1 20 67 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/549a259d0866809a1bdbf8467c5d839b.pdf 0b179bb5f775f5f457680d4ee09d9bd4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Managementlnfonnation Service THE REPORT' AT AGLANCE Rumors are the sparks that ignite and many a r(ot. With modern advances in communications, th.e spreading of rumors during civil disorders is easier than ever before, and the high-tension atmosphere of riots makes citizens vulnerable to distortions of truth. In an effort to squelch rumors that feed on civil disturbances, several cities have set up rumor con:rol centers. Basically, such a center · consists of a well-publi- ta'n cized telephone service that citizens may call during times of racial tension to report incidents and to check out rumors. The Chicago Commission on Human Relations has established a "Rumor Central" that is being looked into by other cities as a model. A separate phone n~mber for rumor control, tactful personnel who have the confidence of those who phone the center, and effective "call-back" procedures are among 0 the keys for effective operation. Rumor control should be integrated with the city's total public information program for civil disorders. Good public relations in normal times is essential for avoiding a "credibility gap" in public announcements during crisis. It may be that the most effective way for city officials to fight destructive rumors is to spread contradictory "rumors" of peace, order, and quiet. �Rumor Control During Civil Disorders By Walter L. Webb Staff Member International City Managers' Association one way or another, to the hearer. (2) The details must be cloudy. Yet, beyond these basic "rumorfacts," it is surprising that so little is known about rumors, for they have profoundly affected man's history. Armies have clashed and governments have toppled on the basis of unfounded rumors. Nero, for example, did not really fiddle while Rome burned ; it was a rumor deliberately spread by his enemies. The United States certainly had no plans, in 1958, to restore the dictator Perez Jimenez to power in Venezuela, yet that rumor touched off the deadly "antiNixon" riots that disturbed hemispheric relationships for years. Because rumors have always spread like a dread disease through man' s organizations, one expert suspects that they fill some deep-felt need in human society, despite the fact that they can rip the fabric of that society in short order. 1 WHY RUMORS GROW "The entire Loop is in flames!" ... "Rap Brown is here!" ... "Everybody is looting at Milwaukee and Ashland." . .. "Stokely Carmichael has just landed by submarine from Lake Michigan." ... "Twenty thousand Negroes are marching on the Loop , the streets are deserted, and all the shoppers are locked inside the department stores! " These are just a few of the rumors that spread like wildfire across Chicago within a five-day period last April. If these savage rumors had gone unchecked, " they could have done the city far more damage than Mrs. O'Leary's cow," one observer has commented. Inevitably , rumors will multiply during periods of tension and anxiety. Civil unrest, for a variety of reasons, is shaking our social order. In such a situation, innumerable phantoms roam and haunt the city. That is why the shattering power of rumors is being closely examined, perhaps for the first time in history. Computers on the campus of Brandeis University are beginning to check all kinds of information about rumors - the time of day they pop up, the typical circumstances, etc. - in an effort to pin down their birth, life, and death . And public servants in several major cities - perhaps most notably Chicago - have developed techniques for quashing rumors as soon as they pose a threat to community stability. This report, based largely on the Chicago experience, is intended to aid local officials in their efforts to fight rumors, particularly in times of riot and civil disorder. The Psy,hology of Rumor 2 There are two requirements for a rumor to grow: (I) It must contain information that is important, in The one new factor in the field of rumors is their speed of transmission. Nowadays, of course, rumors spread more quickly than in the past, thanks to the telephone. But essentially they are the same as always - falsehoods masquerading as truths. " We live in a world of instant communications," says Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth, who for many years has observed the effects of mass tension on mental health. "Yet this simply means that unfounded rumors can spread as rapidly as the truth ." Dr. Farnsworth, who is chairman of the Council on Mental Health of the American Medical Association, points out that rumors inevitably breed more rumors in a deadly spiral . " Rumors blur the edges of truth, thus making people feel still more insecure. And because insecurity is the soil in which rumors grow, any rumor simply increases the likelihood of the emergence of still more rumors." Why do citizens play with fire by passing on rumors? One authority has suggested that rumors may be to society what daydreams are to individuals. As such, they could be wish fulfillment or fear fulfillment. Psychologists have long demonstrated that humans often see what they expect to see, what they wish to see, or what they fear to see . · 1 An effective technique for illustrating how rumors grow is to simulate a rumor. The process is quite simple. An observer of a given situation reports to a non-observer what he witnessed. The non-observer then passes on to another nonobserver what he was told, this non-observer in turn reports to another non-observer, etc. The "story" as it ends up is often humorously different from what the actual witness originally reported. The Anti-Defamation League ofB 'nai B'rith has prepared a rumor clinic based on the above "laboratory-rumor" prindple. The clinic features a film strip to illustrate the situations to be reported and passed on. Information about the clinic may be obtained from regional offices of the League. �"Uncertainty increases the vulnerability of the individual," states Dr. Farnsworth. "During a period of tension, the individual becomes highly suspicious. The more lurid the story, the more likely it is to be believed. Because of their very uncertainty , rumors are more likely to be believed than fact." Apparently , too, there is an inner compulsion that forces many citizens to pass on a rumor. "When a person hears a rumor," continues Dr. Farnsworth, "he then has ( or at least feels he has) unique information. This makes him an important person in his own eyes. He feels good toward himself, even though the rumor may be terrifying. But he can only continue this feeling of goodness, of importance, if he imparts his unique information to someone else." RUMORS DURING RIOTS No riot occurs without rumors to incite, accompany, and intensify the violence, noted the late Gordon Allport of Harvard, considered the foremost authority on the nature of rumor. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders ( the Kerner Commission) found irrefutable evidence that rumors not only caused the rapid spread of last summer's disorders, but in some cases actually touched off those disorders. Here is what its report says: "Rumors significantly aggravated tension and disorder in more than 65 percent of the disorders studied by the Commission. Sometimes, as in Tampa and New Haven, rumor served as the spark which turned an incident into a civil disorder. Elsewhere, notably Detroit and Newark, even when they were not precipitating or motivating factors, inflaming rumors made the job of police and community leaders far more difficult." The Tampa incident was a clear-cut case of a rumor causing society to devour itself. In the earliest stages of unrest , a deputy sheriff died. The wire services immediately sent out a news flash that rioters had killed the man. The rumor spread. Within 30 minutes reporters discovered the truth - that the deputy had died of a heart attack. By then it was too late ; the city was in turmoil. Another rumor , the following day , compounded the problem. Tampa police headquarters was informed by semihysterical rumor-listeners that 20 Negro men, bared to the waist and carrying clubs, had assembled. Actually, the men turned out to be construction workers simply doing their job. Yet the rumor had already done its damage. It took the National Guard and intense efforts on the part of community leaders, both Negro and white, to restore order. Patricia Q. Sheehan, the mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, confirms the deadly power of rumors. During the disorders last year, she observed, it seemed "almost as if there was a fever in the air." The press, radio , and TV reported that guerrilla bands were roaming the streets - an unfounded rumor that struck terror into white communities. "Rumors were corning 1in from all sides on July 17th," she reported to the Kerner Commission. "Negroes were calling to warn of possible disturbances; whites were calling; shop owners were calling. Most of the people were concerned about a possible bloodbath." The thought crossed her mind at that time that "we are talking ourselves into it." On the campus of Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts, the new Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence hopes eventually to feed computers with all sorts of information about riots rumors, times of day, temperature, triggering incidents, etc. - and find relationships that may help in predicting violence. Center officials note that rumors are obviously not the sole cause of riots. Their causes are many and deepseated. But once riots have begun, rumors can make them worse. The Center's preliminary findings, according to Miss Terry Knopf, research associate , indicate there is a pattern to them. First, there are general and vague predictions of impending trouble. "Whites," "Negroes," "Army," or "police" are said to be arming and preparing. These reports keep tension high. Next come specific rumors that prepare and trigger action. Rumor Control Operations Perhaps the nation's best-run rumor control operation last summer was set up by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. With its dedicated band of rumor-quashers - professional social workers, clerks, typists , volunteers - the Commission operated with such success that its techniques are being copied by a good many cities around the country. The Commission's "Rumor Central" - as the operation was named - was singled out for commendation by the Kerner Commission.2 As reported by Raymond J. Siewert, supervisor of Rumor Central, the best method for quashing rumors is simple: "The bald truth , good or bad, is the only way to fight a rumor. " Yet the bald truth must be instantly available to the public - and it is here that 2 MIS has received information on rumor con trol centers in more than 25 cities. Since the Chicago Rumor Central incorporates principles widely used elsewhere, this rep ort focuses primarily on the Chicago experience. Other cities which MIS has learned have either set up, or intend to set up, ru mor control centers are: Phoenix, Ariz.; Hartford, Conn. ; Atlanta, Ga. ; Decatu r, III.; Wichita, Kan.; Louisville, Ky. ; Baltim ore and Salisbury , Md.; Boston and Springfield, Mass.; Detroit, F lin t, and Grand Rapids, 'Mich. ; Kansas City, Mo. ; Plainfield, N.J. ; Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, N.Y.;Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Erie and Philadelphia, Pa.; Houston, Tex.; Norfolk and Richmond, Va.; and Seattle, Wash. 3 �Rumor Central's techniques are being looked to as a guide. The Commission has published a full description of how Rumor Central operates. Since the description is reproduced in full as an appendix to this report, the following section presents only an overview of the operation, noting particularly the key factors to its success. .. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICE January 1969 - Vol. 1 No. L-1 Editor: Walter L. Webb "RUMOR CENTRAL" IN ACTION 4 Chicago's Rumor Central - which on a limited scale operates throughout the year - consists in times of crisis of a telephone hookup manned 24 hours a day, field workers who gather factual information with which to combat rumors, and others who try to spread the truth in danger areas. The Central phone number is widely advertised in the press and on TV, and citizens are urged to call and check the truth of any reports they have heard. The system met its first big test in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rumor Central was besieged with calls. Two telephone lines quickly proved inadequate, and three others were added. Thousands of calls continued to swamp the lines, while delays ran to a matter of hours. Ten lines finally were opened and volunteers brou_ght in from seminaries throughout the city. For the three days of the riot, 15 people answered the calls, 24 hours a day. If the facts were not known, the caller's number was taken, the situation investigated, and the citizen was called back promptly. "It's really a simple technique," reports James E. Burns, director of the Human Relations Commission. "We answer questions, calm people, deny rumors, allay fears, and try to protect people by keeping them out of the danger zones. We have to have the trust of the. public, and we must have accurate information on what's going on." During the height of the April disturbances, Rumor Central in the Commission offices resembled a military situation room. At least five telephone lines were reserved for residents' queries. Other lines were kept open for periodic reports from Commission field workers who were circulating in troubled areas. A wall-sized map of the Chicago area, with a plastic overlay, was used to pinpoint trouble spots. Areas where sniping occurred were marked with a blue grease pencil, blocked-off streets were marked in black, burning sections in red, alternate bus lines around tense sections in yellow, and so on. One-third of the 27 professionals on the Commission staff are Negroes, many of whom were spending long hours in the riot areas talking to neighborhood leaders and trying to calm the situation. To make certain that the information is correct, Rumor Central has its own network of intelligence courses. When any kind of civil unrest breaks loo&e in Chicago, trained Commission staffers immediately Management Information Service reports are published monthly by the International City Managers' Association, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Secondclass postage permit pending. Copyright© 1969 by the International City Managers' Association. Views expressed are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy of ICMA. 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When a call comes in asking about trouble in a certain block and nothing is known about the situation, a Rumor Central staffer will call citizens at random in that block, identify himself, and calmly ask if there are any signs of a disturbance. New facts , as they come in, are immediately typed, copied by machine, and distributed within two or three minutes to all phone operators so they will have the latest situation reports at their fingertips. The Chicago experience points up several easily overlooked factors that many cities have found important in establishing a rumor cental. Among them: • A separate phone number for rumor control is desirable. This not only frees the police department from overly used phone lines but - perhaps more important - creates a "climate of trust" between the rumor-inquirer and the rumor control center. During civil disorders, citizens - particularly non-white - often suspect that information given over police department phones is purposely distorted to make the city government look good. �• Rumor central must be trusted by citizens to tell the truth. It is desirable, if possible , for non-whites to handle the rumor inquiries of other non-whites. Some cities report a greater climate of trust by having a non-governmental agency (such as the Urban League) man the rumor control center. • The center should operate round-the-clock. Imagine the hysteria that could be caused by a rumor that even the rumor control center had been knocked out! (i.e. , " I phoned, but they didn't answer.") • The "call-back " technique should be used. Not only is it important for the center to phone a caller when new information is available about his request. It is also helpful to ask callers to phone the center back when they have new information on a rumor they heard. RESPONDING TO RUMOR CALLS The ultimate success of a rumor control center depends on how rumor calls are handled. No amount of accurate information will despel fears if the contact between rumor central and the inquirer is unsatisfactory. Officials of the Chicago Rumor Central note that their personnel manned phones only two hours at a stretch, because " it is an exhausting experience to deal by telephone with hysterical or frightened persons." Recognizing the need for skilled response to rumor calls, the director of the rumor control center in Detroit, Michigan, issued special rumor-response instructions to his staff. The instructions distinguish the types of calls received and suggest general responses. The following briefly summarizes these guidelines: Rumor-Response Guidelines (Detroit) Crank Calls. These are defined as calls in which the caller is either abusive or wishes to offer suggestions for solving city problems. The staff should courteously hang up if a caller is abusive , obscene, or insulting. If callers want to offer suggestions, the staff should be courteous, refrain from debate, and terminate the conversation as soon as possible. Gossip . This would include information dealing with a person's personal life (e .g., "ls _ _ _ going with ____ ?") In response to such inquiries, the staff should state the function of the rumor control center (e.g., an attempt to clarify distorted information, par· ticularly concerning racial incidents, and to prevent the spread of rumors) and point out that personal information is not a part of