1 20 545 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7f163261df64bc2f482e7aab0f4b7c53.pdf 602b5c20636fca232d0693cc37e5bac9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. September 28, 1967 NOTICE TO: Steering Committee and Working Committee Members FROM: Ron M . Linton and John Feild National Coordinators, The Urban Coalition The Urban Coalition has now moved into its new offices. send or refer all future correspondence to: The Urban Coalition Suite 220 1819 H Street, N .W. Washington, D .C. 20006 (202) 293-1530 Please � 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 September 28, 1967 NOTICE FQ Steering Committee and Working Committee Members FROM: Ron M. Linton and John Feild National Coordinators, The Urban Coalition The Urban Coalition has now moved into its new offices. Please send or refer all future correspondence to: The Urban Coalition Suite 220 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 293-1530  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 9 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4b3f247df8db8f1a7641cb1190ae29a5.pdf e1ea6ea8c551f8659ce42c544248137b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MOBILIZING URBAN COALITIONS January 12, 1968 New York University Loeb Student Center New York, New York 8:30 am Registration: New York University Loeb Student Center 9:30 am Opening General Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman, The Urban Coalition Welcome: Dr. Allan M. Cartter Chancellor, New York University Remarks: The Most Rev. John J. Maguire Administrator, Archdiocese of New York Address: James F. Oates, Jr. Chairman of the Board - Chief Executive Officer Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 10:30 am Mobilization Workshops All workshops will deal with the same series of topics. The morning workshops will deal with methods of organizing local coalitions. 12:15 pm Luncheon Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium - Presiding: A. Philip Randolph Co-chairman, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein Rabbi of Tempie Ansche Chesed Member, Executive Committee, New York Board of Rabbis Remarks: Christian A. Herter, Jr. Chairman; New York Coalihon Address: Ho.norable John V. Lindsay Mayor of the City of New York. 2:00 ..pm Mobilization Workshops The afternoon workshops will deal with the development of task force activity at the community level in counterpart to the national level task forces on specific urban problems. 4:15 pm Concluding General Session: Eisen and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Ron M. Linton National Coordinator, The Urban Coalition · Remarks: Dr. Edler G. Hawk ins St. Augustine Presbyterian Church New York City, New Yo rk Former Moderator, General Assembly, The United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Address: 5:00 pm Whitney M . Young, Jr. Executive Director National Urban League Adjournment ,,, � 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 Se SS ee 8:30 am 9:30 am MOBILIZING URBAN COALITIONS January 12, 1968 New York University Loeb Student Center New York, New York Registration: New York University Loeb Student Center Opening General Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Andrew Heiskell Co-Chairman, The Urban Coalition Welcome: Dr. Allan M. Cartter Chancellor, New York University Remarks: The Most Rev. John J. Maguire Administrator, Archdiocese of New York Address: James F. Oates, ur. 70:30 am 12:15 pm 2:00..pm 4:15 pm Chairman of the Board — Chief Executive Officer Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Mobilization Workshops All workshops will deal with the same series of topics. The morning workshops will deal with methods of organizing local coalitions. Luncheon Session: Eisner and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: A. Philip Randolph Co-chairman, The Urban Coalition Remarks: Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein Rabbi of Temple Ansche Chesed Member, Executive Committee, New York Board of Rabbis Remarks: Christian A. Herter, dr. Chairman, New York Coalition Address: Honorable John V. Lindsay Mayor of the City of New York Mobilization Workshops The afternoon workshops will deal with the development of task force activity at the community level in counterpart to the national level task forces on specific urban problems. Concluding General Session: Eisen and Lubin Auditorium Presiding: Ron M. Linton National Coordinator, The Urban Coalition ‘Remarks: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins St. Augustine Presbyterian Church New York City, New York Former Moderator, General Assembly, The United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Address: Whitney M. Young, Jr. Executive Director National Urban League §:00 pm Adjournment  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 8 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8a6affd375ffe08ded10986528dcba8f.pdf 2b0e49214d2fa0e0180813305c2b7d50 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Novembe:u 30, 1967 Mr . John Feild National Coo,:dinator The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N . W . Suite 220 Washington, D. C . 20006 Deii.1" John: Some time ago,. we discussed the possibility of my obtaining number of dditional copies of the special supplement to CITY entitled "Urban Coalition: Turning the Country Around" . I would be glad to receive any number of Ir e copies that might be taking up hot£ p ce and if the t i ch ge . plea. e let me know how much .258 or 300 would cost me . Sincer ly yours, D n Swe t DS:fy � 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 November 30, 1967 Mr. John Feild National Coordinator The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N.W. Suite 220 Washington, D. C. 20006 Dear John: Some time ago, we discussed the possibility of my obtaining a number of additional copies of the special supplement to CITY entitled Urban Coalition: Turning the Country Around". I would be glad to receive any number of free copies that might be taking up shelf space and if there is a change, please let me know how much 259 or 300 would cost me. Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS;fy  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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An Address At the Opening of the Fund-Raising Campaign for the "University of Community Involvement" on April 1, 1968 at New Rochelle Hospital New Rochelle, New York By SIDNEY P. MUDD A Ci tize n of N ew Roch e ll e President of N ew Yor k Se ve n-Up �What we need is men of good will. Men who truly care. Men who want to help in the solving of the problem. Men from the white community, men from the black community, and women from both. Can we find one-hundred such in New Rochelle? Can we find fifty? Can we find twenty? What would we call them? It makes little difference. Call them the "Committee of 100," or whatever else. The main thing is to call them together. Once called together, once engaged in dialogue, once exposed to the hopes, the problems, the needs of the city, as it strives to be what all of us want it to be, I can envision no problem that its members, as true men of good will, could not resolve together. It is the togetherness, the mutual respect and actual understanding that is so obviously lacking now and so obviously needed. And it will take the leadership that only such a committee can provide to do what is needed to be done . Who can qualify for such a committee, for such leadership? I do not know. I do know that they must come from among the recognized leaders of the city as it now exists, so that, by their good example, others who respect them will be moved to follow. They must be leaders who want to contribute of their special talents to the good of all. In the final analysis they must, I believe, be able to answer "yes" to the three questions that I ask each of you now : 1.) If you have a child in school in New Rochelle at present or hope to have one there, be it a public school or private, at whatever level, grade, highschool or college, are you content to have a Negro child seated next to yours? 2.) If you are in government, in professional life or in a business are you content to have a Negro as a fellow-worker, a fellow-executive, and, if qualified, as president of your company? 3.) No matter where you live in New Rochelle, in any house, on any street, in any section, are you content to see a Negro family move next door tomorrow? How many men and women can we find to answer yes, and mean it, and live by it, and lead others to follow them? I do not know . The answer is locked in the heart of each of us. But that is what it will toke. It is that simple or that difficult, d e pending upon what is in our hearts. You will be asked soon to be such a leader. Let there be no embarrassment if you cannot accept because you cannot truthfully answer "yes" to these three questions. You will at least have been honest with yourself . Since I have proposed this self-examination to be made and answered privately, it seems only fair and proper for me to answer publicly . I do so now, humbly in the presence of so many better men than I, answer " yes" to these three questions . Is this the impossible dream, is there not enough love in the world, is my life so busy that I am unable or unwilling to hold out my hand to my ne ighbor? Perhaps if only a few re spond it will be the impossible dream . But, if enough of our leaders are willing to try, with the help of the God, Who made us all, nothing is impossible . I place this in your hands. I commend it to your hearts . �On the 19th of March, just o ne day short of two weeks ago, I was aske d if I would talk to you today, he re in New Rochelle Hospital. Although, like yours, my life and my schedule are filled almost to the brimming, I acce pte d immediately. I acce pted for the strongest of all re a so ns: my conscie nce told me to acce pt. And happily I found myself in full agreem e nt wi th my conscience. I would be less than fair wit h you, if I did not te ll you why . When those fleet in g moments of reflection permit, I suppose that ea ch of us on occasion talks to himse lf. On such occasions two voices wi thin us seem to be engaged in a d ialogue, voices that as k questions and give answ e rs . Som e times the questions go like this : " How well do you think you are doing with your life ?" " You say that. you are very busy, busy with earning a li