Box 3, Folder 17, Complete Folder

May 26, 1969

Mr. Randall N. Conway

Staff Divialon

Memphis Manpower Commission
Poet affine Box 224

Memphis, Tennessee 38101

Dear Mr. Conway:

In reply to your letter of May 2)., regarding manpower policy
development, the City of Atlanta on of this date has no official
menpower policy. There has been eome discussion aa to the
CLt-y'a role in overell mpower development and administration
but the City has been eeluctent to get directly involved.

2 un forwarding I: copy of you; letter to Mr. Clint Rodgen.
Aeeoclate Aclminietrntor {or Manpower of Economic Opportunity
Atlanta. who the City calls on to repreeent it in many areas

of manpower development. Mr. Rodgere might be able to
furnish you with eddltlml Information which might be of help

to you. -

Sincerely you-e,

033‘!

co: Mr. Clint Rodgers







MEMPHIS MANPOWER COMMISSION
no. Box 224
a 3101

MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE
5 8 1 O 5

May 21 196°

Citv Manager
Atlanta, Georgia 30304

Dear Sir:
The mempnis Manpower Commission is trying to learn
what other cities have done concerning the develop-

ment of an overall manpower policy.

Would you please inform us of what you have done or
what your plans may be in this area.

We will be happy to share with you the responses re-
ceived from this inquiry if you so desire.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Staff Division
Memphis Manpow Commission





CITY OF ATLANTA



CITY HALL ATLANTA. GA. 30303
Tel. 522-4453 Area Code 404

May 26, 1969
IVAN ALLEN. JR.. MAYOR

R. ERRL LANDERS. Administrative Msistant
MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary
MN E. SWEAT. JR.. Dlrector of Governmental Liaison

lVIEMORANDUM

To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.

From: Dan Sweat {W

Subject: Attached letter from New York Urban Coalition
on Summer NYC Jobs

I had a call from Washington a few days ago asking how many

NYC slots we would like for this summer. We had anticipated

250. I suggested that we would be able to effectively use 675

which was the final total we reached last summer. Since

that time, we have received word that 675 slots have been approved.

The U. S. Department of Labor has been fair with us in my
opinion in giving us these slots. I don‘t really feel like we should
have to help fight New York's battle. The problem is that New
York is in a class all by itself and the number of jobs they need
staggers the imagination. You will notice they are talking about
upwards to 100, 000 jobs. They have 55, 000 approved.

Unless you just want to support a general demand for more slots,
as we have done in the past, I would recommend no action.







NEW YORK URBAN COALITION INC.. 80 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YOFIK. N.Y.10017 212-697-9202

LINCOLN O. LYNCH .I Executive Vice President

May 20, 1969

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
The Mayor of the City of Atlanta
City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mr. Mayor:

Recent events on the campuses, in the high schools, and in the ghetto
communities across the nation lead us to conclude the Summer 1969 may
be fraught with danger for the major cities of our nation.

The recent Federal and state cutbacks in funds available to the cities,
the severe budgetary problems now faced by the cities themselves, to—
gether with the inability of the private sector to employ out—of—school
young people during the summer make it imperative that the Federal gov-
ernment be persuaded to commit additional funds to the Neighborhood
Youth Corps in order to provide many of these youngsters with a meaning-
ful summer job rather than allow them to roam the streets with all the
dangers inherent in their idleness.

As you know, the United States Department of Labor has made a decision to
fund the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Summer 1969 at the same level as in
1968. This, in effect, means that fewer youngsters will be employed in
1969 as were in 1968, if one takes into consideration the fact that there
will be more young people out of school in 1969 than there were in 1968.
For example, here in New York, it is estimated that there are 150,000
high school and college students whose family income fall within the pov—
erty guidelines. We also estimate that there are an additional 100,000
students whose families are living on the borderline of poverty and will
be seeking jobs this coming summer. In Summer 1968 it is estimated that
New York was able to provide jobs for some l7,000 young people. At the
1969 funding level, which has already been announced by Secretary of Labor
Schultz, New York City will be able to provide some 55,000 summer jobs,
22,000 fewer than in l968.

The Manpower Task Force and the Board of Directors of the New York Urban
Coalition have placed top priority on efforts to persuade the Administra-
tion to request sufficient supplemental appropriations from Congress, and
Congress to grant such supplemental requests for the Neighborhood Youth
Corps to enable the cities to provide employment for a significant number
of young people out of school.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chrlsllen A. Herler. Jr.. Vice President. Mobil Oil Corporation; Chairmen I Eveline Antonetly. Executlve Director. United Bronx Parents I Humberto Aponle. Member. Council Against
Poverlv I Morris 0. Crawford. Chairman. Bowery Savings Bank I Leon J. Davis. Presidenl. Local 1199. Drug and Hospital Employees Llnlon I William DonaIdeon. President. Donaldson.
Lulkln s. Jenretle Inc. I Edwin Groonidgo. Chairman. South Bronx Community Corporation I Matlhew Guinan. Presldent. Transport Workers Union of America I William Hedded, Presl-
denl. Unllod Slales FI and D Corp. I Andrew Helskell. Chairman. Time Inc. I Floger Hull. Chairmen, Mutual Life Insurance Company 01 New York I Charles F. Luce. Chairman.
Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. I David B. McCall. Presidenl. LeFlocI'Ie. McCeIIrey d McCall l Herble Miller. Urban League Street Academy I Roswell B. PerkIns.
Porlner. Debevoise. Plimplon. Lyons E Gales I Alan Pller. President. Carnegie Corporation of New York I Jacob S. Potoisky, President. Amalgamated Cloil‘ling Workers of America I
T. George Siloort. Asst. Professor, New York Universliy School of Social Work I David Spencer. Executive Secretary. LS. 201 Plannlng Board Complex I Louls Slulharg. Prosldenl,
lnlernatlona! Ladies Garment Workers Union I Franklin A. Thomas. Execullve Director. Bedlord Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. I Harry Van Arsdnle, Jr.. President. Central Labor Council
I Isidro Veiez. Director. East Harlem Tenants Council I Saul Wellen. Presldsnl. New York Urban Coalition I Thomas R. Wilcox. Vice Chairman. First Nollonal Clly Bank



NEW YORK URBAN COALITION INC.. 60 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK. NY. 10017 212-597-9202

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. May 20, 1959

Obviously, it is unlikely that individual cities will receive increased
grants for this purpose unless the national total is itself increased.
This would suggest that a national campaign be undertaken to secure a
very significant increase in the amount of Federal funds made available
to provide summer jobs for youths.

As the Mayor of a very important city, and as one who recognizes the
problems of the cities and the dangers of thousands of idle young people
roaming the streets, you are urged to join with us in asking the Adminis—
tration and Congress to increase these funds quite substantially.

While we believe that the provision of jobs for young people during the
summer will not in and of itself insure a peaceful summer, we strongly
believe that risk will be significantly minimized. I am sure you will
agree with us that it is far more desirable to use our resources to in-
sure that young people are gainfully employed than to spend hundreds of
millions of dollars to repair damages caused by idleness and frustration.

For your information we are enclosing a list of Senators and Congressmen
on the Appropriations Committee and urge that you take such steps as you
see fit in helping to resolve what could be a grave national crisis.

I am,
Respectffl ly your ,
LINCOLN 0. LYNCH
Executive Vice President
LOL:gw

CC: Hon. John Y. Lindsay

Andrew Heiskell
Saul wallen

Gary Lefkowitz

'COMHITTEE'ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATESfiSENATE

DEMOCRATS

Richard B. Russell (Chairman) Georgia
Alan J. Ellender Louisiana
John L. McClellan Arkansas
*“-Narren G. Magnuson Hashington
Spessard L. Holland Florida
John C. Stennis Mississippi
John 0. Pastore , Rhode Island
Alan Bible Nevada
Robert C. Byrd West Virginia
Gale H. McGee . _ Hyoming
Mike Mansfield . Montana
William Proxmire Wisconsin
Ralph Yarborough . Texas
Joseph-M. Montoya New Mexico

Etrustigggs

Milton R. Young - North Dakota
Karl E. Mundt South Dakota
Margaret Chase Smith . Maine
Roman L. Hruska - Nebraska_
Gordon Allott . Colorado

' .Norris Cotton New Hampshire
Clifford P. Case New Jersey
Hiran L. Fong _ Hawaii
J. Caleb Boggs i Delaware
James B. Pearson Kansas

Members of Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, and Health, Education and

welfare and Related Agencies.
Subcommittee Chairman.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DEMOCRATS

George H; Manon (Chairman)
Michael J. Kirwan Ohio
Jamie L. Nhitten Mississippi
George N. Andrews - Alabama
John J. Rooney New York

_ Robert L.F. Sikes Florida
Otto E. Passman Louisiana
Joe L. Evins Tennessee



at“):

i:

** Subcommittee Chairman.

genocanis (Cont'd.)

Edward P. Boland
Nilliam H. Natcher

Daniel P. Flood
Tom Steed
George E. Shipley

'John M. Slack, Jr.

John J. Flynt

Neal Smith

Robert N. Giaimo
Julia Butler Hansen
Charles S. Joelson
Joseph P. Addabbo
John J. McFall '

M. R. Hull, Jr.
Jeffery Cohelan

- Edward J. Patten

Clarence D. Long
John O. Marsh
Sidney R. Yates
Bob Casey

.David Pryor

Frank E. Evans

REPUBLICANS

Frank T. Dow
Charles Raper Jonus
Elford A. Cederberg
Glenard P. Lipscomb
John J. Rhodes
Hilliam Minshall
Robert H. Michel
Sylvio O. Conte
Odin Langen

Ben Reifel

Glenn R. Davis
Howard H. Robison
Garner E. Shriber
Joseph M. McDade
Mark Andrews

Louis C. Hyman

Burt L. Talcott
Charlotte T. Reid
Don N. Riegle, Jr.
Wendell Hyatt

Jack Edwards



-2-

figgse OF REPRESENTATIVES

Massachusetts
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Illinois
Nest Virginia
Georgia

Iowa
Connecticut
washington
New Jersey
New York
California
Missouri
California
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Illinois
Texas
Arkansas
Colorado

_Ohio _
North Carolina
Michigan
California
Arizona
Ohio

_ Illinois

Massachusetts
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nisconsin
New York
Kansas
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
New Hampshire
California
Illinois
Michigan

‘ Oregon

Alabama

Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education and welfare.



May 23. 1969

MEMORANDUM
To: Mr. Charles Davis
From: Dan Sweat

Subject: ABC Program

I want to thank you again for your help in resolving the ABC program
problem.

I agree with your comments in your memorandum of May 21, 1969.
that the Finance Department should have been notified at a much earlier
date about the plans to phase out the ABC program.

As you know. this program is administered by the Personnel
Department and the Sanitation Digision. This ofltce was only brought
into the situation at the last minute because of the (allure of the
Personnel Department to resolve the problems in this case.

Fortunately. the Finance Department was able to come to the rescue
on this program on short notice.

In the future after we have the Admlnlstratlva Staff organised and
functioning. I am sure that we can prevent many 01 these last minute
rush problems from occurring. With your cooperation and expertise
I am certain that we can establish some management procedures and
controls which will be e! help to all departments in the City Govern-
meat.

13de





CITY OF ATLANTA

OFFiCE OF CITY COMPTROLLER
ATLANTA 3. GEORGIA

May 21, 1969
T0: Dan Sweat

FROM: Charles L. Davis, Director of Finance 6.130

SUBJECT: Notification to Department of Finance

There was a considerable delay in notifying the Department of
Finance of the plans to phase out the ABC Program by August 31,
1969. This matter only came to our attention when our assistance
was needed to work out a temporary solution to the placement of
these employees.

Due to the financial effect of the phase out of any such programs,

it would seem that the Finance Department should be among the

first to receive notification and should at least receive notification
in sufficient time to be able to assess the situation and insure

the proper fiscal control.

I would appreciate your assistance in insuring that our department
is properly notified of such matters in the future.

CLD:JRF:jc1





MRS. HOLLAND,

Continued from page 1

as a neighborhood service
aide at the Northwest EOA
center. While with EDA,

she trained in a new pro-
gram offered to all aides
with at least one year of
service. The eventual goal
of the program is to place
aides in better paying jobs
Like other aides, Mrs. Hol-

land received full salary
but was allowed to take
half her clerical training
during regular working
hours.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED

After two months of
training at Atlanta Area
Tech, opportunity knocked
for Mrs. Holland.

Atlanta Mortgage and
Brokerage Company was look—
ing for a cashier. They
didn't particularly need a
person with a high school
diploma and three years of
business school, even
thOugh Mrs. Holland has he:



STAR PUPILS - Aides Mrs. Elizabeth Barker, NASH-Washing-
ton, and Mrs. Annie Sue Bogan, Central City, demonstrate
a machine used in four Learning Centers as part of EOAE
Aide Training Program.

diploma. They simply want-
ed an intelligent person
who could work with num-
bers.

Through an interview
arranged by Mrs. Ann Jack-
son and Mrs. Cynthia Monta-
gue, co-ordinators of the
Aide Training Program, Mrs.
Holland got the job.

Summing up the training
program Mrs. Jackson stated
”Marketable skills is the
real goal. If we can teach
that, then we will have
made a dent . "

I(X)UL£)BE YOLH?
little girl.

FORINFORMATHMQCONTACR

FULTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES

165 Central! Avenue, SW.
Atlanla, Georgia 30303
Phone.fi?2—24Ufi











LAST 0F ORIGINAL CENTER
DIRECTORS LEAVES EOA -
Northwest resident Mrs.

Ruby Hawk was one of many
who paid tribute to George
Dodd at a testimonial din-
ner last month. Other
spokesmen included communi

ty leaders Mrs. Mary San-

ford, Mrs. Carey S. Howard
and Mrs. Odessa Hill;
Johnny Robinson represen-

ting the Mayor's office and
George Toomer from the YMCA

PERSELLS HONORED - Lester H.
Persells (right), executive
director of the Atlanta
Housing Authority, was hon-
ored recently with a lunch-
eon arranged by Mrs. Susie
LaBord at the Grady Homes

Child Development Centen
With Mr. Persells are J.T.
Crittenden (left), associ-
ate director of housing,

and EOA‘S Bill Allison.



N0 MUSCLE SPASMS HERE ,
IT'S BALLET - west Central
youngsters enjoy their
dance and drama classes

taught by volunteers Cheryl
Harris and Maye McGhee,
Spelman students.



SESAME

STREET - Pittsburgh
youngsters are enthusiastic
over the new T. V. learning
program featuring cartoons,
songs, puppets and dancing.
Pittsburgh staff members
who assist at Gideon Elem—
entary School and Parker
Junior High are Mrs. Mary
Lee Lockett, Mrs. Elizabeth
Holliday and Mrs. Patsy
Leslie.

NOVEMBER I ma...



RepoH +0 +he Board

—-—*—_——_-——_——————————————_-H—

William W. Allison

The Senate, October 14, has approved the bill for the continuation of CEO for two
more years. Considerable discussion has developed around the Murphy Amendment which
gives a veto over Legal Services Projects. Mayor Elect Sam Massell, speaking in be-
half of the U. S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities,urged the rejec-
tion of the Murphy Amendment. The CEO bill is expected to be brought to the House
floor in early December.

On Au ust 22 1969 the Executiva Administrator directed that a Task Force be set u
to explore new and different resources and combinations of services that would both
reduce cost and make EOA programs more effective in the communities they serve.



The Atlanta GATE House for Job Corps has completed one year of operation During
this period, it has served 1,281 returning enrollees, males and females. Of this

number, 719 have been placed on jobs or in training programs. The average hourly
wage for these has been $1.75 per hour. Six thousand three hundred six separate sen
vices were provided to the total persons served. These services were either dired
or referral and covered the following broad areas: health, legal referra1,housing

assistance, educational assistance, emergency welfare, transportation for job inter-
views, Job Corps related problems, pre and post emloyment counseling.

ACEP current figures of program participants 7for the period ending October 28,1969
are: Institutional MDTA : 1; New Careers: ; Project Rea y:

ployaBility Plan Completed: Z9 ;and NAB Placements: 23; Total placed in employment:



As a public service, General Motors is making available 3,000 brochures depicting
Start Now Atlanta Volunteers at work.



The Planned Parenthood Association family planning program was featured on Chan-
nel Five November 17. Services in the project continue. to increase. Approximately

h,500 persons have been served during the Current year.

The Rodent Control Pro act has been in o eration for a roxi

The major foci of this project are: Resident participation, Inter—Agency Coordina-
tion, and Rat Killing.

Approximately thirty-five (35) clubs have been organized in the target area to assis:
the project in implementing the rat activities. More than 300 meetings have been
held with residents focusing on the problem.

Clean up and poison have been undertaken in: Pittsburgh, Huff Road Community John#
son Road Community and Northwest Perry area (except Perry Homes).

More than 212 junk cars have been moved from the streets: The rat population has
been substantially reduced. The environmental sanitation has generally been im—
proved. The project is now in the process of doing maintenance and final surveys

for a final report to HEW. In addition, more than 100 garbage racks are being built
for residentswho need them most.

The monthly report for the Atlanta Southside Comprehensive Health Center figr Ogtg-

ber 31 indicated that services have been extended greatly since June when the new
boilding opened. To date, of the 16,240 patients who are eligible for service, 7328

have been registered, approximately 2,231 patients were seen at the center in Octobe:
and there have been 25,000 home visits to patients since July.

The Center staff consists of nine (9) full time physicians, 6—% time physicians and
six (6) consultanting physicians, four (4) full time dentists, 1—% time dentists,
seventeen (17) full time registered nurses and 161 individuals who reside in the

target area, and are eligible for care at the center, 8d of whom above completed the
core Curriculum and are warhino in the war-inns. nnrnmprliral anh—nranoeim-m] n'ini'n.

AT THE LIBRARY

CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS

Special Christmas programs will be held in 11
branches of the Atlanta Public Library.

Miss Bertha Parker, Children's Coordinator for
the Library, will tell traditional Christmas stories
including "The Little Match Girl"l and ”Twas the Night
Before Christmas."

Films, including "Kustard the Dragon," will also
be shown in some of the branches. Also Scheduled is
the Christmas fantasy, ”Christmas Cracker."

Free to the public, programs will be held at the
following branches:

see below
Stor hours and Film Pro rams

3:30 p. m., Thursday, December 11, Lighting of the Tree
at Smith Memorial Branch, 972 Alpharetta Street, Ros-
well, Ga.

3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 16, Adams Park Branch,
1480 DeLowe Drive, S. W.

3 .00 p. m., Wednesday, December 1?, Ida Williams Branch,

269 Buckhead Avenue, N. E

1:00 p. m., Thursday, December 18, Inman Park Branch,
447 Moreland Avenue, N. E.

3:30 p. m., Friday, December 19, Anne Wallace Branch,
528 Lovejoy Street, N. W.

Storyhours Only

3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 9, Uncle Remus Branch,
945 Gordon Street, S. W.

3:30 p. m. Wednesday, December 17, Hapeville Station,
Hapeville Recreation Center, Hapeville, Georgia

11:00 a. m., Saturday, December 20, Kirkwood Branch,
106 Rirkwood Road, N. E.

2:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 23, Sandy Springs Branch,
395 Mount Vernon Highway, N. W.

IN SYMPATHY

EOA expressestympsthyrtthhe folbowing-persons;



Mrs. Yvonne Bankston, planning analyst,
her mother-in-law.

Mrs.
her father.

The family of W. A. Edge,who paSSed away recently. Mr.
Edge was one of the

burgh and was a member Planning Subcommittee,

of the

Recreation Subcommittee, and attended most of the CCA:
meetings.
Mrs. Susie Arnold, Edgewood intake aide, on the loss of

her daughter.

_.__..____——-—n—...__...._..__.....___..—-.—.--————————u-——-

1111' ...-...l ’3 .. _ h-___'l.....-. 10 T1

=many new
on the loss of

Bunny Jackson, director of planning, on the loss of

most active CNAC members in Pitts—

L‘I..... I-n-M Ely-"ink

CHANNEL 5 TO
AIR EOA FILM
DECEMBER 23

START NOW ATLANTA, the
exciting film of poverty
tours and volunteers,will
be shown on Channel 5 at
10 p. m. on December 23.

In announcing the prime
time slot for the film,
Miss Dale Jacobs, Public
Service Director for WAGA—
TV, called the film "an
excellent one" for the
people of Atlanta to see.

The full color movie
was produced by intern Ben
Dyer and given to BOA as a
public service by ATST.
Plans are being made to
publicize the film over the
country for showing by
clubs, businesses, and
other groups.

In metropolitan Atlanta
the film may be reserved by
calling 525-2068.

0N - THE - GO
STAFF MEMBERS

-- MRS. SUJETTE CRANK,chief
of neighborhood service op-
erations, attended the Whim
House Conference on Hunger
and Nutrition during the
first week in December.

~ MRS. MADELINE LOCUS, as-
sistant coordinator for can
munity development,and Mrs.
ANNIE LOIS TURNER, chair-
man of the Full-Year Head
Start Council, attended the
Head Start and Child Deve-
lopment Conference in New
Orleans, November 16-20.

The two delegates report
ideas on parent
involvement which was the
theme of the meeting.

- JOHN CALHOUN, coordina-
tor for community develop-
ment, has made two trips
to Tampa, Florida,as a con-
sultant for Regional CEO.

Mr. Calhoun was also a
special guest and advisor
to the fall meeting of the
Licensed Practical Nurses
Association of Georgia held
at Galloway Gardens.

111K flu‘nkn'l Ci vomi- Q Id

Mr. Charles Davis

. City Comptroller

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Charles:

RE: ABC Corps - Casual Employees

As you know, for -the past 18 months or more, the Sanitation Division of

the City of Atlanta has been involved in a new project under the Atlanta
Concentrated EmplOyment Program called the Atlanta Beautification Corps.
In this project, so-called hardCOre, unemployed individuals have been
utilized in special crews designed to collect trash and debris from side-
walks, vacant lots, playgrounds, parks, etc. in an attempt to keep these

areas beautiful.

The concept of the program was for the City to attempt to identify those
members of the ABC Corps who could perform in regular City functions '
and to assist them in finding fulltime employment. Our success has not
been too great. To date, we have placed three of the former ABC workers
in regular City positions at the City Garage. '

Because of cutbacks in Federal funding. the ABC Program is being reduced
in the number of employees «immediately by 25 as of Friday, May 2.

Ralph Halsey and his Sanitation people say that this program has been
successful and that the ABC workers have performed a great service to

the City of Atlanta. He has indicated he is in favor of continuing these

people if passible.

It seems to me that since they have performed admirably in areas where they
were badly needed by the City that we should attempt to maintain the services
of these 25 people in the Sanitary Division until at least the end of our summer



Mr. Davis

Page Two
April 5, 1969
”3&7

program period. This would give us an opportunity to make a further

effort to place those who can meet qualifications in regular job slots.

At the same time, during the crucial summer period we would have the
advantage of the experience of these peeple in helping in special neighborhood
clean-up projects and other special requirements which the sumzner period

brings.



It is my understanding that Mr. Halsey has requested that these 25
individuals be placed on a casual employee status with the Sanitary Division
until August 31. I hope that you will support this recommendation and give

us your help in having this done.

Sincerely yours,



Dan Sweat







Ecenemic. ®pp®rtunity Atlanta, Inc._

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 . Telephorle: 525-4262

.T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

lI‘he attached clippings represent part of EOA's
extensive press coverage during the last month.



u
4.

THE ATLANTA £0NS'1'1TUTItJ-N, Thursday, June 19, 1969

Pertinent Resigns as Edi/i Ciriei,
_lAccepss Site-ii Post atlilnieersiiy '

By PAUL RYAN as»

Thomas M. (Jim) Parham re-
signed Wednesday as executive
administrator of Economic 0p-
portuni-ty Atlanta to accept a
staff position with the Institute
of Goyermnent at the Univers-
_ ity of Georgia.

The EOA board of directors
accepted Parham's resignation
"with very deep regret” and
‘ elected Deputy Administrator
William W. Allison to head the
organization. '

The board elected G. Clinton
Rodgers. EOA associate admin—
istrator for manpower, to re-
place Alliso has deputy adminis-
trator. '

Parham. who will leave EOA
July 15, said he is resigning be-
cause “the task of administer-
ing the wide range of EDA ac-
tivities and the necessity of
meeting the growing require‘
ments of federal funding sources . welfare. crime and delinquency
consumes all and more of one‘s' and income maintenance for the
energies and leaves no time toi poor.”

consider in depth any particular In a statement of regret

subject." " ado 9 . .
_ pt.d unantrnousry by the
The 42-year-old Parham, “Thou EDA board of directors. Bois~
has served as EOA executirelfeu“!

d . . t t f t t t . .et Jones. board chairman.
a ““15"?!“ 01' “"05 “o'said that Parham has Served
years, said he has concluded

‘ , t"as an able administrator and a
that here are others who can

attend these administrative du- sci-blue humanist.
ties as well or better than my-' In accepting the Emma-year
Self." . | position, Aiiison. 35, said he will
In his letter of resignation.'“00minue i0 f‘JHOW the 53919
dated June 4. Parham saiti he smral goals that my predecea-
wants to devote his time to'SOI‘ has pursued =13 Vii-EWCUSUZH
"matters of long-time profcs-i Allison. the first Negro to
sional interest, such as childlhead the agency in charge of

.-'.r.i~'.:a.r.i£.iuuikip_'. «IT-3].

Eh...“ '- "schist .‘a i 3:. ‘
UNIVERSITY BO
Jim Partial-n

Itrator, who has worked on the

lecturer at Clark College.

The new EDA head holds a
BA. degree from DePauw Uni-
versity. He studied for a year at
the Northwestern University
Law School and has completed
graduate studies in political sci-
ence and Far East history at

the University of the Philip-

pines.

Studying on a Jessie Smith
Noyes Fellowship, Allison re-
ceived a M.P.A. degree in
urban development and a re
news] from the graduate school
of public and international af-
fairs at the University of Pitts-
burgh.

Parham said he had recom-
mended Allison to the EDA
board of directors because he
feels Allison "has the intelli-

MoVES UP gence and experience necessary
for the job."

William Allison _ -

Jones commented that Allison
the W3? 0" DUFF-I'll? for Atlanta had not been selected because
and Fulton. Gwinnett and Rock- he is a Negro. “The board is
dale counties. said Parham has completely impartial as far as
“laid the foundation 0f real resi- race is concerned," the chair-
dent involvement." man stated.

The new executive adminis— Shortly before Parliam was
named to the BOA post follow-
EOA staff since the organiza- ing the death of c, 0, Emmer-
lion's inception four years ago, ich Sta, some local Negro lead-
said he will attempt to increase ers had pushed for the appoint-
the participation of public and i ment of a Negro to the top anti-
privatc agencies in programs to poverty job here. .
aid the poor. I Jones said board members,

In addition to his position withimany of whom are Negroes.
EDA, Allison has served since-had elected Parham unani-
January 1968 as an assistant mously two years ago and
professor of city planning at elected Allison unanimously
Georgia Tech and as a visiting Wednesday. '

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finisher Sheets Is Profitable

To the many youths who will be
available this Summer it ought be
told that. many opportunities are
here to keep them has; in gainful
employment.

The jobs need not be boring. for
most can be fun; since we use the
daylight saving {11‘ this area. there
E: plenty of lime to have clean {on

hormone Sun goes doom.

The city parks are on special
sessions wItII a. multiplicity of pro-
S’I'RES. many Emitters are
sponsoring dancinr'end other ac-

\

tiritles, there are even special pro-

V“ a: 5" -

grams for the LI\ILLIJ- -

Among' the small Jobs available
to youngsters of all ages are news-
paper routes, extra. . help around
stores. relief workers to allow the
regularsJo go on vacation. etc.

While the Summer may be long
and hot, it. can also he a time for
fun and gain. so this Summer-let
the young learn a new "Thing"

...... Let's get-away from the an-
cient slung of “Burn. Baby Burn"
and replace it with, "Earn Baby
Earn."

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Guildlord College near GreenSn
boro. North Carolina. attend-a
ing the Eastern Music Fesfi- sie on the clarinet. This will
val. Bessie and the other will be the instrument Bessie will
have the benefit of the b65£_ play at [he Fesfival.

who Bessie says is "a nice
music teacher" started Bes—

=Cietineiist
Vtr’ins Trip

! Bessie Barnett is 13 and at—
tends Coan Middle School.
Three years ago her mother.
Mrs. Anna Barnett, saw that
Bessie liked music and bought
[her a clarinet. On a maid's
slary it was a big sacrifice
to buy a “3-year-old a clari-
net.

Mrs. Barnette paid a little
each week out of her meager
salary [and now it's paid off.
Bessie is one no six “Elia
ogportttnggy .. Atlanta music
scholarship winners who left
Atlanta by plane on Friday.
june 20.

This summer the youngsters
will be spending six weeks at

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professional instruction and the

fun and company of other ac-
complished musicians.

Miss Mary Francis Early.

Last month. Bessie was very
excited about going to Mayor
Ivan Allen's office to receive
the scholarship. But the knew
that it was more than just
stun-time for six week this.
summer. I

“I can learn alot more now," '
said Bessie. "This will help
me a lot and I'll be able to
improve. l'm really looking
forwards to going there and
working with the profes-
sionals."

Bessie wants to continue tak-
ing music through high school
and college if she can. And
her mother would like nothu
ing more than that herself.

"My mother comes to every
performance." said Bessie;

Thanks to EOA and a
concerned, farsighted mother.
Bessie will have a chance to
develop a special talent. it
just may be a turning point
in her life.

{Bessie Lives at 49 Mayson
Avenue, N. E.)

Wht‘gk-n L7 {/0 (Ia/n )[O-g/ Ker-)1 f/Hzééu-Znh



THE A'I'I..v’t’.\"l'.-'t"CONSTITUTION, Fridal‘, June 20, 1969

£014: The Guard Changes

With the departure of Jim Parliam. Eco-
nomic Opportunity‘i’ttlanta is losing an effec-
tive executive administrator, Parliam has
accepted a position with the -Univcrsiiy of
Georgia's Institute of Government. where,
he says, he camdcvotc his time to “matters
of long-time interest, such as child welfare,
crime and delinquency and income main-
tenancc for the poor.”

EOA’s board of directors accepted Par-
ham’s resignation “with very deep regret”
and commended him for his service ”as an

able administrator and a sensitive humanist." -

They then named William W. Allison to
succeed him. The first Negro to head the
agency, Allison comes with an impressive
list of qualifications, including an MFA.
degree in urban development and morc than
13 months as an assistant professor of city
planning at the Georgia Institute of Tech-
nology. He has worked with EDA since its
inception four years ago.

Allison has vowed to “continue to follow
the same general goals that my oi‘edecessor
has pursued as vigorously." Path-am. Allison
said, “laid the foundation for real resident
involvement.”

“Some Negro leaders have long sought the
top EOA post for one of their own race.
The EOA board insists the appointment was
made because. of Allison’s ability—not be-

cause of race—and no doubt it was. Still
tor the first time, the antipoverty program
in Atlanta will be administcred by a mad
front the race most affected by it. We wish
him well.



\, THE VOICE-June 29.. i969—Page 11

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Themes A no? T m

' Variations

Exists??? ”News

————— Two highly capable Negro male Atlantans were
promoted to top positions last week. William Allison,
former deputy director“ of EDA Etiqual OpportunityAtlanta],
was promoted to Director to succeed Jim Parham who
resigned to assume a new. post. “Bill's " competence
is commensurate with the requirements of the job-——
Kelvin Wall has been named a vice-President of the Coca—
Cola Company and becomes the first man “of color"
to occupy such a seat. Mr. Wall possesses qualities which
match the Occasion. When black men receive their de—
senred and earned positions. each of us shares Lhepride
of such recognition for it is a comfort to know that racism
doesn't "always" prevail. This columnist congratulates
these two men who obviously have both natural and ac-

. ,quired abilities“ - —







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W mmmwr .- :uL-Lu- rm

5 31,31“:
E3”

The NASA Spaccmobile, a
loiiring informative program
on the Apollo Moon Project.
will be in Atlanta June 23-27.

The program. sponsored by

51}

the City of Atlanta Parks and
Recreation Department, the '

Atlanta school system. the
'D-eKalb County school sys-
tem I1ronoroir...0"icrhin113
All 191:1. 4.11113 Metropolitian

”:Lo'y' 5 Clubs and mo YMCA of

metro All ant-a will lime dif-
ferent programs for various
agcgroups.

Programs for grades 3551'.
through nine will be at 2:00
p.111. June 23 at Morris
Brawn College; at 10:00

am. June 24 at Warren Me'-_
morial Boy's Club; at 1:00
pm. June 25 at DeKalb Col-
lge and at 2:00 p.111. at
Sammy Coon Elcmontary
School.

The higher level program
will be presented 0:] Juns '33
at 10:01:} am. at Northsidc
High School; on J1me 21} at
2:00 p.111. at Warren Memo—
rial Boys Club: Jun-:2 25 at
Price High School at 10:00
am. 21111] at College Park High
at 2:CG (1.111.; and tho final
showilg 1t 10: CO a..m on
June 27 at Dougloo High
School.

The program will include a
film and lecture. All pro—
grams are opcn to the public

within the. grade Imels out-
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Several fnonthslago, Dor—
eathaa R. Langley, o VISTA
volunteer from Baltimor
Maryland and now working
in the EOAHEest Central
tar’g'éffiérg, came up with
the idea of a Home Nurses
Association for some of the
unemployed women in the
art-t1.

he than called the Red
Cross Association and H11-
ghes Spaidlng Pavilion to see
it" they couli provide nurses
on a volunteer basis inorder
to help set up training clas—

E'nt”gvrirrm 1r
1 «srdfieiu‘ifill'u 5-13

see for the women. The Red

Cross supplied a nurse and

printed materials, and the
Director of Nursing; at H11-
ghss Spalcling gave additional
assistance.

Mrs. Langley's next step
was to find a. place. to hold
the training classes. She ap-
proached the Dixie I‘lills Ba»
ptisr Church which offered
its facili es {or the first
session. lasting 6 - Sweeks.
The second training class
was held from 6«8 p.111. on
Tue scisy and Towed-1y.

l—fi-‘fiL::H:-s-M 'a- -- Ain'-

Trainees of Mrs. Lang-
ley's classes become mero—
bers of the Companions and
Nurses Association which
works to develop the skills
of home companions and
home nurses, ant? to teach
practical home nursing sk—
ills for the low income and
the uneducated. It has also
helped 1.1; turd-1 Some low—
income '1'1'orner1 to read and
write.