this function. Requests for Irrelevant Information. Persons often call with rumors or questions not related to racial incidents. When pos3ible, give a courteous answer to the question and state the function of the rumor control center, emphasizing that this type of request is not included in the center's function. Rumors or Questions About Individuals, Organizations, or Agencies. Some callers will ask specific questions about other agencies· or organizations ( e.g. , Will the police strike?) These persons should be referred to the agency or group in question. Speculative Rumors. Persons sometimes call with vague rumors or questions about future racial incidents which cannot be investigated. Some of these callers may be fearful, some concerned, and some hostile. In any case, get as much information as the caller is willing to give and respond in a way similar to the following: "There are no facts to substantiate this statement as anything but a rumor. Riots are not inevitable, and no one is able to predict what will happen in the future . The city is prepared to handle any situation that occurs, and we believe that the public good cannot be served by repeating rumors such as these." Copies of the n;i.ayor's television speech are available for use in responding to these inquiries. If the caller does not accept this statement of the city's position, no further questioning, discussion, or explanation should be offered. The call should be terminated with the statement that the center has made a written report on the information and it will be turned over to field investigators. Ask that if the caller gets any additional information, he turn it over to rumor control for investigation. A person may call with information about a future event with specific facts that can be investigated. In such cases, the staff should get as much information as possible, including a copy of any literature being passed out if available, and explain that it will be given to the field staff for further investigation. If this information h as already been obtained , relate the facts to the caller, clarifying any distortions. These calls should be catalogued in a central information file (e.g., three x five-inch cards identifying the incident in detail, along with a report of subsequent investigation) available to every staff member for use in verifying rumors. If the caller wishes- to leave his name and phone number, the staff should offer to call back with info rmation uncovered. Rumors on Past and Present Issues and Events. A caller might ask a question or give information about an incident which has already happened or is happening at the time of the call. In these cases, obtain information and follow the same response procedure as with future-even t rumors noted above. Particularly, combat distortions with the facts available and, where necessary, state that the incident is still under investigation, the appropriate authorities have been notified and are acting in response to the distortions, and this is all the information we have at this time. 5 �In general, the staff should be particularly aware of the need to probe each call and try, if possible, to convert the caller from believing the rumor as fact to recognizing its source and questioning the reason for its being spread. Public Information During Disorders Rumor control is but a facet of the broader problem of managing public information during disorders. At a special meeting in mid-1968, sponsored by the National League of Cities, public information specialists compared notes on how they handled the information needs of the public and press during last summer's civil disturbances. Major points made at the meeting are summarized here as a guide for planning rumor control operations within the context of a total public information program for civil disorders.3 • Single information source: Many cities believe it important to have a single central headquarters for presenting information to the press and public. Most of these "press centrals" are located either in city hall (one city uses the council chamber) or in police headquarters. But several cities favor two information centers - one in the field for riot control information and another in city hall for major policy statements by the mayor and other officials. The two-center approach is definitely advised for best control of rumors. • Adequate staffing and equipment: City information specialists or trained police officers of high rank should man the press centers. Enough telephone lines and facilities for radio and television coverage also must be planned for. • Intergovernmental coordination: Plans must be made early to assure early coordinated release of information by local, state, and federal officials, preferably from one central point. • Background and comparative data: Several cities have fo und it useful, particularly in dealing with outof-town newsmen, to have background handouts prepared on what the city has already done to aUeviate some of the stated causes of riots. Comparative data regarding the number of arrests, crimes commited, and fire calls during " normal" periods also are helpful in giving perspective to incidents occurring during riots. • Advance conferences with news media: Most 6 3 Copies of Public Information and Civil Disorders, containing a meeting summary and texts of typical city emergency public information plans, may be obtained for $2.00 each from the National League of Cities, Department of Urban Studies, 16 12 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. cities recommend holding conferences with news media representatives to get - if possible - agreement on how riots would be reported, particularly the handling of rumors. Some cities use a 30-minute voluntary system of withholding reports that a disturbance has occurred in the hopes that it can be controlled in that time. Many reported success with getting news media cooperation in first checking their information with press central officials before broadcasting or printing it. Most of the public relations officials agreed that trying to get a total press-radioTV embargo on disturbance news was impractical. • Press identification: Some cities have special color-coded badges and identification cards for newsmen which are issued at press headquarters. Outergarmept and vehicle emblems often are requested by newsmen to prevent their being picked up by police after curfew hours have begun. Planning is perhaps the biggest need in meeting the public information requirements during a civil disorder, the meeting concluded. In addition, many of the specialists stressed the need for city officials to recognize the public relations aspects of their operations in normal times if crisis announcements were to avoid a "credibility gap." Each of these recommendations can complement a rumor control center and alleviate its problems. Rumor Versus Rumor During the height of last summer's riots, one caller had a curious request for Chicago's Rumor Central: "What are the latest rumors?" Actually, it was not a completely foolish question, for rumors can be used effectively to counter riots. Rumors of peace, order, quiet, and racial cooperation might prove more than helpful. After the death of Martin Luther King, for example, Mayor John Lindsay of New York spread the rumor that New York City was quiet. By covering up actual violence on Friday night, many observers feel that the mayor probably stopped outbreaks of arson and looting on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Indeed, fighting rumor with rumor may weU be the most effective technique available to city officials for heading off civil disorders. The calm, restrained voice of top city officials over TV and radio as rumors of riots are forming is essential to maintaining citizen calm. Yet in the final analysis, it is the individual citizen who determines the life, growth , and death of a rumor. He can pass it on, he can embellish it - or he can question its validity. "In a potential panic situation," advises Dr. Farnsworth, "remain cool and collected." It is a difficult prescription to fulfill, but city officials must take all possible steps to fight the deadly conseque nces of citywide panic. �Appendix Recommended Procedure for Setting Up a Rumor Control Centra I* Basically, Rumor Central consist s of te n telephones connected on a sequential hunt system, personnel to man th e telephon es, a good system of communication with the police and fire departments and various other private and public age ncies with staff in the field, and two men to check out rumors and to receive incoming reports from th ese departments. T he operation ca n be expanded or decreased in size as the volume of calls merits. T here are five basic considerations in setting up a Ru mor Cen tral. Th ese are: 1. Publicizing the teleph one number 2. Phy sical eq uip me n t 3. Personnel 4 . Clearly defined procedures 5. Adequ ate system of com m un ica tion with the police and fire de partments and other sources of intelligence Publicity Once the d ec ision had been made to establish Rumor Central , the City News Bureau, a ce ntral news-gathering agency, was no tified. Information abou t the service went out on its lines to all member media. Th e press was give n the R umor Centr al number and was told that it was a nu m ber where citizens could rep ort inciden ts, chec k out rum ors, and obtain o the r informa t ion relevant to civil d isorder. We received excell ent cooperatio n fro m the news med ia. In add ition to using the informatio n as a public service ann o uncement , many inclu ded it as a news item . • This appendix is excerpted from Ru- mor Central, issued by the Chicago Comm ission on Huma n Relations. The recommended proced ure is that used by th e Commission's own Rumor Ce ntral. Physical Operation The operation should be centralized and include: Telephones. One phone numb er and from two to ten phones connec ted on a sequ ential hunt, so tha t if the first is bu sy, the call is relayed to the nex t line. Preferably , the connected phones should not be lines used by th e agency in the course of normal business. Two separate p hones tp be used ex clusively by research staff responsible for receiving police reports and checking rumors. Large Map. Stree t map o f the city, vi sible to all phones, covered by clear plastic, on whi ch verified in cidents can be recorded. Black board. Also clearly visible to ph ones, on which verfied quie t areas and the nature and progress of incidents may be record ed. Telephone Notebooks. Notebooks to be placed at each phone for telephone personnel to use as reso urce material in answe ring questions. Each should include a street map of the city to be used in routing callers arou nd disord ers and xe roxed copies of reports and newspaper clippings giving de tail s about curfew regulations, agencies distributing food , and o th er pertinent inform ation. Con tac t Note books. One for eac h staff research man which includ es all im portant ph one numbers to be used in chec king out info rm atio n. Forms. (1) Log for perso nnel t o tall y incoming calls an d rec o rd the co ntent o f im portant o nes. (2) Incide nt report form s for recording all verified police and fu e department informatio n, these to be compiled in a permanent log. (3) Rumor check-out form s for telephone personnel to give contact research staff requ esting that he check out a rumor. Personnel During th e peak of disord ers, Rumor Central was manned 24 hours a day . Pe rsonnel were assigned to day shifts, 8 a.m . to 6 p.m., or night shifts beginning at 6 :00 p.m . In the evening, staff remained on duty until the number of incoming calls began to dwindle. Then the Commission answering service took over, usually around 2: 00 a.m ., relaying to a staff person at home only the most important calls. The following personnel are recommended : Supervisor. Teleph o ne Personnel. One per phone, plus several ex tra to relieve th em. To sup pleme nt st aff, we enlisted the help of volunteers, primarily gradu ate stud ents. A volun teer should have a good kn owledge of the ph ysical geogr aphy of a city and th e location of major st ree ts, an understanding of the pro blem s that can occur during a disorder, and an authoritative, reassuring telephone manner. All telephone person nel, staff and volunteers, received an initial briefing o n the correc t way to answer the phones and subsequent briefings before each shift to fill them in on answers to current q uestions and details of on-going disturbances. Research Contac t Men. Several staff members clearly identified as such to the telepho ne perso nnel and permanently available 7 �to take incoming police and fire reports and check out rumors. Oerk. To record all disturbances and verify quiet areas on the blackboard, keep the map up to date, reproduce and circulate information, and keep a permanent log of police and fue reports. Field Staff. As available and necessary, to go to the scene of reported trouble and feed back information. During the height of the trouble, we stationed a man in the police department where he could listen to all incoming reports and relay up-to-the-minute information to us. In the future, we plan to have our own radio receiving equipment so that all incoming police reports will be received directly by our office. Typical Calls and Procedure for Handling Incident Calls. Many people call to report an incident or find out if a rumor they have heard is true. For example, "I can see smoke . and hear sirens from my apartment at _ _ Can you tell me what is happ ening?" If a fue in that vicinity is recorded on the blackboard, the person answering the phone simply gives the caller the facts. "Yes, th ere was a fue at ___ . It is under control and the police have dispersed the people who gathered." If there is no report on the board, th e 8 operator records the location and nature of th e rumor and relays it to the contact man to check out. The caller may wait for confumation, but most are satisfied wit11 an answer like, Thank your for reporting it; we are now checking it out." Once the information has been checked out, the facts are given to all telephone personnel. Information Calls. These include a wide range of questions concerning curfew, location of the National Guard, and agencies distributing food and clothing. Many of these questions can be anticipated and the answers explained prior to any shift and included in the phone notebooks. One frequent kind of information call is on travel within the city. "I have to work tonigh t and usually travel south on Western Avenue. Is that route safe? " The operator will refer to the big map and his street map, then either answer, "We have no report of trouble in that area. You shouldn't have any problems," or "There have been fues on that street and traffic is being rerouted. You might detour and take Darnen." Good Communications System A Rumor Central operation is valuable only to the extent that the information disseminated is correct. Consequently, good outside contacts and efficient means of relaying information to telephone personnel are essential. The potential outside contacts should be identified prior to the establishment of a Rumor Central and their phone numbers recorded so th at any staff member can check out rumors. These sources may include the police and fue departments, city youth agencies, . social centers, and other institutions that might be in the area of trouble or have access to dependable information. Contact must be made with these agencies in advance, letting them know they will be contacted and requesting that they report to Rumor Central if they have information. The research men should also establish a schedule for making routine checks with the police department to obtain relevant reports. Contact was made with the police department at least every 20 minutes. If fi eld staff are available, they can be dispatched to trouble areas to report regularly. Good communications within tlrn operation depend upon the clear definition of resp onsibility and communication procedures. The research contact men are perhaps the most vital part of the operation. All telephone personnel should know who is on duty to check out rumors and should submit written requests for information to these research men. After any report is checked out with the police department, the information should be recorded on the blackboard for all perso nnel so that duplication of checking is avoided. ( � 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 Was AT A GLANCE Management Information Service International City Managers’ Association / January 1969 Teer een ee oc UL alan) nice and fan many a riot. With modern advances in communications, the spreading of rumors during civil disorders is easier than ever be- fore, and the high-tension atmos- phere of riots makes citizens vul- nerable to distortions of truth. In an effort to squelch rumors that feed on civil disturbances, several cities have set up rumor control centers. Basically, such a center consists of a well-publi- UE WU eee UN a By Walter L. Webb Staff Member International City Managers’ Association cized telephone service that citi- zens may call during times of racial tension to report incidents and to check out rumors. The Chicago Commission on Human Relations has established a ‘Ru- mor Central’ that is being looked into by other cities as a model. A separate phone number for rumor control, tactful personnel who have the confidence of those who phone the center, and effective “call-back” procedures are among 0 the keys for effective operation. Rumor control should be inte- grated with the city’s total public information program for civil dis- orders. Good public relations in normal times is essential for avoid- ing a “credibility gap” in public EVOL Vinten tele MamolUT gay -aamcol gett may be that the most effective way for city officials to fight destructive rumors is to spread contradictory “rumors” of peace, order, and quiet. Rumor Control During Civil Disorders By Walter L. Webb Staff Member International City Managers’ Association “The entire Loop is in flames!” . . . “Rap Brown is here!” ... “Everybody is looting at Milwaukee and Ashland.” . . . “Stokely Carmichael has just landed by submarine from Lake Michigan.” .. . “Twenty thou- sand Negroes are marching on the Loop, the streets are deserted, and all the shoppers are locked inside the department stores!” These are just a few of the rumors that spread like wildfire across Chicago within a five-day period last April. If these savage rumors had gone unchecked, “they could have done the city far more damage than Mrs. O’Leary’s cow,” one observer has commented. Inevitably, rumors will multiply during periods of tension and anxiety. Civil unrest, for a variety of rea- sons, is shaking our social order. In such a situation, innumerable phantoms roam and haunt the city. That is why the shattering power of rumors is being closely examined, perhaps for the first time in history. Computers on the campus of Brandeis Uni- versity are beginning to check all kinds of informa- tion about rumors — the time of day they pop up, the typical circumstances, etc. — in an effort to pin down their birth, life, and death. And public servants in several major cities — per- haps most notably Chicago — have developed tech- niques for quashing rumors as soon as they pose a threat to community stability. This report, based largely on the Chicago experience, is intended to aid local officials in their efforts to fight rumors, particu- larly in times of riot and civil disorder. The Psychology of Rumor There are two requirements for a rumor to grow: (1) It must contain information that is important, in one way or another, to the hearer. (2) The details must be cloudy. Yet, beyond these basic “rumor- facts,” it is surprising that so little is known about rumors, for they have profoundly affected man’s his- tory. Armies have clashed and governments have top- pled on the basis of unfounded rumors. Nero, for example, did not really fiddle while Rome burned; it was a rumor deliberately spread by his enemies. The United States certainly had no plans, in 1958, to re- store the dictator Perez Jimenez to power in Vene- zuela, yet that rumor touched off the deadly “anti- Nixon” riots that disturbed hemispheric relationships for years. Because rumors have always spread like a dread disease through man’s organizations, one expert sus- pects that they fill some deep-felt need in human society, despite the fact that they can rip the fabric of that society in short order.’ WHY RUMORS GROW The one new factor in the field of rumors is their speed of transmission. Nowadays, of course, rumors spread more quickly than in the past, thanks to the telephone. But essentially they are the same as always — falsehoods masquerading as truths. “We live in a world of instant communications,” says Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth, who for many years has observed the effects of mass tension on mental health. “Yet this simply means that unfounded rumors can spread as rapidly as the truth.” Dr. Farnsworth, who is chairman of the Council on Mental Health of the American Medical Associa- tion, points out that rumors inevitably breed more rumors in a deadly spiral. “Rumors blur the edges of truth, thus making people feel still more insecure. And because insecurity is the soil in which rumors grow, any rumor simply increases the likelihood of the emergence of still more rumors.” Why do citizens play with fire by passing on ru- mors? One authority has suggested that rumors may be to society what daydreams are to individuals. As such, they could be wish fulfillment or fear fulfill- ment. Psychologists have long demonstrated that hu- mans often see what they expect to see, what they wish to see, or what they fear to see. ’ Aan effective technique for illustrating how rumors grow is to simulate a rumor. The process is quite simple. An ob- server of a given situation reports to a non-observer what he witnessed. The non-observer then passes on to another non- observer what he was told, this non-observer in turn reports to another non-observer, etc. The “story” as it ends up is often humorously different from what the actual witness originally reported. The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B'rith has prepared a rumor clinic based on the above “laboratory-rumor”’ princi- ple. The clinic features a film strip to illustrate the situations to be reported and passed on. Information about the clinic may be obtained from regional offices of the League. “Uncertainty increases the vulnerability of the in- dividual,” states Dr. Farnsworth. “During a period of tension, the individual becomes highly suspicious. The more lurid the story, the more likely it is to be believed. Because of their very uncertainty, rumors are more likely to be believed than fact.” Apparently, too, there is an inner compulsion that forces many citizens to pass on a rumor. “When a person hears a rumor,” continues Dr. Farnsworth, “he then has (or at least feels he has) unique informa- tion. This makes him an important person in his own eyes. He feels good toward himself, even though the rumor may be terrifying. But he can only continue this feeling of goodness, of importance, if he imparts his unique information to someone else.” RUMORS DURING RIOTS No riot occurs without rumors to incite, accom- pany, and intensify the violence, noted the late Gor- don Allport of Harvard, considered the foremost authority on the nature of rumor. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Dis- orders (the Kerner Commission) found irrefutable evi- dence that rumors not only caused the rapid spread of last summer’s disorders, but in some cases actually touched off those disorders. Here is what its report says: “Rumors significantly aggravated tension and dis- order in more than 65 percent of the disorders studied by the Commission. Sometimes, as in Tampa and New Haven, rumor served as the spark which turned an incident into a civil disorder. Elsewhere, notably Detroit and Newark, even when they were not precipitating or motivating factors, inflaming rumors made the job of police and community lead- ers far more difficult.” The Tampa incident was a clear-cut case of a ru- mor causing society to devour itself. In the earliest stages of unrest, a deputy sheriff died. The wire serv- ices immediately sent out a news flash that rioters had killed the man. The rumor spread. Within 30 min- utes reporters discovered the truth — that the deputy had died of a heart attack. By then it was too late; the city was in turmoil. Another rumor, the following day, compounded the problem. Tampa police headquarters was informed by semihysterical rumor-listeners that 20 Negro men, bared to the waist and carrying clubs, had assembled. Actually, the men turned out to be construction workers simply doing their job. Yet the rumor had already done its damage. It took the National Guard and intense efforts on the part of community leaders, both Negro and white, to restore order. Patricia Q. Sheehan, the mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, confirms the deadly power of rumors. During the disorders last year, she observed, it seemed “almost as if there was a fever in the air.” The press, radio, and TV reported that guerrilla bands were roaming the streets — an unfounded rumor that struck terror into white communities. “Rumors were coming in from all sides on July 17th,” she reported to the Kerner Commission. “Negroes were calling to warn of possible disturb- ances; whites were calling; shop owners were calling. Most of the people were concerned about a possible bloodbath.” The thought crossed her mind at that time that “we are talking ourselves into it.” On the campus of Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts, the new Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence hopes eventually to feed com- puters with all sorts of information about riots — rumors, times of day, temperature, triggering inci- dents, etc. — and find relationships that may help in predicting violence. Center officials note that rumors are obviously not the sole cause of riots. Their causes are many and deepseated. But once riots have begun, rumors can make them worse. The Center’s preliminary findings, according to Miss Terry Knopf, research associate, indicate there is a pattern to them. First, there are general and vague predictions of impending trouble. ‘Whites,’ “Ne- groes,” “Army,” or “police” are said to be arming and preparing. These reports keep tension high. Next come specific rumors that prepare and trigger action. Rumor Control Operations Perhaps the nation’s best-run rumor control opera- tion last summer was set up by the Chicago Commis- sion on Human Relations. With its dedicated band of rumor-quashers — professional social workers, clerks, typists, volunteers — the Commission operated with such success that its techniques are being copied by a good many cities around the country. The Commis- sion’s “Rumor Central” — as the operation was named — was singled out for commendation by the Kerner Commission.” As reported by Raymond J. Siewert, supervisor of Rumor Central, the best method for quashing rumors is simple: “The bald truth, good or bad, is the only way to fight a rumor.” Yet the bald truth must be instantly available to the public — and it is here that ? MIS has received information on rumor control centers in more than 25 cities. Since the Chicago Rumor Central incorporates principles widely used elsewhere, this report fo- cuses primarily on the Chicago experience. Other cities which MIS has learned have either set up, or intend to set up, rumor control centers are: Phoenix, Ariz.; Hartford, Conn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Decatur, Ill.; Wichita, Kan.; Louisville, Ky.; Baltimore and Salisbury, Md.; Boston and Springfield, Mass.; Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kansas City, Mo.; Plainfield, N.J.; Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, N.Y.; Dayton, Toledo, and Y oungs- town, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Erie and Philadelphia, Pa.; Houston, Tex.; Norfolk and Richmond, Va.; and Seattle, Wash. Rumor Central’s techniques are being looked to as a guide. The Commission has published a full description of how Rumor Central operates. Since the description is reproduced in full as an appendix to this report, the following section presents only an overview of the operation, noting particularly the key factors to its success. “RUMOR CENTRAL” IN ACTION Chicago’s Rumor Central — which on a limited scale operates throughout the year — consists in times of crisis of a telephone hookup manned 24 hours a day, field workers who gather factual information with which to combat rumors, and others who try to spread the truth in danger areas. The Central phone number is widely advertised in the press and on TV, and citizens are urged to call and check the truth of any reports they have heard. The system met its first big test in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rumor Cen- tral was besieged with calls. Two telephone lines quickly proved inadequate, and three others were added. Thousands of calls continued to swamp the lines, while delays ran to a matter of hours. Ten lines finally were opened and volunteers brought in from seminaries throughout the city. For the three days of the riot, 15 people answered the calls, 24 hours a day. If the facts were not known, the caller’s number was taken, the situation investigated, and the citizen was called back promptly. “It’s really a simple technique,” reports James E. Burns, director of the Human Relations Commission. “We answer questions, calm people, deny rumors, al- lay fears, and try to protect people by keeping them out of the danger zones. We have to have the trust of the public, and we must have accurate information on what’s going on.” During the height of the April disturbances, Ru- mor Central in the Commission offices resembled a military situation room. At least five telephone lines were reserved for residents’ queries. Other lines were kept open for periodic reports from Commission field workers who were circulating in troubled areas. A wall-sized map of the Chicago area, with a plas- tic overlay, was used to pinpoint trouble spots. Areas where sniping occurred were marked with a blue grease pencil, blocked-off streets were marked in black, burning sections in red, alternate bus lines around tense sections in yellow, and so on. One-third of the 27 professionals on the Commis- sion staff are Negroes, many of whom were spending long hours in the riot areas talking to neighborhood leaders and trying to calm the situation. To make certain that the information is correct, Rumor Central has its own network of intelligence courses. When any kind of civil unrest breaks loose in Chicago, trained Commission staffers immediately MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICE January 1969 — Vol. 1 No. L-1 Editor: Walter L. Webb Management Information Service reports are published monthly by the International City Managers’ Association, 1140 Connecticut Ave- nue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Second- class postage permit pending. 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One good intelligence tool, Commission staffers re- port, is simply a city phone directory cross-referenced by location. When a call comes in asking about trouble in a certain block and nothing is known about the situation, a Rumor Central staffer will call citi- zens at random in that block, identify himself, and calmly ask if there are any signs of a disturbance. New facts, as they come in, are immediately typed, copied by machine, and distributed within two or three minutes to all phone operators so they will have the latest situation reports at their fingertips. The Chicago experience points up several easily overlooked factors that many cities have found im- portant in establishing a rumor cental. Among them: ®A separate phone number for rumor control is desirable. This not only frees the police department from overly used phone lines but — perhaps more important — creates a “climate of trust” between the rumor-inquirer and the rumor control center. During civil disorders, citizens — particularly non-white — of- ten suspect that information given over police depart- ment phones is purposely distorted to make the city government look good. ® Rumor central must be trusted by citizens to tell the truth. It is desirable, if possible, for non-whites to handle the rumor inquiries of other non-whites. Some cities report a greater climate of trust by having a non-governmental agency (such as the Urban League) man the rumor control center. @The center should operate round-the-clock. Imagine the hysteria that could be caused by a rumor that even the rumor control center had been knocked out! (i.e., “I phoned, but they didn’t answer.”’) ® The “call-back”’ technique should be used. Not only is it important for the center to phone a caller when new information is available about his request. It is also helpful to ask callers to phone the center back when they have new information on a rumor they heard. RESPONDING TO RUMOR CALLS The ultimate success of a rumor control center de- pends on how rumor calls are handled. No amount of accurate information will despel fears if the contact between rumor central and the inquirer is unsatis- factory. Officials of the Chicago Rumor Central note that their personnel manned phones only two hours at a stretch, because “it is an exhausting experience to deal by telephone with hysterical or frightened per- sons.” Recognizing the need for skilled response to rumor calls, the director of the rumor control center in De- troit, Michigan, issued special rumor-response instruc- tions to his staff. The instructions distinguish the types of calls received and suggest general responses. The following briefly summarizes these guidelines: Rumor-Response Guidelines (Detroit) Crank Calls. These are defined as calls in which the caller is either abusive or wishes to offer suggestions for solving city problems. The staff should courte- ously hang up if a caller is abusive, obscene, or insult- ing. If callers want to offer suggestions, the staff should be courteous, refrain from debate, and termi- nate the conversation as soon as possible. Gossip. This would include information dealing with a person’s personal life (e.g., “Is going with __?’) In response to such inquiries, the staff should state the function of the rumor control center (e.g., an attempt to clarify distorted information, par- ticularly concerning racial incidents, and to prevent the spread of rumors) and point out that personal information is not a part of this function. Requests for Irrelevant Information. Persons often call with rumors or questions not related to racial incidents. When possible, give a courteous answer to the question and state the function of the rumor con- trol center, emphasizing that this type of request is not included in the center’s function. Rumors or Questions About Individuals, Organiza- tions, or Agencies. Some callers will ask specific ques- tions about other agencies 6r organizations (e.g., Will the police strike?) These persons should be referred to the agency or group in question. Speculative Rumors. Persons sometimes call with vague rumors or questions about future racial inci- dents which cannot be investigated. Some of these callers may be fearful, some concerned, and some hostile. In any case, get as much information as the caller is willing to give and respond in a way similar to the following: “There are no facts to substantiate this statement as anything but a rumor. Riots are not inevitable, and no one is able to predict what will happen in the future. The city is prepared to handle any situation that occurs, and we believe that the public good can- not be served by repeating rumors such as these.” Copies of the mayor’s television speech are ayail- able for use in responding to these inquiries. If the caller does not accept this statement of the city’s position, no further questioning, discussion, or explanation should be offered. The call should be ter- minated with the statement that the center