ving, busy with various outsid e acti vities, perhaps a host of them, but are you aware that you could do more, t hat you could do be tter?" " Now, pl e ase take a hard look at your life from the vie wpoint of what surrounds it and answer this: 'Wh a t is by far the g re atest problem of your tim e in your nation, in your city?'" " Yo u know very simply, ve ry clearly and ve ry quick ly wh at th e answe r is. It is the problem of race . Th e crying, hurtful, gna wi ng , frustrating probl em, which exists because one man 's skin is white and anoth er man 's sk in is black ." An d as yo u menta lly nod " yes, yo u are ri ght, " there follows, as always it must, that awful, final question , that qu estion which strips you of all the trappings of your life up to t hat moment: " What are you going to do about it?" Please note, d e ar friends , how this question is ask ed of us . Conscie nce is not content to know how we fee/ about it. It stu bbornly wa nts to know: "What ar e yo u going to do about it?" I said t ha t I would b e le ss than fair if I did not tell you why I am here today . a m he re b e ca use of t hat question. I want wit h all my heart to do something, to ma ke so me contribution , small as it may be, to the p eacef ul and happy solution of t he most important p robl e m of o ur lifetimes together, he re in th e city for w hich all of us sha re so d ee p an affectio n. I address you wit h th e greatest of confi d e nce, on a man to man basis, because I know so many of you and have count less re aso ns to be sure of t he goodness in your hearts. Sp e cifically, we are he re today to muster support for the idea and th e financing of an infant enter prise call e d, ra t he r unusually, the " Uni versity of Community Involvement." Is t his an e arth-s ha ki ng mo ve me nt to date? Is it going to so lve the race problem in New Ro ch e ll e ? Ha s it b ee n without controve rsy in th e past? Certainly not! But the a ll -i mportant t hing is that it is a b e ginn ing . A community-beginning, impe rfect as it may b e, toward the final, searching question: " W ha t a re you going to do a bout it?" The "University of Community Involveme nt" is not even dire ctly positioned as a program only for the Negro community. It may have, by past circumstance and realistic fact-facing, been forc ed to lean that way, but that is not what it envisions. It is ideally directed to black anci white, poor and rich, young and old. It is called a "university" for a valid reason: its classrooms are the city streets and city buildings, where living together under love and under law are the subjects taught; its students are the youth of our city, be they black or white; and its faculty are the civic, government and business leaders of the total community. What it needs most of all now is a board of trustees, whose attitude is to support and guide this first small step toward the answer to the question which our consciences ask . In proof of what I have said, le t me read the very first line written about this evolving organization : " 'The University of Community Involvement' is in the business of shaping Human Attitudes." Let me repeat: the business of shaping human attitudes. Now, friends, it is on the subject of " attitude" that I most earnestly want to open my mind and my heart to you and to ask you to search your own hearts and minds, as we consider together the number one probl e m of our nation and city, the problem of race . Let us suppose for a moment that we could stand far e nough removed from the problem so as to view it objectively and without prejudice. Hard to do? Very hard . But just suppose that we could. Certainly God do e s. Le t's at least try it together . The first reflection we might well make would be to wonder why in the world, when God came to make Man , by far the gre atest of all in His series of created things, why in the world did He make some men wh ite and some men colored. (And parenthetically, He made many more colored than He did white.) Didn't He forese e that this was going to lead to trouble? Then w hy did He do it? Not one of us knows, not even the most brilliant among us . All we know is that He permitted men to be that way . Th e second reflection that we might make would b e that, eve n considering the many shadings of re ligious b eliefs, there emerges a very basic formula for solving th e probl e m: love God above all e lse and love your neighbor as yourself . Now from our hypoth etical, unpr ej udice d and objectiv e point of view, knowing th e probl em, and knowing th e basic formula above for solving it, it really be com es quite si mpl e to point out thre e steps, which, if tak e n e arn est ly and sincerely by me n of good wil l, wo uld solve the problem in the only way it will really ever be solved . The three ste ps should com e as no surprise to any thinking man or woman, white or black . l .) Gi ve th e Ne gro th e full ri ght and th e full opportunity to ha ve the sam e education as the white man . 2.) Gi ve t he Negro the full right and th e fu ll opportunity to hold any job in any company for which his education and ability qual ify him . 3 .) G ive the Negro the full right and the full opportunity to live in any ho us e, o n any street, in any city, whic h he can afford to occu py . You wi ll note, I b e li eve, th e inter-relationship of these three esse nti al steps and the reasonabl e ness of the ord er in w hich th e y are liste d . In pre paratio n for talking a nd thinking with you to day, I felt it not only important but essenti al to ch e c k my thoughts against those of several men of acknowledged im portance and compete nce in our city, both white and Negro. Th e time with which these me n favored me was not a brief matte r of minutes. The averag e time spe nt in th ese conve rsations was a good two hours . I pause for a mom e nt to thank them sil e ntly for their generosi ty to all of us . Whatever good may come from our bei ng together he re today will b e, in the greatest part, due to their generous help and e ncouragement. In e ach of the conversations with e ach of thes e lead ers, there was comp lete agreement that the thre e ste ps call ing for e qua l education, e qual e mploymen t, and equal hou si ng rights end opportuniti es we re basically sound. But it is most enlightening and important to know that, whe n the point of view of the Ne gro leaders was ex presse d, our threefold c:nswer took on a fourth dimension . Please listen carefully to this fourth dimension. The Negro, with too few exceptions, does not feel himse lf worthy of th ese three equalities. How strange this is, how foreign to the way the white man thinks and feels . It was explained to me in this way. Three hund re d ye ars of approximate slavery, generation upon g e neration of a master-servant re lationship, lifeti me after lifetime of grinding poverty, of ignorance, of brain wa shin g that what was white was good and virtuous and powerful, wh il e what was black was evil and menial and weak have had th e ir effec t, may God forgive it. They have made t he black man believe that he is, in fact, inferior and thus un wo rt hy of the white ma n's slowly emerging best inte ntions . The Negro is trapped, so he believes, in a gh etto soci ety unt il he is shown that there truly is a way out. He nce the despair, he nce the indol e nce, hen ce the crime, hence the ang er, hen ce the riot, hence th e ever-increasing polari zati on into a white society a~d a black society, two Am ericas, and , in a smaller sense, two New Rochelles. No city, no state, no empire in history has ever been abl e to exist thus in peace. Not eve n Rome whe n it ruled the w hol e world. It is the obligation of the lead e rs of the black man and the w hite man to disprove t hi s myth of unworthiness and apply in its stead the obvious and only true soluti o n which we have discusse d above : the three equalities th at make a man a man . Since we are only human beings who live in a p ra ctica l wo rld , let me be as practical a s possi bl e in co ncluding these remarks to you. I am going to ask you and many other lead e rs in New Rochell e to give of your substance and of yourself . In plain er words, I am asking for your money, but, more importantly, I am asking for your he arts. In mon e y, the minimum need is for $30, 000, to b e contributed by Ap ril 15. This wi ll und erwrite the impro vement, the exte ns ion and the applica tion of t he Community Involvem e nt program thro ugh the full summer ahead . This is to be raised by and from the business and social commu nities of New Rochell e both black and w hite. I con sider this sum desirable and e nti re ly re asonabl e . W e ought to b e able to over-~ubscribe it in five min utes right here in this room. It won 't be don e that way; it will be done by di rect contact. I know you will give it. You a re both too generous and too practical not to . But I am much more interested in w hat is in your hea rts. In the fina l anal ysis, that is the only place the answer can be found to the qu e stion we b e gan wi th: " What are you going to do about it?" �EPILOGUE Subsequent to the · occasion on whi ch these thoughts were expressed, the citizens' committee to which they referred was formally named "The Peoples Assembly New Rochelle, N. Y." It will be thus incorporated in the state of New York and any gift to it will be tax deductible. Checks should be drawn to " The People s Asse mbly" and mailed to the above address. Particular emphasis should be placed upon the important fact that "The Peoples Assembly" in no way seeks to intrude upon the activity of any othe r committee, commission, or body, be it governmental or private, in the city of New Rochelle. Its objective is to provide a community-wide gathering of men of good-will, who are dedicated to the peaceful solution of community problems, and , above all, those which spring from our difference of race. " The Peoples Assembly" belongs to 2lJ. the people of New Rochelle. It seeks without prejudice the happiness of all. May the God Who made us all guide it to that accomplishment. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Race Problem: “What Are You Going To Do About It?!’ An Address At the Opening of the Fund-Raising Campaign for the “University of Community Involvement’ on April 1, 1968 at New Rochelle Hospital New Rochelle, New York By SIDNEY P. MUDD A Citizen of New Rochelle President of New York Seven-Up What we need is men of good will. Men who truly care. Men who want to help in the solving of the problem. Men from the white community, men from the black community, and women from both. Can we find one-hundred such in New Rochelle? Can we find fifty? Can we find twenty? What would we call them? It makes little difference. Call them the “Committee of 100," or whatever else. The main thing is to call them together. Once called together, once engaged in dialogue, once exposed to the hopes, the problems, the needs of the city, as it strives to be what all of us want it to be, | can envision no problem that its members, as true men of good will, could not resolve together. It is the togetherness, the mutual respect and actual understand- ing that is so obviously lacking now and so obviously needed. And it will take the leadership that only such a committee can provide to do what is needed to be done. Whe can qualify for such a committee, for such leadership? | do not know. | do know that they must come from among the recognized leaders of the city as it now exists, so that, by their good example, others who respect them will be moved to follow. They must be leaders who want to contribute of their special talents to the good of all. In the final analysis they must, | believe, be able to answer “yes” to the three questions that | ask each of you now: 1.) If you have a child in school in New Rochelle at present or hope to have one there, be it a public school or private, at whatever level, grade, high- school or college, are you content to have a Negro child seated next to yours? 2.) If you are in government, in professional life or in a business are you content to have a Negro as a fellow-worker, a fellow-executive, and, if qualified, as president of your company? 3.) No matter where you live in New Rochelle, in any house, on any street, in any section, are you content to see a Negro family move next door tomorrow? How many men and women can we find to answer yes, and mean it, and live by it, and lead others to follow them? | do not know. The answer is locked in the heart of each of us. But that is what if will take. !1 is that simple or that difficult, depending upon what is in our hearts. You will be asked soon to be such a leader. Let there be no embarrassment if you cannot accept because you cannot truthfully answer “yes” to these three questions. You will at least have been honest with yourself. Since | have proposed this self-examination to be made and answered privately, it seems only fair and proper for me to answer publicly. | do so now, humbly in the presence of so many better men than |, answer “yes’’ to these three questions, Is this the impossible dream, is there not enough love in the world, is my life so busy that | am unable or unwilling to hold out my hand to my neighbor? Perhaps if only a few respond it will be the impossible dream, But, if enough of our leaders are willing ta try, with the help of the God, Who made us all, nothing is impossible. | place this in your hands. | commend it to your hearts. On the 19th of March, just one day short of two weeks ago, | was asked if | would talk to you today, here in New Rochelle Hospital. Although, like yours, my life and my schedule are filled almost to the brimming, | accepted immediately, | accepted for the strongest of all reasons: my conscience told me to accept. And happily | found myself in full agreement with my conscience. | would be less than fair with you, if | did not tell you why. When those fleeting moments of reflection permit, | suppose that each of us on occasion talks to himself. On such occasions two voices within us seem to be engaged in a dialogue, voices that ask questions and give answers. Sometimes the questions go like this: “How well do you think you are doing with your life?” “You say that.you are very busy, busy with earning a living, busy with various outside activities, perhaps a host of them, but are you aware that you could do more, that you could do better?” “Now, please take a hard look at your life from the viewpoint of what sur- rounds it and answer this: ‘What is by far the greatest problem of your time in your nation, in your bib 'y y yY y city?!’ “You know very simply, very clearly and very quickly what the answer is, lt is the problem of race. The crying, hurtful, gnawing, frustrating problem, which exists because one man’s skin is white and another man’s skin is black,” And as you mentally nod “yes, you are right,” there follows, as always it must, that awful, final question, that question which strips you of all the trappings of your life up to that moment: “What are you gaing to da about it?” Please note, dear friends, how this question is asked of us. Conscience is nol content to know how we feel about it. lt stubbornly wants to know: “What are you going to do about it?” | said that | would be Jess than fair if | did not tell you why | am here today, | am here because of that question. | want with all my heart to do something, to make some contribution, small as it may be, to the peaceful and happy solv- tion of the most important problem of our lifetimes together, here in the city for which all of us share so deep an affection. | address you with the greatest of confidence, on a man fo man basis, because | know so many of you and have countless reasons to be sure of the goodness in your hearts. Specifically, we are here today to muster support for the idea and the financing of an infant enterprise called, rather unusually, the ‘University of Community In- volvement.” Is this an earth-shaking movement fo date? Is it going to solve the race problem in New Rochelle? Has it been without controversy in the past? Certainly nat! But the all-important thing is that it is a beginning. A community-beginning, imperfect as it may be, toward the final, searching question: “What are you going to do about it?” The "University of Community Involvement” is not even directly positioned as a program only for the Negro community. It may have, by past circumstance and realistic fact-facing, been forced to lean that way, but that is not what it envisions. It is ideally directed to black and white, poor and rich, young and old. It is called a “university” for a valid reason: its classrooms are the city streets and city build- ings, where living together under love and under law are the subjects taught; its students are the youth of our city, be they black or white; and its faculty are the civic, government and business leaders of the total community. What it needs most of all now is a board of trustees, whose attitude is fo support and guide this first small step toward the answer to the question which our consciences ask. In proof of what | have said, let me read the very first line written about this evolving organization: ” ‘The University of Community Involvement’ is in the business of shaping Human Attitudes.” Let me repeat: the business of shaping human attitudes. Now, friends, it is on the subject of “affitude’ that | most earnestly want to open my mind and my heart to you and to ask you to search your own hearts and minds, as we consider together the number one problem of our nation and city, the problem of race. Let us suppose for a moment that we could stand far enough removed from the problem so as to view if objectively and without prejudice. Hard to do? Very hard. But just suppose that we could. Certainly God does. Let's at least try it together. The first reflection we might well make would be to wonder why in the world, when God came to make Man, by far the greatest of all in His series of created things, why in the world did He make some men white and some men colored. (And parenthetically, He made many more colored than He did white.) Didn’t He foresee that this was going to lead to trouble? Then why did He do it? Not one of us knows, not even the most brilliant among us. All we know is that He per- mitted men to be that way. The second reflection that we might make would be that, even considering the many shadings of religious beliefs, there emerges a very basic formula for solving the problem: love God above all else and lave your neighbor as yourself. Now from our hypothetical, unprejudiced and objective point of view, knowing the problem, and knowing the basic formula above for solving it, it really becomes quite simple to point out three steps, which, if taken earnestly and sin- cerely by men of good will, would solve the problem in the only way it will really ever be solved. The three steps should come as no surprise to any thinking man or woman, white or black, 1.) Give the Negro the full right and the full opportunity to hove the same education as the white man. 2.) Give the Negro the full right and the full opportunity to hold any job in any company for which his education and ability qualify him. 3.) Give the Negro the full right and the full opportunity to live in any house, on any street, in any city, which he can affard to occupy. You will note, | believe, the inter-relationship of these three essential steps and the reasonableness of the order in which they are listed. In preparation for talking and thinking with you today, | felt it not only im- portant but essential to check my thoughts against those of several men of ac- knowledged importance and competence in our city, both white and Negro. The time with which these men favored me was not a brief matter of minutes. The average time spent in these conversations was a good two hours. | pause for o moment to thank them silently for their generosity to all of us. Whatever good may come from our being together here today will be, in the greatest part, due to their generous help and encouragement. In each of the conversations with each of these leaders, there was complete agreement that the three steps calling for equal education, equal employment, and equal housing rights and opportunities were basically sound. But it is most enlightening and important to know that, when the point of view of the Negro leaders was expressed, our threefold answer took on a fourth dimension. Please listen carefully to this fourth dimension. The Negro, with too few exceptions, does not feel himself worthy of these three equalities. How strange this is, how foreign to the way the white man thinks and feels. It was explained to me in this way. Three hundred years of approximate slavery, generation upon generation of a master-servant