Out of all the participants,
who range in age from 16

to 6?, 100 have Completed ‘

the training and 90 are. om-
played.

Graduate trainees have
been successful in finding
employment in private ho»
mes (Mother and BabyCare)
Piedmont Hospital. Fultm
County Medical Association
and Wesley Woods Conval-
esoent Home.

Although almost ail the
participants are women, two
males, one a lifeguard and
the other a policeman. have
Complete-d thecourse.

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By BOB ltOiiltElt
elogntos from lo'.-I.-inr:on1r.'a At-
lau‘a communities nttt :11 . '.'.'1:15'
night 1.15111 the city ho: 11d oi oLlI. -
cation and decked to institute
Weekly meetings with the hoard
discuss problems in city

ischoots.

The delegates, members of the
education subcommittee of the
Citizens CL-ntral Advisory Coun-
cil, presented 13 rucotnlnentiw
tions {or ill][‘1'0'\Li“C-l: of ope-:11-
tions of the city Schools to hoes .'.‘l
mom‘mts.

The meeting almost cutie (i
abruptly 111 its 91.11”!) 5'. uges 1' hon
disagreement ioso on 11112112211
the board's 1"e3ponsos to. Eco-
nomic 011.1101'11111i11ej mum—11o
ILrIoTfilfiL1111.?firJiil 11111.: fiti'he 511111-
tnitted to the minted subcont-

milteo in writing.

When hoard President Bill
li-‘ainwright and Atlanta school
Supt. John LL-Itson proposed they
gitLI \'{}i‘ll'cll answers: l'J the roc-
onuncntintions in: 111 o d i :I t 015'.
Mrs. Maggie Moody, chairman

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. - '15

-\;/|:_JLI’-l-I-—l M LJU

liill \‘1' .91! Joint: Lulu-111:1

iot' the suhLomtnittoc. .13th Id
whether it room] he possible to
get the response in “tiling.

Wainwright said he didn‘t
think "some answers on a piece
of punt-1'” wmtltl explain very
much, and that hits. Moody or
another represemotit'e should
write the Eltltth-JI‘S down if they
11.111.0rl ll1I-I1n on [mow

1111's. Dmt-l‘ny Boltlcn oi Perry
llomcs 5:111! that if disadvan-

tngml people are to be oducnl-l

Ctl they 11111.11 have nnswors "pill
(101 '11 in 'o|:_I.L'l: and white. "
"We brought this 111 you in

black and white,” tat-:1 Mrs.
Bot-J .on referring to the recom-
rooms: ions. ""1 think We're ask-
ing this in good faith.”

After Mrs. Moody again re-
quested something in writing
"to relate hot-IL" to the (hand?

vnntngoti communities involved.
0.1{. '

l‘.’:11n..'t'iI.I,lit Snirl “\‘..-'LIll
'l 111nm tor for coming.”

There was a brief t1nL:on1fL1r-'
tab]: silence. thou board 111cm-
her lloraLILI. Tats saved the outli-
enLIL- from coming to an end
1111' noting the subcommittee
lllCIt'lt‘t'i'S'. “\‘on' wait a minute,
y’oure not 1111: 11g you (lont
1:: an“. :1 discussion?"
'J‘Alilt“ TIM-E

l‘minurigllt then said formula-
tion of written answLIIn would
require co!1..1L1L1..hle rout-arch
and time, and suggested that
after answers had been written
down, thtI board and the sub-
!tIonnnitloLI. could “get around
the 1:11:11;— and discuss" proh-
lt‘l‘tls.

l‘Ill‘S Bolthsn 3.11:1 she felt “no.
011011“. to 1111' 'L‘ the nnstrsLI 'tol
one or two questions’ to tskel
home in lhci1'cIonslitULnts. “All,
right, piL'lt ‘oni out.” I

Lotson suggested the nltnnnto- ,
l)‘ oppttn'cd [I]: 111 of 111:. cling one
night a. wot-.1 at t\I'—o1.o '.11' ses-
s.nns"io:'lIo11"ctL-r 1011" it
taken" to dint-.159. school system
functions and pro'nlL-rns on: by
one. The sutmonnniltee int-:11-
bIIis e”! 1IILl to 51111”. the scriem
of meetinrfs .11 7 pm \l‘ednos-l
dov with (Sister-"11.1 of the '1tIxI'
lst'ltool It 11:11 pt 1951111 13 be in-
1511111th 1111;.- 1:111 9.111va other

'111a'ttLI1's.
Ntl'l‘litNG ‘1'0 nun-1

“We hart- noih‘Ing to ititlc in
the school sutmn. ' l.'I'.:.1L1r1 511:1.
“-lht.‘ fiiLLn l‘ 1” hi. I."-- ‘.llttl‘ (ll‘i-
[135.11. 11’ [11910 iI' a better 1131'
to do anrthinI' in this sci-mot
:svsium 1' LI re 111: ".5115; ior il."

l 1111 t'.1'I.::Irl the 111.1111111'3 o. the

{ILL-K '::‘.II1 tIorn:11iltIe l‘lf‘l to
|"_iu.1.':p to 1111': 111311“- '.- 11111.! to
‘ It‘lul. - tl'. tiI' ILI trI h:I.1I:I. 1111.11.1L

timer: 1': . ‘11? l:1r"'1\".'1u m

l- "\l ll:-
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.1 {normals
(:1'1!1I,111*iII.1I.
Elli-21rd t‘."'.‘ LIJL
" it!) 1:'-.' i1.- '..~'i‘1':
orni 1L.I:.I1~. tt'LI-n'.
lit 111.» tIIIntlIu th.
-l.I.Ll11r_.Ition in: Recon,

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GET READY FOR THE FOURTHH — «112852 children in the East Point Child Ca re C cater raise the flag
and say the pledge of allegiance getting ready for the Fourth of Juiy Holiday. The children from ages
three to six are taught things like this in the lam-school expcifences at the nursery. It is operated for

working mothers with .“ 'nds from Ecomomic Opportlmity Atlan'ta. (Photo by Rachel \Hilihnire)
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- “The Food hund.‘ ’ began
last October in West End to
provide food as emergency
assistance to poor people. is
lagging. according to a
spokesman from the West
End hewnbm hood F‘Qs} Qan-
ter. The fund is coordinated
by the center.

i At the peak of the effort to
.establish a food fund, 30
churches in the metropolitan
area were participating in the
program. Now. there are only
three giving help.
_ The participation by
churches consists of asking
each member to bring one can
_of_ioor| to church the first
Sunday of every month. Al-
though all members did not
take part. the 30 churches
were providing enough food to
meet emergencies.

At this time. people are
being turned away. And other
'agcneics which normally pro-
vide this kind of assistance
are out of funds and unable to
help
The l QHAs spokesman said

mthnduaro. chur chcs v. ant—

ing to help should call Joe
Flannagan. 523-1541. St. Vin-
cent chaul Society. 325 Ivy
St. NE. The Society collects
the food. stores it and distrib-
utes it to centers where it is
needed. The few! can be taken
by the Society on Ivy Street.











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Staff Photo—Noet Davis

F093.) FOR THOUGHT

Albert Dawson prepares to feed hungry chi‘dren at Butler
Park in a new summer program cosponsored by the City 01
Atianta Recreation Departmt‘nt and Ecnnonlic Opportunity



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Atlanta. Inc. Trucks loaded with tight food leave central

points Monday through F riday mornings and travel to piety—
lots around the city to feed youngsters. -



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THURSDAY, JUNE 19.1969

Two Th omos Students Win
EOA Music Scholarships

Phyllis Carter and Sheila"

White. both students at Thom-
as High School in College
Park. have been named win-

ners of conornic Opportunitv
Atlant__a“surn‘”mer muss: so o -
511’?th attend the Eastern
Music Festival.

The festival will be held at
Guilford College near Greens-
boro. N. C. June 20 through
Aug. 1. Participantswill re-
ceive private instruction from
professioual musicians.

Phyllis. 13. and Sheila. 16.
are both students of James H.
Patterson, band director at
Thomas.

The girls. who live just two
blocks apart. are among eight
winners in the entire ciw.
Scholarship recipiants were
selected after auditions be-
fore a panel of professional
musicians and poverty area
residents, according to Dr.
Benno Frank, director of
Creative Atlanta. EOA‘s
summer arts program.

During the summer festival
participants will present
numerous public concerts.
Arrangements have also been

made with an educational te-
levision channel in North Car-
olina to film a program fea-
turing the young musicians.
and plans are being made for
a special White House per-
formance this fall.

Scholarships include tui»
tion. living expenses. clothing
allowance. transportation and
incidentals.

Phyllis. who plays the has-so
dent. She was an alternate on
the junior high all-state band
and plays saxaphone during
the football season. She has
also been playing the piano
since she was six and began
her band instruction on the
clarinet as a fourth-grader.
Patterson bees-n- machine her

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to play the bassoon two years
ago.

Sheila. who also started

with the clarinet, now plays
oboe and hopes to learn to
play thelsaxophone or flats.



THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Wednesday, June 25, 1:

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44, iiil’ll oi; Ployiots Get Food §uppiemems Here

By HAROLD WARDLAW

More than 44, 000 undctprivi-
leged Atlanta youngsters have
started receiving between-111ml
supplements at supeiviscd roc-
reation centers, a federal agli-
culture official said here TUes-
day.. _

“This is a cooperative ven-
ture under the sponsorship of
,thc US. Department of Agricul-
ture (USDA), the Campbell
Foundation, the Atlanta Board
of Education, flconomic t') or—
tunily Atlantr -. 1) and lie

_ oi .» tlan ' *arks and Rec»
reation Department,” llaines

Presley explained in an inter-

view.

He said Atlanta’s program is
the largest. in the nation. "Esti-
mates indicate that as many as
fill 000 children may he teached
belore the summer is over.’

The between-meal supple-
ments, or “mini-meals," corn
sist of such items as milk, sand-
wiches, fruits, bread, juices and
50 011.

"These mini-meals are pre-'

pared at 1?. Atlanta schools and
then delivetcd twice daily to
lmore than 100 supervised play-
'lots or recreation centers,"
Presley pointed out.

But, he said, programs of this
type could not. get off the ground
without help from private or»
ganizations such as the Camp-
bell Foundation. “The founda-
tion has already contributed
$10,000 to the summer project
to help pay for personnel need-
ed to prepare the ‘mini-menls’
at the 12 school cafeterias," he
said.

Presley said more than $500,-
000 has been set aside for the

"program by USDA. Atlanta- is

111,1- 111' Ill-- I11 I. ril. ' Ii.1 lit-t

nation to take advantage of this

new feeding program, called
“Special Food Services for
Children. ” He added that this
is one of USDA’ s first ventures

inurban feeding. plies of- cardboard boxes and might be able to contribute

EOA‘s Mike Ray, coordinator sandwi Ch bags boxes and sandwich bags,” Ray
of the summer feeding program “Interest; in the program has said. “That way, all the US DA
said “Althoughthe program is been running high, and we 31": Funds could be spent on fr. :2 for
rca-iy to go, we are low on sup- in hopes that local industries 1 these needy children.”

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Peverm

By JO GRéEiAh-i STERN
Siaif Writer

“To say that I’m sacrific-
inganything is baloney. ljust
love these kids. Fighting
poverty is like fighting a fire
from a drinking fountain with
a paper cup."

This is the way Charles

Artcr, a Southside resident,
feels about working as a foil-

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time yoiupjeigr for Economic
(JessamitaetteI‘d-'1-

”F'Ait'ér is not a‘iyiiic'al work-
er. He doesn't have an ordi-
nary'joh because he doesn’t
need the money, since he re-
ceives an income from an
inherited trust fund.

“I came to Atlanta with a
friend from Akron, Ohio. I
had received a degree in eco-
nomics from Amherst Col-

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loge, and my triend was at-
tending Emory business
school. He and I began looking
for work and found jobs in a
sociai welfare agency.

Arter found social work
unrewarding, 1e said. be-
cause he was “not allowed to
do anything I felt. was re.
levant or worthwhile.”
with the organization ever
since. He feels he is helping to
bridge ti‘e gap between black.
and white people.

"I- find animosity among
blacks but I can understand it.
The majority are really
Iriendiy. These kids are can-
did. They‘ll test you. and they
can spot a phoney."

Just being in the area has
awakened Artcr to the needs
for more and better schools.
remedial reading classes, less
crowded classrooms.



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By ERNEST M. PEI/Lilli

William W. (Bill) Allison,
who will on July 15. become
the first black ExccutiveAd—
ministra tor of Econom ion-.1:
portunitviigori [chose-En o
gfims'edmini'ster primarily
to black people, told the in-
quirer this week he "will
stress greater development
and use of commiutitv re-
sources to assist EDA in
this job of fighting poverty."

Allison. who came to EOA

In 1965 Director of Plan-
nlng, is moving up from the
number two position as De—
puty Director because pre—
sent head 'I'. M. (Jim) Per
Item is accepting a position
with the Institute of Govern—
ment at the University of
Georgia.

Pat-ham, who will be a spe-
cialist in the field of social
welfare. discussed his ten—
ure as EDA head this week
with the Inquirer, noting,
”i feel real good about my
term at EDA. We've made
some organizational pro—
gress and some'key staff
members have developed
very nicely and are res-21y to
step in."

Of Allison, he said, "‘1
think we couldn't have found
a better man to take over.
He's been an important part
of improved organizations
gains. He’sdsmonstrated his
ability to work with every
level of the commtmity end
the staff has cott‘ifiencc in
him."

Allison, a 1950 graduate of
Booker T. l as. . on lligh
School here. oer -o his un-
dergraduate do; so from
DeF’auw University in
Greencast e. Inst-ans inns-z.
He Spent two years with [Le
[1.5. Army Medical Corps in
Europe 311.1 in 195:5 attended

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WI LLL-frvt A LLISON

Northwestern Law School. A
holier of the MA. degree in
Public Administration from
the University of Pittsburgh,
he spent 1957 in the Middle
East 011 apil;ritn:ige towards
the Center of the Baha'i faith.

From 1953 to 1963, he was
a re Search 9 ssociste with the
Council an Economic and
Cultural Affairs, funded by
john I“). Rockefeller. III.i-Ie
did research on poverty in
the Phillinines. Before com—
ing to EDA, he was [Director
of the Merit Employment
Program for American
Friends Service Committee
in High Point. N.C_

Asked if anticipated any
problems as a hlecE-t ecl—
ministrator of EDA, Alli-
son sci-:1. “i anticipats that
Atlanta will confer upon me
the same hOLOL‘ and respect
as bestows-.1 upon my prew
decessors.” (C. O. Em-
merich and Parhem)

One siia—light to the Aili—
son apt-ointment contesfrom
Mts. Kerstin-3. Clayton, coin
unmist. TV personality and
Model Cities staffer, who rev
mari‘eti that "somebody
ought to give Bill anhonot‘."

A Negro woman, Mrs.
Clayton said, reacted with.
”i don't see why nobody
should honor' him. He ain't
hired no Negroes yet. He
ain't gonna give no Negroes
jobs. Same difference.”(.-\l-
lison doesn't assume his
new duties until july 15).

Speaking of Parhsm. Alli-
son said, ”I think this is a
loss {or EDA. He's been a
goo-:1 director, but I have a
lot of interest in this pro-—
gram and look to direct a
large program such as EDA
with a censicierable degree
of enthusiasm."

Allison. who will super-
vise -i neighiiorhoozl Serv-
ice Centers, some 38 clif—
ferent programs and an an—
nual budget of $11 million,
said. ”i will be trying to
stress greater development
and use of community re—
sourcas to assist EDA in this
job of fighting poverty.



.nuh...

ATLAVTA DAIIY WORLD 'IIIUItSDnS, JUD‘E 2,6 1969

‘3‘” 1' “L’s—Jill L. 3
“R a Fat
16-1-77 -— no t
WEE; to?) Etc-:35"

Nine different agencies are
combining their sources and
services to offer many resi-
dents of Fulton Countya free
health checkiup this summer.

The County anciStete Health
Department in cooperation
with the M edlcal Society, Red
Cross, TB Association, E. 0.
A., Diabetes Association,
Model Cities, and the city of
Atlanta will offer Atlantans
tests for tuberculosis, diabe—
tes, syphilis, emphysema, and
bronchitis. .

“Health Fairs” will take
place at ever-yr; .o_J- hit-ism” _
bnorhood Seu’jee Center in
Fulton County. 0- .ticielsorthe
Health Department and E. O.
A. encourageall teenagers and
adults in the area to take ad—
vantage of thesei‘ree services.

According to Mrs. Olivia
Pullens, chairman of the
health committee in the Perry
Homes area, “These areas
are overcrowded and far from
doctors and drugg—ists.

Some people would never
know about these' diseases or
whether they have them with
. out something like the Health
Fair. We need to catch these
things early. All we’ re doing
is asking the people to come
out and get these tests right
on the spot at the BOA
Centers”

The Health Fairs will take

place from noon to nine pm.
at those E.0.A.__Centers on the
following-dates: Central City-
July 1, North Fulton-July 8,
Nash-\‘-'ashington-July1",---
.Northv.est Peru-Jul}, 22 «-
iSouth Fu‘. ton~JuIy 29 East
'Centzal- -August 5 Sum Mer-
August 12 Pittsburgh-August
19.. West Central-August 26,
Itt—‘est End-September 2.





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I Forest“ and Chitta-
" Center Receives
icmi Georgi“ l

Jsaisrtinl-t‘nnstltruion ‘it‘nshinflun Bureau
WASHINGTON -— Fatima-ing is
a summary of lesser grants to
Georgia and the Atlanta area
announced by federal agencies
and departments last; week.
From ”it." Office of Economiol
Opportunity -- $175,543.!) [part of:
total grant of $210,680) ln_];3r_-n-'

no 'c~.0.i':;101j:_1gflxr Atnnta form
the continuing ojSTfiTfi'ilon of a
parent and child owner. ;

From the Depnrlnmnt of i lous-
ing and Urban Development—-
SSTjG-i to Atlanta for inerenstad
costs of site i111}'li‘t!‘-.'c-1111:I11s for
the Georgia Tech urban renewal
area.

From the Department of Com-
meree—vfismtfl to the C-‘E‘Iihut
Savannah tirer .r\l't.'2‘. Planning,"
and I'Ierelopment (.‘mnlnizsinzi to
help economic growth planning
for Burke, Columbia, l'lilazznllel,
Glascock. Jefferson. Jenkins,
Lincnin. Mciluffie, tit-hmor.»:t.
Sermon. Tohfcrro, Warren and
Wilkes counties.





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3 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Friday. June'27, 1969

Continued from Page 1

time, but we were never divorced. I would like to know if I can I

drew his Social Security. I am 53, have no means of support
and am notable to work. -— Mrs. A. R.

, If you are disabled, you can probably draw Social Security,
provided that you meet the other requirements. The fact that
you were separated from your husband will not affect your
case. Check with your local Social Security office.

Can a Fulton County dog catcher come onto private prop-
erty to remove a dog?—L. G. F.

Not it he doesn‘t have the permission of the owner of the-

__....—-——-

propertv ‘
/.. .I’rfi interested in the Rent-a-Kid program. I have a lot of

work to he done around my house, and I’d like to get some
youngsters to do It. Can you tell how I can get in touch with this
programl—JI. (7., East Point.

To employ one of these youngsters, you may call the Rent-
a-Kid office at fill-5522. They are between the ages of 14 and 16

- and perform the traditional summertime clean-up, fix up jobs.

They also do baby sitting. The baby sitters get 75 cents an hour
in the daytime and $1 an hour at night. The fixup, clean-up
youngsters earn $1.35 an hour. The pro ram is sponsored by

no.

How does Georgia rank in land area among the Southeast-
ern staies?—Q. 31., Smyrna.

' Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River,
with a total land area of 53,8?6 square miles.

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Thursday, June 19, 1969

Gail-is sea;

Parharn ,5,

Athena {sets host

Thomas M. "Jim”. Pat-ham has resigned as executive ad-

ministrater of E

my Administrator “.1 Jam 11.
his position.

.. Allison will be the first Negro
to head the agency which ad-
ministers poverty programs for
Atlanta and Fulton. (twinned
and Rockdate counties.
'Parham, 42. resigned effec-
tive July 15 to join the statf of
the institute of Government. at
the University of Georgia in
Athens.

. 'In' his letter of resignation.
Parharn, who has headed EOA
for the past two years, said he
hopes to devote his time to
‘.‘matters of long-time profes-
sional interest, such as child
welfare, crime and delinquen-
cy and income maintenance for
me your.“

THE EDA BOARD oi direc-
tors, accepting Padlain‘s resig-
nation “with very deep regret,"
said he has been "an able ad-
ministrator and a sensitive
humanist."

in, Atlanta {BOA} and Dep-



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'*c*r_':'sw,-s.m¢ «we»
- ‘.'I-p . ‘.' - J -

JIM PARIIAM
Going To ' Athens

" Allison. 35- has been on. theiEOA staff since the organiza-

tion was founded four years ago.

'1n_accepting the $20,000 a year
'job, he said he will “follow.

the same general goals that my
predecessor has pursued."

. G. Clinton Rodgers, associate
administrator for manpower,

=tras appointed to replace—Allison

as deputy administrator.

J --..

_Ebe.’diiauin£’onrnat



A year ago. the We

31‘ End b:

Service Centenaiuitiared a. ionizing pro .
busy—Eh; idle lands and minds of hteidrscls of
jobless. moneyiess kids desiring work during
the summer. Many of these children ware
under 16 and financially dependent on them-
selves. 'They waited to earn money so they
could go back to school in the fall with ade-
quate money for clothing, trensportstiouto
School and lunch money.

Appropriately called Re;1t-.-‘-\--Ki;l, the 11011"
profit program last year operated on a shoe-
string budget and was able to organ ize, super-
visa and place about 400 children in jobs
throughout the Atlanta area. The pro-
gram was so poptdar with kids themselves
that by the end of the summer there were
many, many more boys and girls on reserve
waiting lists than there were actually work-
log.

This summer. the Mayor's Council on
Youth has expanded the Rene-A ~Kid program
to tap the youth resources in ten t'i..'lcr;".~:lri—

legs-:1 sections throughou: the five countyMat-
ropolltan area.

A picture of the. average Rental-Kid re—
veals that he. is 15 year-3 old, hzs siz; broth-
ers and sisters, lives in a household where
there is no ‘isther and his mother works.
He- lives in public housing, shares a. lied with
at least two other children and ears one and a

half meals per day. His family's income is

less than $3.000 per .year. He is as eager to

wort»: as he is to eat.

Rent—A "Kids can in ow lawns. trim shiflihary.
clean flowerbeds, wash windows, more furni—
ture, clean out basements. attics and garages.
point (with supervision), mend and hem, iron,
in bysit, wash cars and many other things that
are not listed here. Chances are. if the pubiic
needs a job to be done that is not listed here,
a Rent-~A-Kicl will be able to fit the bill.

They are available from Mondays through
Fridays from 9 to 5 and on Saturdays from 9
to 1. They worl: on an hourly hosts with an
average charge of $1.35 per hour or 75 cents
an hon:- for babysitting during the day. The
charge. however, is flexible depending on the.
type of work to be done.

The kids are willing and eager, butthe soc--
cess of the program depends entirely on the
jobs available for them. This is where Met—
ropolitan area residents contain. Looherotmd
the house. Loot: around the yard. Lookaz-ound
the basement or the attic. Look at all that you
wish to do and do not have time to do.

Then. think of the many ch idreu‘ who beg,
"Do you know where I can get a job?”

And call SEW-5252. You need the help. . .

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Tat-z “1.th consrlrtmow, Wednesday; June 25. 1959

_;‘_.4-—

/ . " - . '
flirt/“es Qili House

To “Family of H _

By ALEX COFFIN
Walt Anderson. the tough-talking tax-Marine now fighting poo-I
erty. was given a house the other day to be used to help young
people. Anderson. in turn, is giving it away to a family with
eight children. '
' “What the hell.“ Anderson mons." Anderson said. “I looked
said Tuesday. “Helping eight at it and saw it was a deed . . I
'kids is as important as helpingll thought. ‘How coulci'i have
til). They‘ll have a home the rest i bought something and forgotten
of their lives and securitylit?‘ I thought I was being sued.
they've never had.” ;I was shaky." .
It happened this Way: ' Piicher said he'd give the
Associate City Attorney Jamesihouse- at 4253 Bergen Place SW
Pilcher called Anderson [as t L in Wfit End. 10 Anderson I0 be

week and asked the Eco . ir| used for the benefit of youth-l
0 hr Atlanta'=n'ot'§er to Pilcher said $3.430 still was

no o_v ms otucc. Owed on the lot. but still sturdy.
With Anderson sitting in frontsttucture.
of him. Pilcher reached inside NEEDS REPAIRS
his coat pocket and pulled out Anderson agreed. then went
a Slip 0f P313311 iout to look at the house, which
"I thought it “‘35 a sum-' sits on a high ground with trash
. a. ._ _ .. . . __. land weeds front and back. it
‘has solid walls but needs consid-
lerable repairs. David 1.. Park-
ler. a. 35-year-old Sign painted
with a wile. eight children and
an sister-in-law, live there.
Anderson thought about it and
iasked if Parker would like to
'own his own home. 1
"He thought I was a con
'artist." Anderson said. “so I
gave him some names of people
to check with. I guess he did
because he called mo a couple
of days later and said okay."
Anderson ashotl Wilson .\lc-
Cluro. director of the West End
Urban Renata-a1 Project. to [min
and the 135! arrangements are
ibeing made this week.
!$83 A MONTH
' Parker will take over the $33-
'a month payments and begin
paying another $55 a month for '
:the 310.000 rehabiiitation to be
“carried out through llcClure‘s
office. The 3‘3 payments will be .
due for only a couple of yearsl
lot so -— the 555 will be due for'
g2!) years. i
| McClure will send a Georgia;
fiState College urban life intern
3out to work will: the. Parkers
[on budgeting this summer. He'
lbelieves the Fathers can handle
ithe payments because both \vorlt'
l—she in a restaurant.
"I just hope l‘t‘n doing the
right thing." Anderson said.
,_



THE OTHER DAY I Went to
Six Flags O'Jer Georgi: to
see 85 little llend qtart ehil-
dren from tiiE'C-bi;
nursery launched on a "- _"s
outing, provided by readers
who sent in contributions of
green stamps and some
money. I came away from my
first glimpse of t is vast
amusement part: totally

By CELES TIME StBLE'i’

charmer! with its beauty and
roriety.

"It's not a bit like Mooney‘s
Lake uSed to he," I marvelled
to photographer Bill Wilson,

,thinking: of the class when I

took my children there for a
big outings

A DAY 011 so betore two
friends, Carolyn B e c k n e l l
Mann and Leah Logan, spoke
costly in my presence of new

Celestine Shirley’s column
appears in The Atlanta Con-
stttzdion.
places to eat in our town.
They asked inc how I liked the
Lion’s Head and The Abbey
and I said, “Huh? What's
that?"

“You have to get out and
see more." Carolyn told me
firmly. "We're going to take
you in hand."

And I made a resolution to
get out more and 'see more
and went straight home,
flushed with righteousness
horn of new resolve, changed
to my jeans and straw hat
and went blackberrytng.

s: e 5.:-

IN SPITE of what 1 say, I
really enjoy the quiet country
pleasures. Btaekberries are
reaching their peak around
Street Apple settlement now
and it would be terrible to be
kiting'off to Seven Flags or
some enticing new restaurant
eating all manner of gorgeous
food when the blaekbit-rrics
are lianging’there on the vine
getting over-ripe.

Some people can pass up
blackberries, I reaiize. There
are those who are afraid of
snakes and those who hate
hriars and own more who are
turned back by ehtggers.

But I know of no pleasanter
tray to pass the hours of the
sun's setting and twilight‘s
settling in than in a certain
pasture down on Little Iiiver
picking berries.

The hay has been Freshly
cut and the random strands

:;: 3'“

‘1 a ,.¢
'."n. fi r: tl 6-.3
”men-nu t: 5.37:5

(or:

the mowers left have turned
to gold. The summer sun has
dried them and in the drying
brought out that sweet July
fragrance that‘s like none
other. In the oak trees on the
hills the July [lies saw array
and down on the river bank
frogs start their late evening:
snnphony, punctuatiug it with
an occasional sort, cooling
“plop" into the water.

A moekinghird sings from

the beautiful big poplar in the
center oi the pasture and ear-
dinals moire gentle night-com
ing-on murmuriugs in the al-
ders by the stream.

IT’S EASY to reach the lit-
tle berries and there are
plenty of them but the big
ones, the long blue black ones
that look as fat and tempting
as little sausages, hang u'a)’
boot. in the briars.

I always paus:o"=-beforc
reaching: for one of them and
then. following the esarnple of
my neighbor Doe. t stamp on
the ground, rustle the bushes
and sing lustily.

“You can‘t see snakes when
it’s this thick." says Doe,
plunking a handful of berries
into his bucket with a tuneful
sound. “I like to think the
snakes can’t see me either.”

:3 as 5;

IT’S THE PROPER attitude
for a dedicated htaek—berryer
and it makes for a musical
outing. At one end otJth-c pas-
ture Doe hoists a tune about
faithless lovers. At my end I
sing my favorite, "I Don’t
Want. to Walk '{ithout You,
Baby," meaning just the on-
posite it any snakes are Its“
toning and in between I hear
a mumhted curs-3 from some-
body who was briar scratched
and random steps at mosqui-
tos and horse flies.

:3: 2?- $

IT’S NOT Sis Flags. nor yet
going out to dinner. Pail it re—
sults in fine r-nhhler sort a few
glasses fit the prettiest jetty
you eret' saw.





_ Emmott-led Employment



The Manpomr Develop—
ment Training Center. 111
Ivy Street N. E. holds Corn-
munity day activities on
:Thursday, June 19. 1969.
'From 12 noon to 4:30 [mm
,The purpose is to offer the
community in the City of

Atlanta an opportunity to ‘

Visit our center. and to view

- the tacjlltlas "and our
trainees at work.

The Manpower Training

Ceittet; is‘ the focilitv pro—-

vided by the .Division of
Vacational Technical and a-
dult Education; Atlanta Pub-
lic Schools to provide train.-
ing to unemployed and un-
deremployed youths and a-
dult: . male and female,
through individualized in—
dustrialization training. and

guides them through a series .

of experiences which lead to
prospective successful em-
ployment of Vocational
training.

”Jointly Eloy @t’gwri

Presently. vocational
classes are being held in
the following areas: Weld-
ing, Automotive Mechanic,
Clerk Gen Office (2 classes)
Seamtress. Cook, Hotel and

- Restaurant. Barbering and

Upholstering. .

The Curriculum includes
two hours of Basic Educator.
four hours of shop or (Lab),
2 hours of related subject
(Note: related could be re-
placed by personal Improve-
ment and Human Relations).

Refreshment will be
served on acontinuous basis

on that Day. .



-- - THE VOICE—June 223196942):



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J Opportunity to
_' Be Creative

Atlanta children can spend
their summer creatively this
year and the Atlanta Parks and
Recreation Commission will pick
up the tab.

The Central City Recreation
Center hold free crafts classes

_every Wednesday from 10 am.
to noon for children from five
to 16 pears old. Some of the
offered programs are sculp-
metal, clay, acrylic and paint-
ing. i
_ Registration for the program.‘ -
which is partially touched by

Wig Atlanta,
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Center at 717 Marietta St. SW. _



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imitations. Ideas '.'.eeo' ;‘:.t,=
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healthfin, 56:1

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:and Chaimanot‘ the Communav
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brought the Council 1:111; L.-
pres’o: ' 1:01 or the inhia! 1'11-
of the C0111: cit.

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of the 12011111172112.1539 .‘.rc—s- -
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' THE NEIGHBOR

THURSDAY. JUNE 19.19159

Center Finds Jobs For 75 Youths

The West End Neighbor-
hood Service Center of EOA

variety of positions. Some-

will do clerical. maintenance.

Monday recruited and placed antitrecrcation work.'0thcrs

75 young people. between the
ages of 14 and 21. in jobs for
the ’ summer through the
Neighborhood Youth Corps

Summer Program. The vounu
people, who must be in school

from high school._. will fill a

will serve as teacher aides
and as aides in the Roy Mc-
Gee l-lealth Center. Still oth-
ers will he placed at the Girls'
Club and at the West End
Boys'Club.

The youths. who began ar-

.l.

1‘.-

riving at the Neighborhood
Center at 8 a.m. Monday.
have been placed in the 75
jobs and are already,1 at work.
The jobs will last through the
week of August 20. Mrs. Sa-
rah Zimmermann. director of
the West End Service Center

said. .
By 4 pm. Monday

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To .Ilcv [Illerrieu (-1] [or N“; 511 mml'r limplnynienl

100 students had applied for
the jobs. “All we have to do is
whisper a 'job might be avail-
able. Mrs. Zimmermann said.
"and the kids turn out en-
masse. It makes you wonder

Ossie Helton. Manpower
Youth Advisor at the West
End Center and Derral Fral-
ish. coordinator for'the sum-'1
mer NYC program at the cen-
ter. handled the placement of

why some people say “these the students from lowpln-

people don‘t want to work."

nearly‘ '-

come families



a

Ream-filial
_M ay, Bet

Rent-A—Kid is placing an
average of 50 youths a day in
jobs as it enters Its third
week of operation. The Eco-

__._,_.__.—-v‘
norm: ”Opportunity Atlanta
Sponsomfis
disadvantaged youths heme-
en 14 and 16 in part-time
summer jobs. This is an age‘
group excluded by other em—
ployment programs.

One man called and wanted
a Rent-A -Kid to babysit with
his four St. Bernard dogs.
A ffialy. upon being told there
were" no girls available tat
day for dusting, and cleaning.
hired a 14 year old boy in—
stead. Later .she called to
rave about his work and ar‘-
ranged to hire him again.

”Though the first two
Weeks of operaticm were im—
pressive, I can see a di-
lemma approaching," states
Rent -A-Kld Administrator.
Mrs. Joy Ruyle. "Many of
the-children are going to
become disatisfied when
there are not enough jobs to
fill the already increasing

Enrollment."