has made a written report on the information and it will be turned over to field investigators. Ask that if the cal- ler gets any additional information, he turn it over to rumor control for investigation. A person may call with information about a future event with specific facts that can be investigated. In such cases, the staff should get as much infor- mation as possible, including a copy of any literature being passed out if available, and explain that it will be given to the field staff for further investigation. If this information has already been obtained, relate the facts to the caller, clarifying any distortions. These calls should be catalogued in a central information file (e.g., three x five-inch cards identifying the inci- dent in detail, along with a report of subsequent in- vestigation) available to every staff member for use in verifying rumors. If the caller wishes-to leave his name and phone number, the staff should offer to call back with information uncovered. Rumors on Past and Present Issues and Events. A caller might ask a question or give information about an incident which has already happened or is happen- ing at the time of the call. In these cases, obtain information and follow the same response procedure as with future-event rumors noted above. Particularly, combat distortions with the facts available and, where necessary, state that the incident is still under investigation, the appropriate authorities have been notified and are acting in re- sponse to the distortions, and this is all the informa- tion we have at this time. In general, the staff should be particularly aware of the need to probe each call and try, if possible, to convert the caller from believing the rumor as fact to recognizing its source and questioning the reason for its being spread. Public Information During Disorders Rumor control is but a facet of the broader prob- lem of managing public information during disorders. At a special meeting in mid-1968, sponsored by the National League of Cities, public information special- ists compared notes on how they handled the infor- mation needs of the public and press during last sum- mer’s civil disturbances. Major points made at the meeting are summarized here as a guide for planning rumor control operations within the context of a fo- tal public information program for civil disorders.? © Single information source: Many cities believe it important to have a single central headquarters for presenting information to the press and public. Most of these “‘press centrals” are located either in city hall (one city uses the council chamber) or in police head- quarters. But several cities favor two information cen- ters — one in the field for riot control information and another in city hall for major policy statements by the mayor and other officials. The two-center approach is definitely advised for best control of rumors. © Adequate staffing and equipment: City infor- mation specialists or trained police officers of high rank should man the press centers. Enough telephone lines and facilities for radio and television coverage also must be planned for. © Intergovernmental coordination: Plans must be made early to assure early coordinated release of in- formation by local, state, and federal officials, prefer- ably from one central point. © Background and comparative data: Several cities have found it useful, particularly in dealing with out- of-town newsmen, to have background handouts pre- pared on what the city has already done to alleviate some of the stated causes of riots. Comparative data regarding the number of arrests, crimes commited, and fire calls during “normal” periods also are helpful in giving perspective to incidents occurring during riots. ® Advance conferences with news media: Most : Copies of Public Information and Civil Disorders, con- taining a meeting summary and texts of typical city emer- gency public information plans, may be obtained for $2.00 each from the National League of Cities, Department of Ur- ban Studies, 1612 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. cities recommend holding conferences with news media representatives to get — if possible — agree- ment on how riots would be reported, particularly the handling of rumors. Some cities use a 30-minute voluntary system of withholding reports that a dis- turbance has occurred in the hopes that it can be controlled in that time. Many reported success with getting news media cooperation in first checking their information with press central officials before broad- casting or printing it. Most of the public relations officials agreed that trying to get a total press-radio- TV embargo on disturbance news was impractical. © Press identification: Some cities have special color-coded badges and identification cards for news- men which are issued at press headquarters. Outer- garment and vehicle emblems often are requested by newsmen to prevent their being picked up by police after curfew hours have begun. Planning is perhaps the biggest need in meeting the public information requirements during a civil disor- der, the meeting concluded. In addition, many of the specialists stressed the need for city officials to recog- nize the public relations aspects of their operations in normal times if crisis announcements were to avoid a “credibility gap.” Each of these recommendations can complement a rumor control center and alleviate its problems. Rumor Versus Rumor During the height of last summer’s riots, one caller had a curious request for Chicago’s Rumor Central: “What are the latest rumors?” Actually, it was not a completely foolish question, for rumors can be used effectively to counter riots. Rumors of peace, order, quiet, and racial cooperation might prove more than helpful. After the death of Martin Luther King, for example, Mayor John Lind- say of New York spread the rumor that New York City was quiet. By covering up actual violence on Friday night, many observers feel that the mayor probably stopped outbreaks of arson and looting on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Indeed, fighting rumor with rumor may well be the most effective technique available to city officials for heading off civil disorders. The calm, restrained voice of top city officials over TV and radio as ru- mors of riots are forming is essential to maintaining citizen calm. Yet in the final analysis, it is the individual citizen who determines the life, growth, and death of a ru- mor. He can pass it on, he can embellish it — or he can question its validity. “In a potential panic situation,” advises Dr. Farns- worth, “remain cool and collected.” It is a difficult prescription to fulfill, but city officials must take all possible steps to fight the deadly consequences of citywide panic. Appendix Recommended Procedure for Setting Up a Rumor Control Central* Basically, Rumor Central consists of ten telephones connected on a sequential hunt system, personnel to man the telephones, a good system of communication with the po- lice and fire departments and various other private and public agencies with staff in the field, and two men to check out rumors and to receive incoming reports from these de- partments. The operation can be expanded or decreased in size as the volume of calls merits. There are five basic considerations in set- ting up a Rumor Central. These are: . Publicizing the telephone number . Physical equipment . Personnel Clearly defined procedures . Adequate system of communication with the police and fire departments and other sources of intelligence UPrwWNe Publicity Once the decision had been made to establish Rumor Central, the City News Bu- reau, a central news-gathering agency, was notified. Information about the service went out on its lines to all member media. The press was given the Rumor Central number and was told that it was a number where citizens could report incidents, check out rumors, and obtain other information rele- vant to civil disorder. We received excellent cooperation from the news media. In addi- tion to using the information as a public service announcement, many included it as a news item. * This appendix is excerpted from Ru- mor Central, issued by the Chicago Commis- sion on Human Relations. The recom- mended procedure is that used by the Com- mission’s own Rumor Central. Physical Operation The operation should be centralized and include: Telephones. One phone number and from two to ten phones connected on a sequen- tial hunt, so that if the first is busy, the call is relayed to the next line. Preferably, the connected phones should not be lines used by the agency in the course of normal busi- ness. Two separate phones to be used exclu- sively by research staff responsible for re- ceiving police reports and checking rumors. Large Map. Street map of the city, visible to all phones, covered by clear plastic, on which verified incidents can be recorded. Blackboard. Also clearly visible to phones, on which verfied quiet areas and the nature and progress of incidents may be recorded. Telephone Notebooks. Notebooks to be placed at each phone for telephone person- nel to use as resource material in answering questions. Each should include a street map of the city to be used in routing callers around disorders and xeroxed copies of re- ports and newspaper clippings giving details about curfew regulations, agencies distrib- uting food, and other pertinent information. Contact Notebooks. One for each staff re- search man which includes all important phone numbers to be used in checking out information. Forms. (1) Log for personnel to tally incom- ing calls and record the content of impor- tant ones. (2) Incident report forms for re- cording all verified police and fire depart- ment information, these to be compiled in a permanent log. (3) Rumor check-out forms for telephone personnel to give contact re- search staff requesting that he check out a rumor. Personnel During the peak of disorders, Rumor Central was manned 24 hours a day. Person- nel were assigned to day shifts, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or night shifts beginning at 6:00 p.m. In the evening, staff remained on duty until the number of incoming calls began to dwindle. Then the Commission answering service took over, usually around 2:00 a.m., relaying to a staff person at home only the most important calls. The following person- nel are recommended: : Supervisor. Telephone Personnel. One per phone, plus several extra to relieve them. To supplement staff, we enlisted the help of volunteers, pri- marily graduate students. A volunteer should have a good knowl- edge of the physical geography of a city and the location of major streets, an understand- ing of the problems that can occur during a disorder, and an authoritative, reassuring telephone manner. All telephone personnel, staff and volun- teers, received an initial briefing on the cor- rect way to answer the phones and subse- quent briefings before each shift to fill them in on answers to current questions and de- tails of on-going disturbances. Research Contact Men. Several staff mem- bers clearly identified as such to the tele- phone personnel and permanently available 7 to take incoming police and fire reports and check out rumors. Clerk. To record all disturbances and verify quiet areas on the blackboard, keep the map up to date, reproduce and circulate informa- tion, and keep a permanent log of police and fire reports. Field Staff. As available and necessary, to go to the scene of reported trouble and feed back information. During the height of the trouble, we stationed a man in the police department where he could listen to all in- coming reports and relay up-to-the-minute information to us. In the future, we plan to have our own radio receiving equipment so that all incoming police reports will be re- ceived directly by our office. Typical Calls and Procedure for Handling Incident Calls. Many people call to report an incident or find out if a rumor they have heard is true. For example, “I can see smoke and hear sirens from my apartment at___ Can you tell me what is happening?” If a fire in that vicinity is recorded on the blackboard, the person answering the phone simply gives the caller the facts. “Yes, there was a fire at . It is under control and the police have dispersed the people who gathered.” If there is no report on the board, the operator records the location and nature of the rumor and relays it to the contact man to check out. The caller may wait for con- firmation, but most are satisfied with an an- swer like, “Thank your for reporting it; we are now checking it out.” Once the informa- tion has been checked out, the facts are given to all telephone personnel. Information Calls. These include a wide Tange of questions concerning curfew, loca- tion of the National Guard, and agencies dis- tributing food and clothing. Many of these questions can be anticipated and the an- swers explained prior to any shift and included in the phone notebooks. One frequent kind of information call is on travel within the city. “I have to work tonight and usually travel south on Western Avenue. Is that route safe?” The operator will refer to the big map and his street map, then cither answer, “We have no report of trouble in that area. You shouldn't have any problems,” or “There have been fires on that street and traffic is being rerouted. You might detour and take Damen.” Good Communications System A Rumor Central operation is valuable only to the extent that the information dis- seminated is correct. Consequently, good outside contacts and efficient means of re- laying information to telephone personnel are essential. The potential outside contacts should be identified prior to the establishment of a Rumor Central and their phone numbers re- corded so that any staff member can check out rumors. These sources may include the police and fire departments, city youth agencies, .social centers, and other institu- tions that might be in the area of trouble or have access to dependable information. Con- tact must be made with these agencies in advance, letting them know they will be contacted and requesting that they report to Rumor Central if they have information. The research men should also establish a schedule for making routine checks with the police department to obtain relevant re- ports. Contact was made with the police de- partment at least every 20 minutes. If field staff are available, they can be dispatched to trouble areas to report regu- larly. Good communications within the opera- tion depend upon the clear definition of responsibility and communication proce- dures. The research contact men are perhaps the most vital part of the operation. All tele- phone personnel should know who is on duty to check out rumors and should sub- mit written requests for information to these research men. After any report is checked out with the police department, the information should be recorded on the blackboard for all personnel so that duplica- tion of checking is avoided. ~~  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 4, Folder 4, Document 66 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8d160ef7d552b1abd057388f9847fd77.pdf a5175a877b28ef776424700b7f0493a9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 J,uuan, 13, 1969 CHARLES L . DAVIS DIR EC TO R O F FI N AN C E EDGAR A . VAUGHN , JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GEORGE J. BERRY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr. Bat Vetch lxecutlve Director CGl!IIIUDit y lelatlcnw Commtui.oo 1203 City Rall Atl anta, Georgia 30303 Dur lats The City l• • aambff of the lnterDational City Manager•' Aaaociation; -4 u a reault of thta memb•rahtp, ve receive pclodic 111a11ag8illelll reporta. llloV1ng of your tntereat in rumor control, I 1111 •ncl.o alag a copy for your pereonal uae of our late,t report vhtcb 11 on thla auhjec·t mattft. lf.acei:ely, (J/a-.L,_ / £)._._____ Chul• ... Davl• Dlnctor of rtnace CUUdhf lnclo,ure cc a IIOOOl'able It.o n G. fanl• Nr. a. IUl J.ndera v · � 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 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 January 13, 1969 CHARLES L. DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE EDGAR A. VAUGHN, JR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GEORGE J. BERRY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr. Nat Welch Executive Director Community Relations Commission 1203 City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Nat: The City is a member of the International City Managers’ Recusemiea and as @ result of this membership, we receive periodic management reports. Knowing of your interest in rumor control, I am enclosing a copy for your personal use of our latest report which is on this subject matter, Sincerely, ODEO tae Charles L. Davis Director of Finance CLD: dhf Enclosure ce: Honorable Milton G. Farris Mr. R. Earl Landers |  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 4, Folder 4, Document 65 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/de2ca2e87683d24bcd91631e7765c8f1.pdf 5fd18d2300b3aa422531645b4bc19387 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Agenda For Racial Harmony 10-Point Individual Plan Illustrates Ways to Help By NAT WELCH �This article was written at the request of the editorial staff of the Atlanta Journal and was published on its editorial page. The Community Relations Commission believes that this IO-point Plan is worthy of wide distribution in the Atlanta com munity and has made available this reprint for use by civic , church and service organizations . Dr. Samu el W. Williams, Chairman Community Relations Commission s,<- ::..:>s:::;.;, '½'>-t~., ~~·3~:(e.-~"M-: S.?n:.. ?...