relationship, lifetime after lifetime of grinding poverty, of ignorance, of brainwashing that what was white was good and virtuous and powerful, while what was black was evil and menial and weak have had their effect, may God forgive it. They have made the black man believe that he is, in fact, inferior and thus unworthy of the white man’s slowly emerging best intentions. The Negro is trapped, so he believes, in a ghetto saciety until he is shown that there truly is a way out. Hence the despair, hence the indolence, hence the crime, hence the anger, hence the riot, hence the ever-increasing polarization into a white society and a black society, two Americas, and, in a smaller sense, two New Rochelles. No city, no state, no empire in history has ever been able to exist thus in peace. Not even Rome when it ruled the whole world. It is the obligation of the leaders of the black man and the white man to disprove this myth of un- worthiness and apply in its stead the obvious and only true solution which we have discussed above: the three equalities that make a man a man. Since we are only human beings who live in a practical world, let me be as practical as possible in concluding these remarks to you. | am going to ask you and many other leaders in New Rochelle to give of your substance and of yourself. In plainer words, | am asking for your money, but, more importantly, | am asking for your hearts. In money, the minimum need is for $30,000, to be contributed by April 15. This will underwrite the improvement, the extension and the application of the Community Involvement program through the full summer ahead. This is to be raised by and from the business and social communities of New Rochelle both black and white. | consider this sum desirable and entirely reasonable. We oughi to be able to over-subscribe it in five minutes right here in this room. It won't be done that way; it will be done by direct contact. | know you will give it. You are both too generous and too practical not to. But | am much more interested in what is in your hearts. In the final analysis, that is the only place the answer can be found to the question we began with: "What are you going to do about it?” EPILOGUE Subsequent to the occasion on which these thoughts were expressed, the citizens’ committee ta which they referred was formally named "The Peoples Assembly New Rochelle, N. Y.” it will be thus incorporated in the state of New York and any gift to it will be tax deductible. Checks should be drawn to “The Peoples Assembly” and mailed to the above address. Particular emphasis should be placed upon the important fact that “The Peoples Assembly” in na way seeks to intrude upon the activity of any other committee, commission, or body, be it governmental or private, in the city of New Rochelle. Its objective is to provide a community-wide gathering of men of good-will, who are dedicated to the peaceful solution of community problems, and, above all, those which spring from our difference of race. “The Peoples Assembly” belongs fo all the people of New Rochelle. It seeks without prejudice the happiness of all. May the God Who made us all guide it to that accomplishment.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 5 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fe5d261a718392b2d23e08741c607b62.pdf 3d4388e30a058ca79de6d14c5413e4b3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. -;==-,---= ,,...----===== -;;;:.. -- - - Vol. No. 9 • June 1968 @UD@[jlj [J]I}ffe@[J]U MUll11it=MlliioJ;1!0[•~ Published by The Urban Coalition • • Federal Bar Building • 1815 H St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 Executive Committee-Sets Urgent Priorities "We owe it to his memory to end inaction • • •" Tax Increase Supported To Finance New Programs The Executive Committee of the unincorporate d Urban Coalition met on April 8, four days afte r the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and adopted a set of high-priority legislative recommenda tions keyed to the national crisis. Immediately following th e Executive Committee session, Chairman John W . Gordner, accompanied by Andrew Heiskell and Whitney Young, J r., held a press confere nce to make the actions public. The Executive Committee placed the highest importance on passage by the House of Representative s of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with fair housing provisions. The bill passed the House by a vo te of 229 to 195 se veral days later. It had pre viously passe d the Senate. The propose d suppl emental appropriatio n for th e Office of Economic Opportun ity a lso rece ived urg ent e ndorse me nt, but was defeated in the House. The Committee called a cross-the-board cuts of Fe d era l expend itu res " irrc tional by d efinition and strong ly opposed the m. Expend itures should be raised The Executive Committee o f th e unincorporate d Urba n Coa li tion, mee ting on April 8, pre fac e d its sta tement of urge nt leg islative goals with th is tribute to Dr. Martin Luther Ki ng , Jr. : "The Re vere nd Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. is no longe r among us to cha /1-enge ·o ur conscie nces and to press us forwa rd toward fulfi llme nt of a ust society. W e owe it to his memory and to o ur socie ty fo e nd inactio n in the fa ce of urg ent national nee d s. " The le adership a nd organizations w hich work togethe r as The Urb an Coalition mo urn the loss of Dr. King as a courage ous national le ader and as a m e mbe r of our Steering Committee. W e here a nd now renew our pledge to p ursue act;on at b oth the national and communify level appro priate in character a nd scale to the crisis confronting the na tion." If Congress rise s to its re spo nsibil ities, the Committee said, " it will incre a se, no t cut, ex penditures for esse ntial program s such a s jobs, ho usi ng, e ducatio n, a nd community se rvice s." To finan ce such a program t he Committee urged the adoption of a tax increase, " pending t he accomplishme nt of the re orde ring of prio riti e s and the reorie ntation of our reso urces in the lig ht of urban needs." The committee reaffirmed Coalition support for a public service em ployment program to create one million meaningful jobs, and p ub lic and private ho using prog rams to produce one mi ll ion units ann ually. The ne w ly incorporated Urban Coa lition Action Coun cil is a ctive ly seeking fulfi ll me nt of a ll these legislative o bjectives (see page 2). The Report of the Pre sid ent' s Advisory Commission o n Civi l Disorders wa s stro ngly e nd o rsed , with t he p ledg e that " The Urban Coa lition will g ive t he hig hest pri ority to bringing it to the attention of leadership at a ll levels of both t he p ublic and private sectors." �Legisl ative Goa.ls O ut li ne d at Press Conference ACTION NOTES . The Urban Coalition ho s moved into new headquarters 1n th e Fed e ral Bar Building, 1815 H Street, N. W., Washington (20006). Main offices occupy the sixth floor of th e building . The new telephone number is Area Code 202, 3 47-9630. * * A new booklet contain ing the major addresses given a t th e Na ti onal Action Conference on Equal Housing Opportuniti e s in Chicago in January has been published by the Urban Coalition Action Counc il and is available on request. * * Th e Steering Committee of The Urban Coalition and the Policy Council of the Urban Coalition Action Council will meet at !eparate sessions on June 10. The first meeting will be gin at 7 p .m. in the Tudor Room of th e Shoreham Hotel. Local Coalitions have no w been formed in 33 cities, and several others hove e xpresse d act ive interest . The notional Coalition is placing new e mphasis on assistanc e to the locals, hopes 100 will be e stabl ishe d by th e end of th e year . * During the period of widespread unrest following the Chairman John W . Gordner talks into o n array o f television and radio mi cro p hones at press con feren ce co il ed to ex p ress u rg e nt leg is· Action Council Is Created To Carry Out Legislative Program On April 8, 1968, with the appro val of the Executive Committee, tw o separate and distinct corpo rations- The Urban Coalition and the Urban Co alition Acti o n Coun cil -were created to carry out t he objectives of the un incorporated, voluntary group previously kn o wn as t he Urban Coalition. The new OT9onization5 will operot ·n- complete ly different areas. The Urban Coalition Action Council will be concerned with legis lative activities, and The Urban Coalition with non-legislative programs. The purpose of creating this new corporate arrangement was to facilitate financing by making it possib le to secure tax exempt status for the Coalition under Section 501 (c)(3) and for the Action Council under Section 501 (c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. These exemptio ns have now been secured. This means that contributions to the Coalition are tax deductible. Contributions to the Action Council ore not. John W. Gardner will be chairman and chief executive officer of both corporations. The Steeri ng Committee of the former unincorporated Urban Coalition will serve as the Steering Committee of the new Urban Coalition. The some individuals, acting in separate and distinct capacities, will serve as the Policy Council of the Action Council. 