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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 