-.:.K.............t :~{ mAbout i the Forum Writer II I " tiv:~}:'cf!rC~f istheexe~~: ! lanta Community Re/a- ;i,;, tions Commission which @ is charged with the re- =t M sponsibility of fostering f: t! f~: fl, I: :.: \:::.,:::~:<1:dt:· 1 ~ THE JOURNAL F,ORUM ibt.Atlnnfn 1!aurnnl Saturday, May 17, 1969 �The foremost problem America faces at home is the urba n crisis . Regardless of where I make that statement in Atlan ta , few disagree with it. The urban crisis is rea.J. It is m ?re tha n deteriorating buildings and open spaces. It is a human condition. Atlanta is known as a proVISIT THE Hungry Club at gressive city. It has attained the Butler Street YMCA. This a favorable national reputais probably the mo?t stimu)attion because its people have ing luncheon club 1~ the city. been willing to change , espeSpeakers since the first of the cially in regard to race relayear have included Mayor tions. The city is now fa ced Ivan Allen, form er Gov. Carl with the challenge of improvSanders, Julian Bond, local ing on t hat r eputat ion or fallNAACP President L o n n i e ing a way from it. King, Dr. John Letson , Human relations must be SCLC's Andrew Young and improved between white peoDona ld Hollowell . ple and black people-not ~r * only on a group basis but as DRIVE THROUGH some of an individual. An individual the upper income Negr o r esiusually has a feeling of good d e n t i a I areas as Collier will toward his fe llow-man Heights and P eyton Forest in but has little knowledge of t he Cascade area. You will what helpful role he can persee that Atlanta has a subform to make it a visible stailltial nwnber of m iddle and reality. upper income Negroes w~o Here are 10 specific suggestake pride in home ownership tions : just as any other comparable group . BE INFORMED on what is * * happening in regard to local ENCOURAGE YOUR busiurban problems. ness or professio na\ organizaREAD THE Report of the tion tc, expand its Negro Natio nal Advisory Commism embershi p. The A t I a n t a sion on Civil Disorder s. We Chamber of Commerce took need to understand m ore t he initial step some ten about the problems. This is yea rs ago . This wa y lawyer s one of the most important get to . know la wyers a nd presidential Commission reteachers get to know teachers ports ever made. If you can't as persons and prejudice wade through the severalfa des. hundred page paper back ed!* tion, an excellent 30-page diLEARN TO pr onounce t he gest is available. word "Negro" correctly. The word is pronounced "kneeTAKE A tour of some of grow." This is d ifficult for a our economically depr essed white Southerner who has a reas and let the local resigrown up saying "Nigra." If dents tell what they are doing you can' t pronounce it r orto improve t heir lot. These rectly, just say black since tours are sponsored by Ecoboth are accept~ble. The term no mic Opportunity Atlanta fo r " colored person" is old hat. individuals and groups. ArProper titles are also very r angements ca n be mad~ by important. calling Mrs. Mary Lou MitchVISIT ANOTHER church. ell ,at 525-4262. Four members of the Commu- * * * nity Relations Commi ssion are outsta nding ministers. They are the Rev. Sam Williams, pastor of the F r iend~ ship Baptist Church ; Rabbi Jacob Rothschild of the Temple · Dr. R. E . Lee, pastor of the ' Lutheran Church of the Redeemer · a nd Dr. J ohn Randolph 'T aylor, minister _of t he e n t r ,a 1 Presbyterian Church. Visitors ar e welcomed as in other Atlanta churches . ATTEND A . lecture or concert at the Atlanta University Cente r , E mo ry University, Georgia State or one of Atlanta 's severa l other institutions of higher learning. Become exposed to some new ideas a nd new people. The two most interesting lectures my wife a nd I hea rd last year were those of John K. Galbraith and Walter Heller at the Atlanta University Center. And when the Atlanta Symphony was doing a spec ial series at Spellman College, a friend remarked, " They m ight as well be play·i ng at Dahlonega as far a s most Atlanta ns are concerned." JOIN AN inter-racial disc ussion group . This sma ll m ovement was sta rted last year by Dr. a nd Mrs. Joseph A. Wilber. Four white couples a nd fo ur Negro couples meet once a month fo r a n evening of discussion . The host selects the subject which might be a community problem or a personal prejudice. One participa nt rem arked, " These are pretty fra nk discussions. After three or four sessions, you don't look on each other as white or black but as individua ls." There are now over 100 persons in Atlanta involved. After a year the group splits up into two or three groups. c THE PLACE to sta rt improving human r elations . is where you are- your neighborhood, your school, your church, your business and the organizations with which y~u are a ffili ated. If a person 1s trea ted with genuine dignity and respect, he will respond in kind. If trea tment is second class, this is what ca n be expected in return. A homemaker can start by paying domestic help the m inimum wage of $1.60 a nd seeing tha t the employe's qua r te rly social security fo r m is fil ed. * WHAT ELSE can be done? One institution that needs to be revived in Atlanta is the neighborhood orga nization or group. We have lost the " neighbor hood cohesiveness" tha t is so impor tant. White m iddle and upper income neighborhood groups tend to becom e defensive mechanisms to insulate t he · neighbor hood from the rest of the city. In so doing we tend to develop sterile neighborh o o d s. The neighborhood needs to relate to the city. The disadvantaged nei ghborhoods a re m aking substa ntial progress by strengthening their neighborhood groups through local leadership with t he help of EOA, Model Cities, and the Community Relations Commission. THE GRANT Par k area is an encoura ging example. It was selected by CRC as the a rea in which to initiate their 1969 Town Hall meeting program . The usual procedure _i~, first , a m eeting with the c1t1ze ns to get their idea s on what their problems a re a nd , then a follo w-up meeting in . which City Hall officials re) port on actions taken in res ponse to the citi ze ns. The fir st meeting was on a cold Ma rch night with a rather slim crowd a t the Jerome Jones School in Gra nt P a rk . The public offi cials almost outnumbered the ci tize ns. The crowd tr ipled at the fo llow-up meEtin g held r ecentl y. A to tal of five alderm en two sta te represe ntative; , eight city depar tment officials and five members of CRC pa r ticipated in these two m eetings. ~ THE CALIBER of leade rship shown by the Gra nt P a rk citizens impressed m e tremendous ly. Both white and black citizens and white a nd black elected offic ia ls showed dignity a nd respect for one another and an earnest desire to move on with solving the community problems at ha nd. Cecil Alexa nder, head of the Mayor's Housing Resources Committee, has stated, ":'- l· lanta no longer has the choice of beng a white or a black cily. The choice is either to be a bl ack city or a n mtegrated city. " These two Town Hall meetings pro duced stron g ev idcn_c e th at the citize ns . . . wh ite and bla ck . . . have made their choice. Grant Park is their , home and th ey ar e going to stay there_ and bt~ld a great commumty agam. Model Cities, assisted by CRC is m aking a valuable cont;ibution in helping deve lop this indigenous leadershi p. ,:, * * LET US hope that as other neighborho ods move into transition they will foll ow the exampl~ of the r esurgi ng leadership in Gra nt P ark. �Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Chairman Vice Mayor Sam Massell , Jr ., Ex-Officio COMMISSION MEMBERS Mr . T. M. Alexander, Sr. Mr. R. Byron Attridge Mrs. Sara Baker Miss He len Bullard Mr. R. J. Butler Mr . Mik e C he a tha m Rep. Jam e s E. De an Mr. Robe rt Dobbs Re p. C. G. E zzard Mr. L. L. Gellers tedt , Jr. Mr. Charles Hart Dr. Robe rt E. L ee Mrs. F. W. Patte rson Rabbi J acob M. Rothschild Mr. Paul Shie ld s Mr. L. D. Simon Mr s. Ma cy Ste phe ns Dr . J. Randolph Taylor Rev . J. A. Wilborn Mr. Willi a m McGee, Ex-Officio Atla nta Youth Congress Mr. Nat We lch Exec uti ve Director C ITY OF ATLANTA C OMMUNITY R E LATIONS C OMMIS SION ME MORI A L DRI VE ANNEX BLD G . 121 ME MORI A L DRI VE, S. W. 5 22 -44 63 � 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 Agenda For Racial Harmony 10-Point Individual Plan Illustrates Ways to Help By NAT WELCH  This article was written at the request of the editorial staff of the Atlanta Journal and was published on its editorial page. The Community Relations Commission believes that this 10-point Plan is worthy of wide distribution in the Atlanta com- munity and has made available this reprint for use by civic, church and service organi- zations. Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Chairman Community Relations Commission pprhberetaar enna obs out the _ Forum Writer MR. WELCH is execu- tive director of the At- lanta Community Rela- tions Commission which is charged with the re- sponsibility of fostering mutual understanding and improvement in hu- man relations. He wrote this article for The Atlanta Journal. eer paca soe - Sas Se aaa See noe a DRS wey a . THE JOURNAL FORUM The Atlanta Zournal Saturday, May 17, 1969  The foremost problem America faces at home is the urban crisis. Regardless of where I make that statement in Atlanta, few disagree with it. The urban crisis is real. It is more than deteriorating buildings and open spaces. It is a human con- dition. Atlanta is known as a pro- gressive city. It has attained a favorable national reputa- tion because its people have been willing to change, espe- cially in regard to race rela- tions. The city is now faced with the challenge of improv- ing on that reputation or fall- ing away from it. Human relations must be improved between white peo- ple and black people—not only on a group basis but as an individual. An individual usually has a feeling of good will toward his fellow-man but has little knowledge of what helpful role he can per- form to make it a visible reality. Here are 10 specific sugges- tions: BE INFORMED on what is happening in regard to local urban problems. READ THE Report of the National Advisory Commis- sion on Civil Disorders. We need to understand more about the problems. This is one of the most important presidential Commission re- ports ever made. If you can’t wade through the several- hundred page paper back edi- tion, an excellent 30-page di- gest is available. * Ok Ok TAKE A tour of some of our economically depressed areas and let the local resi- dents teli what they are doing to improve their lot. These tours are sponsored by Eco- nomic Opportunity Atlanta for individuals and groups. Ar- rangements can be made by calling Mrs. Mary Lou Mitch- ell at 525-4262: VISIT THE Hungry Club at the Butler Street YMCA. This is probably the most stimulat- ing luncheon club in the city. Speakers since the first of the year have included Mayor Ivan Allen, former Goy. Carl Sanders, Julian Bond, local NAACP President Lonnie King, Dr. John Letson, SCLC’s Andrew Young and Donald Hollowell. re es * DRIVE THROUGH some of the upper income Negro resi- dential areas as Collier Heights and Peyton Forest in the Cascade area. You will see that Atlanta has a sub- stantial number of middle and upper income Negroes who take pride in home ownership just as any other comparable group. * ok ENCOURAGE YOUR busi- ness or professional organiza- tion to expand its Negro membership. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce took the initial step some ten years ago. This way lawyers get to .know lawyers and teachers get to know teachers as persons and prejudice fades. kK * * LEARN TO pronounce the word “Negro” correctly. The word is pronounced ‘‘knee- grow.”’ This is difficult for a white Southerner who has grown up saying “Nigra.” If you can’t pronounce it ecor- rectly, just say black since both are acceptable. The term “eolored person” is old hat. Proper titles are also very important. VISIT ANOTHER church. Four members Of the Commu- nity Relations Commission are outstanding minisiers. They are the Rev. Sam Wil- liams, pastor of the Friend- ship Baptist Church; Rabbi Jacob Rothschild of the Tem- ple; Dr. R. E. Lee, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer; and Dr. John Randolph Taylor, minister of the Central Presbyterian Church. Visitors are wel- comed as in other Atlanta churches. ATTEND A lecture or con- cert at the Atlanta University Center, Emory University, Georgia State or one of Atlan- ta’s several other institutions of higher learning. Become exposed to some new ideas and new people. The two most interesting lectures my wife and I heard last year were those of John K. Galbraith and Walter Hel- ler at the Atlanta University Center. And when the Atlanta Symphony was doing a spe- cial series at Spellman Col- lege, a friend remarked, “They might as well be play- ing at Dahlonega as far as most Atlantans are con- cerned.” JOIN AN inter-racial dis- cussion group. This small movement was started last year by Dr. and Mrs. Joseph ~ A. Wilber. Four white couples and four Negro couples meet once a month for an evening of discussion. The host selects the subject which might be a community problem or a per- sonal prejudice. One participant remarked, “These are pretty frank dis- cussions. After three or four sessions, you don’t look on each other as white or black but as individuals.” There are now over 100 persons in At- lanta involved. After a year the group splits up into two or three groups. THE PLACE to start im- proving human relations is where you are—your neigh- borhood, your school, your church, your business and the organizations with which you are affiliated. If a person is treated with genuine dignity and respect, he will respond in kind. If treatment is sec- ond class, this is what can be expected in return. A homemaker can start by paying domestic help the min- imum wage of $1.60 and seeing that the employe’s quarterly social security form is filed. eo ke WHAT ELSE can be done? One institution that needs to be revived in Atlanta is the neighborhood organization or group. We have lost the “neighborhood cohesiveness” that is so important. White middle and upper in- come neighborhood groups tend to become defensive mechanisms to insulate the: neighborhood from the rest of the city. In so doing we tend to develop sterile neighbor- hoods. The neighborhood needs to relate to the city. The disadvantaged neigh- borhoods are making substan- tial progress by strengthening their neighborhood groups through local leadership with the help of EOA, Model Cities, and the Community Relations Commission. * ok o& THE GRANT Park area is an encouraging example. It was selected by CRC as the area in which to initiate their 1969 Town Hall meeting pro- gram. The usual procedure is, first, a meeting with the citi- zens to get their ideas on what their problems are and, then, a follow-up meeting in which City Hall officials re- port on actions taken in re- sponse to the citizens. The first meeting was on a cold March night with a rather slim crowd at the Je- rome Jones School in Grant Park. The public officials al- most outnumbered the citi- zens. The crowd tripled at the follow-up meeting held re- cently. A total of five alder- men, two state representa- tives, eight city department officials and five members of CRC participated in these two meetings. THE CALIBER of leader- ship shown by the Grant Park citizens impressed me _ tre- mendously. Both white and black citizens and white and black elected officials showed dignity and respect for one another and an earnest desire to move on with solving the community problems at hand. Cecil Alexander, head of the Mayor’s Housing Resources Committee, has stated, “At- lanta no longer has the choice of beng a white or a black city. The choice is either to be a black city or an inte- grated city.” These two Town Hall meet- ings produced strong evidence that the citizens ... white and black have made their choice. Grant Park is their- home and they are going to stay there and build a great community again. Model Cities, assisted by CRC, is making a valuable contribution in helping de- velop this indigenous leader- ship. i men) ee. THe LET US hope that as other neighborhoods move into tran- sition, they will follow the ex- ample of the resurging lead- ership in Grant Park. Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Chairman Vice Mayor Sam Massell, Jr., Ex-Officio COMMISSION MEMBERS Mr. T. M. Alexander, Sr. Mr. R. Byron Attridge Mrs. Sara Baker Miss Helen Bullard Mr. R. J. Butler Mr. Mike Cheatham Rep. James E. Dean Mr. Robert Dobbs Rep. C. G. Ezzard Mr. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Mr. Charles Hart Dr. Robert E. Lee Mrs. F. W. Patterson Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Mr. Paul Shields Mr. L. D. Simon Mrs. Mary Stephens Dr. J. Randolph Taylor Rev. J. A. Wilborn Mr. William McGee, Ex-Officio Atlanta Youth Congress Mr. Nat Welch Executive Director CITY OF ATLANTA COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION MEMORIAL DRIVE ANNEX BLDG. 121 MEMORIAL DRIVE, S. W. 522-4463  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 4, Folder 4, Document 64 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/621c75a4b946009a0771b3f68e527329.pdf 8ff96d814b000cdfb5d57f9a8be3482a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THE VOICE - January 26, 1969- Page 2 ·alack Business Workshop, February 20 Atlanta's Community Relations Commission announced today plans for it's "Workshop on Black Business Opportunities" to be held February 20 in the new building of Atlanta University's School of Business . The workshop will be cosponsored by the Atlanta Business League, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta University School of Business, the National Alliance of Businessmen, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Small BusinessAdministration and the Urban League. '~he· primary goal of the workshop is to involve Atlanta Negr oes who are interested in becoming ownermanagers of businesses in Atlanta. We hope that this combined community effort will offer a quantum jump to Atlanta black business entreprene urs and str engthen on going efforts of the Atlanta Business League's Project Outreach, the Small Business Administration, and Atlanta University's Business Economic Development and Business Se r vice Center s tated CRC 'S executive dir ector Nat Welch. The planning committee has identified nine likel y br eak- thru ar eas fo r black business opportunities.,fas t food franchises , auto dealerships, service station, building contracting, ice c ream outlets, fr anchised d ry cleaning stores, coin operated laundries, drug stores, and specialty auto stores selling such items as tires and mufflers. If you are interested in becoming an owner/ manager of any type of business and want to participate in this workshop, call Benny T. Smith, field representative, Community Relations Commission, Room 1203, City Hall, ·phone . number 522-4463 extension 433, who is in charge of community participation for this important affair. '-i'he workshop will have a heavy emphasis on franchised operations because these are geared to family involvement. Good franchise s offer proven management assistance and formulas for succes sful operation' ' , s tated Nat Welch. Some three dozen national franchise operations are being invited to have top management representation, The afternoon session will feature " Fifty Gre at Business Opportuni ties and will pr ovide a two and a half hour period fo r the franchisor and the franchisee to have individual dis cussions with the hopes that new businesses will be bir thed as a result of this workshop, explained CRC's executive director. The morning ses sion will have a panel discussion on Do.'s and Don'ts in Launching New Bus iness Ventures" by five seccessful Atlanta black entrepreneurs and individual panel discussions in the nine areas of business break- thrus being emphasized at the workshop. The afternoon session will have two additional panels. One will be on "On Going Programs ofTechnicalAid" in which presentations will be made by the Small Business Administration, Project Outreach, and Atlanta Unive rsity's Business Economic Development and Business Service Center. The other will be a banker round table with Atlanta bankers discussing opportunities envisioned, how bankers can help and what banke r s look for in a loan applicant. The banquet session, to be held at Paschal's Motor Hater, ' will climax with an address by a nationallyknown black business leader. The planning committee for the workshop includes: Frank O'Neal of the Atlanta Business League ; Dean Harding Young oftheAtlanta University School of Business ; Lyndon Wade of the Atlanta Ur ban League ; Curtise Driskell of the Atlanta Chamber of commerce; Henry Reid of NAB, Lonnie King of the NAACP; John P . Latimer of S6A and Nat Welch and Chuck William s of CRC. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Thm·sday, Ja n. 23, 1969 CRC Plans Worl(shop For Blacl(s The works hop will feature nine " likely brea kthrough areas for black business opportunities" -fas t-food fra nchises , au to dealerships, service stations, building contracting, ice cream outlets, franchised dry cleaning s tores, coin-operated laundries, drug s tores and specia lly auto stores. THREE DOZEN OPERATIONS T h e Community Relations Commission announced plans Wednesday for its black entrepreneurship workshop to be held Feb. 20 at Atlanta University 's School of Business . The Workshop on Black Business Opportunities will be cospons·o red by the Atlanta Chamher of Commerce, the local chapter of the Nationa l Associalion for the Ad vancement of Colored P eople, the Atlanta Bus iness League, the Atlanta University School of Business, the Urba n League and the Small Business Adm inistration. BASIC GOAL " The prim ary goa l of the workshop is to involve Atlanta Negroes who are inte rested in becoming owner-m anagers of businesses in Atlanta ," sa id CRC executive director Nat Welch. About three dozen national fr anch ise oper ations are being invited to ha ve top management r eprese nta tion. The a fternoon session will feature '·Fifty Great Business Opportunities, " Welch said . ,,.edmical aid progra ms and a ro!111d-ta ble discussion by Atl anta bankers also will occur in the al"te• rnoon. The morning spssion will ha ve c1 panel di-cu sion on ··oo ·s and DonTs in Launching New Busine s Ventures ·• bv fi ve successful Atla nta black· en trepreneurs plus individua l pan el discuss ions in the ni ne breakthro ugh areas A d inner session at P aschal's Motor Hotel will end the workshop with a speech by a yet-tobe-a nnounced nationally-known black bus111ess leader. In add1tion . fi ve black entrepreneurs for 1967 will be given spec:c11 recognition by the CRC. � 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’s Community Re= lations Commission an- nounced today plans for it's “Workshop on Black Busi- ness Opportunities’”’ to be held February 20 in the new building of Atlanta Univer- sity’s School of Business, The workshop will be co- sponsored by the Atlanta Business League, the At- lanta) Chamber of Com- merce, the Atlanta Univer- sity School of Business, the National Alliance of Busi- nessmen, the National As- sociation for the Advance- ment of Colored People, the Smal! Business Administra- tion and the Urban League. “The primary goal of the workshop is to involve Ate lanta Negroes who are in- terested in becoming owner= managers of businesses in Atlanta, We hope that this combined community effort will offer a quantum jump to Atlanta black business entrepreneurs and streng- then on going efforts of the Atlanta Business League’s Project Outreach, the Small Business Administration, and Atlanta University’s Business Economic De- velopment and Business Service Center’' stated CRC‘S executive director Nat Welch. The planning committee has identified nine likely break-thru areas for black business opportunities,,fast food franchises, auto deal- erships, service station, building contracting, ice cream outlets, franchised dry cleaning stores, coin operated laundries, drug THE VOICE - January 26, 1969-Page 2 Black Business Workshop, February 20 stores, and specialty auto stores selling such items as tires and mufflers, If you are interested in becoming an owner/ manager of any type of business and want to participate in this workshop, call Benny T. Smith, field repre- sentative, Community Relations Commission, Room 1203, City Hall, ‘phone number 522-4463 extension 433, who isin charge of community Participation for this important affair, “The workshop will have a heavy emphasis on fran- chised operations because these are geared to family involvement, Good fran- chises offer proven manage- ment assistance and for- mulas for successful opera- tion®’, stated Nat Welch, Some three dozen national franchise operations are be= ing invited to have top management representa- tion, The afternoon session will feature ‘‘Fifty Great Business Opportunities’ and will provide a two and a half hour period for the franchisor and the franchi- see to have individual dis- cussions with the hopes that new businesses will be birthed as a result of this workshop, explained CRC’s executive director, The morning session will have a panel discussion on “Do’s and Don'ts in Launch= ing New Business Ventures” by five seccessful Atlanta black entrepreneurs and in- dividual] panel discussions in the nine areas of business break=thrus being empha- sized at the workshop. The afternoon session will have two additional panels, One will be on “On Going Programs of Technical Aid” in which presentations will be made by the Small Busi- ness Administration, Pro- ject Outreach, and Atlanta University’s Business Eco- nomic Development and Business Service Center, The other will be a banker round table with Atlanta bankers discussing oppor- tunities envisioned, how bankers can help and what bankers look for in a loan applicant. The banquet session, to be held at Paschal’s Motor Hotel,’ will climax with an address by a nationally- known black business lea= der. The planning committee for the workshop includes; Frank O'Neal of the Atlanta Business League; Dean Harding Young ofthe Atlanta University School of Business; Lyndon Wade of the Atlanta Urban League; Curtise Driskell of the Ate lanta Chamber of com- merce; Henry Reid of NAB, Lonnie King of the NAACP; John P. Latimer of SBA and Nat Welch and Chuck Williams of CRC, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Thursday, Jan. 23. 1969 CRC Plans Workshop For Blacks The Community Relations Commission announced plans Wednesday for its black entre- preneurship workshop to be held Feb, 20 at Atlanta University's School of Business. The Workshop on Black Busi- ness Opportunities will be co- sponsored by the Atlanta Cham- ber of Commerce, the local chapter of the National Associa- iion for the Advancement of Col- ored People, the Atlanta Busi- ness League, the Atlanta Uni- versity School of Business, the Urban League and the Small Business Adminisiralion. BASIC GOAL “The primary goal of the workshop is to involve Atlanta Negroes who are interested in becoming owner-managers or businesses in Atlanta,” said CRC executive director Nal Welch. The workshop will feature nine “likely breakthrough areas for black business opportuni- ties’"’—fast-food franchises, auto dealerships, service stations, building contracting, ice cream outlets, franchised dry cleaning stores, coin-operated laundries, drug stores and specially auto stores, THREE DOZEN OPERATIONS Aboul three dozen national franchise operations are being inviled to have top management representation. The afternoon session will feature “Fifty Great Business Opportunities,” Welch said. Vechnical aid programs and a rutiind-table discussion by Atlanta bankers also will occur in the afternoon. The morning session will have a panel discussion on “Do's and Don'ts in Launching New Busi- ness Ventures’ by five success- ful Atlanta black entrepreneurs plus individual panel discussions in the nine breakthrough areas A dinner session at Paschal’s Motor Hotel will end the work- shop willl a speech by a ye'l-to- be-announced nationally-known black business leader. In addi- tion. five black entrepreneurs for 1967 will be given special recognition by the CRC  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 4, Folder 4, Document 63 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/83e753978f21c827832890aad7ab88c1.pdf 2a4b20694ea33b6846c33879de08454a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Ee\ • 1 """\') ~ ·1 !_ ; 0 0 I· ·. 11I Tl · y • JD) 11 TiY'u Tffiu . . , 1 I JJ_ J. J = ~ -~Hr. I · q· ~ Fri~ ·· v;;;~ =[ j])tn /..,/ I 1L . ll Jl t·· 'J , '1,_..,, il · I d' rrH \~~ I BIRMINGHAM: Fair to partly clom~y VOL. .99- NO. 48 Re~. U. S. Po l. Off. ~ Alabama's 'Good IHlorning' Neiv.spaper I I I BIRMIN GHAM, M ON DAY, MAY 5, 1969 ALABAl\IA: Partly cloudy, warm 30 Pages In Two Secti'ons ,1 . .,. ~.-...'_;,1ru Ll ~· ·1 '.!; I I 1 r;:'""'.~, ' ( ,,. I ',:"""I. '• I t. · .ED TOR'S NOTE: A Citi· would he forwarded to mayor, during a time or serious racial cy of city government to work zcns Task Force has callee! on city council or · department tension or other eme rge:1cy exclusively in areas of disMayo r Geo rge Scibcls .Jr. to heads . Birmingham's neigh- situation, the· c:en le r i's ready crimina tion a nd community u;;point a st ,w!ling comnuttcc hor cities of New Orleans .~nd to give out accurate inform a - r e];.1tio ns. _ rf six mcn:hcrs and a chair- Allanta have such a p rogram tion about what is rea lly Mayo r Ivan Alle n Jr. and oilier city officials met logcthma n to hold evcni1g 1 l('ctin~s a lready ln operation . This iS · happening. The Rumor Control Center ('r in planning s~ssions. A In ri ty hall 111 licar .Hobkms tl e first of two articles con11' B irmi l " 'iam citizens and to cerning the functions and sue· is a creature of the Atlanta majorily vote of th e aldermen n e l a ti o n s fo r adoptio n of an ordinance ,altl pu hl'e i1eari11 g~ on suh- cess of those groups in thOs e Community Commission, an organizal io n establishing a Comm unity cd s a Tt' dir g ia r;;c ;;roups. cities. that has been on. the job since . Relations Commission was fol, a lysis of p roblems hro:,;;ilt * * o the c,·cning city l:all mect- BY LILLIAN FOSCUE VANN , November, 1966 . A group of lowed by approval of the Dial 524-3261 in Atlanta and · ·"grass-roots" citizens from mayor. ,1~s and rqiorts on p 1JJI1c The first budget was $2j,QQ0. 1rarings :1:1d ·' in tlcpl h" you have call ed the Rumo r · Soulheasl All anla saw the .udies and rrt:t•m m·11cl,11..ons Control Center. In operalion need to have an official agen- This year with a staff of six, Rev. Sa muel W. Williams, pastor of Friendship Baptist and, with the late D r. Marlin Luther King, one of the foun ders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Rev . Williams is also professor and cha irma n of the Depar1ment of Philosophy and Reli gion, l\'Ioreho use College. " We do r.o t ha ve too serious a generation gap in Atlanta," said the chairma n, "but the See ATL_\:'\:TA, Pa&e 2 0 ..:b Cl. •--=-" "'""" .,.-<• -<~ the budge t is $50,000 . The chai rman is ·black and seven others of the 20 com.mission members are· black. Vc1 rious segments of the community are represented on the commission, whose m embers a rc appointed by lhe mayor· and approved by the board of aldermen . The clergy, labor, business and U1e poor all have voices on the commission. Women too hold places on the commission. munity with a report of positive a ction an d whatever results ha ve come about as a A staff of six people is result of th e first meeting's headed by Executive Director complain ts an d suggestions. Nat Welch, former AlabamThe com mission makes an · ian . Offices are in Cit y Hall annua l report to the ma yor, where the com mission holds a but forwurds r ecommendapublic meeting once a month tions · to ci ty official s on at which citizens are invited whatever issues being i1p:estito speak. Town· Hall meetings ga ted by the commission. are held r eg ula rly throu ghou t . "We have · been able t,:i the city by the comm ission . m aintain a pretty good diaThirty days later the com- logue in Atlanta." said the m ission re turns to the· com- commission Chairman, the � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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The hold places on the commis- munity with a report of posi- zens Task Force has called on city council or department tension or other emergency exclusively in areas of dis- chairman is black and seven sion. live action and whatever re- | Mayer George Seihels Jy. to heads, Birmingham’s nefgh- situation, the center is ready crimination and community appoint a standing commuttee of six members and a chair- VOL. 99—NO. 48 hor cities of New Orleans and Atlanta have such a program to give out accurate informa- tion about what is really BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY, MAY 5, relations. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. and £ al Fm) ene _ fr a a 2 Za r HH > | Gar y C oN Se \ Con fF RF ¢ f \@ i Tee ane e) iY ge i Vr Se oe hee ee ee be cs iS LAD gb Bt Bs others of the 20 commission members are biack. 1969 30 Pages In Two Sections sults have come about as a A Bleth -OF, ser people: «la result of the first meeting’s headed by Executive Director 1 t ocr + man to hokl evening mectings already in operation, This iS happening. other city officials met togeth- ees Nat Welch, former Alabam- SS Re aren in city hail fo hear problems the first of two articles con- The Rumor Control Center cr in planning sessions. A Various segments of the ian. Offices are in City Hall ainuat report to the mayor uf Birmingham citizens and (0 cerning the functions and sue: is a creature of the Atlanta majority vole of the aldermen community are represented where the commission holds a j.4 forwards recommenda. told public hearings on sub- cess of those groups in those Community Relations for adoption of an ordinance on the commission, whose Public meeting once a month Gone ig city officials on ects affecting jarge groups. cities. Commission, an organization establishing a Community members are appointed by the @! Which citizens are invited \notever issues being investi- \nalysis of problems brought * OK that has been on. the job since _ Relations Commission was [ol- mayor‘ and approved by the to speak. Town Hall meetings : Z dre thelareatlarly. throucholt gated by the commission. » the evening city hall mect- BY LILLIAN FOSCUE VANN , November, 1966. A group of lowed by approval of the board of aldermen. 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Poe RS _peusSstESsas sees? 2 SHS = pel pea ei “es FA fSESRGTER UH4BeSSes FSVSERSESER SUSERSSEH SESES EBLRFHCSELSR GRERSut KEchsea Bee fF A th, Page a 2 =  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 4, Folder 4, Document 62 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ac032b2ca31b037683cb7227dccbe8b8.pdf 5e7c18d1df0905199197cd953837f414 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ,,,,. OMM UNXTY RE L ATJION S COMMJISSXON ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1900 1£03 CITY 1IALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 5tt-UD3 EXT. H3 DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, 01airma11 THE HONORABLE SAM MASSELL, JR., ex-Officio President, Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T. M. ALEXANDER, SR. MR. R. BYRON ATTRIDGE MRS. SARA BAKER MISS HELEN BULLARD MR. R. J. BUTLER REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DOBBS REP.' C. G. EZZARD MR. L. L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. MR. CHARLES HART DR. ROBERT E. LEE MRS. F. W.PATTERSON RABBI JACOB M. ROTHSCHILD MR. M. O. RYAN MR. JACK SELLS MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SIMON MRS. MARY STEPHENS DR. J. RANDOLPH TAYLOR MR. NAT WELCH Executive Director TO: The Mayor, Aldermen and the Press FROM: Nat Welch SUBJECT: DATE: fi/4{/ Town Hall Meeting Date Changed May 6, 1969 Due to a conflict, CRC I s Town Hall Meeting at the Pryor Street Elementary School is being re-scheduled from May 13 to Thursda y night, May 15 at 8: 00 p. m. - You and the public are warmly invited to attend. NW/lh . � 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 DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Otairman OMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1966 1203 CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA s0s30s TELEPHONE 522-4468 EXT. 433 THE HONORABLE SAM MASSELL, JR., Ex-Officio President, Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T. M. ALEXANDER, SR. MR. R. BYRON ATTRIDGE MRS. SARA BAKER MISS HELEN BULLARD MR. R. J. BUTLER REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DOBBS REP. C. G. EZZARD MR. L, L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. MR. CHARLES HART DR. ROBERT E. LEE MRS. F. W. PATTERSON RABBI JACOB M. ROTHSCHILD MR. M. O. RYAN MR. JACK SELLS MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SIMON MRS. MARY STEPHENS DR. J. RANDOLPH TAYLOR MR. NAT WELCH Executive Director TO: The Mayor, Aldermen and the Press FROM: Nat Welch ///' SUBJECT: Town Hall Meeting Date Changed DATE: May 6, 1969 Due to a conflict, CRC's Town Hall Meeting at the Pryor Street Elementary School is being re-scheduled from May 13 to Thursday night, May 15 at 8:00 p.m. You and the public are warmly invited to attend, NW/1lh  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 4, Folder 4, Document 61 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d8faf99486355c240aecc7dcbf345c73.pdf c0f7eec3e5b6da0ee8207ada132da13e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C C A A ommunity ouncil of' the tlanta rea inc. EUGENE T . BRANCH , Chai r111a11 of !h tJ ffr,,o t] of T>ir,:1.