2 lotiv e goof s. Also participating we re Steeri ng Comm ittee Me mb er W hitney Young, Jr . (le ft ) and Co -Chairman An drew Heiskell . Gardner Calls for Million Public Jobs in Two Years Chairman John ·w. Gardner oppe ore d b e fo re o Senate Labor Subcommittee rec ently to urg e pro mp t approval of a pu b lic se rvice e mploym e nt bill. He gen e rally endo rsed S. 3063, the me asur e und er con sider_ati o n, :-hut no ted tho. its o.bjectiYe f o.ne_mi llion pub lic.. se rvic e jobs would not b e rea ched un til the thi rd yea r ofter e na ctme nt. "It seems to me ," G o rdne r sa id , " that this pace should b e acce lerated so tha t 500,000 jobs a re mad e availabl e t he first yea r and a tota l of o ne mi llion the seco nd yea r. We a re in a peri od of great urge ncy a nd should stretch b o th o ur fiscal and administrative capacity to the utm ost." He cited a rece nt study mode for the Urban Coa liti on which shows that at least 141,000 persons cou ld be employed " almost overnight" in 130 cities with popu lations of o ver 100,000. Projecting the st udy to include smaller cities, loca l governments and non-profit organizati o ns, he added, makes it likely that jobs could be found for 500,000 persons within six months. All public service jobs, Gordner emphasized, should be meaningful and socially useful-not dead-end, make-work projects. He said a public service employment program should apply to rural as well as urban areas. assassination of Dr. Mortin Luther King, President John son called on the Urban Coalition to ploy o key role in efforts to reduce tension . In response , Chairman Gordner wired the officials of loco/ coalitions asking that they bring together th e leadership cf the ir communities to e xam ine local tensions and needs , and support the pending Civil Rights Act of 1968. * In re ce nt issu e s, th e Wall Street Journal, Business We ek , and Agenda Magaz ine hove carri e d in -depth articl es on th e work of th e Coalition. Re pri nts o re a vailable from Coalition he adquarters. Publishers Contribute Part Of Profits From Riot Report Bantam Books and The Ne w Yo rk Times rece nt ly con tributed $10,000 fr om th e p rofits fr om the so le of the Bantam ed ition of the Report O f The Na tiona l Ad viso ry Commis!ion on Civi l Rights to th e Urban Coa liti o n. Prese nting th e che ck to Cha ir ma n John W . Go rd ner a re Tom Wicke r (left) , W ash ingto n Bu re au C hief of the _ Times, and Ba ntam Books Presi d ent Oscar Dyste l. Wicker wrote a speci a l in tro d ucti o n fo r the book . New Staff Members Join the Coalition in recent week s ·severa l staff mem b e rs ha ve joinea the Urba n Coalition and a re no w at work in th e new he adquarters at 1815 H Street in Wa shing ton . They includ e: Sa rah Collins Ca re y, an a tto rney, serve d a s consulta nt to the Na tion a l Ad viso ry Com missi o n on Ci vil Disord ers an d wa s asso ciated with the Wash ington law fir m of Arnold a nd Po rter. Mrs. Carey is a grad ua te of Rad cli ffe Coll ege a nd re ceived her law degree fr o m G eorgetown University . Margaret Carroll, a graduate of Lawrence Co ll ege, worked for the past seven years as a researcher, writer and editor for the Congressional Quarterly News Service . D John Dean , former Regional Administrator of Office Economic Opportunity programs in the Southeast, is a aduate of Howard University in Washington, D. C. Brian M. Duff, a former Washington correspondent, ca me to the Coalitio n fr o m NASA, wh-e re he was Directo r o f Special Eve nts in th e O ffice of Public Affairs. He is a g raduate of the University of Michigan . Herbe rt M. Franklin, former director of the Busine ss and Devel opment Center of Urban America, Inc ., and Deve lo p ment Admin istrato r of the city of Middletown, Connecticut, is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Law School. Peter Libassi, former special assistant to the Secretary of HEW and director of that agency' s Office for Civil Rights. Libossi is a graduate of Colgate University and Yale Law School. Richard S. Sha rpe, former Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Ethiopia, was recently Research Assistant, Cen ter for Studies in Education and Development at Harvard. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. 3 �Gardner on local coalitions "No One Segment Can Solve the Probl e m Alon e" Speaking at the Convention of the United Auto Workers recently, Chairman John W. Gardner discussed the importance of broadly based local coalitions, and areas of activity at the local and national levels. The following is an excerpt from his remarks: "The need for collaboration is most dramatically apparent in the cities themselves. No one leadership segment can solve the problem alone . City Hall can't go it alone. J he business communitYS_an't solve th E:._citi_s__ problems singlehand edly. All must collaborate. " Because of this need at the local level, our national organization set out immediately to form local coalitions. We now have 33 and we hope to have 100 by year's end . As in the case of the national, each local organization includes representative s from a variety of leadership segments in the community-the mayor, business, labor, minority groups and religion . "Now I still encounter le ading citizens who say, 'Why try to get all those people into the act? Why don't a few of us g e t togethe r qui etly, and try to solve some of these problems?' " It's a reasonable sugg e stion, but hope lessly oldfashioned. It won 't work for long in any modern city. We won 't re -establish stability in our cities until all significant lead e rship e le men ts g e t tog eth e r, until we bring into the same conversation all the peopl e who exercise significant powe r- or veto powe r- in the community. "This includes ghetto le ad e rship. Nothing is more important to stability in the citi e s than the cre ation of ew1 11;1,0 11H1m t,~ @[!§@fl} /j]{i{!J@/j][! Federal Ba r Building 18 15 H Stree t, N .W Wa shington, DC 20006 31 open , continuous and understanding communication between wh ite and black communities. This must be a prime task of any coalition. " Such communication is not easy. It requires hard work and patience and imagination on the part of every " person involved . But it is necessary. Indeed, there is no alternative, unless we are willing to see our cities torn apart. We Must W ork _ aJ All Leve l!.__ "At both national and local levels the Urban Coalition will work toward the solution of our urban problems. We will be concerned with unemployment, housing, education, race relations and many of the other problems that plague the cities today. We will try to make the public aware of those problems. We will try to bring the nation's best talent to bear on them . We will support constructive efforts to solve them. " We will seek to supplement and not supplant other efforts. We consider every organization constructively engaged in these matters to be an ally and we will hope to work with them and strengthen them where possible. "The purpose of the coalition is to enable all of the segments of our national life, represented by those various leaders, to act together toward solutions to the urban crisis . " I would e mphasize the importance of the coalition principl e . The woods are full of spe cialize d organizations inte reste d in the urban crisis. Our distinction is that we bring together le ad ership el e ments t hat do not normally collaborate in the solution of public probl e ms ." - - - -BULK RATE U. S. PO STAGE PAID Washington, 0.C. PE RM IT 43234 - � 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 Vol. | e« No. 9 e June 1968 CHOW tile POI Published by The Urban Coalition . Federal Bar Building - 1815 H St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 Executive Committee Sets Urgent Priorities l ZA oor “We owe it to his memory to end inaction...” The Executive Committee of the unincorporated Urban Coalition, meeting on April 8, prefaced its statement of urgent legislative goals with this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is no longer among us to challenge our consciences and fo press us forward toward fulfillment of a just society. We owe it to his memory and to our society fo end inaction in the face of urgent national needs. “The leadership and organizations which work together as The Urban Coalition mourn the loss of Dr. King as a courageous national leader and as a member of our Steering Committee. We here and now renew our pledge to pursue action af both the national and communify level appro- priate in character and scale to the crisis con- fronting the nation.” Tax Increase Supported To Finance New Programs The Executive Committee of the unincorporated Urban Coalition met on April 8, four days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and adopted a set of high-priority legislative recommendations keyed to the national crisis, Immediately following the Executive Committee session, Chairman John W. Gardner, accompanied by Andrew Heis- kell and Whitney Young, Jr., held a press conference to make the actions public. The Executive Committee placed the highest importance on passage by the House of Representatives of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with fair housing provisions, The bill passed the House by a vote of 229 to 195 several days later. It had previously passed the Senate. The proposed supplemental appropriation for the Office of Economic Opportunity also received urgent endorsement, but was defeated in the House. The Committee called across-the-board cuts of Federal expenditures “irretional by definition” and strongly opposed them. Expenditures should be raised If Congress rises to its responsibilities, the Committee said, “it will increase, not cut, expenditures for essential programs such as jobs, housing, education, and community services.” To finance such a program the Committee urged the adoption of a tax increase, “pending the accomplishment of the reordering of priorities and the reorientation of our resources in the light of urban needs.” The committee reaffirmed Coalition support for a public service employment program to create one million meaningful jobs, and public and private housing programs to produce one million units annually. The newly incorporated Urban Coalition Action Council is actively seeking fulfillment of all these legislative objectives (see page 2). The Report of the President’s Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders was strongly endorsed, with the pledge that “The Urban Coalition will give the highest priority to bringing it to the attention of leadership at all levels of both the public and private sectors.”  