377 20 10383 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/87677ffaec5e241f447eb43f6c691b3b.pdf 0ad66cbfc0436746615730cd3ff1bf0c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~· \Y143.215.248.55 ~ E URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL JOHN W . G A RDNER CHAIRMAN 18 10 H ST R EET. N . W. 27 Jun e 1968 WA SHI N GTON. D . C . 20006 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REP ORT (Curre n t a s of June 27 ,• 1968) FROM: THE STAFF THE STATUS OF SUBSTANT IVE LEGI SLAT ION The Emergency Emp loy ment a nd Trai n in g Act of 1968 Se nate h earings h ave been c omp le t ed. Th e Subcommi tte e repo r ted o ut a c l e a n b ill o n June 26th. It i s a bi-p a rti s a n measure wh i ch shou ld be re v i ewe d a nd a c te d u pon by t h e f ull Commi t t ee d u ring the week o f July 8th - 12th. The Subcommittee s tr a tegy d i c t a t e d r eporting o u t t he Eme r gency Emp loyme nt meas u re separate f r om th e pro po sed Man p owe r De v e l o pme nt and Tra ini ng Act (MDTA) ext ens ion . STATUS OF HOUSE LEGI SLAT I ON The Se l e ct Subcommitte e on Labo r h a s sche dule d its las t day o f h earings for J u ly 1s t . The f i n a l mark - up o f the bi ll b y the Sub c ommittee wi ll prob a bly b e de l ay e d until afte r t h e July 4t h re c es s. The La bor Committe e repo r t e d o u t t h e MDTA e x t e nsion on June 2 7th . The Re v e nue and Expe nditure Contr o l Act o f 1 9 6 8 ( f o rmer l y t h e Tax Ad j u stme nt Act of 1968 ) Th e b il l cont a ins a t e n p e rce nt t ax s u rch arge a n d $6 bil l i o n in b udge t c uts. The me as u re p ass e d th e House by a vote o f 268- 1 5 0 . The Se n a te approve d t he b i ll o n the 2 1s t a nd the me a s u re is n ow awai t i ng t h e Pres ide nt ' s si gn ature . Con gre ss ional l eade rs are s u g g es ting th a t $3 b ill ion o f t h e $ 6 b i llio n cut wi l l- be approve d by Congression al action . T E L E PH ON E: 202 2 9 3 · 1530 ® �- ·2 - Hous ing and Urban Deve lopme nt Act o f 1968 SENATE The Se nate passed i t s ve rsion of the Act S-3497 on May 28th. HOUSE Banking and Curre ncy Committee Ch a irman Wright Patman introd uce d clean bill HR-17989 on June 19th. The Committe e 's report was filed June 20 t h (House Rep ort 15 85) . Chairma n Patman . we nt b e fore the Rul e s Committee on June 27th. An ope n rule (pe r mitting floor ame n dments) and four hours of g e n e ral debate we re voted. The measure is e x pecte d to be on t he f loor in the House for a c t ion right af ter th e July 4th r ece ss (which conclude s J uly 8th ). THE STAT US OF APPROP RI ATI ONS MEAS URE S Th e p roposed s che dul e o f act i o n on th e part of t he Appropr iations Sub commi ttees c oncerning l egis l at ion o f i ntere s t t o t h e Action Council is: 1. The Ho u s ing and Urban Deve l opmen t Appropri at i o ns b i l l for Fi sca l Year 196 9 passed t h e Ho u se on May 8. Th e Senate Appropriat ions Subcommittee o n Independent Offices expe c ts to comp l ete i ts markup of the b ill on the afternoon o f J une 2 7t h . The f ull Commi t t ee wil l mark the b ill up on J u n e 28 th . 2. The Labor -HEW (i nc luding OEO) Appropr i a ti ons b ill passed th e House on June 26th . Th e Wh itten Amen d ment which wou l d prohib i t the use of funds appro priated by the bi ll t o force busing o f schoo l childre n , to ab ol ish any school or t o force secondary schoo l students to attend a particu l ar school agains t the choice of parents, passed fairly easi l y on a Tel l er (unrecorded ) vote. Serious cuts were made i n many of the education programs i n the Appropr i ations Committee and were upheld by the House. Hard hit were Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schoo l s in imp·o verished areas ) , the Tea cher Corps and Office of Economic Opport~nity. �-- 3 - Efforts will h ave to be concentrated on the Senate to r es tore these funds and de feat the Whitten amen dment which would subvert the 1 964 Civil Rights Act. 3. The Second ( re g·ular ) Suppleme ntal Appropriations bill for Fisca l Year 1968 easily passed the Senate on June 26th by an 87 to 2 vote. As passed th e meas ure includes $75 million for summer jobs and $ 25 million for Headstart as act ive l y sought by t he Action Coun cil. The House on June 28th refues ed to accep t the b i ll and c a lled fo r a Joint Conferen ce with the Senate n amin g as House Conferees: House Appropriati ons Chairman George Mahon , Congre sswoman Ha nsen, Congressman Wh itten, Sike s , Natcher , Flood, Jonas , Laird, Lan gen , Li pscomb. Th e Conferees meet June re ach ed , th e Conference J uly 1st . Floor ac tion at the ear liest on July 28th and i f agreement is report will b e f i l ed on in t he House wou ld follow 2nd. LETTER TO CONGRESS As authorized at th e June 10 meeting of the Urban Co alition Action Council, the Counci l issued June 27 t h a statement o f con ce rn f or action on the urban crisis in the form of a l etter from Chairman Gardne r to each member of Congress. The text o f the l e tter is at tached . Comparab le communications from memb ers of local coalitions to Senators and Congressmen are u rge ntly n eed ed. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL JOHN W. GARDNER CHAIRMAN 1819 H STREET, N, W. WASHINGTON, D, C. 20006 27 June 1968 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT (Current as of June 27, 1968) FROM: THE STAFF THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968 Senate hearings have been completed. The Subcommittee reported out a clean bill on June 26th. It is a bi-partisan measure which should be reviewed and acted upon by the full Committee during the week of July Sth =. 22th; The Subcommittee strategy dictated reporting out the Emergency Employment measure separate from the proposed Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) extension. STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION The Select Subcommittee on Labor has scheduled its last day of hearings for July lst. The final mark-up of the bill by the Subcommittee will probably be delayed until after the July 4th recess. The Labor Committee reported out the MDTA extension on June 27th. The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 (formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968) The bill contains a ten percent tax surcharge and $6 billion in budget cuts. The measure passed the House by a vote of 268-150. The Senate approved the bill on the 2lst and the measure is now awaiting the President's signature. Congressional leaders are suggesting that $3 billion of the $6 billion cut will be approved by Congressional action. TELEPHONE; 202 293-1530 <a Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 SENATE The Senate passed its version of the Act §-3497 on May 28th. , HOUSE Banking and Currency Committee Chairman Wright Patman introduced clean bill HR-17989 on June 19th. The Committee's report was filed June 20th (House Report L5'85:) « Chairman Patman went before the Rules Committee on June 27th. An open rule (permitting floor amendments) and four hours of general debate were voted. The measure is expected to be on the floor in the House for action right after the July 4th recess (which concludes July 8th). THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES The proposed schedule of action on the part of the Appropriations Subcommittees concerning legislation of interest to the Action Council iss 1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on May 8. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Independent Offices expects to complete its mark- up of the bill on the afternoon of June 27th. The full Committee will mark the bill up on June 28th, 2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill passed the House on June 26th. The Whitten Amend- ment which would prohibit the use of funds appro- priated by the bill to force busing of school children, to abolish any school or to force secon- dary school students to attend a particular school against the choice of parents, passed fairly easily on a Teller (unrecorded) vote. Serious cuts were made in many of the education programs in the Appropriations Committee and were upheld by the House. Hard hit were Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools in impoverished areas), the Teacher Corps and Office of Economic Opportunity. LETTER Efforts will have to be concentrated on the Senate to restore these funds and defeat the Whitten amendment which would subvert the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Second (regular) Supplemental Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1968 easily passed the Senate on June 26th by an 87 to 2 vote. As passed the measure includes $75 million for summer jobs and $25 million for Headstart as actively sought by the Action Council. The House on June 28th refuesed to accept the bill and called for a Joint Conference with the Senate naming as House Conferees: House Appropriations Chairman George Mahon, Congresswoman Hansen, Congressman Whitten, Sikes, Natcher, Flood, Jonas, Laird, Langen, Lipscomb. The Conferees meet June 28th and if agreement is reached, the Conference report will be filed on July lst. Floor action in the House would follow at the earliest on July 2nd. TO CONGRESS As authorized at the June 10 meeting of the Urban Coalition Action Council, the Council issued June 27th a statement of concern for action on the urban crisis in the form of a letter from Chairman Gardner to each member of Congress. The text of the letter is attached. Comparable communications from members of local coalitions to Senators and Congressmen are urgently needed.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 32 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/52191138328d77f82f4516657ff04894.pdf 921b0d5c66d017c2fa68063b50f9947c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL JOHN W. GARDNER CHAIRMAN 1819 H STREET, N. W. 5 July 1968 WASHINGTON . D . C . 20006 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT (Current as of July 5, 1968) FROM: THE STAFF THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968 Senate hearings have been completed. Review and action by the full Committee is expected to take place during the week of July 8th. It is expected that the extension of the Manpowe r Development and Training Act (MDTA ) as reported by the Subcommittee will also be conside red by the full Committee during the week of July 8th. STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION The Select Subcomi~ittee on Labor has completed hearings. The Committee is expected to mark-up the bill in executive session probably not before the week of July 15th. The MDTA ex tension has been re p orted bv the full Committee and the measure will be be fo re the Rules Committee on the 8th or 9th of July . House f loor action should t ake place shortly thereafter. The Revenue and Expe n dit ure Co ntrol Act of 1968 (fo rmer l y t he Tax Ad jus t ment Act of 1968) The ten percent tax surcharge and the $6 bi lli on in budget cuts is now Pub lic Law 90 - 364. The Pres ide nt. signed th~ measure on June 28th. @ �- 2 - Prevailing sentiment in Congress is for making every possible effort to accomplish as much of the $6 billion cut as possible. Many members view the cuts as basically a Congressional responsibility. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 SENATE The Senate passed its version of the Act (S-3497) on May 28th. · HOUSE The Banking and Currency Committee's the bill (HR-17989) was given a rule and is scheduled for floor debate on July 8th. Final vote is expected on July 9th .. version of on June 27th Monday, Tuesday, THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES The proposed schedule of a cti on on Appropriation bills concerning legislation of intere st to the Action Council is: 1. The Housing and Ur ban Deve lopme nt Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on May 8th. The Se nate Appropriations Subcommittee on Independent Office s h as comp l e t ed its mark-µ~ o f t h e bill a nd the f ull Commi ttee is expect e d to complete its revi ew of the bill on Tuesday, July 9th. The Committee is expe cte d to request a waiver of the three day r ul e and as k f or Senate floor d e bate on Wedn esday or Thursday. 2. The Lab o r-HEW (including OEO ) Appropriations bill passed the House on June 26th . The Whitte n Amendment, passed by a Teller (un recorded ) vote, proh i bits the u se of funds appropriate d by the bill to force busing of school children, to abolish any school or to force secondary school students to attend a particular school agains t the choice of parents. �- 3 - The House also approved serious cuts in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools in impoverished areas), the Teacher Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor- HEW (including OEO) held hearings on the budget request in May and is not expected to hold any further hearings. It is, however, expected to complete mark-up acition by the end of the week of July 8th. Restoration of House cuts of OEO and HEW requests, including Teacher Corps, and defeat of the Whitten Amendment .should be accomplished within Committee. It is c r ucial that every effort be made in the Senate to restore the amounts cut by the House. 3. The Second (regular ) Sup plemental Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1968 we nt into conference where House conferees reduced the $75 million requested for summer jobs to $13 million and reduced the $25 million requested for Headstart to $5 million. The bill as amended by the conferees was subsequently passed by both the House and Sena te and is now waiting the Preside nt's signature. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL JOHN W. GARDNER CHAIRMAN 1819 H STREET, N, W. : WASHINGTON, D.C.20006 5 July 1968 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT (Current as of July 5, 1968) FROM: THE STAFF THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968 Senate hearings have been completed. Review and action by the full Committee is expected to take place during the week of July 8th. It is expected that the extension of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) as reported by the Subcommittee will also be considered by the full Committee during the week of July 8th. STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION The Select Subcommittee on Labor has completed hearings. The Committee is expected to mark-up the bill in executive session probably not before the week of ouly hSth. The MDTA extension has been reported by the full Committee and the measure will be before the Rules Committee on the 8th or 9th of July. House floor action should take place shortly thereafter. The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 (formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968) The ten percent tax surcharge and the $6 billion in budget cuts is now Public Law 90-364. The President. signed the measure on June 28th. TE! FELOANE. 99 2an-1RaAn <Ib® Prevailing sentiment in Congress is for making every possible effort to accomplish as much of the $6 billion cut as possible. Many members view the cuts as basically a Congressional res- ponsibility. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 SENATE The Senate passed its version of the Act (S-3497) on May 28th. ~ HOUSE The Banking and Currency Committee's version of the bill (HR-17989) was given a rule on June 27th and is scheduled for floor debate on Monday, , July 8th. Final vote is expected on Tuesday, July 9th. THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES The proposed schedule of action on Appropriation bills concerning legislation of interest to the Action Council is: 1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on May 8th. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Independent Offices has completed its mark-up of the bill and the full Committee is expected to complete its review of the bill on Tuesday, July 9th. The Committee is expected to re- quest a waiver of the three day rule and ask for Senate floor debate on Wednesday or Thursday. 2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill passed the House on June 26th. The Whitten Amendment, passed by a Teller (unrecorded) vote, prohibits the use of funds appropriated by the bill to force busing of school children, to abolish any school or to force secondary school students to attend a particular school against the choice of parents. The House also approved serious cuts in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools in impover- ished areas), the Teacher Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HEW (including OEO) held hearings on the budget request in May and is not expected to hold any further hearings. It is, however, expected to complete mark-up action by the end of the week of July 8th. Restoration of House cuts of OFO and HEW requests, including Teacher Corps, and defeat of the Whitten Amendment should be accomplished within Committee. It is crucial that every effort be made in the Senate to restore the amounts cut by the House. The Second (regular) Supplemental Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1968 went into conference where House conferees reduced the $75 million requested for summer jobs to $13 million and reduced the $25 million requested for Headstart to $5 million. The bill as amended by the conferees was subsequently passed by both the House and Senate and is now waiting the President's signature.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 31 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/6527ce103923bbaeb46bf43f13936ef0.pdf a3e73e96775e960fae4eab536bf09718 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ,... . .~ .,. The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington , D. C. 20006 Telephone : (202) 223-9500 I CHAI AMAN: John W. Gardner CO-CHAIRMEN: Andrew Heiskell/ A . Philip Randolph February 18, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: The staffs of Urban America and the Urban Coalition are producing jointly a study of what has happened to the domestic crisis in the year since the Kerner Commission made its report. The new assessment, "One Year Later", will not attempt to duplicate the work of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. It will use the report as a point of reference. It will attempt to report factually and objectively whether or not we have moved from that reference point; in which direction, and importantly, whether or not our ability to move positively has increased or decreased. Responsibility for content of the new report will rest with the staffs of Urban America and the Coalition. However, the author and editors have been assisted by an advisory panel: Senator Fred Harris; Mayor John Lindsay; David Ginsburg, former executive director of the Commission; Dan Parker, immediate past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers; the Reverend Channing E. Phillips, District of Columbia Housing Development Corporation; and Tom Wicker, Associate Editor, The New York Times . The Kerner Commission reported on March 1, 1968. "One Year Later" will be published in early March 1969. Advance copies of the manuscript and supplementary materials will be released to all media and interested organizations beginning February 24 for use no earlier than February 27, on which date a press conference will be held in Washing ton to release the publication. Copi es of the manuscript will be sent to you no later than February 24. Sincerely, / � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 7 ’ The Urban Coalition Pei ees Washington, D. C. 20006 Telephone: (202) 223-9500 CHAIRMAN: John W. Gardner CO-CHAIRMEN: Andrew Heiskell / A. Philip Randolph February 18, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: The staffs of Urban America and the Urban Coalition are producing jointly a study of what has happened to the domestic crisis in the year since the Kerner Commission made its report. The new assessment, "One Year Later", will not attempt to dup- licate the work of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. It will use the report as a point of reference. It will attempt to report factually and objectively whether or not we have moved from that reference point; in which direction, and importantly, whether or not our ability to move positively has increased or decreased. Responsibility for content of the new report will rest with the staffs of Urban America and the Coalition. However, the author and editors have been assisted by an advisory panel: Senator Fred Harris; Mayor John Lindsay; David Ginsburg, former execu- tive director of the Commission; Dan Parker, immediate past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers; the Reverend Channing E. Phillips, District of Columbia Housing Development Corporation; and Tom Wicker, Associate Editor, The New York Times. The Kerner Commission reported on March 1, 1968. "One Year Later" will be published in early March 1969. Advance copies of the manuscript and supplementary materials will be released to all media and interested organizations beginning February 24 for use no earlier than February 27, on which date a press conference will be held in Washington to release the publication. Copies of the manuscript will be sent to you no later than February 24. Sincerely, n W. Gardner  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 30 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8b24c97ab6ad35a6cb4e56b7ef75c215.pdf acb407b79c13df9b8a43b8bc809d705d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TO: ~ FROM: !/) ~ ~~ .-(2,;, -'------~1/--( / '=" ~ =-""-.=:.....::;_ =-=--.a"--- - - - - Ivan Allen, Jr. D For your information D Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. D Advise me the status of the a ttached. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TO: FROM: Ivan Allen, Jr. C] For your information [_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. (_] Advise me the status of the attached, YSLt Ae A Le Gotter P- by Lh.oke oe eee BAK iS wee C4 easa Bat SER —— < Nour. 00> YQ Rel 2 Lang fbr. bmaualan. und Aub ~ Yhe. Aff, of Urhernr Dornttrr to Aititiend Deon Oxy Yo ee AB FORM 25- pany ek  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 29 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c5b2bb70017375348a70418069b2fb1e.pdf 58e4f9c03f676614eddb55d214828d13 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MEMORANDUM DATE: April 22, 1969 TO: Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Ivan Allen, III RE: ATLANTA CHAMBER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM You are familiar with the Leadership Program which the Chamber is planning for 1969/1970. I am enclosing some descriptive material on the program, along with specific topics which will be covered. In order to properly kick off this program, we would like to ask Mr. John Gardner, Frank Carter and yourself to participate in our September 2 9 session. We would like Mr. Gardner to key-note this meeting with a talk before dinner. After dinner we would like to ask the three of you to participate in a panel type discussion dealing with the general subjects of urban development and growth. First I hope that you can be with us on September 2 9. Second, we would like the official invitation to Mr. Gardner to come from your office. We will be happy to provide you with whatever background material you might need in issuing this invitation to him. Opie Shelton can give Ann any necessary details. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MEMORANDUM [— DATE: April 22, 1969 TO: Ivan Allen, Jr. FROM: Ivan Allen, III RE: ATLANTA CHAMBER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM You are familiar with the Leadership Program which the Chamber is planning for 1969/1970. I am enclosing some descriptive material on the program, along with specific topics which will be covered. In order to properly kick off this program, we would like to ask Mr. John Gardner, Frank Carter and yourself to participate in our September 29 session. We would like Mr. Gardner to key-note this meeting with a talk before dinner. After dinner we would like to ask the three of you to participate in a panel type discussion dealing with the general subjects of urban develop- ment and growth. First I hope that you can be with us on September 29. Second, we would like the official invitation to Mr. Gardner to come from your office. We will be happy to provide you with whatever background material you might need in issuing this invitation to him. Opie Shelton can give Ann any necessary details. t—_"  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 28 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1668080861dca5907b4c8df8ea73ccff.pdf 6172abe64308aee1cc4ea3570590331f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA,GEORGIA g-'Wn'l - Mrs . Ann M. Moses al: ~ '· . . . . . '. · · _.,,; -. ~ ·~ FORM 25-6 · · • - eu,v / / )A <//4,, . ~ __, ~ ru,-,7 · · ~ I /1 Y!(u ·~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ATLANTA, GEORGIA FORM 25-6  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 27 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/719ef0f6f962d81cc16474873669b58f.pdf 136c15f783b5a6273d6426056f85bb3f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~ - ~ Jiu_ _ k 4-Ltff tJ4 0 ~do~ · r::¼ tLJ / k ad/A- c/4dr a!J-ul__ f ML ~t-tU_da.k_ /kl u lu d <f) - d tJ-)tJ.VJ/ !Lb o ~ , , tJ t-r dd--4_ ~ut1~ ,,¾ A.1 ~t){:(~ (J . IV d-1-lf_ ti_ /Jf_ , d~&ti /4 /6/tu-7 ~ IL_ ~t1 !,i_k \fo /4 ~ak_ el)v <r/z,1 ~~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ‘ibe au gg ost go tu lls se Jie pttn We  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 26 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/42c3bf931422b67c2182b7f62eec089c.pdf 4c47f566b1f3bbeddf76eaa70524094d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 2 4, 1969 y'e- _:.:'.Mt. John ---1_ W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalition Washington, D. C. lb' j~ 19 /-/ 5-t 1 (ucu ~6Dt, b Dear.M-~ The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is planning a special program beginning in September 1969. The purpose of Leadership Atlanta is to develop a group of identifiable young leaders; acquaint them with the basic problems and suggested solutions of the problems facing Atlanta; and encourage participation in positive community leadership. There will be approximately 50 participants in this program; 30 sponsored b y business firms, and 20 chosen from outside the business community to insure participation from low income Negro groups. A real effort is being made to insure representative membership among the participants. The sessions will be held once a month. Each one is developed by the Chamber and a different educational institution. Background reading material will be required before each session. The format will be generally as follows : 1) Address on topic 2) Supper 3) Panel or seminar involving local figures A listing of the subjects to be covered is included. The first session is scheduled for September 2 9, 19.69. The Chamber would like for y ou to keynote the program with an opening address . Frank Carter, Chamber President, and I have been asked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so. �Page Two Mr. John W. Gardner On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. If you would like, I will be happy to arrange other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely, Ivan Allen , Jr. IAjr:jct Enclosures � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document April 24, 1969 “pe _oMr~ John W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalition . Ww Washington, D. C. wid H St)! a Ob AGOOE The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is planning a special program beginning in September 1969. The purpose of Leadership Atlanta is to develop a group of identifiable young leaders; acquaint them with the basic problems and suggested solutions of the problems facing Atlanta; and encourage participation in positive community leadership. There will be approximately 50 participants in this program; 30 sponsored by business firms, and 20 chosen from outside the business community to insure participation from low income Negro groups. Areal effort is being made to insure representative membership among the participants. The sessions will be held once a month. Each one is developed by the Chamber and a different educational institution. Background reading material will be required before each session. The format will be generally as follows: 1) Address on topic 2) Supper 3) Panel or seminar involving local figures A listing of the subjects to be covered is included. The first session is scheduled for September 29, 1969. The Chamber would like for you to keynote the program with an opening address. Frank Carter, Chamber President, and I have been asked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so. Page Two Mr. John W. Gardner On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. If you would like, I will be happy to arrange other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. TAjr:jct Enclosures  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 25 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d611248324817246dafe0e49b1725e48.pdf 910b605bf9094930de08013ddd313a18 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 24, 1969 Mr. John W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalition Washington, D. C . Dear Mr. Gardner: The Atlanta Chambe r of Commerce is planning a special program beginning in September 196 9 . The purpose of Leadership Atlanta is to develop a group of identifiable young leaders; acquaint them with the ' basic problems and suggested solutions of the problems fa cing Atlanta; and encourage participation in positive community leade rship. There will be approximately 56 participants in this program; 30 13ponsored by business firms, and 20 chosen fro m outside t he business community to insure participation from low income Negro groups. A real effort is being made to insure representative membership among the participants. The sessions will be he ld once a month. Ea ch one is developed by the Chamber and a different