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·• I I 10 THE ATL/d\TA COi\STITUTIO t '; W ccln csd,,y, April 16, 1969 -/: Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. asked The Georgia State Employfor and got authorization Tt.:es- ment Service would get $807,291 day to name a committee to for various job programs under r eview proposed agencies to nm the proposals with another $2.4 some 78 programs in the Madel million going to other agencies Cities area. for employment programs. Allen insisted the namin" of Of the ·latter amount. $1.2 milth'! re~iew coml1iiltee is rne~·e!y lion would go to Eco11omic Oproutine and follows past prac- I portunity Ati ant a for the J\t!a,,tices, but other City Hall sources ta Concentrated Employm ent said he is concerned about some Program (ACEP), which has of the recommendations of the had its sh are of probl ems. Model Cities Executive directer, The Youth Council would get J. C. Johnson. $167,000 for youth activities and Allen asked for the authorization from the Mo cl e I Cities Executive Board, whi ch m·et Tuesday. At the mayor 's request, Alderman Everett Millican made the motion and it was carried. HOW MANY? Later in the meeting, Allen asked Model Cities staff members ho 1v many unemployed persons reside in the 3,000 acres covered by the program . 0. D. Fu!p, who works with economic development and employment, repEed there were 3,000 to 6,000 with another large number underemployed. He said exact figures aren't c1.vailable because the lates t statistics are from the 1960 census. Because the fed eral funds still have not arrived from Wasl:lington, Allen said the committee, · which he hasn't yet named, will have time for the review with- ' out jeopardizing the start of programs. AWAITING MONEY The Model Cities programs have administrative funds, but implementation can not be started unit! the Nixon adm inistration provides the supplementary money. Although Allen's exact concerns aren't cl ea r, it is thought they incl ude funds to be used 1 for emp'oyment and fer the At- l lanta Children and Youth S-,rv- -1 1 ices Council. J. ~ . -, some officials wonder if the small staff could effectively use that amount of mon'3 y. Some city officials also have ques tions about a $16,000 proposal by a public relations firm which includes State Reps. Ben Brown and Julian Bond "l,1 relate people and the entire Model Cities an int~gral part of U- e Atlanta area." Allen emphasized he is n o t " balking at these progra1,. 1. i just want to review them ." C .~ ' .- l .i .· .I ~- �