Legislative Goals Outlined at Press Conference ee 2 (eee I ae ee Chairman John W. Gardner talks into an array of television and radio microphones at press conference called to express urgent legis- Action Council Is Created To Carry Out Legislative Program On April 8, 1968, with the approval of the Executive Committee, two separate and distinct corporations—The Urban Coalition and the Urban Coalition Action Council —were created to carry out the objectives of the unin- corporated, voluntary group previously known as the Urban Coalition. The new organizations will operate in completely different areas. The Urban Coalition Action Council will be concerned with legislative activities, and The Urban Coalition with non-legislative programs. The purpose of creating this new corporate arrange- ment was to facilitate financing by making it possible to secure tax exempt status for the Coalition under Section 501(c)(3) and for the Action Council under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. These exemp- tions have now been secured. This means that contribu- tions to the Coalition are tax deductible. Contributions to the Action Council are not. John W. Gardner will be chairman and chief exec- utive officer of both corporations. The Steering Committee of the former unincorporated Urban Coalition will serve as the Steering Committee of the new Urban Coalition. The same individuals, acting in separate and distinct capacities, will serve as the Policy Council of the Action Council. lative goals. Also participating were Steering Committee Member Whitney Young, Jr. (left) and Co-Chairman Andrew Heiskell. Gardner Calls for Million Public Jobs in Two Years Chairman John W. Gardner appeared before a Senate Labor Subcommittee recently to urge prompt approval of a public service employment bill. He generally endorsed S, 3063, the measure under con- sideration, but noted that its objective of one million public service jobs would not be reached until the third year after enactment. “It seems to me,” Gardner said, “that this pace should be accelerated so that 500,000 jobs are made available the first year and a total of one million the second year. We are in a period of great urgency and should stretch both our fiscal and administrative capacity to the utmost.” He cited a recent study made for the Urban Coalition which shows that at least 141,000 persons could be employed “almost overnight’ in 130 cities with populations of over 100,000. Projecting the study to include smaller cities, local governments and non-profit organizations, he added, makes it likely that jobs could be found for 500,000 persons within six months. All public service jobs, Gardner emphasized, should be meaningful and socially useful—not dead-end, make-work projects. He said a public service employment program should apply to rural as well as urban areas. ACTION NOTES... The Urban Coalition has moved into new headquarters in the Federal Bar Building, 1815 H Street, N. W., Washing- ton (20006). Main offices occupy the sixth floor of the building. The new telephone number is Area Code 202, 347-9630. * * * A new booklet containing the major addresses given at the National Action Conference on Equal Housing Oppor- tunities in Chicago in January has been published by the Urban Coalition Action Council and is available on request. * * * The Steering Committee of The Urban Coalition and the Policy Council of the Urban Coalition Action Council will meet at separate sessions on June 10. The first meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Tudor Room of the Shoreham Hotel. ke ae Local Coalitions have now been formed in 33 cities, and several others have expressed active interest. The national Coalition is placing new emphasis on assistance to the locals, hopes 100 will be established by the end of the year. * * * During the period of widespread unrest following the assassination of Dr. Martin Lufher King, President Johnson called on the Urban Coalition to play a key role in efforts to reduce tension. In response, Chairman Gardner wired the officials of local coalitions asking that they bring together the leadership cf their communities fo examine local tensions and needs, and support the pending Civil Rights Act of 1968. Ok Se In recent issues, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Agenda Magazine have carried in-depth articles on the work of the Coalition. Reprints are available from Coalition headquarters. Publishers Contribute Part Of Profits From Riot Report Bantam Books and The New York Times recently con- tributed $10,000 from the profits from the sale of the Bantam edition of the Report Of The National Advisory Commission on Civil Rights to the Urban Coalition. Pre- senting the check to Chairman John W. Gardner are Tom Wicker (left), Washington Bureau Chief of the _ Times, and Bantam Books President Oscar Dystel. Wicker wrote a special introduction for the book. In recent weeks several staff members have joined the Urban Coalition and are now at work in the new headquarters at 1815 H Street in Washington. They include: Sarah Collins Carey, an attorney, served as consul- tant to the National Advisory Commission on Civil Dis- orders and was associated with the Washington law firm of Arnold and Porter. Mrs. Carey is a graduate of Rad- cliffe College and received her law degree from George- town University. Margaret Carroll, a graduate of Lawrence College, worked for the past seven years as a researcher, writer and editor for the Congressional Quarterly News Service. John Dean, former Regional Administrator of Office of Economic Opportunity programs in the Southeast, is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D. C. Brian M. Duff, a former Washington correspondent, New Staff Members Join the Coalition came to the Coalition from NASA, where he was Director of Special Events in the Office of Public Affairs. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Herbert M. Franklin, former director of the Business and Development Center of Urban America, Inc., and Development Administrator of the city of Middletown, Connecticut, is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Law School. Peter Libassi, former special assistant to the Secretary of HEW and director of that agency's Office for Civil Rights. Libassi is a graduate of Colgate University and Yale Law School. Richard S$. Sharpe, former Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Ethiopia, was recently Research Assistant, Cen- ter for Studies in Education and Development at Har- vard. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  Gardner on local coalitions “Nilo One Segment Can Solve the Problem Alone” Speaking at the Convention of the United Auto Workers recently, Chairman John W. Gardner discussed the importance of broadly based local coalitions, and areas of activity at the local and national levels. The following is an excerpt from his remarks: “The need for collaboration is most dramatically apparent in the cities themselves. No one leadership segment can solve the problem alone. City Hall can’t go it alone. The business community can’t solve the city’s problems singlehandedly. All must collaborate. “Because of this need at the local level, our national organization set out immediately to form local coalitions. We now have 33 and we hope to have 100 by year’s end. As in the case of the national, each local organiza- tion includes representatives from a variety of leader- ship segments in the community—the mayor, business, labor, minority groups and religion. “Now | still encounter leading citizens who say, ‘Why try to get all those people into the act? Why don’t a few of us get together quietly, and try to solve some of these problems?’ “It's a reasonable suggestion, but hopelessly old- fashioned. It won‘t work for long in any modern city. We won't re-establish stability in our cities until all significant leadership elements get together, until we bring into the same conversation all the people who exercise significant power—or veto power—in the com- munity. “This includes ghetto leadership. Nothing is more important to stability in the cities than the creation of open, continuous and understanding communication be- tween white and black communities. This must be a prime task of any coalition. “Such communication is not easy. It requires hard work and patience and imagination on the part of every person involved. But it is necessary. Indeed, there is no alternative, unless we are willing to see our cities torn apart. We Must Work at All Levels “At both national and local levels the Urban Coalition will work toward the solution of our urban problems. We will be concerned with unemployment, housing, education, race relations and many of the other problems that plague the cities today. We will try to make the public aware of those problems. We will try to bring the nation’s best talent to bear on them. We will support constructive efforts to solve them. “We will seek to supplement and not supplant other efforts. We consider every organization constructively engaged in these matters to be an ally and we will hope to work with them and strengthen them where possible. “The purpose of the coalition is to enable all of the segments of our national life, represented by those vari- ous leaders, to act together toward solutions to the urban crisis. “| would emphasize the importance of the coalition principle. The woods are full of specialized organiza- tions interested in the urban crisis. Our distinction is that we bring together leadership elements that do not normally collaborate in the solution of public problems.” scams (/;///(())\/ PRE POR east THE URBAN a U.S. POSTAGE Federal Bar Building PAID 1815 H Street, N.W Washington, D.C 20006 measringsen Se PERMIT 43234 oieestn 31 Bre  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 4 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/49ba003e8eb4c82f09369f181c746b92.pdf 363d20ec47fcbe726015861afde45b59 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TY OF A.TLANT CITY HALL October 2, 1967 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Lia ison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan S weat ~ When John F e ild was in town Thursday, discussed with him the role which I could best play in assisting the ban Coalition. As I discussed it with you before, it was my feeling t there was no reason why I should attend all the working sub-co ittee meetings of the Co a lition in Washington and that John Gunther and John Feild could represent you and the other Mayors involved without specific repr esentation from each Mayor. We are in agreement on this point and I will not attend any routine · working sessions but only those where my attendance is absolutely necessary. He will keep in touch with me on any points where your individual recommendations are needed. He has asked that I act as liaison with e ight or ten Southern cities list ed as key participants i n the Urban Coalition. Th ese are: Atlanta, Little Rock, Savannah, Charlotte, Chattanoo ga, Nashville, Galveston and Miami. My role would be to maintain contact with the Mayor and/or his key representative in e ach one of these cities with the immediate task of enco ura g ing their participation in the O ctober 17 planning meeting for local coalitions in Chicago. This