-·tor.\ CECIL ALEXANDER. l' i<'t: Chairm,m J O HN !ZARO. l·'ice Chairmt2n M RS. THOMAS H. GIBSON. S,:crtttCJr.\· DONALD H. GAREIS, lrNrn,ra DUANE W. BECK. O NE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. E,e,·uti'<' Direcwr ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 577-2250 May 5, 1969 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Office of the Mayor City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The bylaws of the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc., require the Nominating Committee to request from you the names of three as nominations to serve on the Board of the CCAA. From these three names, the Nominating Committee will choose one to serve as a Board member for the 1969-70 term. Each of the five counties in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area and the City of Atlanta are requested to submit these nominations for representation. I respectfully request that you provide us with the names of your nominations prior to May 15. Any questions that you have concerning the Community Council or the responsibility of its Board members may be directed to Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, (l n,i...._~ CJ7// tU( U-1.. Ivan Allen, III, Chairman Nominating Committee P. s. Bill Howland was the City's representative last year. �• BOARD OF DIRECTORS A!L>ert M. Dov15 M D. Ray J Efird Jack P Etheridqc Rufus J Eva'15, M D f<olu I L f orunCJn lame f" Furn1 D•ir lrl H Gore, Lorry L (,ellu tedt, Jr Mr fhorno, H G,~ s<,n Cecil Alexonder Ivan Allen, '!11 l uther Alvc r n Ro'ph /' Bee Euqcnc r. Brnnch ~op 1, , llu , , Jr V , M D L. Callaway Brodey Currey Jr Cami ~11 Do he, H M Glr:,,t,,, Joh, (,odw1r1, M. D Eh It G 'dsrc,n V ,v 'ln Hcndersc n Mrs. lkl<·n Howord Will1cm ) Howlnr:~J Mrs Edmund W i-1uqf,c, Harry t:. Ingram Jo~C'Ph W Jone, Vv oltN M M,tch, II Ph,I Norm re ,\. 8 Podgdt M,s RhorLs L PC'rduc J ',Vll,am P1nkst n Jr ',V R Pruitt T 0. V:nson M. D "c, All,,on Will,am John C. W h ,n J 1h11 Izord ADVISORY BOARD J . G BradLu:·y n1c V Corn•'cha R Howe rd Dobbs Jr [d ,;in I Hotrf B01sfeuillet Jones M , 8 I an Jr. W ll·on W Mr:,ore, Jr, M Luc en f 01,vcr W . A . Parker c,, Richard H. R,,1 l) Jo~,- A. ' 11 c ey F'l,tP Tut•!• n C \/Va ,1 iw, Jr ~JC '(JL W 'vVovd1 uff W1 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 EUGENE T, BRANCH. Chairman of ie Beanl lt Dinssters Community CECIL ALEXANDER, Mire Chairnnin JOHN [ZARO, ice Chairtnean Council of the AE a Boe Atlanta Area inc. BUAME W. BECK, Evecunve Direct ONE THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., NM. W. ATLANTA, GEQRGIA 303023 TELEPHONE 577-2250 May 5, 1969 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Office of the Mayor City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The bylaws of the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc., require the Nominating Committee to request from you the names of three as nominations to serve on the Board of the CCAA. From these three names, the Nominating Committee will choose one to serve as a Board member for the 1969-70 term. Each of the five counties in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area and the City of Atlmta are requested to submit these nominations for representation, I respectfully request that you provide us with the names of your nominations prior to May 15. Any questions that you have concerning the Community Council or the responsibility of its Board members may be directed to Mr. Duane W. Beck, Executive Director. Thank you for your cooperation, Sincerely, ee a fn AM (UL te Ivan Allen, III, Chairman Nominating Committee P, S. Bill Howland was the City's representative last year,  BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cecil Alexander Albert M. Davis, M. D. H. M. Gloster Joseph W. Jones Ivan Alfen, ‘Ht Ray J. Efird John Godwin, M, DBD, Walter M Mitchell ~ Luther Alverson Jack P, Etheridge Elliott Goldstein Phil Narmore Ralph A. Beck Rufus J. Evans, M. D. Vivian Henderson A. B. Podgett Eugene T. Branch Robert L. Foreman, Jr Mrs. Helen Howard Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue Nopier Burson, Jr, MD James P. Furniss » . , Williom 5, Howland J William Pinkston, Jr, W. L. Calloway Donald H. Gareis ; Mrs, Edmund W. Hughes ~ WR. Pruitt Bradley Currey, Jr. Lorry L. Gellerstedt, Jr Harry E. Ingrom - . T. 0. Vinson, M. D Campbell Dasher Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson * John tzerd Rev. Allison Williams John C. Wilson J.G, Bradbury James V. Carmichael R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Edwin |. Hatch Boisfeuillet Jones ADVISORY BOARD Mills B. Lane, Jr. John A. Sibley William W. Moore, Jr, M.D. Lee Talley Lucien E. Oliver Elbert P. Tuttle W. A, Parker, Sr. William C. Wardlaw, Jr. Richard H. Rich George W. Woodruff  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 4, Folder 4, Document 60 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/865fecd8838b0656e4e2da3138191fd0.pdf bf94f8339e8b29d0b57fe0a1228c607f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 6 , 1969 Mr . Ivan Allen, Ill Chairman, Nominating Commi ttee Community Council of the Atl anta Are a , Inc . 1000 Glenn Building Atlanta, Georgia Dea-r Ivan: As requested in your letter of May 5th, I am submitting the following three names for you to place in nomination to serve on the board of the Community Council: Nat Welch, Executive Director Community Relations C6mmis ion John Cox, Executive Director Atlanta Youth Council John H. Robinson Mayor ' Office Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr-. IAJr:am � 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 re EE ee eT Mr. Ivan Allen, Ill Chairman, Nominating Committee Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. 1000 Glenn Building Atlanta, Georgia Dear Ivan: As requested in your letter of May 5th, Iam submitting the following three names for you to place in nomination to serve on the board of the Community Council: Nat Welch, Executive Director Community Relations Commission John Cox, Executive Director Atlanta Youth Council John H. Robinson Mayor's Office Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr:am  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 4, Folder 4, Document 59 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/52fc2cc3dee913ece89b308ee6bbdbab.pdf e44ee56dd70d393fa5786878ff3e7743 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~ ~~ /!&a) At; � 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  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 4, Folder 4, Document 58 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2d9770ae408a8ea2b2808d17f34ceaa7.pdf 6eae67b14a2def42485cef9762feec22 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. .' D Wants you to call 0 Is here to see you D D Returned your call D Came by to see you _te:-=--=--=-==-= °fj=t'--T.m-e- jj-~3_u_a.m_. /p._m. FORM 25 •5 � 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 Office of the’ Mayor TELEPHONE MESSAGE a S t , ™ To Mase’ Name dM. ye EA Telephone No. Mf = A: 7 L {[_] Wants you to call [_] Is here to see you [_] Returned your call [-] Came by to see you [_] Leff,the following message: ; js f A a Lyle ZL. LA 21 up $ ut Wood: Hot “Oyun /22 nny 240-64 / Sei UE ee BO op ped a By  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 4, Folder 4, Document 57 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1e40eeebd81e3669c378c921c09b5ff3.pdf 9ba9a8827574f7ac6e4b45d13098bd08 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 18, 1969 MEMORANDUM TO Nat Welch, Community Relations FROM Ivan Allen, Jr. I bad a complain that Mr. J mes Brown who lives in the Simpson Woode Apartments , telephone 799-6991, had attempted to rent a store in the Kirkwood rea and had been denied this right due to the fact that he is a Negro. Will you ee if you c n locate Mr . Brown and look into the complaint to see if it is valid and whether we c · n do anything bout it. � 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 18, 1969 MEMORANDUM TO : Nat Welch, Community Relations FROM : Ivan Allen, Jr. I had a complain that Mr. James Brown who lives in the Simpson Woods Apartments, telephone 799-6991, had attempted to rent a store in the Kirkwood area and had been denied this right due to the fact that he is a Negro. Will you see if you can locate Mr, Brown and look into the complaint to see if it is valid and whether we can do anything about it.  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 4, Folder 4, Document 56 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f81f6e2f0037aa7108f02d9bd57c5de3.pdf 9d280bba00b085ea18e455f2872294a0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND TIIE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1968 JtOS CITY 1IALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA S030S TELEPHONE Stz-4~6S EXT. HS DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, 0,airman THE HONORABLE SAM MASS ELL, JR., ex-Officio P,-esident, Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T. M. ALEXANDER. SR. MR. R. BYRON ATTRIDGE MRS. SARA BAKER MISS HELEN BULLARD MR. R. J. BUTLER REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DOBBS REP: C. G.. EZZARD MR. L. L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. MR. CHARLES HART DR. ROBERT E. LEE MRS. F. W. PATTERSON RABBI JACOB M. ROTHSCHILD MR.M. 0.RYAN - · - MR.-JACK SELLS MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SIMON MRS. MARY STEPHENS DR. J. RANDOLPH TAYLOR TO: Mayor Allen, B~ar/ of Aldermen, and Members of the Press FROM: Nat Welch SUBJECT: \ ~\~t CRC 's Town Hall Meetings -- .DATE: April 29, 1969 MR. NAT WELCH · Executive Director You will find listed below the Town Hall meetings that the Atlanta Community Relations Commission will hold during the month of May. You are warmly invited to attend these meetings: Blair Village Elementary School 370 Blair Villa Drive Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 8, 1969 (Return Meeting) Pryor Street Elementary ~chool 883 Pryor Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 13,_ 1969 (Initial Meeting) Time: Time: 8:00 p. m. 8:00 p. m. Sammye E. Coan Elementary School (Initial Meeting) 1550 Boulevard Drive, NE Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 20, 1969 Time: 8:00 p.m. CRC's regular monthly meeting will be Friday, May 23, at 2:00 p. m. ! Meeting Room #2, City Hall. NW:gdm � 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 vy ob OMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1966 1208 CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA $0303 TELEPHONE 5#2-§468 EXT. 433 DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Qiairman THE HONORABLE SAM MASSELL, JR., Ex-Officio President, Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T. M. ALEXANDER, SR. ERC TO: Mayor Allen, Board of Aldermen, and Members of the Press MISS HELEN BULLARD MR. R. J. BUTLER \W REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DOBBS FROM: Nat Welch REP. C. G. EZZARD MR. L. L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. . CHARLES HART * rt ee E. LEE SUBJECT: CRC! s Town Hall Me etings MRS. F. W. PATTERSON RABBI JACOB M. ROTHSCHILD : MR. M. 0. RYAN . -——MR_JACK SELLS DATE: April 29, 1969 MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SIMON MES MAES LETS You will find listed below the Town Hall meetings that the Atlanta _-MR.NAT WELCH - Community Relations Commission will hold during the month of So May. You are warmly invited to attend these meetings: Blair Village Elementary School (Return Meeting) 370 Blair Villa Drive Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 8, 1969 Time: 8:00 p.m. Pryor Street Elementary School (Initial Meeting) 883 Pryor Street, S. W. _ Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 13, 1969 Time: 8:00 p.m. Sammye E, Coan Elementary School (Initial Meeting) 1550 Boulevard Drive, NE Atlanta, Georgia Date: May 20, 1969 | Time: 8:00 p.m. CRC's seeuias monthly meeting will be Friday, May 23, at 2:00 p.m., Meeting Room #2, City Hall. | NW:gdm  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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Box 4, Folder 4, Document 54 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/23b21424ee6567d8209f7347beb27e74.pdf 4a0fe2efa8577f9d0539a66e73ca1f1b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. QUESTIONS FOR THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN,JR. MAYOR OF ATLANTA CONCERNING THE ATLANTA COMMUNI TY RELATIONS COMMISSION rJ.hat factors caused the city to create the CRC? How much influence did the riots in other cities or the 1964 Civil Rights Act have in convincing the city to establish the CRC ? 2 o What do you vi.ew as the job o.f the CRC' ? Is it just a sounding board ? 3. Was the CRC created pr imarily to work in the bl ack neighborhoods of the city ? 4 . How, in your view, can the CRC best serve the people of Atlanta? 5. Should the CRG take an active role i n changing the racial patterns of the city? 60 Do you believe the CRC can be the prime agent in getting the school board to, fully integrate the .Atl anta public schools? 7. Can the CRC do anything to speed integration of .Atlanta 1 s neighborhoods-which would relieve the back pressure of housing in black areas? 8 • .At present the CRG has no powers outside of hol ding hearings an d investigat ion should the CRC be given additional powers? 9. Atlanta is very heterogeneous in its makup . How do you make the CRC members hip reflect, as near as possible,, the diver se segments of the city? 10. What do you consider when you select a CRG member --what is your criteria beyond t he ordinance's adult resident clause? ll . In the .past t he CRC had t o s t r uggl e to get an increase in i t s bidget, in 1966 , only '30,000,, in 1967 35,ooo,. however this year the Finance Comrn:li.ttee gave t he CRC a sizable increase in its budget without dissenting voices--why? f~ 0 As late as 1961 i't has been reported that you did not favor an official human rel ations council( excl uding t he coordinating co:rnn,it tee you created which had no of f icial status ) why did you change your view in 1966? 13 . How do you feel the CRC' is being accept ed i n the affluent whi t e community ? G \fuat were your fee l ings toward Mrs. Paschal as director of the CRC 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 6 36 he 5. Go Te 8. Pe 10. 13. QUESTIONS FOR THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN,JR. MAYOR OF ATLANTA CONCERNING THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION What factors caused the city to create the CRC ? How much influence did the riots in other cities or the 196), Civil Rights Act have in convincing the city to establish the CRC ? What do you view as the job of the CRC ? Is it just a sounding board ? Was the CRC created primarily to work in the black neighborhoods of the city ? How, in your view, can the CRC best serve the people of Atlanta ? Should the CRC take an active role in changing the racial patterns of the city ? Do you believe the CRC can be the prime agent in getting the school board to fully integrate the Atlanta public schools ? Can the CRC do anything to speed integration of Atlanta's neighborhoods-- which would relieve the back pressure of housing in black areas ? At present the CRC has no powers outside of holding hearings and investigation should the CRC be given additional powers ? Atlanta is very heterogeneous in its makup.e How do you make the CRC member- ship reflect, as near as possible, the diverse segments of the city ? What do you consider when you select a CRC member--what is your criteria beyond the ordinance's adult resident clause ? In the past the CRC had to struggle to get an increase in its bidget, in 1966, only $30,000, in 1967 $35,000, however this year the Finance Committee gave the CRG a sizable increase in its budget without dissenting voices--why ? As late as 1961 it has been reported that you did not favor an official human relations council(excluding the coordinating committee you created which had no official status) why did you change your view in 1966 ? How do you feel the CRC is being accepted in the affluent white comnunity ? What were your feelings toward Mrs. Paschal as director of the CRC ?  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 4, Folder 4, Document 53 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2bb8bbdf3f8ebd13fe8ffcdc6d7dbacb.pdf a9e72a4bf78ffe80a36aa6289e2dcc23 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 37'75 Gordon Rd. Apt. D-5 Atlanta~ Georgia 30331 February 19, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atl anta City Hall Atlanta~ Geor gia 30303 Sir : At present I am a graduate student attending Atlanta Univer sity. I run als o, engaged in a research project concerning the Atlanta Community Rel ations Commission. I understand a personal interview~with you, would not be poss ible, therefore I am submitting the enclosed questions. for your views in regards to the Community Rel ations Commission. Your views on the Commission would be of great aid to my study. I would appreciate your answering the questions at your earliest convenience . Thank you for your help in this matter. Yours truly~ encl . 