More than 600 teenagers
are now registered with
Rent-A-Kid.

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ME ,.
lea: Start

_THE 'ATLAHTA ”WHERE!

.I‘
‘.i‘g

at

For babysitting. carwash—
ln'g. lawnmowlng or ironing,
the Rent-A-Kids are avail—
able fror‘h 9 to 5 weekdays,
9 to l. Saturdays at about
$1.35 an hour or .75 an hour
for babysitting.

To Rent-A-Kid call 577-
5252.



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" ' (t '55!" THE NElGHEiOR



$1166.;

Five families living in the
rural area between Roswell
and- Alphoretia have joined
. efforts in pianting a commu-
nity garden under the guid-
ance ,of Lee-Williams. em-
ployee of the North Fulton
Center of Eepnotnieggggr-
tenitvfittlanta .‘.-‘32-

The families involved in the
venture are clients of Wil-
- liam‘s office and will use the
food grown in the garden to
supplement the surplus food
stuff they receive monthly.

The families are composed
of eight, seven. five. six and

four members. The children
who are old enough and the
parents who are physically
able lend the tract.

A banker from Alpharetta
volunteered to pay for the fer-
tilizer and the seeds [or the
garden An auto dealer in
Roswell paid for the driver
and tractor for plowing the
gmund. An Alpharetta wom-
an, owning some rural land,
donated the tract for the gar-
den Williams 01 “anized the
families and is giving techni-
cal assistance



‘Heoiii tail

T On July 8. from noon until
f 9. 00 p. 111. at the Morthflh
. ton Neighborhood Seutige

’5 Center of Economic Oppor-
. ___ __._+_.______~,

minty Atlanta ..lnt.:.locat_ed_ at
_g_".g_0§'r_t_$t_:. Roswlell a _‘_‘l-leal_th
Happening’ will belcontlueted
for the benefit of all North
Fulton area residents. regard-
less of income level.

A Mobile Health Unit will
be provided. Tests [or tuber-'
culosis, diabetes. veneral dis~
eases, and chronic Obstruc-
tian Pulmonary Diseases
imspitory troubles) will be
given free of charge. Baby
sitting services will he provid-
ed for parents as they take the
examinations. Transportation
will he provided for those in
outlying areas who have need
of such a service.



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T6368 air-9 mania}
seiicziin'sitipn

' Eight Igii‘ted teenage musicians from
low-income families have been awarded
Sendai-Ships to the Eastern Music Festi-
val at Guilforcl College near Greensboro,
INC.r this summer in a coIIIpetition
sponsored by Economic Ollpflt'illnilLAl-

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' They were selected after auditions
before a panel of professional musicians
and poverty-area residents, according to
Dr. Henna Frank. director of "Creative
Atlanta.” BOA’s summer-units program.
Two additional scholarships are still
fending. : I

Tnc festival program, which will run
ire-m June 20 to Aug. 1, will include
Jnofissinnn] artists and- instrumenml
music students from all over the nation.
Etndents will be given private instruc-
illd: in}; the professional musicians.

Participation of poverty youths is
nude-possible through an 0130 grant
to fiu- Southeastern cities. The
Iclyolnriinps include tuition, living 'cIi-
pii- si it, a clothing aiiouarice, Lrnnspcntaf
- titn; amt incidontnls.

Ll‘ining the smnmet the students will
giitint nIIIIteIotIs public perlotmanris.
iIIEhII‘EiIIg a piogtnm (In Not ih C'nlnlinn' s
«(insult-rial TV station, Plans are also
him made for a White House perfor-
3Qflr1‘ttt"l!‘:_lllc fall. ‘ . . ,.

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Implementation of a surn-
mcr feeding program. which
will provide mini-meals to an
estimated 7U.00(l Atlanta

<, children before the summer is
over. began Mont-lav. M.
Agnes Jones Elementary
School. located on Fair Street
in southwest Atlanta. is one of
12 Atlanta schools selected to
serve as a food preparation
and distribution point.

The between-meal supple-
ments which will be trucked

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5 e adrenal: isms-S n1
' Ln ‘V hr;l;! JLl U U

twice a day to parks and play-
lots. will consist of such items
as milk. sandwiches, fruits.
breads and juice. A number of
West End supervised playiots
and recreation centers are
among the 109 to partici-
pate in the program.

Among those already being
served in West End are Oath
land City East. Howell Park.

West End Park. and Comm_u- '

hit}; of Hope. More will be
added as the program gets
into full swing.

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— Atlants Is one or the first
cities in the nation to take
advantage of the new feeding
program made available by
the US Department of Agri-
‘culture‘s “Special Food Scr-
vice Program for Children.”

Atlanta‘s program is reported.

to be the largest in the nation.

Although USDA provides
most of the funds and food for
this program. its actual oper—
ation is the result of coopera-
tion and thId sort: b) 0 ‘fi-
cials of the city. the Atlanta
Board of Education. theAt-
lanla Parks and Recreation
Department and Economic

fipportnuitv; “Atalanta: ‘ lnc.
53th Mike Raff. vi'no is nith
EOA and is coordinating the

’Sfiiiiiiier feeding pl ogt am

Ray said that "although the
program is ready to go. we
are low on supplies of card-
board boxes and sandwich
bags.“ He said he hopes local
industries will contribute
boxes and sandu ich bags
“That way, all of the US DA
funds could be spent on food
for these needy children,“ he
said.

The Campbell Foundation
of Atlanta has already con-
tributed $10330 to the
summer project to help pay
for personnel needed to pre-

no FF
idols

pare the mini-meals at the 12

school cafeterias...

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Marshall Hall on The Boss

Marshall Hall. 12 year-
old student at Collier
Heights Elementary School,
would like to play in a pro-
fessional orchestra some-

dony. And thanks to Economic

Oggortunigy Atlanta he Just

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might get the chance.

or course. anyone with
the exceptional musical ta-
lent which Marshall has pro-
bably would not go through
life without someone dis-
covering him. But EDA has

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(/1 5‘ "Vt

made it possible for some-
one to work with his talents
at an early age.

Marshall has been se-
lected as one of ten seho—
lsrship winners to attend
the Eastern Music Festival

fl Isa/(Ewan

at Guiliord ' College vnear
Greensboro. N. C.this sum-.
mer. He leaves Friday for
Guilfottl. where he will
spend six weeks under the
guidance of professional
musicians, including film—
directors. orchestra lead—
ers and band and symphony
members.

Claude O'Donell.
shall's string instrument

teacher at Collier Heights. '

said Marshall was well ad-
vanced for his age. Mar-
shall is also taking private
lessons from Reginald Whit-
worth, a student at Georgia
State and an advanced stu-'
dent oer. DonSchumscher,
firs: cellist with the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra.

Marshall does every.
thing instinctively correct,"
said O'Donnell. "He learns
very fast." .

Marshall has been playing
far only two. years but can
already clai m a knowledge of
more than one instrument.
He also plays the bass.

"1 like to play the bass,“
said Marshall, "but i will
be taking a cello with me
to the festival.” '

Marshall practices every-

‘day {or an hour but this

summer he will find himself
practicing every day for six
weeks. He ought to love that.

Mari- '



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'.' THE ATLANTA CONSTITL‘TION, Fridar. June 2_1_,_1__969

Celestine Sibley

Sharon, Finds a. Friend

The near-trusses in life are

robably the most terrifying thing about it.

If you hadn‘t been at a particu or place at a particular time what might
have happened _to mu? If a certain person hadn’t seen you and Sp okEn to you

at a sp1.--"- '

-:=_'-1:1131l. 11here would you be now? I’ve had the hippenstance

aSpects lithiuti on my mind a great deal the last few days because of a re-
port which a young wr: ter named Edward Downs Jr. made on the case

of a l1ttle Negro girl named Sharon.

Sharon 15 almost 13 years old and she lives
in that area west of the Atlanta stadium called
Mechanicsville. Life isn’t easy for most people

1 in Mechanicsville and it doesn’t seem possible
that it could be remotely comfortable for
Sharon and her family There are about 20 of
them — 16 children at last count — living in a
three and a half room house. Her father, uned-
ucated and untrained for any kind of work,
.had a poor-paying job until recently but it fiz-
zled out and according to the last report he
was on the street looking again.

None of this looks particularly jolly for a lit-
tle girl but on top of that everybody took it for
granted that Shalon has mentally retalded.
Her efforts at talk here gibberish. She clearly
didn’t understand what was said to her. The
regular escape {torn an overcrowded and im-
poverished home, public school was closed
to her.

Then Sharon found a friend.

Mrs. Bernice Miller, mother of three and a
former school traffic policewoman visited
Sharon 5 home as a part of her job as an _E___co-
memfluniflLservice aide

The little girl' s face attracted her She could
see something was wrong and withlbgisgem-
in 1v boundless __o_ptimisrn of E05 uolkers, she

131a e up her mind to gefSharon some expert

elp.

The first thing was a psychological test and
then she took Sharon to the Butler Health Cen-
ter for a physical examination and then, lo and
behold. they found the trouble.

.Sharon was not mentally retarded but prac-

tically stone deaf.
It seems inconceivable that parents or
friends wouldn't have caught a handicap like

. . Everybody took it for
granted that Sharon teas mental-
ly retarded. Her efforts at talk
were gibberish. She clearly did
not understand what was said to
her . . . Then Sharon found a
friend.”

that at some point in the little girl‘s life before
she reached her 13th birthday but you don’t

know how confusing and bewildering life can

get for 20 people in three and a half rooms.

When the scramble for food is frenzied and

there's not enough of anything to go around

{Eu might stop paying attention to other trou—
es.

Sharon has a lot of catching up to do and it
isn’t going to be easy for a time. But things
are looking up. She is getting special attention
at the Milton Avenue School. where they con-
centrate on work with retarded children. She

has speech lessons. among others, and can now
make herself understoorfllbetter.

"Sharon still lives at the crowded Mechan-
icsville address," Mr. Downs Wrote in his re-
port. “But now nearly every day she is at the
Sum-Moe TSummerville-Mcchanicsville) Center
participating in dancing, drawing and elemen~
tary writing. Now, too, the gentle black face
that was once ignored breaks into a jolly smile
when observed.”

Makes it scary whenj-you think that if Em
nomic Opportunity didn't. exist, if Mrs. Miller
hadn‘t been there . . . doesn‘t it?





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Staff Photo—Charles Jackson
‘RAZOR'S EDGE’
Jim Parham _

l

Ellis Worthwhile,
Says Retiring Head.

Continued from Page I-A

Vietnam. EOA took a $400,000
slash in 1963. And there was al-
ways the problem of finding
enough skilled manpower to do
the jobs required in the massive
training, counseling and servic-
ing programs.

Despite all this, EOA has
racked up some successes and
has been considered among the
more progressive anti-poverty
agencies in the country.

YEAH. AT START

“It took me about a year to
start getting the signals and
learn what to do” when conflict-
ing policy guides were issued,
Parham said. So Parham just
did what he thought was best in
administrating abodt 20 pro-

grams ranging from a smalll
($10,000) special food distribu-
tion program to a large ($4 mil-
lion) training and employment
setup.

Twenty-five to 30 parent-child
care centers were funded and
Atlanta became to the first city
in the nation to open such a cen-
ter.

EOA attracted 602 non-paid
middle-class volunteer workers
to help in the battle against
being poor. And BOA initiated
its “Find Out" tours of Atlanta’s

poverty pockets. Some 4,000 per-
sons have taken the tours, that

were begun in J anuary, Parham
said. He views the tours and the

volunteer program as among
EOA's more successful ven-

tures.

EDA also embarked on ambi-
tious training programs, but ran

, into a-common bureaucratic ail-

ment, according to Parham.

PRESSURES
There was always pressure

from above, from Congress and

elsewhere to make a good re- '

cord: therefore, there was al-

,ways pressure to train those .
who would best fit into awork '

situation—and not the high risk
hard-core impoverished persons
who might make the programs
look bad on paper.

Despite some of his criticisms,
Parham said he believed that
EOA has filled a community
need and has fared better under
the Nixon administration than

he had expected. Parham, who _

will join the staff of the Untver~
sity of Georgia Law and Govern-
ment Institutes, also said he saw

'no real threat to the anti-pov-

erty programs in the adminis-
tration‘s removal of certain proj-
ects from 0E0.

“EDA w or ORG “should be
an incubator for ideas. I know of
no reason that any given pro-
gram should remain with 0E0
after its inception." Parham

-, said.

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E@A Worthy,

Perri/loam fiddle

' By BILL SHIPP

Before he was to step down Wednesday as executive admin-
istrator of Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Thomas M. (Jiml
.Parham looked back at his 22 months as a local general in the

War on Poverty.

“It was like trying to build a
sailing ship and sail it around
the world while you were build-
ing it." he said. Dr, “It was like
Islfiding down the razor’s edge of
1 e."

The program was hindered by
ambiguity in its missions. at
times hamstrung by erratic
funding and sometimes almost
crippled by alack of necessary
skills, Parham said.

But all things considered, Par-
ham said he believes the pro-
gram has been worth the trou-
bles—ancl the money. EOA is
currently operating on a $12 mil-
lion annual budget with astaff
of 560 persons. Parham got a
salary of $20,000 a year.

Parham emphasized he didn’t
want to appear to be Jeaving
EOA with a blast of criticism.
"Atlanta will never be the same
because of EOA,” he says.

But there were some tall prob-
lems to try to solve—problems
that for the most part will be in-
herited by his successor, Wil-
liam W. Allison, who was Par-
ham's deputyadministrator.

Parham talked about some of
those problems:

Policy dispensed by Office of
Economic Opportunity head-
quarters was often vague, con-
tradictory and sometimes nan-
existent. It took 0E0 until the
fall of 1368 to set dowu on paper
just what its mission was, al-
though 0E0 came into being
more than three years earlier,
Parham said.

, .e'wv'e '. -ere told on the one band
to cooperate with existing gov-
ernmental agencies, and. on the
1 other. to work to change those

develop cooperation with some-



the needle to him at the same
time. "
“We were told to spend wisely



agencies.” Parham said. “Wei
found it was a little difficult to'

body when you’re trying to putl

and be efficient, and We were
told to use idigencus unskilled
personnel whenever possible.
We were told to plan scientifi-
cally and deliberately, but move
in fast and take quick decisive
action; We were told to advocate
strongly for the poor butdon’t.
become politically partimn,"
Parham said.

A big headache was trying to
put together a program and im»
plementing it at the same time.
“It was like to trying to build a
sailing ship and sail it around
the world while you were build—
ing it," he said.

While juggling and trying to
reconcile all the contradictions.
there was always something
else to contend with. "You had
to be liberal enough to be ac-
cepted in the poor communities.
yet conservative enough so that
you could work with the Estab-
lishment,” Parham said. “It
was like sliding down the razor‘s
edge of life."

- One would think this might be
more than enough to stymie any
program—especially o n e s11
complex and all-encompassin:
as the anti—poverty program.

But these weren't the out;-
troubles. Congress slashed the
budget for helping the poor 1.".
the United States so that the
country could finance the war in

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EOA Forum on School s WY
Ttli‘i‘is into holilical Rally

By J L‘NIE BROWN
Atlanta Journal Education Editor

An Economic Opportunity At-
lanta {EDA} subcommittee
meeting. which began as a
forum for discussion of educa-
tional complaints, ended as a
political rally.

D e s p i te EOA‘s regulation

enough in the planning of-
sclloo's. Dr. ll‘omack reSpond-
ed: “You won’t like me for say-

buildiug and construction, to be

replaced when he refused to

agree with the parents in the _

audicnc e that enlarging Price ing this. but the difficulty

High 5 -l1ool wouhl be detrimen~. with bringing people into plan.

Lalo to the \‘egro nc‘jgiihmhood it uing is that they 11 ant veto;r hes doing patchwork planning.

served. :powfer a 'IS‘Eey at: just thin—lingI about
‘Somebod ou ht to he rec-' “I think the community hasl ptem 1' We? 1'8 3‘0 1331111108

commending 3ior tghis man's job; 1the right to have veto powr.c " £01 the future or the commu-

ire’s not responsive to the needsiJackson said. “And he ought to: “it?"

about poiilic-a‘ neutrality, two
persons announced at the meet;-
ing that they are candidates for
the Atlanta Board of Education
and a third person advised
those present to “begin political 1
action to unseat certain board
members." The occasion was a
meeting of lhe education sub-
committee oi EOA’s Citizens’
Central Advisory Committee
Monday night at West Hunter
Street Baptist Church.

of the communitt and ought not. know that he has to answer to
to be in that job.’ ’Jackson said.

In answer to a comp 'aint Wonrack
from committee members that
the community is not on olvedl

THE SUBCOMMI'ITEE meet-r
ing ostensibly was called to dis:
cuss a controversial report and
set of recommendations for im-
movements of the school sys.
tem which the group had drawn
up during the four years of its
existence. _ ,

I
Dr John Letson, superintend-
ent of Atlanta schools, raised:
the ire of subcommittee “mom-I
bers by rejecting an invitation
to appear at the meeting and'
discuss the report. Instead,
three members of Letson’s staff
fielded questions from those.l
present. J

Early in the four-hour meet-
ing. Mrs. June Cofer announced
she will run for the board of ed-

‘ ucation from the 1st Ward .
against incumbent Ed Cook. and i
Dennis Jackson said he will be'
a candidate for the 2nd Wardi
seat held by Mrs Anne l.ir‘ood—
ward.

The Rev. Mance Jackson.
director of the Urban Mission
Project in the “Lightning" area
of Atlanta sponsored by the In-
terdenomin-ational Theological
Center, .‘told subcommittee
members they are “really too
patient with this bureaucratic'
red tape.”

“THE BOARD of education
has no respect for us as a com-
munity,” Jackson said. “We
play white people‘s games
year~in and year-out, and we
get the runaround."

“I would hope we would even-
tually get to the point where we
would not write letters and beg
them to come. I recommend
that the subcommittee entertain
political action .to unseat those
who won’t come to see you.”
Jackson said

“You sit in a most powerful
position. You are not aware of
the power you have. This sub
committee has the power to
change the complexion of this
whole city.” Jackson said.

"You beat 'em to death on
rapid transit. and you can do it
again." Jackson said.

JACKSON ALSO called for

“1‘. ital-win l'.-"o!11:v'.'-: watt-Jaw!

Jackson said: “Every day you

Ithe people" Jackson said of can hear ambulances coming
down Baukhead Highway to
pick up a child who 5 been hit

“IT’S QUITE obvious that 1 bv a car walking to school. " I-le

blamed the repeated accidents
on "poor planning" by Wom-
ack‘s office.

Mrs. Maggie Bloody chairman
of the EDA subcommittee on e:-
ucation, will take the report and
the 13 recommendations before
the full board of education Mon-
day night at the reguia:
monhtly b1 1cf1ng session.



City lliaees Qualifying Sir—3t

By ALEX COFFIN

The Atlanta Board of Alder-
men Monday established qualify-
ing dates and fees for the city
elections in October.-

The board adopted the pro-
posals of the aldermanie Fi-
nance Committee and City Clerk
Jimmy Little. The City Execu-
tive Committee last week on
dorccd the proposals.

The qualifying time for the
candidates will be 8:15 a.m. to
5 pm. Aug. 25-26.

The fees are equivalent to two
months’ salary. They are mayor,
$5,000; vice mayor, $1.400; alder-
man, $1,200, and school board
member, $800.

[ At'the end of Monday's alder-

mayor and aldermen 30 days
before signing any public hous- ‘
ing contracts.

6. Delayed action ‘on a pro-
posal under the Model Cities

program to expand the Fir-

manic session, Alderman Eve-
rett Millican a candid-ate for"
mayor, spoke critically about
remarks made over the weekend
by Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. and
former Police Patrolman James
McKinney, now a candidate for

. |nomic 0 dual \'
the board from the Third Ward. in -g h .00 service center

Referring 10 Allen’s eom- :program‘ into Grant Park and
-me:lts about Millican‘s age on inclair Park. Alderman Gregory
a‘ {chi-“1310" program Sunday I’Griggs and ‘hlderman Robert
imghl- he (Mllllcanl said, “l‘rn lDennis made the request.
L71 years old. I want you lot . .. .
lknow that. Yesterday, someone
{said how old I‘d be when I got
out. That’s the first time I’ve
heard it in reverse. vae only
got one foot in the grave.”

-. Allen had noted in summing
the qualifications of the

candidates that Millican would
1,be more than 75 at the end of
'his first term if elected. Milliean
didn’t name the mayor, but left
no doubt as to whom he was re- '
lferring.
‘CHALLENGES

Then Milliean sharply criti-
cized a-leKinney for the former'
policeman‘s remarks on a radio i
program Saturday. Millican said i
McKinney “lambasted an d
abused” the mayor, the alder-
men and the_Poliee department
as ”croo ."

Milliean said that if McKin-
ney knew of any wrongdoing,
he should go to the grand jury
“and I‘ll help him. . . If not, he
ought to keep his mouth shut."

Millican then said he under-
stood that Mrs. Eliza Paschal],
who was ousted as director of
the Community Relations Com-
mission more than a year ago.
was one of McKinneys ”main
campaign managers."

OTHER BUSINESS ,

During the regular order of
business, the alderman ap-
proved for new terms Grady
Ridgeway as airport manager,
Jack Delius as parks general
manager, Roy Elrod as audi-
torium manager and Howard
Monroe as City Hall superin-
tendent. i

The board also: i

1. Heard that Allen had re-L
appointed Edwin Sterne to the-]
Atlanta Hoasin g Authority
(AHA). i

2. Receive a draft of an up'
dated building code, which will
be explained at a public hear-
ing July 15. -

3. Approved zoning changes
to allow additional parking at
the fireflield Building at Peach-
tree and Collier Road.

4, Approved the planning for
the relocation of Carroll Road,-
wbieb had been made four;
lanes 3 short time ago, becauser
of expansion of the Fulton Coun- i
ty Airport. :

5. Approved a resolution ask-
ing the AHA to inform the



Monday, July 14, 1969

My; Color

assailant“! Enamel 7 52A

Launches_

Race rm School Board

Mrs. June Cofer, chairman of
the Model Cities education sub-
mmmittee, has announced she
is a candidate for the First
Ward seal: on the Atlanta Board
of Education.

Mrs. Cofer launched her carn-
paign Saturday at a barbecue
given in the front yard of her
home at 443 Oakland Ave. SE.

What she described as a
“grass roots” affair attracted
several dozen supporters, both
Negro and white, from the sev-
eral neighborhoods composing
Atlanta's Model Cities Area. -

Mrs. Cofer, who is white, will
have Robert Waymer, a Negro
and a former official of Eco-
mmicpppommity Atlanta, Inc,
the antipmerty agency, as her
esmpaignmanager.

SHE SEEKS the school board

seat now occupied by Ed S.
Cook Sr. She is not “running
against” Cook, she said, but is
running for the school board
post because ”I feel it truly nec-
essary that we have some repre-
sentation of ordinary citizens on
the school board.” '

‘.‘What I have been saying,"
she said, "is that my friends
asked me to run, my enemies
dared me to run, and the condi-
tion of the school system today
forced me to run."

Mrs. Cofer also is chairman of
another Model Cities committee,

that advising on development of
the headquarters complex heing
developed at the intersection of
Washington Street and Georgia
Avenue.



'lO-A gammmmn Tuesday, July 3, 1969

WEEKLY SESSIONS SET __
HarmouyPreuaiis as EOA,
Atlanta School Board Meet

By JUNIE BROWN High School and request that has a capacity for oniy_1,2iiil.
.' “he“ Joan-I Education 3”" the board -build a new high Dr. Letson told the parents
, Put the Atlanta Board of Edu- school on Field Road to serve the school board included ad-
cation and an education subcom- the expanding northwest At~ ditions for- Archer. Harper and
mittoe of Economic Opportunity ianta' population. West Fulton High Schools m
Atlanta [EDA] together and
what would you get?

Mrs. Hill maintained Archer this bond issue to take care of
is housing 1,700 students but population growth in that area. .

Sweetness and light.

- Members of the subcommittee
left the Monday night meeting
which they expected to be a
fracas still a little unsure of
What had actually happened.

Not only did they get a sym-
pathetic hearing, but at the
recommendation of Atlanta
Supt. of Schools Dr. John Let-
son, the subcommittee Will hold
Weekly meetings with the board
“as long as is necessary" to
discus and iron out their com-
plaints.

“DO YOU REALIZE what
this means?" Mrs. Maril n
Graybtll asked following
meeting. "It means we ..:e se-
tually going to get in on school
decisims at the policy level.”

“This is the best board meet—
ing I've ever attended," said
Robert Tove, chairman of an-
other citizens group, Better
Schools Atlanta. “I‘d say this
was a very positive response."

"I’d say we made a start,”
said Mrs. Maggie Moody chair-
:‘nan of the subcommittee of the
EDA Citizens Advisory ' .
-'I'he meeting began on a sour
note when board chainnan Bill
Wainwright grilled Mrs. Moody
Ibout dimmed: between her'
correspondences praising the,
board for working with the sub-i
committee and published re-1
ports that the subcomnuttee hadi
criticised the board for failure
to communicate and cooperate. 9

However, the tone of thei
meeting began to change after'
one at the subcommittee mem-
bers came to Mrs Moody’s de-
terse.

“You're “do! slit ,” Mrs.
Susie LaBol-d told Wainwright.

"You‘re like you’Ve got Mrs.
Moody on trial. We’re here to
talk about our children's prob-
lems, not to jerk up Mrs.
Heady. We don't want emote
of that kind of talk." she said.

AFTER A BRIEF exchange
between Wainwright and an-
other mbcommittee member,
Mrs- Dorothy Holden, over
whether the board should re-
spend to the complaints of the
group in writing or, as Wain-
wright said, by having Dr. Let»
son “throw the answers out on
the table." Dr. Lem took over

flue meeting.

“Mr. Wainwright may I sug-
gest that we take each one of
these broad areas the subcom-
mittee is questioning us about
and set up a specific meeting to
dismiss it with them in depth."
Dr. Letson said.

"Let me illustrate," Letson
went on. The Atlanta school
lunch program is the largest
food service operation in At-
ianta. It you want-a thorough
understanding of our school
“fillings? it’s ' abosolutely

se a a you spend the
time to learn about it.

"We'll set up these meetings,
one on each topic or more if
necessary, and have all the staff
people. area superintendents
and principals here to answer
your questions. Then you can
help _us evaluate the program
and If there’s a better way to
do it, we’ll be glad to take your
model-ions.”

THE FIRST meeting, set for
7 p.111. Wednesday, will deal
with the operation of the school
Ilmch program and the board's
new policy on free and partial
pay lunches.

Mrs. Odessa Hill. Mrs. Mary
Sanford and Mrs. Olivia Pollen
representing the Perry Homes
area. appeared before the board
earlier in the evening to dis-

cuss overcrowding 1n Archer
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Health Fair ‘
In Vine City

"A stitch in time saves
nine" is the word around the
Vine City Foundation Medi-
cal Clinic other a Health
Fair will be held July 15 from
12 noon to 9 pm. The clinic
is located at 558 Magnolia
Street, N.w.

The clinic is being spon-
sored by Mrs. Griffin of EOA
and Mrs. Helen Howard of the
Vine City Foundation and both
advise, "Don't check out: get
a check up. Please do your -—'—
thing." Free refreshments to
everyone.

For information. call 523-
' 8112.



ATLANTA DAILY WORLD '

SUNDAY JULY 13, 1969

Heed-Starters visit '
Six Flags flier Georgia

For 85 children at the
Bowen Homes Day Care Cent—
er, I of 10 Full-Year Head
Start Centers funded by Ec-
onon'l ic- Opportunity Atlanta.
Inc. and a component of The
Gate City DayNurseryAs-
societion--A DREAM came
true on July 1. For many
weeks these children had
dreamed of a trip to SIX
FLAGS OVER GEORGIA.
Thanks to hundreds of won-
derful people throughout the
State of Georgia who sent 5
St HGreen Stamps.checks and
dollar bills and other good
wishes. ‘

These children. who might
not have had this opportunity
at any time in the immediate
future. had a real “HOLI-
DAY," and one Of‘the Best
parts about it ell-their par-

ents were able to share the
experience. From the time
the group boarded 2 Atlanta
Trans it Chartered buse 5 until
the return trip to the Center.
these children and their par-
ents experienced one of the
happiest days of their lives.
Thanks to all who respond-
ed to the Appeal. People do
care about those they do not
know. The Community really
came through and Head Start
will label it - "in-Kind Con—
tributions” .. but the parents
and children cell it FUN, EX
CI‘T‘EMENT, HAPPINESS and
say THANKS A MILLION to
the hundreds of people who
are responsible for this
"ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP
to SIX FLAGS OVER GEOR-
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'nit mien lllililiRiR

Ill]r 12, 1959

EOA Plays Big Role

life Presents A Brighter
Side To 15 “Year Old Sharon

For nearly 13 goers, Sha-

_ron Dennis' parents. bro-
sistiers and friends

thers.
"thought she was retarded.
She did not attend School.
She could not talk. And she
cauld not understand what
was said. to her.

Today however. she goes
to school, and plays at the
Stun-Me: EQA Center beca—
me of the work tiMrs. Ber-
nice Miller. an em Neigh-
borhood Set-vice Aide. She
found tint Sharon was not
mentally remrdedbut almost
deaf.

The IS-year-dd black
youngster from the Mechan-
icsville area of Atlanta liv-
ed with almost. 20 family

“members in a painfully cro—

wded 31/2 roan house on
Georgia Avenue.

Her: family. like countless
unpaverished black fami-

lies. earns less than $2000
a year. '

covered Sharon but she

learned that her mother had
anearnest desire to enroll the
child in Some school. She did
not hoWever. know the proper
procedure. The aide recom—
mended her mother send

Sharon to a nearby EOA Con-—
ter until plans could be com-
pleted. The mother agreed.

But Mrs . Miller's work

with EDA required that she -

temporarily leave Sharon
and Mrs. Harritt Darnell, a
Home Service Technician at
the Summerhill-Mechanlcs—
ville Center, kept in touch
with the child by frequentvi-
sits to her home and by gi-
ving helpful suggestions to
her mother.

When Mrs. Miller visited ..
lhe home. she not only dis- "

In 1968. Mrs. Miller re-
entered Sharon's life and

discovered that she still had- --
'-not been enrolled in any

school. immediately. she
contacted the Bryant School
for a psychological test:

the Butler Health Center
for a physical examination
and Milton Avenue Schoolfor
possible acceptance. All
went favorably,

The schooiputSharon in an
age-grouping since there is
no grading system and im-
mediately Sharon became in-
volved in physical skills,
grooming and oral expres-
sion. Hopefully she will ul—
timately write understand-
ably. Her progress since
1968 has been commendable.

Sharon still lives at the

crowded Georgia Avenue ad-
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Atlanta’s NeWspaper OfDisiincir'on

ATlANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 3, 1962 ‘

cl Serums. Student's

An international bus filled with 40 Ameri-
can F‘ield Service students from 25 countries
will arrive at Peachtree Presbyterian Church
_ today, July 3, at 1 pm. Its passengers have
spent ayear as members of families and as stu-

dents of local high schools in communities

across the United Sta les.

Activities planned for the teenage visitors
include old-fashioned Fourth of July picnics. the
annual parade. and sightseeing. .

On Saturday. because they wish to learn
about our urban and social problems. they will

be taken on a tour of a poverty area. a communi-.

Whit." ..r

. x, ...... L._fl;,,....n..-.n ._c.

r

Praying Visit i“

ty center and an urban renewal area. The tour
will begin at 2 pin. at the BOA center. 408 Deca-
tur St. Shopping Center. “"35" -

Bus Number is is one of 74 touring buses
enroute to Washington D.C..-whcro over 3.040
AFS students will have a final meeting before
returning to their own countries. The end-of-
year bus trip exposes the students to more of the
United States than they would otherwise see
from their home communities. Over 25.000

families in over 650 communities host bus trip

students. Handling all the arrangements for the

...-......“

bus stop in Atlanta is Mrs. Harry I.. Holloman of
Sandy Springs.

The American Field Service conducts Inter-
national Scholarship Progranls for students 16

to 18 years of age from many nations. A non- '

profit organization with no religious or political
affiliations, it seeks to foster understanding of
the differences and similarities which exist
among peoples of the world.

To accomplish this aim there are two Ameri-

' can Field Service Programs: One. students to

the U.S.. in 1968-69 has brought more than

. 3WD students from 61 countries to live, study

and join in community life in the United States.
The other. Americans Abroad. in the current

year has sent over 1100 students to 48 coun‘ .

tries overseas for an equivalent experience.

In the past 21 years. over 47.000 students _
from '35 countries have participated in the AFS
wrams. AFS has 40 overseas offices and

volunteer Chapters throughout the U.S.

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Student Helps fishers.

.---«Peopie Erie Cannot See

By DAVID MASS EY

.- Gary Wood is a college stu-
dent spending his summer
months working for Urban
ICorps, a citywide program de-
signed to involve young people
inthe social and political life of
the city.

Cary, 23, works with the

- - ' project receiving job
order-s from potential employers
of the 2,000 youngsters in the
program.

Like most college students
who devote their vacation time
to helping other people, Wood
finds his Work “very fulfilling
and rewarding." But unlike
most students, Gary cannot see
the people he helps—he is to-
tally blind.

While a senior at Russell High
.School in East Point, where he
lives, Gary underwent seven op-
erations to remove three tumors
behind his eyes. Caused by a
rare eye disease, the tumors
Were successfully destroyed.

However, the healing of the
scar tissue caused the retinas to
become detached and covered,
resulting in total blindness.

Wood says he went through
"a traumatic experience" fol-
lowing his blindness. He found it
“a tithe of evaluation and ap-
praisal” when he had his first
deeply religious encounter.

“My experience with Christ
was the 'time when I began to
reach for greater heights," he
said in a soft voice.

After graduation from high

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GARY WOOD FINDS JOB ‘F‘ULFILLING, REWARDING’
Blind College Student Works for Urban Corps '

of the freshman class and wasnpioyed at

the South Fulton

school, Wood attended special :1 elected to Who’s Who in Ameri-l Neighborhood Service Center.

schools for the blind in Alabama
land in Atlanta where he learned
beer to read Braille.