would involve some telephone calls during the ne x t two weeks. I belie ve this type participation at this point would be better than trying to attend meetings every week in W a shington. I would appr e ciate your thinking on this matter. DS : fy � 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 OF ihe “9 sf i y CV” CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 October 2, 1967 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM ye ) FS [ To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. When John Feild was in town Thursday, (discussed with him the role which I could best play in assisting the ban Coalition. As I discussed it with you before, it was my feeling t there was no reason why I should attend all the working sub-co ittee meetings of the Coalition in Washington and that John Gunther and John Feild could represent you and the other Mayors involved without specific representation from each Mayor, From: Dan Sweat TA We are in agreement on this point and I will not attend any routine working sessions but only those where my attendance is absolutely necessary. He will keep in touch with me on any points where your individual recommendations are needed, He has asked that I act as liaison with eight or ten Southern cities listed as key participants in the Urban Coalition, These are: Atlanta, Little Rock, Savannah, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Nashville, Galveston and Miami. My role would be to maintain contact with the Mayor and/or his key representative in each one of these cities with the immediate task of encouraging their participation in the October 17 planning meeting for local coalitions in Chicago. This would involve some telephone calls during the next two weeks, I believe this type participation at this point would be better than trying to attend meetings every week in Washington, I would appreciate your thinking on this matter. DS: fy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 32 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3b312427fbdb981f7461668adae08381.pdf a62cc04cb3d6c0cfcc56fae3f5f78153 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CHANGES AS APPROVED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE on the REPORT OF SPECIAL WORKING SUB-COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION 7. The Coalition shall take public policy positions except where a substantial or intense disagreement emerges. 8. Statements should be communicated in writing or by telegram with a specified response date indicated to all members of the Steering Committee. � 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 CHANGES AS APPROVED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE on the REPORT OF SPECIAL WORKING SUB-COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION The Coalition shall take public policy positions except where a substantial or intense disagreement emerges. Statements should be communicated in writing or by telegram with a specified response date indicated to all members of the Steering Committee.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 31 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a2eb4d6cdaf5d04946fc0e162ffdcd90.pdf 62489a755a3ac46b0c370f29db5efeb2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. \ -- ~ MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE New York, New York October 9, 1967 Co-Chairman Andrew Heiskell opened the meeting by welcoming Mr. John Johnson, President of Johnson Publications and Mr. J. H. Allen, President of McGraw-Hill P~blications to the meeting. They are Co-Chairmen of the Communications Task Force. By unanimous approval they were added to the Steering Committee. In addition to this, Mr. Heiskell said that the present limited religious representation warranted additions from that segment. REPORT ON BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION Coalition costs are running slightly in excess of the approved budget. It was suggested that a finance committee made up of members from the Steering Committee be set up. Mr. Heiskell appointed Mr. Asa T. Spaulding, Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and Mr. Theodore Schlesinger to that committee. They will oversee the budget and fund raising activities. To date, contributions have been received from the mayors and the business members. The labor contribution is expected shortly, and the contribution from religion is in the process of being worked out. PROPOSALS ON ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES The Report of the Special Working Sub-Committee on Organization was brought up for discussion. There was some disagreement as to whether the National Coalition· itself should take a public position on legislation pending before the Congress or whether this should be done on the local level. It was decided, however, that any statements released by the National Coalition would be seen by all members of the Steering Committee before being made public. Specific changes were made in Paragraphs 7 and 8 (see attached) and the public policy position was approved. PRESENTATION OF TASK PROGRAMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Over fifty cities have indicated that they are interested in setting up their own local coalitions. To assist these communities, as well as others, a one-day planning session will be held on Tuesday, October 17, in Chicago. This session, hosted by Mayor Daley, will be attended by representatives from several hundred cities. The Co- Chairmen of the Task Force on Communications will be recruiting ten leaders in the various areas of communication . Contact has been made with both the Magazine Association and the Advertising Council. Both have expressed an �• -2- interest in working with the Coalition. It was suggested that Urban America might serve as liaison between the Advertising Council and the Coalition. The Co-Chairmen of the Task Force on Reconstruction Investment and Urban Development have met and have agreed on the expansion of the Task Force. They have assigned their working committee to develop r ecommended goals and a task force program. The full task force membership will meet on October 19. The Task Force on Educational Dispari t ies and the Task Force on Equal Housing Opportunity are in the process of holding working committee meetings to develop task force programs. The Task Force on Priva te Employment is scheduling meetings in three cities with local private employment task forces in preparation fo r a national private emp loyment conferenc e. REPORT ON LEGISLATION Mayor Lindsay reported on the Task Force's activities on behalf of the Cl ark-Javits Amendment . He noted that the Prouty compromise failed by five v otes . He a lso noted that a new effort would be made in the Senate and an additional effort in the House to pass an emergency public employment meas u re. He said that the l egislative committee fe lt that two other pending measures related directly to the employment problem. One was adoption of the poverty legislation; the other was defeat of the Welfare Amendments to the Social Security legi slati on. There was intense discus s ion relative to the position of the Steering Committee on this legislation. A consensus was reached that there shou ld be prepared a positi on paper on the Welfare Amendments to be distributed to the Steering Committee members to determine their reaction. URBAN ECONOMI~ COUNCIL A committee wil l be made up of members from the Steering Committee to work with Urban America on setting up the Urban Economic Council. Next meeting of the Steering Committee will be at 7:30 p.m. on December 18 , 1967, in Detroit, Michigan. � 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 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE New York, New York October 9, 1967 Co-Chairman Andrew Heiskell opened the meeting by welcoming Mr. John Johnson, President of Johnson Publications and Mr. J. H. Allen, President of McGraw-Hill Publications to the meeting. They are Co-Chairmen of the Communications Task Force, By unanimous approval they were added to the Steering Committee, In addition to this, Mr. Heiskell said that the present limited religious repre- sentation warranted additions from that segment, REPORT ON BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATION Coalition costs are running slightly in excess of the approved budget. It was suggested that a finance committee made up of members from the Steering Committee be set up. Mr. Heiskell appointed Mr. Asa T. Spaulding, Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and Mr, Theodore Schlesinger to that committee, They will oversee the budget and fund raising activities. To date, contributions have been received from the mayors and the business members. The labor contribution is expected shortly, and the contribution from religion is in the process of being worked out, PROPOSALS ON ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES The Report of the Special Working Sub-Committee on Organization was brought up for discussion, There was some disagreement as to whether the National Coalition itself should take a public position on legislation pending before the Congress or whether this should be done on the local level. It was decided, however, that any statements released by the National Coalition would be seen by all members of the Steering Committee before being made public. Specific changes were made in Paragraphs 7 and 8 (see attached) and the public policy position was approved. PRESENTATION OF TASK PROGRAMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Over fifty cities have indicated that they are interested in setting up their own local coalitions. To assist these communities, as well as others, a one-day planning session will be held on Tuesday, October 17, in Chicago. This session, hosted by Mayor Daley, will be attended by representatives from several hundred cities, The Co-Chairmen of the Task Force on Communications will be recruiting ten leaders in the various areas of communication, Contact has been made with both the Magazine Association and the Advertising Council. Both have expressed an a interest in working with the Coalition. It was suggested that Urban America might serve as liaison between the Advertising Council and the Coalition, The Co-Chairmen of the Task Force on Reconstruction Investment and Urban Develop- ment have met and have agreed on the expansion of the Task