1 William H. Boones Jr. � 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 3775 Gordon Rd. Apt. D-5 Atlanta, Georgia 30331 February 19, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 » Sir: At present I am a graduate student attending Atlanta University. I am also engaged in a research project concerning the Atlanta Comunity Relations Commissions I understand a personal interview,with you, would not be possible, therefore I am submitting the enclosed questions for your views in regards to the Community Relations Commission. . Your views on the Commission would be of great aid to my study. I would appreciate your answering the questions at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your help in this matter. Yours truly, encl. 1 William H. Boone, Jr.  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 4, Folder 4, Document 52 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/5ba190e089092901a3c2eaa0c82abee9.pdf 098ad216c2e1823888e453d1540ceefe Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 2 , 1969 Mr. William H . Boone, Jr . 3775 Gordon Road, Apt D -5 A tlanta , Georgia 30331 Dear Mr. Boone : "in reply to your questionnaire regarding the Community Relations Commission, I hope the fo1lowing information _will as~ist in your studies at Atlanta University: 1. What factors cau ed the city to create the CRC. . . . ? This was a decision made by the Board of Aldermen to provide a coordinatlng agency to work with various community problems. 2. What do you view as the job of the CRC. . . . . ? Attached is a. copy of the Ordinance e tablishing the Commi sion which outlines the duties and responsibilities. 3. Was th CRC ere ted primarily to work in black neighborhood . • ? It w ere t d prim rily to work in solving the pc,1tblem Atlanta' di adv ntag d citizen , both white and black. 4. of How can the CRC be t serve the people of Atlanta? By fulfilling it re pon ibilitie a outlined in the Ordinance, and by providing Atlan citizen with factual inform tion concerning r ci l is ue nd working to eliminat some of the xisting misconc ptions and myths. 5. Should it take an active role in changing raci l ttera . . . ? The CBC ta one of many organization working to d t on the basi · f race, ere d, color or tion 1 origin. betto �Mr . William H . Boone, Jr . 13. How do you feel the CRC is being accepted in the affluent white community? There seems to be an increasing interest and support of the CRC from the filffluent white community. Many people throughout Atlanta are finding the Commission to be a valuable agent in bringing about social change and equal opportunity for all citizens through peaceful and responsible means. Hopefully; this increasi ng interest will lead to the involvment of more Atlanta citizens in the efforts of the CRC. 14. What were your feelings toward Mrs . Paschall as director of the CRC? Based on the unanimous recommendation of the Commission member•, I appointed Mrs . P sch · 11 as its director, as I felt the Commission deserved my full support. Sinc e r e ly, I van All e n, Jr . � 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 2, 1969 Mr. William H. Boone, Jr. 3775 Gordon Road, Apt D-5 Atlanta, Georgia 30331 Dear Mr. Boone: In reply to your questionnaire regarding the Community Relations Commission, I hope the following information will assist in your Ce ~. tial ae ee ee = Se i er studies at Atlanta University: i. What factors caused the city to create the CRC. ...? This was a decision made by the Board of Aldermen to provide a coordinating agency to work with various community | problems. What do you view as the job of the CRC. . .. .? Attached is a copy of the Ordinance establishing the Commission which outlines the duties and responsibilities. Was the CRC created primarily to work in black neighborhoods. . ? It was created primarily to work in solving the pewblems of Atlanta's disadvantaged citizens, both white and black. How can the CRC best serve the people of Atlanta? By fulfilling its responsibilities as outlined in the Ordinance, and by providing Atlanta citizens with factual information concerning racial issues and working to eliminate some of the existing misconceptions and myths. Should it take an active role in changing racial patterms . . .? The CHC is one of many organizations working to end the ghetto | on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin. rf et SS ee Mr. 13, 14, 2 We AUR ee ee Te : ee eee. en ee eS William H. Boone, Jr. How do you feel the CRC is being accepted in the affluent white community? There seems to be an increasing interest and support of the CRC from the fiffluent white community. Many people throughout Atlanta are finding the Commission to be a valuable agent in bringing about social change and equal opportunity for all citizens through peaceful and responsible means. Hopefully, this increasing interest will lead to the involvment of more Atlanta citizens in the efforts of the CRC. What were your feelings toward Mrs. Paschall as director of the CRC? Based on the unanimous recommendation of the Commission members, I appointed Mrs. Paschall as its director, as I felt the Commission deserved my full support. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. oe 4  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 4, Folder 4, Document 51 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ea25b79d37806371f7fba396c04dfdb7.pdf 9c2bffe550ed35f7938046dde69bd0ff Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ESTAIJLISHED IJY THE /\!AYOR AND THE BOARD OF' ALDER MEN, NOVEU EER, 1966 HOS CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 5U-H63 EXT. DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, O rn imum THE HO NORABLE SAM MASSELL, JR., ex-Officio President. Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T- M. ALEXANDER, SR . MR. R. BYRON ATTRIDGE MRS. SARA BAKER MISS HELEN BULLARD MR . It. J. BUTLER REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DO BBS REP: C. G. EZZARD MR. L. L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. MR. CHARLES llART DR. ROBERT E. LEE MRS. I'. W. PATTERSON . RAB BI JACOB M. ROTHSCIJILD MR. M. 0 . RYAN TO: The Mayor and The Board of Aldermen FROM: Nat Welch SUBJECT: /4A}J. The 1969 Town Hall Meetings Prograrn n'IR. jn.CrC SELLS MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SI MON MRS. MARY STEPHENS DR. J. RMlDOLPH TAYLOR MR . NAT WELCH Executive Director DATE: March 18, 1969 The schedule for the first three Town Hall Meeting s sponsored by the Community Relations Cornmission is as follows: 1. Grant Park are, Jero1ne Jones Elementary School, 649 Home Avenue, Tuesday night, M _a rch 25, 8: 00 p. m. 2. Southe ast Atlanta, Blair Village Elementary School, 370 Blair Village Drive, Wednesday night, April 9 , 8:00 p. m. 3. Sirant Park area,· Jerome Jone s Elementary School, 649 Ho1ne Avenue, Tuesday night, April 22, 8: 00 p. m. (This is a return me~ting to report to the resident on actions taken on their problems}. You are warmly invited to attend any of the Commission 1 s Town Hall Meetings. You will rec e ive a rn.onthly schedule of these meetings and a reminder t e lephone call when a meeting will be· held in your Ward. The Commission is grateful for your interest and support. ,.s, � 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 OMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1986 1203 CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA $0308 TELEPHONE $S2£-$463 EXT. 453 DR. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Giairmen THE HONORABLE SAM MASSELL, JR., Ex-Officio President, Board of Aldermen COMMISSION MEMBERS MR. T. M. ALEXANDER, 5R. MR. R. BYRON ATTRIDGE MRS. SARA BAKER MISS HELEN BULLARD MR. R. J. BUTLER REP. JAMES E. DEAN MR. ROBERT DOBBS REP. C. G. EZZARD MR. L. L. GELLERSTEDT, JR. MR, CHARLES HART DR. ROBERT E. LEE _ MRS. F. W. PATTERSON RABBI JACOB M. ROTHSCHILD MR. M. O. RYAN MR. JACK SELLS MR. PAUL SHIELDS MR. L. D. SIMON MRS. MARY STEPHENS DR. J. RANDOLPH TAYLOR MR. NAT WELCH Executive Director TO: The Mayor and The Board of Aldermen FROM: Nat Welch Mh SUBJECT: The 1959 Town Hall Meetings Program DATE: March 18, 1969 The schedule for the first three Town Hall Meetings aponrered by the Community Relations Commission is as follows: 1, Grant Park are, Jerome Jones Elementary School, 649 Home Avenue, Tuesday night, March 25, 8:00 p.m. 2. Southeast Atlanta, Blair Village Elementary School, 370 Blair Village Drive, Wednesday night, April 9, 8:00 p.m, 3% Grant Park area, Jerome Jones Elementary School, 649 Home Avenue, Tuesday night, April 22, 8:00 p.m, (This is a return meeting to report to the resident on actions taken on their problems). You are warmly invited to attend any of the Commission's Town Hall Meetings. You will receive a monthly schedule of these meetings anda reminder telephone call when a meeting will be held in your Ward. The Commission is grateful for your interest and support,  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 4, Folder 4, Document 50 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e6a329a2619bf640d16be53ae7354037.pdf d63c484555a91c61af60bcb7af5457a5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. , /Jc ti HUGHES SPALOING WILLIAM K . MEAOOW HUGHES SPALDING, JR. CHARLES H . KIRBO POPE B. M~INTIRE KENNETH L , HEWITT HARRY C , HOWARD R , BYRON ATTRIDGE ROBERT W . HURST ROBT. B . TROUTMAN CHARLES L . GOWEN .JAMES M. SIBLE Y JOHN IZARO KIRK M. M~ALPIN HENRY HALL WARE III RICHARD A . DENNY, JR. WILLIAM H , IZLAR,JR. BRADLEY HALE ROBERT L, STEED OANIEL J, O ' CONNOR , JR. ANTHA MULKEY CHARLES M. KIOO EDWARD .J. HAWIE DAVID L. COKER JOHN o . HOPKINS A. F"ELTON .JENKINS, JR. R . WILLIAM ICE Ill HUGH PETERSON , JR . JOHN A . WALLACE .JOHN C. STATON, JR. F"URMAN SMITH, .JR . G . LEMUEL HEWES JACK H . WATSON. JR . HORACE H . SIBLEY CHARLES M , SHAF"F'ER , .JR . G E ORG E GRAHAM TRASK W . DON A LD KNIGHT, JR. J A MES A. BRANCH Ill Elc<!__ KING & SPALDING TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 404 525 - 0481 March 3, 1969 .JOSEPH A. GL A DDEN,JR. Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City of Atlanta city Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The February meeting of the community Relations commission was held this past Friday, February 28th, and a substantial portion of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the so-called welfare payments freeze. " There was a great amount of confusion as to just exactly what was involved in the "freeze." However, it appears that the federal government presently plans to restrict welfare grants to the states beginning July 1, 1969, which would in turn cause some reduction in the payments to individual recipients. It was the strong consensus of the community Relations commission that any reduction in the individual welfare payments - particularly in the summer month of July - would increase unrest and the possibility for general trouble in the community o It is clear that the whole question of the "freeze " needs to be studied and clarified , and I have asked the staff of the commission to undertake such a study . I have also talked with Dan sweat this morning who is also studying the matter. �Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. March 3, 1969 Page TWO If the problem exists as it now appears, the Commission will be available to assist you in any way in attacking the problem. Sincerely, BA:jmb cc: cc: cc: Reverend Sam Williams Mr . Nat Welch Mr . 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 ~— KING & SPALDING HUGHES SPALDING ROBT. B. TROUTMAN WILLIAM K. MEADOW CHARLES L.GOWEN HUGHES SPALDING, UR. JAMES M. SIBLEY CHARLES H. KIRBO JOHN IZARD TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA BUILDING POPE B. MSINTIRE KIRK M. M&ALPIN KENNETH L.HEWITT RICHARD A. DENNY, JR. HARRY Cc. HOWARD WILLIAM H.IZLAR,JR. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 R. BYRON ATTRIDGE BRADLEY HALE ROBERT W. HURST ROBERT L.STEEO HENRY HALL WARE II DANIEL J. O'CONNOR, UR. 404 525-0481 ANTHA MULKEY HUGH PETERSON, UR. CHARLES Mm. KIDD JOHN 4.WALLACE EDWARD J. HAWIE JOHN ©. STATON. UR. DAVID L. COKER FURMAN SMITH, UR. JOHN DB. HOPKINS G.LEMUEL HEWES 4&.FELTON JENKINS, JR. JACK H. WATSON. JR. March 3, 1969 R. WILLIAM IDE tr HORACE H. SIBLEY CHARLES M. SHAFFER, JR. GEORGE GRAHAM TRASK W. DONALD KNIGHT, JR. JAMES A. BRANCH III JOSEPH R.GLADDEN, JR. Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: The February meeting of the Community Relations Commission was held this past Friday, February 28th, anda substantial portion of the meeting was taken up with discus- sion of the so-called “welfare payments freeze." There was a great amount of confusion as to just exactly what was involved in the "freeze." However, it appears that the federal government presently plans to restrict welfare grants to the states beginning July 1, 1969, which would in turn cause some reduction in the payments to individual recipients. It was the strong consensus of the Community Relations Commission that any reduction in the individual welfare payments - particularly in the summer month of July - would increase unrest and the possibility for general trouble in the community. It is clear that the whole question of the "freeze" needs to be studied and clarified, and I have asked the staff of the Commission to undertake such a study. I have also talked with Dan Sweat this morning who is also studying the matter. Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. March 3, 1969 Page Two If the problem exists as it now appears, the Commission will be available to assist you in any way in attacking the problem. Sincerely, Community Relations mmission BA: jmb ce: Reverend Sam Williams cc: Mr. Nat Welch cc: Mr. 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 4, Folder 4, Document 49 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/63edcf8e72aca9c90860b3e46c61684f.pdf 3a5e5c52a98b33098efbea337152efbc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ·' Mi~ GlzeatJialIL PUBLIC RELATIONS February 18, 1969 Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor: I am grateful for your appointing me to the Community Relations Commission. It is my hope that the work I do as a member in some way will help to preserve and continue the advances in human relations made during your service to the City. Sincerely, Mike Che atham MC:lg 415 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E. • Suite 207 • Atlanta, Georgia 30305 • Telephone (404) 261 -8761 � 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 Mike Gheatham PUBLIC RELATIONS ‘ February 18, 1969 Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, Southwest Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor: I am grateful for your appointing me to the Community Relations Commission. It is my hope that the work I do as a member in some way will help to preserve and continue the advances in human relations made during your service to the City. Sincerely, Whee Mike Cheatham MC:1g 415 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.® Suite 207 e Atlanta, Georgia 30305 © Telephone (404) 261-8761  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 4, Folder 4, Document 48 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/dda25492392f6b157fa61495b5815e94.pdf 15db8053acf50702720dd367b33704d0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 21, 1969 .. Mr. Terrance Hanold President The Pills bury Company Minneapolis,. Minnesota Dear Mr. Hanold: 1 hope you and your associates have had an opportunity for a little relaxation after the rigorous schedule of the Bake - Off. I am till impressed that it is one of the grande t fetes of perfect o:tg nizing l have ever een. l was delighted that Jim MeLamor had n pportunity to pend couple of hours at City H 11 with N t Welch, our Community R lations Commi ion Director, nd go into d tail bout our pl n for th Bl ck Bu ines Work hop. It w h ld yesterday, and was n out tandi-ng succe s. Inf ct, we bad e cted thr e to four hundred to ttend, and d to move th e-onf i-ence into the m in auditorium of Atl nta Univer ity to ccommodate the crowd. l m encloeing copy of th progr m , some of the new coverage and the nnual l" port of the Community Re·l tlon Commieaion. I hop tbi will give you a littl more insight in what e r trying to do in Atlanta. lf you n ed additional information, or ve any pecific qu tion • Nat Welch will be delight d to be of a ttce. On tho othel' hand, if th i-cs ta · ny thing l m y do f oi- you. Lou G lfand, or Th Pillebury Com ny. I hope you will let me know. It waa uch a pl 1lJ" being ith you. Mo•t aincer ly, Mre. AnD M. Moaea cutlve S er ta Enc aur • � 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 February 21, 1969 Mr, Terrance Hanold President The Pillsbury Company Minneapolis, Minnesota Dear Mr. Hanold: I hope you and your associates have had an opportunity for a little relaxation after the rigorous schedule of the Bake-Off. Iam still impressed that it is one of the grandest fetes of perfect organizing Ihave ever seen, I was delighted that Jim McLamore had an@pportunity to spend a couple of hours at City Hall with Nat Welch, our Community Relations Commission Director, and go into detail about our plans for the Black Business Workshop. It was held yesterday, and was an outstanding success, In fact, we had expected three to four hundred to attend, and had to move the conference into the main auditorium of Atlanta University to accommodate the crowd. Iam enclosing a copy of the program, some of the news coverage and the annual report of the Community Relations Commission. I hope this will give you a little more insight in what we are trying to do in Atlanta. If you need additional information, or have any specific questions, Nat Welch will be delighted to be of assistance. On the other hand, if there is any thing I may do for you, Lou Gelfand, or The Pillsbury Company, I hope you will let me know. It was such a pleasure being with you. Most sincerely, Mre, Ann M, Moses Executive Secretary 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 4, Folder 4, Document 47 Box 4 Box 4 Folder 4 Folder topic: Community Relations Commission | 1969