He then attended Truett Mc-
Connell Junior College in Cleve-
land, Ga. He received an Asso-
lciate in Arts degree last winter
Equarter.

While there, he was president

:cap Junior College. In additionl

'to other activities, he was a:
member of Phi Theta Kappa. an i

honorary scholastic society.

Gary met his wife Carrol in
junior college. They were mar-
ried after 16_ months. :‘Mrs.
Wood, who is not blind, is em-

._ .—. ..- \n_.|-\...__

l

GARY HAS A “sense of want-
ing to be complete and effective
in what I do." Despite his blind-
ness he wants to be an inde-

pendent person.
“Being blind makes me want

to be more independent and to

be a positive influence,” he

said.

“My goal is to know myself
and the only way to know my-
self is to know others, to iden-
tify with them and try to relate
to them,” he commented.

Mr. and Mrs. Wood will both
attend Mercer University in the
fall where she will work toward
a degree in social studies.

He plans to major in psychol~
ogy and hopes to go on to grad-
uate school. He likes counseling
and guidance work and looks
forward to the day when he will

' have his own private practice

as a- psychologist.-



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or CAN BE DONE”

Nata/saris; Cites
Racial Galas
in Atlanta

--1 “Now there is an atmosphere of freedom. You feel more

f'like an individual . . . a man." This statement by D12, Benja~
'min Mays, president emeritus of.Morehousc College, reflects
Atlanta‘s progress in achieving racial-cquality—the subject of
‘.‘a penetrating ABC News documentary, “It Can Be Done." The
special hour program in the network’s Time for Americans series
:vwill be broadcast on Thursday, July 3, at 10 p.m., in color on
:WQXI-TV, Channel 11.
. Filmed entirely in Atlantai Allen in his discussion 'of a'
.' during a ten “BER period thislblack mayor in Atlanta.

‘.past spring, “It Can Be Done"g' ‘
is a candid examination of the' But, ‘It Can Be Done” con-

city’s gradually changing atti-l firms that there is still much to

fillies — the change in imagcfbe achieved. Cameras show the
om one Of the Confederacy to conditions existing in Vine City

that of the liberal new South. ,
W - ~ ma as Rep. Julian Bond assesses
the problems of the members of
his constituency. Bond takes his
own man on the street poll ask-
ing people what they think of At-
lanta. One citizen stated, “I
: think it's one of the greatest eit-
ies on earth."

'Black leaders. in a round
I table discussion, provide a pro-
ivocatiwe look at America's

Paul Joues is on vacation

ABC cameras contrast a
”sparsely attended Ku Klux Klan
:.parade in downtown Atlanta
. with the futuristic skyline of the
— city.
BLACK AND WHITE -
,, ABC news correspondent Mal
"'Goode interviews A t l a n ta ’5

black and white business, civic,

l.-

q

.and religious leaders on their
“efforts to break down social
-,and economic barriers. Heard

white society and the problems
inherent in racial equality. Par-
ticipating are the Rev. Samuel



yare Mayor Ivan Allen Jr.; Williams, professor of philoso-
Statc Rep. Julian Bond; Opiclphy at Morehouse College: Dr.I
Shelton, executive vice presi-‘fOtis T. Smithgpresident of the'
den-t of the Atlanta Chamber oft Summit Leadership Conference:
:Commerce: Richard Rich. pres- State Sen. Leroy Johnson, and
sident of Rich's; A. H. Sterne, Lyndon Wade, executive direc-

fpresident of the Trust Company tor of the Atlanta Urban
gof Georgia; Lonnie C. King,.League.
head of the Atlanta chapter of l

vthe NAACP; Bob Waymer, for-i Narrator Mal Goode- the
mar director of Sum-Mac, anigrandson of slaves, traces the

W of Police; and the past 30 years, and attributes the
fiery. William Holmes Borders, city’s evolution to former Mayor
{pastor of the Wheat Street Rep William Hartsfield. journalist

trust Church. Ralph McGill, and Mayor Allen.
a The differences which have . . '
Igrepeatedly distinguished Atlanta, 1’35“” Martin Luther ng'
“are appraised as well as the ELI-E Jr. 15 59'3“ at a banquet honor-
,tu-re direction of the city. Chief! ing his receiving of the Nobel

,Jenkins explains the workings; Prize, at which time he quoted

at the Crime Prevention Bu‘ithe words of an elderly Negro
reau, a program in which at - ,, . ,
.. Lord, we atnt

'.Atlanta policemen train as! PFBRCht-‘I' . ‘
3 “Community service officers" in.what we ought to be. We ain’t
.the black community. Opie SheL; what we want to be. We ain’t
iton discusses the total commit-what we gonna be. But, thank
intent of the Atlanta businessl GOG, We alnt what we was.

community, and ABC POMS Wt ABC's material was partly
the strong personal involvement . based on WQKI-TV’s award-win-
of Mayor Allen and the specrall fling summer series, “Atlanta

Pride that characterizes 'Responds.” produced by assign-

At~l
lanta. -
. . t dt V ,
- Particularly frank statements men s e I or an Redmond

-a‘re made by Calvin Craig. [or-,i "It Can Be Done" was written
Liner United Klan Grand Dragon; and produced for ABC News by-
of the United Ix'lans of America“- Arthur Holch. Photographer
_ :who explains why he turned in; was Chuck Pharris. Executive
rhis robes to work for the Model ' producer for Time for Ameri-
Cities Program, and Mayorl cans i_s Stephen Fleischman.

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v

to communicate adequately
with residents of economically
deprived neighborhoOds.

to Silence tehir rifles, we re- l
pared by a citlzens comma-tee
staffed by EDA officials.

SEEK UNDERSTANDING

“It is EOA’s role to staff citi-
:zens committees without telling
them what to think but. to move
them toward more complete
understanding and considera-
tion of alternatives of action
open to them," Parham said.

1 Details of the report, com-
piled by the education subcom-
mittee of EOA’s Citizens Cen-l
'tral Advisory Cotmcil, were.
published in the June 18 ed1-
tions of The Atlanta Constitu-
tion.

When he released the report
Tuesday, John if. Calhoun,
who is a paid official of EDA,
commented that he has tried
umcessfufly for almost‘three
months to obtain ‘ ission to
present the mboommlttee’s rec- -
omendations to the school

board.

Calhoun, EOA‘s coordinator
for community development,
said residents of Medianiesville
have been waiting three years
.for a response to the Mechanics-
ville Improvement Committee’s
proposal for dealing with absen-
teeism in their schools.

Parham said recommenda-
tions in the report were dis:
cussed in my when subcommit-
tee members met with two
members of the school boardf
and “three top school adminis-‘
trators.”

The EDA executive adminis-
trator said the work of the sub-'-
cnmmittee is supposed to “ex-1
pmd communication from rep--
resentatives of poor neighbor-
hoods to echoed officials and to

intense mutual motel-standing." _

BESIGNED

Parham, who resigned his
post with EDA last week, said
the Atlanta school system 1works
“very positively and coopera-
tively with EOA in many.
mess."

He said the development of

community schools, an early

, joint venture, is one of the “few

projects carried on by local

‘ agencies after 0E0 (the federal

government’s Office of Econom-
ic Opportunity) funding was re-
moved.”

Parham pointed out that the
city school system has partici-
pated in the establishment of the
Parent-Child Center and the At-
lanta Concentrated Employment
Program Training Center.

He said the schools have con
tributed to the summer recrea-

tion program and the Atlanta
Adolescent Program. '

Parham said 12 schools are

made

...—.-.

being used this summer to
prepare 44,000 snacks served to
economically deprived children
in the Special Summer Feeding
Program. '

There has been “good inter-
agency cooperation on a school-
absenteeism project in the
Northwest Perry area," Par-
ham said. -

He said the school system has
always operated the Summer
Head Start program on a large
scale and has made facilities
available for VISTA tutorial
projects. '

“Only recently, space in the

_old Pryor Street School was

available to house the

Southside Child DeveIOpment
Center," Parham stated.

He said it was his intention to
“remove any implication from
the June 18 article that EGA-
eity school relationships were

. negative.”

Parham added that he was
not “in any sense repudiating
the honest work and feelings of
our citizens committee,"

He cemented thatl“only as

the community is aware of their
(the citizens of Atlantal thoughts

and feelings can it make the

appropriate responses and ac-

commodations when necessary."



EQE‘E‘fi'eA-rg‘ild Gorwih Post
Expectations, Chiei S©fly§

By PLU TRIBBLE
Editor

"Rent-A-Kid is going beautifully. Beyond all
ectationsff Southsider Mrs. Joy Hoyle. ad-
Iistrator of the program. said in a recent in-
.riew. Began last summer to help West End
5 earn more money [or essentials and for
k-to-school necessities. the program has
wn to encompass 11 locations with an enroll-
ot of 800 teenagers. ages 14-16.

The idea for renting kids for iobs originated
by Ruyle‘s creative mind. But. she doubted

could make it become a reality. With the

ouragement and help of Father Edward Dil-
. then with St. Anthony‘s Catholic Church in
st End. Rent-A-Kid not only became a reality
a thriving one which helped 400 young
iple last summer. -
Now. the program is a pilot project in metro
anta. and if it works here this summer. the
rgram will be instituted in all major cities of
United States. From the success the pro-
..m is meeting at its one-third mark. Rent-A-

! should become a national program next
II‘

“We are cataloging job titles and descrip-
15 of jobs which are available and accepta-
" Joy said. These will be used to set up pro-
ims elsewhere. Acceptable jobs. Mrs. Ruyle
ilained. are those which conform to federal
l state child labor laws.
Some of the jobs handled by the teenagers
baby sitting. ironing. cleaning. helping
thers. assisting in packing for movers and
.acking. window washing, yard work. paint-
under supervision. loading. unloading. stack-

Rent-A—Kid

ing. stuffing envelopes, most any kind of tempo-
rary.part time work.
, "The girls particularly like serving as party

sprite.from lie wading pool

lege Park . ecreation Center. Cynthia,
who will be‘ four in August. is th daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs- Charles Rhodes of
College Park. {Photo by Bill Grimes}

Continued iron: Page One

assistants." Mrs. Ruyle said. “They help in s- .
rving and cleaning up at parties.“ Present:—
the girls also provide baby 'sitting services :-.
Atlanta motels and hotels.

Some. of the job requests are a little onus-cs.
the adminsitrator said. One caller asked for ;
baby sitter—-ior four St. Bernard dogs. A re:
station is using Rent-A—Kid to answer lake-2;.-
during a contest. Last week a department s:;:_

'hired three Rent-A-Kids to demonstrate a r.—.- —

toy.

And a paper company. desperate for old pi: -
ers to reprocess. is furnishing trucks at it“
Rent-A-Kid locations and has hired six kids ;
each center to work on the paper drive. ‘.'
paper drive locations. are Kirkwood. 021;.
Hill's. Forest Park and Perry Homes.

Mrs. Ruyle said people can take their pa; -:.
to these locations or call Rent-A-Kid at 577-51.? .
if they have too much paper to haul. and a 1:2.
will come by and pick up the papers which -
not have to be bundled or tied. This pick up s .-:
vice will be in efi'ect the first two weeks of J:.

l"I‘he exciting thing about this program
Joy said. “is that it has opened a new 15.3.
market. It has stimulated jobs in an untoucr.
area that will continue to provide employmz
for teenagers. The grass keeps growing. Pet:
keep having babies. Dust keeps collecting."

The most satisfying aspect of the progrs'
accolrding to its administrator who is
emp oyment specialist fo_r_E0 is what i: r. .
meant and continues trrfiea‘n—gme kids. ;
ults sometimes don‘t realize what is imports.
to a young person." she said.

1

Last year at the end of the program. Mrs
Ruyle'received a letter from one of the West

End Rent-A-Kids, thanking her for the job op-
portunities. He said that means a lot to these
teenagers. . . ' .
He had been able to buy shoes for all of his
brothers and sisters and himself. He paid his
locker fee at school. For the first time he had a
gym suit. “Now I don‘t feel different." the
young boy wrote. “I don't mind going to school
this year.”
"By helping teenagers at the age of 14 and
15, we can keep them from dropping out of
school and joining the hardcore unemployed at
the age of 16. before their motivation is killed."
Mrs. Ruyle said. . _
' She estimates there are 30.000 kids in
the metro area who want and need employment.
There are not enough jobs for them. Industry
and business can't absorb this many kids.
“Rent-A-Kid is helping to fill the gap. "
The program is funded this summer by the
US Department of Labor and the Metro htlanta
Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delmquen~
cy. ”This is the first time the US Department of

Labor has ever paid for any kind'of program for
kids younger than 16.” Joy said. .
Presently job orders and the kids enrolled in
the program are about even. "We would like to
have double the number of job orders we now
have. Mrs. Ruyle said. "so before the summer
is over we can enroll the 2000 teenagers we
have slots for.“ As job orders increase. enroll-

ment can be increased. .
Joy is optimistic that 2000 Will be en-

rolled in the program before summer ends."‘_lt'
Atlanta keeps copperating as it is now. we Will
get this many enrolled." She believes the only
way Hent-A-Kid could fail anywhere is if a City
is not open and warm in its reception of the pro-

gram as Atlanta is. -
The Optimsits Club in the metro area have

given the program a big boost, They have for-
nished T-shirts with "Rent~A-Kid" across the
front. After a teenager works eight hours on a _
job in the program, he is eligible for one of the
shirts and wears it on his job.

A Rent-A-Kid orders are going through a
central office this year. The phone number to
call is 577-525& * '

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This was the scene at West Hunter Street Baptist Church Monday evening at a meeting of the
Education Sub-Committee. Citizens CentralAdvisory Council of EDA, Public School Deputy Super-

imendent Dr. Hilliard A. Bowen thumbs througha list of recommendations the Council made to the

Board of Education.
Among the 12 recommendations were that the Board establish a central information center to
which all agencies with disadvantaged clients may reportneedy families eligible for free lunches
. for their children. that the Board make "a concrete response on the implementation of the Me-
chanicsville absenteeism proposal, that provisions be made for another school to relieve Hern—
don, that portable units at Bryant and Herndon be removed. that ROTC be an elective course, that
techniques of teaching in low income schools be revampedand that the Board issue a statement
on the sources of money spent on the public schools and where the money goes. {Photo by S. C.

Gonoou). .

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School .
- Planning

. Debated -

People Battle

City Planner

By LEE smownz

A meeting on a report critical
of the Atlanta Board of Educa
tion _ this week unexepectedly
“turned into an impromptu sym-
posium on community control
versus professional planning.

The meeting was called by
the education subcommittee of
the Citizens Central Advisory
Council, a body that pools com—
munity representatives who help
make policy at anti-poverty
neighborhood centers?— "

The subcommittee had issued
a list of recommendations to the
school board on various aspects
of the school system, and sev-
eral members of supt. John:
letson‘s staff were on hand
Monday night to reply.

THREE HOUT‘S

The staff members heard a
three-hour series of complaints
from the subcommittee on the



alleged difficulty of communicat-
ing with the board or involving
neighborhood residents in the

planning process.
Finally, faced with a question

about expanding Price High
School, assistant superintendent
for buildings Dr. Darwin Wo-
mack said flatly:

_“I’m telling you as a planner
it ought to be bigger. It‘s the
best thing. I‘m a planner and
Pm supposed to know.”

Womack immediately faced
an uproar in the room at the
West Hunter Baptist Church
where the meeting was being
held. .

The Rev. Mance Jackson,
director of an Interdenomina-
tional Theological Center proj-
ect in the Lightning district,
stood and said, “He (Womack)
is not responsive to the will of
a community of people."

Womack, said Jackson, has
no children in the affected
school. “That man,” he added,
“has no business serving this
kind of community.” l

EARLIER—CHAS“ '

Womack and Jackson — who
suggested sit-ins to tie up con-
struction sites of unwanted
schools - clashed once earlier
on local control.

“'I_'hat’s the trouble with
participation," Womack said.
“People think they. have veto
power.” Even if a school is
built against the wishes of some
of the residents, he added, that
does not prove the school board
did .not listen to community
opinion.

“A community has the right
to have veto power,” replied
Jackson. If the community is
against a school, it should not
be built, he added.

The school system also came
under attack for being inacces-
sible to citizen complaints.
“The bureaucratic red tape not
only frustrates us but dumb-
founds us,” said Jackson.

“If We want to raise Cain
about the lunchroom. who do we
see?" asked one Woman. "If We
want to raise Cain about how

the money is spent, who do we
talk to?”

ACCOMPLISHED FACI‘S

Mrs. Maggie Moody; chair-
man of the subcommittee, com-
plained that the school board‘s
public meeting only presented
Citizens with occomplished facts,
and that she had been unable
either to address the board or
to attract members to subcom-
mittee meetings.

The meeting covered only five
of the subcommittee‘s 13 recom-
mendations. and. ended when
Mrs. Moody. said the ,list would
have to be forwarded directly to
the school board for a reply.



...—"F'—

$1.2 Million Projects stayed”
By Model Cities Directors

By ALEX COFFIN

.The Model Cities Executive
Board approved some $1.2 mil-
lion in projects 'Ituesday, but
held up on two cantracts with
Model Neighborhood Inc. after
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. sharply
criticized its president.

The board agreed to hear
again from MNI, of which Ed-
ward Moody is president. chair-
man of the board and director,

“among the

noted that Moody‘s name was
the only one to come up as the
executive board’s special review
committee screened project ap-
plications. The review panel ap-
proved thc funding.

The board voted to expand the
review committee to include all
executive board members and
hear from Moody‘s group again.

EOA CONTRACTS

contracts ap-

before acting on two projects to- proved were four tot a Ii 11 g
taling $35,000 which are de-|$255,000 with Economic Oppor-

signed to assist ghetto bust tunjty Atlanta One of the pro-

ne 5585.

“I’m obviously opposed to Mr. I
Moody, " Allen said “He is notl
qualified .based on his asso !
ciation with the city. . his'
past record and his failure to
follow thmugh.”

WORKED WITH CITY _

Allen noted that Moody had
been with city agencies twice
before—the City Parks depart—
{$5611} and Model Cities program

e

grams, Project Expand, at
$140,000 would set up EOA cen-
ters in Grant Park and Adair

Park—against the protests of | _

Joe 1Whitley, the board‘ 5 repre-
sentative from Grant Park

Whitley said additional ser-
vices are needed, but argued
that a majority of Grant Park
residents don‘t want EDA to
move in to provide them.

Peters charged Whitley with
speafing only for white resi-

The board sharply divided on dents Mrs. Matte Ansley sug-
the question of funding MNI,. gested that Grant Park resi-
Which has started a small gar— ! dents ought to “face up" to the
ment factory in Summerhili andj fact that poverty exists in their
plans a shopping center in Me: area and accept SOA’s help, as

chanicsville.

‘ ,have other neighborhoods in the

C. Mile-5 Smith defendedl Model Cities territory.
Moody‘s project. While DeacunllJOB HELP

Lewis Peters and others op-l
posed it.

The board referred to the city

Clarence Coleman'lattorney’s office a- resolution

I

proposed by a special commit-
tee headed by Co eman to give
Model Cities residents first
crack at jobs connected with the
various projects.

Alderman Everett Millican, a
board member, said the resolu-
tion went too far by requiring
contract agencies to give prefer-
ential treatment to area resi-
dents. But when Millican tried
to substitute his own resolution,
the board would not go along
and sent Coleman’s pmposal for
a ruling on its legality.

Millican had argued he had
talked with the city attorney‘s
office, which had said his ver-
sion was preferable.



Use of Older
Workers Wins
EOA' a Trophy

The West End Child Develop-
ment Center. an agency of Eco-
mmic Opportlmity Atlanta, has
received the Georgia American
Legion Citation Award for em-
ploying older persons as child

(are workers.
. The award is a trophy in a
statewide contest and part of a
national “Employ the Older
Worker" campaign spensored
by the American Legion. _
Mrs. LuAnna Wright, director
i the center, received the cita-
lljlm from Georgia Commis-
Ilner of Labor Sam Caldwell.





Cele “fr ...-5:'

._u-.E'.f: fez!

..-—__-

A Hundred Happy Kids

Pride of country and pleasure in one’s country men would seem to be
a good prescription for a Fourth of July holiday. Our founding fathers
must have thought'when the United States was a-horning that such a
young, vital, idealist little country would be filled with citizens who like

and enjoy and care about one another.

Alas, we grew and departed some-

'-' - ' what from that dream. But for at least six. or seven hundred readers of
The Constutuhon it's true -- and they should have the happiest possible celebration today

They cared about nearly a hundred little
Negro children they didn‘t even know. They
were stirred by the plight of little -.':' -s who
live skimpy lives ina shabby port ol- I .:--n,
shut off from outings and expeditions and car-
nival good times that are a part of growing up.
And they did something about it. They sent
over 500 books of green stamps, $5 checks and
one dollar bills and $10 checks-rand one $50
check so the children of Bowen‘fiomes Head
Start day care center could go to Six Flags

Over Georgia.

The green stamp people themselves were
moved by the desire of the children to have a
day-long outing at Six Frags. at; - sent
100, 000 stamps, amounting to 60 books

“We haven’ t been able to think of the words

to say thank you. " said Mrs. Frances Wyatt

director of the school. “We’ ve been so busy
opening the mail. It's been a revelation to me.

I didn’t know things like this happened. And

Tina Usher Prepares to Devonr Ice .
Cream at Six Flags

the children ..
they are!"

I did see. Bill Wilson, our photographer, and
I went out to Six Flags. Don Daniel of the pub-
licity staff met us md took us to the gate
where the Bowen Homes Head Starters would
be coming through. We saw them coming—85
little dark-skinned youngsters, looking spruce
and clean and combed and hair-ribboned and
polished. They clung to the hands of mothers
and teachers and volunteers, who, thanks to
your generosity, were able to come along too.

The turnstile gate was a bafflcment to most
of the children and Don explained it and helped
them through it one at the time, murmuring
words of encouragement and Welcome. Once
inside the children stopped and stood stock
still, gazing in wonderment at little railroad
trains chugging over a trestle. old-timey auto—
mobiles driven by children along a big track,
an Englishman ringing a hell, 3 band playing,
great tubs of gardenias blooming and filling
the air with perforce. They caught a glimpse of
air-borne cable carts moving across the sky
and the line, ineffahle fragrance of hamburg-
ers rose from a nearby sandwich shop.

They didn‘t push or run about or squeal like
most of the three-to-six-year-olds I know. They

moved quietly, nudged along by the hands of
adults, but their faces Were alive. with excite-
ment and awe. When I left them they were to
take a train ride. After that they had a mari-
onette show and the musical revue at the Crys-
tal Pistol before them. They were going to
lunch at one of the score of eating places there
—a “boughten” lunch, which was an entirely
new experience or most of them. The center ,
had at first planned {a take lunch but the
money you all sent convinced them the chil-
dren should have a totally glamorous day and I
think they had it.

And there are stamps left—so many that
Mrs. Wyatt dunks the center may use them to
buy a television set.

All of you who helped . . .
have seen them,
thanks enough

. you should see how excited

I wish you could
too. It would have been



here 'i‘l

-.-.

tin it either a ‘- ace
gl it y 9 E”

is lilies. felines-s Won’t Win

By ALEX corrm

One thing can be said with
certainty about the outcome of
the mayor’s racequs. Linda
=- =1 Jenness, the

S o c i a l i s t
Workers Party
.'.-.“Lj candidate,

, ("_rj won’t win.
' “ =' She‘svirtually
unknown, has
n; little money,
g has a platform
_ it u n acceptable
"‘ to the majority
_ , of voters and is
A,” aim, ‘a woman. But
that hasn’t deterred her cam-

: paigning. .

- Mrs. Jenness won’t attract as
- much attention as other can-

didates, but she has something
to say and here it is:

For example, she explained
recently how her soc"‘i l cam-
paign differs from that of a
capitalist politician, who, she
said is either satisfied with the
status gun or believes .'.‘ms

MN..-

Comment and Analysis

can be made within the frame-
work oi the existing capitalist
system.

“Since the pr"..;5:- goal of
the capitalist politician is to get
elected, he will make whatever
unholy alliances are necessary
to achieve this aim. How many
Democratic presidents h ave
been elected on the basis of a

_ tion of oppressed people. .

voting bloc between the labor
bureaucracy, moderate black
leaders and the Dixiecrats?
Capitalist politicians often at-
tempt to WOO the vote of the
black community and the labor
movement with sugary prom-
rises and when elected throw

- lathe promises in the waste has-
ket," she said.

Socialist candidates, however,
don't believe the major prob-
lems of the nation can be solved
“by piling reforms one on top
of the other within the walls
of the capitalist system,” she
said. Mrs. Jenness added that
the United States’ foreign policy
attempts to preserve capitalism
throughout the world and inter-
vene against “the rising revolu-

’I
.-



RACIST PLAGUE

At home, the "racist plague
.- . . cannot be wiped out with-I
ou-t uprooting the existing eco-
nomic and political order. . . .
The privileged minority of cap-
italists that run this country
cannot permit the black com-
munity to control its own affairs
because it would end the profit-
able fruits of racism,” she said.

Mrs. Jenness demands abol-
ishment of sales and gasoline
taxes. no taxes on income less
than $7,500 and 100 per cent on
incomes more than $25,000. rais-
ing corporate taxes and tilt) per
cent tax on war profits.

“Politicians like (Everett)
Millican, (Sam) Massell and
(Rodney) Cook may argue that
this would be a good demand
but it is impossible. It is only
‘impossible’ if you are a capital-
ist politician attempting to de-
fend the capitalist system," she
said.



one

The Atlanta Water Depart-
ment set an all time record
June 2? when the system
pumped 129p ,million gallons.

- at r:

Tenants United for Fairness
(TUFF) have asked six organ-
izations invited by the Atlanta
Housing Authority to select
representatives to‘ the public
housin_ adviser committee to

. . gt
The six are the Atlanta cha "
Aid Society, Housing Resources:
Cgmmittee, Economic Upper-l

Atlanta Toan

tun‘tLAtlarda.
Ledgue, Ktlfi'rita Christian Coun-

cil and the Community Council
of the Atlanta Area.

It! * I

Reliable sources say Dr. Hor-
ace Tate is having trouble rais-
ing money for his campaign for
mayor. Other political observers
say that while Tate is far fromI
being highly popular in that
black community, he may get a:
lot of votes just because he isi
the first black candidate for the .
top elected spot in the city.

1: o it

Add Dr. John Middleton, presi-
dent ot Morris Brown College,
as a strong possibility for the
new 9th Ward seat on the At-
lanta Board of Aldermen.

Jerry. Luxemburger, a leader
of Good Government Atlanta,.
told the Community Relations'
Commission recently, that. his
group had not been as success-
ful as it had hoped in getting
school board candidates. I

Luxemburger predicted thatl
Ed S. Cook of the First Ward
and Robinson W. Schilling of
the 6th Ward will retire after‘-
this term.

Luxemblurger had high words.
of praise for the school board'sll
newest member, William T.l
Beebe of the 8th Ward. I

it t I-

John Boone is leaving thei
Southern Regional Council to.
take a job with the us. Depart-I
ment of J ustice.



16-A eyesiiaumnmmmt Thursday, July 10, 1969

Education Board, '
Panel Swap Views

By JUNIE BROWN

Atlanta Journal Education Editor

It was a long. painful process. but the Atlanta Board of Ed-
ucation and the education subcommittee of the Citizens Advisory
Council of Economic Opportunity Atlanta have begun to “com-

municate.”_
The citizens subcommittee. board for failure to communi-
which has been critical of the cate, began a series of meet-
ings with the board Wednesday
night to discuss 12 educational
recommendations being pro-
posed by the subcommittee.

The first meeting. dealing
with the problems of free and
partial pay lunches for children
of disadvantaged homes. at first
appeared to be stalled.

DESPITE the subcommittee‘s
claim that it wants to work with
the board to improve education
in Atlanta. it was obvious some
of the members were there to
"tell the board off."

Nevertheless. two positive de-
velopments came out of the
meeting.

First, the subcommittee asked
and received permission to dis-

tribute applications for free and
partial pay lunches door to door

in most parts of the city.

The blanks are currently be-
ing sent home by children. and
as a result many never reach
the parents or simply aren't un-
derstood by the parents when
they do arrive.

Subcommittee m e m b e r s
agreed to take on some respon-
sibility for explaining the val-
uable forms to the parents and

if necessary helping them lilllymemhcr Dr. Asa Yancey told

them out. the board.
Secondly, the siiheommillee

"WITH THE extremely dis- members were told by school
advantaged you literally have lunch personnel that they need
to take them by the hand and local support from citizens to
lead them to a form like this help get a bill passed to provide
and help them till it out and re- for state participation in the
turn it for them because all of school lunch program.

the spontaniety is gone." board “You people could help us in

———-n——_———

getting some state money for
lunches," said Area II coordi-

nator Mrs. Rose Thompson. “We
can't do anymore."

Mrs. Thompson pointed out
that Atlanta has 77 per cent.
participation in the school lunch
program whereas the national
average is 33 per cent.



Special To The Voice

Women the Productive
‘ by Mrs. Margaret Grant A

(Mrs. Grant is an aide at the East Central EOA Neigh-
borhood Service Center. She .rlso serves as one of
Economic Opportunity Atlanta‘s Ye" :nteer Information
People.) I

Women can do many of the same jobs now done by men.

If employers would convert or redesign their job operat—
tions or methods suitable to female labor they would find
that women could produce as wallets men. During World War
I]. with the men away, womcnperfor'med many jobs normally
thought of as primarily for men.

Most of the heads of house

hold in ghetto areas are we—
men and because of this they
make better employees.

Some .of these may sound

heavy or dirty but we always

had .iodo some dirty works,

They tend to be on time soda-”Milly those of us who

be more dependable due to
their responsibility to their
families. '

There are women who
haveheenknown to stay on
jobs 20 or more years even
without a decent salary.
Kitchen helpers and other
domestics often Limes work
10 or 12 hours per day for
six days Including Saturday
or Sunday on jobs which off—
er no opportunity for ad-
vancement and for this, they
make only about $1.15 per
hour. Therefore training is
very essential for those in
low-income jobs. Some of
the current training prog—
rams have not proved suc--

cessful. .
There are jobs that women

can perform as wellasmen:
Watch repairer. power and
sewing machine operators.
shipping clerks and even
autom obile mec ha nic 5.

live in low-income areas.

Most young women in the
ghetto desire jobs such as
secretaries, cashiers, file
clerks. but because of the
lack of skills and personal
qualities, they cannotqualiiy
for the job. ‘

I propose the following:

i. Employers ‘should lower
requirements as to the
experience and skills for
some clerical jobs. For
example. if a clerk cypist
job requires an applicant
40 words a minute and a
promising applicant
types 35. she should be

given a strong consider- '

ation.

. For jobsinindustry such
as T.V., Radio and watch
repairing, operation of
machines, and furniture
repairing simplified

training methods should
be oifered so that a wo-
man with a sixth to eighth
grade education could
develop the necessary
skills.

3. Women in low-income
areas should be allowed
the opportunity to ad—
vance to supervisory
positions. Employers
should supplement the
cost of additional educ-
ation needed to perform _
the job. [recommend
a job training center to
equip women for decent
jobs. - '

Women are asking for an
equal chance to make acona
tribution to society.

m



Holiday Inn management entertaining the Rocltdale E0 A staff at lunch last week.
From left are: E O A staff members Pinkola Mitchell, Dora Zaclirey,1nnkeeperH.Gar-
land Hiaft, Rockdale Manpower Directoi-rE. L. Brockett, Rockdale E 0 A Director,
Ed Gamble, staff members Sara Strickland and Jane Potts, Harry Leach, Assistant

Coordinator for the Atlanta E O A, and Mrs. Betty English, Restaurant Manager for
the Holiday Inn.

Holiday In]
lltsis EM.

Last Thursday was 'Apprecia—
tion Day' at the Holiday Inn of
Conyers, honoring the staff of
the Rockdale E.O.A. office and
members of the State Employ—
ment Service assigned to the ‘
Office of Economic Opportunity.
Mrs. Betty English, Dining Room
Manager at the Holiday Inn and
Mr. Garland Hiatt, Innkeeper,
were luncheon hosts for the
group in the Holiday's dining
room. Attending from the Rock-
dale E.0.A. office were Ed
Gamble, Director, E, L.
Brockett, Manpower Director,
Plnkola Mitchell, Dora Zachrey,
Jane Potts and Sara Strickland.
A. D. Alderman, Employment
Coordinator for the Atlanta 013-
fice of E.0.A. and Harry Leach,
Assistant Employment Coordi-
nator for the Georgia State Em-
ployment Service were also
special guests of the Holiday inn
management.

According to Mrs. English,
almost all of her new employees
in the dining room operation were
hired with the help of the local
E.0.A. office, and with the par-
ticular help of Manpower Direc-
tor, E. L. Broekett.

.3...



Chiid Center

The Georgia American Le-
gion’s citation award for an
agency which employs older
persons as child-care workers
has been presented to the West
End Child Development Center.

Labor Commissioner
Sam Caldwell made‘ the award.
to the center at 760 West End
Ave. on behalf of the sponsoring
veterans organization.

Achievements of thewEfiQ;
Mostlypnrimmriiiiap _L'al
agency - which operates a
Head Start program — and a
brochure on its program as the
first in the nation to hire the
elderly as a majority of its staff
will be submitted for national
competition.

‘ A statewide contest linked to
a national campaign to promote
employment of elderly workers
led to the selection of West End

center in Atlanta for the award.

________————-—



CollegePdrkWomon

Still ”Active-UT 86 -

At 86, Mrs. Marge Hayes of
College Park spends a great
deal of her time reading the
Bible and thinking about life
in the next world.

"1 don't know anything I‘ve
done to live so long." Mrs.
Hayes said as she sat in a
porch swing at her home at
217 Redwine Ave. "It's been
through no merit of mine. but
God‘s will. My days are num—
bored but I don‘t know for
how long.”

But Mrs. Hayes doesn't
think her days are so num-
bered that she cannot be an
active member of her block
club or the Senior Citizens
Club of Em

ortuni-
. assailants Inc.

imam—o

She is chairman ome0é_

-..-

Block Club No. 9 and is also
5 chairman of the Senior Citi-
zens' Club No. 1.

