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JAMES L . McGOVERN F. M . BIRD . SR. CHA IR MAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAMILTON LOKEY JAMES H. WILSON, JR. VICE CHAIRMAN GENERAL COUNSEL HUGH PETERSON, JR. CLAY C . LONG SECRETARY-TREASURER ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TRUSTEES JAMES A . ALFORD , M. D . IVAN ALLEN. Ill J . PAUL AUSTIN ROBERT D . FOWLER LAWRENCE C , GELLESTEDT DR. HUGH M. GLOSTER J. ROBIN HARRIS JESSE HILL. JR. DONALD L. HOLLOWELL L. BEVEL JONES T. R.MAY LORI M ER D. MILTON MRS. ROMAE T . POWELL DR. GEORGE L . SIMPSON, JR . J. CARRUTH STOKES JACK TARVER JOHN C , WILSON Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Inc. 52 FAIRLIE STREET, N . W , ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 524-6487 October 31 , 1969 COMM I TTEE COUNSEL DUANE C. ALDRICH H. BOYCE CONNELL, JR. BAXTER -L . DAVIS MISS ORINDA EVANS JOSEPH R. GLADDEN, JR. ARTHUR HOWELL, Ill DEVEREAUX MCCLATCHEY. JR, WALTER G. MOELING, IV JOHN D. SAUNDERS Mr . Dan E. Sweat, Jr . Chief Administrator Of fi c e r City of Atlanta City Hall Atl anta , Geor g ia 30303 Dear Dan : Thank y ou f or the ma t e ri a l which re p o r t e d on the Con f erenc e to Deve lo p an I nte gra ted App ro a ch to the Pre v ent i on and Control o f J u ve nile De l i n q uency. I fi nd the ma te ria l ra th er i nte re st i n g since i t relat es to a mat te r a bout wh i ch I h ave b e e n co n c ern ed f or some time, no t on l y in th e fie ld o f j u ve n i l e delin qu e nc y, but a l s o i n pract i ca l l y e v ery urb an probl e m th a t e xi sts . Th e c once r n re lates , o f cou r s e, to the f act th a t there i s i n p r a ctically e ve r y fiel d a compl et e l a ck o f coord i n a t i on o f e ff ort s b y agen c ies con ce rn e d wi t h mutu al pr obl e ms . As y o u know, th ere is afoot a n e ff o r t to devel op a coo r d i n ated pro gram in t h e Mode l Ci t ies area wh ich wo u ld b ri n g to ge t her represe nt atives o f t h e p o lice, c ou rt s , prob ati on , s c h oo l a n d c on cern ed private social service age nc ies. I fi n d t h a t the pr op o sed Mode l Cities ' effo r t is n o t dissi mliar from t h e eff o r t d e scri b ed i n th e a tt a ch ed rep o r t relating t o the J o int Yo uth Deve lo p Committee - Law Enfo rcement Correction Pr o iram of Chicago and i n the recommendations set f o rth in Volume I of the attached re p ort . �Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. October 31 , 1969 · P age 2 I am sure y ou will receive, if you have not already, an invitation to attend a Model Cities meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church on November 10 to discuss this coordinated effort. Again, thank y ou for referring this mater i al to me, I found it most i nteresting . s L. McGovern cuti v e Director JLM : gh �