban problems. 4: 15 pm Concluding General Session: Eis en and Lubin Auditorium Presiding : Ron M. Linton National Coordina tor, Th e Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins St. Augustine Presbyterian Church New York City, New York Former Moderator, General Assembly, The United Presbyterian Church U.S.A . Address: Whitney M. Young, Jr. Executive Director National Urban League 11 �. . - .........- -__,__._.,_ . CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 January 8, 1968 .\\ IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Li aiso n MEMORANDUM To: Members of Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Dan Sweat Attached is a copy of a preliminary program for the New York meeting next Friday on Mobilizing Urban Coalitions. Some of you might be interested in attending this meeting and this is for your information. I would also like to call your attention to the January issue of FOR TUNE Magazine. This is a special issue on business and the urban cr:sis. It contains several in-depth articles relating to the proble-ms of the cities and discusses briefly the Urban Coalition. It is the type publication that you would want to keep on your desk for reference and illustration when discus sing urban problems and the business responsibility and involvement in particular. DS:fy Enclosure ,, �• t ' ~ · \ \ MOBILIZING URBAN COALITIONS January 12, 1968 New York University Loeb Student Center New York, New York 8:30 am Registration: New York University Loeb Student Center 9:30 am Opening General Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman, The Urban Coalition Welcome: Dr. Allan M. Cartter Chancellor, New York University Remarks: The Most Rev. John J. Maguire Administrator, Archdiocese of New York Address: James F. Oates, Jr. Chairman of the Board - Chief Executive Officer Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ~- 10:30 am Mobilization Workshops · All workshops will deal with the same series of topics. The morning workshops will deaf with methods of organizing local coalitions. 12:15 pm Luncheon Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: A. Philip Randolph Co-chairman, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Jos eph P. Sternstein Rabbi of Temple Ansche Chesed Member, Executive Committee, New York Board of Rabbis Remarks: Christian A. Herter, Jr. Ch airman, New York Coalition Address: 2:00 ..pm Honorable John V. Lindsay Mayor of the ·city of New York Mobilization Workshops The afternoon workshops will deal with the development of task force activity at the community level in counterpart to the national level task forces on specific urban probl ems. 4: 15 pm Concluding General Session: Eisen and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Ron M. Linton National Coordina tor, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins St. Augustine Presbyterian Church New York City, New York I\ Former Moderator, General Assembly, Th e United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Address: Whi tney M. Young, Jr. Executive Director National Urban League II (? . �_.. ._ =! .I - CITY HALL ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 January 8, 1968 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: M e mbers of Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Dan Sweat Attache d is a copy of a preliminary program for the New York meeting next Friday on Mobilizing Urban Coalitions. Some of you might be interested in attending this meeting and this is for your information. I would a lso like to call your a tte ntion to the January issue of FORTUNE M a g az ine . Thi s is a s p e cia l i s sue on busine s s a nd the urban crisis. It contains s eve r a l in-de pth articles relating to the problems of the citie s a nd dis c u s s e s brie fly t he Urban Coa lition. It is the typ e publica tion tha t you w o uld wan t to kee p on your d es k for r e f e r ence and illus t rat i on w h e n d i s cuss ing urb a n p robl ems an d the busine ss responsibility and involveme nt in particula r. DS:fy Enclosur e �: MOBILIZING URBAN COALITIONS 1 January 12, 1968 New York University Loeb Student Center New York, New York 8:30 am /Registration: New York University Loeb Student Center 9:30 am Opening General Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman, The Urban Coalition WeUcome: Dr. Allan M. Cartter Chancellor, New York University Remarks: The Most Rev. John J. Maguire Administrator, Archdiocese of N ew York Addr,ess: James F. Oates, Jr. Chairman of the Board - Chief Executive Officer Equitabl e Life Assurance Society of the United States ~- 10:30 am nobilizafion Workshops . /Ml workshops will deal with the same series of topics. The morning workshops will deal with methods of organizing local coalitions. 12:15 pm Luncheon Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: A. Philip Randolph Co-ch airman, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. J oseph P. Sternstein Rabbi of Temple Ansche Chese<;l Member, Executive Committee, New York Board of Rabbis Remarks: Christian A. Herter, Jr. Chairman, New York Coalition Address: Honorable John V. Lindsay Mayor of the City of New York 2:00 ..pm Mobilization Works hops The afternoon wo rkshops will de al with the development of task forc e activity at the community level in counterp art to the national level task forc es on specific urban problems. 4:1 5 p m Concluding Gene ral Sessio n: Eisen and Lubin Auditorium Presidi ng : Ron M. Linton National Coordi nator, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins St. Augustine Presbyteri an Church Now York City, New York Former Moderator, General Assembly, The United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Address: Whitney M. Young, Jr. Executive Director National Ur/Jan League �The Urban Coalition I Federal Bar Buildi ng West/ 1819 H Street, N. W. Wa shington. D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen: Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph MEMORANDUM \\ TO: Members of the Steering Committee FROM: John Feild SUBJECT: San Francisco Meeting on Local Coalitions DATE: November 16, 1967 & & Working Committee Ron Linton, National Coordinators Attached is a list of major cities west of the Mississippi from which we hope to have delegations at the Western Regional meeting on local coalitions. If you have any personal contacts or know of any interested persons in these cities we hope you will call this meeting to their attention. The Planning Conference on Forming Local Coalitions will be held on November 30th at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. Please have any persons you contact inform our office by Wednesday November 22nd if they plan to attend so that we may make the necessary arrangements. Thank you. attachments: List of Western Cities Letter of Invitation N ational Coordinators : Jehn Feild/ Ron M. Linton Tel ephone 293 -1530 �LARGER U.S. CITIES - WEST OF THE MISSISSI PPI A.LASKA COLORADO MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA Anchorage Fairbanks Colorado Springs Pueblo Duluth St. Paul Fargo Grand Forks Bismarck ARIZONA HAWAII MISSOURI OKLAHOMA Phoenix Mesa Scottsdale Honolulu Kansas City Lawton University City Oklahoma City Independence Tulsa Springfield St. Jose ph \I IDAHO ARI<ANSAS Fort Smith Pine Bluff Boise City Idaho Falls Pocatello Billings Great Falls CA_LIFORNIA Compton Oakland Pasadena Richmond Rive r s i de San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Burbank Santa Ana Santa Monica Torrance Anaheim Berkeley East Los Angeles Fresno Glendale Long Beach Los Angeles Sacramento San Jose MONTANA Des Moines Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Davenport Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo KANSAS Wichita Kansas City Topeka LOUISIANA Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport NEBRASKA Lincoln Omaha NEVADA Las Vegas Reno NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Roswell Santa Fe Ogden Salt Lake City Eugene Por tland SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City Sioux Falls TEXAS Amari llo Austin Beaumont Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston Lubbock San Antonio Waco Wichita Falls WYOMING Casper WASHINGTON Spokane Seattle Tacoma Cheyenne �The urban Coalition I Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen : Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph November 15, 1967 \\ Dear Friend: You are cordially invited to attend a one-day planning conference on mobilization of local coalitions to be held in San Francisco at the Hilton Hotel on November 30, 1967. This is the second of a series of three regional conferences the Coalition is holding in response to requests from local community leadership across the country for assistance in organizing and programming local action counterparts to the national Urban Coalition. Leadership delegations from cities throughout the western part of the United States are expected to attend and participate in this meeting. While the major portion of the meeting will be devoted to workshop sessions dealing with the organization and programming of local coalition efforts, we will have brief addresses from Mr. Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Mr. Kenneth Wright, Vice President-Chief Economist of the Life Insurance Association of America, who is directing the insurance industry's $1 billion urban program, the Honorable Jesse P. Unruh, Speaker of the California Assembly, the Most Reverend Joseph McGucken, Archbishop of San Francisco, and a representative of the New Detroit Committee, that city's urban coalition. Mayors John Shelley (San Francisco), Frank Curran (San Diego) and Floyd Hyde (Fresno) are co-hosts for the session . On hand to assist in the workshop sessions wi ll be a number of s k illed resource persons . The one - day conference will commence at 9 : 30 a . m. and the formal proceedings will be adjou r ned no later than 5 : 00 p . m. The National Confe r ence of Stat e Legi s lativ e Leaders wi ll join us i n spon sor ing a recept i o n for those attending wh i ch wil l b e held at the St . Franc i s Hote l and will beg in a t 5 :3 0 p . m. National Coordinators. John Feild/ Ron M . Linton Telephone 293-1530 �\\ We would appreciate your notifying this office no later than November 22, 1967 if you will be able to join us in San Francisco. A reply card is enclosed for hotel accomodations for the evening of November 29th (if you desire other dates, please indicate). We can arrange accomodations for you at a flat rate of $19.00 for a single room and $24 for a double room. We expect to forward further details on the program in the near future. Cordially, Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman Randolph Co-Chairman �The urban Coalition I Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 H Street, N. w. Washington , D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen : Andrew Heiskell / A. Philip Randolph November 15, 1967 \\ Dear Friend: You are cordially invited to attend a one-day planning conference on mobilization of local coalitions to be held in San Francisco at the Hilton Hotel on November 30, 1967. This is the second of a series of three regional conferences the Coalition is holding in response to requests from local community leadership across the country for assistance in organizing and programming local action counterparts to the national Urban Coalition. Leadership delegations from cities throughout the western part of the United States are expected to attend and participate in this meeting. While the major portion of the meeting will be devoted to workshop sessions dealing with the organization and programming of local coalition efforts, we will have brief addresses from Mr . Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Mr. Kenneth Wright, Vice . President-Chief Economist of the Life Insurance Association of America, who is directing t he insurance industry's $1 billion urban program, the Honorable Jesse P . Unruh, Speaker of the California Assembly, the Most Reverend Joseph McGucken, Archbishop of San Francisco, and a representative of the New Detroit Committee , that city's urban coalition. Mayors John Shelley (San Francisco), Frank Curran (San Diego) and Floy d Hyde (Fresno) are co-hosts for the session . On hand to assist in the wo r kshop session s will be a number of s k illed r esource per sons . Th e one- day con f erence will commen ce at 9 : 30 a . m. and the formal proceedings will be adjou r ned no l a ter t han 5 : 00 p . m. The National Conference of St a t e Le g i slativ e Leade rs wi ll j oin us in sponsor ing a r eception fo r tho s e attending whi ch wil l be held at the St . Francis Ho te l and will b egin at 5 : 30 p.m. Nation al Coordinator s : John Feild/ Ron M. Linton Telephone 293-1530 �i We would appreciate your notifying this office no later than November 22, 1967 if you will be able to join us in San Francisco. A reply card is enclosed for hotel accomodations for the evening of November 29th (if you desire other dates, please indicate). We can arrange accomodations for you at a flat rate of $19.00 for a single room and $24 for a double room. We e x p e ct to forward further details on the program in the near future. Cordially, Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman Randolph Co-Chairman �The Urban Coalition I Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen: Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph MEMORANDUM \\ TO: Members of the Steering Committee FROM: John Feild SUBJECT: San Francisco Meeting on Local Coalitions DATE: November 16, 1967 & & Working Committee Ron Linton, National Coordinators Attached is a list of major cities west of the Mississippi from which we hope to have delegations at the Western Regional meeting on local coalitions. If you have any personal contacts or know of any interested persons in these cities we hope you will call this meeting to their attention. The Planning Conference on Forming Local Coalitions will be held on November 30th at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. Please have any persons you contact inform our office by Wednesday November 22nd if they plan to attend so that we may make the necessary arrangements. Thank you. attachments: List of Western Cities Letter of Invitation National Coordinators : John Feild / Ron M. Linton Telephone 293-1530 �IJ\_RGER U.S. CITIES - WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI ALASKA COLORADO MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA Anchorage Fairbanks Colorado Springs Pueblo Dulut h St. Paul Fargo Grand Forks Bismarck ARIZONA HAWAII MISSOURI OKLAHOMA Phoenix Mesa Scottsdale Honolulu Kansas City Lawton University City Oklahoma City Independence Tulsa Springfield St. Joseph \I IDAHO ARI<ANSAS Fort Smit h Pine Bluff Boise City Idaho Falls Pocatello CALIFORNIA I OWA Compton Oakland Pasadena Richmond Riverside San· Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Burbank Santa Ana Santa Monica Torrance Anaheim Berkeley East Los Angeles Fresno Glendale Long Beach Los Angeles Sacramento San Jose Des Moines Cedar Rapids Council Blu ff s Davenport Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo KANSAS Wichita Kansas City Topeka LOUISIANA Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport MONTANA. Billings Great Falls NEBHASKA Lincoln Omaha NEVADA Las Vegas Reno NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Roswell Santa Fe Ogden Salt Lake City Eugene Portland SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City Sioux Falls TEXAS Amarillo Austin Beaumont Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston Lubbock San Antonio Waco Wichita Falls WYOMING Casper WASHINGTON Spoka ne Seattle Tacoma Cheyenne �C C A A Cha irman of the Board of Directors Vice Chairman RHODES L . PER DUE . Secretary CALLOWAY . Associate Secretary PADGETT . Treasurer JAMES P. FURNISS , ommunity ouncil of' the tlanta rea inc. CEC I L ALEXANDER . MRS. w. L. A . B. DUANE W . BECK . ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST. , N. W . Executive Direc/Vr ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 November 28, 1967 Mr. Dan Sweat Mayor's Office City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Dan: I appreciate so much your coming to our staff meeting on Monday to make the presentation about the Urban Coalition project. I plan to talk with Duane about your suggestion that the Council Board go on record as endorsing this program and that they request that the Council be a participating organization. There certainly should be a place in Urban Coalition for health and welfare planning and social service agencies. Thanks again for a good presentation! Kindest regards. Cordially, (Mrs . ) Inez B. Tillison Associate Director IBT:re �BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cecil Alexander Luther Alverson Edward H. Baxter Tully T . Blalock, M D Joseph C. Bronsby Mrs. W1ll1om R. Bridges Napier Burson, Jr, M W. L. Calloway Campbell Dosher D Cleveland Dennard Herbert J. Dickson Jomes P. Furniss Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson Elliott Goldstein George E. Goodwin J Winston Huff Joseph W. Jones Vernon E. Jordon Albert Love Mrs. Louis Montag T. F. Morrow A. B. Padgett Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue William I. Roy Al B. Richardson E L. Simon Jomes M. Sibley Hughes Spold :ng, Jr. Fred R. Stair, Jr, D. D. A. H. Sterne Don E. Sweat Jr Morton L. Weis~ John C Wilson Asa G Yancey, M. D. Clayton R. Yates ADVISORY BOARD Jomes H Aldredge, Sr J. G. Bradbury J. V Carmichael R. Howard Dobbs, Jr Edwin I. Hatch Bo1sfeudlet Jones Mills B. Lone, Jr Lucien E. Oliver W A. Porker, Sr. W A. Pulver Richard H. Rich Jomes D. Robinson, Jr . John A. Sibley Corl N. Singer Lee Tolley Elbert P. Tuttle Preston Upshaw William C. Wordlow, Jr. George W. Woodruff �AMERICAN TEAM W ORK WOR K S National Urban League, Inc . Southern Regional Office 136 MARIETTA STREET, N.W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 • AREA CODE 404 - 688-8778 CLARENCE D. COLEMAN, Director President LINDSLEY F. KIMBALL S enior Vice-President RA M ON S . SCRUGGS Vice-Presidents December Seventh 1 9 6 7 JOHN H. JOHNSON L OUIS E . M ARTIN M ARTIN E . SEGAL S ecretary ERSA H . POSTON Treasurer IVAN C. McLEOD Assistant Treasurer MEMORANDUM LESLIE N . S HAW Executive Director TO: Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Director of Governmental Liaison Hon orary Trustees FROM: Clarence D. Coleman W ILLIAM H . BALDWIN ROBERT W . DOWLING LLOYD K. G ARRISON THEODORE W . KHEEL HENRY S TEEGER RE: CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS W HITNEY M . YOUNG, JR. D eputy Executive Director M AHLON T. PURYEAR Board o f Trustees Morris B. Abram Mrs. Max Ascoli Joseph M. Baird Vivian J. Beamon M rs. Haley Bell Eugene H. Buder Chester Burger Kenneth W. O ement Milton K. Cum mings Wendell G. Freeland A. G. Gaston, Sr. John S. Hayes Merritt D. Hill Martin D. Jenkins John H. Johnson Lindsley F. Kimball Mrs. Arthur B. Krim Robert Lazarus, Jr. John G. Lewis, Jr. Inabel B. Lindsay James A. Linen Henry A. Loeb Louis E. Martin Mrs. 0 . Clay Maxwell, Sr. Ivan C. McLeod Mrs. Leo M. Mervis G. William Miller Joseph J. Morrow Edward C. Myers James F . Oates, Jr. Everett P. O'Neal Frederick O'Neal Henry G. Parks, Jr. The Most Reverend Harold R. Perry, S. V. D . Ersa H. Poston Samuel D. Proctor Hobson R. Reynolds Henry J. Richardson, Jr. Ramon S. Scruggs Martin E. Segal Leslie N. Shaw Louis Simon Mrs. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger William J. Trent, ir. Leonard Woodcock Clayton R. Yates Mrs. Bruce Zenke! Dwight R. Zook Please change my mailing address from my home to my office as follows: 136 Marietta Street, N. W. Suite 242 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 - :- Affiliated with National Social Welfare Assembly, National Conference on Social Welfare Contributions to the National Urban League are tax deductible ~231 �II November 30, 1967 Mr . M . C . Gettinger Executive Director Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation, Inc . 41 Exchange P lace , S . E . Atlanta , Geol'gia 30303 Dear Mr . Gettinger : Thank you for your letter explaining the organization of the Atl anta Jewish Welfare Feder tion, Inc. Attached is a copy of memo I have forwarded to m mbers of the St ering Committee of the Atlanta Urban Coalition. I am · ure th t th y will gree that the Fed ration would be the appropriate representative of a.11 th Jewish org niz tions in gr ater Atlanta. I hop that you can lao attend the December 13 conference on expanding employment opportunities . Sine r ly your , D n Swe t DS :fy E nclo ur s �C ITY HALL A'r.....ANTA, GA. 30303 November 30 , 1967 Tel. 522-4463 Arca Code 404 I IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative A,si stant MRS. AtlN M. MOSES, :execu tive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Go·,crnmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mem.bers of Urban Coalition Steering C ommittee ¼'-, 1· · ( I From: Dan Sw~e-at" "'-~' .../ . Enclos e d is a letter of invitation and pro g ram con cerning the December 13 meetin g of t he Task Force on P r i vate Employment o f the National Urban C oalition. I hope that all of you c an make your plans to att end thi s i mportant confe renc e . We might need to ask members of the St ee r i n g C ommittee to actively participate in the wo rk shops as part .of panel discussions . If this sho u ld be the case, I will notify you at the earliest possible mo1nent . I am a lso attaching a letter from Mr . M . C . G ettinger, E xe cutive Director of the Atlanta J ewi sh Welfare Federation, Inc ., which is a newly formed central agency involving the Atlanta J ewish C ommunity Counc il, the J ewish Welfare Fund and the J ewish Social Service Federation. As Mr . Gettinger 1 s l etter states , th e F eder ation r e presents virtually all the adult J ewish organizations in Atlanta and w ould be the most appropriate represe ntative of all the Jewish organizations on the Urban Coalition Ste ering Committee . Several organizations and many individuals have called n1y att ent ion to the fact that the Jewish community is not repr e sented on t he Ste e ring Committee and I feel that the Steering Committee should giv e some thought to invitin g Mr . Abe Goldstein , Pr sid nt o f t h "' Atlr t t J wis1 t h e St ei-h DS .fy w He1' tt F cl . ti l I J.1 I I t s • ~ a n1b �ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 11 1300 COMMERCE BUILDING / P . 0. BOX 1740 I ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30 30 1 November 28, 1967 Dear Mr. Employer: The National Urban Coalition Task Force on Private Employment will hold a: Regional Planiling Conference in Atlanta on Wednesday, December 13, to explore the possibilities of expanding employment opportunities for the hard-core unemployed. ~ ~ The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the City of Atlanta are cooperating with the Urban Coalition: in this effort. Atlanta's key business executives are being invited to participate because of the special significance of this conference for Atlanta business. ~ Mr. Gerald L. Phillippe, Chairman of the Board of General Electric Company and also Chairman of the Task Force, will keynote the conference. He will discuss programs instituted by private business to provide meaningful and productive jobs for the hard-core unemployed. ~ Another part of the program will be a slide presentation on Atlanta's unemployment problem and its relationship to private business. The presentation was prepared by several Atlanta organizations as a means of stimulating discussion of approaches to our dual problem of people who need jobs and unfilled jobs which need people. ~ The conference will be at the American Motor Hotel, 160 Spring Street, N. W. Registration will begin at 8:30 a. m., "followed by a general session, workshops and a luncheon, with adjournment at 3:30 p. m . There is no registration fee; price of the luncheon is $4. 75 per person. ~ Please make your plans now to attend, and return the enclosed card to assure your reser vati on. Sincerely, ~-t ~ - ~-~~ President Mayor �The n ewl y formed central a gency merging the Atlanta Jewish Cor.imunity Council, Jewish We/fore Fund an d 1he Jewish Social S ervice Federation 41 Exchange Place, S. E. 0 Atlanta, G e oigia 30303 \\ 0 Phone 525-4825 ABE GOLDSTEIN PRE S I DENT M, C. Nov ember 29, 1 967 G;;:T T INGER EXEC U TIVE DI RECTO R Mr . Dan Sweat Ci ty Hall 68 Mitche ll S t . , S . W. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Dear Mr . Sweat: In a cco rdanc e with our telephone convers ati on of last F ri day I wi sh to~ advise you that the Atlanta Jewish We lfare Federation i s interested i n participating in the work o f the Atlanta Urban Coali tion . The Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation represents virtually all the adult Jewish organizations in greater Atlanta . As the letterhead indicates this central Jewish communal agenc y is the res u lt o f the rec ent merger of the Atlanta Jewish Community Council, the Welfare Fund and the Social Service Federation . I am enclosing a chart describing the structure and program of the Federation. Please do not hesit a te t o c all upon us if we can be of any assistance to the work of the City of Atlanta. Sincerely yours, f .

'- . M. C. Gettinger Executi v e Director Enclosure MCG:rgf �STRUC' 'URE or ATLAl iTf\. JEWISH WELFJ\RE FEDERATION ' 'C . f. , .Eiv1i3ERSH IP ORGANIZATION J\1Ef'1BERS Jewi s h organiz .tion s wi th minimum embe r ship of so. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS All adul t contribute s t o Annual Campaign. CONSTITlG:.'\T Co posed o _ benefici a y a g e ncies . I DELEGATE ASS MBLY Composed of rep r esentati ves o f aff i liated or ganizations and representat ives-at-large; acts largely as a forum body. - 48 MEMBERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Adm iniste 0 and conducts t h e affairs of t e Central Communal Agency. I OFFICERS I ·==---r I EXECUTIVE CQviM I TTEE ~- - I S TANDING COMl'vllTTEES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ! I I- DEPARTMENTS A Vice-President and a Vice-Chairman responsible for eac h Department. I I. CAMPAIGNING AND ALLOCATIONS Plans and conduc ts Annual Campaign; collects and disburses funds; clearing house for fund-raising efforts directed at Jewish commun it:Y--, IIo CCMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INTERNAL JEWISH AFFAIRS Combats discrimination and promotes idC!:).lS of democracy ; promotes general welfare of the Jewish Communityi conducts Community Calendar I III. SOCIAL SERVI CE Conducts Jewish Family and Childrenv s Bureau agency, Ben Massell Dental Clinic and any social welfare programs assigned to it. I I IV . CCtvJMUNITY SERVICES Al\TD PLANNING Coordinates and promotes Liter-agency cooperation; responsibl12 £or community-wide planning, fact-finding and social research in following areas: I GROUP SERVICES I I (Jewish Community Center AGED CARE -( Synag ogue Youth Groups Institutional Care (Jewish Home II I I JEWISH EDUCATION ! (Youth Serving Orgs. I Servi~0s in Community (J.F.& C9B.) (J.C.Center) (Housing an other ser vices I Bur.of J <Ed. I (Co~ j unit Schools (Study Groups of Orgs.) 7/27/67, �The Urban Coali ion I Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 /-I Stree t, N. w. Washingion, D. C. / 20006 · Steering Committee Co -chairmen: Andrew Heisk ell / A. Philip Randolph November 24 , 1967 \\ NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY RE PORT LOCAL COALITIONS The third in a series o f reg ional co fe r ences to assist l ocal communities in f o rming their own Urban Coalitions will be held in San Francisco on November 30 in the San Francisco Hilton. Th e progr~~ f o rmat will be similar t o tho s e used for the previous two success ful conferences in Chicago a nd Minneapolis, with emphas is o n "how- t o-do-it" work s h o p s. The three general sessions will feature remarks by San Francisco ayo r Shell~y and Mayo r - Elect Alioto , The Most Reverend Joseph McGucken , Kenneth Wright, Vic e President and Chief Economist of th e Li fe Insurance Association o f Americ a, California State Assemblyman John T. Knox, Bishop Donald Harvey Tippett and Frances Barnes, Vic e Pre sident of the Crown Zellerbach Cor poration and President of the Management Coun c il f or Bay Area Emp loyment Opportunity . A similar regional conference for eastern cities, orig inally set for December 11 in New York City, has been postponed because of scheduling problems to the second week of January . Yo u will shortly be advised of the exact date . PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT AND URBAN LEGISLATION More than 40 Washington representatives of organization s which support the pro gram of the Urban Coalition attended a luncheon meeting in the Stat ler Hilton Hotel on November 20. Featured speaker Mayor John Lindsay of New York City stressed the necessity of a united legislative effort to move bills supported by the Coalition through Congress . Andrew Biemiller, Legislative Director of AFL-CIO, cited a case history to illustrate the positive value of business and la_bor representatives going together to call on Congressmen . Rabbi Richard G. Hirsch of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations described National Coordinators: John Feild/ Ron M. Li;ton Telephone 293-1530 �. • 2 the growing awareness o f c hur ch gro ups o f the need to be active in publi c affairs . PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT \I On No vember 21 the Task Fo r c e on Private Empl oyment met in Detro it with the Empl o yment and Edu c ati o n Committee of the New Detro it Comm i ttee . The meeting was c ha i red by William M. Day , president o f Michigan Bell Tel eph o ne Company . In his remarks t o the gro up, Task For c e -Co -Chairman Ger ~ ld Phillippe , Chairman of the Board of the General El e ctric Company , said "As a representative of the Task Forc e on Privat e Emp :i.oyment I have been enco uraging businessmen to enter into a regular program o f ex changing i deas on this sub j ect and pit ch i ng in on useful programs t o get at s ome of these urgent needs. All se c t o rs o f the soc iety need to help ea ch o ther and we need t o j oin t o gether i n useful programs to c reate new o pportunities f o r self- realizat ion i n o ur City s l ums. " " In some c ities it would sound strange, but there is a growing fee.ling among businessmen of my acquaintance and among some of our own General Electri c plant managers that a substan tial measure o f our business success in the future is going to d epend on our ability t o help a g o od number of these hard - core unemployables b~ c ome produ c tive workers and citizens . " HOUSI NG, RECONSTRUCTION AND I NVESTMENT The Task Force met in New York on No vember 21. Twelve additional members have been recruited to work with this group. A major working paper is being developed t o guide this Task Force in develop i ng a l o ng- range pro gram. �CITY OF .ATLANTA. CITY HALL November 30, 1967 ATLANTA. GA. 30303 \\ Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Urban Coalition Steering Committee From: Dan ~ Enclosed is a letter of invitation and program concerning the December 13 meeting of the Task Force on Private Employment of the National Urban Coalition. I hope that all of you can make your plans to attend this important conference. We might need to ask members of the Steering Committee to actively participate in the workshops as part of panel discussions . . If thi s should be the case, I will notify you at the earliest possible moment. I am also attaching a letter from _Mr. M. C. Gettinger, Executive Director of the Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation, Inc., which is a newly formed central agency involving the Atlanta J ewish Community Council, the Jewish W e lfare Fund and the J ewish Social Service Federation. As Mr. Gettinger' s letter states, the Federation represents virtually all the adult Jewish organizations in Atlanta and would be the most appropriate representative of all the J e wish organizations on the Urban Coalition Steering Committee . S e v eral organi zations and many individuals h ave called my attention to the fact that the Jewish community is not represented on the Steering Committee and I feel that the Steering Committee should give some thought to inviting Mr. Abe Goldstein, Preside nt of the Atlanta J ewish W elfare F e deration, Inc. , to serve as a member of the Ste e ring Committee . DS:fy �ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1300 CO MMERCE BUILDING / P.O. BO X 1740 I ATLANTA, GEOR GIA 30301 November 28, 1967 Dear Mr. Employer: The National Urban Coalition Task Force on Private-Employment will hold a: Regional Planning Conference in Atlanta on Wednesday, December 13, to explore the possibilities of expanding employment opportunities for the hard-core unemployed. ~ ~ The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the City of Atlanta are cooperating with the Urban Coalition in this effort. Atlanta's key business executives are being invited to participate because of the special significance of this conference for Atlanta business. ~ Mr. Gerald L. Phillippe, Chairman of the Board of General Electric Company and also Chairman of the Task Force, will keynote the conference. He will discuss programs instituted by private business to provide meaningful and productive jobs for the hard-core unemployed. ~ Another part of the program will be a slide presentation on Atlanta's unemployment problem and its relationship to private business. The presentation was prepared by several Atlanta organizations as a means of stimulating discussion of approaches to our dual problem of people who need jobs and unfilled jobs which need people. ~ The conference will be at the American Motor Hotel, 160 Spring street, N. W. Registration will begin at 8:30 a. m., 'followed by a general session, workshops and a luncheon, with adjournment at 3 :30 p. m. There is no registration fee; pr ice of the luncheon is $4. 75 . per person. ~ Please make your plans now to attend, and return the enclosed c ard to assure your reservation. Sincerely, ~--r~~· President ~.~~· Mayor �.. ... Th e newly fo rmed ce ntral a ge ncy merging the Atlanta Jewish Comm unity Co uncil, Jewish W el fare Fund a nd the Jewish Social S e rvice Federa tion 41 Exchan g e Pla ce , S . E. 0 Atlanta, Geo rg ia 3030 3 \\ Phone 525-48 25 ABE G OL DSTEIN PRESIDENT M. C. Novemb er 2 9, 1 967 GETTINGER EXECUTI V E D I RE CT O R Mr . Da n S weat City Ha l l 68 Mi t c hel l S t . , S . W. Atlant a, Ga . 30303 De ar Mr . Sive a t : In a ccordance with our telephone c onversation o f last F r iday I wish t o advise you that t h e At l anta Jewish We lfare F eder a t i o n i s inte r es ted in par t icipat ing in t h e wor k of the At lanta Urban Coal i t ion . The Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation represents virtu a lly all the adult Jewish org an i zat ions in greater Atlanta. As the l et t e rhead indicates this c entral Jewi s h communa l agency i s the res ul t o f the rec ent m,2 rger o f the Atlanta Jewish Commun i ty Council , the We l fare Fund and the S o cial Service Federation . I am enclosing a chart des c ribing the structure and program 0 £ the Federation . Please do no t hesitate t o cal l upon u s i£ we c an be of any assistanc e to the work 0£ the City of Atlanta . Sincerely yours, ( - ... -;- M. C . · Get ti nger Executive Direc tor Enclosure MCG:r g£ �STRUCTURE OF ATLANTA JEWISH WE LFARE FEDERATION, INC .

