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November 6, 1967 Mr. Mel Cotton The Urban C oalition 1819 H Street , N . W . Suite 220 Washington ,_ D . C . 20006 Dear Mel : I am submitting a few of my thoughts on what the Private Employment T sk Force meeting might look like in Atlanta on December 13 . I would hope that w would be able to complete worksbop sessions in the rning a.nd end in a general session with late lunch without reconv ning for workshop sessions in the aftel'tloon. With ev ry workshop conference I have attended-, including the recent Coalition me ting in Chicago, we have alw ys lost oux udience in the fternoon and I believe this would b the case in Atlanta wh re you re involving key bu inessmen. I would suggest st ;r,tin bout 9; 30 with gen r ae ion with welcome remni,ks by the M yor nd a keynote stage setting addr as by Phillippe, H nry F ord 011 someone ot thl order . Woi-kshop sessions would convene bout 10:30 or 11:00 nd run until 12: 30. These might be broken into two workshop periods for each rticipant. Luncheon would b gin bout 12:45 with the progr m to commence bout 1:30 or 1:45. l would Uk to see th Atlant colot slide pre ntation on rn power p:ro ,:am.s, pl'oblem • tc. pr ,sented by th key Chamb r of Com.me c official with m ybe time £or a few qu stlon or comments from th fiooi- £ollo lng this. Thi would t e about 45 minutes total. We might w nt to pass out sorn c::ritiqu he ts to b filled out and _tu1tned glvln a ch nee for expJ- • lons Ol' comment on the film pr s ntation. �Mr.· Cotton Page Two November· 6, 1967 The conference could close with a hard-hitting speech by Phillippe or Ford. Possibly the keynote speech in the morning should be designed to tell · bout some of the things that al"e happening in private industry in connection with Coalition efforts throughout the counh.·y. l would also like to see diocussion of the Step Pi-ogram of the National Assad tion of ManufactureJ:'e wo.rked into the pt'og:ram. This possibly could be done in the workshops . Ple se let us know what steps you want us to take next. Sincer ly yours, D n Sweat I'.6:fy �