educationa l institutiono Background reading material will be required before each session. The format wil l be generally as follows: 1) Address on topic 2) Supper 3) Panel or seminar involving local figures A listing of the subjects to be covered is included . The first session is scheduled for September 2 9, 1969. The Chamber would like for you to keynote the program with an opening address. Frank Carter, Chamber President, and I have been a ked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so. �Page Two Mr. John W. Gardner On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. If you would like, I will be happy to arrange other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr:jct Enclosures � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document April 24, 1969 Mr. John W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalition Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Gardner: The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is planning a special program beginning in September 1969. The purpose of Leadership Atlanta is to develop a group of identifiable young leaders; acquaint them with thebbasic problems and suggested solutions of the problems facing Atlanta; and encourage participation in positive community leadership. There will be approximately 56 participants in this program; 30 sponsored by business firms, and 20 chosen from outside the business community to insure participation from low income Negro groups. A real effort is being made to insure representative membership among the participants. The sessions will be held once a month. Each one is developed by the Chamber and a different educational institutiona Background reading material will be required before each session. The format will be generally as follows: 1) Address on topic 2) Supper 3) Panel or seminar involving local figures A listing of the subjects to be covered is included. The first session is scheduled for September 29, 1969. The Chamber would like for you to keynote the program with an opening address. Frank Carter, Chamber President, and I have been adked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so, i Page Two Mr. John W. Gardner On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. If you would like, I will be happy to arrange other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAjrijct Enclosures  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 24 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/30f8c1a29f1ff895cf10d01fc2b3d09f.pdf 1a639fa66b02020d51ebc9e659001b59 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 30, 1969 J Or. John W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N. W . Washington, D . C . Dear John: The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce i planning a special program beginning in September 1969. The purpose of Leadership Atlanta i to dev lop a group of identifiable young leader ; acquaint them with the ba ic problem and ugge ted olutions of the probl m facing Atlanta; and encoura e participation in po itive community leader hip. There will be approximately 50 participant in thi program; 30 ponsored by bu · in s firms, and Z0 cho en from outside the bu ine community to in ure particip tion from low income Negro groups. A real effort i · being mad to insure repr s ntative m mbership among th particip nts. The e sions will be held once a month. Each one i dev loped by the Chamber and a different educational in titution. Back round reading m t rial wUl be required b fore acq e sion. The form t will be gen rally follow : 1) Addre 2.) Supper on topic 3) Panel or aeminar involving local figure liating ol th ubj eta to b cov red i includ d. �April 30, 1969 Dr. John W. Gardner Page Two The first session is scheduled for September 29, 1969. The Chamber would like for you to keynote the program with an opening address. Faank Carter, Chamber President, and l have been asked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so. On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. li you would like, I will be happy to as;range other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr :lp Encleeures � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document April 30, 1969 Dr. John W. Gardner Chairman National Urban Coalttion 1819 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear John: The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is planning a special program beginning in September 1969. The purpose of Leadership Atlanta is to develop a group of identifiable young leaders; acquaint them with the basic problems and suggested solutions of the problems facing Atlanta; and encourage participation in positive community leadership. There will be approximately 50 participants in this program; 30 sponsored by business firms, and 20 chosen from outside the business community to insure participation from low income Negro groups. A real effort is being made to insure representative membership among the participants. The sessions will be held once a month. Each one is developed by the Chamber and a different educational institution. Background reading material will be required before each session. The format will be generally as follows: 1) Address on topic 2) Supper 3) Panel or seminar involving local figures A listing of the subjects to be covered is included. April 30, 1969 Dr. John W. Gardner Page Two The first session is scheduled for September 29, 1969. The Chamber would like for you to keynote the program with an opening address. Faank Carter, Chamber President, and ! have been asked to participate in the after-dinner session and are planning to do so. On behalf of the Chamber, I hope you can participate in this most worthwhile undertaking. If you would like, I will be happy to arrange other engagements for you during the day. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJrilp Encleeures ee  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 23 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b6eb20992d4ae6a2c5e212aae4f8128a.pdf 771a02a4dad2f599319a21892b027cb2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The Atlanta Service-Learning Conference invites you to its inaugural meeting Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities at the White House Motor Inn, Atlanta June 30 -- July 1, 1969 T he first in a series of meetings planned for 1969 by sp onsors of the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference, including: T he City of Atlanta The Atlanta Urban Corps Economic Opportunity Atlanta The Colleges an d Universit ies of A tlanta Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Southern Regional Education Board Volunteers in Service to A m erica The Peace Corps �THE ATLANTA SERVICE--LEARNING CONFERENCE ~ Atlanta shares with other major American cities its needs for increased services and its large population of college students -- some 40,000 in the metropolitan area. In an attempt to explore ways to meet urb an needs, to offer students a more relevant education, and to bring campus and co mmunity closer together, Atlanta students, city officials, higher education faculty and staff, regi onal and federal agency officials are jointly launchin g the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. .. - R esearch: How are students' educational and career choices affected through participation in service-learning programs? Methods and Programs: H ow should a service-learning program be designed for implementatio n o n a large scale? Laboratory Among th e work group part icipants will b e m emb ers of the Atlanta Urban Corps and ot her service-learning programs which will fo rm a practical lab oratory for the Conference. Meeting Series Information Exchange and Results The meeting on June 30 and July 1 marks the opening event of the Co nference. The Conference will co ntinue for six months and will sponso r periodic meetings to consider major dimensions of the service-learnin g concept. Th e Co nfere nce will foster the exchange of information among p articipants and with interested perso ns in other metropolitan areas . It is a lread y sp onsoring surveys of student manp ower res o urces in the urban area, of the needs of the public and voluntary age ncy sectors for st udent manpower, and of prese nt college and university program s helping t o fi ll these needs. A wrap -up meeting and publicati o n is planne d for the co ming winter, when pla ns for continuing the examina tion of servicelearn ing a nd extending service-learning programs w ill be co nsidered. Work Groups In exploring the service-learning concept, w ork groups will b e formed t o concentrate o n particular aspects of the idea. These work groups, and a typical question to b e p osed to each of them, are listed b elow : Serv£ce: How can the student make a maximum co ntributio n in hi s short term assignment? Learning: What learn in g can take place during the assignm en t ? Curriculum: What are the implications of the service-learning idea for curricular d evelopment? Financing: What is an equitab le distributio n of cost among the h ost agency? the college? the government? Participation Part icipat ion in the Con fere nce is open to a ll perso ns and groups interested in sharing infor m ation o n service-learning programs. In quiries may be addressed to: Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Peace Corps, So uthern Region Suit e B- 70 27 5 Peachtree Street, N .E. At lanta, Georgia 30303 �Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities Monday, June 30 9:00 Welcome by Mayor Ivan Allen 9:30 A Case Study presented by the service-learning players 11:00 Service-Learning in Action in Atlanta -- up-to-the-minute report 12:15 Needs of Urban America luncheon address 2:00 Seminars on service-learning concept and programs 5:30 Social hour 7:00 Educational Needs of Young People -- dinner address Tuesday, July 1 9:00 Service-Learning and National Programs, an exchange with national officials of the Teacher Corps, VISTA and the Peace Corps 11:00 Workshops A . Service B. Learning C. Curriculum D. Finance E. Research F. Methods and Programs 12 : 15 Servic e by Youth luncheon address 2:00 Workshops resume 4:00 Workshop reports and discussion 5:00 What Next? 5:30 Conclusion � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Atlanta Service-Learning Conference invites you to its inaugural meeting Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities at the White House Motor Inn, Atlanta June 30 -- July 1, 1969 The first in a series of meetings planned for 1969 by sponsors of the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference, including: The City of Atlanta The Atlanta Urban Corps Economic Opportunity Atlanta The Colleges and Universities of Atlanta Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Southern Regional Education Board Volunteers in Service to America The Peace Corps THE ATLANTA SERVICE--LEARNING CONFERENCE Atlanta shares with other major American cities its needs for increased services and its large population of college students - some 40,000 in the metropolitan area. In an attempt to explore ways to meet urban needs, to offer students a more relevant education, and to bring campus and community closer together, Atlanta students, city officials, higher educa- tion faculty and staff, regional and federal agency officials are jointly launching the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. Meeting Series The meeting on June 30 and July 1 marks the opening event of the Conference. The Conference will continue for six months and will sponsor periodic meetings to consider ma- jor dimensions of the service-learning concept. Work Groups In exploring the service-learning concept, work groups will be formed to concentrate on particular aspects of the idea. These work groups, and a typical question to be posed to each of them, are listed below: Service: How can the student make a maximum contribution in his short term assignment? Learning: What learning can take place during the assignment? Curriculum: What are the implications of the service-learning idea for curricular deve- lopment? Financing: What Is an equitable distribu- tion of cost among the host agency? the college? the government? Research: How are students’ educational and career choices affected through partici- pation i service-learning programs? Methods and Programs: How should a service-learning program be designed for implementation on a large scale? Laboratory Among the work group participants will be members of the Atlanta Urban Corps and other service-learning programs which will form a practical laboratory for the Conference. Information Exchange and Results The Conference will foster the exchange of information among participants and with m- terested persons in other metropolitan areas. It is already sponsoring surveys of student manpower resources in the urban area, of the needs of the public and voluntary agency sectors for student manpower, and of present college and university programs helping to fill these needs. A wrap-up meeting and publica- tion is planned for the coming winter, when plans for continuing the examination of service- learning and extending service-learning pro- grams will be considered. Participation Participation in the Conference is open to all persons and groups interested in sharing information on service-learning programs. Jaquiries may be addressed to: Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Peace Corps, Southern Region Suite 6-70 275 Peachtree Sireet, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 50303 Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities 9:00 9:30 11:00 12:15 2:00 5:30 7:00 9:00 11:00 12:15 2:00 4:00 5:00 5:30 Monday, June 30 Welcome by Mayor Ivan Allen A Case Study presented by the service-learning players Service-Learning in Action in Atlanta -- up-to-the-minute report Needs of Urban America luncheon address Seminars on service-learning concept and programs Social hour Educational Needs of Young People -- dinner address Tuesday, July 1 Service-Learning and National Programs, an exchange with national officials of the Teacher Corps, VISTA and the Peace Corps Workshops Service Learning Curriculum Finance Research Methods and Programs mBOO> Service by Youth luncheon address Workshops resume Workshop reports and discussion What Next? Conclusion  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 22 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4a8eaa56cb5e503089e6867914030eba.pdf 66a8874ef3ce9373500f4bebd75bbf78 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA VRDAN CORPS . 