ME \· INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS All du lt c ontri b ut rs to Annual Campaiqn. ERSHIP ORGANIZATION MEMBERS COl'!STI TUZi" T !iiE'1; BERS Jewish orga1_izc. ..-cions wi th mi imum membership 0£ so. Composed o f local bc:ncf iciary aqencie:s. DE LEGATE A SSE IBLY \I Comp osed o f r epresentat ives of affili ated or ganization s a nd r epresentati ves-at-lar ge; act s largely as a forum body. I i BOARD OF DI RECTORS - 48 MEMBERS Adm inister s and conduc t s the a{fairs of the Cent~al Communal Agenc y. OFFICERS j 1 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I EXE CUTIVE c rn·iM ITTEE ~- S TANDING C S1)HTTEES ~ DEPARTl\1ENTS A Vice-President and a Vi c e-Chairman responsible f or each Departmento I I l ... . AND ALLOCATIONS -CAMPA IGNING Plans and c o nduc ts A r-L:, Cz...l11_t? ign; collects and disburses fu nds ; y_ c learing house for f und-raising efforts direc t ed at Jewish cornmuni t ...., I Io I CQ.ViMUNITY REU\TIONS AND I NTERNAL JEWISH AFFAIRS I Combats d i sc rimination and promotes ideals of democ racy ; promo es I general welfare o:f the Jewish Community;- conducts Community Calendar! I I III. SOCIAL SERVICE Conduc ts Jewish Family and Childr en's Bureau agGncy, Ben Iv assell Dental Clinic and any social welfare programs assigned to it. 'I IV. CO~MUNITY SERVICES AND PI.ANNING Coordinates and promotes iuter-agency cooperation; responsible for community- wide planning, fact-finding and social resear c h in followin areas: I GROUP SERVICES] I I (Jewish I _ _._(_Y_o_u_t_h __ Community Center Serving Orqs.) (Sy nag ogue Youth Grou s AGED CA.:-<E Institutional Care (Jewish Home Servir:es in Community (J.F.& C .. B.) (J.C.Center) (Housing an other services) I JEWISH EDUCATION, I I ' Bur. of i / J. Ed . ) i

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I ( Cornn-: unit yl Schoo.LS Groups !(Study of Orqs.) �STRUCTURE OF ATLANTA JEWISH WELFARE FEDERAT-ON , INC . ·1 , MEf\' B.t!.RSHIP I NDIVI DUAL MEMBERS All d ult contri ut rs to Annua l Cam aiqn. ORGANIZAT I ON , ~MI3:SRS Jewish organi zc tion s wit" minimum member ... s hi o:r so. COl':STI TUENT ME:V;BERS Compose d o loc al benefic iary age n ci es . \1 DE LEGATE ASSEMBLY Comp osed of representative s of affiliated o ganizations a n d r epresentati ves -at-large; ac t s lar g ely as a forum body. I I I BOARD OF D I RECTORS - 48 MEMBERS Ad~ inisters and conduc ts the a fairs o f the Central Communal Agenc y. OFFICERS j I EXE CUT IVE DIRECTOR I EXE CUTIVE CQviMITTEE '~- - STAND ING COM:Vl ITTEES I DEPARTME TTS A Vice-President and a Vice-Chairman responsible! for each Department. ... L e CAMPA IGNING AND ALLOCAT I ONS Plans and conduc ts An:. C&., i? .:.gn; collects and disbu rs es :fund s; clearing h o u se for fund - rais i ng e f fo r ts d irec ted at J e wish commun i t i I I II . COi\1MUN ITY REU\ TIONS AND I ~T.:'..RNA L J EWISH AFFAI RS I Com ats discrimination and promo t es ideals of d e mocracy; promo te s I general welfare of the Jewish Commun i ty ; condu cts Communi ty Calenda r i I II I . SOC IA L SERV I CE Conducts Jewish Family and Ch ildren 9 s Bureau agGncy , Ben ~assell Dent a l Clin ic a n d any social welf ar e program s assig ne d to it . l IV. CCMMUNITY SERV I CES AND PLANNING Coord i nat es and promo t es it1ter - a g ency cooperat ion; resp o ns ible £ o r commun i t y-wide planning, fact-finding and social research in f o llowing areas : I GROUP SERVICES] I ( Jewish Community Center _I______ (Youth S erving Orgs . (Synagogue Youth Groups AGED I nstitut iona l Care ( Jewish Home CA.:-<E7 I Ser v :i~cs in Commun i ty ( JoF . & C. B.) ( J.C. Center) (Housing an other ser v ices) JEWISH EDUCATION, ! I Bur . o f ; J , Ed. ) I I ' I ( Cor.un - : • I unity Sch~ols (Study Groups o f Orgs.) 7/27/67-

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i I �The Urban Coali ion 1 Feder I Bar Building West / 1819 /-I Street, N. W . W ashington. D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen: Andrew /-leiskell / A. Philip Randolph Novembe 24, 1967 11 NAT IONAL COORDINATORS vv"EEKLY REPORT LOCAL COALITIONS The third in a series o f region~l conferences to assist l ocal communi ties in f ormi ng th ei r m•m Urban Coalitions wi ll be hel d in San Francisco on November 30 in the San Franci s co Hilton . The program format will be similar t o those used f o r t e previous two successful conferences i n Chicago and Minneapolis, with emphasis on "h ow-to-do-it" workshops. The three general sessions will featu r e remarks b y San Franci s co r ayor Shell~y and Mayo r-Elect Alioto, The Most Reverend Jo seph McGucken, Kenneth Wright, Vic e Pre s ident and Chief Econ omist o f the Life Insurance Associ ation of Ame ri ca , California State Assemblyman John T. Kno x, Bishop Donald Harvey Tippett and Frances Barnes, Vice President of the Crown Zellerbach Corporat ion and President o f the Management Coun ci l f or Bay Area Employment Opportunity . A similar regional conference for eastern cities, originally set fo r Dec ember 11 in New York City , has been postponed because o f scheduling problems to the second week of J anuary . You will shortly be advised of the· exact date . PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT AND URBAN LEGISLATION More than 40 Washington representatives of organizations which support the program of the Urban Coal ition attended a luncheon meeting in the Statler Hilton Hotel on November 20. Featured speaker Mayor John Lindsay of New Yo rk City stressed the necessity o f a united legislative effort to move bills supported by the Coalition through Congress. Andrew Biemiller, Legisl a tive Director of AFL- CIO, cited a case history to illustrate the positive value of business and labor representativ es go ing together to c al l on Congressmen . Rabbi Richard G. Hirsch of the Union o f ~..meri c an Hebrew Congregat ions described National Coordinators: John Feild / Ron M. Linton Telephone 293-1530 �2 the growing awareness of chu r c h gr oups of the need to be active in public affairs. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT \\ On November 21 the Task Force on Private Employment met in Detroit with the Employment ancl Education Committee o f the New Detroit Committee. The meeting was chaired by William M. Day, president o f Michigan Bell Telephone Company . In his remarks to the group, Task Force- Co - Chairman Ger ~ l d Phi llip pe, Ch a irman o f t he Bo a r d o f t he Gen eral El e c t ric Company , said "As a representative of th e Task Force o n Pri vate Empl o ym ent I have been encouraging busines s men to enter into a r egul a r program of exchanging ideas on this subject and pitching in on useful programs to get at some of these urgent needs . All se c t o rs o f the soci e ty need to help each o ther and we need to join together in useful programs t o c reate new o pportunities f o r self- realizati o n in o ur Ci ty slums ." "In some cities it would sound strange, but th er e is a growi ng feel~ng among businessmen of my acquaintance and a mo~g some of our own General El e ctri c plant managers ~hat a subst a __tial measure of our business success in the future is goi ng to depend on our ability ·to help a good number o f these hard - core unemploy ables become productive workers and citizens ." HOUSING, RE CONST RUCTION AND I NVESTMENT The Ta sk Force met in Ne w York on November 21. Twe lve a ddit io na l members h a ve been rec r uited to work with this group. A ma jor working paper is being develop ed to guide this Task Force i n developing a long- range program. } �clf-tfanta :Jt:wLj__h <Wt:[fa'it: 9-t:dnation, [/nc. The newly formed central agency merging the Atlanta Jewish Community Council, Jewish Welfare Fund and the Jewish Social Service Federation 41 Exchange Place, S. E. • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • Phone 525-4825 ABE GOLDSTEIN PRESIDENT M. C. November 29, 1967 GETTINGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. Dan Sweat City Hall 68 Mitchell St., S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Dear Mr. Sweat: In accordance with our telephone conversation of last Friday I wish to advise you that the Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation is interested in participating in the work of the Atlanta Urban Coalition. The Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation represents virtually all the adult Jewish organizations in greater Atlanta. As the letterhead indicates this central Jewish communal agency is the result of the recent merger of the Atlanta Jewish Community Council, the Welfare Fund and the Social Service Federation. I am enclosing a chart describing the structure and program of the Federation. P lease do not hesitate to call upon us if we can be of any assistance to the work of the City of Atlanta. Sincerely yours, <¼.C- ~ M. C . Gettinger Executive Director Enclosure MCG : rgf �STRUCTURE OF ATLANTA JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION, INC. MEMBERSHIP INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS All adult contributors to Annual Campaign. ORGANIZATION MEMBERS Jewish organizations with minimum membership of so. CONSTITUENT MEMBERS Composed of local beneficiary agencies. \\ DELEGATE ASSEMBLY Composed of representatives of affiliated organizations and representatives-at-large; acts larqely as a forum body. BOARD OF DIRECTORS - 48 MEMBERS Administers and conducts the affairs of the Central Communal Agency. I OFFICERS I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR J I EXECUTIVE CClvlMITTEE!-- I STANDING Ca.1MITTEES I DEPARTMENTS A Vice-President and a Vice~Chairman responsible for each Department. I. CAMPAIGNING AND ALLOCATIONS Plans and conducts Annual Campaign; collects and disburses funds; clearing house for fund-raising efforts directed at Jewish communitv II. Cav1MUNITY RELATIONS AND INTERNAL JEWISH AFFAIRS Combats discrimination and promotes ideals of democracy; promotes qeneral welfare of the Jewish Community; conducts Community Calendar III. SOCIAL SERVICE Conducts Jewish Family and Children's Bureau agency, Ben Massell Dental Clinic and any social welfare programs assigned to it. IV. CCMMUNITY SERVICES AND PLANNING Coordinates and promotes inter-agency cooperation; responsible for community-wide planning, fact - finding and social research in following areas: I GROUP SERVICES I I AGED CARE I I I \ (Jewish Comm.unity Center ) I (Youth Serving Orgs.) (Synagogue Youth Groups) I Institutional Care (Jewish Home) I S e rvices in Community (J.F .& CoB.) (J.C.Ce nter) (Housing anc other services) .....---------, I JEWISH EDUCATION! I I Bur. of CominJ. Ed.) unity Schools I ( I Groups !(Study of Orgs.) 7/27/67, �DR . ALBERT M . DAV I S MRS. EUNICE COOPER PRESI D ENT S ECRETARY DR. C . MILES SM ITH T REAS U RER ATLANTA BRANCH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 859- 1/2 HUNTER STREET, N . W . SUITE 105 ATLANTA, GEO RG I A November 15, 1967 30314 524-8054 \\

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City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 303 03 Dear Mayor Allen: The NAACP was very happy to hear of your recent appointments of Reverend Samuel W. Williams and Mr. Erwin Stevens to the Urban Coalition Committee. We feel that astute judgement was exercised in their selections, for both men possess a high degree of professionalism. Here again is an affirmation of your expressed view that your appointments will always be on a best qualified basis. Sincerely yours, RBF:cab �November 9, 1967 Mr. Charles F . Wittenstein Southeast Area Director The American Jewish Committee 526 Hartford Building 100 Edgewood Avenue , N . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Witteastein: Thank you very much for your letter offering you't assist nee to the Atlanta Urban Coalition. I am su:re that any effort to organize an Urban Coalition in Atlanta could not be successful without the cooperation of th American Jewish Committee and other interested organization$, I have taken the liberty of adding you to our mailing list of Urban Coalition members and will pass you:r 1 tt r along to the Steering Committee. I am sure that you understand that Atl nt 's Urb n Co lition at this time is a very loos ly organized entity nd that detail for further organiz tion will be worked out in the near future. I would ppr ci te ny eugg tions you might h v for enlarging or refining th Coalition so th t I might pass them on to oth rs involv&d. Sincer ly youl' , Dan Sw a.t DS:ty �Atlanta Chapter THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Hartford Building, Suite 526-100 Edgewood Avenue, N. E: • Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • 523-8451 November 7, 1967 Mr-. Jjan Sweat, Gov ernmental :Liaison Director City Hall Atlanta, Georgia .Dear Mr. Sweat: The Atlanta Chapter of the American Jewish Committee would welcome the opportunity to participate in Atlanta 's Urban Coalition. The American Jewish Committee is participating in this effort on a national level, and our people here can and should make a constructive contribution to the solution of local problems. Our Chapter Chairman, William B. SChwartz, Jr., is President of Zep Manufacturing Company and a Vice-President of National Service Industries. He would be willing to serve, as would F.dward Elson, Vice-Chairman and President of the Atlanta News Agency and Elson 's Book Stores. Mr . Elson participated in the Washington meeting at which the National Coalition was formed. Please advise us whether it would -be possible for us to cooperate in this venture. CFW:ru cc: Mayor Ivan Allen WILLIAM B. SCHWARTZ, JR ., Chairman LOUI S 0. HERTZ, JR., Vice Chai rman EDWARD M . ABR AMS, Vice Chairma n MRS. RALPH K. UHRY, Secreta ry EDWARD E. ELSON, Vice Chairman CHARLES S. ACK ERMAN, Treas u rer Sou t heast Area Director CHARLES F. WITTENSTEIN �November 3, 1967 1 Mayor Ivan Allen Attention: Mr o Dan Sweat City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 1 ] Dear Sir: The Exe cutive Board of the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. voted unanimously to participate in the Atlanta Coal it ion Steering Committee. The Church leaders of the metropolitan area are grateful to the mayor for his dynamic aggressive and imaginative leadership given to this fast growing community. In response to your request for suggestions, I would like to list the Jewish Welfare Federation, 41 Exchange Place S.E., Atlanta, Georgia, 30303. Sincerely yours , I '. I ;,/u -' ~ 1-11AAh W / l{ rmon D. Moore Executive Director HDM: msb OR . L. BEV EL JONES PR ES ID E NT W ELFARE & SOC I AL SER VI CES 873 - 2108 GA, ASSOC . FOR PASTORAL CAR E 5 2 3- 4 711 • EXT . 207 87 2-56 7 8 DR . HARMON D. MOOR E E X ECUTIVE D I REC TOR 8 7 2- 5678 RAD I O AND T V 872 - 5678 �\\ A.R. ABRAMS MILES J. ALEXANDER WILLIAM BREMAN DR. ROBERT L. BUNNEN LOUIS CARROL DAVID CENTER HERBERT B. COHEN MAX.CUBA JOSEPH EICH E3ERG ELMO ELLIS HARRY ELSON WASHINGTON FALK, Ill NORMAN FRANKEL MRS. DeJONGH FRANKLIN J. LESTER FRASER WILLIAM H. FREY JONATHAN GOLDEN Executive Committee DR. MARVIN GOLDST EIN JERRY GOLDWASS ER JACK GOREN DR. IRVING L. GREENBERG ELLIOT L. HAAS DR. T HEODORE L EV ITAS NATHAN I. LIPSON SAM MASSELL, JR. SYLVAN MEYER ANTHON Y MONTAG DONALCYOBERDORFER SANFORD H. ORKIN STAN LEY RI NZLER MENDEL ROM M, JR. MRS. JACOB ROTHSCHILD SIMON S. SELIG, JR. MARVIN H. SHOOS AARON THAL M RS. MORTON L. WE ISS ELIJAH WISEBRA M MR S. NATHAN F. WOLFE, JR. ~;iH0~g~AifR~t;s DAVI D J. HARR IS . MRS. DAV IDE. HEIN ARTH UR HEYMAN BERNARD HOWARD SINCLAIR S. JACOBS NIELS JACOBSON I. L. KUNIAN KIEVE LAN DESBERG ELLIOTT H. LEVITAS Advisory Committee, Pa st Chapter Chairmen CECIL A. AL EXAN DER HERBERT R. ELSAS DeJONGH FRANKLIN ELLIOTT GOLDSTEIN DAVID GOLDWASSER HERMAN HEv°MAN MRS. MARSHALL J. MANTLER ALBERT MAYER LOUIS REG ENSTEIN, JR. HERBERT A. RINGEL MORTON L. WE I SS Honorary Chapter Chairmen LOUIS ARONSTA M LEONARD HAAS ARMAND MAY A. J. WE INB ERG r NATIONAL OFFIC ERS MORRIS B. ABRAM, President PH ILIP E. HOFFMAN, Chm ., Executive Board OR IN L EHMAN, Chm., Board of Governors NATHA N APPLEMA N, Chm ., Board of Trustees EMERY E. KLINEMAN, Treas urer MRS. SAN FORD SAMUEL, Secreta ry MORR I S H. B ERGREEN, Associ ate Treasurer BERTRAM H. GO LD, Executive Director JACOB BLAUST EIN, Honorary President LOU IS CAPLAN, Honorary Pres ident H ERBERT B. EHRM ANN, Honorary President IRV ING M. ENGE L, Honorary President JOSEPH M . PROSKAUER, Honora ry President ARTHUR J. GOLDB ERG , Honorary Vice-President JOSEPH KLI NGENSTEI N, Ho norary Vice-President FRED LAZARUS, JR., Honorary Vice-President SAMUEL D. LEIDESDORF, Honorary Vice-Pres ident JAMES MARSHALL, Honorary Vice- President WILL IAM ROSENWALD, Honorary Vice-President RALPH E. SAMU EL, Honorary Vice-President HORACE STERN, Honorary Vice- President MAURI CE GLINERT, Honorary Treasu rer JOHN SLAWSON, Executive Vice-President Em eritus REUB EN W. ASKANASE, Houston , Vice-President 0. ROY CHALK, New York, Vice-President HAROLD SHERMAN GOLDBERG, Boston, Vice-President ANDR EW GOODMAN, New York, Vice-Presi dent JACK GOR EN, Atlanta, Vice-President ARTHUR GROMAN, Los Angeles, Vice- President HENRY L. KOHN, Ch icago, Vic e-President MAR ION I. L EVY, Cleveland, Vice-President WILLARD L. LEVY, St. Lo uis, Vice-President ELM ER L. WINTER, Milwaukee, Vice-President ROBERT I. WISHN ICK , New York, Vice- President �November 7 , 1967 Mr . Al Bows Vice President Arthur Andersen & Company Bank of Georgia Building Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dear Al: Pardon the delay in answering your letter but I wanted to get past a particular meeting at which was discussed a proposed December 13 seminar to be held in Atlanta by the national Urban Coalition ' s Ta k Force on Private Employment . . I have mentioned this to Opie and I am sure that if he has not alre dy done so, h will discuss with you the propos d partici• p tion for our loc l coalition and Ch mber of Conunerce. 1 would be delight.ad to g t together with you at your convenience to d cues this or any other subjects which you might have on your mind. Plither November 15 or 16 would be a good day for m. Sine rely your , Dan Sw DS :fy t �ARTHUR ANDERSEN & Co. 34 PE ACHTREE STREET, N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 October J l, 1 967 Mr . Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Director of Governmental Liaison City of At lanta City Ha ll Atlanta, Geo rgi a JOJOJ Dear Dan : Thanks for your several commu ni cations about the National Urban Coalition . I have no suggestions as to changes in the draft other than the ones made at the meeting in which the State Government is mentioned . I wo uld hope , in view of recent events , that we attempt to get the new Depart ment in the State Government working with our Coalition g roup . I b e l ieve the only way we will make p ro g r ess in this area is to g et them involved , and I don 't think we should take a ne gative approach based on their past actions . Th e State must participate . I have talked about the dra ft statement with Mr. Bill Ster ne, President of the Chamber, and Opie Shelton, our Executive Director, and we plan to have it approved at the next Chamber Board meeting which is on November 8 . I would like ve ry much to ge t the benefit of your views as to how we may undertake some specific proposals in the business community next year . I have some open time on November 15 and 16 for lunch, and if you do, it might b e well to see if we could get to ge ther and try to ge t Opie or one of his delegates so that we h ave some specific ob jective s on this program du rin g the com in g year . With best wishes , Sincerely, cc: Mr . Op ie L. Shelton �No vember 7, 1967 Mr . Charles E, Smith Regional Dire ctor Regional Contract Compliance Office Department of De{ens e 2100 Maple Drive , N . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Dear Charles : Thanks !or your letter on the Urban Coalition. We al."e still in the early stages of development and are quite flexible at this point. However, I would be happy to receive ny suggestions you might have for developing strong local Urban Coalition. P l a e feel fte to drop by when you get chanc . Sine r ly yours, Dan Sweat DS :fy �DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY DEFENSE CO N TRACT A DMINISTRATION SERVICES REGION, ATLANTA 3100 MAPLE DRIVE , N . E . ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30305 IN REPLY REFER TO DCRA-V 26 October 1967 Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr., Director of Government Liaison Off ice of the Mayor City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Dan: I read with interest Alex Coffin's article in today's Constitution concerning the organization of the coalition to deal with the problems of our city. I talked with Alex briefly this morning and would appreciate an opportunity for discussing the possibilities of my involve ment. Recognizing the need for and the importance of such an organization, I am sure that you will agree that thorough planning and involvement of knowl e dgeable operating personnel are necessary for success. Hoping to hear from you soon with an indication as to. the time and place for a meeting if such is your desire, I remain Sincerely, CHARLES E. SMITH Acting Chief Office of Contr acts Compliance �October 30, 1967 M rs . Merlyn E. Richardson League of Women Voters 3121 Maple Drive, N. E o Atlanta, Ce·o rgia 30305 Dear Mrs . Richardson: Thank you very much for your letter of October Z7th and the support of the League of Women Voter of the formation of an Atlanta Urban Coalition. We have just begun and we will be pleased to ke p you dvi ed. S incerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IA.3r/br CC: Mr. Dan Sweat/ �LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF GEORGIA 3121 Maple Drive, N.E. Suite 2 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305 Telephone 237-2559 Affiliated with the league af Women Voten of the United States October 27, 1967 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta 204 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The League of Women Voters of Georgia wishes _to express its appreciation for your formation of an Atlanta Urban Coalition. As you may know, two of our national officers attended the Emergency Convocation of the Coalition meeting on August 24 in Washington and the League of Women Voters of the United States irrnnediately announced its support of the goals of· the Urban Coalition. We believe that nruch can be done by this group to encourage the utmost corrnnitment on the part of every segment of our corrnnunity to solve the dilerrnna of the urban crisis. If at any time you find that there is a role that the state League can fulfill as your plans further materalize, please let us know. Sincerely, Mrs. Merlyn E. Ri chardson President ELR:FS �October Z7, 1967 Mrs . Joshua D . Shubin, President Atlanta Section National Council of Jewish Women 793 Piedmont Avenue, N . E . Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Dear Mrs. Shubin: Thank you very much for your letter of October 26th and your interest in the Atlanta U rban Coalition. May 1 as ure you that we appreciate your offer of a istance and will be glad to give consideration to the National Council of Jewi h Women a we further expand our plan • Sincerely youl" , Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor lAJr/br CC: Mr. Dan Sweat / �NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 79~ PIEDMONT AVENUE, N. E. !4,. TLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 ATLANTA SECTION 876-7236 October 26, 1967 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: In this morning's Atlanta Constitution there is an editorial on the establishment of the Atlanta Urban Coalition. On September 7, 1967, we wrote you offering the help of the Atlanta Section in furtherance of the establishment of such a Coalition. At this time I would like to renew our offer of help in any area you feel the National Council of Jewish Women can be of assistance. Sincerely, 11+~ Mrs . Joshua D. Shubin, President Atlanta Section · Na t ional Council of Jewish Women r) / '-._./' c /1 ) (1\ 0 V a ( ( / l y o} / ? �October 26, 1967 Mr. Harold N . Arnold Executive Director The Atlanta Urban League, Inc . 239 Auburn Avenue., N . E . Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr . Arnold: Thank you very much for your letter of October 23rd, regarding the Atlanta Urban Co lition Committee . Natur Uy, the Urban League will be a part of our urban coalition. The meeting yesterday was just to formulate initial plan • I appreciate your letter and we will keep you advised. Sincerely yours, I IAJr:am n Allen, Jr. �THE ATLANTA URBAN LEAGUE, INC. An E ducational Community Service Agency Covering Over 47 Yea rs of P reventive Socia l Se rvice 5 21·2355 • 239 AUBURN AV E NU E , N, E . • ATLANTA , GEORG I A 30303 N A TIO NA L U RBAN L EA GU E AFF ILIAT E October 23, 1967 Mr. Ivan Allen, Jr . , Mayor City of Atlanta Ci ty Hall Atlanta, Georgi a Dear layor Allen: We wish to congratulate you f or f ormin an Urban Coalition Steering Committee alon the lines of the National Urban Coalition. Thi s is to request that The Atlanta Urban League, Inc., be invited to be a member of Atlanta's Urban Coalition Steering Committee. We make t hi s request because since 1920, our Agency has been concerned 1vith urban prob lems , particularly, in areas of lousing , Health and ~ l f are, Job Development and Employment and Youth Incentives and Education. \ e em loy the techniques of Community Organization in our a t tempt t o do reventive social work. \'l e are an United A eal A ency and shoul d we have a successf ul United Appea l Campaign, January, 1968 , we ex ect to substantially add to our communit y resources deve lo ment efforts; which woul d ~reatly add to the ab ility to communicate with the grass-root eop l e i n Metro olitan Atl anta ; both in the areas served by Poverty Programs and otherwise . On the Urban Coa lition Steering Committee, e would want to be identified as an Educat ional Community Services Agency sup orted by a ll of the citizens of t he Atlanta Community . We respectf ully ask that this request be granted. Very truly yours , ---; j I ( I '---P~ ) ,!. ( '- I -- L, ) -p Harold N. Arnold , Executive Director '1. --i.,,V/ 7) t( ~) i HNA:vbm , -' /~7/l, ~ / / . ( United Appeal Member Agency - �C TYO .ATLA T.A CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 October 30, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Steering C o mmittee, Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Subject: Dan Sweat Weekly Report, National Urban Coalition Attached is a copy of the October 27, 1967, weekly report of the C o ordinators of the National Urban C o alition. I am sure you will find some interesting items on activities of the Task F o rces and on programs in other cities . DS:fy P. S . Please let me have your suggested changes to the Atlanta Urban C o alition Statement Draft so I might issue a final paper . �October 27, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Steering Committee FROM: Steering Committee Co-Chairmen The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be held on December 18 at 4:00 p.m. in the Van Antwerp Room on the 8th Floor of the Veterans Memorial Building, 151 West Jefferson Street, Detroit, Michigan. Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh will host a dinner for the members of the Steering Committee or their representatives to be served in the penthouse at 6:30 p.m. Please advise the National Coordinating Office as to whether you and/or your designee will be present. The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 293-1530 �#