_ How did she become inter-
'- ested in EOA and its activi-
ties? "Well, when my late

husband was Sick Mrs. Thel-
‘ma Abbott, who worked with
..EDA, made sure that he was

' taken to the doctor or the hos-

pital every time he had an
appointment. She was a bless-
ing to us."
"And, EOA also showed us
how to get things done
Alarm-gt. --'CNAC {Citizens
Neighborhood Advisory
Committee). Through block
clubs No. 9 and 4 we peti-
tioned for a bus in our area.
We also petitoned that my
street and Roosevelt Avenue
be opened and paved. Roo-
sevelt was opened last year
and they will finish my street
this year."
"Another reason isthat if
you are going to be a.Chris-

tian you‘ve got to help your ‘
neighbors as much as you can _

and believe in God.”
Mrs. Hayes said she was

born March 8, 1883 in Luther
ville, Ga. "That is not very

long ago when compared to
eternity,“ she commented.

She had 11 children in two
marriages. “Eight of my
children are still living includ-
ing my son. The Rev. R. N.
Martin. who is my pastor. He
preaches a pretty good ser-
mon."

She is proud of a silver
pitcher and dish that she re-

ceived from Rich‘s at two

parties for 80 year olds. ”I
won last year because I had
the most descendants. 90. I
won again this year because I

now have 100 descendants.
And. if I live,I hope to win at

next year’s party. "



' teenagers; Spaniel Summer
' Working or? EQA Comer

Two northside Atlanta teen-agers are spend-
ing their summer without pay keeping up with
150 active. noisy children.

“It’s hectic. but these kids ar'-"_:=iil.'e' other
kids. There just isn‘t any differencc'hccause of
color." mid Walter DuPre. 15. 2677 Arden Road.
NW. one of the recreation volunteers at the
West End Neighborhood Service Center of Eco-
nomic Opportunity Atlanta. Inc.

“I never worked with kids before.‘_’_sa.id Paul
Duke. 16. 3515 Paces Ferry Roadiglvim'. “the
trips and activities mean a lot to them—and me.
It’s very boring for them when they have noth-
ing to do.

DuPre and Duke attend Episcopal High
School in Alexandria. Va. and knew each other
before they volunteered their services this
summer.

DuPre said he took the job because he was
interested in learning about Atlanta. "During
spring vacation I started calling agencies to see

what I could do. I kept getting referred from one
agency to another until I got to EDA and talked

_ to Mrs. June Sammons. volunteer coordinator."

Duke said he became interested in the work
because of DuPre and because he wanted to

‘ work with youngsters. "I’ve learned a lot about

patience since I‘ve been with the center. The

work has been very satisfying.“
The young men work five days a week in

their volunteer jobs. Both will miss summer
vacations to continue their work.

“We plan recreation for the kids. “DuPre
said. "We take them swimming. to the movies
and have taken them to Fernbank Science Cen-
ter. We plan to take them to Stone Mountain and
are trying to burn tickets to other recreational

facilities." »

Both young men are swarmed by yelling kids
all day long. and they enjoy the quiet when they
go home at night.

.3.3.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.;.;.;.;.:.



fleet A Hid
Sets” Paper Sole

.“Rent-a-Kid" of Clayton
County is sponsoring a paper
sale until July 15. Anyone
wishing to donate papers,
magazines and books may
bring them to the
neighborhood service center
at 1871 College Street, Forest

Park, or have them picked up
by calling 577-5 25 2.



”Ham-re ?.—-I--_I ran-rum. . -

-. ton assesses on

Help You, hear Youths

Want your exotic {10wer
tended? Maybe you have
some pups that you want
watched? An EOA Rent-
A—Kid can easily do it. Rent
A-Kjds are low-incomeyou-
ngsters who are trying to
earn money for school and
they sometimes do some
very unusual things. Even
though the brochure says
they mow lawns. trim shrub-
bery. clear flower beds.
wash windows, move furni-
ture. iron. babysit, wash
cars and do a host of other
chores . that are essential
around the office and borne

....they STILL do more un-'

usual things.
For instance, just recent-

ly three Rent-A-Kids de~

monstrated for a whole day
a little toy called a tootsie
at a large shopping center.
They not only had fun while
filling the needs (pf-manage-
ment. but they also got some
practical. titer-hand exper—
ience on selling techniques.
Many Rent-A-Kids have been
employed to shampoo rugs
and to sweep the ceilings of
horses. Several others will
be carrying signs for the next
jameis Brown Show.

One perspective employer
called for a Rent A-Kid to
plan and tend a very exotic
flower because this employ-
er felt that a Rent-A—Kid
would be the only one who
could do it right. Another

.1841}! called to have a Rent:
' A-Kid watch 21/2 children.

What she really wanted was

The Rent-A-Kid Eb watch

One child for 2 1/2 hours.
But that does not counrsince
it was not really 2 I/Zchild-
ren.

Sane Rent—A-Kids had a
job in which to display their
carpentry talents at building
dog fences. Evidently they
completed the task torpertly
because 80A is happy to an-
nounce no dogs have escaped.

Are tired nurse who is a
partial invalid needed aRent
-A—Kid to help with a few
household chores. The em-
ployee did so well that the
nurse has promised to teach
the youngster everything she
knows about nursing. Such
an experience could inspire

a dejected youngster to be-
come a great doctor if he
gets the financial help he
needs.

However, no more unus-'
ual job has come in than the
assignment one Rent-A-Kid
recently completed. He was
asked to baby-sit...“ easy
enough task. But for four
walloping St. Bernards?”

If YOU ever need an BOA
Rent~A— Kid, you can get one
at 577—5252.

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Pox/raw AREAS

' Chscirups .
. ‘Qn-lleolth
' Ollered Free

Think. you might have emphy-'
sema? Diabetes? High blood
pressure? - ‘ - .
' These and other diseases will
be the objects of a city wide-
“search and destroy”- mission
sponsored by public and private
health agencies. . ., .
' Called"‘Health Fair," the proj-
ect is being conducted in 10 At-
lanta neighborhoods throughout
the summer. The free—olchargc
program is designed primarily
for poverty areas or areas
served by a service center of
Economic Opportunity Aglanta
_LEOA).

' But the Saarch certainly isn’t
restricted to these areas, ac-
cording to a spokesman for the
Fulton County Health Depart-
ment, which is participating in
the program-

The first neighborhood to re-
ceive _the spa c ilal medical
check-ups was--lhe-Ce11tral City
area. Some 250 persons were
checked for high blood pressure,
diabetes, tuberculosis, syphilis
and chest diseases such as cm-
physema and bronchitis. -

_The health department
spokesman said the project, in
its first year, is “just getting
rolling. He said the project will
pick up momentum as more and
more persons learn of it.

Mrs. Helen Howard, director
of the - Vine '-30ity3' "Foliniiatioin
said she expects more than
1,000 to Show up for the health
tests in the NashWashington
neighborhood on Tuesday.

The health department
spokesman said the program
was “a cooperative movement"
which depends on the neighbor-
hood residents themselves for
its success.

IF A PERSON is found to
have any one of the ailments,-
he is first referred to his own
physician for medical treat-
ment. A person who has no fam-
ily doctor is referred to health
agencies or Grady Memorial
Hospital, the health department
representative said.

Other participating agencies
include the Fulton County Med1~
cal Society, the Georgia Depart-
ment of Public Health, the
American Red Cross, the At-
lanta Tuberculosis Association,
Model Cities, the Atlanta Dishe-
tes Association and the City of
Atlanta. . '



Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. _I

101 Marietta Street Bldg. o Atlanta, Georgia 30305 o
T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman, Board of Directors.
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.
cordially invites you
to
a special briefing and tour
for
public officials and news representatives
’ on
Friday, January 10, 1969 at 10:00 an mo
East Central EOA Neighborhood Center

486 Decatur Street, S. E. at Boulevard

(back-side.of shopping centerL

A bus to the neighborhood center
will leave at 9:45 a. m.
from 101 Marietta Street (between Spring and Cone)

for those who want to leave their cars downtown.

An early lunch will be served at the neighborhood center

for those who wish to remain after the tour.













Kathy McCrath, Editor

By JUDY HIPPLER

College ac i iv i 5 ts demand
mote reevant education and
cities desperately need man-
power and intelligence to meet
urban needs. The Atlanta Ser-
.vicc-Lcarning Conference may
help solve both problems.

The first meeting in a six-
month series about student in-
.volvemcnt in community prob-v
lems was held Monday and
Tuesday. The 200 persons at-
tending sturiied ways for Atlan-
ta's 50,000 college students to-
rcceive credit while participat-
ing in community service. '
The meeting was' sponsored
by“ the City of Atlanta, Atlanta
Urban Corps, Economic Oppor-
tunity Atlanta (EOAJ' and the
Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare. Also the
Peace Corps, Volunteers in Ser-
vice to America (VISTA),
Sr itlicrn Regional Education
Board and Atlanta colleges and

universities. _

“These are troubled times.”
said Bill Allison, who will be-
come EOA director July 16.
“Our campuses are witnessing
a revolutionary reaper-5e by
young people WlIIO want to do
something about the world they
live in. What happens on cam-
pus cannot be separated from
what happens in larger so-
ciety."





PEACE CORPS DEPUTY DIRECTOR ENDORSES SERVICE-LEARNING CONCEPT
Tom Ilouser Speaks; Between Representatives of VISTA. Morehouse College and Urban Corp!



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.- ti. 1-[11h1- 1111 "NI'i‘ils‘ of

1 America" at lunch Mon-

,.. He urged cooperation be-

'=.'-,-.1 universities and govern-

. ;" and private agencies to
~ 7a mutual problems.

"l-"cognition that academic

ad arger communities have a

:.-'::n.'.on interest is long over-

Eie said. "Now is the time

cm to work together. Par—

:.:ion is the name of the

and service-learning is

' av participation can be re-

scrvice—learning concept
. .': experience outside the
- corn broadens education.
’ {- Peace Corps has been in
I . isiness of service-learning
.liout eight years,” said
abuser, Peace Corps dep-
-lrector. "Most returning
ters say they learned.
than they gave."
IKE CONCEPTS
in VISTA are trying to
-'.- no the concepts of educa-
: ciperience and community
-1-.: a," said H. Jeffrey Binda.
.- -utive assistapt to the
- . director. “The purpose
' 1r education-action pro-
-: is to aid the disadvan-
._.- and do something, for the
1 31.11 E‘CTS.
.'1.;l dents can aheady serve in
eace Corps VISTA
' or Corps and Urban Corps
..i . .nst colleges do _not give
.to.‘ . for this service. '
ia' much simpler to ap-

mat-I1 a university for course "I'

I c r c d i t then many think,"

claimed Binda.

A memb 1 of the School of
Educa-‘lians scurriculurn commit-
tee said Georgia State College
already gives some credit for
participation in tutorial pro-
grams. Mrs. Sara Reale said
students can tutor disadvan-
taged children three hours a
Week and receive 'three hours
credit.

A former Tulane Univeristy
student said a new course there

with academic credit will fea-'
' turc community service.

Yet it’s not easy tie-persuade
university administrators to
give credit.

WANT RESULTS

“Curriculum committees are
jealous of their' courses," said
Agnes Scott College graduate
Tara Swartsel. “They’re hesi-
tant to let students out of the
classroom into the field unless
they see definite result;s."_

Mayor Allen Welcomed partic-
ipants Monday to the two- day
conference. Speakers included:
U..S Commissioncrof Education
James E. Allen Jr., Atlanta
d o p u t y administrator Don
Sweat, Atlanta [Urban Corps
director Sam Williams and
White House speech writer Lee
Heubner. Also, Urban Corps No-
iional Development Office direc-
tor Michael Goldsteio, Georgia
Tech president Arthur G. Han-

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QUESTION: HOW CAN COLLEGE COURSES BE MORE. RELEVANT?

Service-Learning Participants Try to Find the Answer

200 Push for Set-Vice

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son and Upward Bound director
Ed Ducree.

Six group. seminars inter-
spersed with speeches focused
on service, learning, curricu-
lum, finance, methods and pro-
grams and research.

A play presented Monday
morning illustrated the servlm
learning concept. “A Broad A11-
proach to Rapid Transit” fea-

tured characters C. “Vic“_

Leader. Able N. Wllling, Mrs.

‘ Minn Ol'ity and 0. L. McDonald

from EIEIO (Environmental in-
vestigations with Economic Im-
pact Office].

Education commissioner Allen
said extending clasaroom theory
into government wrrk is a "step
toward relevant education." At-
lanta d e p u t y administrator

Sweat stressed the need for hi1:
t‘2nt involvement in community

problems.

“Students of today can om‘
vide a valuable 5erv1ce to 11.:

community." he said. “Th:

sources of the academic .
munity must be liberate; .
hell supports the service-iv.
ing concept. We want 1..-
part of what you're doing:
hope you'll be a part of
we‘re doing, too."

The service-learni ng er. ii
ence will continue [or
, months with periodic met-ha.





Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30503 c



T. M. Parham
Emmnwemmmmumm Contact: Mrs. Mitchell

525—4262

For immediate release
January 7, 1968

In preparation for "START NOW ATLANTA WEEK”9Boisfeuillet
Jones, Chairman of the Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. Board
of Directors. is inviting public officials and news represen—
tatives to a special briefing and tour on Friday. January 10,
1969, beginning at 10:00 a. m. at the East Central EOA Neighbor—
hood center? 486 Decatur Street 3. E. at Boulevard (back side of
shopping center.)

Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., has proclaimed the week of January
12-18 "START NOW ATLANTA WEEK" urging "all Atlantans to invest
in Atlanta's future by becoming involved in EOA'S neighborhood
information and volunteer programs.“

At Friday's briefing Mr.Jones will launch "START NOW ATLANTA
WEEK" and the two new programs mentioned in the Mayor‘s procla—
mation. He will intnoduce 22 poverty area residents called
V.I.P.'s or Volunteer Information People, who for the first time
will lead public tours through their own neighborhoods. He will
also explain EOA'S new volunteer program.

After the short briefing, one of the V.I.P.'s, a poverty

area resident, will take guests to a nearby street to see what

residents living there have done to help themselves.

An early lunch will be provided for guests who wish to remain
after the tour for further discussiono

According to Mr. Jones, the purpose of Friday's briefing and
tour is to give public officials and news representatives a first
hand look at some of the problems, the progress which is being
made and the potential for volunteer help. "I am convinced," Mr.
Jones said, "that Atlantans want to become involved. People
constantly ask 'How can I know what's happening?‘ and 'What can I
do?‘ That is why EOA is introducing two new programs during
”START NOW ATLANTA WEEK" to help more Atlantans find ways to

become involved.”

Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 0

haihflUSE:SEMN Telephone: 525—4262
Contact? Mary Lu Mitchell
For immediate release
January 7, 1969

Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., has proclaimed the week of January 12
“START NOW ATLANTA WEEK,” urging all Atlantans to invest in the
city's future by becoming involved in Economic Opportunity Atlanta’s
neighborhood information and volunteer programs.

In his proclamation Mayor Allen states that even though Atlanta
is one of the most progressive cities in the United States. some
160,000 citizens have not shared in Atlanta"s growth and progress.
The severe problems caused by this wasted human and economic poten—
tial cannot be solved without the immediate help of all citizens.
according to the Mayor.

To assist those who want to_become personally involved in sol_
Ving these problems. Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Inc., Atlanta“s
anti—poverty agency, is introducing two new programs during ”START
NOW ATLANTA WEEK." One program offers poverty area tours led by
residents of the area and the other offers new kinds of volunteer

jobs.

I. POVERTY TOURS. For those who want first hand information

about Atlanta’s slums. twenty—two poverty area residents have volun-

teered to lead tours in their neighborhoods to show what progress

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they have made through their own efforts and what obstacles they
still face. They call themselves V.I.P.'sg or Volunteer Information
People. and are members of BOA neighborhood self-help groups in
14 low-income areas served by BOA neighborhood centers.

Groups or individuals interested in arranging tours should
contact Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell, BOA Public Information Director?

525—4262.

II. VOLUNTEERS. For those who want to assist the poor in

_..——

their self-help efforts, EOA is coordinating a new volunteer pro—
gram. VOlunteers will either develop their own projects. work in
partnership with block clubs in lowrincome areas. organize study

groups in their own neighborhoods or accept specific assignments

at agencies or centers;
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-.7Th3‘rifét“£réining program for volunteers will be conducted on

January 22,23 and 24.

Groups or individuals interested in volunteering should.contact

Mrs. June Sammons. BOA Volunteer Coordinator at 525—4262.







WHEREAS, Atlanta is one of the most progressive
cities in the United States; and

WHEREAS, 160,000 Atlantans have not shared in
Atlanta's growth and economic progress; and

WHEREAS, the wasted potential of these citizens
causes human suffering and severely limits Atlanta's

future progress; and

WHEREAS, these problems cannot be solved without
the immediate help of all Atlanta's citizens:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor of
the City of Atlanta, do hereby proclaim the week of
January 12 as

START NOW ATLANTA WEEK

and do hereby urge all Atlantans to ”Start Now" to invest
in Atlanta's future by becoming involved in EOA's neighbor-
hood information and volunteer programs.

IN WITNESS WHEREOE l have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Atlanta to be affixed.

'.—

Ivan Allen, J .
Mayor

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Dfi. JOHN W. LETSON JOHN F. STANDRIDGE

5UPT. or: ScnooLs Atlanta PUbliC SChOUlS DIRECTOR
WEATIOHAL-TEBHHIBAL Ea AlllILT EDlllIATlflfl

2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W.
Atlanta. Georgia 30315

February 4,1969

T0: Those in Attendance at the Job Corps Skill Center
Mbetings

FRm-f: Ih'. John F. Standridge, Executive DirectorC},y}
Vocational—Technical and Adult Education

In accordance with our previous meeting, we are sending you a copy
of the Job Description for the Director of the Job Corps Skill

Center .

As other job descriptions are developed, we will send them to you.

JFS:pf
2/4/68

Enclosure

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PLEASE POST

Position:

Education:

Experience:

Salary'Range:

Job Description:

Other
Qualifications:

Functional

Responsibilities:

PLEASE POST

ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PERSONNEL DIVISION

ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY
January 30, 1969

Director Job Corps Skill Center

Bachelors degree required; master‘s degree preferred. Must meet State
Department of Education requirements for certification in Vocational
Education.

Three years vocational teaching experience. Broad industrial experience
desired.

B.S. Degree $13,723.80 - $15,360.60
M.S. Degree $14,542.20 - $16,179.00
EDS. Degree $15,360.60 — $16,997.40
DR. Degree $16,179.00 - $17,815.80

Plans, organizes, and directs the educational program and administrative
functions of the Skill Center. Reports to the Executive Director of
Vocational—Technical and Adult Education.

Must have extensive knowledge of the principles and methods of organiza—
tion of course content, the principles and techniques of teaching and
General school administration; knowledge of academic subjects and their
place and value in a Vocational Education Program. Must have excaptional
ability to plan, organize, and direct a school program of vocational
instruction; to enlist, organize, and effectively use advisory committees.
Must have considerable ability to evaluate instructional techniques,
procedures, and equipment; present comments and opinions clearly and
concisely; create and maintain cooperative relationships with others; and
to anticipate, to analyze, and to prepare plans to meet needs and situations.
Must have ability to apply budgetary principles, and to establish effective
records and report systems.

Plans, develops and administers programs to provide educational opportuni—
ties and counseling for students. Cooperates with.business, civic, and
other organizations to develop curricula to meet needs and interests of
students and community. Appoints advisory committee for each major
instructional area.

Establishes procedures, in cooperation with the Job Corps and Employment
SeCurity Agencies, for the recruitment registration, and placement of
students, and supervises these activities.

Interviews and recommends selection and placement of staff and faculty and
other personnel necessary for operation of the Skill Center. Provides in-
service training for instructoré.



Statement of
Interest:

Interviews:

Supervises review and evaluation of course content and schedules, and
revision as necessary to meet student and community needs.

Prepares periodic budgets and deterndnes allocation of funds within
overall authorizations.

Directs preparation of pamphlets, posters, news releases, and radio
and television scripts to publicize and promote personnel recruitment
and educational programs.

Supervises collection and analysis of data from questionnaires, inter-
views, and group discussions to evaluate curricula, teaching methods,
and community participation in Skill Center programs.

Establishes procedures for preparation of records and reports; for
maintenance, accountability, and equipment, assigned to the Skill
Center; and supervises these activities.

Plans, develops, and administers physical educational program, recrea-~
tional program, and student residential program.

Plans work of faculty committees and directs school safety program to
include fire and emergency drills.

Statement of Interest should be mailed to Mrs. Ruth Satterfield,
Director of Recruitment and Placement, Personnel Division, 224 Central
Avenue, S. w., Atlanta, 30303, no later than Friday, February 14, 1969.

Applicants will be notified of date and time of interview.



BRIEF HISTORY OF EOA

THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

On August 20, 1964, the President of the United States signed
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, {Public Law 88—452}.
This act mobilized the human and financial resources of the
entire country to help the nation's poor help themselves by
giving them OPPORTUNITIES — opportunities for education
and training, for employment, and for better methods of living
in present day America.

While this legislation was still pending, Atlanta and Fulton
County officials began making plans to ensure prompt action
for over 160,000 underpriviledged citizens in this area. The
result was a joint resolution passed on August 19, 1964, by the
Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta and
the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County,
creating a community action board to receive and administer
federal Economic Opportunity funds. Because of this timely
planning, Atlanta and Fulton County received one of the first

OE grants to an ur an area on No ember 23, 1964.

I: Mr M bVG’ A0
ach year thousands of people move to Atlanta from farms and

villages. Many are unequipped to cope with the demands of
urban living. These new arrivals, as well as thousands of families
already living here, are trapped by the cycle of poverty, unem-
ployment, disease, ignorance and public dependence. Many who
most need the help offered by public and private organizations
concerned with their welfare are not aware of the services or are
not able to take the basic steps necessary to obtain them. Often
they are unable to read street or bus signs, fill out applications
or follow written instructions. In short, they are unable to help
themselves.

To reach these people and help them become self- sufficient,
EOA has established neighborhood service centers in 14 low—
income areas of Atlanta and Fulton, Gwinnett and Rockdale
Counties. Through these 14 centers EOA provides employment
counseling, social services and numerous self-help programs.

Seventeen local agencies help administer these programs, under
contract to EOA. Other agencies, though not funded by EOA,
also place representatives in EOA neighborhood centers or coope-
rate by providing services to individuals referred to them by EOA.

Residents of areas served by the 14 centers participate in plan-
ning EOA programs through 200 neighborhood block clubs, 14
Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, A Citizens Central Ad-
visory Council and the EDA Board of Directors, one third of
which is composed of low-income representatives. Through this
participation, people learn to identify common problems. As new
leadership emerges, they assume responsibility for finding solu-
tions to many of these problems.

Representatives to EOA committees are elected once a year
through democratic elections held in the neighborhoods. More
than 12,000 peOpIe voted for 1968 representatives in 200 neigh-
borhood block elections. In 1967, 11,500 people voted in 194
block elections. In 1966, the first such elections, 2,000 people
voted in 11 polling places.

EOA is not a financial aid program. It offers opportunities, a
hand up instead of a hand out. It is an experimental program,
searching for new approaches to old and complex problems.
Acting as a catalyst, it has brought numerous changes in old
methods and attitudes. The success of these changes will be
measured by the continued development of a self-sufficient,
aware and responsible citizenry, so essential for the growth and

survival of Metrgpolitan Atlanta
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Statistics' In this report cover the period from January 1965 through

Deccmber,1967.

EOA PROGRAMS

ATLANTA CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM

EOA

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
688-1494

Mrs. Doris C. Bridges

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Director:

A comprehensive manpower program to recruit, train and place
2,500 hardcore unemployed and underemployed persons in
permanent employment.

Persons included in the program reside in the following five
target areas: Sum-Mac, Pittsburgh, West End, Price and NASH-
Washington.

ACTION: From August 14 through December 1967, 704
people were placed in orientation and ore-vocational training
programs and 687 sample were placed on jobs or in on-the-job
training programs.

ATLANTA EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION
AND SERVICE CENTER

Georgia Department of Education,
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
1599 Memorial Drive, S.E.
378-7591

Mr. Cantey Gordon

Administering Agency:

Address of Program:
Telephone:
Director:

A centralized service to diagnose and evaluate work potential
and training needs of difficult cases and to follow up iob
progress. It serves all agencies cooperating with EOA programs.

ACTION: From May, 1966, through December, 1967, 1,983
people were accepted for evaluation, 1,452 completed the evalua-
tion phase and 605 finished training and were employed.

DAY CARE - FULL YEAR HEAD START

EOA

101 Marietta Street, NW.
525-4266

Mrs. Gloria S. Gross

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Director:

Ten day care centers provide supervised care, enrichment and
education for 725 children of working parents. The centers are
open 11 hours a day, five days a week, all year. Approximately
1,759 children have attended day care centers since the first
One began operation in April 1965.

DAY CARE — FULL YEAR HEAD START CENTERS

Antioch North Day Care Center {50 childrenl
540 Kennedy Street, NW.

Telephone: 523-4862
Director: Mrs. Mary Ray

Bowen Homes Day Care Center lGate City Association}
{100 children}

1060 Wilkes Circle, N.W.

Telephone: 799-1170

Director: Mrs. Frances Wyatt



College Park Civic Si Educational Center {35 children}
407 West Harvard Street, College Park, Georgia
Telephone: 766-4456

Director: Mrs. Eloise Thomas

East Point Child Care Center (24 children}
1147 Calhoun Avenue, East Point, Georgia
Telephone: 767-4404

Director: Mrs. DeVern Howell

Fort Street Kiddie Korner 1100 children}
562 Boulevard, N.E.

Telephone: 876-9279

Director: Mrs. Yhonna Halcomb

Gate City at St. Paul's [Gate City Association} {36 children}
1540 Pryor Road, SW.

Telephone: 622-8951

Director: Mrs. Barbara Martin

Grady Homes Day Care Center

[Grady Homes Tenant Association} 190 children}
100 Bell Street, S.E.

Telephone: 522-1595

Director: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Carter

South Side Day Care Center I120 children}
802 Pryor Street, S.W.

Telephone: 577-2640

Director: Mr. Henry Furlow

Tabernacle Baptist Church 1120 childrenl
475 Boulevard, N.E.

Telephone: 876-1779

Director: Mrs. Mattie Bruce

Vine City Child Development Center 150 children}
168 Griffin Street, N.W.

Telephone: 525-4419

Director: Mr. Joseph Gross

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Administering Agency: EOA and Georgia State Employ-

ment Service

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
688-9 491

Mr. Aaron Alderman

Address:
Telephone:
Director:

One Georgia State Employment Service Manpower Counselor
is located in each Neighborhood Service Center to provide iob
placement and referrals to other services.

ACTION: Since March 1965, employment counselors located
in neighborhood centers have placed 9,891 individuals on jobs:
6,218 individuals in training programs such as MDTA, Job Corps
and Neighborhood Youth Corps, and made 21,356 referrals.
Counselors have conducted 37,859 initial interviews and 102,615
total interviews. Of ali individuals coming to EOA neighborhood
centers, 72% wanted jobs.

FOSTER GRAN DPARENTS DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT

Senior Citizen Services of
Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
120 Marietta Street, N.W.

Administering Agency:
Address:

577-2474
Mrs. Georgie D. Miller

Telephone:
Director:

A program to provide children in institutions with adult affec-
tion and companionship while also giving older citizens a chance
to be employed in a useful, personally satisfying job.

ACTION: Forty-one men and women over sixty years of age
are employed to work with children at three institutions. Each
grandparent is responsible for two children. Since February
1966, 196 older people have participated in the program.

INSTITUTIONS

Carrie-Steele Pitts Home
Fulton County Juvenile Court
Grady Memorial Hospital

HEAD START — SUMMER

Administering Agencies:
Address:

Telephone:

Director:

Eight [see below}

101 Marietta Street, NW.
525-4266

Mrs. Gloria S. Gross

A summer enrichment program for culturally deprived pre-
school children operated by the Atlanta School System and
saven private agencies.

Head Start classes have provided cultural enrichment for a total
of 8,989 children during the last three summers.

Atlanta Public Schools
761-5411 Ext. 233

6,909 children have attended
in 3 summers.

Berean Junior Academy
758-4831

360 children have attended
in 3 summers.

Free For All Day Nursery
525-6371

Gwinnett County Public Schools
963-9248

Hinsley Temple Day Nursery
524-8146

Rockdaie County Pubiic Schools
483-4713

Sullivan - Mitchell Academy
799-1261

Wheat Street Day Nursery
525-4621

JOB CORPS — MEN'S

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Director:

EOA

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
577-2855

Mr. Wilbert Solomon

360 children have attended
in 3 summers.

480 children have attended
in 2 summers.

180 children have attended
in 3 summers.

80 children have attended
in 2 summers.

90 children have attended
in 1 summer.

300 children have attended
in 3 summers.

Room 313

Job training for out—of—school, unemployed boys aged 16 through
21. EOA is responsible for recruiting and screening male Job
Corps applicants from Atlanta and Fulton, Cobb, Clayton,
Fayette, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale and Gwinnett counties.

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ACTION: Since January 1965, 2,012 boys have been sent to

training centers throughout the country. 301 have been pro-

cessed and are awaiting assignments. 277 boys have graduated.
A new recruiting quota of 1,560 boys has been received for the
current year.

{See also “Job Corps — Women's” page 8 .1

LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Atlanta Legal Aid Society
136 Pryor Street, S.E.
524-5811

Mr. Michael D. Padnos

Mrs. Nancy S. Cheves

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Project Director:
General Counsel:

NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES

Bellwood Legal Services Center

Address: 717 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 523-2528

Managing Attorney: Mr. Eugene Taylor
Assistant Attorney: Mrs. Evelyn Fabian

Northwest Branch Legal Services Center

Address: 1839—0 Hollywood Road, N.W.
Telephone: 799-8336

Managing Attorney: Mrs. Colquitt McGee

Law Clerk: Mr. Samson Oliver

Su m—Mec Legal Services Center
Address: 65 Georgia Avenue, S.E.

Telephone: 5247982
Managing Attorney: Mr. Robert B. Newman
Assistant Attorney: Mr. Howard Simmons

Another legal services center is operated by Emory University.

Emory Neighborhood Law Office

Address: 447 Parkway Drive, N.E.
Telephone: 874-1948

Director: Frederick S. LeCIercq

All legal cases from EOA target areas are referred to the down-
town office or one of the four neighborhood centers. The
program also offers legal education and includes a research and

reform unit and a special litigation unit. Two additional

neighborhood offices will be opened in 1968.

ACTION: Since July 1965, attorneys have served 29,738 cases
and have reopened 1,301 cases. 6,175 cases were completed
after court action.

MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE AGED

Senior Citizen Services of
Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
577-3828

Mr. A. E. Horvath

Administering Agency:

Telephone:
Executive Director:

John O. Chiles Center
Address: 435 Ashby Street, S.W.
Telephone: 755-5771

Palmer House Center
Address: 430 Techwood Drive, N.W.
Telephone: 873-3453

Antione Graves Center
Addrefi: 126 Hilliard Street, S.E.
Telephone: 577-1793

Health maintenance, adult education, recreation, transportatibn,
counseling, information, referrals and volunteer services for 764
individuals living in three high rise apartment buildings for the
elderly constructed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, plus
approximately 3,000 elderly individuals who live in the neigh-
borhoods where the facilities are loeated.

The average daily attendance is 389.

NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Coordinator of Inner
City Centers
Coordinator of Outer
City Centers

Mrs. Suiette Crank—5225792
Mr. George Williams—8736759

All EOA services are brought to low-income families through 14
neighborhood service centers looated in poverty areas. Employ-
ment counseling,sccial services and a variety of self-help programs
are available at the centers. In addition, staff members help
residents form neighborhood block organizations, deal with
neighborhood problems and develop leadership ability. Each year,
residents of EOA target areas vote in neighborhood elections to
choose their representatives to EOA committees and the EDA
Board of Directors.

Central City Neighborhood Service Center
840 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Manager:

87 3—67 69
Miss Margaret Ajax
Mrs. Lucy Guthrie

East Central Neighborhood Service Center
486 Decatur Street, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

577-1735
Mr. George Dodd

East Side Community Extension Center
547 Hunt Street, S.E.
Telephone:

Extension Area Manager:

872-2445
Mr. Eddie Neyland

Edgewood Neighborhood Service Center
1723 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Manager:

378-3643
Miss Charlene Wharton
Mr. Collins Hastings

Gwinnett County Neighborhood Service Center
225 Perry Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Telephone: 963—9700
Director: Mr. Gene Johnson

NASH-Washington Neighborhood Service Center
247 Ashby Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

524-2084
Mr. William A. Fowlltes

Eagan Homes Extension Area Center
97 Chestnut Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Extension Area Manager:

523-3186
Mr. Maurice Pennington



Vine City Extension Area Center
141 Walnut Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Extension Area Manager:

523-5137
Mr. Maurice Pennington

North Fulton Neighborhood Service Center

27 Oak Street, Roswell, Georgia

Telephone: 993—3795

Acting Director: Mr. George Adams

Northwest [Perry Homes} Neighborhood Service Center
1927 Hollywood Road, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

799-9322
Mr. Howard Jefferson

Pittsburgh Neighborhood Service Center
9931’: McDaniel Street, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

523—1577
Mr. Sam Baxter

Price Neighborhood Service Center
1127 Capitol Avenue, SW.
Telephone:

Director:

5225792
Mrs. Pauline M. Clark

Rockdale-Conyers Neighborhood Service Center
929 Commercial Street, Conyers, Georgia
Telephone: 483-9512

Director: Mrs. Sarah M. Starr

South Fulton Neighborhood Service Center
2735 East Point Street, East Point, Georgia
Telephone: 767—7541

Director: Mr. James Callan
Extension Area Manager: Mr. Hubert Murray

Summerhill-Mechanicsville Neighborhood Service Center
65 Georgia Avenue, S.E.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Managers:

577-1351

Mr. Daniel Brand
Mrs. June Sammons
Mr. Richard Rembert

West Central Neighbrohood Service Center
2193 Verbena Street, N.W.
Telephone:

Director:

Extension Area Manager:

799-0331

Mr. Amos Parker
Mr. Oscar Trent

West End Neighborhood Service Center
727 Lawton Street, S.W.
Telephone:

Director:

ExtensiOn Area Manager:

753-6101
Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman
Miss Penny A. Blackford

NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS
(Out-of-School program)

EOA

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
688-6232

Mr. Henry Pace

Administering Agency:
Address of program:
Telephone:

Director:

A job training and employment program for out-of~school,
unemployed youths aged 16 through 21. 146 public and non-
profit Atlanta agencies provide 154 work locations and 440
positions. Return to school is encouraged.

