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Allen Reassured OnModelProgram By ALEX COFFIN ' Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. and key aidoo were reassured late last week about what the Nixon atlministration intends to do about the Model Cities program. A telegram from the office of George Romney, secretary of Housing and Urban Developf ment, and a call to AJ'len from a top White House aide calmed lii.iimif'f1N'J fears that the city might have to start from near scratch in providing a better life for the 45,000 residents of the six neighAlex Coffin borhoods SOUVh and e ast of Atlanta Stadlirum. "The effect," said Dan Sweat, deput ch!ief administrator to AlTen, lS That filfan a' s plan- inui.cation last week that the ning and organizing has not $7.2 million in supplemental imbeen in vain. We h a v e not plemenllation funds , approved last January, finally are close wasted any time or effort." at hand. The telegram from Romney's office does indicate, however, Probably the best news to city that some slight changes will be officials in Romney's telegram coming. Perhaps the most i.rrl- was clarification of the role of portant is that the mayor 's of- state government. Al!len and his fice wn,1 keep a more watchful sbalff had been concerned that eye on the program and will Niiron might seek to interpose need to exercise closer super- the state between the federal vision, with the Model Cities government and the city in runExecutive B o a r d becoming ning the Model Cities prog1riam. sowewhat more advisery in na- Not so, said the telegram, although greater involvement by ture. City officials also had clear the state is sought. Another important change, and this pleased city officials, is the erasing of the boundaries of the area to be covered. The city earlier itself had established the 3,000 acres and generally is expected to stick to that area-however, in certain cases, the boundary need not be a barrier. The Romney telegram also called for the establishment of Constitution Slate News Ser vice priorities, rather than trying to CALLAWAY GARDENS, Ga:. , "attack every conceivable probKnott Rice of Atlanta, a 22-year- lem within these neighborhoods. old Emory graduate student, This obviously would be unwas elected chairman of the workable" and result in cities Georgia FedeTation of Young "dissipating their resources in Republican Clubs at their an- a vain effort to solve all" probnual convention at Callaway lems. Gardens Saturday. Allen already is engaged in He defeated H. Royce Hobbs close scrutiny of the proposals. of Macon, 374 to 323. Model Cities Director J. C. JohnRice was the incumbent young son, sources say, is working Republican national committee- hard, with some success, in man and a former president of making a good case for the projthe Emory YR club. Hobbs, 34, ects, most of which are interwas a candidate for mayor of related. Macon in 1967 and the Georgia Minor adjustmoots wrlJ hiave General Assembly in 1968. to be made in the program, city The convention opened Satur- officials are saying, but they day morning with the defeat of wi1ll be minor ones - such as then-chairman Terry Moshier getting more private involvefor temporary chairman by Hor- ment. ace Taylor of the Fulton Coun- But, generally it oan be rety delegation, 395-316. Moshier ported flhat C'i ty officials aren't had backed Hobbs while Taylor glum at all about l!he Nixon administration's attitude toward supported Rice. Fulton County and College Model Citie.R clubs throughout the state provided Rice with his heavy support. Hobbs got most of his votes from metropolitan areas outside Atlanta. The same patterns held for the lower offices. Dick Jones, 32, of the Fulton County club was chosen national committeeman over Fred Neal of Augusta. Betty Baker of the Fulton County club won the post of national committeewoman over Sandra Ford of the metropolitan Atlanta club. Jenny Bailey, Georgia College in Milledgeville, defeated Nancy Grider of Atlanta for vice chairwoman. Incumbant secretary Caroline Meadows of the Cobb County club was re-elected by acclamation. The, tory t hri l suer the tel a r ing Strc pla• gre Ricr ., L Young GOPs Piel{ Atlantan ... r �