. October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT \\ 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 committees. 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 wi th leading industr ies . -I �(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 ject of The Potomac Institute . In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and edµcation committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss expansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairmen Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph 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 for rent supplements. Rent supplements received $10 million (the House had earlier approved no funds) and model cities received $312 (the House had approved $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendments will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first part of nex t week. EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membership . HOUSING , RECONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT The Task Force had to reschedule its October 19th meeting for early Novembe r. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES Task Fo r ce workin g commi ttee meets November 3 in Wa s h i n g t o n to con s ide r a p i l ot th r ee c i t y projec t inv olving de v e l opment o f new l owe r-income h ous ing o n a n open o cc upancy b asi s in s ubu rban ar e as. Al s o scheduled fo r t he mee ting a r e pl a n s to draw tog e th e r s ome 3 00 Fair Hous ing Committees n ow ope r a ting in s uburban communities for a national action session on ope n housing to be held in Chicago e arly in January. �r --=i" .- T ~- CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 October 30, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Ass istant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Di rector of Governm ental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Steering Committee, Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Subject: Dan Sweat Weekly Rep_ort, National Urban Coalition Attached is a copy of the October 27, 1967, weekly report of the Coordinators of the National Urban Coalition. I am sure you will find some interesting items on activities of the Task Forces and on programs in other cities. DS:fy P. S. Please let me have your suggested changes to the Atlanta Urban Coalition Statement Draft so I might issue a final paper . �. " October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT \\ 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 committees. 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 scheduied 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 h ard-core unemp loyed . 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 o f expanded employment opportunities. Mr. David Stahl, of Mayor Dale y's office r e presenting 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 Ge rald 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 viewe d as a "breakthrough" type of program and is being carried out through the Baltimore Council on Equal Busine ss Opportunity (CEBO) . CEBO is a pr·oj e ct of The Potomac Institute. In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and edµcation committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss e xpansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announc e d tha t it will r e cruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michiga n Be ll Te lephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coal ition co-cha irmen Andrew He i skell and A. Phi l ip Ra ndolph urged members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on Inde pendent Offices Appropriations to adopt the Senate's recommendations for funding model cities and rent suppleme nts--$637 for model cities arid $40 million f or rent suppleme nts. Rent supplements rec e ive d $10 million (th e House had earli e r approve d no funds) and mode l citie s r eceive d $312 (the House h a d appr ove d $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendments . will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first p a rt of nex t we ek. EDUCATIONAL DISPARI TI ES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membership. HOUSING , RECONS TRUCTION AND INVESTMENT The Task Force had to reschedu le its October 19th meeting for early Nove mbe r . EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES Task Fo rce workin g c ommittee meets November 3 i n Wash ington t o consider a pilot three city proj e ct involving developme nt of new l ower-income·housing on a n ope n occupancy b asi s i n subur b an areas. Al s o sch eduled f o r th e meeting a re plans to draw t ogether some 30 0 Fair Housing Committees now operating in suburban communities for a national action session on open housing to be held in Chicago early in January. �~ .J>--- -- - -' ......i Ti - ·-=-~. --_. CITY HALL \\ ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 October 30, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Govern me ntal Li ai son MEMORANDUM To: Members of Steering Committee, Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Dan Sweat Subject: Weekly Rep_ort, National Urban Coalition Attached is a copy of the October 27, 1967, weekly report of the Coordinators of the National Urban Coalition. I am sure you will find some interesting ite ms on activitie s of the Task Forces and on programs in other cities. DS:fy P. S. Please let me have your suggested changes to the Atlanta Urban Coalition Stateme nt Draft so I might issue a final paper. �October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT 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 committees. 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, o f Mayor Dale y's o ffice representing th e 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 ject of The Potomac Institute. In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and education committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss expansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairmen Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph 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 for rent supplements. Rent supplements received $10 million (the House had earlier approved no funds) and model cities received $312 (the House had approved $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendments will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first part of next week. EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membership. HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT The Task Force had to reschedule its October 19th meeting for early November. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES Task Force working committee meets November 3 in Washington to consider a pilot three city project involving development of new lower-income ·housing on an open occupancy basis in suburban areas . Also scheduled for the meeting are plans to draw together some 300 Fair Housing Committees now operating in suburban communities for a national action session on open housing to be held in Chicago early in January. �! .. ~ \.._,, __ ' - - -~~T --

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.J - - r rn r..1.-·;_._, - ·- ·.r:-· 7' Tr.r"i -~ I JL...c CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 \\ Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 October 30, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admin istrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governm ental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Steering Committee, Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Subject: Dan Sweat Weekly Rep_o rt, National Urban Coalition Attached is a copy of the October 27, 1967, weekly report of the Coordinators of the National Urban Coalition. I am sure you will find some interesting items on activities of the Task Forces and on programs in other cities. DS:fy P . S. Please let me have your suggeste d changes to the Atlanta Urban Coalition Statement Draft so I might issue a final pape r. \ I �. 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 . �-----"li ··- -f ,~ -,. • - f7 . __,l . . . - - -- CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 October 30, 1967 IVAN Ali;.EN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Ass istant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Members of Steering Committee, Atlanta Urban Coalition From: Subject: Dan Sweat Weekly Rep_o rt, National Urban Coalition Attached is a copy of the October 27, 1967, weekly report of the Coordinators of the National Urban Coalition. I am sure you will find some interesting items ort activities of the Task Forces and on programs in other cities. DS:fy P. S. Please let me have your suggested changes to the Atlanta Urban Coalition Statement Draft so I might issue a final paper. �. •.1 October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT 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 committees. The California League of Cities, meeting in San Francisco, formally endorsed th e formation of coalitions in all its constitue nt 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 schedule d for San Francisco on Novembe r 30 and New York in early December. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT On October 25, some 40 major Pittsburgh employers and labor leade rs attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Joseph M. Barr on private industry plans for hiring h a rd-core une mploye d. 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 Employme nt joine d with several hundre d leading Gary employers and unions in deve loping a progra m o f e xp a nde d e mployme nt opportunitie s. Mr . Da vid Stahl, of Ma yor Da l e y' s o ff ice representing the Ta sk For c e , spoke briefly at the luncheon. Othe r local meetings on private employment have b e en schedule d for Ba ltimore (Novembe r 14) and Detroit (Novembe r 21) . Task Force cocha i rman Ge r a ld L . Phil lippe will s peak at bot h meetings . In Baltimore, · Mayor Theodore McKeldin and Council President Thomas D' Alasandr a and fifteen major industr ial lea der s a r e conve nin g a meeting o f top ma nage me nt rep resenta tive s o f Ba ltimo re firms to laun ch a p r o gram o f expanding Negro e ntrepreneu rship in the ghet to stimu lated b y sub -co ntract arrangement s with leading indu stries. �r (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 education committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss expansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairmen Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph 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 for rent supplements. Rent supplements received $10 million (the House had earlier approved no funds) and model cities received $312 (the House had approved $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendments will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first part of next week. EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membership. HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT The Task Force had to reschedule its October 19th meeting for early November. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES Task Force working committee meets November 3 in Washington to consider a pilot three city project involving development of new lower-income ·housing on an open occupancy basis in suburban areas. Also scheduled for the meeting are plans to draw together some 300 Fair Housing Committees now operating in suburban communities for a national action session on open housing to be held in Chicago early in January . �••~I DECATUR FIRST METHODIST CHURCH 300 E . Pon c e De Leon Avenue, Decatur-, Georgia 30030 M i n i st e r s : B eve l Jo n es H a l N. B rady B . C. Ke rr Wm. H. Co l e October 25, 1967 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: Please excuse me for the mix-up this morning. Your communication of October 20, had been sent to my old address and was not in my hands in time. As soon as your secretary called, I asked Harmon Moore to represent me. He and I have just talked, and we are both excited about what you are doing. As you have noted in previous conversations with us , we are anxious to unite our efforts with those of other responsible citizens and agencies in the metropolitan community in the constructive solution of urban problems. Dr. Moore will present this to the Executive Board of the Christian Council, and I am confident the body will be wholehearted in its endorsement of our involvement in the Urb a n Coalition. Again my apology for the trouble we caused you , and my a ppreciation for the courageous and farsighted leadership you a re g i ving us as Mayor of Atlanta. I am especially grateful fo r your p e r sonal friendship. BJ/ j a �TrL1st Company of Georgia POST OF"F"ICE DRAWER 4418 Atlanta, Georgia 30302. AUGUSTUS H.STERNE PRESIDENT October 23, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta 200 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: I regret that because of a prior commitment I won't b e a ble to join you for the meeting of your newly e stablished urban coal ition. Al Bows, who as you know is the upcoming president of the Chamber, does plan to be on hand. I am proud of the way in which you keep probing into our problems and looking f or solutions. Your urban coalition may prove quite h e lpful. I think the business community and its leaders h ave not done all they should have, and I hope to see many more business people become more intimately involved in and concerned with the city's probl ems. There must be some way through the Chamb e r to bring this about, and I would welcome any suggestions you might have . Sincerely yours, AHS / frb �October 19, 1967 Mr . A . H . Sterne , Jr ., Pres ide nt Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Post Offi c e Box 4418 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Dear Billy: I am sure that you are aw re of the movement t the national level to develop a st.ong c oalition of ui-ban interest in an effo:rt to exert more influEmce in national progfams and priorities for the benefit of our cities .

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and Mayors of urban citi s have joined tog ther in an Urban Coalition to provide coordinat d machinery for getting the story of our big city problems cross to the nation. lam tt ching om information materials on the Urban Coalition. The e will explain the b ckground and goals of the nation l st ring c;:ommitte . It h been ~ . cognh:ed from th beginning th t ln ord r to be flectiv • local c:ounter-p rt coalitions muet b dev lop d in p ts of th cou.ntry to Uppol"t thee goal · . It i my belief th t ior ye rs Atlant has be n a.bl to gtow and p\tO p r through ~f! ctiv and inform l coalition rel tlonship of busin s nd gov rn• ment and with th support of th oth r ~e of int rest which r a p n ol th nation co ltion tfort. I bellev • how v i-; that w n ed to r cogni Uttl more formally the co · 1tions which keep our city moving and lso to d v lop a loc coalition r l tion .. ship with th tional Urban Coalition. �Mr. Sterne Page Two O ctober 19, 1967 It is rny thinking that an initial step would be for us to get together the top repre.sentatives of these key interest gJ'oupa to form a local coalition steering committ~e and invite the participation by other organized groups . The initial stee11ing committee could be composed of the Mayor, as chief elected official of the city, the President of the Chambe,: of Commerce ; the President of the Atlanta Labor Council, the President of the Atlant Christian Council, the CoCha.irman of the Summit Leadership Conierence. the Superintendent of public education, and the Chairman of the Citizens Central A dvisory Council, who is the ~lected representative of participants in the Economic Opportunity program. I have dr · fted a statement which might be considered by this group which recogniz s the need for a local coalition nd endorses the declar tion of principles of the national coalition. A copy of the principl s of the nation 1 coalition is also attached for your consideration. By recognizing the existence of a co lition we will be ble to b tter communicate urban problems and focus maximum re ource s upon their solutions . · l:n ord r that w might consider this propoe , 1 have invited th following p opl i o meet with m.e t my offic t City Hall on Wedne y, Octob r 25, t 10:00 • m.: Mr. A. H. Steni , Pre id nt Atla.n C mb r of Commerce Rev. S mqel Willi ma _ C o -Chairman Summit Lead r hip C onference Mr. obert J. Butler, P re s ld nt Atlant L bor C ouncil l �CfTY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 October 19, 1967 IVAN AL!..EN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. A. H. Sterne, Jr., President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Post Office Box 4418 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Dear Billy: I am sure that you are aware of the movement at the national leve l to d e velop a strong coalition of urban i nteres t s in an effort to exert more influence in national programs and priorities for · the benefit of our cities. Repres entatives of busine s s , labor, civil rights , r e ligion, education and M ayors o f urban cities have joined to gether in an Urban Coa lition to provide coordinated machinery for ge tting the s t ory of our big city problems across to the nation. I am attaching some information materials on the Urban Coalition. The s e will explain the background and goals of the national steering committee . It has been recogniz ed from the beginning that in order to b e effective, local counter-part coalitions must b e developed in all parts of the country to support these goals. It is my belief that for years Atlanta has been able to grow and prosper through an effective and informal coalition r e l ationship of business and government and with the support of the other areas of inte r es t whic h are a part of the national coalitiori effort. I b e lieve, however, that we need to recognize a little more formally the coalitions which keep our city moving and also to d evelop a local coalition relationship with the national Urb an C oalition. �Mr. Sterne Page Two October 19, 1967 \\ It is my thinking that an initial step would be for us to get together the top representatives of these key interest groups to form a local coalition steering committee and invite the participation by other organized groups. The initial steering conrrnittee could be composed of the Mayor, as chief elected official of the city, the President · of the Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Atlanta Labor Council, the President of the Atlanta Christian Council, the CoChairman of the Summit Leadership Conference, the Superintendent of public education, and the Chairman of the Citizens Central Advisory Council, who is the elected representative of participants in the Economic Opportunity program. I have drafted a statement which might be considered by this group which recognizes the need for a local coalition and endorses the declaration of principles of the national coalition. A copy of the principles of the national coalition is also attached for your consideration. By recognizing the existence of a coalition we will be able to better communicate urban problems and focus maximum resources upon their solutions. -In order that we might consider this proposal I have invited the following people to meet with me at my office at City Hall on Wednesday, October 25, at 10:00 a. m.: Mr. A. H. Sterne, President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Rev. Samuel Williams Co-Chairmam Summit Leadership Conference Mr. Robert J . Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council �Mr. Sterne Page Three October 19, 1967 \\ Rev. Bevel Jones, President Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Dr. John W. Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mr. Erwin Stevens, President Citizens Central Advisory Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:fy \ �---- ----- October 20 , 1967 Mr . Boisfeu.illet Jones 230 Peachtree St:reet, N. W. Suite 210 Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dear Mr . Jones: Attached is a copy of the loc 1 Urban Coalition material which I promi ed you. I would appreciat · any comments or criticisms. I would also hope th t the EOA Board would be in a po ition to adopt a re olution joining the Co Ution if th se six people agree to be :recognized as the steering com.mitt e of the local coalition. Sincerely your , D n Sw at DS:fy Enclo ure · �C TYO I~ANT Clq'y HALL October 19, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Subject: DanSweat $t8 Or ganization of Local Coalition Attached is a proposed letter to the people we discussed who might make up the initial steering committee of the lo cal coalition. Also attached is the statement mentioned in the letter as well as the other material for your consideration. I feel that if you can get this group to adopt such a statement which contains an invita tion for other group s and organi zations to join as part of the coalition that we can obtain some quick action by official boards such as EOA, C o mmunity Council, Housing R esources C ommittee, e tc. to adopt r esolutions joining the coalition. DS:fy �I YOFA.TLA.N CITY HALL October 19, 196 7 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assi stant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liai son Mr. A. H. Ste rne , Jr . Pres ide nt Atlan t a Chamb e r of Comme rc e P. 0. Box 4 418 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 D e ar B i lly: I a m s ur e that you a r e awa r e of the m o ve m ent at the nati onal le v el to d e v e lop a strong coalition of urban inte rests i n an effort t o exe rt m o r e influe nc e in n a tional pro g r a ms a n d prio ritie s for t h e b enefit of o ur cities. R e p resent a tives of b usiness , l a b o r, civil rights, religi on, education and M ayors of urb an cities have joine d together in an Urban Coalition t o provide c o ordinat e d m a chi n e r y for getting the s tory of o ur bi g c ity pr oble m s ac r oss t o the nati on. I am attaching some informati on materials on the U rban Coalition. T h ese w ill explain the background and goal s of t h e national Steering C o mmittee . It h as b een recogni ze d from the b eginning t hat i n order to b e effective1 l ocal counter-part coalitions must be d evelope d in all parts of the country to support these goals. It is my belief that for y ea r s Atl anta has b een able to grow and prospe r through an effectiv e and informal c oalition relationship of business and gove r nment and wit h the s u pport of the other areas of interest w h ich are a part of t he nati onal coalition effort. I b elieve, howe v e r , that we need to recognize a little more formally the coalitions w hi ch keep our city moving and also to develop a l ocal coalition re l ations hip with the national Urban Coalition. �,, Mr.Sterne Page Two October 19, 1967 It is my thinking that an initial step would be for us t get together the top representatives of these key interest groups o form a local coalition steering committee ?,nd invite the particip ion by other organized groups. The initial steering committee c uld be composed of the Mayor, as chief elected official of the city, t e President of the Chamber of C o mmerce, the President of th Atlanta Labor Council, the President of the un r , the Co-Chairman of the Summit Leadership Conference, the Superintendent of public education, and the Chairman of the Citizens Central Advisory Council, who is the elected representative of participants in the Economic Opportunity program. I have drafted a statement which might be considered by this group which recognizes the need for a local coalition and endorses the declaration of principles of the national coalition. A copy of the principles of the national coalition is also attached for your consideration. By recognizing the existence of a coalition we will be able to better communicate urban problems and focus maximum resources upon their solutions. In order that we might consider this proposal I have invited the foll °1:ng y eople to meet with me in my office at City Hall on

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Mr. A. H. Sterne , President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Rev. Samuel Williams C o- Chairman Summit Leadership C onference Mr. R obert J . Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council ,., /} _ lfn ~d �Mr. Sterne Page Three October 19, 1967 Rev. Bevel Jones, President Christian C o uncil of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Dr. John W. Letson Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mr. Erwin Stevens, President Citizens Central Advisory Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Sincerely yours, I v an Alle n, Jr . M a yor IAJr:fy �\\ October 23, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Dan Sweat SUBJECT: Wednesday A . M . meeting of Local Urban Coalition The following format is suggested for the Wednesday meeting : 1. Mayor briefly state background for formation of National Urban Coalition. (a ) Grew from. a concern that the country ' s national priorities placed the problem of our urban cities far down the list -· behind Defen e, Space , Agriculture, Highways, etc. 2. (b ) The need for a reordering of priorities to make cities the No. 1 concern of the nation. (c) Congre s not only ha an attitude which i freezing urban expenditures, but i actually cutting b ck on ocial progr m of long tanding. (The Social Security amendments as pa ed by the House freezes th number of aid to familie with dependant children to current levels, which would mean that Atlanta or Fulton County DFCS could certify no more AFDC ca es than the total number at pre . ent. ) Who mak (a) up Urban Co lition? National Steering Committee of 33 memb r • M yors of urb n citie , top labor leaders, bu ine men, civil right• le der , educ tor and churchmen. �Page 2 3. What does it do? (a) This coalition pulls together the key elements in cities for discussion and joint actions on the major urban problem areas lums, poverty, unemployment, housing, education, etc. (b) The coalition will distribute information among it members on pending legislation before Congress and conduct an educational campaign to make the nation aware of the massive problems which . cities face. (c) The coalition will attempt to stimulate interest by private business to provide jobs and programs in cities (the $1 billion Insurance Industry Housing Pi-ogram re.s ulted from the Urban Coalition) and develop resources from all other areas to bring maximum impact on urban problems. 4. What can an Atlanta Urban Coalition do? (a) Act as a communications link between National Coalition and local organization • . (b) Provide an identifiable group representing all ar as of Atlanta life to convene and bring to bear on any city criei • (c) Stimulate maximum cooperation and coordination mong Grganizations. (d) Act a o.u nding board for new program propo where certain programs should be placed. nd recommend (e) Provide upport from local community for legi lative propos 1 to the N tional Congres and State Legislatur • (f) A _ i t City in determining locai priorities. �Page 3 7. Suggested Steps for Follow-Up. (a) Mayo:r ' s Office will coordinate Coalition initially, but encourage volunteers to provide staff assistance. (Perhaps some organization bas a per on they could ass ign to ooordinate the program full-time. It doesn't have to be done from City Hall .) (b) Other organizations who express interest in joining will be added and kept informed. 8. Mayor mention probability of Task Force or Private Employment holding conference here on November 15th to discuss ways private industry can provide jobs and training for unemployed and underemployed. DS/br \ j �October 13. 1967 Mr . Boi sfeuillet J ones 230 Peachtree Street,. N . W . Suite 210 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr . Jones : Attached is a copy of a memo I sent to the M a yor regarding the est blishment of a local eoe.lition in Atlant . I thought you might want to glance oveJ." this prior to our meeting on M onday morning. Sincerely yours , Dan Sweat DS:fy Enclo ut-e (l) ' �October 12, 1967 Mr . Gerald T . H o rton 2342 Bank of Geo rgia Building Atlanta. Geol"gia 30303 Dear Jerry: The Mayor hasn't seen this yet. I would appreciate your comments and c.riticisme of this appi"o ch, Sincerely yours. Dan Swe t DS:fy Enclosure (1) �7 6 lj----M. I r A. H. Sterne, Jr., President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 588-7123 Board of Directors - 34 members THe main purpose is to bring in new businesses, encourage expansion of present business, and create new jobs. 11 11 Robert J. Butler, President Atlanta Labor C oun cil · f', /i Executive B o ard - 18 members to create better relationships between the affiliated labor unions and keep them aware of civic and political happenings in the community and take whatever concerted action we can to improve these.' ~ 11 Sam Williams ) Jesse Hill ) Co-Chairmen Q. V. Williamson ) Summit Leadership Conference 688-0206 Steering C o mmittee - membership varies - approx imately 25 C ombination of all groups such as SCLC, NAACP , Grass R oats C o uncil, etc. and civic organizations for the 11 purpose of making Atlanta a better city 11 •

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Dr . J ohn W . Letson, Superintendent Mr. E d S. Cook, President Atlanta Board of E d ucation ·--- ------------- 522-3381 Board - 9 members P urpose - To s e t policies and approve budget for Atlanta Sch ool System. The B oa rd is completely responsibl e for the operation of t h e School System. �~ ! e v e ! Jones, President Dr. Harmon D. Moore, Executive Director Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Each participating church is represented by 2 to 5 delegates, dependent on the size of the congregation, plus its pastor. Presently, there are 170 churches in the C o uncil. "It is a fellowship of churches, Christian organizations and individuals involved in mutual ministries _to the growing 5 county area comprising metropolitan Atlanta. . . . .. . . . . . . The mutual ministries combined in the Council are 3-dimensional; Social, moral and spirtual. The power of group incentive moves into action, offering ways and means to meet total needs." Mr. Erwin Stevens, President Citizens Central Advisory Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Council - 39 members (3 from each center by the E xe cutive Administrator) 523-5791 = 33 -- and 6 members selected Purpose - To provide further representation from the poor at a city-wide level in the administration of the Economic Opportunity program. Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. �A . H, Sterne, Jr . , President Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors .. 34 membe:rs "THe main purpose is to bring in new businesses, encourage expansion of present business, a,nd create new jobs. 11