ACTION: 440 work positions are provided. Since August 1965
4,033 have participated in the program.

See also Neighborhood Youth Corps
|[In-School programl page 8 .

PARENT AND CHILD CENTER

EOA

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
525-4266

Miss Anne Ingram

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Acting Director:

EOA has received a planning grant to design an Atlanta Parent
and Child Center. It is a pilot demonstration project designed
to provide services to low-income families in the Edgewood
area with children under three years of age or those expecting
a baby.

One of thirty-six such projects throughout the country, the
PPC program emphasizes planned parenthood, household skills.
parent—child relationships and the use of community facilities.

PLANNED PAR ENTHOOD

The Planned Parenthood
Assooiation of the Atlanta Area
118 Marietta Street, N.W.
523-6996

Mrs. Julian Freedman

Ad ministering Agency:

Address:

Telephone:
Director:

Bethlehem Community Center Clinic
9 McDonough Boulevard

Telephone: 627-0176
{Thursday evenings 6-9 pm}

Downtown Clinic

118 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 523-6996
{Friday evenings 6—8 pm}

Vine City Clinic

558 Magnolia St., N.W.
Telephone: 523-8112
(Friday evenings 6—9 pm.)

East Point Clinic
2735 East Point Street
Telephone: 767—7541

[Tuesday evenings 6—9 p.m.: 2nd and 4th
Saturdays in the month, 10—12 am.)

John 0. Chiles Homes

435 Ashby Street, SW.
Telephone: 753—4228
{Thursday evenings 6—9 pm.)

Perry Homes Clinic

1660 Drew Drive, N.W., Apt. 756
Telephone: 355-8278
(Monday—Wednesday evenings 6—9 p.m.l

A family planning service.

ACTION: The program, under contract with EOA, has served
6,231 individuals from January 1966 through November 1967.
Five neighborhood family planning clinics plus the downtown
clinic are in operation.









PRICE AREA HEALTH CENTER

Administering Agencies: Fulton County Medical Assoc.
Emory Univ. School of Medicine

Temporary Address: 1070 Washington Street, S.W.

Telephone: 688-1350

Directors: Dr. William Marine

Dr. Calvin Brown
Permanent address will be 1039 Ridge Avenue, S.W.

A new health center will provide complete medical services,
except hospitalization, for 22,000 low—income people living in
the Price neighborhood. The Fulton County Medical Society
is the delegate agency and Emory University will operate the
program. The program will cooperate with all other health and

planning agencies within Metropolitan Atlanta.

Temporary services will be available June 1, 1968. Full opera—
tion will begin on November 1, 1968. '

SUMMER RECREATION

Call Mr. Harold Barrett at 525-4266 for information.

City-wide recreation programs were conducted in the summers
of 1966 and 1967 by EOA, the City of Atlanta, 10 United
Appeal Agencies and 14 other private agencies. The total 1966-67
attendance at summer recreation programs was 377,000. A large
1968 program is planned.

VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA)

Administering Agency: EOA

Address: r 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Telephone: 577-3195

Director: Mr. Johnny Popwell, Jr.

A domestic Peace Corps of volunteers assisting low-income
neighborhood residents with education, community organiza-
tion, recreation,counseling, health, legal assistance, employment
and other specialized programs.

ACTION: Fifty-feur VISTAs are currently working with EOA

neighborhood centers and other agencies. Since July 1965, 101
VlSTAs have worked with EOA.

COOPERATING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION

Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education
Address: 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S.W.
Telephone: 761-5411 Ext. 206

Directors: Mr. Alan Koth

Mr. Joe Fuller
Dr. Curtis Henson

Instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic for adults over

18 years of age who are unable to function on an eighth grade
level, to improve their employment potential.

COLLEGE WORK STUDY PROGRAM

Part-time employment program to keep youths from low-income
families in college.

PARTICIPATING COLLEG ES:

Clark College

Emory University

Georgia State College

Georgia Institute of Technology
Morehouse College

Morris Brown College
Oglethorpe University

Spelman College

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Agency: The Atlanta Board of Education
Address: 2930 Forrest Hills Drive, S-W.
Telephone: 761 «5411

Director: Mr. Alan Koth

An education program to serve the entire family using neighbor—
hood public school facilities around the clock. The program
was financed by EOA until the 1967 budget reductions.

Eleven Community Schools are still in operation. Five (Brown,
Price, Washington, Archer and Howard} offer academic credit '
toward a High School diploma. Credit courses are also offered
at Bass High School.

Archer High School, 2250 Perry Boulevard, N.W.
Telephone: 794-1567
Arvella L. Farmer, Assistant Principal

Bethune Elementary School, 220 Northside Drive, N.W.

Telephone: 524-6854
Norris Hogans, Assistant Principal

Brown High School, 764 Peeples Street, S.W.
Telephone: 758-5050
Stephen Vernarsky, Acting Assistant Principal

Capitol Avenue Elementary School, 811 Capitol Avenue, S.W.
Telephone: 523-8696
Obadiah Jordan, Jr., Assistant Principal

Sammye Coan Middle School, 1550 Boulevard Drive, N.E.
Telephone: 377—1748
Aaron Watson, Assistant Principal

Dykes High School, 4360 Powers Ferry Road, N.W.
Telephone: 255-5236
Jack Glasgow, Assistant Principal

Grant Park Elementary School, 750 Kalb Avenue, N.E.
Telephone: 627-5741
James Chivers, Assistant Principal

Howard High School, 551 Houston Street, N.E.
Telephone: 5225096
Joel Dinkins, Acting Assistant Principal

Price High School, 1670 Capitol Avenue, S.W.
Telephone: 758-8024
Carl Hubbard, Assistant Principal

Washington High School, 45 White House Drive, S.W.

Telephone: 755-7721
Robert H. Wilson, Assistant Principal

West Fulton High School, 1890 Bankhead Avenue, N.W.
Telephone: 799—3177
E. C. Norman, Assistant Principal

CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU

The Atlanta Police Department
82 Decatur Street, S.E.
522-7363

Capt. 0. W. Jordan

Lt. C. Dixon

A. A. Harris

Agency:

Address:
Telephone:
Officers in Charge:

Policemen work in each EOA neighborhood service center to
become friends with residents and help them with their prob-
lems. The program, the first of its kind in the country, was
developed by the Atlanta Police Department. All new policemen
are assigned to the program for their first few months ofduty.

ACTION: Since January 1967,0fficers have made over 162,800
contacts, attended 339 meetings on off-duty time, and helped
176 hardship cases.

The supervising officers and their centers are:

NASH-Washington

Price and Pittsburgh
Central City

Northwest (Perry Homes}
Edgewood

East Central

West End

Su m-Mec
West Central

Officer Gambell

Officer Davenport

Officer Cardell

Officers Smith and Bolton
Officer Steed

Officer L. Coggins

Officer Owens

Officer Lyons

Officer Johnson

EMORY EVALUATION PROGRAM

Emory University
309 Thompson Hall
Emory University
377-3504

Dr. Fred Crawford

Agency:
Address:

Telephone:
Director:

An eighteen month evaluation of Atlanta's Community Action
Program.

ACTION: First annual report has been filed with OEO in
Washington.

JOB CORPS - WOMEN'S

Women in Community Service,
Inc. lWlCSI

730 Peachtree Street, N.E.
526-3297

Mrs. Lois Baldwin

Agency:

Address:
Telephone:
Director:

Job training for out—of—school, unemployed girls aged 16 through
21. At present, 208 girls are in training centers throughout the
United States and 63 have graduated.

M DTA

The Georgia State Employment
Service and the Atlanta Board of
Education

522 W. Peachtree St., N.W.
875-0971

Mr. Lloyd Groover

Agencies:

‘Address of program:
Telephone:
Director:

The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 provides
job training for needed skills.

NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS {In-School}

Atlanta and Fulton County
Boards of Education

101 Marietta Street, N.W.
524—7886

Mr. Eugene Wimby

Agencies:

Address of program:
Telephone:
Director:

Training and employment of low-income high school youths
in the Atlanta-Fulton County School Systems to provide work
experience and money to enable them to remain in school.

ACTION: 654 students are now employed in the public schools.
3,867 youths have participated since the beginning.

TEN CITIES

The Atlanta Board of Education
756 West Peachtree Street. N.E.
876-1571

Mr. Thomas W. Hinds

Agency:
Address of program:

Telephone:
Director:

Program offers the human relations approach to gaining and
maintaining employment. It is under the Manpower Develop-
ment and Training Act.

UPWARD BOUND

Clark College
Address:
Telephone:
Director:

240 Chestnut Street, N.W.
525-5293
Dr. Carson Lee

Emory University
Address:
Telephone:
Director:

Emory University Campus, Emory Univ.

377-2411 Ext. 7546
Mr. Louis Becker

Morehouse College
Address: 223 Chestnut Street, S.W.

Telephone: 577-1505
Director: Mr. Mac A. Stewart

Morris Brown College

Address: 642 Hunter Street, N.W.
Telephone: 577-2628

Director: Mrs. Vivian McGee

A project to reduce the dropout rate of 11th and 12th graders
with ability by providing remedial and interest classes and
encouraging them to set goals for further education after high
school.



YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER

Ga. State Employment Service
522 West Peachtree Street, N.W.
875-0971

Mr- Forrest Humphries

Administering Agency:
Address:

Telephone:

Di rector:

A program which concentrates on the employment needs of

youths aged 16 through 21, with emphasis on counseling, testing
and referral to other agencies for remedial education or training.

DISCONTINUED EOA PROGRAMS

BEES-BIZ

Training and work experience for 500-700 hard-core, unem—
ployed out-of—school youths per year, in workshop situations.
. Administered by BEES-BIZ, Inc., a non-profit private organiza-
tion. 233 were enrolled during the program.

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

An education program, formerly financed by EOA, to serve
the entire family using neighborhood public school facilities
around the clock. Now administered by the Atlanta Board of

Education. See page 7.

20,964 were enrolled in 12 schools. Approximately 10,000
more participated in programs while financed by EOA.

PROJECT ENABLE

Group education for low-income parents whose children are en-
rolled in Head Start classes, to increase motivation for self-help.
Community and personal problems were identified and became
the target for action. The project was administered by the
Atlanta Urban League, Inc.

ACTION: Eleven groups with a total of 295 parents have com—
pleted their discussions. There have been 424 referrals to other
agencies for help. 1,836 people have been interviewed. 60 persons
have been involved in leadership training. The program ended on
December 31st.

HOMEMAKER SERVICES

Substitute homemakers assumed responsibility for households
in low—income areas during emergency situations. Administered
by Visiting Nurse Association of Atlanta. 28 homemakers served
522 homes and made 13,436 visits.

HOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING

EOA Home Management Technicians and aides worked in Neigh-
borhood Service Centers, taught residents cooking, sewing,
housekeeping, budgeting, child care, hygiene, consumer buying,
and facts about loans and installment buying.

MEDICARE ALERT

A two month program. 10,697 citizens 65 years and older
were contacted. 110 paid workers, older people from low-
incorne areas, and 117 volunteers explained health and hospital
benefits available under the new Medicare legislation and helped
people apply before the March 31, 1966 deadline.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Four Public Health Nurses worked with neighborhood service
centers. Administered by Fulton County Department of Public
Health

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

A center to screen prOspective loan applicants and to provide
assistance in the management and development of small busi—

[165565.

From October 1965 through July 1967 the center interviewed
and counseled 850 low-income businessmen and approved loans
totaling $326,225. Administered by EOA.

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM

In 1965, scholarships were provided for 6,500 primary and
secondary students from under-priviledged homes to allow them
to attend summer school. Administered by the Atlanta and
Fulton County Boards of Education.

VOLUNTEER TASK FORCE

A program to provide training and supervision of local volunteers
who supplemented services of the EDA professional staff. Volun-
teers were drawn from all areas of the city, including EOA
target areas. The program was administered by the Community
Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. during its demonstration year.

ACTION: Approximately 250 volu nteers were recruited, trained
and placed. Seven classes were held, both daytime and evening.
The volunteers worked for at least six months in neighborhood
service centers, child deveIOpment centers, summer head start
programs, planned parenthood clinics, senior citizens centers
and community schools.



TARGET AREA POPULATION: AIMEE! ROUNQARIES

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East sewed

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Mam-WWW

North Fulton

Northwest Ferry

Pittsburg

Price

Rockdaie County

South Fulton

Sum-Mac

West Central

street

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EEW. Read-liam
s—m attest
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Mlniflsmhmd Ave:

IE—IEltiot Street

S—fimneferry Me. at Watches at.
WeAshhy Street

hi—F-ultemtlherekee County Line

E—Fulthorswh flaunts Line

'Sn-Ilflonnthclde Drive to W. Mecca Rd.
to Haney Omsk, summonses
line to Chattahoodfiee Rivet

W— Fulton-Celeb Cmrnty Line

N—Marietta Boulevard

E “Marietta Boulevard St
Lpuisvillegililashville RR

S—--Proctor Creek

fill—Chattahoochee River

N—Cont’d W-Whitehall
E—Southern Railway
S—Atlanta&W. Point'RFl
WaW. Whitehall

.N—Atlanta- Ave.
E-Hill Street
S—Lakewood Ave.
W—Sfluth Expressway

Entire-county

N—E. Cleveland Ave.
E—Sylvan Road

S—Thomas Avenue
W—A&W.P. RR (8. Main St.l

N—Memorial Drive
E—Primrose at Kelly Streets
S—Atlanta Ave.
WwSouthern- Railway

N—Proctor Creek, Gun Club

Road, Eugenia PI. 81 North Ave.
E-L&N RR, Ashby St.

S—Atlantic Coast Line RR, 8!. Hunter St.

W—Chattahoochee River

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Fefl1:$. F‘I 1'fi

F-ET, F88

F-57, I553, F453

Fae, 9553, *F-‘Sfie.
*F—ss

F-104, F-105, F-106,
we}, F-109, F-110,
F-112

F44, e45, F-46, F-47,
Fae, *F-55A, *F-56

F-24, F-83, F-84, F-BB

Regulation
seam

gene

1 2 Iii-R2

seam ' i
39.334

42.393-

14,134

1 0,559-

15,700 '

60,037

22,975

33,449



F-41, F-42, F-59, F760,
F-61, F-62

N—Harris Homes Project

E—Whitehall Street

S—L&N Railroad

W—John White Park, S. Gordon Street

283.151

*These Census Tracts are divided between two center areas

1968 EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mrs. Susie Labord

Dr. John W. Letson

Mr. W. H. Montague, Sr.
Mr. Michael Murphy
Mr. Carl Plunkett

Mr. Julian Sharpton

Dr. Lynn Shufelt

Mr. A. H. Sterne

Mrs. Nancie Stowers
Dr. Paul D. West

Mrs. Leroy (Ann) Woodard

Mrs. Beatrice Garland
Mrs. Katherine Gatty
Mr. Melvin Grantham
Rev. Ellis Green

Mr. John W. Greer
Rev. Joseph L. Griggs
Mrs. Sylvia Harris
Mr. John S. Herndon
Mr. Jesse Hill

Mr. T. J. Justin

Rev. M. L. King, Sr.

Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, Chairman
Mrs. W. H. lLucyl Aiken
Mr. Robert Barnes
Mr. Harold Benson
Mr. W. T. Brooks
Mr. William L. Galloway
Mr. J. Otis Cochran
Mr. Lawrence Coleman
Mr. Robert Dobbs

_ Mr. George L. Edwards Jr.
Mr. John Gaither

CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL



Marked ' below, plus the following
Executive Administrator Nominees:
Mrs. Gladys Bradley

Mrs. Rosa Burney

Mr. James Couch

Mrs. Susie Perkins
Reverend R. B. Shorts
Mr. Robert Tibbetts

Mr. W. A. Edge
Mr. Ralph Long
Mrs. Annie Pace

CITIZENS-’N EIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COUNCILS

Central City Center
'Mr. James Austin
Mrs. Dorothy Brown
Mrs. Evelyn Brown
Mrs. Katie Brown
Mrs. Ethel Cox
Mr. T. J. Justus
Mrs. Ethel Mc lntyre
Mrs. Tempil Owens
Mrs. Ruth Palmer
Mr. W. A. Reynolds
*Mrs. Kathryn Turner
Mr. L. L. Turner
Mr. Alonza Watson
Center Director Nominees:
‘Mr. Spencer Blount
Mrs. Kathryn Turner

Conyers—Rockdale Center
Mr: Jim Baker

Mr. Leroy Bigham, Chairman
Reverend E. N. Brewer

Mr. Bobby Brisendine
Reverend William Byington
Mr. George Davis

Mr. George Edwards, Jr.
Mr. James Finlayson

Mr. Moses Green

Mr. Aubrey Harvey

Mrs. Olivia Haydel

Mr. Willie Henderson

Mr. J. T. Hicks
Mrs. Merle K. Lott
Mr. John Penn

Mr. Frank Smith
Mrs. Otis Smith
Mr. Jack Turner
Mrs. Dora Zachery

East Central
Rev. W. M. Allen
Mrs. Clide Anderson
Mrs. Alice Birdsong
'Rev. N. D. Daniel
Mrs. Jean Fryer
Miss Edith L. Grant
Mr. James Gilbert, Sr.
Mrs. Lois Harris
Mrs. Ophelia Harris
Mrs. Lila Hawkins
Mrs. Gladys Hutchinson
Mrs. Susie Labord, Chairman
”Mrs. Corine Lang
*Mr. John Mattox
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Harold Hess
Mr. Julius Pruitt
Mr. Samuel Sheats

Edgewood Center
Mrs. Fred Brantley
Mrs. Eliza. Brock

Mrs. Blanche Cox
*Mrs. Rosie Harris
Mrs. Charity Hill

Rev. C. W. Hill

Mr. Lorenzo Johnson, Chairman

Mrs. Maxie Lewi

5

Mr. Columbus Maddox
Mr. George Malden

*Mrs. Rubye Payne

Mr. Julius White

Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Rufus Favors

’Mr. John Gaither
Mr. Charles Turner

Nash-Washington Center

*Mrs. Elizabeth B

arker

Mr. Otis Cochran
Mrs. Mattie Cotton
Mrs. Parialee Faulker
Mrs. Lois Ferguson
Mrs. Cathrine Greer
Mrs. Margaret Guest

Mrs. Cynthia Ha

rnpton

Rev. W. L. Houston
Mrs. Geneva Mack

Mr. James S. Wil
Mrs. Jesse Miller
Mrs. Lena Pritch

SOD

ett

Mrs. Carrie Porter
Mrs. Annie Sewell





Mrs. Gladys Shaw
Mr. M. T. Sheppard
*Mr. Erwin Stevens, Chairman
Mrs. C. M. Wolfe
Center Director Nominees:
*Mr. James Gardner
Mrs. Mattie Hutchinson
Mrs. Ruby Lundy
Mrs. Maggie Moody
Mrs. Dorothy Bolden Thompson

North Fulton Center
*Rev. Paul Abernathy
Mr. Royce Adkins
*Mr. Alonzo Allen
Mr. George Barnhart
Mr. Tom Bell
Mrs. Ophard Buice
Mrs. Doris Born
Mrs. Rupert Cartwright
Mrs. Susie Day
Rev. G. R. Hewatt
Mrs. Clyde Lafitte
Mrs. Robert McCallum
Mr. Robert McCallurn
Mrs. Fannie Martin
Mrs. Judy Metcaff
“Mr. Gene Poteete
Mr. Lynn Shufelt, Chairman
Mrs. Ed. Steele
Mr. A. C. Turner
Mrs. Anne Verner
Mrs. Nelle Wilson
Con for Director NomineEs:
Mr. H. B. Jones
Mrs. Grace Kilgore
Mr. Horace McClusky
Mr. W. H. Scott
Mrs. Ann Standridge
Mrs. Agnes Wells

Northwest Perry Homes Center
Mrs. Azzie Brown
Mrs. Margie Freeman
Mr. lsreal Grant
Mrs. Beulah Hill
“Mrs. Ruby Hawk
Mrs. Annie Mae Hoard
Mrs. Pearline Johnson
Mrs. Elizabeth McMillian
Deacon Henry Mitchell
Mrs. Mary Rowe
Mr. John Slaton
Mrs. Arie Shelman
*Mr. Albert Smith
*Mrs. Elizabeth Strong
Mrs. Vera Travis
Mrs. Josie Wynn
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman
Mr. Robert Shaw

Pittsburgh Service Center
Mrs. Madeline Cooper
Mrs. Huston F. Dyer
Mrs. Annie Evans

Mrs. Mamie Fleming
Mrs. Beatrice Garland

can ATLANTA GA 63—3554

Mrs. Annie B. Nelson
Mrs. Resa Hammonds
Mrs. Mary Robinson
*Mr. N. H. Scott
Mrs. Willie P. Thornton
Mr. John W. Tolbert
Mrs. Annie P. Wright
i*Mrs. Carrie B. Wright, Chairman
Center Director Nominees:
*Mrs. Sallie Billings
Rev. Calvin Houston

Price Center
*Mrs. Grace Barksdale
Mr. Melvin Barnes
Mrs. Mary Banning
Mr. Jessie Berry
Mrs. Charlie M. Foster
Mrs. Betty Hightower
Mrs. Helen Lowe
Mr. Gariel McCrary
Mrs. Mary Marshall
Mrs. Addie Moore
Mrs. Elizabeth Mosley
Mrs. Ceclia O'Kelley
*Mrs. Francis O'Neal
Mrs. Mollie Parker
Mr. Henry Phipps, Chairman
Mrs. Christine Printup
Miss Rene Respress
Mrs. Marjorie Stone
Mrs. Jessie Terry
Mrs. Emma J. Watkins
Mrs. Louise Watley
Mrs. Martha Weems
‘Mr. Willis Weems
Center Director Nominees:
Mr. Robert Barnes
Mrs. Ollie Powell

South Fulton

Mrs. Tommie Andersen

Mr. Ronald'Bridges, Chairman

Mrs. Margaret Burnett

Mr. Paul Dorsey

Mrs. Maxcine Jackson
‘Mr. Leroy Lowe

Mrs. Susie Perkins

Mrs. Myrtice Rowe

Mr. Robert Smith

Mr. John Walton, Jr.

Mrs. Louvenia Williams

Mrs. Mary Lou Williams

Mrs. Lucy Willis

Center Director Nominees:
'Mr. W. T. Brooks
”Mr. Milo Fisher

Mr. James Maddox

Sum-Mes Center

Mrs. Lucy Alexander

Mrs. Rosa L. Burney
*Mrs. Ann L. Childs

Rev. L. C. Clark

Mrs. Carrie Cox

Mr. Richard Ferguson

Rev. W. L. Finch

Mrs. Joyce Harden

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Mrs. Katherine Harris

*Mr. Arthur L. Hodges
Mr. Robert Kelly

i'Mr. Jimmie Kennebrew, Jr.
Mrs. Gussie Lewis
Mr. Edward Moody
Dec. Lewis E. Peters, Chairman
Mrs. Doris Thomas
Mrs. Eva Upshavv
Mrs. Mary Vaughn
Mr. Hudson Whitsett
Center Director Nominees:
Mrs. Kathryn Gatty
Mrs. Leila Hancock
Deacon Edward James
Mrs. Marie Thomas

West Central Center
Mrs. Katie Brown
Mrs. Katie Davis
Mr. John Dixon
i*Mrs. Elizabeth Hill
Mr. John Jackson
Mrs. Elora Johnson
Mrs. Dollie Jones
Mrs. Leola Perry
Mrs. Christine Phillips
*Mr. Elisha Pitts
*Mrs. Essie Powell
Mr. Buster Starr
Rev. H. H. Strong
Mrs. Ernestine Wynn
Mr. Edward Young
Mrs. Marion Young
Center Director Nominees:
Rev. Ellis Green
Mr. Charles B. Hart, Chairman
Rev. Pozie L. Redmond, Jr.
Mrs. Jaunita Scott
Rev. R. B. Sutton

West End
Mr. Alvin Barner
*Mrs. Hazel Bridges
Mrs. C. B. Cole
Mr. James Dillion
Father Edwards
Mrs. Carrie Jordan
Mrs. Dorothy Minter
Mr. Michael Murphy, Chairman
Mrs. Geneva Rushin
Mr. J. A. Segars
*Mrs. Kathleen Stapotsky
Mr. James Stewart
Mr. Fred Thomas
Mr. Homer Whaley
Can for Director Nominees.-
*Rev. Marcus Bramblett
Father Edwards
Mr. James Dillion

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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 MARIETTA STREET, N.W., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 . . . TELEPHONE: AREA CODE {404] 525-4262

T. M. Jim Parham Three Year Report
Executive Administrator 1965 — 196?







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Neighborhood Service Areas

A. WEST END G. EDGEWOOO
B. NASH-WASHINGTON H. NORTHWEST [P.H.I
C. PRICE I. WEST CENTRAL
D. SOUTH FULTON J. CENTRAL CITY
E. SUM-MEG K. PITTSBURGH

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F. EAST CENTRAL NORTH FULTON

(Gwinnett and Rockdale County
areas not shown on map]



INDEX

MAP .............................................................. Page 1

HEADQUARTERS KEY STAFF MEMBERS AND

TELEPHONE NUMBERS ................................................... Page 2

BRIEF HISTORY ......... ' .............................................. Page 3

EOA PROGRAMS ........................................... I ............ Page 2

COOPERATING INDEPENDENT

PROGRAMS ........................................................ _. .Page 7

DISCONTINUED EOA

PROGRAMS .......................................................... Page 9

TARGET AREA POPULATION

AND BOUNDARIES ..................................................... Page 10

EOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ............................................... Page 11

CITIZENS CENTRAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ....................................... Page 11

CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY

COUNCILS ............... ' ........................................... Page 11
HEADQUARTERS

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC.
101 Marietta Street, N.W.

TITLE NAME TELEPHONE
Executive Administrator Mr. Thomas M. Jim Parham 688—1012
Deputy Director Mr. William W. Allison 688-2033
Associate Administrator Mr. William G. Terry 525-7023
Associate Administrator

for Community Services Mr. Harold Barrett 525-4266
Director, Finance Mr. Peter Jones 577-3345
Director, Purchasing Mr. O. H. Gronke 588—3010
Chief of Manpower Services Mr. George C. Rodgers 526-6347
Chief of Neighborhood Services Mrs. Sujette Crank 522—5792
Unit Coordinator Mr. George Williams 873-6759
ghrignfiiid 212:3] Mrs. Edith A. Hambrick 688-2033
Director, Public Information Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell 5254262

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JOHN F. STANDRIDGE
DR. JOHN W. LETSDN

Burr. or SCHOOLS Atlanta Public Schools DIRECTOR
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2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. w.
Aflamuteeonaa 30315

M E M 0 R A R D U M

TD: Those in Attendance .11.. ”file Job Corps Skill Center
Meeting on January T, lfiofl. at Atlanta Area Technical School

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FROM: Mr. John F. Standridge. Exocutire Uirector, r”' // 67 AJEZEZABVC/ g
Vocational—Technical and ldslt Edutati n y/ZWRV ‘

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_\3 you recall, 1 indicated to the grOOp that we we d send copies of the job
description ofi the different key pOthiOHS tor the Job Corps Skill Center
Stuff. We have not been able to complete these job descriptions as of this
date. I thought I would let _vou lmnw than” we had not forgotten to do this.

is soon as the job descriptions haxe been Completed, we will at that time
send you copies. if you know or any individual that you would like to
reconmmnd for diFTcront pnettiOns, you might subndt resumes to me for later
conSJderation.

As soon as any additional word is known about the funding of this program.
we will let you kilos.

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February 12, 1969

Mr. Louis Hertz

Louis Hertz Advertising Agency. Inc.
FEB-Third Street, N. W.

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Lou:

Sorry that we have been unable to comnmnlcato in the pool: several
weeks.

If possible. we would like to use an EOA message on our signboardo
for the months of March and April and than shift to summer program

advertising early in May.

Mary Lu Mitchell has sketched out several ideas to publicize the
EOA block Club movement.

We are open to your suggestions and advice.

Since rely yours,

Dan Sweet
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Enclosures





Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 . Telephone: 525-“262
T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

T0: Mr° Ban Sweat

FROM: Mary Lu Mitchell

SUBJECT: Billboards

DATE: February 10, 1969

The attached suggestions are hereby submitted to the

BILLBOARD BOARD for serious consideration.

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February 26, 1969

Dear Friends:

The first of our community awareness forums and vesper services
will be held Sunday, March 2, 1969, at the Boreas Seventh-day Adventist
Church, 312 Hightouer Road, N. W., at 5:30 P. M.

This week's program spotlights EOA: What is it--What has it done-—

What is it now doing in the area of economic opportunity in Atlanta? Mrs.
Patricia Mason, Public Relations Representative of EOA, will be the speaker.

It will also feature volunteer benefactors of the program and their
particular experiences with the BOA.

You are cordially invited to attend the program which promises to be
infonnative and enjoyable in as muoh as you will be able to ask questions
and join the discussion if you so desire.

You will not want to miss this phase of the program nor the vesper‘
services designed to make the evening complete.

Do come, won't you?



DR. JOHN W. LETSON JOHN F. STANDRIDGE

SUPT. OP SCHOOLS Atlanta Public Schools EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VIIBATIIINAl-TEBHHIBAL d ADULT EDIJGATIIIN

2930 Forrest Hills Dr. S. W.
Atlanta. Georgia 30315

M E M O R A N D U M February 20,1969

T0: Fulton County Delegation
Advisory Committee Members
Other'Interested Parties

FROM: John F. Standridge, Executive Director E2
Vecational—Technical and Adult Education ‘

In order to meet the needs of students as well as the needs of business and
industry, it is necessary to provide Vocational Education in various fields
where the needs occur. More funds are needed in Vocational Education to help
meet these needs.

Programs which have been authorized nationwide by the new 1968 Vocational
Education_Amendments and other Vocational Acts for the FiSCal Year 1970
amounts to $773,661,455. The President in his Budget Preposal for Fiscal

Year 1970 requested only $286,377,455 which is $487,284 000 less than the
authorization.

Some of the programs that will be affected by this cut includes the Work Study
Program, which provides needy students with part—time jobs while they are going
to school. This program was completely eliminated from an authorization of
$35,000,000. The Cooperative Education Programs were cut from $35,000,000 to
$14,000,000. Programs for Students with Special Needs were completely eliminated
from an authorization of $40,000.000 and Construction of Residential Vocational
Schools was eliminated from an authorization of $55,000,000. These are just four
of several programs that received cuts. However. these four programs are most
significant if we are to eliminate the problems of unemployment and proverty in
Atlanta and Fulton County.

We are again asking your continued support of Vocational Education and that you
enlist the support of Congressman Fletcher Thompson and Senators Richard Russell

and Herman Talmadge requesting that they vote for the full appropriation. We
understand that Congress will finalize the Budget Proposal shortly after the
first of March so time is fleeting. We must have action now!

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WASHINGTON, ac. 20506

OPPORTUNITY

February 20, 1969

MEMORANDUM FROM BERT RAND M. HARDING
ACTING DIRECTOR

I'm sure that by now you have all seen news reports on the President's
long-awaited statement regarding the future of the Office of Economic
Opportunity. I believe all of us at OEO, the operators of our programs
in the field, our supporters among the general public and most of all

the poor whom we seek to serve should be gratified at the course charted
by the Administration's newly announced anti-poverty policy.

President Nixon's statement to Congress of February 19 represents in
every important aspect an endorsement of much of the work OE‘O has
done over the past 4 years. But, of even greater significance, is the
President's recognition that a major effort still lies ahead to redeem
the lives and hopes of America's poor. As the President put' it:

"From the experience of CEO, we have learned
the value of having in the Federal GOVernment
an agency whose special concern is the poor.

We have learned the need for flexibility,
responsiveness, and continuing innovation. We
have learned the need for management effective-
ness. "

As I see it the key points in the President's message are these:

1. DEC will continue, under that name and within the
Executive Office of the President. The President
will propose to Congress that OEO's authorization
for appropriations be extended for one year to

June 30, 1970.

2.. Later this year, the President will send to Congress
a "comprehensive proposal for the future of the

poverty program" which he will propose to become
effective July 1, 1970.

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3. Head Start will be delegated to the Office of
the Secretary of the Department of Health,

Education and Welfare, effective July 1, 1969.

. Job Corps will be delegated to the Department
of Labor effective July I, 1969, with the
Departments of Interior and Agriculture
retaining operating responsibility for conservation
centers.

Preparations will be made for the eventual transfer
of the Comprehensive Health Centers and Foster
Grandparents programs to HEW.

The "vital" Community Action Program will be
pressed forward, and CMS will continue to be
involved in the operation of programs at the local
level, even though such programs may be delegated
to other Departments at the national level.

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There will, of course, be difficulties as we seek to carry out the
administrative changes the President wishes, as Congress performs

its legislative duties and even as we at OEO meet our continuing
responsibilities to the poor. These, however, are difficulties inherent
in the transition process, rather than difficulties of substance affecting
the continuation of programs and their impact on the poor. As such
they are difficulties I am confident can be effectively resolved.

The overriding question for the past few months has been the continuation
of OEO's mandate to help the poor 0111: Of POVBI‘C'Y- That mandate is now in
hand and I think all of us concerned with the plight of America's poor are
heartened and ready to push forward our common cause.

During the past four years OEO has made major strides toward erasing
poverty. But some 22 million poor remain with us, so there is much
still to be done. In essence we now have the Presidential support to
get on with the job.

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OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE \‘i’HlTE HOUSE
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

Economic Cpoortpflitx Act

The blight of poverty requires priority attention. It engages our hearts
and challenges our intelligence. It cannot and will not be treated lightly or
indifferently, or without the most searching examination of how best to
marshal the resources available to the Federal Gmrernment for combs-fling
it.