30 COURTLAND STREET, N .E . / PHONE [404] 524-8091 I NT E R - 0 F F I CE TO : FROM: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Sam Williams SUBJECT: / ATLANT A , GEORGIA 30303 M E MO RA N DU M DATE: June 19, 1969 ~ Speech to the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Thank you for agreei ng to address the initial meet ing of the At lanta Service-Learning Conference, June 30 at the White House Motor Inn, 30 Houston Street. As we discussed, all 225 Urban Corps interns will be in attendance as well as representatives of l ocal colleges, businesses, and government agencies. We al so expect out-of- town representatives of service programs such as Peace Corps, VISTA, Teachers Corps, and others . Speakers for the two day conference include Georgia Tech's new President, Clark College Student Body Pres ident, Peace Corps Director and White House staff members . You are scheduled to welcome the group at 9 :00 a .m. , June 30 . I am forwarding through Dan Sweat an outline of comment s you might consider appropriate for your address. cc : Dan Sweat � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ATLANTA URBAN CORPS 30 COURTLAND STREET, N.E. / PHONE [404] 524-8091 / ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 INTER-OFFICEHE MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. DATE: June 19, 1969 FROM: Sam Williams Sw SUBJECT: Speech to the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Thank you for agreeing to address the initial meeting of the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference, June 30 at the White House Motor Inn, 39 Houston Street. As we discussed, all 225 Urban Corps interns will be in attendance as well as representatives of local colleges, businesses, and government agencies. We also expect out-of-town representatives of service programs such as Peace Corps, VISTA, Teachers Corps, and others. Speakers for the two day conference include Georgia Tech's new President, Clark College Student Body President, Peace Corps Director and White House staff members. You are scheduled to welcome the group at 9:00 a.m., June 30. I am forwarding through Dan Sweat an outline of comments you might consider appropriate for your address. ec: Dan Sweat  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 21 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e01f4345adc5901943a025f98954325e.pdf fe66a64bd17d824792da30cab6a2563a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FOUNDATION TAX ISSUES Report of Action by House Ways and Means Committee as of Wednesday, Au g ust 6, 1969 The House Ways and Means tax reform bill, which will be debated on the House floor this week, contains several important provisions relating to foundations and their grantees. At its last me eting , the Action Council went on record. in o pposition to many of -the Committee' s earlier proposals. This is a report on the final action of the Ways and Means CornmittP.e 1. Definition of Private Foundations. Priva te founda tion s have bee n newly defined to include groups such as the Urban Coalition and the Brookings Institution,- in addition to groups such as th8 Ford and Carnegie f oundations . . As such they are now subject to an income t ax and n ew limitati ons on t heir activitie s. 2. An annual tax of 7 1/2 per cent was imposed on net invest- ment income . Explanation: \ The origina l t e ntative proposals h ad recommended a tax of 5 per cent. It is estimated tha t revenue increases at 7 1/2 per cent will produce $6 5 million in the first year. This is, in fac t, a t ax on b e n ef iciaries of foundations r ather than on foundations. The Coalition may now have to pay a tax on its next investment income. �3. Restrictions on Activiti es. The newly def i ned foundations (incl uding the Coalition) would be prohibited from: a ) Carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. b) At tempt in g to influence le gislat ion through attempting to affect public opinion, and through private communication with a member or employee of a legisl at ive body , or with any o ther person who may participate in the formulation of le gislation (Except through ·making avai l ab l e the results of nonp ar ti san analysis or research). Explana tion: This is a modificat i on of the o rig in al t entative proposals which prohibited foundations from engaging in any activiti es intended to influence the decision of any governmental body. It is intended to tighten up the rules . against lobbying. Under present law~ a foundation ~ay influence legislation if this is not a substantial part of its activity. The new l egis lation would remove this test and allow no in fluen cing of l eg islation. The Cammi ttee Report e xplains ,·that these provisions are designed to prohibit grassroots camp aigns for the purpose of influencing i legislation . Further, foundations may discuss broad policy �I - ·- --_!' - · -- - .. .., q u estions with congressmen and government agenci~s; they are precluded from "direct attempts to persuade congr_essme n and g o vernment o fficials to take positions on specific legislative issues." 4. Voter Regis tra tion. Foundation s would be pr6hibited from engaging in voter re g i s t ra tio n drives unless gr a nts are made .to a 50l(c) (3 ) _ group th a t: . a) opera t e s in five or more states b} receives support from five or mo~e orgatii za tions, none . of whi ch provides mo r e than 25 per. cent of its suppor t. . ./ · Ex~lanation: ~he t entative propo sa l s would h ave prohibite d foundations from engaging in any voter registratiori activity or payi n g for any such activity. strict view. The bill moves away from th a t The League of Women Votei s Education Fund and the Southe rn Regional Council are specifically mentioned in the Committee Rep ort as e xamp les of organi zat ions which would be permitted to engage in voter registration. But other registration and education prog rams~-n ow conducted b y numerous smaller groups in l ess than five states --will be prohibited from receiving foundation supp ort. e_··, * * The House bill will, in all probability, be p~ssed by the full House this we ek unde~· a "c lo sed" rule. · Floor amendments to tax .-, �f' '• bills generally are not permitted, and passage of the tax reform bill seems assuredo The Action Council and many of its cooperating groups have worked t o modify the tentative proposals of the Ways and Means Committee so that the vital activity of found~tions and foundation - related organ izations can go forward o Our attention now turns to the Sen ate and the Fina nce Committee in particular which will begin consider i ng tax r efo rm proposals after the Augus t Congressional Recesso ( ) ('-.-~ \ . \ ( · � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FOUNDATION TAX ISSUES Report of Action by House Ways and Means Committee as of Wednesday, August 6, 1969 The House Ways and Means tax reform bill, which will be debated on the House floor this week, contains several important provisions relating to foundations and their grantees. At its last meeting, the Action Council went on record.in opposition to many of -the Committee's earlier proposals. This is a report on the final action of the Ways and Manne Committee 1. Definition of Private Foundations. Private foundations have been newly defined to include groups such as the Urban Coalition and the Brookings Institution, in addition to seauee such as the Ford and Carnegie foundations. _As such they are now subject to an income tax and new limitations on their activities. 2. An annual tax of 7 1/2 per cent was imposed on net invest- ment income. ' | Explanation: The original tentative proposals had recommended a tax of 5 per cent. It is estimated that revenue increases at 71/72 per cent will produce $65 million in the first year. This is, in fact, a tax on beneficiaries of foundations rather than on foundations. The Coalition may now have to pay a tax on its next investment income. 3. Restrictions on Activities. The newly defined foundations (including the Coalition) would be prohibited from: a) Carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence Lagiatation; b) Attempting to influence legislation through attempting to affect public opinion, and chrowal private com~ munication with a member or employee of a legislative body, or with any other person who may participate in the formulation of legislation (Except through ‘making available the results of nonpartisan analysis or research). Explanation: This is 3 modification of the original tentative proposals which prohibited foundations from engaging in any activities intended to influence the decision of any governmental body. It is intended to tighten up the rules against lobbying. Under present law, a foundation may influence legislation if this is not a substantial part of its activity. The new legislation ‘would remove this test and allow no influencing of legislation. The Committee Report explains»that these provisions are designed to prohibit grassroots campaigns for the purpose of influencing legislation. Further, foundations may discuss broad policy - oat = ocho = : questions with congressmen and government agencies; they are precluded from “direct attempts to persuade congressmen and government officials to take positions on specific legislative issues." Voter Registration. Foundations would be prohibited from, engaging in voter registration drives unless grants aie made .to a 501i (e) (3) group thats .a) operates in five or more states b) receives support from five or more organizations, none of which provides more than 25 per.cent of. its support.: Explanation: The tentative proposals would have prohibited _ foundations from engaging in any voter registration activity or ‘paying for any such activity. The bill moves away from that strict view. The League of Women Voters Education Fund and the Southern Regional Council are specifically mentioned in the . Committee Report as examples of organizations which would be hibited from receiving foundation support. ® permitted to engage in voter registration. But other registration and education programs-~-now conducted by numerous smaller groups in less than five states--will be pro= e zk ke & Ok The House bill will, in all probability, be passed by the full - House this week under a "closed" rule. Floor amendments to tax ae “ee - bills generally are not permitted, and passage of the tax reform ‘bill seems assured. The Action Council and many of its cooperating groups have worked to modify the tentative proposals of the Ways and Means Committee so that the vital activity of foundations and foundation-related organizations can go forward. Our attention now turns to the Senate and the Finance Committee in particular which will begin considering tax reform proposals after the August Congressional Recess.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 20 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7e21d144c456b213cf215e1b986dd56d.pdf 5e726b0317b066291c790a109bb49a4e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Na tion a l Minori t y Cont ractors I n st1·tu t e Backgro und~ Hi s tor ic a ll y , mi riority group co nstruct i o n contra ctors h ave b ee n outside t he ma in streafu o f the c ons t ruction industry . Al t h o u g h t he n at i on has approximately 870 ,000 genera l and spec i a l ty con trac tor s , f ewer t h a n 2,0 00 o r two-ten th s of one percerit are b l ack,_ Whil e a r e li ab l e e s t i ma t e of the number o f contractors among other minori ties is no t availab l e , i t s eems safe to assume th at the y too h ave littl e representati on. The developm e nt of minority contractors · in th e past has not kept p ace with the indu s try ' s growth and th e re is no reason to assume th a t withou t assistan ce t he gap betweeri minority contractors a nd othe r contracto rs will not continue to d ras tic a lly widen. The press i ng n eed is for a program to develop minor ity contr ac tor s and t o enable them to d evelop the entrepreneu ri a l ski ll s required t o sustain a ma jor constru ction progr am. I n t h is way , we c an b eg i n to crea t e oppor tuniti es not only for en tr a nce into t h e construction i ndustry as general and s u b-cont ractors, b ut a l so for th e deve l opme nt of skill ed craft job and union members hip op~ortunities. •r h e Proposal: To establish a Na tion a l Minority Contractors Institute which will promote and facilitate the development of mino rity construction contra ctors in the major u rban areas and e nha nce opportunities for minority e ntre~reneu rship a nd emp loyme nt in this industry . �r - ( Specific Goa ls: 1) 2 - To increase th e par ticipation of minority group contra ctors in th e building and c-ons truction indu stry; 2) to multiply a t a ll skill l eve l s the minority group work forc e in that ind u stry; and 3) to ass i st core city r es idents 1 partici- -p ation in the rebuilding p r oce ss in their communities. • ' Me thods: These goals will be achiev ed by: 1) inform ing _rel evant in s titutions o f the problems of minority contr~ ctors and stimulating solutions e ssenti a l for the i r gr eat e r p a rtici p a tion in th e c onstruction i ndustry; 2 ) serving as a f~cal poi nt and sou r c e foi getting technica l as s istanc e to l ocal contract or associations and/or contra ctors ; 3 ) p r ovid ing f or di ssemination of informati o n to contr actors and excha ng es of e x perienc e ; 4 ) ass i sting , as n eed ~d , t he National Minor ity Co ntractors Associ ati oµ; 5) as~ istiny i 11 lhe de ve loprn.ent of lo ca l minori t y contracto rs a ss o c i a tions v1h erever th e d emands indicate; 6) a id in d ev e l 6ping funding sources to pro~ i de resources n e cess ary for loc a l s t aff sup port and loca l working. capital n e eds of a ss oci a tio~ me mb ers ; 7) d e v e lopme nt of ma npower progr ams r e l e vant to the n eed s o f th e c ontr a ctor s a nd to th e communities which they serve. Ope r ati o ns o f th e In s titut e : The thre~ ma jor compone nt s will b e a ) Re volving Capit a l Fund, b ) Techn ical As s ist a nce, and c) Ma npower. A working ·c a pita l r e volving fund will h e lp minor i ty contr a ctors over come c r i t i cal f in a n c ing a nd bond i ng obs t ac l es. C Tec hn ical �- 3 -. r ( as si stance wil l help minor ity c o n tr a cto rs d e ve l op the bu s iness and ma nagement sk ill s nec e ssa r y t o c ompe t e more eff e ctive l y fo r a gr eater share o f th e n at i o n ' s construction bu s i n ess . Manpower t rai n i ng p r ogr ams wil l be d ev ~l o ped - - in c l o s e coop e r a t i on wi th th e b ui ld i ng t rad e s u n i on s -- to d e v e lop and upgr a de c raft sme n at all s k i ll . l evel s. Urb a n Co a liti o n ro l e : The Coa li t ion wil l assume a cat a l ys t role in th e estab l i s hment of the I n s ti tute with t h e goal o f sp i nning i t o ff as a separa t e non-profi t o r gani zat i on as s o on as fe a sib l e . The Co a lition 1 s effor t wi ll include f u nd -r a i s i ng , loc a t ing private s e c tor repr ese n tat i ves willing t o ass is t Ins titu t e programs , di s - ( s em i nat i ng i nform a t ion about th e I nstitute , a nd h e l p ing i dent i fy local commun i ti es for priority at tention . Organi za tion : The Bo a rd o f Directors of t he Institu te wi ll r e fl ec t a p a rtn e r s hi p b e t ween mi nor ity · c ontra c tors and tho s e c onuni tt ed to a s sis ti ng the m. St a f fin g : The In s ti tute st aff will cb n si s t i nit i al l y o f a Dir e ctor and a sectet ary. As programs r ea ch th e d eve lopment and imp l eme n - t a ti o n stage - - a n d as f u nding resou rce~ become ava ilab l e -additiona l s t aff wi l l b e added t o a dmi n i s t er t h e r e volv ing capit a l f u nd, t echnic a l ass i s t a n c e , a nd ma npower p rograms of the I nstitu te. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ‘ National Minority Contractors InstI'tute Background: Historically, minority group construction contractors have been outside the mainstreah of the uinatenabion industry. Although the nation has approximately 870,000 general and specialty contractors, fewer than 2,000 or twoskenine of one percent are black- While a reliable estimate of the number of contractors among other minorities is not available, it seems safe to assume that they too have little representation. The development of minority contractors'in the past has not kept pace with the industry's growth and there is no reason to assume that without assistance the gap between minority contractors and other contractors will not continue to drastically widen. The pressing need is for a program to develop athordiy contractors and to enable them to develop the entrepreneurial skills required to sustain a major construction program. In this way, we can begin to create opportunities not only for entrance into the construction industry as general and sub-contractors, but also for the develop- ment of skilled craft job and union membership opportunities. The Proposal: To establish a National uinentey Contractors Institute which will promote and facilitate the development of minority construction contractors in the major urban areas and enhance opportunities for minority entrepreneurship and employment in this industry. Specific Goals: 1) To increase the pactioipation of minority group contractors +H the building and construction industry; 2) to multiply at all skill levels the minority group work force in that industry; and 3) to assist core city residents' partici- ‘pation in the rebuilding process in their communities. Methods: These goals will be achieved by: 1) informing relevant ; institutions of the problems of minority contractors and stimulating solutions essential for their greater participation in the con- struction industry; 2) serving as a focal point and source for getting technical assistance to local contractor associations and/or contractors; 3) providing for dissemination of information to con- tractors and exchanges of experience; 4) assisting, as needed, the National Minority Contractors Association; 5) assisting in the development of local minority contractors associations wherever the demands indicate; 6) aid in developing funding sources to provide resources necessary for local staff support and local working capital needs of association members; 7) development of manpower programs relevant to the needs of the contractors and to the communities which they serve. Operations of the Institute: The three major components will be a) Revolving Capital Fund, b) Technical Assistance, and c) Manpower. A working’ capital revolving fund will help minority contractors overcome critical financing and bonding obstacles. Technical assistance will help minority contractors develop the business and management skills necessary to soupete more effectively for a greater share of the nation's construction business. Manpower training programs will be developed -- in close cooperation with the building trades unions -- to develop and upgrade craftsmen at all skill levels. Urban Coalition role: The Coalition will assume a catalyst role in the establishment of the Institute with the goal of spinning it off as a separate non-profit organization as soon as feasible. The Coalition's effort will include fund-raising, locating private sector representatives willing to assist Institute prograns, dis- seminating information about the thebieuie, and helping identity local communities for priority attention. Organization: The Board of Directors of the Institute will reflect a partnership between minority-contractors and those committed ‘to assisting them. Staffing: The Institute staff will consist initially of a Director and a secretary. As programs reach the development and implemen- tation stage -- and as funding resources become avyatlebrs == additional staff will be added to administer the revolving capital fund, technical assistance, and manpower programs of the Institute.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 19 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9f76ec8c061d65428b961ad18201a931.pdf 9dbd873efef5d89913cca2aa10111882 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TERMS OF OFFICE At the current time Steering Committee members and Executive Committee members are elected for indefinite terms, terminated only by a member's resignation, death, or upon a vote of the Steering Committee to remove him from office. In order to assure the continued vitality of the Committees and an orderly process of turnov~r, terms of office should beestablished for all members. It is therefore recommended that the Executive Committee approve the following policies and authorize the Chairman to implement them, including the incorporation . of changes in the by-laws as may be n ecessary: ,, 1. Ex cept as noted in Paragraph 2, all Steering Committee members shall be nominated to serve for a term of two years and shall b e eligible for re-election to additional terms. 2. The terms of office of members who hold public offic e or are offic ers of private organizations or businesses shall be up to two years but shall not e x ceed the term of their non-Coalition position. 3. The chairman and co-chairmen shal l serve in that capacity for 2-year terms and shall be eiigible for re-election. .' -~' . ...... �4. Executive Committee members shall be elected for a term equivalent to their term on the Steering Committee and shall be eligible for re-election. 5. The Nominating Committe e shall be established as a permanent committee of the Ex ecutive Committee. Its m~mbers shall serve for a term equivalent to their term on the Executive Committee · and shall be eligible for re-election . The size of the committee . shall be fixed by the Chief Ex ecutive Officer but may not be less than five. 6. Individuals will be elected to ~he Steering Committee, Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee by a majority vote of the Steering Committee which may be taken either by mail or at a regularly scheduled meeting . 7. The Chairman is authorized to assign terms of office to all current members of the Steering Committee in accordance with the policies stated above. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document At the current time Steering Committee members and Executive Committee members are elected for indefinite terms, terminated only by a wenber'ts xeeignation, death, or upon a vote of the Steering Committee to remove him from office. In order to assure the continued vitality of the Committees and an orderly process of turnover, terms of office should be. established for all members. It is therefore recommended that the Executive Committee approve the following policies and authorize the Chairman to implement them, including the incorporation of changes in the by-laws as may be necessary: 1. Except as noted in Paragraph 2, all Steering Committee members shall be nominated to serve for a term of two years and shall be eligible Lor re-election to additional terms. 2. The terms of office of members who hold public office or are officers of private organizations or businesses shall be up to two years but shall not exceed the term of their non-Coalition position. 3. The chairman and co-chairmen shall serve in that capacity for 2-year terms and shall be eligible for re-election. Executive Committee members shall be elected for a term equivalent to their term on the Steering Committee and shall be eligible for re-election. The Nominating Committee shall be established as a permanent committee of the Executive Committee. Its members shall serve for a term equivalent to their term on the Executive Committee and shall be eligible for . re-election. The size of the committee shall be fixed by the Chief Executive Officer but may not be less than five. Individuals will be elected to the Steering Committee, Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee by a majority vote of the Steering Committee which may be taken either by mail or at a regularly scheduled meeting. The Chairman is authorized to assign terms of office to all current members of the Steering Committee in accordance with the policies stated above.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 18 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/226bbfa531de07e3e9c4ccc827086343.pdf 443ad3207564ba73b602e6670aeeac39 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. '/ Report of th e Housing Task Force CHANGING '1'HE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING-SYSTEM AND 11 B.Al\JKING LAND 11 TO MEET NATIONAL-HOUSING NEEDS. The nation 1 s metropolitan areis consist, generally speakingi of land~poor central citi es containing poor families li vin g in substandard, overcrowded housing and l and -rich suburbs which exclude hou s ing for th ese fami li es. The n at ion's need for at l east six million houses for l ow- and mod~rate-income families in the nex t dec ade will not b e met unl ess majoi steps are taken to break this impasse -- to build substantial amounts of housing wh ere the vacant l and is available . Suburban enclaves could pe r h aps be tolerated when they were few in number, when u rban population p ress u res were l ess, and whe n urb a n l a nd was more plenti f ul . But the rapid incr iase in restrictive zoning regulations in recent years and the grow ing scarcity of urb a n land now greatly r educe the opportunities of low- and mod erate - income city dwellers to leave the city for decent shelter and better public and comme rci a l faciliti e s ne a r expanding job opportuniti es in the s u burbs. Restrictive z oning, high l and -prices , and the inability of federal programs to operate effectively in suburban areas are major constraints to increa s ing the supply of low- and moderateincome housing to mee t our nationa l ne eds . As h e lpful as the 1968 Hous ing and Urban Developme nt Act ma y prove to b e , it makes no imp6rtant changes in a syste m that we know cannot meet our nationa l n eeds . The power to place limits on zoning and building code powers of local ities r es ts with the states. Yet there is little press u re within the stat es to make th e n e c essary changes . Federa l block g rants to the States , should the y b e e n acted, could b e premised on basic r eforms b y state governme nts in reg ard to zoning, building codes and other archaic features of local goveinment. However, ou r l1ousing situation gro~s increasi ngly severe, and action to mee t our housing n eeds c~nnot wait ~pon all these desirable r eforms. · Ac cordingl y , th e Task Force on Housing, Recon s t r u ction and Investmen t me t on ~uly 2s; 1 969, a nd resolved that The Urban Coalition move imme diately to ur ge u pon the nation and the Federal Governme nt immediate.steps to meet this problem. �- 2 - With t he approva l of t h e Executive Crnmni ttee , the Housing Tas k Force wi ll draft a program indicating that the Federa l Government must exercise a far greater degree of le ade rshi p than it h as in the past by: 1 ) Restructu r ing the upsi de-down h o u s in g subsid i es sys t em whe reb y many l ocal i ties may i gnore th e nation a l housing ne ed.fo r low-i ncome f~milies , on the one hand , while those which want to act are entangled in se lf- defeatin g r egul a 7 tion s , on the othe r. Thi s system combines the worst disadvantages o f decentralization with th e worst disadvan tages of c ent r alization. 2 ) Reo rg an izing the low-rent public housin g progr am to re move the stigma attached to it , and to en a b l e it to perform in a state-wide a nd region a l conte :x,;t in acc ord a nce with re gional and sta te-wide housing goa ls. 3 ) Empower in g the F edera l Government to cu t th ro u gh the re strai nts of restrictive zoni n g and building codes and i nad e quat e sites by meet ing housing n eeds directly when the states or l ocalities decline to do so. 4) Adopting a ma ssive 11 l and banking 11 program fin anced on a r evolving-fund basis to enable localities to acquire l and in advanc e of need for public purpos e s, in c luding low -income hou sing, in th e face of spiraling land costs. \ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Report of the Housing Task Force CHANGING THE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING-SYSTEM AND "BANKING LAND" TO MEET NATIONAL HOUSING NEEDS . The nation's metropolitan areas consist, generally speaking, of land-poor central cities containing poor families living in substandard, overcrowded housing and land-rich suburbs which exclude housing for these families. The nation's need for at least six million houses for low- and moderate-income families in the next decade will not be met unless major steps are taken to break this impasse -- to build substantial amounts of housing where the vacant land is available. Suburban enclaves could perhaps be tolerated when they were few in number, when urban population pressures were less, and when urban land was more plentiful. But the rapid increase in restrictive zoning regulations in recent years and the growing scarcity of urban land now greatly reduce the opportunities of low- and moderate-income city dwellers to leave the city for decent shelter and better public and commercial facilities near expanding job opportunities in the suburbs. Restrictive zoning, high land: prices, and the inability of federal programs to operate effectively in suburban areas are major constraints to increasing the supply of low- and moderate- income housing to meet our national needs. _As helpful as the 1968 Housing and Urban Development Act may prove to be, it makes no important changes in a system that we know cannot meet our national needs. The power to place limits on zoning and building code powers of localities rests with the states. Yet there is little pressure within the states to make the necessary changes. Federal block grants to the States, should they be enacted, could be premised on basic reforms by state governments in regard to zoning, building codes and other archaic features of local government. However, our housing situation grows increasingly severe, and action to meet our housing needs cannot wait upon all these desirable reforms. Accordingly, the Task Force on Housing, Reconstruction and Investment met on July 28, 1969, and resolved that The Urban Coalition move immediately to urge upon the nation and the Federal Government immediate.steps to meet this problem. With the approval of the Executive Committee, the Housing Task Force will draft a program indicating that the Federal Government must exercise a far greater degree of leadership than it has in the past by: 1) Restructuring the upside-down housing subsidies system whereby many localities may ignore the national housing need.for low-income families, on the one hand, while those which want to act are entangled in self-defeating regula- tions, on the other. This system combines the worst dis- advantages of decentralization with the worst disadvantages of centralization. 