·-----~--~-----·-~-------·--------.~--~~--·-----------·~----~Robert J . Butler, P:resident Atlanta Labor Council · Executive Board - 18 members "to create better relationships between the affiliated labor unions and keep them awai-e of civic and political happenings in the community and take whatever concerted action we can to improve these.~ Sam Williams Jesse Hill Q, V . Williamson ) ) J Co-Chai:rman bJ'K - t);uJ(p Summit Leader hip Confe:rence Steering C ommittee .., membership vade ... pproximately 25 Combin tion of all groups such as SCLC, NAACP, Gr ss Roots C ouncil,, etc. and civic organiz tione fo~ the "purpose of making Atlanta a better city". Dr. John W. Letson, Superintendent Mr, Ed S. Cookw President Atl nta Bo rd of Educ Uon ~ ~ - 3.38/ Board .. 9 m.emb rs P ul,'pose ... To et polici.e and pprov budg t for Atlant School Sys t m. Th B oa11d i c:ompl t ly l' pon ible for the op t' tlon of the School Sy tem. �Rev. Bevel Jones, President Dr. Harmond D . Moore. Executive Director Christian C o uncil of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Each participating church is represented by 2 to 5 delegates, dependent 011 the size of the c ongregation, plus its pastor. Presently, there are 170 churches in the Council. "lt is a fellowship of churches; Christian organizations and individuals involved in mutual minists;,ies to the growing 5 county area comprising metropolitan Atlanta. • . • .• • • . • . • The mutual ministries combined in the Council are 3-dimensional; Social, moral and spirtual. The poweJ" of group incentive moves into action, offering ways and means to meet total needs . " Mr .. Erwin Stevens, P:resident Citizens Central Advisory Council Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc . 523-5791 Council - 39 members (3 from each center = 33 ·- and 6 m mbel's sel cted by the Executive Administ"I' tor) Purpose ... To provide ful"ther ,:,epresent tion £rom the poor at city•wid lev l in the adminl tr tion. of the Economic Oppo'ttunity prog~am. M yor Ivan All n, Jl'. �THE URBAN COALITION CHICAGO CONFERENCE: f~OBILIZING URBAN COALITIONS TASK FORCE ON LOCAL COALITIONS Mayor Joseph M. Barr Pittsburgh Co-Chairmen: Charles P. Taft Cincinnati " Arnold Aronson New Yo r k WORKSHOP A (Room 322 - part of the Illinois Room) Chai r man: John Denman, Manager, Dept. of Urban Affairs, Ford Motor Co . Resource Persons: Wm. Hildenbrand, Legislative Asst . , Sen . Caleb Boggs (R.Del .) Clifton W. Henry, Acting Director, Comm. Relations Serv . ,USCM James Twomey, Director, Non-Profit Housing Center,Urban Amer. James Hamilton,Director, Wash i ngton Office, Nat ' l Council of Churche~ WORKSHOP B (Room 331) Chairman: John Gunther, Exec. Director, U. S. Conference of Mayorl_ Resource Person s : -Thomas F. Roeser, Dir. of Public Affairs,The Quaker Oats Co . I r a Bach, Ex. Director, Chicago Dwellings Assoc . Vernon Jordan, Dir . , Voter Educ . Project,Southern Reg . Cou~ci · Dan Sweat, Dir . , Governmental Liaison, Mayor Ivan Allen's Office, Atlanta, Georgia WORKSHOP C (Room 334) Cha i rman: Mrs . Fr ank Williams, League of Women Voters Education Fund Re sou r ce Persons: Hugh Mields, Assoc . , Wise/Gladstone, Assoc . Bruce Cole, Jobs Now (Div . Director of Programs,Y MCA of Met . Ch Don Canty, Dir . , Urban Information Center,Urban America, Inc . Guichard Parris, Dir . , Public Relat i ons Dept . , National Urban League WORK SHO P D ( Room 505-6) Ch a · rman : La r old Schulz, Coord i nator, Ant i -poverty Task Force,Nat ' l Counc i l of Chu r ches Re s ou ce Pe r son s: Alan Pri tchard,Jr., Asst.Exec.~ir . ,Nationa l League of Cities J ames Ph i ll i ps, Construction Mgr . ,Rehabilitation,U . S . Gypsum Abbot Rosen, Midwestern Dir . ,B'nai Br i th,Ant i -Defamat i on Lge . Me l vi n Mister, Project Dir . ,D . C. Redevelopment Land Agency WO RKS HO P E (Hu ll Ho us e) Chai rma n : Ha r old Fl emi ng , Pres i dent, Potomac Institute Res ou r c e Pe r sons : Dona l d E. Nicoll, Admin . Asst . , Senator E. S .M usk i e (D . - Me . ) A. Donald Bourgeois,Gen .M gr. for Model City Af fa ir s,St . Louis Edwa r d Holmg r en, Exec . Dir . ,Leadersh i p Counc i l f or Me t r o . Op e n Commu ni t i es, Chicago Pe t e r Tufo , Leg i slative Asst . , Mayor John Lin ds ay ' s Of fi ce , New Yo r k Ci ty . �The Urban Coalition I Federal Bar Building W est / 1819 H Street, N. w. Washington, D . C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co -chairmen : Andrew Heiskell / A. Philip Randolph October 7, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: Here are some comments and suggestions on some of the ideas we discussed in Atlanta. The establishment of a six-to-eight member committee to act as an organzing or steering committee is a very worthwhile approach. I suggest that leaders from business, labor, religion, and civil rights be invited to serve on the committee. You may wish to add representatives from other sectors of the community to the committee. This committee should be formed as soon as possible because, as you know, the Urban Coalition is holding a National Conference to discuss the formation of local coalitions in Chicago on October 17, 1967. It would be advantageous to have representatives from this committee attend. One of the initial actions the committee could take is to convene a meeting of 50 to 60 local business and labor leaders to consider the formation of a local task force on private employment. It is suggested that the format for the meeting be a luncheon followed by a two-hour working conference, To set the mieting in its proper perspective, the participants should hear from a nationally known business leader, preferably Gerald Phillippe of General Electric, co-chairman of our Task Force on Private Employment and Entrepeneurship. We would be happy to assist in obtaining a speaker for the occasion. The discussion at the working session should focus on the development of a local private employment task force and the establishment of working committees to (1) assess the local unemployment and underemployment problems, (2) develop programs with specific goals, and (3) issue evaluation reports on the progress of the programs. Staff personnel from the par ticipating companies would be assigned to perform the specific duties. Technical assistance and specialists should be used as needed . National Coordinators : John Feild/ Ron M. Linton Telephone 293-1530 �HON. IVAN ALLEN (2) OCTOBER 7, 1967 A second meeting will be convened within a month at which time the working committees will present recommendations and programs. Commitments from individual companies to support and implement the programs will be obtained at this time, including financial and personnel support. · I would be happy to com.e to Atlanta to meet with your organizing group at their convenience. If we can be of further help, let us know. Cordially, Jo~ Nat i ona l Coor dina tor �CITY OF A.TI A TA \\ CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison October 26, 1967 Mr. Al Bows, Vic e President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Robert J. Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council Dr. J oh n Letson, Superintend ent Atla n ta P ublic School s Dr. Harmon Moore , Executive Director Christian C ouncil of Metr opolitan Atla nta Mr. Erwin Ste v ens, Chair man Citiz ens C e ntral Adv i s ory C ommittee R e ver e nd Samuel Williams , Co-Chairman Summi t Leader shi:p Confe r e nce Su bj ec t : Atl anta Urban Coal i t ion G e ntlemen: Thank y ou for m eetin g t oge the r w ith me at City H a ll t o d isc u s s the formation of an Atlanta U r b an Coalition. I h o p e th a t you will carefully consid er the s t ateme nt of th e Na t i onal U r b a n C oalition, and l e t me kn ow i f y ou a g ree that this state ment can be end or s e d and supporte d b y you as part of the stee ring c om mittee of the Atl anta Urban C oalition. A l so, I hope y o u w ill each e d i t th e draft s t a t eme nt on t he l ocal coalition and re t urn it to Dan Swe at so that h e can consolidate our e fforts i n t o a final stat e m e nt. �October 26, 1967 Page Two Several organizations have expressed a desire to become affiliated with the Atlanta Urban Coalition, either as members of the steering committee or of a broad representation which we hope will develop. Your ideas as to how we should proceed with expanded representation will be appreciated. In the meantime, we will include all organizations who desire on our mailing list so that they might be better informed. Thanks again for your help. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:lp �CITY OF.AT ANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison October 2 6, 1967 Mr. Al Bows, Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Robert J. Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council Dr. John Letson, Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Dr. Harmon Moore, Executive Director Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta Mr. Erwin Steve ns, Cha irman Citizens C entr a l Advisory Committee Reverend Samuel Williams, Co- Chairman Summit Leadership Conference Subje c t: Atlanta Urban Coaliti on Gentlemen: Thank you for meeting together wi th me at City Hall to dis cuss the formation of an Atlanta Urban Coalition. I hope that you will carefully consider the statement of the National Urban Coalition, an,;} l et me know if you agree that this statement can be endorsed and supported by you as part of the steering committee of the Atlanta Urban Coaliti on. Also, I hope you will each edit the draft s tatement on the local coalition and return it to Dan Sweat so that he can consolidate our efforts into a final statement. �,.. October 26, 1967 Page Two Several organizations have expressed a desire to become affiliated with the Atlanta Urban Coalition, either as members of the steering committee or of a broad representation which we hope will develop. Your ideas as to how we should proceed with expanded representation will be appreciated. In the meantime, we will include all organizations who desire on our mailing list so that they might be better informed. Thanks again for your help. Sincerely yours, , Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:lp �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison October 2 6, 19 67 Mr. Al Bows, Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Robert J. Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council Dr. John Letson, Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Dr. Harmon Moore, Executive Director Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta Mr. Erwin Stevens, Chairman Citizens Central Advisory Committee Reverend Samuel Williams, Co-Chairman Summit Leadership Conference Subject: Atlanta Urban Coalition Gentlemen: Thank you for meeting together with me at City Hall to discuss the formation of an Atlanta Urban Coalition. I hope that you will carefully consider the statement of the National Urban Coalition, am) let me know if you agree that this statement can be endorsed and supporte d by you as part of the steering committee of the Atlanta Urban Coalition . Also, I hope you will each ed it the draft statement on the local coalition and r e turn it to Dan Sweat so that he can consol idate our efforts into a final statement. = �October 26, 1967 Page Two Several organizations have expressed a desire to become affiliated with the Atlanta Urban Coalition, either as members of the steering committee or of a broad representation which we hope will develop. Your ideas as to how we should proceed with expanded representation will be appreciated. In the meantirne, we will include all organizations who desire on our mailing list so that they might be better informed. Thanks again for your help. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr:lp �. CITYO A.TLANTA CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admin istrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Lia ison October 26, 1967 Mr. AI Bows, Vice President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Robert J. Butler, President Atlanta Labor Council Dr. John Letson, Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Dr. Harmon Moore, Executive Director Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta Mr. Erwin Stevens, Chairman Citizens Central Advisory Committee Reverend Samuel Williams, Co-Chairman Summit Leadership Conference Subject: Atlanta Urban Coalition Gentlemen: Thank you for meeting together with me at City Hall to discuss the formation of an Atlanta Urban Coalition. I hope that you will carefully consider the statement of the National Urban Coalition, anQ- let me know if you agree that this statement can be endorsed and supported by you as part of the steering committee of the Atlanta Urban Coalition . Also , I hop e you will ea ch e dit the dra ft s ta t em ent on th e l ocal coa ition and r tu n it t D. n ti fJ - rr ip a. l w t s th -th ns H · t �• October 26, 1967 Page Two Several organizations have expressed a desire to become affiliated with the Atlanta Urban Coalition, either as members of the steering committee or of a broad representation which we hope will <level.op. Your ideas as to how we should proceed with expanded representation will be appreciated. In the meantime, we will include all organizations who desire on our mailing list so that they might be better informed. Thanks again for your help. IAJr:lp be : Mr . B oisfeuille t Jone s Mr. O p ie Sh el t on / Mr. D a n Swea t ~ ' �CITY OF .ATI AN \\ October 11, 196 7 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaiso n MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat Subj ect : Organization of L ocal Urban C o alitions A priority goal of the Steering Committee of the National Urban C oalition is the estab lishment of strong local coalitions in the 50 largest urban cities of the nation. This is, of course, essential to the very life blood of any sustained effort to develop a meaningful coalition which can speak for urban America as a whole. The direction taken by these local coalitions will depend upon the individual city or urban area and the wishes of the local leadership. We can safely predict they will take on a wide variety of shapes and forms from city to city. The more I analyze the alternatives to organization of a coalition in Atlanta, the more I am convinced we already have several single -purpos e groups functioning in this very capacity. I believe the identification of these groups as our coalition might reduce or negate the requirement for establishment of any other body, although I believe at some point a leadership meeting should be held to explain the Urban C o alition . �Mayor Allen Page Two October 11, 1967 Probably the best example of a local coalition organized to attack a particular problem area is the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. This group, originally appointed by the governing authorities of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County; and now operating under a non-profit charter, clearly represents the six broad areas of Business, Labor, Civil Rights, Education, Religion and Local Government, which make up the national coalition. (A copy of the EOA Board is attached. ) A second group organized around a single -purpose is the Housing Resources Committee. (Copy of Committee Structure attached.) Other groups which would fall in this category would be the Community Relations Commission, Atlanta Y o uth C o uncil, and the Citizens A d visory C o mmittee on Urban Renewal. (C o pies of CRC, AYC and CACUR B o ard members attached.) Each of these groups is organized to perform in an area of primary concern to the national coalition; EOA - P ove rty; H o using Resources Committee - L ow Inco1ne Housing; C o mmunity Relations Commission - Civil Rights; CACUR Urban Redevelopment. The final Model Cities Executive B o ard - Technical A dv isory C o mmittee - Citizens Advisory Committee structure will provide for another coalition of individuals and groups designed to produce cooperative action in planning and implementing the M o del Cities Pr og ram . (Copies of proposed B o ard and C o mmittee Structure attached . ) It is readily apparent that no recognized local group is established for the specific purpose of developing employment opportunities for the poor . While a large part of EOA's program is designed to reduce unemployment and �Mayor Allen Page Three October 11, 1967 underemployment, no broadly-based organization currently exists which can function in a capacity which will bear the local responsibility for meeting the national Urban Coalition goal of one million jobs for the poor. (This was the first announced goal of the Urban Coalition. ) I believe, however, that a project in the works during the last eighteen months by the City of Atlanta, EOA, the C o mmunity C o uncil, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Sears-R oe buck Foundation might have produced the mechanism for creation of a coalition on employment opportunities. This group has met informally at least once a month during this time in an effort to produce a color slide presentation on problems and opportunities for employment of the poor. The Sears-Roebuck F o undation financed the employment of a top advertising agency to assemble the materials and design the presentation under the supervision of the informal group. The presentation is now completed and Mr. Lucien Oliver of Sears will, in the next three or four weeks, invite a select g roup of key business executives to a luncheon to be exposed to this production. He is expected to ask each of these executives to sponsor luncheons for a wider group of businessmen in an effo rt to disseminate the informati on to as many firms as possible . The businessmen will also be encouraged to direct their personnel management to become better infor med on the problems of unemployment and underemployment among the poor and to investigate all possibilities for providing entry level jobs for additional employees who lack skills and training. �Mayor Allen Page Four October 11, 1967 This will fit perfectly into the scheme of the national coalition, which is encouraging the top executives of the large national firms to direct their plants throughout the country to do essentially the same thing. (There has already been some definite response to this program. I 'have had an indication from Sears and F o rd offices here that the word has already come from the top.) In view of the impending National Steering Committee C o nference on Employment here in November, I am encouraging the meeting of the first group by Mr. Oliver be held in advance of the Coalition. I believe this initial group should be considered as the local coalition and worked into the National Conference. I recommend that you ask Mr. Oliver to attend or send Dan Garies or B ob W o od to the October 17 all-day meeting on local coalitions in Chicago. I would also recommend that I attend as your representative and that you ask Vernon J o rdan to represent us in the area of Civil Rights. Vernon is on loan to the Urban C o alition staff and w ill be in attendance and is more aware of what is going on than any other individual from Atlanta. I also would hope that at a very early date we can show you the e mployment pr esentation and get your ideas on how we can provide follow-up. DS :fy �·' ,' 1 i I ECONOMIC OP:?ORTUNITY ATLANTA, BOARD MEMBERS I INC. \\ Authority Cha i r ma n : Boisfeu i llet Jones, 210 Peachtree Ce~~er B~ilding, 230 Peachtree Street, N. w. , Atlanta r Georgia 30303. 'I'e l eph one: 522-8511 1,5""V--T-~J-., Members app ointed by Ful~or.·county: I Harold Benson , Ben sor. Chev~ole~ Company , lQOl Alpharetta Street, Roswell, Georgia 30075. TelephoEe: 993-4 4:..4 ~t r Melvin Granth a m, 2152 Woodberry Telephone: 758-866 1 , Ext. 57 •. v e nu e , East Point, Georgia 30044. . ~ _,,. . John W. Greer , 811 Healey .Bui ding, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telep~one~ 524~4223 P'

Jesse Hill , Vice President and Actua ry, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 148 Au u~n Av ru e , N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone: JA 1-0513 M. Carl Plunkett , P l u nkett a nd Company, Inc . , 20 1 At l a n t a, Geo r gia 30 303 . Telephone~ JA 1-2438 s-~,r~J"l ~treet, N. W., ~ Dr. Paul D . Wes;: Su pe r 143.215.248.55 end ~nt, r ~ul ton ,~ounty S~h~ols, 165 C~n! ra .1--,. Avenue, S . W., A-lanta, ~eo rgia 3J~OJ. T _lephone. J72 - 2211 ~ Mr s. W. H. (Lucy Aiken, 2 3 9 West Lake Avenue , N. W., Atlanta, Georgia 303 14. Telepr:o:-: e: 794 -243 1 6»[)_ ~~ Member 3 ::i.pp0 inted c y tr: 2 Ci t Lof A t ieo r~ta: Willi a::-n L. Ca l2.oway, Cal]_o':..;ay Realty Ccmp an-1 0 193 Auburn Avenue, N. E . , Atl anta , Georgi3 38~03o ?eiep~one ~ JA 2-4525 ~ ~ :t Rev . Joseph L. 2riggs, Fastor 1450 Go=don Street P res b yteria n Church, 0 W., At_a nta , Georg ~a 3 0310. Telephone: PL 3- 6121 Ave n ue, S . Wo, A~l a n t a , Geo r g~a ,\tlanta Pui:::lic Schools, 224 Central 'J:' e lephone : 5 22-3381 ,, ~ W. H o ~:on ta.gu2 0 Sr . , President , Georgia S-tate AYL- CIO , 1 5 Peach_) ree Street , IT. E o , Atlanta, Georgia 30 3030 Telephone: 525 - 2793 ?i Revised: 12/8/66 �I . ,, - 2 Members appoir:ted by the City of Atlanta (Cont '_d). : :-... II A.H. Sterne , President, ~r~st Co~pany of Georgiao 36 N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. · Telephone: · 588- 71 23 Mrs. LeP.oy (Ann) Woqdwardh. ~; ~ .~akdale Road, Telephone: D~ 3-4020 ~ ~;j". dgew?od Avenue, ~ E., Atlanta, Georgia 30307. 27 Rev. M. L. King , Sr., ?astor, Ebenezer 3aptist Ch rch, 413 rub orn Aven~e, "' ' 1

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\ .;..--,-/ f.h • N. E., Atlanta, Georgia. Telephone: 688-7263 ~~_'g-:_~_.._____ -- John S. Eerndo::1 (Gwinnett b ember), Suwannee, Georgia 30174. Telephone: 945-5375 ~ Julian Sharpton (Gwinnett Member), Whippoorwill ~treet , Duluth, Georgia 30136. Telephone g 963-3491 or 476-2170 ~ George L. Edwards, Jr. (Rockda le .Member), 1842 Cal loway Drive , N. W., Atlanta, Georg i a 30314. Te lephone: 483-8647 ~ r /:lo .' 1. Mrs . Nanci e 3towers (Rockdale .Member ), Director, ::Jepartment of Family and Children S e rvi ce$, West Avenue , Conyers, Georgia 30207. Tele phon e: 483-86 06 · LJ...>..t.l~ ,. - Members appoir..t e d b y the Citi z ens Central Advisory Council (CCAC): Mr . Erwin Stev e ns, 799 Parsoris Stre et, S o W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314 . Telep~one : 523- 5791 or 873 - 65 24 Mr-s-.- -Ma-raie -G . - W7 -r..-.'"1-,- -14-G§ - 31:-id-9-e&- -A--v:sr-;1J, 9 v - ~, - W-.-.- -A:t;.laR ta 7 - Geo.r..g.ir=i. _3 0 31.0 __ T-e-1-ephGne~--~§S-4-2-3-0-Rober t ~obbs, 2455 Abner P lace, N. W. Telephone~ 622~0919 or 794-1487 0 Atlanta 0 Georgia 30318. Mrs. A o L. Ben ton . 162 .Lama r Street, S . E . , At l anta, Georgia 30315. Tel e p hone: 524 -6 075 Mr. H . D. 11 Bo 11 Wil ey Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. W. T . Brooks Mr. L e roy Dobbs Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs. Susie Labo rd Mr. Edward Young Mrs. B eatric e Garl and M rs. W ayman Mitchell Mr. Lawre nc e Col eman Revised: 12/8/66 _,. �• ..

rr;a y 31., _967 HOUSIFG RESOURCES cmsfJI':i:'TEE Mr o Cecil Ao Alex2nder., Ch2irma n Housing Resources Comoit t ee Finch, Al exand er., Ba~nes, Rothschild and Pascha l , i r cnitcc~s 10th Flo or Stan ·ard Federal Building 44 Broad Street , No Wo Atlanta, Georgia Dro Sanford So Atwo6d., Co - Cha i rma n Housing Resources Co~~ittee President, Emory Univer si ty At lan t a, Georgia 303 22 Dro Benjamin Eo Ma ys, Cu -C hair ma n Hous i ng Res o urces Commi tt ee Pr es id ent , Morehouse College At - anta , Georg i a PANELS LEGAL ~ro Cha r les Lo Wel t ner , At t orney The Fir s t 1~ t ional Bank , Suite 2943 2 Pea chtree Street Atlanta , Georg i a Mr. Dona l d Hol lowel l, Regional Di rec t or Equa l Employ!nent Opport uni ty Commi ssion 1776 Peachtr ee Stre et , N. Wo At l an t a , Georg i a Honorable Luther Alverson, Judge Fulton Co unty Superior Co ur t 136 Pryor Str eet , So. Wo Atlanta, Georgta ~~. Archer D. Smith III, At torney Harmon a nd ThackEt on 1944 Nati on3l Bank of Georgi a ~i ge Atlanta, Georgia Mro Norman Lo Underwood, At torney S c:nders, Hes te:..· .·. ~ Holley 1001 Commerce Bui ding Atlanta, Georgia Chairman �Ps.ge Two CONSTRUCTION AND DES I GN Dro Edwin Harrison, Pre s ide t Georg ia Inst i tute of Technology 225 1Torth _ A.venue , No Wo A tla .. ta , Georgi a Chairman Mr o Herma n Jo Russel l , Contractor 504 Fair Street, Sa W. At lanta, Georg ia 30313 Mro More land Smi th, Director Urban Planning Pro ject Southern Regiona l Council ,l.J_ h St.,,ee .,_V, ,.a,r o -.5 Fo -r-sy. At lanta, Georg i a v..:.. Vice - Chairman o Revo J ohn A. Middleton , Presideht 1110:rris Brown College 673 Hunter Street, No Wo Atlant2 , GP - - . ·· Mr . Henry P o Alexand er, Bu ilder 2439 Fernlea ~ Court , N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Mro J ames Moore , Pres ide~t Atla nta Lab or Co uncil 15 Peach tree Street, No E. Room 20~ Atlan ta, Georg i a 30303 FINANCE Dean Har ding Ba Young Atlanta University 223 Ches t nut Street, s . W. At lan ta , Geor g ia Mr . Lee Bur e , President Re t ai l Credi t Company P. Oa Box 4081 Atlan ta, Georg ia 30302 0 Mr o Butler TQ Henders on Assistant t o Dr . Ma y s Moreho use College 223 Chestn ut S treet, S . Wa Atls.nta, Ge org ia Chairman �FINANCE (continued) Mr. Mills B o Lane , Jro , President The Citizens and Southe~en 1Tat.:.onal Bank Po Oo Box 4899 At lanta, Georgia 30303 Joseph Earle Birnie:; President The National Bank of Georgia Pea chtree at Five Points Atlanta, Georgia 30303 IVIr. i!Ir ~ Augustus HQ Sterne, President The Trust Company ·of Georgia 36 Edge~ood Avenue, N ~ Eo Atlanta, Georgia 30303 ivir o Gord or. J ones, President The Fulto~ :.~t i onal Bank Po Oo Box 4387 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Vice - Chairm2.n NON-PROFIT FUNDS (Combined with Fi nance Pane l) Mr . A. Bo Padgett, Executive Director ,-1etropoli t an Foundation of At l ant a 1423 Candler Bui l ding Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Hamil t on Do uglas., Jro, Attorney Na tional Bank of Georgia Building Atlanta , Georg i a Rev Wi l lia~ Holrne s Borders , Pas tor Whea t Street Baptist Ch urch 11.~26 !-1ozley Dr i v e., So Wo· Atlan ta , Georgia Dr. Rufus Clement , Pres i dent Atla nta Univ er s ity 223 C~es t nut Street, Se W. At l anta , Geor g ia l'fir o J ohn Wils on , Pres i dent Horne Wi ls on Company 163 Peter s Stree t, $. Wo At anta , Georgia 30313 �Pa 6 e Fou_ NON-PROFIT FU:N""DS ( cont L_ued ) Mr . Albert Love Executive Vice Presideht The McCal l Corporation P O. Box 1000 Doravi l le., Georgia 30040 Mr. Scott Houston , Jr • ., Executive Director Wes l ey 1,-voods Apartments Po Oo Box 15468 . At l anta., Georgia 30333 PUBLIC BOUS ING lfD'.' ~ Edwi n Lo Sterne , Chairman Ho using Authority of t he City of Atlanta 639 Tr us t Company of Georgia Bu ild i ng Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dro Albert ~anley, President Spe l man College 350 Leonard Stree t ., S. Wo Atlanta, Georgia Mro Leonard Reinch, President Cox Broadcasting Company 1601 Wes t Peachtree Street, No E • Atlanta, Georgia Mr . CJ.arence Do Coleri1an Regi onal Direct or · Na tional Urba n League 136'X~ Marietta S'creet., No W, Suite 24:::I Atlar.ta, Ge orgia Charl e s F o Pal~er, President Palmer, Inc., Palmer Building 41 Marietta Street Atlanta., Georgia 30303 ~!Jr. ~ Chairman �Pae;e Five LA:N""D ACQUISI':i:'I01T Mr Wa llace Lo Lee., President At l anta Gas Light Company P. o. Box . 4569 -4:"-lant-a-; Georgia 30302 0 Mr o Clayton Ro Yates., President Yates-Milton Stores 228 Auburn Avenue , r. E. At lanta., Georgia Jim E o Land Chief Engineer f or Georgia Southern Be _l Telephone & Telegraph Company 805 Peachtree Street, No Eo At lanta., Georgia Ivir o Acting Cha irman Dro V2..vi an Henders on., President Clarlc Collese 240 Chestnut Street, So Wo Atlant a., Georgia Mr . J. A. Alston, President Atlanta Real Estate Board Representative Empire Real Estate Board Mr . Stewart Wi ght Alston Realty Co . 19$~A Auburn ·Ave . N. E. SOC IA t Ji'!f~:§tE~JS'rgia 30 30 3 f Wight , Couch & Ward 15 Peachtree Bldg., Room 822 Atlanta, Georgi a 30303 deceas ed ~.r.--G~e1~1-l--e,e-e-o-E~re-F-~8-R, Adm ini s tra tor Economic Opportunity Atlant a, Inc. 101 Mar ietta Street, Ne W. Atlanta., Georgia Mro Duane Beck., Executive Director Comm unity Council of the Atlanta Area, I nc. 1000 Glenn Building Atlanta., Georgia 30303 Mrs. Sujette Cranl-::, Social Director Neighborhood Services., E O A., Inc 101 Marietta Street Atlanta, Georgia D~. Tobe Johnson , Professor of Political Science Morehouse Coll ege 223 Chestnut Street, S. Wo Atlanta, Georgia Dean William S J ackson Atlanta University 223 Chestnut Street, S Wa Atlanta, Georgia 0 Chairman �Page Six SOCIAL PROBLEr,'iS (continued ) Mr. Erwin Stevens., C _air-rr:an Cit izens Centra l Advisory Co~mittee, E.O.A. 799 Parso_ s Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Lewis Ce:r..ker, At torney 2045 Manchest er, r- . E. Atlanta, Ge orgia i'-'Ir. BUSINESS PARTICIPATION ivT. r. Virgi l Mi lton 3626 Tuxedo Ro a d., N. W. Chairman Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Ed ward L. Simon: Audit or Vice - Chairman Atlanta Life Ins urance Cotpany 148 Auburn Avenue , N. E. At lanta, Georgia Mr . Harlee Branch, President The Southern Company 3390 Peachtree Road., N. E. At lanta., Georgia Mr. c. Ar t h ur Jenkins Director, Ind us trial Relations Lockh eed Company Marietta, Georgia 30060 Mr. Roland iVI2xweL!. , Pre sident Davin on's Department Store s 180 Peach t ree Street, N. W. Atlanta, Ge orgia PUBLIC I NFORMAT I ON Mr. J ames L. Townsend ' Tm·msend and Asso ciates 1014 Hea l ey Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia �• Pa ge Seven PUBLIC n -:P.ORI Ll\.T ION {ccn'cinued) 11r . Da l~ Cla r k Dire c to~ of Public Affairs WP.GA - TV ; 1551 Bri qrcliff Road , N. E. Atlanta, ·9eori; i a Chai~~ari Mr. Ray Moore rJew s D:irec'tor 1 WSB - TV 1601 ·w est Peachtree Stree t, _ • E. At lanta , Georgia 30309 Mr . Jim Wood New s Directo~ , WAOK 110 Edgewood Avenue,~. E. At lanta, Ge o g ia Vice -Ch2.irman STAFF ROOM 1204, CITY HALL Tel. 522-4463, Ext , 430 Malcolm D. Jo nes, Director W. W~ Gates , Consultan t Mis s J oyoo McK1'4ig.l::l--t , Secretary A~~ ,tM,ciC'"!.4-1 �' COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION 1203 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA \\ Mr. Irving K. Kaler, Chairman 1820 Fulton National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia Home-255- 7694 Office-525-6886 Mrs. Eliza K. Paschall Executive Director Room 1203 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Home-373-1966 Offi ce- 522-4463, Ext. 433 Mr. Robert Dobbs 2455 Abner Place, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia ~ -622-0919 Offi ce J:! U .tl@i' Miss Helen Bullard Toombs, Amisano & Wells 70 Fairlie Street, N. W. Atl anta , Georg ia Home-874-3986 Dffice - .5 77-3600 Ar chbishop Paul J. Hallinan Ca t holi c Archdiocese o f Atlanta P. D. Box 1 2047, No r th side Station Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Dffice-261-1000 Mr. Roll a nd Maxwel l c/o Da vi son' s 180 Peac htree St ree t, N. W. Atlant a , Geo rgia Home- 351-2053 Office- 522-1300 Mr . Joseph Haas 1116 First Na t i onal Bank Building Atla nta, Georgi a Home-255-1300 Office-525 - 6141 Mrs . Fr ed W. Patte rson 2959 Andrews Drive, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home- 233 - 1624 Mr. Clarence G. Ezza r d 245 Atlan t a Avenue , 5. E. Atlanta , Georgia Home- 627- 1187 Of fi ce-522-9616 Mr. R. J. Butler 250 - 10th Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 17;l. -S-3 q(:; Dr. Robert E. Lee Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 731 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-237-3903 Office-874-8664 Mr. Sam Massell, Jr. Vice Mayor, City of Atlanta c /o Allan Grayson Realty Company 40 Pryor Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-355-4112 Office-521-1694 Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild The Temple 1589 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-233-8365 Office- 873-1731 Mrs. Sara Baker 938 Park Avenue, S . E. Atla nta , Georgia Home-627-8193 Mrs . Mary Stephens 2840 Dee rwood Dr ive , 5. W. Atlanta, Geor gia ~ - 523-1577 Off i ce. C I I iGbl Re verend Samuel Williams Friends hip Baptis t Church 437 Mitchell St reet , S. W. Home- 755-2 35 2 Office-6 88-0206 Mr . M. O. "Buzz " Ryan, Gen . Mgr. Marriott Motor Hote l Cour tla nd at Cain Street Atlanta, Georgia Home-351-2444 Offic e-6 88-6 500 Mr. Hami l ton Douglas , Jr. Nationa l Bank of Georgia Bldg, Atla nta, Georgia 30303 Home-355- 2292 Office-522 - 2200 Mr. T. M. Alexander, Sr . 208 Aubur n Ave nue , N. E. Atla nta, Georgia Home-753-8760 Office-521- 054 9 Mr. R. Byron Attridge Trust Company of Ga. Bld g . Atlanta, Georgia Home-351-2773 Office- 525-0484 Mr. Jack Sells 1416 Hills Place, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-872-4795 Office- 355-4311 �ATLANTA CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 12 , 1967 Chairman: Mr. Robert M. Wood Genera 1 Counsel Sears, Roebuck & Company 675 Ponce de Leon Ave., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Phone: 875-8211 Res: 18 Chathm Road, N.W. Phone: 233-3705 Mr. Michael H. Trotter Attorney Alston Miller & Gaines 12th flobr, C & S National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 524-3241 Res: 120 Biscayne Dr., N.W . Phone: 355-8148 Treasurer:

Vice-Chairman: Mr. Fletcher Coombs 205 Auburn Ave., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia Phone : 523-8282 Res: 380 Waterford Rd, N. W. Phone: 799-1473 Mr. Franklin W. Thomas General Secretary Butler Street Y. M.C.A. 22 Butler Street, N.E. Atlanta , Georgia Phone : 524-0246 Res: 290 Flagstone Drive, S. W. Ph one: 344-2685 --· ... - Member at La r6 e : Mrs . Rhodes Perdue 2012 West Pa ce Ferry Rd,, N. w. Atla nt a, Georg i a Phone: 355 - 9508 Mr . J oh n W. Cox Exec utiv e Di rector At l an ta Ch i ldren and Yout h Se r vic e s Council 1201 -B Ci ty Hall At la nta , Georgia 30303 Phone : 522 - 4463, Ext . 437 Re s: 1800 Memorial Dr., S.E . Phone: 378 - 0340 Mr. Jack C. Delius General Ma nager Atlant a Parks De part me nt City Hall Annex Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone: 522-4463, Ext . 311 Res: 215 Piedmont Ave., N.E. Phone: 688-0925 Chief Herbert T. Jenkins Atla nta Polic e Dept. 165 Decatur Street, S.E. Atlanta, Georg i a Ph one: 522-7363 Res: 654 Morngsdel Dr., NE, Phone : 522 .7363 Dr. John w. Letson Superi nt endent Atlanta Public Schools 224 Central Ave., s.w. Atla nta, Georgia Phone: 522-3381 Res: 92 Laurl Dr., N.E. Phone: 237-3161 �MEMBERS Mr. Frank R. Carmines 180 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 522-1300, Ext. 281 Res: 5535 Dupree Dr., N. W. Phone: 255-4598 Mr. Ocie J. Irons 1275 Capitol Ave. s.w. Atlanta, Georgia Phone:. 11 525--5.?25 Res: 2~63 Handy Dr., N.W . Phone: 799-5444¼ Mr. Dejongh Franklin First National Bank Building 24th floor Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 521-1200 Res: 1585 West Pace Ferry Rd, N.W. Phone: 355-0224 Mr. Jerry Luxemburger Gambl~rell & Mobley 3900 First National Bnk. Bldg. Atlanta, Geor~ia Phone: 525-8571 Res: 568 E. Wesly Rd., NE. Phone: 237-8380 Mrs. Vivian Henderson 1209 Foundtain Dr., S.W. Atlanta, 'Georgia Phone: 758-1201 Mr. Frank A Player 531 Biship Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 351-3481 Res: 146 W. Wesley Rd. ,NW Phone: 233-3512 Mr. G. Arthur Howell Hass Howell Building 6th floor Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 522-2508 Res: 3727 Tuxedo Rd., N.W. Phone: 233-1369 Mrs. Mary Sanford Perry Homes Extension 1660 Drew Dr., N.W. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 351-6711 Res: 1521 Drew Dr., N. W. Phone: 351-5101 Mrs. Mae Yetes Executive Director Carrie Steele Pitts Home 667 Fairburn Ro3d, N.W . Atlant e , Georgia Phone: 799-7431 Res: 1221 Hunter Rd ., N.W. Phone: 753-0768 �CITIZENS ADVISORY COM!V"ilTTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE \\ Robert L. Sommerville, President Atlanta Transit System, Inc, P. O. Box 1595

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Li:>c-~ e:r~ ·1v1~ s_._ DQ.i:is Celwnn.ist, ,.4 tlaat~ Constitation Alexander, T. M. , Sr. President, Alexander & Associates, Inc • . 208 Auburn Avenue, N. E. JA 1-0549 Mathias, Charles c., Staff Representative United Steel Workers of America Suite 334, 1776 Peachtree St., N. W. TR 5-5351 3411 Pinestream Rd., N. 237.2597 w. Bivens,, Bob, Exec. Director /J,.......,, _ ,_ Mays, Dr. Benjamin E. Upt-ewn '1 ssn. of AtlaB-ta ~tU?..- ~ resident, Morehouse College 6.1.5-Feachtree St. , Rm. 9.t4PAL>r/ ~ - 223 Chestnut Street, s. w. 873-6983 ~ if>~ _.:fucf:e_ ~ 1 1,0 MU 8-4223 r Milton, L. D., President Citizens Trust Company 212 Auburn Avenue, N. E. JA 4-0614 Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. President Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Assn. 205 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 3-8282 c_ .Q . 0a..ez.,,, I t;h_. &ed~Geoxge % , Jr., Vice Pres. .t\tlanta Div., Georgia Power Co. Box 4525 522-6121 , Ext. 8312 W.ulton, Virgil W. 3626 Tuxedo Road, N. W • Atlanta 5, Ga. 237-6656 Calloway, William L., Pres. Calloway Realty Company 193 Auburn Avenue, N. E. JA 2-4525 Padgett, A. B. , Executive Director Metropolitan Foundation of Atlanta 1423 Candler Building MU 8-4117 Haas, lvlrs. Leonard Grizzard & Haas, 306 Carnegie Bldg. 133 Carnegie Way, N. W. 525-4821 Rich, Richard H. Chairman of the Board, Rich's, Inc. Box 4539 JA 2-4636 Hamilton, Mrs. Grace Hamilton Associates - Consultants 582 University Place, N. W. MU 8-7249 Robiasoa, Janu!'s D. , Jr. Hearle, Percy Chairman of the Boax d, 1st NatC Bank Fi"fiJt National Bank Bldg., Box 4148 58lF-Sl)OO Schukraft, Edgar E. Owner, Schukraft Florist 1050 Cascade Avenue, s. w. PL 8-2684 �-~ Warren. Roy Ch . Roy D. War~ airman. 41. ~ .aoa.=. 30 Pryor S t r e e t ~·' Inc, JA 3.-6262 f • f Yates, Clayton R Yates & Milt •' President 22 on Stores In . 8 Auburn Avenue E C, N JA 1-1401 ' • • J ( w ~ ~ 1 tl~ !If' 7-µ,,l- /1~ ,Jit3,._.,,l ~j;L/2 ~ t t / ~ / k' ~-Id~ / t-3 /143.215.248.55aJ- \I �CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Adair, Jack, President .i\dair Realty & Loan Company 56 Peachtree St., N. W. JA 1.0100 Blayton, J. B., Jr., V. P. -Gen. Mg x-~ WERD Radio Atlanta, Inc • 330 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 4-066 6 Aiken, W. H. , General Manager Aik en, Inc. 239 Westlake Avenue, N. VI. SY 4-2431 Brewer, Oby T., Sr., .Pr esidea.t ~ Geo. Muse Clothing Company 1/J V-fu- ,& ~ 52 Peachtree St. , N. W. JA 2-5400 Allen, Mrs. John L. League of Women Voters 3360 Nancy Creek Rd., N. W. Burns, Fred, Jr., Owner Fred Burns Company 1070 White St., S. W. - CE 7.6870. Arnold, Hve5fc( ExegJ-tiveDirector Atlanta---trrb':° ~ b u~ e., N. E. 521-2355 ~-gue 758-7275 Chile ohn 0,/,7?~dent Ad ns-C~e-sC~mpany urt j3uilclinV JA 2-5477 ...- Anderson, Mrs. Amber W. Asst. Solicitor General-Fulton County Fulton County Courthouse JA 2-5310 Clement, .Cr. Rufus, President Atlanta University 223 Chestnut Street, s. W. JA 3-6431 Cooper, Sam I., President Cooper, Barrett, Skinner, Woodbury and Cooper, Inc. Henry Grady Building JA 2r98 <1.r-- ,143.215.248.551-~·a,W Crank, Mrs. S. F,, E ,..,e. Seey. ~ \Ul!CA 5-99-Tatnall •, · • • SE./1J.~ r JA 3- S-43 Da vi s, Har old, Public R e l ations Di:-:- ~-- -·· Ge o rgi a Sta te College 33 Gihner St. , S. E . 523- 7681 Beers, H. W. , Jr., Ch. of Board ~~ers Construction Company 70 Ellis St., N. E . JA 5 -0555 Ford, Clement, Architect 240 W. Andrews Dr . , N . W. CE 3-07 C' Bennett, Rembert B., President Bennett Realty Corporation 15 Peachtree St., N. E. JA 2 .. 8336 Bickers, Joseph T., Exec. V. P. Atlanta Mortgage Brokerage Co. Inc. 187 Auburn Avenue, N. E. MU 8-3259 Cooper, V. F. (retired) a:>11 Birchwood Dr., N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Bird, F. M. , Attorney Jones, Bird & Howell Haas-Howell Bldg. Gerson, John W., Exec. V. P. Atlanta Transit System, Inc. P.O. Box 1595 JA 4-24.';' .. JA 2-2508 CE 3-.1904 �-2Grizzard, Claude, Jr.• President Grizzard Advertising, Inc. ~42 W. Peachtree St., N. W. JA 3.8441 McDonald, Dr. Harold, Owner Ballenger-McDonald Urology Clinic Peachtree.Baker Bldg. MU 8-3322 H~c kney, Dr. Richard c. 1C--Ray Laboratory 239 Auburn Ave., N. E. .Moore, Fred, Manager Georgia Properties Co. 825 Rhodes Haverty Bldg. MU 8 ... 9071 Ja 3.6646 Hallman, Noel W. , Secy •• Treas. Hallman Bros. Construction Co. 45 Eleventh St., N. E. TR 2 .. 6688 Moore Jame , ~res·ent Atl a, • Labo C143.215.248.55 16:05, 29 December 2017 (EST) _ - ~ l -~ac ree St., N. E. ~ 20~5-2793 Harris, Dr. J. B. Herndon Building Morris, Joe L. (retired) 1098 Lullwater Rd. , N. E. Harris, Julian H. Sculpturing Studio 177 Fifth St., N. W. Hendley, Albert G. 5801 Riverview Rd., N. Vf. JA 2-3225 378-1682 MEH".lcy, Willis 1070 Beeehhaven.:Bd. , N. E. €,J6 1764 TR 4-3105 255-3559 Munford, Dillard, Ch. of Boal"d Atlantic Company P. O. Box 1417 MU 8-1900 Palmer, Charles F., President Palmer, Inc. 303 Palmer Bldg. 522 ... 9238 Jones, Gordon, President Fulton National Bank Fulton National Bank Bldg. JA 3-7511 Patter son, Eugene, Editor Atlanta Constitution 10 Forsyth St., N. W. JA 2-5050 Jones, Mrs. Maymie, Attorney J ones, Jones & Iviabry Grant Building JA 5-2996 Randall, Luther H. , Ch. of Board Randall Fuel Co. , Inc. 665 Marietta St. , N. W. JA 2-4 711 Kearns, Jack W. Jack W. Kearns Insurance Co. 2476 Meadow Lark Dr. 761-65.Z.<l East Point Richardson, Dr. Harry V., President Interdenominational Theological Center 9 McDonough Blvd., s. E. JA 5-8843 Manley, Dr. Albert F., President Spelman College 350 Leonard St., s. W. MU 8-2148 Martin, E. M., V. P. and Secy. Atlanta Life Insurance Co. 148 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 1-0513 Roe, Donald J., V. P. C & S National Bank Advertising Dept - 588-3258 Scott, c. A. , Editor and Manager Atlanta Daily World Zl.0 Auburn Ave., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. JA 1-1459 �-3Shaw, W. J., Owne.J: and Manager Odd Fellows Bldg.• Re.al Estate 250 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 1..1891 Whitman, H. W. (Bo). Asst. V. P. Fir st. National Bank Box 4148 588-651.!: Shrider, Robert E. , Director Bethlehem Community Center 9 McDonough Blvd., S. E. MA 2-0919 Willis, Mrs. Ralph 12 Camden Road, N. W. TR 6 - 7269 Simon, E. L. , General Auditor Atlanta Life Insurance Company 148 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 1-0513 Sutton, R. O., V. P. Citizens Trust Company 212 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 4-0614 Tarver, Jack, President A tlanta Newspapers, Inc. 10 For syth Street, N. E. JA 2-5050 Tatum, Luther S., V. P. A t l anta Feder al Savings & Loan Assn. 18 M a rietta Street, N. vr. JA 3-84 21 Terrill, T h e R e v. L . M . Zio n Hill Bapti st Church 2740 Collier Drive, N . W. SY 4 -8100 Thompson, Buford H. , President South Side Atlanta Bank 1700 Lakewood Avenue, s. E . Wl.A 2-3521 Toms, William A ., Broker H a rris Upham Company 4 4 Broad Street, N. W. JA 3-7611 Ulrich, VI. Roy 301 Ardmore Circle , N. W. A pt. 3-A 876-2 03 3 Upshaw, Mr s . G l ady s 6160 Roswell Road, N . E . 255 - 0560 Vfhite, R obert H., Sr. , Chm. of Board Southern Wood Preserving Co. P .O. Bo x 10798, Sta. A PO 7-0211 (Nov ember 5, 1965) �MODEL CITIES EXECUTIVE BOARD Mayor, City of Atlanta Chairman, Fulton C o unty Commission President, Atlanta Board of Education Member, Atlanta B o ard of Aldermen Member, Atlanta Board of Aldermen Representative, State Government Representative, Private Sector Member, M o del Neighborhood Area C o uncil Representative, Negro leadership �MODEL CITIES TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, Chairman Fulton C o unty Manager Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools Executive Administration, Fulton C o unty Department of Family and Children Services Director, Fulton County Health Department Administrator, Grady Hospital Executive Director, Community C o uncil of the Atlanta Area, Inc. Executive Director, Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning C o mmission General Counsel, Atlanta Legal Aid S o ciety Executive Director, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Chairman, Civic Design Commission Director, State Department of Family and Children Services Executive Director, Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc. Judge, Fulton County Juvenile Court Executive Director, Atlanta Housing Authority Atlanta Region Director, State Employment Service, Georgia Department of L a bor E xe cutive Vice -President, Atlanta Chamber of C ommerce Atlanta District Supervisor, Division of Vocational R e habilitation, Georgia State Department of Education Director, Atlanta C o mponent, S o utheastern E d ucation Laboratory G ene ral Secretary, YMCA E xecutive Secretary, YWCA C o mptroller, City of Atlanta Building Inspector, City of Atlanta Parks General Manager , City of Atlanta Chi ef of Construction, City of Atlanta Planning Director, City of Atlanta P o lic e Chief, City o f Atlanta Minister, Central Presbyterian Church �I , / I I The Urb'a.n Coalition &~ Federal Bar Building West/ 1819 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen: Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph November 3, 1967 Dear Friend: Due to the continuing requests of cities for assistance in shaping local coalition efforts and the success of The Urban Coalition's recent Chicago planning conference on local coalitions, two additional local coalition planning conferences are now scheduled.· On November 30, 1967, .a one-day conference will be held in San Francisco. A second such conference will be held in New York City on December 11, 1967. As was the case with the Chicago conference, these meetings are designed to assist leadership from communities interested or involved in local counterpart action to The Urban Coalition. The format and substance of each of the two meetings will be substantially s imilar to the Chicago confe rence . The purpose of writing you at this time is to advise you of these upcoming meeting dates so that if you would like to attend, you c a n choose the a ppropriate mee t i ng and mark y our c a l e ndar. Program details with respect to the two mee t i n gs wi l l b e s e n t to you s hortly . , Sincer~ !:':eild National Coordinato r Ron M. Lin t o n National Coor d inator N ational Coordinators : J ohn Feild / Ron M. Linton Telephone 293 - 1530 �r The urban Coalition I Federal Bar Bui lding W est / 1819 H Str~et. N. W. Washington. D. C. / 20006 Steering Committee Co-chairmen : Andrew Heiskell/ A. Philip Randolph National Coordinators : John Feild/ Ron M. Linton Tc- ie;;hone 293-1530 NEW YORK TIMES October 12, 1967 Getting Off the Ground The concern of the Urban Coalition, expressed so strongly late last summer by public-spirited citizens during an emergency post-riot convocation in Washington, is beginning to find rootholds where it counts -in the front-line cities of AmerJ~a. Mobilization · of the nation's public and private resources for a vigorous attack on that urban hydraunemploy.ment, slum housing ·and aimlei;s , education -is getting off the ground. Leaders In some fifty cities wiU meet in Chicago next week to establish local action groups that can enlist the resources and energies of business, labor, religious, academic and community organizations. In this city, a New York Co~lition has just started to translate the iofty policy language of the national steering committee into local terms. High-mindedness, of course, will not be · enough. Hard-core· unemployment will take hard-core solutions. Lobbying of superhuman proportions wilt' be required in the busihess and labor communities to break down · traditional attitudes. The Federal Government is in the forefront of action. For this reason the first step of .the local Coalition ls to discuss _the inclusion of New York City in the pilot program, recently announced by the President, to engage the private sector in the attack on u'nemployrpent. But the true effectiveness of the Urban Coalition, the New . York Coalition and those to come in · other cities will be measured . by more than simply seeking inc.reased assistance from Washington. Municipalities with archaic laws and practices that have effectively barred the poor and disadvantaged ..from job and housing gains wil1 have -to be persuaded to change their customs. Certain· industries that have blocked Negroes from full opportunities will have to be re-educated. Certain unions which have denied membership on racial grounds will have to reform their practices. By enlisting the community-action groups - the spokesmen for the jobless and ill- housed - the New York Coalition is getting to the core of center city's problems. · �JOURNAL (cont.) ATLANTA CONSTITUTION October 2 6, 19 67 Atlanta Joins Urban, Coalition Urban Coalition Is a term gaining increasing currency these days and one on which an increasing riumber of people concerned and involved with the growing frustrations of city life are staking their desperate hopes that our society can survive without undergoing a wrenching upheaval that would surely threaten its very foundations. What is the Urban Coalition? Nationally it ls an organization formed last summer by 1,200 leaders representing city government, business, labor, religious and civil rights interests. Its broad goals are to focus attention on the problems of our cities and, more important, to develop action programs to solve these problems. Our cities are where three-fourths of 190 million Americans live, yet their problems are rapidly approaching a crisis-indeed, the day of crisis is here in many cities-and these problems are being met by w1conscionable indifference. The indifference is not total, but Its magnitude is what makes it unconscion- burners, but potential match lighters are being born and growing up every day in the slums where frustrations and· frictions are · causing the matches to flare. It is to those frustrations and frictions that more energy and effort must be addressed. And it is here where the national Urban Coalition intends to concentrate its energy and efforts. As a "super lobby" for the cities, it will focus attention and seek solutions in these problem areas: poverty, lack of job skills, unsound housing, inadequate parks, schools, absence of adequate municipal services, lack of motivation and the increasing desperation among our ghetto poor. To bring about the "total commitment of all community resources and a reassessment of priorities" so necessary if we are to solve these and other problems facing our cities, the national Urban Coalition is urging local "counterpart" coalitions to join the fight. This week Atlanta joined New York, Detroit and other great cities in answering this call and thi!' opportunity to "get acrws to the people and the Congress the urgency of the problems of the cities . .. and encourage pzivate initiative." Atlanta already has an effective informal coalition. Judging from records of men named to the steering committee for the formal coalition, we have a very good chance to bolster national and local efforts: able. When state governments turned their backs to the cities' plight, the federal government stepped in to lend a hand. Many of the federal programs show great promise, but Congress has yet to recognize or sense the urgency. When a city burns, Congress immediate· Jy wrings its collective hands, bewails the manifold sins and wickedness of the burners, Success in these efforts is absolutely necbut effectively ignores the despair that essary, and the time is late. Failure to solve really struck the matches. the grO\ving problems of our cities is unOf course we should punish and stop the thinkable. ATLANTA JOURNAL Octob er 25, 1967 143.215.248.55®ml t1Jrt@~uu CC@cJLlD!~a@uu Summit Group, C of C, Labor Urged to Work for Jobs, Housing By LORRAINE M. BENNET1' Mayor Ivan Allen Wednesday called on six leaders of various phases of Atlanta life to form an urban coalition whose goals . will be to provide decent jobs, housing and education in urban 1 areas. I The mayor and Dan Sweat, director of governmental liaison, presented a sta tement to the leaders which they will carry back to thei r respective groups for approval. Accepting the statement were Al Bows and Opie Shelton of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. the Rev. Sam Williams of the Summit Leadership Conference. Robert J . Butler of the Atlanta Labor Council, Dr. Harmon Moore of the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta. Dr. John W. Letson. superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools and Erwin Stevens of the Citizens Central Ad visory Council (EOA ). Mayor Allen recently attended an emergency convocation of the urban coalition in Washington at which 1.200 leaders representing city governments. business, tabor. religious and civil rights interests offered their views on how · to deal with the urban crisis. THE LEADERS a g r e e d to carry back to their own cities the determination to form local coalitions made up of the same leadership cross-section to imple·ment the progra m on a local level. _ The statement Mayor Allen presented to the head.c; of Atlanta's interest groups said that although the federal government has expressed concern for the plight of the cities, Congress faj!ed to · register the sense of urgency of the urban crisis. · "The r esul t is now a tragic chapter in America n history. Riots, rac ial disturbances. civil disobedience in city after city throughout all parts of the country have cast a lasting imprint of inaction and indifference, the statement continues. LACK OF job skills, unemployment, unsound housing, inadequate parks and schools. the absence of realistic municipal services, lack of motivation and loss of fa ith and of hope these are the problems of the cities. The urban coalition hopes to bring a "total commitment of -all community resources and a reassessment of priorities by national and state government. " The working together of these forces, the coalition hopes. "ca n produce results on a scale large enough to sufficiently change the d.Jrection of our cities," the statement reads. �. . ..:.:~~--~~..:,:_:::: - ·., ,,-- i ", ,·~ "f: 'When the riots occurred, we re-examined what we were doing to see if we were doing enough - and we're still looking for new ways to help' Radio Corp. of America Executive CITIES [! BUSINESS WEEK October 21, 19 67

Summer's backlash

'., more job programs !a;~ In wake of riots, business takes a second look at the Negro 'Businessmen who didn't recognize it before are aware · ~:: job problem. Companies are accelerating current that the Negro's troubles programs, initiating new ones, and revising hiring policies cannot be ignored and ,· ' What did business learn from the riots that erupted in over 70 AmeriJames B. Ammon can cities last summer? Vice-president, \Vhen Business Week reporters Baxter Laboratories, Inc. talked to top executives last week they found: 'The thinking of • There's little sign of a corporate businessmen regarding backlash on civil rights programs. • The riots have spurred a broad hiring practices has taken cross-section of companies, particua new twist ... They're going larly large national concerns, to accelerate programs or to initiate new into the ghettos to hire ·-··--~·-· ones. Negroes' ~ • Other companies are taking a Pittsburgh manufacturer second look at their own policies and those of local and federal agen'We will do everything in our cies. Their concern allays the fears power to liberalize screening of some observers after the riots that business would pull back from and testing methods' civil rights efforts out of disillusionRaymond T. Perring ment or fear of financial risk. Chairman, James B. Ammon, vice-president Detroit Bank & Trust Co. I ;_; and treasurer of Baxter Laboratories, Inc., says: "I think the riots have 'We would think twice about made businessmen realize that the Negro's problems will be more of a putting up a store in a factor in our society and businesses Negro neighborhood' in the future, not less of a one .. . If we don't develop programs today, Florida grocery chain we just won't have as many options Executive five years from now." 'Riots are going to occur William F. X. Flynn, who heads the National Assn. of Manufacturers' until there's visible evidence STEP (Solutions To Employment of improvement . .. but you Problems) program, concurs. Flynn and his staff collect and circulate can't get any solutions in a case his tories of corporate and comriotous atmosphere' munity action programs to interReed 0. Hunt ested companies. "After the sitChairman, uation this summer . . . we found Crown Zellerbach Corp. companies impatient to move faster." And a California industrialist 'We've been breaking our minces no words: " Perhaps riots help more at some stages in the evobacks for several years to lution of this thing than they hurt. get jobs for Negroes. Now How the devil do you get 200-million people to wake up?" with all the demonstrations, New trend. Such words obviously business might just decide would disconcert many businessmen to rest on its oars' who feel they were facing up to the problem long before the riots. But Milwaukee executive the fact that business has stepped up its effor ts in the wake of the sumexpected to melt away' 194 Cities mer's violence appears 11ii,l,·11iahle. The Urban Coalition is just one sign. The new national advisory group includes such top business names as Chase Manhattan's Davi<l Rockefeller, Andrew Heiskell of Time, Inc., Litton Industries' Roy Ash, and General Electric's Gerald L. Phillippe. The group is not only preparing task force reports on urban problems, but has backed such legislative programs as the ClarkJavits proposal to create I-million jobs for ghetto residents. It is also helping to blueprint some 50 loca1 urban coalitions. At least three such groups have already been set up-the New Detroit Committee headed by Josepl L. Hudson, Jr., of J. L. Hudson Co. the New York Coalition led by Chris tian Herter, Jr., vice-president ·o t Mobil Oil, and a statewide coalition in Minnesota. The Detroit group (whose m em bers include Ford Motor's Henrv Ford II, General Motors' James M. Roche, and Chrysler's Lynn Townsend) hasn't wasted any time. Meeting with Michigan Governor George Romney last week, it called for passage of a statewide open hous ing law-unquestionably the most powerful support such legislation has ever had in the state. Such groups, of course, are me-rely advisory in nature, and the big q ue~tion is whether in the long run they will generate more than sound and fury. For the present, it's clear that business thinking has taken a significant new turn. As one observer comments : "Industry is no longer content to play follow the leader on urban problems. It is moving ahead itself, drawing on its own resources." Other action. This heightened concern is reflected not only in the insurance industry's announced intention to put $I-billion into slum renewal, but in a spate of local programs surfacing since last summer: • In P ittsbur~h. some 19 corpornBusiness Week October 21, 1967 �BUSINESS WEEK (cont.) October 21 , 19 6 7 tions have contributed $1.4-million to set up Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corp., which will buy and renovate old houses in ghetto areas and sell them back to ghetto residents. With a goal of $3-million, the organization hopes to renovate more than 1.000 housing units a year. • A major corporation is now completing plans to construct a manufacturing facility within the ghetto area of a Midwestern city. • 1n· Tampa, the city and General Telephone of Florida have set up a Community Relations Council h eaded by Negro businessman James A. Hammond. Dozens of graduates of th e council's training courses have found jobs. • In Baltimore, over 1,000 ghetto residents were hired in a crash employment program that was initiated last August by companies in the area. • In Cleveland, five banks and six companies put up $400,000 f?~ a _revolving fund for slum rehabihtat10n projects. Negro candidate for mayor, Carl B. Stokes, comments: "Frankly, I don't know what the motivation is, fear or genuine social concern, or both. But the important thing is that business is becoming more involved. " The lis t is endless. In cities across the nation-St. Louis, San Francisco, Camden, Wilmington, Denver -new programs are being mapped out, old efforts intensified. In Detroit for example, between 7,000 and _10,000 ghetto residents have b een hired by the auto companies since the riots. "The jobs were there b efore," says an ob server, " but communications with the community were poor." In u ps tate New York, Rochester Jobs, Inc., an agency that started function ing just last July, has already found over 400 entry-level jobs fo r slum dwellers. All of this apparently reflects considerable soul-searching at the highes t corporate levels. Understandab~y, most companies are reluctant to discuss such matters. "We've learned not to talk about any progress we've made," says one man. "No one wants to admit they haven't been doing all they can." But Ford Motor Co.'s creation of a top-level department of urban affairs is indicative of the new mood. Hiring reforms. One area in which corporate thinking is shifting is in hiring practices. Comments the employee relations director of a major Pittsburgh company: "In the past, corporations pushed the idea of hiring 'qualified' Negroes-protesting that giving preference to a Negro simply because of his race was reverse prejudice. But since the riots, many corporations have been hiring people who couldn't begin to compete with whites for jobs. This doesn't mean that companies are throwing away their yardsticks of productivity and profits. What's happening rather is that many are recognizing that old rules and practices may be screening out potentially competent p eople. As Reed 0. Hunt, board chairman of Crown Zellerbach Corp., puts it: "Most ghetto kids have jail records, but you have to ask what for? You have to ask if he can do a good job?" Long-term goals. Other companies are reviewing th eir contributions programs. Says a Chicago executive: "We used to take the shotgun approach and give $1,000 to every group with a good story. Now we're thinking in terms of five-year commitments in sp ecific areas." As companies become involved in urban problems , many report a heightened sens e of purpose. U.S. Gypsum Co. , for example, rehabilitated six slum buildings in New York's Harl em this summer. It is now working on 150 apartments in Chicago and 64 units in Cleveland, and it has options on 450 more units in Chicago. "We're going along," says an executive, " not with the expectation of a great profit, but to demon strate th at private industry does have a role and responsibility. We are beginning to feel a deepseated involvement th at can't be measured in return to stockholders." Other side. Not everyone shares this feeling, of course. Many companies voice a sense of outrage at the riots. "You can't run a society with riots," says one executive, "and you can't be intimidated by lawlessness." In Milwaukee, currently p lagued by civil rights demonstrations for open hous ing and the scene of two nights of rioting last July, a backlash among some segments of the business community is evident. "We've been breaking our hacks to get jobs for Negroes," says a businessman, "Now with all th e demonstrations, business might just decide to rest on its oars." A number of companies report no appreciable change in th eir policies since the riots. "\Ve've alwavs tried to hire qualified Negroes,"· is the typical comment. One industry observer, in fact, reports that some executives are coming to regard riots "as seasonal hazards, much like hurricanes and tornadoes." But others are anything but complacent. Says Crown Zellerbach's Hunt: "You can't ask the-Negro people to be quiet. . . . Riots are going to occur until there's visible sign of improvement. End �MINNEAPOLlS TRIBUNE September 14, 1967 Substituting Action NEW YORK TIMES October 10, 1967 fo.r Oratory THE $14,000 contributed by Minneapolis area businesses to study the creation of an Urban Coalition shows a -growing awareness that the total community, public and private, must become more involved in the effort to solve our problems of race and pov. erty. Critics might say that the time for studies is past. In this case, however, there would be no point in forming a coalition if .the members had little idea of what they could do or how they should do it. These are the questions that this study must answer. And at nine weeks, it is a short one as studies go. Participants at the recent National Urban Coalition meeting in Washington, D.C., resolved boldly to push for a million more iobs, a million . more homes for the poor, better schools and social conditions. Whether these goals can be attained will depend greatly on the grassroots pressure and contributions of key leaders at the local level. This is where the Minneapolis coalition comes in. This is where the white community must show Negro critics at the national meeting that it is not attempting to sub_s titute oratory for action. Earl Ewald, president of Northern States Power Co. and temporary chairman of the contributing local businessmen, said that none of them sees merit in creating just another organization. "But maybe a new kind of organization like a genuine 'Urban Coalition' can help," he said. "We hope to find out." We hope the find ings are affirmative. URBAN COALITION MOVES ON SLUMS Panel Set Up to Help Local Leaders Form Groups By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG The Urban Coalition, the recently formed prestigious national alliance of business, labor, municipal, religious and civil rights leaders, took a step here last night to help local communities fight a more organi,zed battle against slum problems. A three-member panel was set up by the nationwide coalition to help community leaders form local coalitions to press for solutions to crucial urban needs, particularly jobs, housing and education. The panel was announced at a meeting of the Urban Coalition's 33-member steering committee in the Time & Life Building, at 50th Street and the Avenue of the Americas. It was the first gathering of the highlevel committee, one of whose members is Mayor Lindsay, since the convocation of the organization on Aug. 24 in Washington. The members of the localcoalition panel are Mayor Joseph M. Barr of Pittsburgh, Arnold Aronson, executive secretary of the National Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati lawyer. __ The next step by the task force will be to hold a meeting of community leaders interested in fortning local units. Leaders in about 50 cities have expressed interest in the idea and are expected to be at the meeting, scheduled for a week from today in Chicago. Mayor Lindsay, one of the foun ders of the Urban Coalition, has already organized a local coalition for New York City and is expected to announce its chairman and other members very soon. Abou_t 50 persons, many of them aides to members of the steering committee attended last nigh~·~ committ~e meeting. In addition to Mr. Lindsay the participants included Mayo; Barr; Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh of Detroit; Andrew Heiskell, board chairman of Time Inc.; Joseph D. Keenan, secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and ~vid Sullivan, president of the Building Service Employes International Union. Also, Frederick J. Close, board chairman of the Aluminum Company of · America· Gerald Phillippe, board chair~ man _of General Electric; Harold Flemmg, president of the Po~omac Inst!t_ute in Washington, td A. Ph1hp Randolph, presi_~nt . of the Brotherhood of leepmg Car Porters. �GRAND RAPIDS PRESS September 1 7 , 19 6 7 Whitney M. Young Jr. Biracial C'oalition, Leadership Crucial This summe.r 's r a c i a I vio-1 Jenee has caused a crisis of leadership. The riots have made , it easy for "backlashers" to i justify resistance to necessary social changes. But this leads to a dangerous polarization of attitudes which could lead to more violence . Negro leadership has lived up to its responsibility by speaking oul against riots and by proposing rational programs to end their causes. Now it is time for white leader-1 ship to speak out and condemn the backlash e r s and start doing something to end the ghetto's problems. Churc h e s, liberal organizations, politiYOUNG cal clubs, business and labor, interracial and human relations groups, all, have to speak out now and re-' gain the initiative from th~ backlashers. They have been silent for too long. There are signs that some leaders realize the urgency of t he situation and are willing to join t he coalition so despe~ateIy needed if our country 1s to have peace and progress. _I took , part in a r ecent meetmg to i form just such a group. It is called the Urban Coalition, and our first meeting included leaders of business, labor, religion, city mayors, and 1 civil rights groups. From this l came proposals for an emergency work program to provide . jobs and training for the unem- 1 ployed, the establishment of job. centers in cities, and the com- ' mitment of private industry to · take all steps necessary to insure full employment.

