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SAM YORTY MA YOR OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL Los ANGELES , CALIFORNIA 90012 June 25, 1969 Hon0rab le Ivan Allen , Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: One of the most satisfying develo pments in Los Angeles during the past year has been the suc ce ss and the steadily increasing public support and recognition of DIRECTION SPORTS, Inc. , a privately operated non-profit program for disadvantaged youngsters . DIRECTION SPORTS (see enclosed brochure) is the brainchild of its president and project direct or , Tulle y Brown, who initiate d t he program la st September in the Los Angeles area. As a result of the wide coverage given it locally and nationally, the program's unique method -- which uses a sports f ormat as a means of improving learning motivation and educational ski lls -- has been brought to the attention of an estimated more than one hundred million Americans. In response to this publicity DIRECTION SPORTS has received over a thousand letters, written by individual cit izens, by officials of city, state, and federal government , and by faculty members of numerous universities, asking how they might put the program to work in their cities . Subsequently, a major foundation has expresse d interest in paying half the cost of travel and lodging for representatives of the Mayors of one hundred American cities to attend a special five-day DIRECTION SPORTS workshop. The workshop sessions are to be held August 4th through 8th in Los Angeles. At Mr. Brown's request, I am writing you personally, in advance of formal and final structuring of the planned summer workshop, to invite your consideration of his program and to request a wri tten response to my office in regard to your interest in having your c i t y part i cipate. Your pos i tive reply will be additional indicat i on to the foundat i on which is considering a financ i al commitment to the workshop operation of the nat i onal interest in the DIRECTION SPORTS program . �Page 2 of 2 The City of Los Angeles intends to do everything poss ib le to ensure that the workshop sessions are successful in enabling every participant to return to his ci ty with the information and expe r i ence necessary to conduct a pilot DIRECTION SPORTS program for the benefi t of its constituency. It is our hope that thi s conference will move us further ahead, as individual c i ties, toward a coalition of common interest in the educat ional development of all disadvantaged American youngsters. I will look forward to hearing from you . Cordially, Enclosure �