2) Reorganizing the low-rent public housing program to re- move the stigma attached to it, and to enable it to perform in a state-wide and regional context in accordance with regional and state-wide housing goals. 3) Empowering the Federal Government to cut through the re- straints of restrictive zoning and building codes and inade- quate sites by meeting housing needs directly when the states or localities decline to do so. 4) Adopting a massive “land banking" program financed on a revolving-fund basis to enable localities to acquire land in advance of need for public purposes, including low-income housing, in the face of spiraling land costs.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 17 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/280407d36b81fd50c894169e25dd3923.pdf 2dc998cba0f73cb0a3a996f48caef5c4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FUTURE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1969 December 10 1970 May 27 Nobember 18 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FUTURE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1969 December 10 1970 May 27 Nobember 18  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 16 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7db124f91bfaf6a65fa4e9f517f6394a.pdf 2499af616e35f3400426ef4761cb1c38 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 25, 1969 · 0 Mr. Arnold R. Weber Assistant Secretary for Manpower U. S. Department of Labor Washington, D. C. 20210 Dear Mr. Weber: Thank you for giving the Urban Coalition Act{on Council the opportunity to comment on the second draft of the General Description of the Public Service Careers Program. The Urban Coalition Action Council strongly advocates an exten$ive public service empJ.oyment pr0g ram. At its Emergency Convocation in August 1967, the Coalition called for the creation of one million jobs in the public sector at the earliest possible moment. The Convocation Statement urged that a public service eIJ1ployment program should contain certain essentials such as: 1) An extensive program at all levels to assure that meaning f ul and p r oductive work is available to everyone willing and able to work; 2) Funds for employment to local and state governmen ts, and nonprofit ins titutions able to demonstrate their ability to use labor productively; 3) Operations keyed to specified localized unemployment problems and focused initially on those areas where need is most apparent. ' ·, As we have studied the Departme nt of Labor proposed Public Service Careers Program, we find th at your analysis of the presen t employment" picture is in basic accord with the Coalition's. The concept of Public Service Caree rs h as merit, but the main short- • comings are in the implementation. Therefore , · we offer the following comments in the hope that you might see fit to broaden your proposal. ~ l) In not providing for wage supplementation, the progr am fails t'o realistically fac e the present financial crisis of most of our citi es. Although cities des perate l y nee d more people to fill public service jobs, they nevertheless lack the financial resources to add these individuals to e x isting payrolls. The Action Council considers wage supplementation an es~ential ingredient and would urge ., ,, I 1', •..,,,.·, .,. f . ... • "": , · r--i . .- . ~ �ARW - 7/25/69 2 - its addition to the final draft. Without wage supplementation, we believe the program is marked for failure. 2) We would strongly fav·or a more extensive program . .The $50 million appropriation is so small as to be ineffectual. If we read page 30 correctly, the ·present allocation is only $28~million of fresh money, as some ·funds were already budge ted for New Careers in fiscal year 1970. The need for such an employment program far exceeds the approximate 17,500 jobs that would be provided. 3) Clearly the program is experimental in nature. It is the Action Council's position that we are beyond the experimental stage. There is already an excellent precedent in the JOBS program for the hire-first and·train-later concept . Relying on Department of Labor and National Alliance of Businessmen statistics, it worild appear that the concept and program have been well received. The - practical effect of such experimentation will delay moving toward an extensive , well-funded program in the public servic~ career area. ~ · we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you ~o amplify a_ny of our conunents. Since rely, Lowell R. Beck Executive birector • .i \ · ·t ~- . . •#'f •..,,,- .• 11 ... . "" .- .._ r � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document July 25, 1969 ‘Mr. Arnold R. Weber Assistant Secretary for Manpower ‘U. S. Department of Labor ; Washington, D. C. 20210 Dear Mr. Weber: Thank you for giving the Urban Coalition Action Council the opportunity to comment on the second draft of the General Description of the Public Service Careers Program. The Urban Coalition Action Council strongly advocates an extensive public service employment pregram. At its Emergency Convocation in August 1967, the Coalition called for the creation of one million jobs in the public sector at the earliest possible moment. The Convocation Statement urged that a public service - employment program should contain certain essentials such as: 1) An extensive program at all levels to assure that meaningful and productive work is available to everyone Willing and able to work; 2) Funds for employment to local and state governments, and nonprofit institutions able to demonstrate their ability to use labor productively; -3) Operations keyed to specified localized unemployment problems and focused initially on those areas where need is most apparent. — As we have studied the Department of Labor proposed Public Service Careers Program, we find that your analysis of the present employment picture is in basic accord with the Coalition's. The - concept of Public Service Careers has merit, but the main short- comings are in the implementation. Therefore, we offer the following comments in the hope that you might see fit to broaden your proposal. 1) In not providing for wage supplementation, the program fails to realistically face the present financial crisis of most of our cities. Although cities desperately need more people to fill public service jobs, they neverthe- less lack the financial resources to add these individuals to existing payrolls. The Action Council considers wage supplementation an essential ingredient and would urge ARW 2) 3) “Supplementation, we believe the program is marked - 24057. | 9/25/69 its addition to the final draft. Without wage for failure. We would strongly favor a more extensive program, The $50 million appropriation is so small as to be ineffectual. If we read page 30 correctly, the present allocation is only $28-million of fresh money, as some ‘funds were already budgeted for New Careers in fiscal year 1970. The need for such an employment program far exceeds the approximate 17,500 jobs that would be provided. : Clearly the program is experimental in nature. It is the Action Council's position that we are beyond the experi- mental stage. There is already an excellent precedent in the JOBS program for the hire-first an@ train-later concept. Relying on Department of Labor and National Alliance of Businessmen statistics, it would appear that the concept and program have been well received. The “practical effect of such experimentation will delay moving toward an extensive, well-funded program in the > public service career area. e 5 . ‘We would welcome the opportunity to ieee with you to amplify any of our comments. Sincerely, Lowell R. Beck *" Executive Director ce Ks 4, sga  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 15 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b745abd31726a23dbff8ccbf951e1bee.pdf bf274bca819417df641e25a0f9b18a93 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. -1 THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT The Urban Coalition Action Council At the time of the original convocation that created the nat"ional Urban Coalition in 19_6 7, the Steering Committee of that convocation stated its position ;n public service employment. That statement called for immediate legislative action based in part on the following principles: \ 1) "The .Federal government must enlist the cooperation of government at all levels and of private_ industry to assure that meaningful productive work is available to everyone willing and able to work." 2) "To create socially useful jobs, the ..• program should concentrate on the huge backlog of employment needs _in parks, streets, slums, countryside, schools, colleges, libraries . and hospitals ..• _" 3) "The program must provide meaningful jobs--not dead end, make work projects ... " · 4) "Basi c education , training and counseling must be an integral part o f the program ... Funds f or tra ining education and counseling should be made available to private industry as well as to public and private nonprofit agencies." 5) "Such a program should seek to qualify new employees to become part of the regular work force and to meet normal performance standards~-" _. 6) "The operation of the program should be keyed to specific locali ze d unemployment problems and focused_ initially on those areas where the n eed is most apparent." . ··,:; '-. On April 1, 1968, in testimony before the .Subcommittee on . Employment, Manpower and Poverty of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, John W. Gardner, chai~man of the n a tional Urban Coalition Action Council, reaf~ irme d the convoc ati on's statement. Mr. Gardner's testimony also made public for the ,. =---=--- : ---.,:___:_- __!~ .. �Public Service Employment Page 2 first · ti~e the preliminary conclusion.s of a study by Dr. Harold Sheppard of the Upjohn Institute.l Dr. Sheppard was commissioned by the Urban Coalition to surv_ey the public service needs of a sample of major cities and to e~amine the general problems of underemployment and unemployment in'this country in terms of those -needs. Sheppard's study, released in final f6rm in January _of this year, dispell~d ~ome myths which have greatly influenced past thinking on unemployment and underemployment; about the poor who do not work and the much larger group of poor who do. For example, 85 to 90 per cent of the poor who do not work are ill, disabled, in school, or in the case of many women, they are unable to enter the labor market at all because of home respon- .. sibilities. · Sheppard's analysis emphasized the critical facts about · the underemployed, who he defines as those who work and are still poor. In any analysis of what constitutes .the poor in this country, underemployment looms as large--tf· not larger--than .. ;,~ unemployment. Sheppard found that, conservatively, ~lmost five million people in this country were underemp loyed. This is a • significant figure since it includes by definition people who "·r. ' work and are still poor, and does not include unemployed as defined by the Federal government . . 1 Harold L. Sh e pp ard, The J:Jature o f the Job ·P roble m and t h e Role of .New Public Service Emp l oyment, the Upjohn Institute, January 1969 ,. .... ,._ ..-· ~, .,, .- �· Public Service Employment Page 3 Sheppard advanced an even more startling theory, based on .Bureau of' the Census stat~stics, on the number of poor families in the labor force and the per cent having two or more wage earners. Using this method, Sheppard concluded that in 1966 at least six million members of families worked on some basis and were poor . ., In addition, there were 1.3 million unrelated individuals in the labor force at the same time. Therefore, there are perhaps as many as 7.3 million men and women who are labor · force participants and yet are poor. ~He concludes that most of them are employed but still do not earn enough to raise their,families or themselves out of poverty. Equally significant weight must be given to the quality of the unemployed in terms of age, location, duration, etc. The quality can have serious consequences for the cities. At the time of the Sheppard study, the Office of Economic Opportunity estimated that the central cities contained nearly 1.3 million job seekers or underemployed poor persons of whom 33 % were in the 16-21 age group (1966 figures). •1968 figuies for Detroit show that the unemployment rate for the city as -. a whole was 3. 8%, but for 16~1~ year olds it was 13.6%. Unemployment in the central city, both white and nonwhite, was 11 . 2%. • In round numbers there were almost 22,000 unemployed in Detroit between . the ages of 16 - 19. ··r. In the central city there were 34,000 people of all ages unemployed. 2 In Los Angeles, 35,000 were between 16 and 19 and the total for-the central 'city was 71,000. One must conclude that the bulk 2 The data for Detroit and Los Angeles are from the Supplement to the President's 1969 Manpower Report and are averages for the calendar year 1968. Data is a lso available for 18 other cities. ,. .,. ~, .- �Public Service Employment Page 4 of the unemployed are in the central city; and if Sheppard's · conservative figures on underemployment are ---- considered, there is today a strong concentration of unemployed and underemployed in the central city, and many are in the 16-19 age group. _these fi~ures will startle anyone. ., None of Yet, measured against achieve- ment much remains to be done. Sheppards analysis of the "needs" of the cities was done by a survey of 130 ci~ies with populations of 100,000 or mor~. ' Althorigh not done in depth, the general conclusions of th~ survey established the fact that in these cities there were at least 280,000 potential positions which were needed but not filled and not bu~geted. Even more significant was the fact that the city representatives estimated that there were at least 140,000 of these jobs that did not require technical or professional training and could be filled by inner-city residents. Contrary to popular belief that these jobs by.definition were make work, 30 per cent were in education of which over 27% were nonprofessional, 12.4 % were in health and·hospitals of which 13.3 % were nonprof essional, and 25 % we re in police , fire and sanitatiop o f which over 23 % could be filled by nonprofessionals. Most people would consider these categories of ·w ork to b e essential _ to the efficient and productive operation o f a city. . \ It is the conviction of the Urban Coalition Action Council that the present .require ments of the citi es and the unfulfille d promises of jobs can be match e d . Su ch a p rogram will h a v e a positive impact on the problems of unemployment and underemployment. \ ,, _, ..