This last item is especially: significant because business has: not done enough to provide the . jobs and training needed. Negro workers are unemployed at! I a rate more than twice that 1 for white workers and Negro, family income is $3,000 less per: year than for white families. · Something has to be done about this-now. Many business leaders understand that they have a tremen-. dous stake in urban peace and some of them realize they can 't' affor d to continue old ways of doing things. But the r eal test will come at the local level. Businessmen . and community leaders are going to have to come forward with vigorous support for r adical changes. That is why various local ur-1 ban coalitions are now being ' formed. In New York, for ex- 1 ample, Mayor Lindsay, who! was at our meeting, has set up, a New York Coalition of local l leadership to attack ghetto problems. Other cities and re-1 gions will do the same. ' The Urban Coalition could he the most exC!tTllg MW development in a long time-hut only if its members are sincere in 'pushing for radical change. The : ·time is long past for mere lip service to the ideals of equality. Responsible leaders and estahlished organizations must be given the resources to deal adequately with ghetto problems. Negro citizens are tired of being promised jobs and not getting them, they have been lied to once too often. · The business and civic leaders now formin g such coalitions in their communities will have to deliver on their promises. This coalition will have to create jobs and strengthen the economic life of the ghetto. It will have to end racial barriers in housing, health and education. These can't be temporary steps to stave off a riot; they must be steps which get at the heart of the problems caused by racism and solve them permanently. We really h;we little choice. This country can take the high road to social progress and iequality by a strong commitment to far-reaching progra ms to create jobs and better living conditions for the urban poor . or it can take the low road to social disaster and violence by letting the backlashers speak for it and allowing ghetto conditions to wor sen. We have to take that high road. �W AS HINGTO N POST October 27, 1967 Church Plans Housing Cardinal Urges Coalition To Meet D.C. Urban Ills By William R. MacKaye Wa s hi ngton Pos t S ta ff W r iter Patrick Cardi nal O'Boylr. u rged creation ycstcrcl11y o( a Washington ur ban coal ition to mee t the cha ll>e ngc of the urban crisis. At a press con ference, the Cardi nal: • Pl edged the support of the Roma n Cat holic Archdiocese to a soon-to-be-launched drive to raisP. a · $2 million Hous ing De velo pment Fund. • Said that chur ch officials arc planning a 1150-unit housing proj ect on a 15-acre tract at 4th and Edgewood Streets ne .. t he site now occupied by S t. Vincent's Home and School. • Announced that the Archdiocesan Office of Urban Affairs, headed by t h-e R1~v. Geno Baro ni, will back twu rehabilita tion projects for low-income ~ housing. • Said that t he Archd iocese and the Presbyte ry of ', Wash-, ingto n City (U niter! Presbyccria n) will pool fu nds to remodel a building at 141~ V st. nw. fo r use as an urban affa irs o ffi ce. T he Presbyte ria n body will provide $55,000 for t he j ob, which C a rd i n a I O'Boyle estimates will c,3t $100,000. • Announl'ed t he launching of a n exte n~ive educationa l progra m designed to make city and suburban Catholics sensiti1·c to each others' needs. Cardinal O'Boyle expanded by saying that ar ea clergy wo uld exchange pul pit visits, followed by special semina rs and meetings for laymen "to promote a better understanding of urban affairs a nd com munity relations." "The aim of the chur ch and the refore of the Washingto n Archdiocese," said the Cardinal , "mus t be to build a society which will afford the ordinary citizen and every citizen the opportuni ty to pursue his salvation in conditions of life that are not de basing and exp losive, but human and encouraging." .'\ t one point, he obser ved . We're not playing Lady Boun'. tiful . . . We've got an obligation to do this." The Archdiocese's efforts in t erms of housing will include an unspecified contribution to the H o u s i n g Development Fund. Such a fu nd is necessary to fi nance Governme nt - subsidized housing projects here. A fund of $2 million m ight provide the basis for 40,000 new low - a nd moder ate - income housing units in the area. One group already pursuing Feder al aid is the Housing Development Corp., headed by the Rev. Channing P hillips of the United Church of Chr ist. Mr. Phillips' group, wh ich h as access to $100,000 in capit al, currently i s sponsoring construction or rehabilitation of 2000 housing units. Mr. Phillips was at t he press confer ence yesterday, as were two officials of the proposed Fund. They are John Nevius, a lawyer who is one of t he appointees to the new City Council, and Re uben Clark, also a lawyer . Cla rk pointed out that the shortage of equity capital "front money" - now in the hands of the Housing Development Corp. and similar groups has limited the area's ability to take advantage of the low cost loans available under the loans to nonprofit corporations section of the Feder al Housing Act. The proposed housing at the St. Vincent's site would be financed under that rent subsidy section-Section 221 (D) 3 and would provide a m ix of apartments for the elderly public housing uni ts and non~ profit dwellings for families of low and moderate income. The Archdiocese is involvin " itself in t hree other housing programs. A group .. of laymen organized in a group known as S ursum Cor da, Inc., working wjt h St. Aloysi us Church and Gonzaga High School, already has secured Federal support for a $3.7 million, 199-un it housing developme nt off North Capitol Street jn the North\\·est One urban r enewal area. The other two proj ects include one elsewhe re in No rt heast One and the othe r-i n coopera tion with five nonCatholic ch urches a nd three synagogues- on Capitol Hil l. The Ur ban Affairs office will be part of t he plant of SS. Paul and Augustine P arish. The first two floo rs of the building will oe converted into a communi ty ce nter . Upper floors are expected to provide space for such opera tions as Father Baroni's office, the Metropolitan Ecumenical Training Cen ter a nd the Presbytery's office of urban mission. �KANSAS CITY (MO.) TIMES September 14, 1967 GARY (IND.) POST TRIBUNE October 12, 1967 FORM COALITION 4,000 Jobs Hunted By Urban Coalition TO AID JOBLESS Urban Leaders to Act for Minority Group Members NOTE LABOR'S ABSENCE Group Asks Convocation · of Both Kansas Citys An Urban Coalition was formed yesterday of top community leaders to concentrate on programs to provide jobs for unemployed members of minority groups. The coalition agreed to call a community . wide convocation from the two Kansas Citys to consider the primary goal of finding jobs for the unemployed . Se<:ondary goals to be undertaken later will be to improve housing and education for disadvantaged citizens, most of whom are Negroes. For Group Here A group of 18 leaders met yesterday at the invitation of Mayor Dus W. Davis to form a local group patterned after the national Urban Coalition which held a convocation the last week in August in Washington . It was organized outside federal government sponsorship as a r esult of citizens concern over urban riots and inequality of opportµnit y. At the meeting yesterday at the Hotel President were representatives of local government, top business executives, civil ri~h ts grpups and the clergy. Absent Were labor leaders although five labor leaders were invited to the meeting. D. P eter New!,'luist, assistant to the ma yor, said he had been told the labor leaders were unable to attend because thev were involved in labor negotiations or were out of town. Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan, auxiliar y bishop of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic diocese, saicl the group would need the support of labor. Methods of providing jobs for hard-core unemployed will be discussed Oct. 27 at a luncheoninformation meeting of Gary's Urban Coalition. A panel of educators, employment counselors, employers, government officials and civil rights leaders will convene in the Hotel Gary then to search out job problems in Gary. The Urban Coalition is a federally sponsored group of locally interested citizens organized / : to coordinate and implement existing and new programs in employment, education, training, housing, reconstruction and equal opportunity. Mayor A. Martin Katz called for the latest meeting of the group to interest private industry in providing as many as 4,000 jobs for Gary's unemployed: Attending this conference will be the major employers in the Gary area and representatives from various educational and training groups, and from the employment agencies. Katz said the obvious real need is to match the requirements of business and industry with available resources and up· grade the full potential of our total manpower resources. The plans for the conference on employment were ·outlined by George A. Jecl):!noff, general suprintendent of U.S. Steel's Gary Steel Works, who was named to organize and chair the conference proceedings. Jedenoff noted that this conference can serve as a real benefit to Gary by bringing together the various groups interested in making the maximum use of the Gary human resources. ·The 'employment phase of t1'1e four-point basic principles submitted by the Urban Coalition Steering Committee calls for fair employment; basic training fo r employees under exist- ing program,s ; education plans to assure upward job mobility; re-examination of methods to eliminate · any practices that may unnecessarily bar qualified candidates ; f u 11 cooperation with responsible agencies de,voted to the improvement of inter-group relations within the community; and further participation in the Gary community of Plans for Progress under the Committee of Equal Opportunity appointed by President Johnson. The steering committee submilted this program for the Urban Coalition and is chaired by George R. Coker, executive director of the Urban League of Gary. Its members include : Joseph Radigan, Republican candidate for mayor ; Richard G. Hatcher, Democratic candidate for mayor ; L. I. Combs, builder and president of the Gary Chamber of Commerce ; Jedenoff; Matthew Glogowski, superintendent, Budd Company ; James Breed, manager, NIPSCO ; Leo Lewis, manager, Gary - Hobart Water Company ; Al Jackson, manager, Illinois Bell Telephone Company; Rev. William Paris ; Robert Gordon ; Marion 0 . Mitchell , manager, Sears, Roebuck & Company: Mamon Powers, Powers & Sons Construetion Co. Inc. and Walter Ridder , publisher of The Gary PostTribune. Others on the Steering Committee include Curtis Strong ; Orval Kincaid, United Steelworkers of America ; Donald Belec, school board ; Mrs. Bernice Terry ; Harold Hagberg, Northwest Indiana Bldg. & Construction Trades Council; Robert Gasser, Gary National Bank; Ray Daly, Bank of Indiana ; Reverend 'S. Walton Cole, president, Council of Churches; Rev. Julius James , president, Gary Human Relations Commis. sion ; and Glen Vantrease, cit y controller. �JET MAGAZINE November 2, 1967 URBAN COALITION: NEWEST WEAPON TO FIGHT SLUMS NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT By FREDERICK GRAVES While the long, hot summer of 1967 is now a part of the past, concerned persons are attempting to pool their resources and reorganize their thinking and values, hoping to prevent the predicted long , hot summer of 1968 from becoming a part of the future . To accomplish this monumental task a new alliance between leaders in civil rights, religion, business. labor and local governments was formed . It is called The Urban Coalition, and some look upon it as one of the last measures available to save our cities. On August 24, after clean-up crews in Newark and Detroit had begun to clear their rubble-filled streets, Urban Coalition leaders held what they termed an emergency convocation. One thousand delegates attended the session at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C. , and they represented all groups that have strong interests in the survival of the cities. GROUPS COULD SAVE U. S. CITIES The Urban Coalition is co-chaired by Negro labor leader A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleepi~g Car Porters, and Andrew Heiskell, board chairman of Time, Inc . At the emergency convocation they were joined by rights leaders Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young Jr. The business community was represented by Asa T . Spaulding, president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co.; Gerald L. Phillippe, board chairman of the General Electric Co., and Henry Ford II, board chairman of the Ford Motor Co. Labor representatives included Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers ; George Meany, AFL-CIO president, and I. W. Abel, United Steelworkers president. From the religious community were Rabbi Jacob P. Rudin, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Archbishop John F. Dearden of Detroit, and Dr. Arthur Fleming, president of the National Council of Churches. Local government was represented by the top men-the mayors : Richard J . Daley of Chicago, Milton Graham of r . ,:.,f . In Wa shington 111 H ei sk ell t alks w ith Lindsay ; in Chicago, Lincoln , Neb. , Mayor Samuel Sch w artzkopf and Saginaw, Mich ., N egro Mayor H enry Marsh . After session, Johnson joins chat with · {l - r / Bishop Ja mes w. Montgomery, Chancellor Norman Parker and Mayor Daley_ 15 14 (MORE) �JET MAGAZINE (cont.) November 2, 19 67 ··- l -.... ,. {,.,orkshop p~~elfst; i~~luded such Negroes as Bo!frgeois {l) and Mrs. Williams and Dr. Deton Brooks who aired views. ' Panelist Henry criticized city governments. John Cardinal Cody congratulates Naftalin after speech. Urge Forming Local Coalitions To Solve Problems Phoenix, John F. Collins of Boston and Joseph M. Barr of Pittsburgh, president of the U. S. Conference of Mayors. Keynote speaker at the session was New York Mayor John v. Lindsay who told the 1,000 delegates that local coalitions must be formed to help raise the standards of housing, education, job training, welfare a~d raise the employment rate. No time was wasted on isolatmg the problems ; everyone there knew quite well wh~t. prob 1e_m s exist in cities. Also no time was wasted on decidmg which groups in the cities this new coalition program should help . The answer was obvious: The same alienated, po~r people who had used molotov cocktails to destroy th_e business establishments of unfair merchants and their own rat infested homes in sub-standard buildings. _ Convocation delegates left the one-day meet charged with the responsibility of returning ~o_ their urban c~n:munities and establishing local coaht1ons between civil rights, labor, business, religion and governmen~. The national Urban Coalition promised help and advice when16 ever needed. Urban Coalition headquarters in Washington , D. C., said it does not plan to dictate how local groups should be organized. Officials there said each urban area has its own personality and it will be more practical fot' each city to do its own mobilizing of force·s . But t he national group did offer one strong bit of advice to the local coalitions: Poor people-Negroes, Puerto Rica ns. White Appalachians-should be included in local groups, along with militants. As part of the mobilizing of local groups, the nation a l Coalition sponsored a one-day meet last week at the University of Illinois' Chicago Circle Ca mpus. It was attended by 250 persons representing areas that were attempting t o form their coalitions. There were representatives from 46 cities. Although they were from most parts of the country, there were more Mid-Westerners t han any other geographic group. Because of this the Washington office plans to hold three other such meets to make sure every urban area has a chance to benefit from the advice of experts. The opening general session of the. Chicago meet was 17 {MORE) �JET MAGAZINE (cont.) iJovember 2, 19 67 Meaning Of America Is Urban Issue, Publisher Says presided over by JET-EBONY Publisher John H. Johnson, co-chairman of the national Coalition's Task Force on Communications and Public Support. He helped set the tone for the day when he told the registrants : "We are engaged here .in creating a will that speaks not so much to Negroes but to the fundamental issue of the meaning of America. Whatever we do, we must not deceive ourselves. The decision before us now is not a decision about the Negro but a decision about America. It is not a decision about civil rights but a decision about the future of the city." Lindsay Randolph One of the main objectives of the Coalition is to organize a force strong enough to move, sh ake, push 8:nd prod Congress into passing much needed legislation which can alleviate some of the problems faced by cities. These include retraining programs, the Model Cities plan and adequate welfare financing without strict, inflexible rules which prohibit funds going to those who need it most_. At the Chicago session registrants attended a senes of workshops which included pan els composed of top-flight Negroes in governmental agencies and social ":'elfare groups. They included Vernon Jordan of Atlanta, dir~ctor of the voter education project of the Southern Regional council ; Melvin Mister of Washington, D. C., director of the D. C. Redevelopment Land Agency; A. Donald Bourgeois, general manager of the St. Louis Model Cities p_rogram; Mrs. Frank Williams of Indianapolis, representing the League of Women Voters Education Fund, and Clifton w. Henry, a community services representative from the U.S. Mayors Conference, Washington. Henry said that up 'ti! now there has been no will on the part of cities to deal effectively with their problems: One of the big questions is, "Will The Urban Coaht10n be able to get cities to stop playing politics and start planning creative programs to help their ghetto residents become a part of the predominant affluent society?" In short, "Can America be saved?" Ford Rustin .... Wheeler Different cities are handling the mobilization of local coalition in different ways. Chicago, for example, is not planning to make an effort for such action. Its mayor, Richard J . Daley, said the city has always had such a coalition between business, labor, religion, etc. Then Daley ticked off a list of city agencies and commissions which h e said encompass all walks of the city's life. In Minneapolis, Minn., Mayor Arthur Naftalin admitted to some failures in his city and said members of the militant Negro community should be consulted and asked to take an active part in local coalition groups. "If we can't close the gap between young militants and the established community, it will destroy us," h e warned. 19 18 �r The Urban Coalition/ ACTION REPORT Federal Bar Building West / 1819 H Street, N. W. / Washington, D. C. / 20006 National Coordinators: John Feild/ Ron M. Linton October 31 , 1967 During its second month of operations , The Urban Coalition moved ahead on four major fronts--the formation of local coalitions, developing pilot programs to increase job opportunities for the hard-core unemployed , enlisting key segments of the communications industry in promoting public understanding of the urban crisis and urging Congress to "move without delay on urban problems." LOCAL COALITIONS In response to requests from communities across the country , the Task Force on Local Coalitions sponsored a one-day planning conference on "Mobilizing Urban Coalitions" on October 17 in Chicago. Two hundred and fifty leaders in local government , business, labor , religion and civil rights--from 52 cities-attended. Major addresses at the conference were given by Mayors Richard J . Daley of Chicago and Arthur Naftalin of Minneapolis and Dr. Kenneth Wright , Vice President and Chief Economist of the Life Insurance Association of America . John Cardinal Cody, Archbishop of Chicago , and Bishop James Montgomery, Co-Adjutor Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ch.i::ago added their support . Also participating in the program .were Mayor Joseph Barr of Pittsburgh , Co- Chairman of the Task Force on Local Coalitions and President of the U. S . Conference of Mayors and Mayor Milton Graham of Phoenix. I . W. Abel, President of the AFL- CIO United Steel wo rkers of America wag represented by John J. Sheehan , Leg i sla tive Dir e cto r· of -the Steelworkers. The c ortference ·was open ed b y J ohn H. J ohn son , President of J ohnson Publ i cat i o n s a n d Co-Ch airman of the Task For ce on Communications and Pub lic Suppo rt and the closing s es sio n was chaired b y Arnol d Aronson, Executive Secretary of the Le a de r sh ip Confe rnc e on Civil Rights and CoChairman o f the Task Force on Local Coalitio ns. At a second meeting, two days later in Minneapolis, the Mayors of eleven additional cities me t with the leadership of the newly formed Minneapolis Coalition to review ideas for urban coalition activity. Two additional planning sessions are now scheduled- one for the western cities to be held in San Francisco (Nov. 30) and one for eastern cities to be held in early December . �National Steering Committee I. W. ABEL, President, Uniced Steelworkers, Pittsburgh THE HONORABLE /VAN ALLEN, JR., Mayor of Atlanta ARNOLD ARONSON, Executive Secretary, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C. ROY ASH, President, Litton Industries, Beverly Hills THE HONORABLE JOSEPH M. BARR, Mayor of Pittsburgh, President, U S. Conference of Mayors THE HONORABLE JEROME P. CAVANAUGH, Mayor of Detroit FREDERICK J. CLOSE, Chairman of the Board, Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh THE HONORABLE JOHN F. COLLINS, Mayor of Boston THE HONORABLE RICHARD J. DALEY, Mayor of Chicago THE MOST REV. JOHN F. DEARDEN, Archbishop of Detroit GILBERT W. FITZHUGH, President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York DR. ARTHUR FLEMMING, President, University of Oregon, President, National Council of Churches, New York HENRY FORD II, Chairman, Ford Motor Company, Detroit THE HONORABLE MIL TON GRAHAM, Mayor of Phoenix ANDREW HEISKELL, Chairman of the Board, Time, Inc., Chairman, Urban America Inc., New York JOSEPH D. KEENAN, Secretary, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Washington, D.C. THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta THE HONORABLE JOHN V. LINDSAY, Mayor of New York GEORGE MEANY, President. AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C. J. IRWIN MILLER, Chairman, Cummins Engine Company, Columbus (Indiana) THE HONORABLE ARTHUR NAFTALIN, Mayor of Minneapolis GERALD L. PHILLIPPE, Chatrrnan of the Board, General Electric: Company, New York A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, New York WALTER REUTHER, President, United Auto Workers, President, Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, Detroit DAVID ROCKEFELLER, President, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York JAMES ROUSE, President, The Rouse Company, President, Urban America Inc .. Baltimore RABBI JACOB P. RUDIN, President, Synagogue Council of America, New York THEODORE SCHLESINGER, President, Allied Stores Corporation, New York ASA T. SPAULDING, President North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, Durham DAVID SULLIVAN, President, Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C THE HONORABLE JAMES H.J. TATE, Mayor of Philadelphia, President, National League of Cities JOHN WHEELER, President, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Durham, President, Southern Reg,onal Council ROY WILKINS, Executive D,rector, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York WHITNEY YOUNG, JR., Executive 0,rector, National Urban League, New York JOHN FEILD, U S. Conference of Mayors, National Coordinator RON M. LINTON, Urban America Inc. National Coordmator �-2As of October 31, local coalitions were moving toward affiliation in Detroit, New York, Gary, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Atlanta. Other communities across the nation are also apparently beginning to move. In California, for example, the League of California Cities. at its recent annual convention, called upon all California cities to establish urban coalitions . Fresno and San Diego sponsored the resolution and announced they were taking action in their communities . Similar word has been received from such diverse areas as Newark, Chatanooga , Denver, Phoenix, both Kansas Cities , Washington, D. C. and Seattle. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Task Force on Private Employment has been contacting individual businessmen, business organizations, labor unions and civic groups for ideas on the role private industry and unions can play in meeting the problems of unemployment and underemployment in our cities. Ideas are being exchanged , case histories are being developed and guidelines for suggested local action are currently being prepared. Officials of the National Industr ial Conference Board are cooperating with The Urban Coalition in developing plans for a national clearing-house on hard-core unemployment and training pr ojects. Two meetings have been scheduled-- in Baltimore and Detroit--to examine in detail different local approaches to this pr oblem . The Baltimore meeting (Nov. 14) will concentrate on how Negr o bus iness opportunities can be expanded through sub- contracting with industry . The Detroit meeting (Nov. 21) wi ll emphasize t raining and upgr ading. Task Force Co- Chair men Ger ald L . Phillippe a nd David Sullivan will speak a t bot h meeti ngs . In addition , r egiona l meetings on pr iva te employment a r e s chedu led f or Atlanta (Dec. 13), Phoen i x {Jan . 17 ) and Kansas City, Mo. (J a n. 24 ) . COMMUNI CATIONS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT The new Task Force on Communications and Public Support is headed by Jose ph H. Allen, President of McGraw Hill Publications, John H. Johnson, President of Johnson Publications and Harold Fleming, President of Potomac Institute. Through their efforts, key comrr~nications organiza:ions such as the Advertising Council, the American Business Press Association and the Public Relations Society of America are being contacted for ideas and support. �-3- McGraw-Hill Publications has scheduled a special supplement on urban problems which will appear in January in all forty of thier publications. This is only the second time in their history that McGraw-Hill has undertaken such a project. A special supplement to City magazine on the August Convocation has been sent to all those who attended and is receiving wide national distribution. Press support for the Coalition continues strong. Since the August Emergency Convocation, editorials supporting the Coalition's goals and principles have appeared in some 70 newspapers and magazines. In addition, news stories have appeared in a wide variety of dailies, weeklies, and magazines , including business journals, labor union papers, religious publications and the Negro press. (See sample clips) LEGISLATION On October 23 , Coalition Co-Chairmen Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph wired members of the House-Senate Conference Committee on Independent Offices Appropriations urging that they support the Senate's recommendation of $637 million for funding the model cities program (the House had approved $237) and $40 million for funding rent supplements (the House had killed the program). In final action , model cities received $312 million and rent supplements received $10 million. In the i r wire , Heiskell and Randolph reminded members of the Committee that 1 , 200 national leader s gathered at the Coalition's Augu s t Convocation in Washington had unanimously declar ed : "Congr e s s must move wit hout delay on ur ban pr ogr ams. The country can wai t no longer f or measur es tha t have been de n i ed the people of the citi es a nd t h e nation as a whole. (Statement o f Principl e s , Goa ls, and Commitments) 11 EQUAL HOUSING Mr. James W. Cook, President of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, has accepted the co-chairmanship of the Task Force on Equal Housing Opportunities. Representatives of the Task Force Co-Chairmen are exploring the current private2and �1 -4- government investment situation, and the effect of government housing and financing programs on plans for metropolitan open housing. The group is also surveying the experiences of existing fair housing groups and determining how this Task Force can relate its work to the local coalition movement. Particular emphasis is being paid the problem of new lower-income housing in suburban areas on an open occupancy basis. A national action session for some 300 suburban fair housing councils is planned for early next year in Chicago. The Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, under the Chairmanship of C. Virgil Martin, President of Carson, Pirie Scott and Company will serve as the local host. EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES Expansion of this Task Force is under way, work areas are being defined, and technical resources are being surveyed. Representatives of the Task Force Co-Chairmen met following the October 9 Steering Committee to discuss Task Force goals: particular attention was paid to ways in which the Task Force can relate to efforts of local coalitions to deal with educational problems. A full Task Force meeting will take place November 7 in _New York. HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT Representatives of the Task Force Co-Chairmen have met twice and are dra fting a position paper on the goals of the Task Force , the technical resources it can make use of, and the policies it will consider recommending. Task Force Co-Chairmen and representatives meet November 2 2 in New Yor k. �·\ -·-n, - .T ~--..::...