At my direction, the Urban Affairs Council has been conducting an.
intensive study of the nation's anti-poverty programs, of the way the anti-
poverty effort is organized and administered, and of ways in which it might be
made more effective.

That study is continuing. However, I can now announce a number
of steps I intend to take, as well as Spelling out some of the considerations-
that will guide my future recommendations.

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is now scheduled to- expire on
June 30. 197:, The present authorization for appropriations for the
Office of Economic Opportunity runs only until June 30, 1969. I Will 351‘
Congress that this authorization for appropriations be extended for another
year. Prior to the end of the Fiscal Year, Iwill send Congress a com-
prehensive proposal for the future of the poverty program, including
recommendations for revising and extending the Act itself beyond its
scheduled 19?0 expiration.

Haw the work begun by CEO can best be carried forward is a. subject on
which many views deserve to he heard -- both from within Congress. and
among those many others who are interested or affected, including especially
the poor themselves. Ev sending my proposals well before the Act's 1970
expiration, I intend to provide time for full debate and discussion.

In the maze of anti-pove rty efforts, precedents are weak and knowledge
Uncertain. These past years of increasing Federal involvement have
begun to make clear how vast is the range of what we do not yet know; and
how fragile are projections based on partial understanding. But we have
learned some lessons about what works and what does not. The changes I
propose will be based on those lessons and those discoveries. 331d TOOtEd
in a determination to press ahead with anti-poverty efforts even though
individual experiments have ended in disappointment.

From the experience of CEO, we have learned the value of having in
the Federal Government an agency whose special concern is the poor. We
have learned the need for flexibility, responsiveness, and continuing
innovation. We have learned the need for management effectiveness. Even
those most thoroughly committed to the goals of the anti-poverty effort
recognize now that much that has been tried has not worked.

The CEO has been a is.ll.1a‘::13.fount of ideas and enthusiasm, but it has
suffered from a confusion of roles.



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OEO's greatest value is as an initiating agency -- devising new programs
to help the poor, and serving as an ”incubator" for those programs during
their initial, experimental phases. One of my aims is to free 0E0 itself
to perform these functions more effectively, by providing for a greater
concentration of its energies on its innovative role.

Last year, Congress directed that special studies be made by the
Executive Branch of whether Head Start and the Job Corps should continue
to be administered directly by CEO, or whether responsibility should be
otherwise assigned.

SECtiOD 309 of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 prOVideS:

"The Fresident shall make a special study of whether
the responsibility for administering the Head Start
program established under the Economic Opportunity
A“ Of 1954 should continue to be vested in the Director
of the Office of Economic Opportunity, should be
transferred to another agency of the Government, or
should be delegated to another such agency pursuant

to the provisions of section 602(d) of the aforementioned
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and shall submit
the findings of this study to the Congress not later than
March 1, 1969. "

l have today submitted this study to toe Congress. Meanwhile, under the
Executive authority provided by the Economic Opportunity Act, I have
flirectcd that preparations Wtart to the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Whether it should be
actually transferred is a question I will take up in my later, comprehensive

”13555-85: along with my proposals for a permanent status and organizational
structure for OED. Pending a final decision by the Secretary of HEW

on where within the department responsibility for Head Start would be
lodged, it will be located directly within the Office of the Secretary.

In order to provide for orderly preparation, and to ensure that there
is no interruption of programs, I have directed that this delegation be
made effective July 1, 1969. By then the summer programs for 1969 will
all have been funded, and a new cycle will be beginning.

I see this delegation as an important element in a new national
commitment to the crucial early years of life.

Head Start is still experimental. Its effects are simply not known --
save of course where medical care and similar services are involved.
The results of a major national evaluation of the program will be available
this Spring. It must be said, however, that preliminary reports on this
study confirm what many have feared: the long term effect of Head Start
appears to be extremely weak. This must not discourage us. To the
contrary it only demonstrates the immense contribution the Head Start
program has made simply by having raised to prominence on the national
agenda the fact -— known for some time, but never widely recognized --
that the children of the poor mostly arrive at school age seriously
deficient in the ability to profit from formal education, and already
significantly behind their contemporaries. It also has been made
abundantly clear that our schools as they now exist are unable to overcome

this deficiency.

In this context, the Head Start Follow-Through Program already
delegated to HEW by 0E0. assumes an even greater importance.

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In recent years, enormous advances have been made in the understanding
of human development. We have learned that intelligence is not fixed at
birth. but is largely formed by the environmental influences of the early
formative years. It develops rapidly at first, and then more slowly; as
much of that development takes place in the first four years as in the next
thirteen. We have learned further that environment has its greatest
impact on the development of intelligence when that development is proceeding
most rapidly -— that is, in those earliest years.

This means that many of the problems of poverty are traceable directly
to early childhood experience -- and that if we are to make genuine, long-
range progress, we must focus our efforts much more than heretofore
on those few years which may determine how far, throughout his later
life, the child can reach.

Recent scientific developments have shown that this process of early
childhood development poses more difficult problems than had earlier been
recognized —— but they also promise a. real possibility of major breakthroughs
soon in our understanding of this process. By placing Head Start in the
Department of HEW, it will be possible to strengthen it by association with
a ‘wide range of other early development programs within the department.
and also with the research programs of the National Institutes of Health,
the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development.

Much of our knowledge is new. But we are not on that ground
absolved from the responsibility to respond to it. So crucial is the matter
of early growth that we must make a national commitment to providing

Hall American children an opportunity for healthful and stimulating
development during the first five years of life. In delegating Head Start
to the Department of HEW, I pledge myself to that commitment.

The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 directed the Commissioner
of Education to study the Job Corps in relation to state vocational education
programs. I have directed the Secretaries of Labor and of Health,

Education, and. Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Manpower,
to work with the Acting Commissioner of Education in preparing such a
report for submission to Congress at the earliest opportunity.

One of the priority aims of the new Administration is the development
by the Department of Labor of a. comprehensive manpower program,
designed to make centrally available to the unemployed and the under-
employed a full range of Federal job training and placement services.
Toward this end, it is essential that the many Federal manpower programs
be integrated and coordinated.

Therefore, as a first step toward better program management. the
Job Corps will be delegated to the Department of Labor.

For the Department, this will add another important manpower service
component. For the Job Corpsman, it will make available additional
training and service opportunities. From the standpoint of program
management, it makes it possible to coordinate the Job Corps with other

manpower services, especially vocational education, at the point of
delivery.

The Department of Labor already is deeply involved in the recruitment,
counseling and placement of Job Corpsman. It refers 80 percent of all
male and 45 percent of all female enrollees: it provides job market
information, and helps locate Job Corpsman in the areas of greatest
opportunity.

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This delegation will also be made effective on July 1. 19595 and .tlm
Dcpflrilnents of Interior and Jigri’culture will continue to_ have operating
responsibility for the Job Corps centers concerned primarily with

conservation.
I have directed that preparations be made for the transfer of two other

programs from SEC to the Department of I-Iealth, Education, and 1ifelifare:
Comprehensive Health Centers, which provide health service to the
residents of poor neighborhoods, and Foster Grandparents program. In

my judgment, these can be better administered at present, or in the near

future, within the structure of the Department.

In making these changes, I recognize that innovation costs mono}r "
and that if CEO is to continue its effectiveness as an innovating agency,
adequate funds must be made available on a continuing basis. Moreover,
it is my intent that Community Action Agencies can continue to be involved
in the operation of programs such as Head Start'at the local level. even
though an agency other than CEO has received such programS. bY delegation
at the national level. It also is my intent that the vital (Ziomrnunitlrr Action
Programs will be pressed forward, and that in the area of economic
deveIOpment CEO will have an important role to play, in cooperation with
other agencies, in fostering community-based business development.

One of the principal aims of the Administration's continuing Stud? Of
the anti-poverty effort will be to improve its management effectiveness.
When poverty—fund monies are stolen, those hurt most are the poor "‘
whom the monies were meant to help. When programs are inefficiently
administered, those hurt most again are the poor. The public generally.
and the poor especially, have a right to demand effective and efficient
management. I intend to provide it.

I expect that important economies will result from the delegation 0f

the Job Corps to the Department of Labor, and we shall continue to strive
for geater efficiency, and especially for greater effectiveness in Head Start.

A Concentrated Management Improvement Program initiated in 0E0

will be intensified. Under this program selected Community Action Agencies
will be required to take steps to devise improvements in such areas as
organizational structure, financial and accounting systems. 133133011119.l
training and work scheduling. Standards will be applied under the
"management improvement program‘to evaluate the operations of Corrin‘iunitlr
Action Agencies. We intend to monitor these programs actively in order

to ensure that they are achieving high-level effectiveness and that they are
being administered on an orderly basis.

In the Pa“. Problems have often arisen over the relationship of State,
WWW and local governments to programs administered by CEO. This
has particularly been the case where the State and local officials have
wanted to assume greater responsibility for the implementation of the

programs but for various reasons have been prevented from doing 3°-

1 have assigned special responsibility for working out these problems
to the nBWIy-cr'eated Office of Intergovernmental Relations, under the
supervision of the Vice President.

I have directed the Urban Affairs Council to keep the anti-poverty
effort under constant review and evaluation, seeking new ways in which
the various departments can help and better ways in. which their efforts
can be coordinated.

My comprehensive recommendations for the future of the poverty
program will be made after the Urban Affairs Council's own initial study
is completed, and after Ihave reviewed the Comptroller General'e study
of OED ordered by Congress in 1967 and dim for submission next month.

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Meanwhile, I would stress this final thought: If we are to make the
most of experimental programs, We must frankly recognize their
experimental nature and frankly acknowledge whatever shortcomings they
develop. To do so _is not to belittle the experiment, but to advance its
essential purpose: that of finding new ways, better ways, of making
progress in areas still inadequately understood.

We often can learn more from a program that fails to achieve its purpose
than from one that succeeds. If we apply those lessons, then even the
"failure" will have made a significant contribution to our larger purposes.

I urge all those involved in these experimental programs to bear this
in mind--- and to remember that one of the primary goals of this
Administration is to expand our knowledge of how best to make real
progress against those social ills that have so stubbornly defied Solution.
We do not pretend to have all the answers. We are determined to find as
many as we can.

The men and women who will be valued most in this administration
will be those .who understand that not every experiment succeeds, who do
not cover up failures but rather lay open problems,franl<ly and construc-
tively, so that next time we will know how to do better.

In this spirit, I am confident that we can place our anti-poverty

efforts on a secure footing -- and that as we continue to gain in understanding
of how to master the difficulties, we can move forward at an accelerating
pace.

RICHARD NIXON

THE WHITE HOUSE.

February 18, 1969.



Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc,

101 Marietta Street Bldg. . Atlanta, Georgia 30305 .. Telephone: 525-4252

T. M. Parham _ -. __ .
Executive Administrator . Contact : ‘MI'S. Mitchell or
Mrs. Mason

For immediate release'
March 11. 1969 '

For the first time in Atlanta, and perhaps the nation,
residents of poverty areas have taken over the task of teaching
the more affluent about poverty.

Since they began their START NOW ATLAN'L campaign two
months ago the poor have scheduled slum tours for more than
2,000 Atlantans. They also have spoken to numerous clubs and
organizations and have appeared on radio and TV programs.

The poor have enlisted 202 Atlantans as volunteers for
AéconOmic Opportunity Atlanta, the city's anti—poverty hgency.

This month they are planning a special tour for lawyers
and one for doctors, at the request of the professional organi—
zations for both groups.

The 23 poverty area residents who have led the campaign

call themselves V. I. P.'s or Volunteer Information People.

Since they initiated their program January lO,they have

completed tours for1,4ooof the 2,000 Scheduled. The remainder

will be completed during the next month.



Indications are that the tours are really two—way streets;

as one V.I.P. put it, ”They learn from us and we learn from them."

Those taking the tours are young, middle aged, old.‘ They
tour by foot, by car, by bus.‘ They are lawYers, business men,
doctors, social workers, club women, church members, journalists,
visitors to Atlanta, the already concerned, and those not—so—

'surewabout—it—all. They cC‘e in greatest number from Metro—

politan Atlanta, but also from various parts of the United

States and from countries over the world.

~{ The 202 volunteers are working in a variety of projects,
'including Big Sister programs, story hours, adult literacy

classes, tutorial programs, and marionette shows.
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In addition, four white churches have formed partnerships
with black churches, 20 college frcternities are working in

volunteer projects and some 200 college Students are conducting

a comprehensive consumer survey in one low—income area.

Tours, Speakers and the volunteer program will continue.
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival will feature poverty area toursk
led by the V.IiP,fls on fipril.8 and 12.

To volunteer, to arrange a tour for individuals or groups,

or to get a speaker or a panel, call 525—4262.



101 Marietta Street Bldg. o Atlanta, Georgia 30303 0
'I'. M. Parham

Executive Adminisuator

February 26, 1969

Misscfiartley Campbell

Department of Hausing & Urban DevelOpment
Office of Urban Transportation fievelopment
Washington, D. C. 20410

Dear Miss Camyneijr

This letter is to inform you 0; developments regarding the dem—
onstration transportation proposal since our last conversation.

On your recommendation we contacted the City of Atlanta to
discuss the possibility of their assuming the project manage—
ment. It was suggested that EOA continue to serve as project
manager with the coopr-ration of the city and other agencies
such as the Atlanta Transit System.

Currently we are preparing a letter or application jointly.
This will be a proposal for a four (4) month planning grant.

It is anticipated that EOA will provide One full time staff
person to the project. The city has agreed to cooperate within
the limits of their own obligations.

The Atlanta Transit System is being involved. The city has re—
commended that the Atlanta Transit System's transportation
consultant be considered for the project. Also we have had
contact with Urban Research and DevelOpment Associates.

It is anticipated that the planning grant application will be
completed the first of March and should be in your office that
week.





Miss Hartley Campbell

Thank you again for your assistance

mmjj;

CC: Mr. T. M. Parham
hr. Dan Sweatv’
Mr. Collier Gladin

February 25, 1969

and interest.

Sincerely,



William W. Allison
Deputy Administnator

TO: Dan Sweat DATE: January 30, 1969

FROM: Clint Rodgers féeéi

SUBJECTi CEP Model Cities Manpower Coordination

Attached is an excerpt from the revised CEP Handbook which was reviewed
and approved by the White House January 25, 1968. I would like to

discuss some issues and ideas relative to the Mayor's involvement
after you have read it.

CR:caa

Attachment



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1.

Excerpt from Revised CE? Handbook
(This portion reviewed and approved
by the White House on 9/25/68)

Relationships Between CE? and

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The City Deconstration agar -cy, or CDA, is the Sponsor ng agency
Xodel Cities program in those cities se ected for Nbdel Cities :unding.
The Nbdel Cities program is administer ed by the Department a;
and Urban Development (HUD) in coope rat' ion with other Federal
administering programs focusing on urban problems. This program cells
for a comprehensive attack on the social, economic and physical prob‘.‘
in selected slums and blighted areas through concentration and coordination
of both public and private, Federal, State and local efforts.
A. Background
The Secretary of housing and Urban Development is authoriz ed to make
grants to, and to contract with, city dem no tra tion agencies only if
he has oetcrmi.cd that there exists——

"adminie :trotive machitery th rough which coordination of

all related planning of local agencies can be achieved."



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“evidence that necessary cooperation of local agencies
engaged in related local planning can be obtained."

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"administrative machinery...at the local level for carrying
out the program on a consolidated and coordinated basis..."
B. Policy on Role of Local Chief Executives
Therefore, it is the policy of the federal goverluent that the
chief executives of the cities (and counties, 'here applicable}
should be encouraged to play a major role in coordinatin~
as well as other programs, in the model neighborhoods.

require that the 8.3. Department of Labor in the course of

planning and annual renegotiation consult with the 10'

executive in regard to the following issues as they a

concentrated employment programs:

Sponsorship oi the CEP.

The area boundaries of the CEP.

The citizen participation structure associated with

the CEP. s
In order to meet these statutory tests, the community must have an
effective mechanism for coordinating CEP planning and action

components with other Model Cities plans and activities.

This agreement among the Departments of Labor and Housing and Urban
Development and theeOffice of Economic Opportunity is intended to
complement other agreements regarding local coordination reached

by DOL, OED, HUD, and HEW.



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A major emphasis an high priority_ of the Mdeel Cities program is

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alleviating the problems or the pram l.oyed in each ci_ty.

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Department of Labor is fully committed to the Model Cities

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and CEP is the primary vehicle for providing resources an“ servic c

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to support the Nodal _Cit_ies effort. CEPs have been {or will be}

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installed in as many selected Mod cl Cities as resources wil
is means of assuring maximum tie-in with Ebdel Cities‘ cperati
instructions to prospective Cn1 sponsors requir ethat th

area encompass the proposed Model City target area. This

manna—u. 'I1Ip_—-IIIM'F: ....

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manpower-services.

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installed, the CE spo ns sor will to operational coor

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manpower services and programs for ”bdel Cities' area, thus
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avoiding the establishment of competitive or duplicative manpower

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agencies,

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Overall.coordination and planning 0 of manpower activities in coir

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with CEP and Mogglmflities must be ac_complished utilizin

area coordinating committee. HUD, which is a signature
mea.

the interudepartmental CAMPS agreement, has informed CDAs of the
necessity of working closely with the local CAMPS committee. Arcs

coordinating committees have been established in all cities selected

as Model Cities and mayors have been encouraged to assume leaders



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in the e stablishment and structuring of these committees in orde er to

*‘provide direct local government input for CEP/Model Cities planning.
I

In.addition to the role mayors have in the CAMPS mechanism, the

following avenues for cooperative participation on the part of th 9

major will be provided in connection with 03?:

1.

Target Area

~The- CEP target area will be selected by the prime Sponsor in

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consultation.witn the SBA and th as local chief executive. Where

the-CE? is located in a Model City, the policy shall be that the

CE? target area embrace the Pbdel Neighborhood area.

Snonsor -

The prime sponsor of the CE? is the CAA. However, where a CEP
slocated in a Model City, it sh all be the policy 01 DOL to

consult the local chief executive regarding sponsorship of-the

CEPw

When the sponsorship sdisputed by the Mayor, the‘flegional
Manpower Administrator will consult with the Regional Directors
of‘ OED, HUD, and HEW before making: decision. Cooperative
efforts should be made by the Regional Model Cities Coordinating

Committee to consiliate local differences.

Blaming

The Manpower Administration field representatives (MAR) are

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instructed to bring tOgether representative-s of the CDA, CARI

m._—a-—.

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and ES when making his initial contact in a city in connection

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with the development of a The Mayor will be provided the
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opportunity to designate a representative to participate in the



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pre-operational plannin
existing municipal manpower committees should also be consulted.
The-mayor‘s office will be provided the Opportunity to review

the final CE? plans to assure their consistency and continuity with
the Model Cities plans.
‘02erational Phasa

Any major Operational restructuring required during the life of
the CE? contract will be brought to the attention of the Fayor‘
office to assure such change will not conflict with deel Cities'
programming.

Q9mmunit= Particinaiion

The Mayor is encouraged to play a major role in promoting the

CEP program and in obtaining the needed c00perative support of
citizens, the business community, labor, and both public and
private agencies of the city. t shall be the policy of DOL

that citizen participation arrangements with regard to CE?
programs be integrated with overall Model Cities citizen
participation arrangements in a manner prescribed by local

agreement.

The size and scope of a CEP project within each Model City will,
of course, depend‘upou the availability of Department of Labor
funding. In most instances sufficient financial resources will

not be available to accommodate the complete manpower programming

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set forth in the Model Cities plan. In such cases it may be possible
to augment. the CEP with Model Cities funding._ In addition, it is

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also likely that there will be a considerable number of Model

Cities which will not receive any CEP resources. In these cases,

the Labor Department will make every effort to tailor_its sepa ate
programs funded under both the META and Economic Opportunity as.

to the needs of Pbdel Cities target area residents.

The first generation of Ebdel Cities applications submi ted by city
manpower projects. Such locally conceived projects could greatly;
enrich the CEP operations and multiply the potential for serving
greater numbers of disadvantaged residents. These efforts should

not be abandoned because a CEP operation has been initiated.

The thrust of the Model Cities legislation is for increased concentratior.
Coordination and cooperation of local, State and Federal efforts; the
Model Cities program provides an excellent opportunity’for expanding

the CEP potential for providing improved and expanded services, partic-

ularly the much needed supportive services.

sauce growing out of implementation of the above policies which

cannot be resolved at the regional level will be referred to the

,

washington offices of tee respective agencies for decision.







A pril 33. 1969

Mr. Carl Paul

City Personnel Deportznent
City Hall Annex

Atlanta, Georgia

Door Carl:

You will recall that we met on April 15. to discuss the Atlanta
Bdutincnion Corps and the possibilities of finding fulltimo
City employment for members of this organisation.

It was agreed at that meeting that Personnel would roviow the
health and personnel records of all members of the ABC Corps
to determine those that could meet minimum standards for City
employment and thou who could not. Mr. Farrow was to
attempt to place those pooplo starting at the top who had
qualifications in City job slots where possible and to rotor thor-
ot the bottom with no skills and no qualifications to EOA so that
they might attempt to got them some usintnncc.

Tim in rapidly running out to oomph“ this chore and I hope
that we have undo some progress along than liner. It in my
undorotondlng that all except 23 of the omployoor or. scheduler
to be terminated May 1. I hope that we have boon able to place
a number of thou people by that doadlino.

Sincerely yours.

Dfitfy

bcc: Mr. Clint Rodgers





Economic Opportunity Atlanta9

A\ 101 Marietta Street Bldg. a Atlanta, Georgia 30303 - 525-6854-
T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

March 7, 1969

Mr. David C. Cowley, Director
Human Relations Commission
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dear Mr. Cowley:

this is in reply to your letter of February 24, for information
rcga_ding child care plans for lowhincome and working mothers.

The Community Action Agency, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc,
_was faced with this di].emma at the very beginning of the pro~
gram sin:.e Atlanta has a large number of low—income working
mothers who are heads of households. '

We began by going to voluntary agencies, churches, civic organih
zations, etc. , which were based in low income areas and asking.

these organizations to consider organizing day care centers for
.lOWFinCOme famJlies. We are now contracting with ten (10)

autonomous agcnries which are under contract to run eleven (ll)
centers caring For 315 children between the ages of six months
to nine years. Ninety percent '90%) of the children are be~
tween the ages of 3—6 yetxa. ‘

Originally, we were runn'ing as straigb t day care agencies and
charged a fee per family _aseo on family_income. About fifteen
'percent (15%) of our income was derived from fees. Twenty per—
cent (20%) came from the community in the form of voluntary serw
vices or in—kind contributions.. The rest of our income came
from Office of Economic Opportunity (0E0) funds. It is to be
noted that we may rent at only one facility, the rest of our
housing is donated. We are using facilities in five churches,
three housing projects, two remodeled houses and one warehouse.
The cost per child is from $75 to $90 per month.



Mr. David C. Cowley
Page 2
March 7, 1969 .

About two and one—half or three years ago, we were incorporated
into full—year, eleven hour, head start. The major changes
were in the improved ratio of adult to child and extended

medical services. As of April 1968, CEO had us discontinue
charging fees. -

Our present structure consist of a coordinating headquarters
staff including a director, assistant director, program coordi—
nator, Volunteer coordinator, and program evaluator. 'There is
an (verall Policy Advisory Committee consisting of parents,
parent representatives, interested professionals and members of
the local community. Each Child Development Center is sepa—
rately incorporated as an autonomous agency with its own board
_and staff. Within the guidelines as set forth in the Head
Start Manual, each board sets its own program of-instruction,
personnel policies, parent organization, etc. Each must raise
its twenty percent (20%) community contribution.

We have had central recruitment and training of volunteers.‘ We
.handle purchasing and finance centrally through the Community
Action Agency. Alec each program is reviewed centrally for
quality control and improvement of operation. We have availed
ourselves exten.ively of staff training opportunities afforded
us through 030. We also Love regular in—service training.

We were faced with many serious problems from the outset, many
of which are still not rirolved. Because our local boards

- were made up largely of the poor with little or no community
experience, many errors in judgment were made in handling funds,
staff selection, and social services. Time and experience has
helped somewhat but we still have a long way to go. Another
area of concern is the lack of qualified staff. Our state offers
no certification for pre—school teachers and there is very
little training_through the local colleges, although the Atlanta
Board of Education has inaugurated an extensive program of
evening classes for people in day care on a non—credit, low

fee basis. Perhaps our greatest handicap is insufficient funds

Mr. David C. Cowley
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March 7, 1969

to attract top quality staff and to extend our services. The
estimate is that l0,000 low—income children need day care and
we are providing for only 715.

I hope our experience has been useful to you. I wish you well
in your enterprise. '

Yours truly,

(Mrs.) Gloria S. Gross
Consultant in Child Development

Gas/3m

cc: Mr. T. M. Parham
Mr. Dan Sweat

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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 0 Telephone- 525—4262
T. M. Parham -

Executive Administrator

April 15, 1969

Mrs. Miriam J. Clarke

2855 Peachtree Road, N. E.
Apt 10

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Dear Mrs. Clarke:

The Mayor's office asked me to answer your letter
concerning the income of Martha's family.

I am pleased to learn from Allen Williams, the
Director of our East Central Neighborhood Service Center,
that you are working as a volunteer. Mr. Williams tells
me that he has talked with you about Martha's family.

I understand your concern and want to give you all
of the facts that we have.

Since Martha's father began working at a garage near
their home, he has made only $30 a week. The family pays
$28.00 a week rent each Saturday. That leaves $2.00 for all
other expenses. That is why her family, and many others like
them, are in such urgent need of help. That is why so many
go to school hungry. There is just no money for food.

Her family could possibly find a cheaper apartment.
It is not unusual for slum apartments to be priced at a level
similar to those in better areas. Poor people are often forced
to take the inferior apartment at the same price because of
down payments: leases: monthly, instead of weekly payments and
references required in other neighborhoods.

. Thank you so much for writing. I appreciate your
interest in Martha's Day and hepe you will let me know if you

have additional questions.
Sincere.-



U.S‘. DEPARTMENT OF' LABOR
MANPOWERADhHNETRXflON
wasnmoronmn. 202m ;

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'October 9, 1968-

'MRNPOWER AD"J“ISTRATION ORDER NO, 12-68

'Subjcct: Implementation of Title I-B of the 1967 EOA Amendments

1. -Puroose. To delegate authority and assign responsibility for the
administration of work and training programs under Section 123 of Title
I-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1963, as amended (EOA). Excluded
from_ consideration herein is that part of EOA Title I- B programs and
resources devoted to the Job_ Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS)
program. .

g. Background. The Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1967
consolidate authority for all the delegated work and training programs
now administered by the Manpower Administration under Section 123 of

the BOA. The law now requires that:

(a) a community program area (CPA) be designated for the purpose
pf planning and conducting comprehensive work and training programs
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(b) all vork and training components be consolidated into a CWTP
and financial assistance for such programs provided through a
prime sponsor (PS) after July 1, 1968, and .
(c) the :edersl-State employment service provide ahd develop
further its capacity for providing maximum support for manpower
training programs. ‘
The implementing instructions set forth herein are provided to insure
that each comprehensive work and training program (CWTP) will provide
an unbroken sequence of useful training and work opportunities together
with appropriate remedial and supportive services to target groups of
unemployed and low income persons so that they can obtain and hold
regular competitive Jobs. The goal is a comprehensive delivery system
which marshalls the total manpower resources available to overcome
the complex employment problems of the most severely disadvantaged in
the rural and urban areas in which they are concentrated. The
instructions outline a systematic approach to planning and implement—
ing the’CWTP which takes into consideration the need to provide local
leaders and anthers of the groups to be served, with the opportunity
tocparticipate in the decisions vhich determine how manpower resources
"are to be allocated and utilized.'_

OCT 25 195-8



Delegation of Authiritx and Assignment of Responsibility.

A. The Regional Manpower Administrators (RMAs) and the Manpower Admini-
strator for the District of Columbia are hereby delegated authority and

assigned responsibility in respect to those functions and programs
authorized by Sections 121, 122, and 123 of the BOA, as amended,
for: - ‘

(l) designating community program areas (CPA), for the purpose
of planning and conducting comprehensive work and training '
programs (CWTP),

(2) recognizing a prime sponsor (PS) to receive all financial
assistance for programs under section 123 and to plan and conduct
comprehensive work and training programs (CWTP), _ ~

(3) approving a comprehensive work and training program (CWTP)I
for each community program area (CPA), which shall consolidate
all work and training components commencing July 1, 1968,

(h) approving and executing all contracts and agreements for
programs and projects to implement an approved comprehensive
work and training program (CWTP);

(5) assuring that the Federal—State employment service provides
and develops its capacity for providing maximum support for such
manpower programs. '
B. All authority delegated and responsibility assigned to the
Regional Manpower Administrators and the Manpower Administrator for
thel)nmrict.ofColumbia by this Order shall be exercised according

to the implementing instructions contained herein and subsequent
guidelines and standards issued by the Manpower Administration.
It should be noted that the instructions require the RMA, in
specified instances, to obtain the concurrence of the CEO field
staff before a final action is taken.

h. 'Approvcd Policie . In accordance with the terms of the agree-

' ment reached betucen the Office of Economic Opportunity (CEO) and

the Department of Labor (DOL) embodied in the Lgemorandmn of Agreement
dated April 12, 1968, the-policies set forth below have been Jointly
developed and approved by CEO and DOL. '

A. Consultation with local Government Officials

l
The RMA will, in the course of his initial planning for the

establishment of a comprehensive work and training program in

a community, consult with the heed(s) of local government(s).
Consultation is also required prior to his making major program
determinations affecting an ongoing CWTP.

-l?Refercnccs throughout this Order to REA include the Manpower Admini-
strator for the District of Columbia.

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B. Designation of a Prime Sponsor {PS}

A PS is a public or private nonprofit a ency'which is capable of
(1) receiving and disbursing funds and %2) planning, developing,
administering, coordinating and evaluating a CUTP.

(1) The CAA in a community is the PS of a CWT? and shall be
_ chosen unless it is jointly determined by 030 and DOL to be
incapable of performing the functions of a P3 and cannot be
”feasibly provided with that capacity. Within 30 days after
._designation of a CPA, the RNA will solicit in writing, and
accept an application for recognition as PS from the local
-CAA.

Once the RMA has tentatively selected a PS, he will immediately
notify in writing, the CEO Regional Office and the appropriate
CAMPS cemmittee. When exception is taken by CEO to the non-
selection of an existing 0AA, the checkpoint procedure jointly
develgped by CEO and DOL_will be followed (see paragraph hH
below .

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'(2) Where CEO and DOL agree that an existing local CAR will

not be the PS, or where there is no CAR in existence,the RNA will
promptly solicit and accept applications for sponsorship from
non-CAR agencies. In such situations, the State employment
service or other agencies bf State government, local governmental
-Jurisdictions, or private non-profit agehcies may be designated
as Prime Sponsors wherever they qualify.

‘When an application for sponsorship has been submitted to
the RNA by an agency other than a CAA, the RMA will furnish
two copies thereof to the appropriate CAiEB committee.
Within 10 days of receipt of all non«CAA applications for
sponsorship, the CAMPS committee will schedule interviews with
each applicant and forward its recommendations on the merits
of each claim for sponsorship to the Him for his final
.decision. The relevant CAMPS committees will be notified
of all selections of PS's by the RNA.

(3) The PS is responsible for assuring that delegate agencies
satisfactorily perform their responsibilities, including
providing for participation and employment of members of -
groups served. When, in the course of monitoring the performance
of delegate agencies, the PS finds unsatisfactory performance, '
he shall seek immediate corrective action by the delegate
agency, appealing to higher organizational levels of the

t agency, as necessary. If the delegate agency remains un-
responsive, the PS shall seek corrective action through
the RMA, and ultimately, through appeal to the Manpower
Administrator.

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(h) The RNA shall review: annually the p- erformance of each
PS, applying the standards of project effectiveness developed
and published as described in Session 132(c) of the EDA.

(5) All financial assistance for a CWT? in a CPA must be
provided through 3 PS, unless a determination has been made
‘ by the RMA that: .
(a) there is a‘gcod cause for an extension of time or,
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(b) after soliciting and considering the comments of the
PS, if any, it is determined that the provision of financial
assistance to a public agency or private organization other
than the PS, for one or more component programs, would
enhance program effectiveness or acceptance on the part
of the persons served and that such action would serve
the purposes of Title I—B; '

(c) _the project is an inuschool Heighbo hood Youth Corps
(NYC) project in which case financial assistance may be
provided directly to local or State education agencies.

When the RMA decides under 5a or b above, to provide financial
assistance directly to a public or private non-profit agency
in any community where the can is designated as the PS, he will
immediately notify-the 030 Region Office in writing. Where
exception is taken by 030 to the proposed direct funding by the
RNA under 5a or b above, steps two and three of the OEOHDOL

. checkpoint procedure will be followed.

0. Desigpation of a Community Progrmn Area (CPA)

A community program area (CPA) is the area for whichra comprehensive
work and_training program (CNTP) is planned and within which it is
administered by a prime sponsor (PS). -A neighborhood, city or
multiucity unit, county or multi—county unit, Indian reservation

or other area, may be designated as a CPA if it provides a suitable
organizational base and possesses .the 'commonality of interest

-needed for the CWTP.

Where feasible, a_CPA should be at least city—wide in dimension.
However, an area in which a CEP is already located will be part of ’
a CPA or if no broader area possesses the above prerequisites, the .
CEP area itself shall be a CPA.

(l) Designation er recognition of a CPA is to facilitate the
planning and administration of a CWTP for that community.
Areas should be selected upon the basis of such criteria as

the extent to which:





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(a) A suitable organizational base exists in the area;

.' (b) a commonality of interest is found among the various

‘ populations of the area; . . '
(c) the selection serves the interests of'mahing broad
communitynide manpower planning more generally applicable
and expedites the process of planning a CWTP to meet the

_’ needs of the area; -. ; .

(d) the boundaries of the CPA will be consistent with
boundaries of other areas need for the plannin of manpower
programs, such: as Cornunit by Action Agency (CAA boundaries,
local governmental jurisdictions, CEP areas, Mbdel Cities
areas, Standard tn etropolitan Statistical Area (smsa) or camp3_
areas; ,

(e) the selection contributes to sound administration of

a CWTP.
(2) To help him in selecting areas meeting the above criteria,
the RNA, as chairman of the Regional CAMPS committee, will !_
solicit the rec0'nendation of the State CAlES committee or
when appropriate, the area sCAMPS commit'tee. The CAMPS
recommendation should be solicited in time to aid the RMA
in designating CPAS prior to the date established for the
initiation of the annual CAMPS planning cycle.

