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HU D .96 (7 .66) UNITED STATES GOV ERNMENT Memorandum TO See addressees below I, . FROM SUBJECT: DEPi\RTt--1ENT O F HOUS l TG AND U R BAN DE VEL O Pt\'l ENT Wal Mod April 28 , 1 969 In r ep ly refe r t o : 4 ~-4~ I/ G 1\ D ATE: Jr. rt\,!s A .inistration Letter to Model City Mayor s on Secreta r y Romney' s Stat ement on t h e Model Citie s Pr ogram We have s ent t oday a lett er with the following t ext t o the mayors or chief executive of ficers of all mode l citie s. I wanted to be s ure you have a copy of Secr etar y Romney ' s s t atement on t he Model Citi es program . With thi s strong Presidentia l endor sement you can be assured of all possibl e support t o your efforts t o improv e the qua lity of l ife of your disadva nt aged citi zens. The progr am i mprovement s endorsed by President Nixon s hould make our joint efforts more effective . Representatives of our Regional Of f.i'ces will be worki ng with you and your CDA staff to make sure that your city ' s program take s full adva nt age of these new program approaches . Sev er a l copi es of the Secretary' s statement a r e i nclosed for your information. We s uggest t hat CDA Di rectors make at least one copy available to their citizen part icipation structure as soon as possible, in order to avoid pot ential misunderstandings which might result f rom any i ncomplete reports of the statement . Director Enclosure Addressees: CDA Directors Regional Administrators Attn: Assistant Regional Administrators for Model Cities Governor's Repre sent at i v es Washington Interagency Committee Regional Interagency Coordinating Committee Model Cities Professional Staff �