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CITY HALL October 11, 1967 ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN AL!.:EN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison -· MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Subject: Dan Sweat Organization of Local Urban Coalitions A priority goal of the Steering Committee of the National Urban Coalition is the establishment of strong local coalitions in the 50 largest urban cities of the nation. This is, of course, essential to the very life bloo_d of any sustained effort to develop a meaningful coalition which can speak for urban America as a whole. The direction taken by these local coalitions will depend upon the individual city or urban area and the wishes of the local leadership. We can safely predict they will take on a wide variety of shapes and forms from city to city. The more I analyze the alternatives to organization of a coalition in Atlanta, the more I am convinced we already have several single-purpose groups functioning in this very capacity. I believe the identification of these groups as our coalition might reduce or negate the requirement for establishment of any other body, although I believe at some point a leadership meeting should be held to explain the Urban Coalition. �Mayor Allen Page Two October 11, 1967 Probably the be st example of a local coalition organized to attack a particular problem area is the Board of Directors of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. This group, originally appointed by the governing authorities of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County, and now operating under a non-profit charter, clearly represents the six broad areas of Business, Labor, Civil Rights, Education, Religion and Local Government, which make up the national coalition. (A copy of the E OA Board is attached. ) A second group organized around a single -purpose is the Housing Resources Committee. (Copy of Committee Structure attached. ) . Other groups which would fall in this category would be the Community Relations Commission, Atlanta Youth Council, and the Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal. (Copies of CRC, AYC and CACUR Board members attached.) Each of these groups is organized to perform in an area of primary concern to the national coalition; EOA - Poverty; Housing Resources Committee - Low Income Housing; Community Relations Commission - Civil Rights; CACUR Urban Redevelopment. The final Model Cities Executive Board - Technical Advisory Committee - Citizens Advisory Committee structure will provide for another coalition of individuals and groups designed to produce cooperative action in planning and implementing the Model Cities Program. (Copies of proposed Board and Committee Structure attached.) It is readily apparent that no recognized local group is established for the specific pnrpose of developing employment opportunities for the poor. While a large part of EOA's program is designed to reduce unemployment and �.. Mayor Allen Page Three October 11, 1967 underemployment, no broadly-based organization currently exists which can function in a capacity which will bear the local responsibility for meeting the national Urban Coalition goal of one million jobs for the poor. (This was the first announced goal of the Urban Coalition. ) I believe, however, that a project in the works during the last eighteen months by the City of Atlanta, EOA, the Community Council, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation might have produced the mechanism for creation of a coalition on employment opportunities. This group has met informally at least once a month during this time in an effort to produce a color slide presentation on problems and opportunities for employment of the poor. The Sears-Roebuck Foundation financed the employment of a top advertising agency to assemble the materials and design the presentation under the supervision of the informal group. The presentation is now completed and Mr. Lucien Oliver of Sears will, in the next three or four weeks, invite a select group of key business executives to a luncheon to be exposed to this production. He is expected to ask each of these executives to sponsor luncheons for a wider group of businessmen in an effort to disseminate the information to as many firms as possible. The businessmen will also be encouraged to direct their personnel management to become better informed on the problems of unemployment and uncle remployment among the poor and to investigate all possibilities for providing entry level jobs for additional employees who lack skills and training . �Mayor Allen Page Four October 11, 1967 This will fit perfectly into the scheme of the national coalition, which is encouraging the top executives of the large national firms to direct their plants throughout the country to do essentially the same thing. (There has already been some definite response to this program. I have had an indication from Sears and Ford offices here that the word has already come from the top.) . In view of the impending National Steering Committee C onference on Employment here in November, I am encouraging the meeting of the first group by Mr. Oliver be held in advance of the Coalition. I believe this initial group should be considered as the local coalition and worked into the National Conference. I recommend that you ask Mr. Oliver to attend or send Dan Garies or Bob W o od to the October 17 all-day meeting on local coalitions in Chicago. I would also recommend that I attend as your representative and that you ask Vernon Jordan to represent us in the area of Civil Rights. Vernon is on loan to the Urban C o alition staff and will be in attendance and is more aware of what is going on than any other individual from Atlanta. I also would hope that at a very early date we can show you the employment presentation and get your ideas on how we can provide follow-up. DS:fy �,. ' Ii I ECO:.'JO~EC OP?OR'I'UNITY A'ILJ\N'I'A , BOAR:> Mm':BERS I INC. Authority Chairma~: Boisfeuillet Jones, 210 Peachtr2e Ce~~er B4ilding, 230 Peachtree Street, ....,, , 'i--L.. N. W., Atlanta: Georgi-:. 30303. Telephone: 5 22-8511 1 :;,.,1.---< -C~V..."--' ·, Members 3ppcinted by Ful~o~·county: I Harold Ber.son, Bensor. Chev=ol2~ Co~pany, 1001 Alpharetta Street, Roswell, {\ , . ' ~ , ~~ Georgia 30075. Telephone: 993-4414 Melvin Granthan:, 2152 Woodberry Avenue, Eas:: Poir.t, Georgia 30044. Telephone: 7 58-8661, Ext. 5 7 J\b- John w. Greer, 811 Healey.Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telep~one: 524-4223 ~ Jesse Hill, Vice Preside~t and Actuary 1 Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 148 Aubu::-n Av~:r1.ue, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone: JA 1-0513 ( ', I • •I ~ ~_'.~- Carl Plunkett 6 Plunkett a~d Company, Inc., 201 Sprin~ Street, N. W., Atlant2, Georgia 30303. Telephone; JA 1~2438 i , ~ . . Dr. Paul D. West, Saperintendent, Fulton County Schools, 165 Central , . Avenue, S. W., A::lanta, ·Georgia 3~l30J. Telephone: 572-2211 '£.l!_,,....._!_;t.,(.e(f".-. , --- --~~ Mrs. W. H. (Lucy) Aike:::1 1 239 West Lake Aver.ue; N. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Telepr:o::e: 794-2431 0.»J, ;/..,_,.-:,]JJ Me±ers -3ppointed cy t1-:e City of A t lct:ta: Willi2:n L. Cal .:..ow3.y, Callo·.,;ay Realty Ccmp :2 ny 0 193 Auburn Avenue, N . E. . ! ) , ~t '-· •_LI It'......:. - ~ t .,, Atlanta 0 Ge0~gi3 38~03. ?elepr.one g JA 2-4525 I Rev. Josspn L. 2riggs, Pasto~ 0 Go~do~ St~eet P~esbyt9rian Church, '"'+--o~.1.. ,-, 1450 Go -ra,-~,.., W., Atlanta, Georg~a 30310. Telephone~ PL 3-6121 't ) i. ... 't ~ ._ - - - r_ : .:, , ~ L ( ; :~t'h ., r:J "'· · ,-.,=,ri'"'+-e-,~e,,.L. Dr • V7 ohn Atl2-.:nta :ru:":;lic Schools, 224 Cen.tral ,.,o --=> V - '-1 UU..t:-_ _ ., ; / Avenue, S . W., A~ lahta, Ge crg~3 30303 . 7elephone : 522-3381 . .-' ._,... ~.,.., T 0 .;.. _ _ ,.., .,;.,JC:: .... i_ ·'- • - --'-, -- ... W. H. ~ontagus6 Sr ., President Georgia State AFL-CIO , 15 Peachtree _,I I Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone: 525-2793 ~~:u . 0 -=------l. Revised: - \ 12/8/66 �,i - 2 MemJ::-ers appoi r-. te d b v the City of Atl a rlta (Co!"lt'd). : : A.H. Sterne, President , ~r~st Co~pany of Georgia . 36 f?gewood Avenue, N. E., Atla n ta, Georgia 30303.· Telephone: · 588-7123 ~ Mrs. Le~oy (Ann) Wo qdward, 834, Oakdale Road, ~ - E. , Atlan t a, Georgia 30307. r\ f"I '-1·' Telephone: D~ 3-4020 ~ ( . . ~~:.::~-- -- -..... Rev. M. L. King 0 Sr. , ?astor, Ebenezer 3ap~ist Ch~ rch, 413 Auburn . Aven~e , . - f . .11 ' Ii I) ' 1 · N. E., Atlanta, Georgia. Telephone: 688-7263 -t...-~ t..f' '- \._,..l,VI..,{ 1~'-; ~ -G' . .. -/ I John S. Eern d o:1 (Gwinne t t Hember ), Suwannee, Ge orgia 30174 . Telepr,one: 945-5 37 5 V -.::.,-~ ..., .l ' . I .

. ! Julian Sharpton (Gwinnett Member) , Whi ppo orwill Street . Duluth, Georgia ,r \ ... 30136. Telephor..e ~ 963-3491 or 476-2170 ~-~..v ' ,\....· _____ . Georg e L. Edwa rds , Jr. (Rockdale Membe r), 1842 Calloway Dr ive, N. W., · · 'I ·-. > ~. Atlanta, Georgia 30~14. ':'elephone: 483-8647 "'··J_,..._,,,I .-~~- - Mrs . Nan -:::ie 3tow2:!'.'s (?.ockda le Me:nb-er) , Director , Dep a rtment of F amily and Ch i ldren S e ~vi c e$,West 1~yen ue , Conyer s, Geor gi a 30207. Tel.e phone : 48 3-86C.6 · l,u...l.·-!:..,:" ~~ -Members appo i r.t e d b y the Cit i zens Central Adv isory Council (CCAC): Mr . Erw.:..n Ste·ve i".s, 7 99 P ar soris Str-2e t , Te l e p hoDe ~ 52 3- 5 7 91 or 87 3- 6 524 S. W. , At ~an t a , Georgia 30314. l-k--s-.- -Mch'1':.:he - G. - Wy-rr:.~,- -14-G§-31:~<l.g-e-a- -A-·.;:s~ ;.Q.,. - £ ,- .W...-u--A-t.la:t:lta ~-e-l-ep-h-G-~ e ~--~§S--4-2-3-0- 1 7 - G.eor.g.ia-3 0 3 10__ Rober t ~ Qbb3 0 2455 Abner P lace , N. W.Q At la n ta . Georgi a 30318. Te lephcne: 622- 0 919 o r 7 94-148 7 Mrs. A . I... BentonQ 1 62 .La::-:3r Stre e t Telephon 2 : 52 4-6 075 Mr. H. D. "Bo " Wile y Mr. Robert Barnes Mr. W. T. Brooks Mr. Leroy Dobbs Mrs. Ethel Cox Mrs. Susie Labo rd 3 S. E . , Atlanta , Georgia 30 315. Mr. Edward Young Mrs. Beatrice G a rland Mrs. W a yman Mitchell Mr. L awrence Coleman Revised: 12/8/66 ,,. �:-'Iay 31, 1967 HOUSING RESOURCES Mr. Cecil A. P.lex2n.der., Ch2irmz.ri Housing Resou2'.' ce s Co:1:r:1 i t t ee Finch , Alexande~J Ba~nes, Rothschild and Pascna l, Architcc~s 10th Floor Sta~dard Federal Building 44 Broad St~ect, No W. Atl2nta, Ge org ia Dr. Sa nford s. Atwo6d, Co-Chairman Housing Reso~rcas Cc~~ittee President, Emery Unive~si ty Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Dro Benjamin E. Mays, Co-Chairman Housing Res ourc es Committee Pre sident, Morehous e Col lege Atlanta, Georg ia PANELS LEGAL Mre Charles L~ Weltner, Attorney The First National Bank., Suite 2943 2 Pea chtree Street Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Donald Hol lowell, Regional Director Equal Emp loyrr.ent Opport unity Commission 1776 Peachtree Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georg ia Honorable Luther Alverson, Judge Fulton County Super i or Court 136 Pryor Street, s. ·w. A_ '-lan-'-a 1., •• l, , Geo·.., 0-;.-.:.b-:,8 lf!r . Archer D. Smith III , Attorney Harmon and ~hackston 1944 N2tion3l Bank of Georgia Eldg. Atlanta , Georgia M.ro Norrr.an Lo Underwood, Attorney S 2.!1c1ers , Hes t e:. · .-.-::~ Holle y 1001 Commerce Building Atlanta:; Georgia Chairman �) COI\'STRUC':!:1 1 0N Al'TD D3S=:crn Dro Edwin 2arrison., Presid2n t Georgia Institu~e of Technology 225 North Avenue, N. Wo Atlanta., Geo::..,,gia Chairman Mr. Herman Jo Russell., Contractor 504 Fair Street., S~ Atlanta., Georg ia Wo 30313 !v"iro Moreland Smith, Director Urban Planning P~oject R . e 6~io--1 Sou ~~er~ l,o.L i ! C - Counc~l -5 Forsyth St~eet, ~. w. Atlanta., Georg i 2 •J. .1. Vice-Chairman ..!.. Revo John Ao Middleton., Presideht T-102:ris B:::..,,m,m College 673 Hu~ter Street, No Wo Atlanta., G::_;:- ··: ~ :-: Henry F o Alexander., Builder 2439 Fernlea~ Court, N. W. Atlanta., Georgia r,,r:i:, G Mro Ja mes Moore ., Preside;tt Atlanta Labor Council 15 Peach tree Street, No E. Room 20$ Atlanta., Georgia 30303 FINA}JCE Dean Harding Bo Young Atlanta Un ivers ity 223 Che s tnut S tree t., s. W. Atlan ta ., Georgia Mr. Lee :Surge ., :?re sid ent Retail Credit Co~pany P. Oo B ox 4081 Atlanta., Georgia 30302 ffir o Bu tler T Eender s on Ac s istant t o Dr . Ma y s ~oreho~ se Collese 223 Ch e stnut Str e e t., s. Atlant a , Georgia Q

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w. Chairman �I - Page Tr111ee FINANCE (contin Ll ed) Mr. Mills :0., Lane., J r .,, President The Citizens a nd Southern National Bank Po O. Box 4899 Atlanta, Georg i a 30303 Mr. Joseph Earle Birniej Presiden t ~he Na tional Bank of Ge orgia Pea cht ree at Five Points Atlanta, Geori ia 30303 Mr. Aug ust us H. Sterne j Presid ent The Trust Corrpany of Georgia 36 Edge~ocd Avenue ., N ~ E., Atlant a, Georgia 30303 1/rr>o Gordon Jones., President The Fulto~ : ~ t ional Bank ,,~,Q7 P o Oo BOX --::)v Atlanta , Georg ia 30302 Vice-Chairm2n NON- PROFIT FUNDS (Comb i ned with Fi nance Pane l) Mr. A. Bo Padget t, Exe cut i ve Direc t or Metronol itan Fo undati on of Atlant a 1423 ~andler 3 ui lding Atlanta, Georgia 30303 r1r . Hamilton Doug l as , Jr., At torney Na t i ona l Bank of Geor gia Bui l ding At l ant a ., Georgia Rev Wi l l ia~ Holmes Borders, Pa stor Whea t Stree t Bap tist Ch urch 1426 Mozley Driv e , S . Wo Atlanta ., Georg~a Dr . Ruf us Cl ement , President Atlanta University 223 Ches t nu t St reet ., s. W. Atlant a , Geor g ia Mr o John ~Jilson., Presiaetlt Horne Wils on Company 163 Peters Street , S. W. Atlanta ., Georg ia 30313 �Pa 6 e ~our NON-PROFIT FU~TDS (co~tinued ) I il'. Albert Love Execu tive Vice President The McCall Corpora t ion P.O. Box 1000 Doraville , Georgia 30040 1 Ivir. Scott Housto::1 J J r Exec utive Director \'1'e sley Wood s Apart r::ents P. o. Box 15468 · Atlanta, Georg ia 30333 o :1 PUBLIC BOUS ING Mr" Edwin L., Sterne; Chairma n Housing Authority of t he City of Atl2nta 639 Trust Company of Georgia Building Atlanta , Georgie 30303 Dro Albert ~a nley, Presiden t Spelman College 350 Leonard Street, s. W. Atlant a, Georg i a Leonard Rei:r-. ch , Pre s id ent Cox Broad ca sting Company 1601 West Peacht r ee Street, N. Atlanta, Ge orgia Mr . t. Mr . Clarenc e D. ColeDan Reg i ona l Dir ec t or · Na t i ona l Urban League 1361~ :£vTa r ietta S1.:;re et , N. Atlar:.ta, Georgia w., Sui t e 242· ~~. Charles Fo Pa l ~er , Pres id ent Palmer , Inc., Pa l mer Building 41 Mariett a Stree t At lanta , Georg i a 30303 ~ Cha i rr:ian �l P2e;e Five LA:N""D P.C QUIS I':i:'IO:\T Mr. Wall2c e L. Lee , Presiderit Atlanta Ga s Light Company P.O. Box , 45 69 ,~ 1·a~n,~ . G' eor r. i 2. .). ., 0.)..., 02 .-,._._ v-a·;, 0 ~ir Clayt on R. Ya t e s, President Yates-Milt on St ores 228 Auburn Avenu e , N. E. At lanta, Georgia 0

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Mr. E::,,."win St2ve11s ., Chaizir.~an Citizens Centr2 l Adviscry Co~mittee., E.0.A. 799 Parsons Street., S. W. Atlanta, Geor~ia Mr. Le1·iis Ce:r..1-:er ., At torney 2045 Manchester, N. E. Atlanta., Georgia BUSINESS PAR'I ICIP.A:J1ION 1 rvr.r. Virgil Milton 3626 Tuxedo Road, N. W. Chairman Atlanta., Georgia

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Vice-Chairman Atlanta Life Insurance Company 148 Auburn Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Mr. B2rlee Branch., President The Southern Company 3390 Pe2chtree Road, N. E. Atlanta., Georgia 'Mr . C. Arthur Jen_l-cins Director , Industrial Relations Lockheed Company Marietta, Georgia 30060 Mr. Roland Viaxwe l:. _ Presider..t · Davi 8on 's DeDart ment Stores 180 Peachtree Street, N. w. Atlanta., Georgia PUBLIC INF0RMP.TICN Mr. J ames L. Toi:msenc ' Tm·rns end and Associates 1014 Healey Bldg. Atlanta, Gecrgia �Page Seven Mr. D2 l~ Clark Directo~ of Public Affairs Chair~ari WI.i.GA-TV : 1551 Briarcliff Ro2d, N. E. Atlanta, 'oeor 6 ia 1 fib:'. Ray Moore Ne1·rs Direc'tor WSB-TV l 1601 West Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30309 r-ri r. Jim Wood Vice-Ch2irman News Directo~, WAOK 110 Edgewood Ave nue, N. Atlanta, Geor gia STAFF ROOM 1204, CITY HALL Tel. 522-4463, Ext, 430 Malcolm D. Jones, Director W. w. Gates, Consultant Miss J-oyce--r-'1cKnight, Secret2::::-y () ~ .1> ..,b-\!\.o..k-~ q ~ �... - - . .·-----------, , COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMM ISSION 1203 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA Mr. Irving K. Kaler, Chairman 182'0 Fulton National 1lank Building Atlanta, Georgia Home-255-7694 Dffice-525-6886 Mrs. Eliza K. Paschall Executive Director Room 1203 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Home-373-1966 Office-522-4~63, Ext. 433 Mr. Robert Dobbs 2455 Aboer Place, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia ~-622-0919 Of fic e - ~48---7 Miss Helen Bullard Toombs, Amisano & Wells 70 Fairlie Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-874-3986 Office-577-3600 Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta P. 0, Box 12047, Northside Station Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Office-261-1000 Mr. Rolland Maxwell c/o Davison's 180 Peachtree Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-351-2053 Office-522-1300 Mr. Joseph Haas 1116 First National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia Home-255-1300 Dffice-525-6141 Mrs. Fred W. Patterson 2959 Andrews Drive, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-233-1624 Mr. Clarence G. Ezzard 245 Atlanta Avenue, S. E. ' Atlanta, Georgia Home-627-1187 Dffice-522-9616 Mr. Sam Massell, Jr. Vice Mayor, City of Atlanta c/o Allan Grayson Realty Company 40 Pryor Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-355-4112 Office-521-1694 Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild The Temple 1589 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-233-8365 Office- 873-1731 Mrs. Sara Baker 938 Park Avenue, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-627-8193 7M'. ~~-(l'/,r,2t-~~- // 30 ~ J I _ tf.,,., ,Ji., H~r3---3Bn ()1f_ ().AJa__, fj a . :S a 3 I ? Mr, -~ .f75"-ctf"&I Mrs. Mary Stephens 2840 Deerwood Drive, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia ~ -523-1577 Office-~ i Reverend Samuel Williams Friendship Baptist Church 437 Mitchell Street, S. W. Home- 755-2352 Office-688-0206 Mr. M. 0. "Buzz" Ryan, Gen. Mgr. Marriott Motor Hotel Courtland at Cain Street Atlanta, Georgia Home-351-2444 Office-688-6500 Mr. Hamilton Douglas, Jr. National Bank of Georgia Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Home-355-2292 Office-522-2200 Mr. T. M. Alexander, Sr • . 208 Auburn Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-753-8760 Office-521-0549 Mr. R. J. Butler 250 - 10th Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia !7~ - S-3q b Mr. R. Byron Attridge Trust Company of Ga. Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia Home-351-2773 Office- 525-0484 Dr . Robert E. Lee Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 731 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Home-237-3903 Office-874-8664 Mr. Jack Sells 1416 Hills Place, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Home-872-4795 Office- 355-4311 .. _-.,: .• :4---- • _ _; �.ATLANTA CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 12, 1967 Chairman: Mr. Robert M. Wood Genera 1 Counsel Sears, Roebuck & Company 675 Ponce de Leon .Ave., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Phone: 875-8211 Res: 18 Chathm Road, N.W. Phone: 233-3705 Secretary: -- Mr. Michael H. Trotter .Attorney .Alston Miller & Gaines 12th floor, C & S National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 524-3241 Res: 120 Biscayne Dr., N.W. Phone: 355-8148 Vice-Chairman: Treasurer: Mr. Franklin W. Thomas General Secretary Butler Street Y.M.C.A. 22 Butler Street, N.E. .Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 524-0246 Res: 290 Flagstone Drive, S. W. Phone: 344-2685 Mr. Fletcher Coombs 205 Auburn Ave., N.E. .Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 523-8282 Res: 380 Waterford Rd, N. W. Phone: 799-1473

- ~~mber_au~r~ Mrs. Rhodes Perdue 2012 West Pace Ferry Rd,, .Atlanta, Georg ia Phone: 355-9508 N.w • ~-- -- ~ ~ EBS Mr. John W. Cox Executive Director Atlanta Children and Youth Services Counc 11 1201 -B City Ha ll Atlanta, Georg i a 30303 Phone : 522 - 4463, Ex t . 437 Res : 1800 Memorial Dr., S.E. Phone : 378 - 0340 Chief Herbert T. Jenkins Atlanta Police Dept. 165 Decatur Street, S.E. Atlanta, Georgi a Phone: 522 - 7363 Res: 654 Morng sdel Dr., NE, Phone: 522 . 7363 Mr . Jac k C. Delius Ge ne ra 1 Manage r At la nt a Parks De pa rt ment Ci t y Hall Annex Atlant a, Ge orgia 30303 Ph one: 522 -4463, Ex t . 311 Res: 215 Piedm ont Ave., N.E. Phone: 688-0925 Dr. John W. Letson Superi ntenden t Atlanta Pub li c Sc hools 224 Ce ntra l Av e ., S .W. At la nt a, Georgia Pho ne: 522 -3381 Res : 92 Laurl Dr., N.E. Ph one: 237-3161 �MEMBERS Mr. Frank R. Carmines 180 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 522-1300, Ext. 281 Res: 5535 Dupree Dr., N.W. Phone: 255-4598 Mr. Ocie J. Irons 1275 Capitol Ave. S.W. Atlanta, Georgia Phone:. 525-5J25 Res: 2e63 Haridy Dr., N.W. Phone: 799-5444:t Mr. Dejongh Franklin First National Bank Building 24tti floor Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 521-1200 Res: 1585 West Pace Ferry Rd, N~W. Phone: 355-0224 Mr. Jerry Luxemburger Gamblerell & Mobley 3900 First National Bnk. Bldg. Atlanta, Geor~ia Phone: 525-8571 Res: 568 E. Wesly Rd., NE. Phone: 237-8380 Mrs. Vivian Henderson 1209 Foundtain Dr., S.W. Atlanta, Ueorgia Phone: 758-1201 Mr. Frank A Player 531 Biship Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 351-3481 Res: 146 W. Wesley Rd. ,NW Phone: 233-3512 Mr. G. Arthur Howell Hass Howell Building 6th floor Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 522-2508 Res: 3727 Tuxedo Rd., N.W. Phone: 233-1369 Mrs. Mary Sanford Perry Homes Extension 1660 Drew Dr., N.W. Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 351-6711 Res: 1521 Drew Dr., N.W. Phone: 351-5101 Mrs. Mae Y~tes Executive Director Carrie Steele Pitts Home 667 Fairburn Ro~d, N.W. Atlante, Georgia Phone: 799-7431 Res: 1221 Hunter Rd., N.W. Phone: 753-0768 �CITIZENS ADVISOR Y COMIV!lTTEE FOR URBAN RENEVlAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 'Locker.rna:n. ·zvir s •. Doris Robert L. Sommerville 1 President Atlanta Transit System, Inc, P. O. Box 1595 ': :: i-2492 Colwnni-st,-Atlanta--C-onstitution 3411 Pinestream Rd., N. W. 237 . 2597 Alexander, T. 1'11. , Sr. President, Alex ander & Associates, Inc• 208 Auburn Avenue, N. E. JA 1-0549 Mathias, Charles c., Staff Representative United Steel Workers 0£ America Suite 334, 1776 Peachtree St., N. W. TR 5-5351 Bivens_, Bob, Exec. Direct9r J Mays, Dr. Benjamin E. Uptown--Assn..--oLAtlanta ~ ~~t l tl i!__. U"?'.t'.O-- -,l:z.:pre sident, Morehouse College 615.. Peachtree.-St.-,-Rm.- 914 r')_-<---":;(U-::,o.,,_ Jl.,cc..,. 223 Chestnut Street, S. W. (J , 873-6983 ~..::.1 !,P l:i__c-(__, -..,.1u:_~ , ~ 1 1- 0 MU 8-4223 t; I Blayton, Jesse B., Sr. President Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Assn. 205 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 3-8282 0,r'-t=z-= , .Wrilton, L. D., President Citizens Trust Company 212 Auburn Avenue, N. E. JA 4-0614 f Q . '-;'h . . l>rodnax·, George-H.--,-J-r., Vice Pres. Atlanta Div., Georgia Power Co. Box 4525 522-6121 , Ext. 8312 Milton, Virgil W. 3626 Tuxedo Road, N. W. Atlanta 5, Ga. 237-6656 Calloway, William L., Pres. Calloway Realty Company 193 Auburn Avenue , N. E. JA 2 - 4525 Padgett, A. B., Executive Director Metropolitan Foundation of Atlanta 1423 Candler Building MU 8-4117 Haas, l-.1Irs. Leonar d Gri z zard & Ha as , 306 Carnegie Bldg. 133 Carne gie Wa y, N. W. 525 -48 21 Rich, Richard H. Chairman 0£ the Boar d , Rich's , Inc . Box 4 539 J A 2- 4636 Hamilton, Mrs. Grace Hamilton Associates - C onsultan t s 582 University Place, N. W. IvIU 8-7249 Robins on,- Jam-esTI. , Jr . Chairma:n-uH:he- Boa-rd,tsrNatr. Bank Fi-r-st--Na-tional- Bank- Bldg; ,Box 4148 588=5·00-0--Schukra£t, Edgar E. Owner, Schukraft Florist 1050 Cascade Avenue, s. w. PL 8-2684 �-~ Warr~ . Roy D WRoy' Chairman. .cl +'h ... 'D - - - .!30 • ar;ren Co<npa.n _,_, ..,.,..._ Pryor Street S . y, Inc, JA 3 .-6262 · '-1- 0- Wf ( William son Q V ,.....,_ iA 2_;;9;~ St., N,3' / Atlarita c·-, ' • • ' Pre si°aent · 1 , u:r ren ' · C"f' Exchange · ";55 'H t · - ) ~~ ~ Yates, Clayton R Yates & M·lt •' President In 1 on Store 228 Auburn A s, · venue N E C., JA 1-1401 ' • , lk., l ;t t./ ll~ ,t-t1- (tf'- / t;.£, _,_;(1,(. l r~ W.z..1Zr-i- ;J/!,fr.,,v'-- ;-,;;-,_ / 390/.1-,p!AJ {lv_v J/,b../ I" 1:C.:li: r0-1u 1 t!.,,,Lj !/ f7 Jv;;,J )J,l tz;c,; J /J,.,,,.l A'-'I- f;L/ 2 } Lu (I/J_._,_, /4 v ;0.A, 1 J~trf(_.,~ -/Jt-t.:0- ~<-- / / -:-:-; /z:;b/.,e,, d? .xft;J. �CITIZENS ADVJ;SORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL Adair, Jack, President .!\.dair Realty & Loan Company 56 Peachtree St., N. W. JA 1. 0100 Blayton, J. B., Jr. 1 V. P. -Gen. Mg :-:-~ WERD Radio Atlanta, Inc • JA 4-066 6 330 Auburn Ave., N. E. A i.ken, W. H., General Manager Aik en, Inc. 239 Westlake Avenue, N. VI. SY 4 . 2431 Brewer I . Oby T. ' Sr. , -President cA_ a.cv -,,,. .L-,_.,.... Geo. Muse Clothing Company t'j 'l k ~ .Jc- (1A. J, 52 Peachtree St. , N. W. JA 2-54.00 Allen, Mrs. John L. League oCWomen Voters 3360 Nancy Creek Rd., N. W. Burns, Fred, Jr., Owner Fred Burns Company 1070 White St., S. W. CE 7 . 6870 ,,,,,.... 758-7275 - Arnold, Harold , ExecutiveDirector .· ,,,Atlant~ -Urban League