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Before making a final designation of a CPA, the RMA will
inform the OED Regional Office in writing of his proposed
designation. When exception is tfi can by CEO to the
proposed designation of the CPA, the checkpoint procedure
' Jointly developed by one and DOL will be followed. (See ’-
paragraph hH below). .-

Once a CPA has been designated, the Elm.wi11 immediately

notify the OED Regional office, and the appropriate CAMPS

cenmittee. ‘

D. Comprehensive Work and Training Program §CWTP2

A CWT? plan, developed through a systematic approach to planning
and implementation, will link all relevant component programs under
Title I-B with other appropriate public and private manpower
programs and activities so that disadvantaged residents (See
manpower Administration Order no. 2-63 for definition of the term
"disadvantaged") of a CPA who are enrolled in a CHTP are provided
with an unbroken sequence of services which will enable them to
obtain and hold employment. The CNTP will contain an analysis
of the needs and priorities of the-CPA, together with a coaplete
e'statement describing how the Title I-B program components for
which the'PS has contractual responsibility are to be linked with
- other related manporer programs available in the CPA.

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. _(1) Development of a Comprehensive Work and Training Program (CWT?!

The appropriate CAMPS committee annually initiates the planning
cycle for its Comprehensive Manpower Plan by relating the
priorities established to each proposal for deploying program
resources. Regular participants in the CAMPS planning process
will now include the PS who is responsible for planning and
administering a CWTP for the CPA.

\
The PS will provide the appropriate CAMPS committee with a plan
of action describing how the various Title I-B program elements
for which he has contractual responsibility are to be linked
with other manpower programs available in the CPA, indicate
the role to be.played by delegate agencies, and specify, to the
extent feasible, the number of persons involved in each program,
both as staff and enrollees, the amount of funds to be obligated,
and the time schedule for implementation of each preject.

The analysis and proposed plan of action for FY 1969 will be-
developed and submitted as an amendment to the CAMPS plan and
shall be in the form prescribed in ICI 68-h.

The analysis and plan of action for a CWTP will be reviewed
by the apprOpriate CAMPS committee to determine whether
it is consistent with the CAMPS Comprehensive Manpower Plan.

' No alteration may be made in the analysis and plan of action
for a CNTP without the PS's approval. The area committee
shall then forward the analysis and plan of action for a
CWTP (together with its recommendation) through the State
CAMPS committee to the regional committee, as a separate,
identifiable part of the area CAMPS plan. The Regional
CAMPS cormittee will, as part of the process of reviewing and
approving a CAPES Comprehensive_Hanpower Plan,’make a recommends;
tion to the RMA concerning the extent to which the analysis

_ and plan of action for a CWTP is consistent with the Cornprehensive
Manpower Plan. After considering this recoruendation, the RNA
will accept, reject, or modify the CWTP and immediately furnish
OOpies of whatever plan has been approved to both the PS and
the appropriate CAMPS committee;

The PS will then prepare the interrelated set of specific
project proposals which, when executed, will complete the
CWTP. These proposals will be forwarded to the RMA for
approval and execution of the necessary documents. Prior

-to acting on the proposed agreement(s).the REA shall determine
whether the proposed projects are essential to the implementa-
tion of a CWTP which is consistent with the CAMPS area plan.



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(2) Contracting
'The overall objective is to have all components of a_CWTP
planned, administered, coordinated, and evaluated by a single~
. PS who will serve as the sole source of funds for_the Opera-
. tion of those Title I—B projects for which he is contractually
. responsible. Projects will be operated through delegate
agencies wherever feasible. While all elements of a CWT?
are ultimately expected to be consolidated into a single
'contract, initially these elements need not be expressed in
one cpntract. Rather a CWTP plan is in effect when both the
analysis, plan and interrelated set of project proposals (action)
have been coordinated and approved by the RNA. Specific project

proposals shall take whatever form‘is required to implement the
CWTP. ' .

(3) Implementation of a CWTP will not require termination of

' on—going contracts. For example, ongoing contracts antedating
development of an approved CWTP shall, wherever possible, be
incorporated in the proposed plan for that CWTP. If the

,' CWTP is approved as part of the overall CAI-CPS plan then all
such contracts may proceed to completion without modification.
AdditiOnal funds should not be obligated under existing
contracts where the PS is not the contractor.

Where modifications are necessary they shall be made,
wherever possible, upon the recommendation of the PS,

.to avoid termination and .to bring theI contracts into

line with the CWTP. This can be done over a period of
time, with minimum disruption to the action portion of
the CWTP.

(b) Where a required modification is substantial or where
an entirely new component is initiated that is not reflected
in an approved CWTP, it will be necessary to amend the
CAMPS‘plan in accordance with CAMPS instructions. Such
amendment shall be made before the modified agreement is
forwarded to the RMA for approval.

- (3) Relationship of car to own;

All CEPs (including existing CEPs) shall be located within a
. designated CPA and shall be operated by a PS or a delegate
‘ agency and planned and administered as a part of a CWTP. In
“other words, an area in which a concentration of manpower

' programs is provided (CEP area), shall be an integral part of
the CWTP's total response to the problems of_the CPA.

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E. Provision of Manpower Services

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The State Employment'Service (SE3) is the supplier of all
mporer services for the CETP pursuant to Section 637 of the
EOA, as amended. 'Manpover services provided to a '.‘.TTP'by a _
SE3 will be trade available to the extent possible from current
SES res curce3. The provision of these services will be defined
in a nezorandum of agreement (BE-PIP Form 32 rev.) between the
SES and the PS.

It is the responsibility of the PS to insure that these manpower
services are provided in accordance with terms of the contractual
agreement or the menorandmn of agreement referred to above. If
in the course of carryingout his monitoring and overseeing
responsioilities,_ the PS determines that the SES is not

supply: .:.n3 manpower services in a satisfactory manner, he should
attempt.‘ to resolve the matter with the appropriate representative
of‘ the SES central office. If the problem cannot be resolved at
the SES central office level, he “should present his findings to.-
the, 31%..

When as. a result of the above procedure the KW; determines that
a. 835. is not in compliance with the Secretary's Regulations
requiring the SES to be responsible for supplying the manpower
services specified in the CEITP, the am will, in consultation
with the PS, arrange for such services to be supplied by

another private or public agency. The requirements of Section G
of this document are applicable to any agency providing such
manpower services.

Whenever manposer services are required for a CWT? which are
over er i above those normally provided by the ES, the PS
through contractual arrangement, shall reimburse the ES
State Agency for the provision of these additional services.
Guidelines for re'imbursament to the SES will be provided in
a subsequent document.

Although the SES is responsible for providing the hall range of
manpower services set forth in the CWTP, it is recognized that
it may be necessary or desirable for the SES to make appropriate
I arrangements vi." 9h other private or public agencies to provide

a particular manpower service. ‘

_F. Supportive Services

I t
In designing a CWTP, the prime'sponsor or other sponsoring
agency is responsible for making arrangements for the provision
of other needed serviCcs, as appropriate, including:



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of manpower services.
Community Participation

(l) Particigetion bx Representatives of the Poor

It is the basic, continuing and legally binding responsibiliw
of each PS to provide for an effective administrative structure



' which ensures that representative member s of the groups being

served in a CPA have direct access to and perticipote in
the decision-nsizing process involving plcsring, conduct and
evaluation of a CWT? and its'progrem comgonents. -

(a) Agencies governed or administered by a board of
which at least one thll‘d of the members are democratically
selected from the groups to he served, shall me at this

- requirement. In all cases where a prime snonsor is not

. so structured, it should establish a speciel board which

. includes, as at least one third of the membership,
democratically selected renresentetives of the areas
to be served. Those special hoards should be given
responsibility for overseeing the planning, conduct and
evaluation of the CWT? and its ccngonents.

__(b) The governing or special hoard referred to above
should also serve as the policy level participatory
body for delegate agencies required by section 122 of
the EOA, through one of the relieving optional arrange-
meats:

(i) The board should appoint a subcoznittee composed
of appropriate representatives of the governing or
special board to serve each delegate agency in an
advisory capacity or,

(ii) the board should establish a "delegate agencies
advisory board" composed of selected members of the

governing or special board and a representative from
each delegate agency. - *

In either s1 nation,m m-mbers of PS boards who represent
the groups being served will function also as mezbers of
consonant boards in order to provide overall coordination

' of'the component progress.

(1) day cai‘e

(2) medical services .. ’ . .

'(3) transportation ‘ “- - -" ' " A
(h) family ocrvicw _ _‘ a _

(5) legal :3 ervices ' ' " '

(6) ‘bssic or remedial education where not provided as part

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(2)1 Engollee fiarticipation

It is the responsibility of the prime sponsor and each delegate

'_ agency to establish regular procedures_for the meaningful parti-

HI

cipation of project enrollees in the-conduct and ongoing evaluation
of C‘JTP programs . , " ’

Each of the delegate agencies will meet with enrollees on a
monthly basis to ensure continuous participation of the enrollees
in the direction of the programs.= The governing board of the

PS should regularly receive comments, criticisms and suggestions
bf the project enrollees.

This can be accomplished by using aristing representative groups,‘
Specially creating such groups, or by utilizing other equally

.acceptable channels of communication. _

'(3) Labor and Management Participation

The PS shall provide for participation of employers and of -

labor organizations in the planning and conduct of the conpreé
hensive work and training programs, in a manner comparable to

that provided for members of the groups being served.

(h) Training; Technical Assistance and Financial Assistance

The PS and the delegate agencies should provide training and
technical assistance to the resident poor board members and
enrollees which is responsive to their needs.* Where financial
problems are a barrier to participation, reinbursementfor
transportation or babysitting expenses, etc., and compensation
for services on boards or committees should be provided.

(5) Employnent of the Poor

The PS and delegate agencies shall provide maximum employ-
ment opportunities for resident poor of the CPA, including
elderly unemployed and underemployed, in the conduct of
component programs. This employment shall include opportunity
for further occupational training and career development, and

,.

’upgrading, with funds made available for this purpose.

OEO—DOL Checkpoint Procedure

The following checkpoint procedure will apply when exception
is taken by CEO to the non-selection'of an existing CAA as

PS, the'situation where 0E0 objects to the proposed boundaries
of the CPA or when the RMA proposes to provide financial
assistance directly to an agency other than the PS under n 53

or b above.

(1) 'When the REA takes one of the above actions, he will
notify the CEO Regional Director in writing. of his decision

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and his reason(s) for taking such action. The 0E0 Regional
Director will have 10 working days to investigate the

situation and attempt to resolve any differences with the
RI'IA c _ v - ‘
(2) Where these parties are able to reach agreement, the'
agreement will be reduced to writing and signed.

If no agreement is reached, the OED Regional Director will

have five additional days to compile and forward all written
deliberations,to the Director of OEO.*

(3) The Director of CEO will immediately furnish to the
Manpower Administrator a copy of the record and both parties
will have three_working days to resolve the question. Once
~resolved, the decision will be reduced to writing, signed,
and transmitted to the appropriatelRMA. '

* The RNA will, of course,’keep the MA informed of this
development through nonnal internal channels.

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5. Authorit and Directives Affected. This Order is issued pursuant _
to Secretary's Order Nos. 5357, 23~6?, and'6-68 and implements Manpower

Administration Order Nos. h768 and 5-68, and Executive Order N . llh22.

6. ‘ture Changes. During the third quarter of each fiscal year,
representatives of the Department of labor (DOLJ and of the Office
of Economic Opportunity 1030), shall jointly review the provisions
‘of this Order and determine what procedural and policy changes
should be made in order to carry out the delegated Title I—B pro-
grams more effectively. Changes in the policies and procedures

described in this Order shall be made with the Joint approval of
OEO and DOL. “‘ '

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7. The Office of.Economic opportunity and the Lmnpower Administration

have jointly developed and approved the policies set forth
in this Order, ' ‘

8. Effebtive Date. This Order is effective immediately.

/"‘ Assistant Secretary for Manpowe

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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, inc.

101Marietm Street Bldg. . Atlanta. GBOrgia 30303 I Telephone: . 525—4262
T. M. Parham

Executive administrator

Contact: Mrs. Mitchell

For immediate release
April 10, 1969

To begin observance of "Martha's Day" on April ll, members?
of the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta administrative?
committee have invited the public to join them for fasting and

prays" at 7:00 a; m. at St. Mark Methodist Church, Peachtree

and Fifth Streets.

The invitation was issued by Dr. William Geren, President

of the Council and Pastor of the Dogwood Hills Baptist Church.
He urged all atlantans to participate in "Martha's Day" by con“
tributing to the Ira Jarieli Milk Fund for hungry school child—
ren. ' ‘ \
Tax deductible checks can be_mailed to Christian Council,
Box 567, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. E

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Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. has proclaimed April 11 as "Martha's

;
Day" calling upon the city to "eat for 1 day what Martha eats,
to feel for 1 day what Martha feels."
Martha, a first grader from a poverty family, was intro—

duced by Economic Opportunity Atlanta and the Christian Council

of Metropolitan Atlanta to dramatize the_plight of Atlanta‘s

hungry children.



Martha is not her real name, but she is a real child.
She knows what it is like to try to do her school work on a

near empty stomach.

She lives with her parents, four brothers and one sister
in three rooms which used to be someone's garage. The family
pays $28.00 a week for the three rooms. The landlady comes to
collect the rent each Saturday. Now that her father is only

making $30.00 a week the family of eight must somehow exist

each week on the remaining $2.00.

Sometimes Eartha goes to school without breakfast. Her

daily diet often consists of a sandwich and several hot dogs,

or perhaps just beans and potatoes.

In October Martha was sick during the entire month with
a throat infection. Her teacher told her mother that Martha—
might fail the first'grade because of her mOnth's absence.
But Martha is eager to show visitors hOW well she can read

and write. She hopes she will pass.

Nobody knows how many hungry Marthas there are in Atlanta
or Georgia, but there are thousands. For most the only decent

meal all day is the school lunch. Some do not even get that.



April 14. 1969

Mr. William Norwood

Regional Manpower Administrator
U. S. Department of Labor

Room 700

1371 Peachtree Street. N. E.
Atlanta. Georgia

Dear Mr. Norwood:

Dan Sweat of my stat! ha: discussed with me his conference with Mr. Henry L.
Child: of your office regarding the implementation of Title 1.15 of the 1969 EOA
Annadmenta.

Since the Federal law requires that all work and training components under
the comprehensive work and training program be provided through a prime
sponsor in a community program area. it is important that the most effective
prime sponsor be designated for the Atlanta area.

It in my understanding that the Atlanta amenity program area consists of
Fulton. DeKalb. Rockdale. Gwinnett. Clayton and Cobb Counties. At the
preeent time. Economic Opportunity Atlanta. Inc. functions an the official
community action program agency in Fulton. Gwiaaett and Rockdaie Counties.
EOA has developed and administered Neighborhood Youth Corpe. Concentrated

Employment Program. and other manpower work and training program:
which are contained in Title LB.

It is my tooling that EOA in well-qualified to be denigrated an the prime
sponsor in the six county region. I feel that EOA will be accepted by the
almanac authorities in Deficit). Gianna cad Cobb Coon-tie- an the molt
«mm. and but qualified organisation to carry out the“ manpower require.-
month

Sincerely you".

Ivan Allen. Jr.
Mayor

cc: Mr. Jim Parham











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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

:0 A; 101 Marietta Street Bldg. e Atlanta, Geoigia 30305 e Telephone: 525-4262

T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

525-4262
Contact: Pat Mason (EOA)

or J. Hunter Todd (TOYPA)
633—4105

FOR IMMEDIATE
April 9, 1969

"TOYPFA." JOINS START NOW ATLANTA

WlhutEEn young men and women, selected as The Outstanding

Young People in Atlanta (TOYPA), will join Econ0mic Opportunity
Atlanta's START NOW ATLANTA Campaign on Saturday, April 12,
with s poverty area tour which begins at 10:30 a. m. frOm the
East Centrsl "0A Neighbcrhood Sevvice Center, 486 Decatur Street,
S. E.

For TOYPA the tour will be the first step in what has been

chosen as their first lchect: the production of an orginsl

motion picture which will explore the progress and problems of
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Atlanta's poor communities. According to Sara Ridgeway andIJ.

hunter Todd, Co-Chairmeu of the TOYPA project, the motion pic—
tufe will be presented to tOp community leaders, civic clubs,
and church groups to channel community interest and assistance
to EOA's START NOW ATLANTA campaign which has involved 374 new
volunteers in the war against poverty since the program began

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on January 10.



On Saturday these 19 young people will be toured by
poverty area residents mho live in Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown,
Buttermilk Bottom, and adjacent communities. They will see
first hand the efforts of the poor in their OWn self-help

projects and will be confronted with the problems which remain.

Saturday's tour, scheduled as part of the Dogwood Festivalé

will also include other Atlant ns, young and old, who are among?
the 2,277 who have'_takeh ' the EOA tours in the last three

months.



April 10, 1969

Mrs. Mary Lu Mitchell
Community Informtion Officer

'E conomic Opportunity Atlanta. Inc.
101 Marietta. Street, N. W.

Atlanta. Georgia 30303

Dear Mary Lu:

How about thinking about getting a little publicity in the Atlanta
Magazine or through other media. on our billboard program as
soon as the EOA posters are put up.

I am sure a lot of. people wonder whet they are all about. who‘s
responeible for them, etc. If we could get a. little publicity for
Turner and Process Potters. it certainly would not be out of
order since they have been so good to us.

You might think of what we ought to call these biliboerde - something
like “Hunt-boards". ”people posters", or ”Neighborhood bulletin
boards".

Thanks for your help in advance.

Sincerely yours.

Den Sweet







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Mr. Dan Sweat

City Hall

Atlanta. Georgia











We are underway with new E.O.A. billboards that should be up
in 3 weeks. Can you get us some publicity in Atlanta Magazine,
especially for Turner Outdoor Advertising Co. and Process

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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, m.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta. Georgia 30303 e
T. M. Parham
Exumnvcadmmuumor _ Contact: its. Mason, 525-4262 or 636—9390

Johnny Popwell, EOA VISTA DIRECTOR,
57?-3195

Duke Harrison, EOA Recreation
Director, 523—‘7561

April 7, 1969

N0 ADVANCE PUBLICITY (The football players involved have requested no
' r that poverty area youngsters will be

advance publicity in order to insu e
the ones to benefit from the event.‘

Pro—football stars from across the nation will join with local college
players in an Eon—flfiTA :fonsored football extravaganza for 2500 poverty
area youths at Washington High School, 35 White House Drive, S. W. on
_April 7“

A copy of the prcgr:m_ which will be in two sessions, one starting
at 10:00 a. m. and the other at 1:30 p. m., is attached, along with a

. list of tLe football players and visitors to the event.

NOTE: Bill Curry and Fran Tarkenton are co-chairmen of the PrufeSSlC a1

Athletes VISTA Assistanos Program, organized recently.

'NSC“ on the program means Neighborhood Service Center.





VISTA - EOA FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA

Washington High Sdlool
April 7, 1969

NSC's scheduled for 10:00 a. m. Clinic

1. Rockdale-Conyers NSC
2. North Fulton NSC

3. South Fulton NSC

4. Gwinnett County NSC

5. West End NSC

6. NASH-Washington NSC

7. Washington High School

NSC‘s scheduled f9; 1:30 B- m. Clinic

1. Edgewood NSC

2. Northwest (Perry Homes ) NSC
3. Central City NSC

4. East Central NSC

5. West Central NSC

6. Price NSC

7. Summerhill~Mechanicsville NSC
8. Pittsburgh NSC

troarea
l. Master of Ceremonies - Johnny PoPWel., EOA Director of VISTA

II. Introduction of Visitors.- T. M. Jim Parham, EOA
Executive Administrator

III. Introduction of Visiting Athletes - Co-chairmen Bill Curry
and Fran Tarkenton

Iv. NFL Football Highlights Film

V. Demonstration of positions on athletic field









T. M. Parham



Economic Gonorrunlry Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 c

Executive Administrator

PARTICIPATING FOOTBALL PLAYERS — EOA VISTA FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA

April 7, 1969

NEW YORK GIANTS:

Fran Tarkenton
Homer Jones
Willie Williams
Carl Lochhart
Ernie Roy
MINNESOTA VIKINGS:

Bill Brena
Mick Tingleh.£f

BALTIMORE COLEEi

Bill Curry
LOS ANGELB’S lugs;

Maxie Baughan

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS:

Jerry Stcvall
Chuck Walker

WASHIINGTON REDSKINS:

Carl Kammerer
GEORGIA TECH:

Lenny Snow
John Sias

Washington High School

ATLANTA FALCONS:

Ralph Heck
Floyd Hudlow
Errol Linden
Jim Burson
Randy Winkler
Jerry Simmons
Ken Reeves

VISTORS:
Pat Kennedy, National Director, VISTA

Alex Grant, National Director, VISTA
- Recruitment

Mrs. Clair Palmer, Assistant to National
Director, VJSTA Recruitment

Ron Capalaces, SEC Offile or Public
Affairs

Randy Kinder, SceniAl Assistant to
Nation_i VISTA Director

Ross Coggins, Regional Administrator,
VISTA

Levi Terrell, Regional'VISTA Recruitment
Director

Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101kiarictra Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 0 Telephone : 525-4262
T. M. Parham _
Executive Administrator Contact: MIS . Mitchell

For immediate release
April 9, 1969

Cities acroas the country are planning programs similar to
the START NOW ATLANTA campaign launched January 10 by Economic
Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. to involve more citizens in the war
against poverty.

One city official wrote, “In Phoenix (Arizona) we are very
enthusiastic about this program and hope that we will be able to
follow in your footsteps to work out a similar program for our
city."

Miami, Florida already has initiated a similar program and
other cities have requested infonnation.

Since START NOW ATLANTA was launched three months ago, 2,27?

peoole have taken poverty area tours led by the poor and EOA has

acquired the services of 374 volunteers.

The 2,000th person to take the tours led by the poor was
Mrs. Bill Curry, wife of the Baltimore Colts football star, who
was presented with a certificate by Vice Mayor Sam Massell in
-Vine City on March 29.

EOA continues to receive daily requests from people who wish

to take the tours or volunteer their time.





The START NOW ATLANTA program was initiated for the hundreds
of Atlantans who have asked "How can I find out what needs to be
done and what can I do?"

The program offers two phases, onefthe tours led by 23 poverty
,area residents called Volunteer Information People, or V.I.P.'s,
and the other a volunteer program.

The poor wanted to lead the tours because, as one said,
"We’re tired of people c0ming through here shaking their heads
labout 118 rats and garbage and nasty shacks and not seeing us.
WE' e people too and we've done a lot to help ourselves."

Indications are that the tours are really two—way streets:

as one V.I.P. put it, "They learn from us and we learn from them."

Those tuӤng the tours are young, middle aged, old. They

tour by foot, by caf, by lus. They are lawyers, businessmen,
doctors, SOCial workers, club-women, church members, journalists,

visitors to Atlanta, the already concerned, and those not—so—Sure—

about—it—all. They come in greatest number frOm Metropolitan;

Atlanta, but also from various parts of the United States and5from
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countries over the world. a

The 374 volunteers are working in a variety of projects, in—
cluding story hours, adult literacy classes, tutorial programs,

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marionette shows, horticulture classes and legislative action.

In additionr four white churches have formed partnerships
with black churches, 20 college fraternities are working in
volunteer projects and some 200 college students are conducting

a comprehensive consumer survey in one low-income area.

To volunteer, to arrange a tour for individuals or groups,

or to get a speaker or a panel, call 525—4262.







-Aprfi'5, 1969

Mr. Charles Davis
City Comptroller

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Charles:
RE: ABC Corps - Casual Employees

As you know, for the past 18 months or more, the Sanitation Division of

his City of Atlanta has been involved in a new project under the Atlanta.
Concentrated Employment Program called the Atlanta Beautification Corps.
In this project, sea-called hardcore, unemployed individuals have been
utilized in special crews designed to collect trash and debris frorn side-
walks, vacant lots, playgrounds, parks, etc. in an attempt to keep these
areas beautiful.

The concept of the program was for the City to attempt to identify those
members of the ABC Corps who could perform in regular City functions
and to assist them in finding fulltime smployment. Our success has not
been too great. To date, we have placed three of the former ABC workers
in regular City positions at the City Garage.

Because of cutbacks in Federal funding, the ABC Program is being reduced
in the number of employees immediately by 25 as of Friday, May 2.

Ralph Halsey and his Sanitation people say thst this program has been
successful and that the ABC workers have performed 1 great service to

the City 01' Atlanta. He has indicated he is in fsvor of continuing those

people if possible.

It seems to me thst since they hsve performed admirably in areas when they
were badly needed by the City that we should sttsmpt to maintain the services
of these 25 people in the Ssnitsry Division until at lent the and of our sumxnsr





Mr. Davis
Page Two

April 5, 1969
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program period. This would give us an opportunity to make a further

effort to place those who can meet qualifications in regular job slots.

At the same time, during the crucial summer period we would have the
advantage of the experience of these people in helping in special neighborhood
clean-up projects and other special requirements which the summer period

brings.

It is my understanding that Mr. Halsey has requested that these 25
individuals be placed on a casual employee status with the Sanitary Division
until August 31. I hope that you will support this recommendation and give
us your help in having this done.

Sincerely yours,

Dan Sweat



Aw-Good
Cw-Fair‘ _ .;... _. r \. _,._ __ _
Fawpoor ' QELANTA BLAUTIFICATION CORPS

Health ’ Name Sex

-!1Har§ NeiSon F

iOdiaxflosser

'_Rfiby soott
Sarah Enhanks
Azzie Lee Gordy
Roberta Satterwhite
Rachel Weaver
Mildred Grice
Anna Louise Ware
Lula May Pearson
Eva May Whitaker
Rosa Gas

Joann Henderson
Rosa Marshall
Jesse Terry
Ethel Wansley
Essie Richards
Josephine Burton
Alene Griggs
Edna Harris-
Julia Lowe
Eunice Moore
Eunice Murriell
Carrie Williams
Johnny Wimbish
Sarah Hvznfi
Lueille Griffin
Mary Johnson

'Aiice Welohs



Aw-Good_
c-nflair
F-—Poor

Healthm"'"_"” Name
.Clifford Williams
. Fleater'Bennett
Ruby Seay

/ Emma Harris

Joe Logan
Johnny Mathis
Annie Bridges

Emma Styles

Allen Arnold

Willie Buckhalter

Emma Dunn

Johnny Fanning
Willie George
IOIa May Williams
Arthnr Holmes
Ernestine Jackson
Alice T. Norman
Annie King

J. C. Callaway



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Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. 0 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 n
T. M. Parham

Executive Administrator

April 29, 1969

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor, City of Atlanta

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Mayor Allen:

At the EOA Board of Directors meeting on April 16, 1969, the question
of the impending reduction and ultimate phase out of the Atlanta Beautification
Corps Program (ABC) was discussed. This reduction was caused by a re-
evaluation of the ABC component being funded from this program source and a
cutback in funding of the Atlanta Concentrated Employment Program (ACEP)

“which operates the ABC Program as a component under contract with the City
of Atlanta. The ABC Program was orginally designed to provide low income
residents with work experience while providing needed cleanup of inner city
areas. Although the contract does not specifically provide for hiring of
the ABC enrollees by the City, their past performance does suggest that they
merit every consideration in this regard.

The EOA Board heard an appeal from Mrs. Rosa Marshall, Supervisor of
ABC workers, for assistance in finding meaningful employment for the ABC
workers being phased out of the program. Although her long range concern
was for all of the workers, she was especially concerned about the imminent
outback on May 5 of approximately 40% of the total 60 slots. Mrs. Marshall
requested that the Board consider authorizing a letter to the City of

Atlanta on behalf of the ABC workers. Such action was duly passed by the
Board requesting that I communicate with you on this problem.

I understand from the Executive Administrator of EOA, Mr. Parham,
that City and EOA officials have been aggressively seeking a solution on
this matter. Therefore, speaking for the EDA Board of Directors, I would
like to express appreciation to you for your past concern and to encourage
you in your future efforts for the low income people who will be affected
by this unfortunate reduction. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

are W/

"Boig uillet-Jones, Chairman
EOA Board of Directors



Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.

101 Marietta Street Bldg. a Atlanta, Georgia 303103 0 Telephone 688—101.?
T. M. Parham

Exec utivc Admin is ttat or

March 24, 1969

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor of the City of Atlanta 'fl
City Hall W W W

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Mayor Allen; <:::;:E;::>

As you know the Atlanta Concentrated Empldyment Program
(ACEP) has a contract with the City of Atlanta for a component
known as the Atlanta Beautification Corps (ABC) Program. We
currently have about 58 low income residents of the center
city employed under this contract. Their salaries are paid
by stipends received from U.S. Department of Labor. The ABC
enrollees have made a valuable contribution to the City of
Atlanta through their work which involves cleaning up streets
and public facilities in the low income areas of the city.

The original intent of this program was that the
residents could gain work experience and improve their work
habits through this program in the hope that they could be
eventually hired in city or other jobs requiring minimum
educational credentials. We have just been advised by the
Department of Labor that we will have to phase out the ABC
Program by August 31, 1969, and budgetary limitation will
force us to cut the number of available slots from 60 to
20 by May 4th of this year. Our staff has been working
cooperatively with a number of city officials in attempting
to provide jobs in the Public Works and Parks and Recreation
Departments of Atlanta. Specifically Mr. Johnny Robinson,
Mr. Ed Hulsey, and Aldermen Everett Milligan and Q.V.
Williamson have been attempting to work out a solution



Mayor Allen March 24, 1969

that would accomplish this end.

I would appreciate your assistance in helping to work
out a plan which would allow the city to absorb into its
permanent work force approximately 25 of the ABC enrollees
by the end of April. I believe you will find that Mr.
Hulsey and Mr. Delius and others have been impressed with
the overall performance of these enrollees who represent
some of the most disadvantaged citizens in the city.

I believe that they will agree that it would be beneficial
both to the enrollees and to the city to make every effort
to provide these people with meaningful employment.

Any assistance you could give us on this matter would
be very greatly appreciated.

.xeCItive Administrator



May 13. 1969

‘Mr. Charles L. Davis
Comptroller

City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia.

Deer Charles:

Thank you for your great help in resolving the problem of the
Atlanta Beautification Corps. Your letter of May 7 is in line
with my understanding of the decisions which have been reached.

In authorizing trencier of theae 25 workers to the Sanitation
Division from the Federally funded ABC payroll, we should
have also authorised three of these people to be pieced in a
supervisory capacity at a salary rate of. $2. 25 per hour. In
order for this program to properly function under the crew con-
cept. it is necessary that crew foremen be placed in charge of
supervision of each crew. It is my understanding that thin in

in line with Ralph Hulaey‘ a thinking and that this authorization
should be given. -

I hope that you can authorize the payment of the three super-
visors at a rate of $2. 25 an hour.

Sincerely your 5,

Dan Sweet









DEPARTMENT OF HNANCE
501 CITY HALL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303



May 9, 1969
W. ROY SMITH
CHARLES L. DAVIS
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
JAMES Ft. FOUNTAIN JR
EDGAR A. VAUGHN, JR. . .
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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To: Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr.

FROM: Charles L. Davis [éélfi

I understand that there are three people in the supervisory
capacity in the ABC Program paid at $2.35 per hour. As you

x will recall, our authorization transferring twenty-five of
these workers to the Sanitation Division from the federally
funded program authorized $1.60 per hour.

I would appreciate a request from you for these three super-
visory people.

C.L.D.

CLD:dhf

DEPARTMENT OF HNANCE
501 CITY HALL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

May 7, 1969

CHARLES L. DAVIS W. ROY SMITH
DIRECTOR op FINANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

EDGAR A. VAUGHN, JR. JAMES R. FOUNTAIN. JR.
DEPUTY mRECTOROF‘HNANCE DEPUTYINRECTOROFIHNANCE

Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr.
Mayor's Office

City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Ban:

This is to advise that your letter of April 5 (May) relating to the
continued employment of twenty-five employees of the Atlanta Beautification
Corps was thoroughly discussed at the Finance Coundttee meeting held on
Monday, May 5. The Committee approved your request to transfer these
“employees from the payroll of the Atlanta Beautification Corps to the
regular payroll of the Sanitary Division of the Public Works Department
with the following reservations:

1. The twenty-five employees involved are to be terminated not
later than August 31 of this year, and the employees are to
be advised of this action.

2. There are to be no new employees added either to the group
of twenty-five being transferred from ABC to the Sanitary
Division payroll or to the remaining group in the ABC Program.

Salaries paid to the twenty-five employees being transferred
together with the casual labor which has heretofore been
authorized for the division and the regular employees of the
division are not to exceed the appropriation established for
salaries, vacation, and sick leave for the garbage collection
accounts of the Sanitary Division of the Public Works Depart-
ment.

Occasionally, I will have someone on the staff tsbulate the expenses we have
incurred for salaries and will advise all parties accordingly.

Sincerely,

(fiéwo-flL—A

Charles L. Davis
Director of Finance
CLD:dhf
cc: Finance Conndttee

Mr. R. Earl Lenders
Mr. Ray A. Nixon
Hr. Ralph Hulsey



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2855 Peachtree Road, NE
Apartment 10
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

April 25, 1969

Mr. T. M. Jim Parham, Executive Administrator
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc._

101 Marietta Street Building

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear MI. Parham:

Thank you so much for your letter of April 15, 19o9, giving me_the
facts with reference to Martha's family. It was very kind of you
to write to me.

I do feel very unhappy about the situation of the hungry in our
country. It is incompreuensihlc to me that there should be hunger
in such a wealthy country. As you know, one of the things that
worries me is that the real estate people should be able to charge
so mucn for such inadequate housing. I hepe that some day all of
these injustices will be rectified. That, I fear, is far off in

the future.

It is very pleasant working at East Central. The atmosphere is good
and Mr. Williams is so conscientious and efficient. I hope that the
health center we are planning and working for will eventuate soon.

Sincerely yours,

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