-. ( 1. ,.y �Page 5 Publ~c Service Employment But it cannot be done without some Federal support for city budgets, state budgets, budgets of nonprofit institutions such as hospitals, all of which are shrinking under th~ pressure of rising co·sts. Yet the demand ·for service to the community remains ·and grows. ., The private sector is playing a critical role in the employment of the disadvantaged. The JOBS Program3 has had a substantial impact in the communities where it has been operating _for more ~- than a year. Despite excellent organizational and promotional efforts ·and ihe dedication of thousands of individual businessmen, the privai~ sector has not been able to attack the total problem. No one can expect the private sector alone to do the job. In fact, the private sector should not be asked to do the whole ' job. Not only can they not be expected to do it, they cannot do it. In June 1969 the Secretary of Labor announced that 2,370 employers agreed to hire and train 71,796 disadvantaged workers with Federal assistance. 614,_000 by June 1971. The goal is 238,000 by June 1970 and This enormous effort must be continued, •, but even if we recognize that a much larger group has been employed through the normal channels of companies, Los Angeles alone needs more than 71,000 job opportunities for the centra1· ·city right now. Although several bills relating -,to public service employment were introduced in the 90th Congress, Congress has failed to act in this important area . and· manpower 11 Independent pieces of legislation fall out" from other legislation c6nsidered to be 3 Job Opportunities in the Business. Sector, conducted by the National All~ance of Busi nessmen ···\ ,,. . ,.p J ... '. ) -~ It , .- �Public Service Employment Page 6 i I public s·ervice employment-oriented are on the books·. and the Work Incentive Program (WIN) are example s~ New Careers Quite apart from whether the proliferation of programs, both private and . public sector oriented, requires a more comprehensive approach ·and a more efficient delive ry systei;n, pre sent programs apparently are not reaching significant numbers o f the unemployed and underemployed. The present Administrati on is min dful of th i s. The Dep art- me nt o f Labor r e c e nt l y c irculate d f or comme nt t o int~ re sted parti es a detailed program draft to be called Pub lic Se rvice Careers Program. The progr am is sche dul e d to be announced in early August, and one c a n a ss ume th at t he r ecent draft repr esents the Admi n istration's current thinking on this subject. The draft paper ·b a sica lly a g r e es with Dr . Shepp a r d 's s tat e ment o f the p rog ram. 1) Th e Administrat i o n ' s a n a l ysis e mp h asizes t hat: Th ere i s an increasing need for trai ned man power i n the publ ic s e ctor at all l e v el s of governme nt 2) Underemp l oyment is a key problem 3) A public service pro gram should· not be an ' employer ', of: t h e las t r es o rt program' nor me r e l y ano t h er trai ning program 4) The Administration propo ses ·-~to break down a wide range o f b arriers t o emp l o yment o f t he disadvantaged ~nd imple ment upgrading of current employees 5) Federal funds will b e made a vail able f o r s u pportive seryices, i.e. training and remediation, transpo rtation and .day care facilities, job res tructuring, sensitivity \ ,,.. ... ..:-1· ···\- II •.,F.,J ,. .,,.,.,. �Public Service Emp l oyment training for supervisors. Page 7 Fifty million dollars in Title I-B Economic Opportunity Act monies will be requested. The Secretary of Labor has stated that the Federal government inves t ment per trainee in the JOBS p r ogr am is $2,915 . Using three thousand dollars per person and nqt taking into account any additional investment that may have been made by t~e private sector for each JOBS trai n e e , t h e p rop o sed Pub lic Se rvice Ca r eers Pr ogram would g e n erat e ab out 1 6 ,000 jobs f or t h e e n t ire n ati o n. The justification that . the Labor' Department uses for its limi ted efforts in the public s e cto r is the as s umed need f o r e xperime ntation (For e x a mp l e, will the h ire-first t rain- lat er . . principle wo rk in the public s e ctor ), a nd to d e termine whe t her or no t such p r o g r ams c a n s uc cee d withou t s ome fo rm of Fed eral wage s ub sidy . Re pre sen t ati v e s o f ma j o r c i ti e s h ave a lready indicated to De p a rtme nt r ~pre s ent a tive s t h a t Federal wage subs idies in s ome fo rm are necess a ry; th a t t h ey f a c e continuing d eteriorat ion o f esse n tial a s we il as d e s i rabl~ s ervices; t h at bud geta ry p re ss u r e s . "· are such th a t th e r e cru iting , tra i ning, a nd s u pp l ying o f s up p ortive services-is meaningle ss . if t he jobs c annot b e s u sta i ne d i n the • c ity s yste m o r the ho s pital , no matte r how badly n e~d e d . 4 The Administration ' s an a ly s i s o f ,. une mp loy me n t a n d undere mployme nt proble ms and the i mpe r a tiv e and g r owi ng need f o r a publ ic service manpower p r o g r am s u ppo r t s the a n a l ysis o f t h e 4This e x plains t h e reaction o f s ome c i ty representatives who, a l though cri t ical o f t h e WI N pro gram, regard a t l eas t as realistic i n this one ·respect f o r i t does provi d e f o r some fo r m of wage ·s ubsidy for two years . \ .,, ,. ~ ., �-Public Service Employment I P~ge 8 I Urban Coalition. But the conclusions fro~ the analyses differ. The Urban Coalition Action Council can'not support the Administration's present approach in this area, and so informed Assistant Secretary of Labor Arnold Weber by letter on July 25, 1969. (See attachment) The Urban Coalition Actiorr Council is pu~suing a vigorous _program of support for meaningful public service employment legislation in this session of Congress. The Action Council is coordinating and cooperating with its supporting segments to prepare now for Senate and House hearings. The timetable in the House calls for hearings sometime in early October. first order of business. This is the Particularly because of the Administra- tion's approach at the prese nt time, we must undertake to prove the case for a more rapid and larger eff9rt . in the public employ~ ment field. We hope th.at all· the varied e lements in the Urban Coalition Action Council constituency and all others who h ave a concern about the commitment of this nation to of fer job opportunities to those willi~g and able to work will assist us in· this effort. · In order to prepare caref~lly for the anticipated h earings , we would welcome any comme nts or r eactions .that you migh t have to ·this proposed effort. We are particularly interested in cri"tical reactions to the concept of public service emp loyment as we ll as comme nts on present or propC?sed a lternat i v e methods in ,. either the public o r private sector for dealing with the problems of u nderemp loyme nt and unemp loyme nt in 1969. July 30, 1969 (bs) ,r ,. •-' I' • � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 4 * THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT’ The Urban Coalition Action Council “~ At the time of the original convocation that created the national Urban Coalition in 1967, the Steering Committee of that convocation stated its position on public service employment. That statement called for immediate legislative action based in part on the following principles: 1) 3) 4) 5) . 6) ; 4 "The Federal government must enlist the cooperation of government at all levels and of private industry to “assure that meaningful productive work is available to everyone willing and able to work." "To create socially useful jobs, the...program should ‘ concentrate on the huge backlog of employment needs in parks, streets, slums, countryside, schools, colleges, libraries, and hospitals..." "The program must provide meaningful jobs--not dead end, make work projects..." "Basic education, training and counseling must be an integral part of the program...Funds for training education and counseling should be made available to private industry as well as to public and private nonprofit agencies." "Such a program should seek to qualify new employees to become part of the regular work force and to meet normal performance standards." "The operation of the program should be keyed to specific localized unemployment problems and focused , initially on those areas where the need is most apparent," ™ On April, 1; 1968, in testimony before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower and Poverty of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, John W. Gardner, chairman of the national Urban Coalition Action Council, reaffirmed the convocation's statement. Mr. Gardner's testimony also made public for the 4 ' : Public Service Employment : : is Page 2 first time the preliminary conclusions of a study by Dr. Harold Sheppard of the Upjohn Institute.l Dr. Sheppard was commissioned by the Urban Coalition to survey the public service needs of a sample of major cities and to examine the general problems of ‘enderéiployment and unemployment in’ this esunkey in terms of those needs. | Sheppard's study, released in final form in January of this year, dispelled some myths which have greatly influenced past thinking on unemployment and underemployment; about the poor who do not work and the much larger group of poor who do. For example, 85 to 90 per cent of the poor who do not work are ill, disabled, in school, or in the case of many women, they are unable to enter the labor market at soe Beawtiee of home respon-~ sibilities. : ‘Sheppard's analysis emphasized the critical facts about the underemployed, who he defines as those who work and are still poor. In any analysis of what constitutes the poor in this country, underemployment looms as large--if not larger--than unemployment. Sheppard found that, conaeevativele, almost five million people in this country were underemployed. This is a 6 significant figure since it includes by definition people who work and are still poor, and does not include unemployed 88 defined by the Federal government. Iuarold L. Sheppard, The Nature of the Job Problem and the Role ‘of New Public Service Employment, the Upjohn Institute, January 1969 sy a soe " Public Service Employment : - Page 3 Sheppard advanced an even more startling théory, based on Bureau of the Census statistics, on the number of. poor families in the labor force and the per cent having two ee more wage earners. Weivg this method, Sheppard concluded that in 1966 at least six million members of families worked on some basis and were poor. In addition, there were 1.3 million unrelated individuals in the labor force at the same time. Therefore, there are perhaps as many as 7.3 million men and women who are Labor’ fone6 participants 4 and yet are poor. ~He concludes that most of them are employed but . still do not earn enough to raise their-families or themselves out of poverty. | Equally significant weight must be given to the quality of the unemployed in terms of age, location, duration, etc. The quality can have serious consequences for the cities. At the time of the Sheppard study, the Office of Economic Opportunity estimated that the central cities contained nearly 1.3 million job seekers or underemployed poor persons of whom 33% were in the 16-21 age group (1966 figures). :1968 figures for Detroit show | that the unemployment rate for the city asS.a whole was 3.8%, but for 16-19 year olds it was 13.6%. Unemployment in the central elty, both white and nonWwhLte, was 11.2%. In round numbers there were almost 22,000 unemployed in Detroit between the ages of 16-19. In the central city there were 34,000 people 6f all ages unémapbeseas> In Los Angeles, 35,000 Ware betweahr 36 ana 19 and the total for-the central city was 71,000. One must conclude that the bulk 2the data for Detroit and Los Angeles are from the Supplement to the President's 1969 Manpower Report and are averages for the calendar year 1968. Data is also available for 18 other cities. P . 5 . z 4 a my aa ane YE : Public Service Employment | gee G2 © . Page 4 of the unemployed are in the central city; and if Sheppard's ‘conservative figures on underemployment are considered, there is today a strong concentration of unemployed and underemployed in the central city, and many are in the 16-19 age group. None of these figures will startle anyone. Yet, measured against achieve- ment much remains to be done. Sheppards analysis of the “needs" of the cities was done by a survey of 130 cities Wee populations of 100,000 or more. Although not done in depth, the general conclusions of the survey _ established the fact that in these pines there were at least 280 ,000 potential positions which were needed but not filled and not budgeted. Even more significant was the fact that the city representatives estimated that there were at least 140,000 of these jobs that did not require technical or professional training and could be filled by inner-city residents. Contrary to popular belief that these jobs by .definition were make work, 30 per cent were in education of which again 27% siete nonprofessional, 12.4% were in health and: hospitals of which 13.3% were nonprofessional, and 25% were in police, fire and sanitation of which over 23% | could be filled by nonprofessionals. Most people would consider these categories of work to be essential to the efficient and productive operation of a city. % G It is the conviction of the Urban Coalition Action Council that the present requirements of the cities and the unfulfilled promises of jobs can be matched. Such a program will have a positive impact on the problems of unemployment and underemployment. ar! ; oe ‘: Ee Public Service Employment oo Page 5. But it cannot be done without some Federal support for city budgets, state budgets, budgets of nonprofit institutions such as hospitals, all of which are shrinking under the pressure of rising costs. Yet the demand for service to the community remains = ‘and grows. , The private sector is playing a critical role in the employ- ment of the disadvantaged. The JOBS Program3 has had a substantial ~- impact in the communities where it has been operating for more than a year. Despite excellent organizational and promotional efforts and the dedication of thousands of individual businessmen, the private sector has not been able to attack the total problem. No one can expect the private sector alone to do the job. In fact, the private sector should not be asked to do the whole job. Not only can they not be expected to do it, they cannot do it. In June 1969 the Secretary of Labor announced that 2,370 employers agreed to hire and train 71,796 disadvantaged workers with Federal assistance. The goal is 238,000 by June 1970 ana 614,000 by June 1971. This enormous effort must be continued, but even if we recognize that a much larger group has been employed through the normal channels of companies, Los Angeles alone needs more than 71,000 job opportunities for the central city right now. Although several bills relating -to public service employ- ment were introduced in the 90th Congress, Congress has failed to act in this important area. Independent pieces of legislation and’ manpower "fall out" from other legislation considered to be 