23-9-----A,,,-·ubur~ _Ave., N. E. 521-2355 Chiles, ./John O., President / .- Adams-Cates Company / / Hurt _.,.Building JA 2-5477 Anderson, Mrs. Amber W. Asst. Solicitor General-Fulton County Fulton County Courthouse JA 2-5310 Clement, :Cr. Rufus, President Atlanta University 223 Chestnut Street 1 s. W. JA 3-6431 Bain, .,,1:)£ _~ !<est~ Ch~ an _,,,,---Dep€.yo-rftic~ Sc1ence, Emory yn1v. n'so -,Oxford ,Rd., 377-2411 Cooper, Sam I., President Cooper, Barrett, Skinner, Woodbury and Cooper, Inc. Henry Grady Building JA 2-98".1 ./.. , _,. . ,. N. E?'" '1:J (,. ~ :7 j; .. , I l, //. · (.. . ' L.C-l.- ,,-t....../ b.:c'..tl;i_ei'~~ l-/Ix.s. - Paui--(Ch. UR Committee) League of Women Voters 44-00-E.---B-r-ookh-a-ven- Dr. CE r-0&301? 1.s~ C , l 1-L4, ,<_(~ t ) ; f", Barfield, Carroll C., President Harry Barfield Co., Inc. 304 Parkway Drive, N. E. JA 3- 3421 Beers, H. W., Jr., Ch. of Board ~ee r s Construction Company 7 0 Elli s St ., N. E. J.A 5 - 0555 / Davis, Harold, Public Relations I)j._.- ~ -Geo r gia State College 33 Gilmer St., S. E. 523-7681 Ford, Clement, Architect 240 W. Andrews Dr. , N. W. Fr~c< ·. CE 3 - 07U B enne tt, R embe r t B., P r esi dent Benne tt Realty C o rpo r a t i on 15 Peachtree St., N. E. J A 2- 8 336 A rthur p / s r . , J ? r eent si7 F7.enc ~ / 4 , r eam .co./ . ~3 Georgia ve., S. JA 5-88 7 / , / Bickers, Joseph T., Exe c. V. P . Atlanta Mortgage Brokerage Co. Inc. 187 Auburn Avenue, N. E. M U 8-3259 Cooper, V. F. (retired) a$11 Birchwood Dr., N . E. Atlanta, Georgia Bird, F. M. , Attorney Jones, Bir d & Howell Haas - Howell Bldg. Gerson, John VI., Exec. V. P. Atlanta Transit System, Inc. P.O. Box 1595 JA 4-2~ '; .. JA 2-2508 vi: CE 3-1904 �-2Grizzard, Claude, Jr., President Grizzard Advertising, Inc. 34 2 W. Peachtree St., N, W. JA 308441 McDonald, Dr• Harold, Owner Ballenger-McDonald Urology Clinic Peachtree .. Baker Bldg. MU 8-3322 TZ::-,c kney, Dr. Richard C, Moore, Fred; Manager Georgia Properties Co. 825 Rhodes Haverty Bldg. £.- Ray Laboratory 239 Auburn Ave., N. E. MU 8 .. 9071 JA 3..6646 H a.llman, Noel W. , Secy•• Treas. Hallman Bros. Construction Co. 45 Eleventh St., N. E. TR 2.6688 Moore ./.Jam,,?'.-(~res·dent _/ Atla~ , Ga. Labo Cou~il ~ 1¥1?.e ashfree St., N. E. ~m 20~5-2793 Harris, Dr. J. B. Herndon Building Morris, Joe L. (retired) 1098 Lullwater Rd., N. 'E. Harris, Julian H. Sculpturing Studio 177 Fifth St., N. W. H e ndley, Albert G. 5801 Riverview Rd., N. Vl . JA 2-3225 378-1682

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1-01-0-Beeehha-ven::Rd.-,-~N=-i ·E. &3-6'-:1:7-64 TR 4-3105 255-3559 Munford, Dillard, Ch. of Board Atlantic Company P. O. Box 1417 MU 8-1900 Palmer, Charles F., President Palmer, Inc. 303 Palme r Bldg. 522 .. 9238 Patterson, Eugene, Editor Atlanta Constitution 10 Forsyth St., N. W. JA 2 -5050 Jones , Mrs. Maymie , Attorney J ones, Jones &: Mabry Grant Building JA 5-2996 R a ndall, Luthe r H. , Ch. of Board R a ndall Fue l Co., Inc. 665 M arietta St., N. W. JA 2 -4711 Kea rns, J a ck W. J a ck VI. Kearns Ins urance Co. 24 7 6 Meadow Lark Dr. East P oint 761-652.9. Richardson, Dr. Harry V., P re s i d e nt Inte rde nom i national T heological C ent er 9 Mc Donough Blvd ., s. E . JA 5- 8843 Manley , Dr. Albert F., Presid ent Spelman College 350 Leonard St., s. W. M U 8-2148 Martin, E. M., V. P. and Secy. Atlanta Life Insurance Co. 148 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 1-0513 Roe, Don ald J., V.P. C & S Nat i onal Bank Advertising D ept - 588-3258 Scott, C. A., Editor and Manager Atlanta Daily Vlorld 21.0 Auburn Ave., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. JA 1-1459 �-3Shaw, VT. J., Owne.J: and Manager Odd Fellows Bldg.. Re.al Estate 250 Auburn Ave., N. E, JA 1.1891 Whitman, H. W. (Bo). Asst. V, P. Fi:,; st National Bank Box 4148 588-65E Shrider, Robert E, , Director Bethlehem Community Center 9 McDonough Blvd., S. E, MA 2.0919 Willis, Mrs. Ralph 12 Camden Road, N. W. TR 6-7269 Simon, E. L. , General Auditor Atlanta Llfe Insurance Company 148 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 1.0513 Sutton, R. O. , V, P. Citizens Trust Company 212 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA 4-0614 Tarver, Jack, President Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. 10 Forsyth Street, N. E. JA 2-5050 Tatum, Luther S. , V. P. Atlanta Federal Savings & Loan Assn. 18 Marietta Street, N. Vl . JA 3-8421 Terrill, The Rev. L. }.;l . Zion Hill Baptist Church 2740 Collier Drive, N. VI. SY 4-8100 Thompson, Buford H., President South Side Atlanta B a nk 1700 Lake wood Avenue, s. E. MA 2-3521 Toms, William A., Broker Harris Upham Company 4 4 Broad Street, N. W. JA 3- 7611 Ulrich, W. Roy 3 01 A r dmore Circle, N. W. Apt. 3 - A 8 76- 2033 Upshaw, Mr s . Gladys 616 0 Roswell Road, N . E. 255 - 0560 White, Robert H., Sr., Chm. o f Board Southern Wood Preserving Co. P.O. Box 10798, Sta. A PO 7-0211 (November 5, 1965) �MODEL CITIES EXECUTIVE BOARD Ma_yor, City of Atlanta Chairman, Fulton C o unty Commission President, Atlanta Board of Education Member, Atlanta Board of Aldermen Member, Atlanta Board of Aldermen Representative, State Government Representative, Private Sector Member, Model Neighborhood Area C o uncil Representative, Negro leadership �MODEL CITIES TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, Chairman Fulton County Manager Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools Executive Administration, Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services Director, Fulton County Health Department Administrator, Grady Hospital Executive Director, Community C o uncil of the Atlanta Area, Inc. Executive Director, Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission General Counsel, Atlanta Legal Aid S o ciety Executive Director, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Chairman, Civic Design Commission Director, State Department of Family and Children Services Executive Director, Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc. Judge, Fulton County Juvenile Court Executive Director, Atlanta Housing Authority Atlanta Region Director, State Employment Service, Georgia Department of Labor Executive Vice-President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Atlanta District Supervisor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Georgia State Department of Education Director, Atlanta C ompone nt, S outheastern Education Laboratory General Secretary, YMCA Executive Secretary, YWCA Comptroller, City of Atlanta Building Inspector, City of Atlanta Parks Gene ral Manager, City of Atlanta Chi ef of Construction , City o f Atl anta Planning Director, City of Atlanta Police Chief, City o f Atlanta Minister, Central Presbyterian Church �........, ' LEADERSEI P 2~I ~?I ~G 2APE R Mobilizing Ur jan Coalitions I Chicago, Illinois--October 17,: 1967 I. U~B~N LEGISLATION As _ firs-;:: st:e;?s toward' the i 2 :9:!. e::n:2n ta tio :., of ·c1::e cc:~ ,i t::-.'.2 r. ts r,tac":.e at b 1e August ED.erg e ::icy Co:::1v cc a.-tio n, t h e ~~atio n al St seri::-:s: Co=-:-c ti tt e-2 announced ~ts support for t h e Emergency Em~ lovme~t Act, co-s~onso~ ea in the Senate by Senators Cl ark a n d Javits~ ~he Coa~ition SU??Ort e ~ tl1e Prouty 2t,e r a.,-nerit ,.-, h ic~1 woul ci h2_ve enlarc ec. t h s L,volve::;.en t of ---,i·v~C.L..

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- ~-- - local govern ment, and communications leadership. .,--- It is important t hat the sectors represented correspond with those represented on the National Steering Committee so as to be broadly repres e ntative of the life of the community. In some cases , it may be that coa l itions have already been f ormed aroun d such issues as j obs , schools or housing . These existing group s m~y wis h t o iden ti fy wi th a nd work with The Urban Coalition . �- 5 - Where a general, as contrasted to a single issue, coalition is being formed, the first order of business for the organizing ,~'\,L K°J J\ \)((x·j\ f ~~ ~ li ~ ~~} j fl, ~/~ ').~ l \-rJ"~ committee is to round out representative participation on a local Steering Committee. Secondly, the Steering Committee should develop a draft Statement of Principles, Goals, and Commitments which endorses the national Statement and broadens it to include major local concerns. In those cities where several single issue coalitions already exist, they _may wish to jointly create a steering committee to work with the National Steering Committee. It is strongly recommended that, where new coalitions are being formed, the local organizing committee arrange for at least one staff person to work . full time for the local coalition. It is likely that this staff person could be borrowed from the staff of one of the participating elements of the coalition. While the National Steering Committee is not able to offer any financial assistance to local organizing committees, it will provide other assistance in preparing and convening local coalition activities. In addition, the Steering Committee has accepted an offe r by the National Institute of Public Affairs to furnish, where desired, technical assistance to local organizing committees in program ming of local convocations and subsequent seminars and workshops on urban affairs. provide s~ The Mational Steering Committee will also ers, where needed and requested, in any or all of the substantive areas under consideration by The Urban Coalition Task Forces mentioned earlier. �- 6 - With respect to ne wly-formed local coalitions, it is expected that the local structure wi ll include a steering committee and task forces to deal wi th national urban legislation, ex pan ~i on of private employment, housing, educat i on and public information. Finally, it is contemp l ated that the local coalitions will pa r ticipate in a nd help shape the prog r ams of The Ur ban Coalition through a Council of Urban Coal i tions . Each city should pl an to - designate two r e pres entatives to serve on this national Council. At its f i rst meeting to be held before the end of th i s year, the Council will elect t wo rep r esentatives to serve on The National Steering Committee and will continue to advise The Na t ional Stee ri ng Committee on policies that are of national conce rn . By definit i on, a coa l ition, whether it be single purpose or otherwise, is an as s oc i ation of constituencies fo r so me ag r eed pu r poses and not at all necessarily a fo r mally organ iz ed , r egulated a nd s tr uctu r e d en tity . Local co a l i t i ons , whether s i ng l e purp ose or ot he r wi s e, may, t he re fo r e, be a s soc i at i ons of le a de r sh i p f r om a lr e ady or gan iz ed s tr uct ur es and sec t or s of com mun i t i e s. It i s not necessa r y, a ltho ug h i n so me cases it may be desi r a ble, fo r a lo c al grou p to f orma lly incorpor a te a local coal i t i on . na t i onal Ur ban Co alit i on ha s not chosen to inco r po r a te . The In the case of uninc orp orated l oca l coa l iti ons , fun ds may be channe l ed through a separate fis c al agent such as a cooperat i ng organiz a ti on . �- 7 At this point it is appropriate to mention in connection with those local groups that choose to incorporate, that careful attention should be given to weighing the advantages and disadvantages of seeking tax exempt status under Section / 50l(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code . Perhaps one of the most important considerations in reaching a determination on _whether to seek tax exempt status is the f act that organizations enjoying such status are not in a position to attempt to influence the decisions of legislative bodies. Given the potential importance of this fact for any organization attempting to deal in a comprehensive way with the range of urban problems, careful deliberation of this subject is in order on the local level before a decision is taken with respect to tax status. Members of the steering committees of such tax exempt organizations may nonetheless make appeals for legislation if they are acting as individuals.

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�GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL COALITIONS The Emergency Convocation of The Urban Coalition has issu e d an urgent appeal to all concerned American citizens to join with the Coalition in efforts to fashion a new political, social, economic , an d moral climate tha t will make possible the breaking of the viciou s cycle of the ghetto. Action at the community level must now follo w. As leaders in your community, your commitment and ingenuity are now called upon to muster the support and involvement of your fellow citizens for a ma ssive reordering of priorities and programs in the face of the urban emergency. The national Steering Committee of The Urban Coalition is already at work developing strategy and programs to achieve the goa ls it has set for itself. But its focus is primarily on national decision makers and national priorities and programs. This will not be enough. There must be complementary action a t the local level where ultima te responsibility rests and where urban problems are most clearly perceived. The Urban Coalition therefore looks to you to initiate formation of a loca l coa lition in your city or metropolitan area to work in concert with the n a tiona l Steering Committee in pursuit of common objectives. OBJECTIVES At the conclusion of the August Emergency Convocation , The Urban Coa lition a dopt ed a comprehensive Statement of Principles, Goa ls a nd Commitments. It i s this document which charts the cours e for our mutual e f fo r ts. (A copy of the Statement is enclosed) . You wil l not e f rom th e Statement that the Coalition h a s identi fie d s even s pec i f i c a re a s of urban affairs calling for conside rat ion and �-2action by the Coalition and the country. Emergency Task Forces have been created reflecting these problem areas through which the substantive efforts of the Coalition will be channeled. They are: 1. Emergency Task Force on Public Service Employment 2. Emergency Task Force on Private Employment 3. Emergency Task Force on Educational Disparities 4. Emergency Task Force on Reconstruction Investment & Urban Development 5. Emergency Task Force on Equal Housing Opportunities 6. Emergency Task Force on Corrnnunications 7. Emergency Task Force on Local Coalitions The designated urban concern of each Task Force demands irrnnediate attention and action. But while such a division of tasks is essential for efficient organization of the Coalition's endeavors, the very real functional inter-relationships between the major urban problems must not be overlooked. It is the position of The Coalition that given current urban American conditions, the key to resolving these inter-related problems is a massive emergency work program of at least one million new public service-type jobs, developed and financed by the Federal Government, including new training opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. The elements of such an emergency work program are described in the Statement. Such a program is a prerequisite to the restoration of economic health to our cities and hope to the lives of millions of urban Americans. Equally important is the fact that in the absence of such a governmentally-generated emergency work program even the most enlightened and massive efforts to improve public education, housing, an -.:1 health an d we lfare services wi ll meet with failure. The pervasive social and economic costs of continued high levels of unemployment and underemploy- �-3- ment in our citie s can spell sure disaster to our society. The alter- native is to implement a crash national employment program of the character The Urban Coalition p roposes . The business o f The Urban Coalition is to induce a complete revision in the allocation of talent, time, money and resources to meeting the basic needs of America's cities. While special emphasis has been g iven in The Coalition's Statement to the basic need for f ull employment, this is not to minimi z e the urgent needs for new capital investment, revita li zed public educa tion, substanti al increa s es in the housing supply, more and better urban services and facilities, and enhanced equal opportunity in housing. The Statement states that the "nex t order of business ... sha ll be the devel opment of a broad program o f urban reconstruction ... including the g oa l of rehabilitation and construction o f at l east one million housing units for lower-income families annually ." All sectors o f Ame ric an s oci e t y have a rol e to pl ay in a ccomplishing t h e goa ls The Urban Coa li tion h a s propos e d . Awak ening t hos e s e ct ors to the emergency at hand and mobilizing them for appropriate action is the immediat e t a sk. Essen_tial to The Urban Coalition's perform- ing tha t t ask i s the f orma ti on of loca l coa li ti ons wh i ch , we hope , wi ll fir st, p l e dge the ir s upp ort of the Sta t emen t of Principl es , Goa l s and Commitments, an d second , work i n concert wi th t h e nation a l St e ering Committee, with a ll resources ava ilable to them , to accompl ish thes e goals. STRATEGY AND AGENDA FOR LOCAL COALITI ONS As an i n itia l t arget, t h e Stee ring Committ ee o f The Urban Coalition is r e spondi n g to the r e quests of commun it i es in at l east f if t y major urb an a r eas for a s s i s tance in the formation of l ocal coal i t i ons by Novembe r 15 , 1967. In each o f t h e f i fty communiti e s , a sma ll organi z- ing committee o f local l eaders is be i ng cal led together. As is the cas e with the Steering Committee , the l ocal organi zing committee wil l �-4be made up o f r ep r e sent at ives from the c ommunity's business, organized labor, religious, civil rights, educational, local government , and · communications leadership. It is important that the sectors repre- sented correspond with those represented on the national Steering Committee so as to be broadly representative of the life of the community. In some cases, it may be that coalitions have already been forme d around such i ssues as jobs, schools or housing. These groups may wish to identify with and work with The Urban Coalition. The loca l or ganizing commit t ee and oth er existing coalit ion groups are being invited to des i gnate representatives to attend a one-day Local Urban Coalition Pl anning Session to be held on Tuesday, October 17 1967 in Chicago , Illinois. The plaming session , convene d by the ~ational Steering Commi tt ee, wi ll dea l ex clus i v e ly with organi za t ion a nd progr amming o f local coa l it ions. Further informa tion will be furnished to you shortly on the subject of the planning s e ssion. I n no ev en t, h owev e r, s hould t h e organi za t ion of local coalit ion s be defe r r e d pendin g t h e Chicago p l anning s e ssion. Time i s of t h e ess ence. Where a gen eral , a s contrast e d t o a sing l e i s s ue, coa lit ion is be ing f orme d the fi rs t orde r o f busine ss for the organi z ing c ommittee is t o round ou t represent a tiv e p a rt i cipa tion on a loca l St eering Committ ee . Secondl y, the St e erin g Commi t t ee should devel op a dra f t Sta t ement of Princip l es , Goal s , and Commi tments whi ch endorse s the na t ional Sta t emen t and broa dens it to i nclu de ma j or local concerns. Nex t, conv ening of an emergency c onvocation of the l oc a l c oa lition t o rev iew and a dopt a Sta t emen t of Goals and devel op pl ans for i mp l ementa tion mi gh t be under taken . Thi s convoca tion , patterned a f t e r the n a tional Eme r gency Convocat i on he l d i n Au gu s t , s houl d be c a lle d a s soon as pos sibl e, h opefu l ly, no later t h an mid-Nov emb e r . In those cities wh ere several sing l e issue coalitions a l ready exist, t h ey may wish to j oin tly conv ene such a convocation. �r -5It is strongly recommended that, both in the initial organizational phase as well as the post-convocation phase,where new coal i tions are being formed,the local organizing corrnnittee arrange for a t least one staff person to work full time on the local coalition. It is expected that this staff person could be borrowed from the staff of one of the participating leaders. THE LOCAL EMERGENCY CONVOCATION The local convocation will serve to bring together the significant corrnnunity leadership and will serve both as an organizing device as well as a vehicle for arousing and educating the community to the urban emergency. The convening of the convocation and the endorsement of a Statement of Principles will have local and national significance to the extent t hat the convocation enjoys the participation of the corrnnunity's leadership representing the same constituencies represented in the organizing committee . This is an enterprise requiring as much citizen support as possible so that community leadership involvement must be broad and numerically substantial. The convocation can be focused on the problems of a single c i ty er on the pr obl ems of the metropolitan area in which it is located, whiche ' e r is f easible and appropriat e . It is fully expected that the local c oa l ition and th e convocation will invo lve representatives o f maj or employers an d un i ons whether their constituents and/or func ~i ons are in the city or the suburbs. While the nationa l Urb an Coalition is not able to offer an:· finan cial ass i stance to loc al organizing committees, it wi ll provide assistance i n p reparing an d convening the local convocation. che~ In this regar d, the October 17th planning conference in Chicago will offer ori e~ t at ion and counsel on a range of factors pertin ent to succe s sful �-6local coalitions. In addition, the Steering Committee has accepted an offer by the National Institute of Public Affairs to furnish, where des ir e d, technical assistance to local organizing corrnnittees in programmi ng of the local convocation and subsequent siminars and workshops. The national Steering Corrnnittee will also provide speakers, where needed and requested, in any or all of the substantive areas under consideration by The Ur ban Coalition Task Forces mentioned earlier. A necessary outcome of the convocation is endorsement of a minimal organizational structure to pursue the goals and commitment 6 adopted. With respect to newly-formed local coalitions, the local structure should include a steering corrnnittee and a minimum of three t ask forces to deal with legislation, expansion of private employment,and public information, respectively. Beyond the substance of these three task forces, local groups may set up other work groups. The nat i onal Urban Coalition, however, is presently going through program dev e lopment with its other task forces and will be prepared to coordinate other local task force action areas in the near future. Finally, it is contemplated that the local coalitions will pa r t icipate in and help shape the programs of The Urban Coalition . �\ YO LAN CITY HALL ATLANTA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Cod e 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assi st ant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Li aison October 23a 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM : Dan Sweat SUBJECT : Wednesday A. M. meeting of Local Urban Coalition The followi ng format is sugg e sted for the Wednesday meeting: 1. Mayor briefly state b a ckg round for formation of National Urba n Coalition. {a) Grew from a concern that the country 1 s national prior i ties plac e d the problems of our urban cit ies far dow n the list - - b e h i nd D e fense a Spa c ej A g ricultur e, Highw ays j e tc . 2. (b) The need for a reord e ring of prior i tie s to make cities the No. 1 conc ern of the nation. (c) Cong r es s not only h a s a n att i tude w h ich is fr eez ing urb a n exp e nditur e s , but i s actu a lly c u t t i n g ba c k on social pro g rams of long s tandi n g . (The Social S ecur i ty a m e ndm e nts as p a s se d b y t he Hous e free z es t h e numb e r o f aid to families w ith d e p e nde nt c h ild ren to c u rre n t l evels, w h ich w ould m ean t h a t Atla n ta or F ulton Count y DFCS could certify n o more AFDC ca s e s than the tot al n u mb er a t pr e s e nt. ) W ho mak e s up U r b a n Coalit i on ? (a) N ati onal Steerin g Committee of 33 me mb ers . Mayors of urban cit i es » top l ab or lead ers , b usinessme n » c ivil righ ts leaders 8 educ ato r s a nd c hur c h m e n. �Page 2 3. What does it do? {a) This coalition pulls together the key elements in cities for discussion and joint actions on the major urban problem areas slums , poverty, unemployment, housing , education, etc . (b) The coalition will distribute information among its members on pending legislation before Congress and conduct an educational campaign to make the nation aware of the massive problems which cities face. (c) The coalition w ill attempt to stimulate interest by private business to provide jobs and programs in cities (the $1 billion Insurance Industry Housing Program resulted from the Urban Coalition) and develop resources from all other areas to bring max imum impa c t on urban problems. 4. What c an an Atlanta Urban Coalition do? (a) A c t a s a c ommunica tions link b etw ee n N a tional Coa lition a nd local o rgan i z a t i ons . (b ) P r ovid e a n i d e n tifiable g r oup re pr esen ting a ll are as of A t lanta life t o c onve n e and bri n g to b ea r on a n y city cris is. (c) S timulate m aximum c o o p e r ation and c o or d i n ation a mong organ ization s. (d ) A ct as a soundi n g boar d for n ew p r ogram pr opo s a ls a nd recom mend w h ere certain p r ogram s shou l d b e pl aced . {e) P r o vid e support from local c ommun ity for le gis l ative p ro p osals to the N a t ional C on gres s a nd S tate L egislature. (f) Assist C ity in determinin g local priorities. 5. M ayor ask for c omm e n ts on proposal and on d raft resolution. 6. Mayor ask for endorsemen t of N ational C oalition Goals. �Page 3 7. Suggested Steps for Follow-Up. (a) Mayor's Office will coordinate Coalition initially, but encourage volunteers to provide staff assistance. (Perhaps some organization has a person they could assign to ooordinate the program full-time. It doesn't have to be done from City Hall.) (b) Other organizations who express interest in joining will be added and kept informed. 8. Mayor mention probability of Task Force or Private Employment holding conference here on November 15th to discuss ways private industry can provide jobs and training for unemployed and under ~ employed. DS/br �8:30 am Registration - Atlanta-American Motor Hotel Atlanta, Georgia 9:30 am Opening General Session: Grand Ballroom Presiding: David Sullivan, President Building Service Employees International Union AFL-CIO EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Atlanta-American Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Georg ia Greetings: Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta Eastern Regional Action Conference December 13, 1967 Remarks: William Flynn, Director STEP Program, National Association of Manufacturers Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick Executive Director Opportunities Industrialization Center Institute Augustus H. Sterne, President Chamber of Commerce Atlanta, Georgia 10:30 am Workshops : Expanding Private Employmen t Opportunities Five concurrent wo_rkshops will be held, all dealing with the same topics. Morning Session: Film - "Employment Programs, City of Atlanta" Organizing local employment campaigns Recruiting, training and placement of the hard-core unemployed Reassessing under-employment 12:15 pm Luncheon Session: Georgia Ballroom Presiding: John Wheeler, President Mechanics and Farmers Bank Durham, North Carolina President, Southern Regional Council Address: 2:00 pm Gerald L. Phillippe, Chairman of the Board General Electric Company Concurrent Workshops Afternoon Session: Job development and upward mobility Entrepreneurship-Promotion of economic growth in the ghetto. 3:30 pm ~ @ Adjournmen t ' �