Box 7, Folder 8, Document 34

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The Urban Coalition | ACTION REPORT

Federal Bar Building West [ 1879 H Street, N.W. / Washington, D. C. / 20006
Nationa/ Coordinators: John Feild / Ron M. Linton

January 2, 1968

The Urban Coalition ends 1967 -- and the first four months of its
existence -- with a feeling of solid accomplishment and a high
degree of optimism for the future. The Washington office has been
established and staffed ... Task Forces, manned by many of the
country's most talented and concerned people, are already producing
effectively ... Local coalitions have been formed, or are being
organized, in many critical areas ... press and public support of
the concept of the Coalition and its goals are strong. For many
people the Coalition has become a symbol of hope; others remain
skeptical. Everyone is waiting to see if the powerful forces repre-
sented in the Coalition can indeed "turn the country around” and
solve the crisis in the cities. We think they can, and will. We
can report that in the dead of winter the individuals who came
together in a common commitment in the heat of August have lost none
of their concern, determination and sense of urgency. The hard work
of program building goes on. The country watches -- and waits.

PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

More than 200 participants met in Atlanta on December 13 for a very
successful one-day session on private employment. Businessmen from
eastern and southern states had been invited to exchange information
and practical program ideas. They heard Gerald L. Phillippe, chair-
man of the board of the General Electric Company and co-chairman of
the Task Force deliver a forceful address on the responsibility of
private business in providing jobs and training for the so-called
“unemployables". Other general session speakers included Mayor

Ivan Allen, Jr. of Atlanta, William Flynn, director of the STEP Pro-
gram for the National Association of Manufacturers, Dr. Lawrence D.
Reddick, executive director of the Opportunities Industrialization
Center Institute of Philadelphia, and Augustus H. Sterne, president
of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

A similar regional meeting will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on
January 17. The meeting date for the regional meeting in Kansas
City, Missouri has been changed from January 24 to February 21.

PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT AND URBAN LEGISLATION

Millions of people tuned in to Président Johnson's television inter-
view on alli three major networks on December 19 heard the President








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National Steering Committee

I. W. ABEL, President, United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh

THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN, JR., Mayor of Atlanta

ARNOLD ARONSON, Executive Secretary, Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C.

ROY ASH, President, Litton Industries, Beverly Hills

THE HONORABLE JOSEPH M. BARR, Mayor of Pittsburgh,
President, U. S. Conference of Mayors

THE HONORABLE JEROME P. CAVANAGH, Mayor of Detroit

FREDERICK J. CLOSE, Chairman of the Board, Aluminum
Company of America, Pittsburgh

THE HONORABLE JOHN F. COLLINS, Mayor of Boston

THE HONORABLE RICHARD J. DALEY, Mayor of Chicago

THE MOST REV. JOHN F. DEARDEN, Archbishop of Detroit

GILBERT W, FITZHUGH, President, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, New York

DR. ARTHUR FLEMMING, President, University of Oregon, President,
National Council of Churches, New York

HENRY FORD II, Chairman, Ford Motor Company, Detroit

THE HONORABLE MILTON GRAHAM, Mayor of Phoenix

ANDREW HEISKELL, Chairman oj the Board, Time, inc.,
Chairman, Urban America Inc., New York

JOSEPH D. KEENAN, Secretary, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, Washington, D.C.

THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., President, Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta

THE HONORABLE JOHN V. LINDSAY, Mayor of New York

GEORGE MEANY, President, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.

J. IRWIN MILLER, Chairman, Cummins Engine Company,
Columbus (indiana)

THE HONORABLE ARTHUR NAFTALIN, Mayor of Minneapolis

GERALD L. PHILLIPPE, Chairman of the Board, General Electric
Company, New York

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, New York

WALTER REUTHER, President, United Auto Workers, President,
Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, Detroit

DAVID ROCKEFELLER, President, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York

JAMES ROUSE, President, The Rouse Company, President,
Urban America Inc., Baltimore

RABBI JACOB P. RUDIN, President, Synagogue Council of America,
New York

THEODORE SCHLESINGER, President, Allied Stores Corporation,
New York

ASA T. SPAULDING, President, North Carolina Mutual
Insurance Company, Durham

DAVID SULLIVAN, President, Service Employees international
Union, Washington, D.C.

THE HONORABLE JAMES H. J. TATE, Mayor of Philadelphia,
President, National League of Cities

JOHN WHEELER, President, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Durham,
President, Southern Regional Council

ROY WILKINS, Executive Director, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, New York

WHITNEY YOUNG, JR., Executive Director, National Urban League,
New York

JOHN FEILD, U. S. Conference of Mayors, National Coordinator
RON M., LINTON, Urban America inc., National Coordinator






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