350b Opportunities in the Business. Sector, conducted by the National Alliance of Businessmen ‘ £ hi 3 : & . ° a Public Service Employment | . Page 6 public service employment-oriented are on the books. New Careers and the Work Incentive Program (WIN) are examples. Quite apart from whether the proliferation of programs, both private and public sector oriented, requires a more comprehensive approach ‘and a more efficient delivery system, present programs apparently are not reaching significant numbers of the unemployed and under- employed. The present Administration is mindful of this. The Depart- ment of Labor recently circulated for comment to interested parties a detailed program draft to be called Public Service Careers Program. The program is scheduled to be announced in early August, and one can assume that the recent draft represents the Administration's currant thinking on this subject. The draft paper ‘basically agrees with Dr. Sheppard's state- ment of the program. The Administration's analysis emphasizes that: 1) There is an increasing need for trained manpower in the public sector at all levels of government 2) Underemployment is a key problem 3) A public service program should: not ie an ‘employer of.the last resort program' nor merely another training» program i 4) The Administration proposes.to break down a wide range of barriers to employment of the disadvantaged and implement ‘pewadine of current employees 5) Federal funds will be made available for supportive seuviess, 1.4, training and remediation, transportation and day care éantvixtes, job restructuring, sensitivity 4 1 # " = = wae f * " i er al 1 “lp rm wae Public Service Employment Se. 23 Page 7 training for supervisors. Fifty million dollars in Title I-B Economic Opportunity Act monies will be requested. The Secretary of Labor has stated that the Federal annette ‘ment investment per trainee in the JOBS program is $2,915. Using three thousand dollars per person and not taking into account any additional investment that may have been made by the private sector for each JOBS trainee, the proposed Public Service Careers Program would gansvete about 16,000 jobs for the entive nation. The justification that the Labor Department uses for its limited eftorte in the public sector is the assumed need for experimentation (For example, will the hire-first train-later principle work in the public sector), and to determine whether or not such pir oueene can succeed without some form of Federal wage subsidy. Representatives of major cities have already | indicated to Department representatives that Federal wage subsidies in some form are necessary; that they face continuing deterioration of essential as well as desirable kecudaes, that budgetary pressures are such that the recruiting, training, and supplying of supportive services-is meaningless if the jobs cannot be sustained in the city system or the hospital, no matter how badly needed. 4 The Administration's analysis of unemployment and under- employment problems and the imperative and growing need for a public service manpower program supports the analysis of the Annis explains the reaction of some city representatives who, although critical of the WIN program, regard at least as realistic in this one respect for it does provide for some form of wage subsidy for two years. 4 . + - ae ~y nw " rar Public Service Employment Page 8 . . - | Urban Coalition. But the conclusions from the analyses differ. The Urban Coalition Action Council cannot support the Administration's present approach in this area, and so tneopned Assistant Secretary of Labor Arnold Weber by letter on July 25, 1969. (See attachment) - The Urban Coalition Action Council is payeudne ‘i vigorous ipeouxiut of support for meaningful public service employment legis- lation in this session of Congress. The Action Council is coordinating and cooperating with its suippoLuLng segments to pre- pare now for Senate and House hearings. The timetable in the: House calls for hearings sometime in early October. “This is the first order of business. Particularly because of the Administra- -tion's approach at the present time, we rinse undertake to prove the case for a more rapid and larger effort.in the public employ- ment field. We hope that all the varied elements in the Urban Coalition Action Council constituency and all others who have a concern about the commitment of this nation te offer job opportunities to those willing and able to work will assist us in this effort. In order to prepare carefully for the anticipated hearings, we would welcome any comments or reactions, that you might have to this proposed effort. We are particularly interested in critical reactions to the concept of public service employment as well as comments on present or proposed alternative methods in either the public or private sector for dealing with the problems of underemployment and unemployment in 1969. ~ July 30, 1969 (bs)¢ Sean ei Coll  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 14 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/dc35df766b328def5d95b4635c0135bf.pdf 117a248125e776913c5b29b376e28ce3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ACTION COUNCIL ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION The Urban Coalition Action Council has strongly supported public service employment legislation since the Council's formation last year. Public service employment was a primary goal of the Urban Coalition's Statement of Principles, adopted in August, 1967. The Action Council is now preparing for a major effort to secure enactment of this legislation, and will give public service employment top priority this fall. There are three central phases required to assure success: 1. 1) Preparation of testimony for Senate and House hearings to be scheduled in late September or early October; 2) Overall coordination of educational and legislative ac~ivity; and, 3) Development of strong business support. Hearings - Work is now underway to obtain the most current employme nt facts which prove the case for public service employme nt. We wish to provide up-to-date information to the appropriate Congressional committees. Information is being obtained to show that: (a) Unemployment and underemployment still loom large in major cities as well as rural areas; and, (b) Jobs needed by cities, counties, states and nonprofit institutions of all kinds can be matched with the available unemployed and underemployed wi lling and able to work. To demonstrate the reality of "matching," we are probing three major cities through resources available to the Action Council such as the League of Cities, Conference of Mayors, and municipal employees' unions. Using the same resources, we will develop testimony that shows that to do the job properly and now, Federal funds must be provided for wage subsidy or supplementation as .well as for training and supportive services. 2. Coordination - By frequent contact with the Action Council constituency, we plan to coordinate the overall activity in order to have the .greatest impact on Congress and the public. �- 2 - Conversations to date with segments"of the Action Council have indicated a strong measure of support for the effort we are undertaking. Many of these groups predate the Action Council in their commitment to greatly ·expanded public service employment opportunity. The somewhat newer concept of underemployment as a critical factor has enhanced, ratner than diminished, the interest and commitment of most of the groups. 3. Business support - Despite the clear commitment of the Coalition convocation that included many prominent members of the business community, we are uncertain about the support of business as we go down the road. The uncertainty rests on one major ground. Preliminary and limited conversations with several business representatives pinpoint the issue of wage subsidy. Most who have been contacted would support a JOBS type program transferred to meaningful work in the public sector with Federal support for training and supportive services (such as those programs embodied in MA-3 and MA-4 contracts). Beyond that, however, shoal waters seem to appear. ~ Resistance to wage subsidy fear of creating uncontrollable service institutions, supported of WPA seems to come to mind as reaction. or supplement seems to be based on inefficiencies in cities and public by Federal dollars. The specter the idea of wage support triggers The cities regard any public service program as meaningless · without the wage component. Therefore, we seek advice on this issue from all segments of the Action Council constituency, but particularly from the business community at large and from the business members of the Executive Committee. We have had preliminary discussions with representatives of organization s such as th e National Associ a tion o f Ma nufactu rers , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Merchants Association, and the American Trucking Association. In addition to the national business organizations, we have been talking with representatives of corporations such as AT&T, Kennecott, and Sears Roebuck . We are now intensifying our contacts with the business community on this issue. * * * �-- ~ - 3 - We are closely watching other types of legislatiori and particularly that receiving Administration blessings. If alternative solutions to the same problems appear to be emerging, we will be prepared to reassess our own position in the light of such developments and make appropriate recommendations to the Action Council Executive Committee. We are particularly mindful that the Administration proposes to announce a large 'package' on August 8. Although the contents are closely guarded, it is assumed · that it will include some tie-in between income maintenance and enlarged_ employment opportunity. Whether this program will satisfy the demand and need for public sector jobs, and whether it will reach sufficient numbers of the unemployed and underemployed remains to be seen. We will scrutinize the program carefully. \ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ACTION COUNCIL ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION The Urban Coalition Action Council has strongly supported public service employment legislation since the Council's formation last year. Public service employment was a primary goal of the Urban Coalition's Statement of Principles, adopted in August, 1967. The Action Council is now preparing for a major effort to secure enactment of this legislation, and will give public service employment top priority this fall. There are three central phases required to assure success: 1) Preparation of testimony for Senate and House hearings to be scheduled in late September or early October; 2) Overall coordination of educational and legislative activity; and, 3) Development of strong business support. 1. Hearings - Work is now underway to obtain the most current employment facts which prove the case for public service employment. We wish to provide up-to-date information to the appropriate Congressional committees. Information is being obtained to show that: (a) Unemployment and underemployment still loom large in major cities as well as rural areas; and, (b) Jobs needed by cities, counties, states and nonprofit institutions of all kinds can be matched with the available unemployed and underemployed willing and able to work. To demonstrate the reality of "matching," we are probing three major cities through resources available to the Action Council such as the League of Cities, Conference of Mayors, and municipal employees' unions. Using the same resources, we will develop testimony that shows that to do the job properly and now, Federal funds must be provided for wage subsidy or supplementation as well as for training and supportive services. 2. Coordination - By frequent contact with the Action Council constituency, we plan to coordinate the overall activity in order to have the greatest impact on Congress and the public. Conversations to date with segments’of the Action Council have indicated a strong measure of support for the effort we are undertaking. Many of these groups predate the Action Council in their commitment to greatly expanded public service employment opportunity. The somewhat newer concept of underemployment as a critical factor has enhanced, rather than diminished, the interest and commitment of most of the groups. 3. Business support - Despite the clear commitment of the Coalition convocation that included many prominent members of the business community, we are uncertain about the support of business as we go down the road. The uncertainty rests on one major ground. Preliminary and limited conversations with several business representatives pinpoint the issue of wage subsidy. Most who have been contacted would support a JOBS type program transferred to meaningful work in the public sector with Federal support for training and supportive services (such as those programs embodied in MA-3 and MA-4 contracts). Beyond that, however, shoal waters seem to appear. Resistance to wage subsidy or supplement seems to be based on fear of creating uncontrollable inefficiencies in cities and public service institutions, supported by Federal dollars. The specter of WPA seems to come to mind as the idea of wage support triggers reaction. The cities regard any public service program as meaningless: without the wage component. . Therefore, we seek advice on this issue from all segments of the Action Council constituency, but particularly from the business community at large and from the business members of the Executive Committee. We have had preliminary discussions with representatives of organizations such as the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Merchants Association, and the American Trucking Association. In addition to the national business organizations, we have been talking with representatives of corporations such as AT&T, Kennecott, and Sears Roebuck. We are now intensifying our contacts with the business . community on this issue. kk ke * * We are closely watching other types of legislation and particularly that receiving Administration blessings. If alternative solutions to the same problems appear to be emerging, we will be prepared to reassess our own position in the light of such developments and make appropriate recommendations to the Action Council Executive Committee. We are particularly mindful that the Administration proposes to announce a large 'package' on August 8. Although the contents are closely guarded, it is assumed that it will include some tie-in between income maintenance and enlarged employment opportunity. Whether this program will satisfy the demand and need for public sector jobs, and whether it will reach sufficient numbers of the unemployed and underemployed remains to be seen. We will scrutinize the program carefully.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 12, Document 13 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 12 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Coordinators Weekly Report | 1969