Force. They have assigned their working committee to develop recommended goals and a task force program, The full task force membership will meet on October 19. The Task Force on Educational Disparities and the Task Force on Equal Housing Opportunity are in the process of holding working committee meetings to develop task force programs, The Task Force on Private Employment is scheduling meetings in three cities with local private employment task forces in preparation for a national private employ- ment conference, REPORT ON LEGISLATION Mayor Lindsay reported on the Task Force's activities on behalf of the Clark-Javits Amendment. He noted that the Prouty compromise failed by five votes. He also noted that a new effort would be made in the Senate and an additional effort in the House to pass an emergency public employment measure, He said that the legis- lative committee felt that two other pending measures related directly to the employment problem. One was adoption of the poverty legislation; the other was defeat of the Welfare Amendments to the Social Security legislation, There was intense discussion relative to the position of the Steering Committee on this legislation. A consensus was reached that there should be prepared a position paper on the Welfare Amendments to be distributed to the Steering Committee members to determine their reaction, URBAN ECONOMIC COUNCIL A committee will be made up of members from the Steering Committee to work with Urban America on setting up the Urban Economic Council, Next meeting of the Steering Committee will be at 7:30 p.m. on December 18, 1967, in Detroit, Michigan,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 30 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/56adc3f5c20db66a67ae68250a8632f0.pdf 8a800ce3c4c1b89488f2b55bb44e818c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. BUDGET AUGUST 1, 1967 - JANUARY 31, 1968 Salaries: Professional Staff (7) Clerical (5) Employer Contributions $43,000 11,500 1,500 $ 56,000 Program Expenses: Conferences and meetings Mailings] Publications and printing Consultant fees $ 3,000 2,500 8,000 5,000 18,500 Operating Expenses: Office Rent Furniture Rental Equipment Rental Telephone and Telegraph Office Supplies Insurance Travel Subscriptions $ 4,600 3,600 600 1,200 1,500 250 5,200 50 17,000 August Convocation TOTAL 8,500 ~100,000 � 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 BUDGET AUGUST 1, 1967 - JANUARY 31, 1968 Salaries: Professional Staff (7) Clerical (5) Employer Contributions Program Expenses: Conferences and meetings Mailings ] Publications and printing Consultant fees Operating Expenses: Office Rent Furniture Rental Equipment Rental Telephone and Telegraph Office Supplies Insurance Travel Subscriptions August Convocation TOTAL $43,000 11,500 1,500 $ 3,000 2,500 8,000 5,000 $ 4,600 3,600 600 1,200 1,500 250 5,200 50 $ 56,000 18,500 17 ,000 8,500 $100,000  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 3 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e53a806604668471d35eb0361fcc5c83.pdf 69af87ab4511dfc8876ee7899fa47771 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CLASS OF SERVICE This is a fas t message unless its d efe rred char• actcr is ind icated by t he proper symbol. WESTERN UNION W. P . MARSHALL CHA I RMAN O F THE BO A RD TELEGRAM ® SYMBOLS DL = Day Letter NL =N igh t Letter R . W . M c FALL PRESIDENT LT _ I ntern atio n a l - Letter Telegram The fi lin g time shown in the da te line o n domes tic telegrams is LOCAL T IME at point of origin . T ime of receipt is LOCAL T IME at poinc of destination 742P EST NOV 3 67 AH388 CTC 516 w ncvo;o rxz1 TXZ1 PD TX WASHINGTON DC 3 NFT DAN SWEAT OFF ICE 0:- THE MAOR CITY HALL A11.ANTA GA THE WORKING COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT 2100 PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 IN THE NEW YORK SUITE OF TH.E MAYFLOER HOTEL, WASMiflGTON DC TO CONS IDER THE AGEN:>A FOR THE DECEMBER 1 g STEER ING COMMITTEE MEE·ING JOHM FEILD RON M LINTON NATIONAL COORDINATORS THE URBAN COALITION • . SF1201(R2-65) � 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 CLass oF SERVICE | | ; lt iQ SYMBOLS > —— \ This is a fast message a DL =Day Letter unless its deferred char- NL=Night Letter acter is indicated by the W. P. MARSHALL 4.8 E J E GR A M R. W. McFALL 7a a proper symbol. 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Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 29 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0e1089c30a0494975f0336ad03db9e57.pdf faaec753fc09279d6678a33d4278a2f4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SYMBOLS CLASS OF SERVICE This is a fast message unless its defe rr ed cha r# actcr is indicated by the p roper symbol. W . P. MARSH A LL CH A I RMAN O F T HE B OAR D TELEGRAM ® L T- l ntcr-natio n a l - Letter T clegram 1102A EST NOV 6 67 AC072 PC078 WMR023 WDO~O (WMR) PD 6 EXTRA DUPLICATE & CORRECTED COPY WASHil'GTON DC 6 NF"T DAM SWEAT OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL ATLA Tt£ WORKING COMMITTEE WILL ~EET AT 2:00 PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER . 27 IN Tt-E .NEW YORK SUITE OF THE MAYFLOWER -HOTEL, WASHINGTON, · D. Ce TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 18 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETif\G JOHN FEILD RON M LINTON NATIONAL COORDINATORS THE URBAN COALITION 2:00 27 18. SF1201 (RZ-65) � 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 Crass oF SERVICE V E TER N | | | N TO N | a SYMBOLS ‘ This is a fast message DL =Day Letter NL=Nighr Letrer unless its deferred char- er is indic seeaiby the WwW. P. MARSHALL TEI EGR A M. R. W. McFALL proper symbol. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD International \. LT= ~ Letter Telegram J E appoint of destination The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time $f receipt is LOCAL 4902A EST NOV 6 67 ACO72 PCO78 WMRO24 wD030 (WMR) PD 6 EXTRA DUPLICATE & CORRECTED COPY WASHINGTON DC 6 NFT DAN SWEAT OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY HALL ATLA THE WORKING COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT 2200 PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27 IN THE NEW YORK SUITE OF THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL, WASHINGTON, De Ce TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 18 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING JOHN FEILD RON M LINTON NATIONAL COORDINATORS THE URBAN COALITION 2200 27 18. SF1201(R2-65)  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 28 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/659779712846278211b40e3304899949.pdf 75bbe2e35df9580f8d26c67683a2d984 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 7, 1967 Mr . John Feild Co - Coordinater The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N. W . Suite 220 Washington, D . C , 20006 Dear J ohn: I will be unable to attend the November 27 Working Committee me ting of the U:Tban Coalition . If any particular point com s up on which you n ed some specific word from Mayor Allen, plea e 1 t me know. Sine -r ly yours, Dan Sw DS:fy t � 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 November 7, 1967 Mr. John Feild Co-Coordinater The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N. W. Suite 220 Washington, D. C. 20006 Dear John: I will be unable to attend the November 27 Working Committee meeting of the Urban Coalition. If any particular point comes up on which you need some specific word from Mayor Allen, please let me know, Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS:fy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 27 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/76a3f4d0a322913523a4ea7abc471af6.pdf cd8dafbaa1fb2face74e3ad088ddc866 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT LOCAL COALITIONS Six cities have now announced the formation of urban coalitions and intend to affiliate with The Urban Coalition--Detroit, New York City, Minneapolis, Gary, Indianapolis, and Atlanta. Sparked by the Chi~ago "Mobilizing Urban Coalitions" planning session dozens of other cities now have organizing committees. The California League of Cities, meeting in San Francisco, formally e ndorsed th e formation of coalitions in all its constituent cities on a motion by Mayor Floyd Hyde of Fresno supported by officials of San Diego. Both cities announced they are organizing coalitions. Regional meetings like the one in Chicago have been scheduled for San Francisco on November 30 and New York in early December. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT On October 25, some 40 major Pittsburgh employers and labor leaders attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Joseph M. Barr on private industry pla ns for hiring hard-core unemployed. On October 27, at the invitation of Mayor Herman Katz of Gary and Mr. George Jedenoff, Superintendent of the U.S. Steel Gary Work s, The Urban Coalition Task Force on Private Employment joined with sev eral hundred leading Gary employe r s a nd unions in developing a progra m o f expanded e mployment opportunities. Mr. David Stahl, o f Mayor Daley' s o ffi c e r e p resenting t h e Task Fo r c e , s poke b rief ly a t the luncheon . Other local mee t i ngs on priva te employme nt have been scheduled f or Ba ltimore (Nove mber 14 ) and De troit (Nove mber 2 1) . Task Force c o chairman Gerald L. Phi llipp e wi ll s p eak a t both meet i ngs. In Balt imor e, Mayo r Theodore McKeldin and Counc i l President Thoma s D 'Al esandr o and fift een major i ndus tria l lea ders are convening a meeting of top manag e ment representatives o f Ba ltimore firms to launch a program of e x panding Negro entrepreneurship in the ghetto s timulated by sub- contract arrangements. with leading industries . • �(2) This is being viewed as a "breakthrough" type of program and is being carried out through the Baltimore Council on Equal Business Opportunity (CEBO). CEBO is a pr·o ject of The Potomac Institute. In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and education committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss expansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an allNegro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairme n Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph urged members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on Independent Offices Appropriations to adopt the Senate's recommendations for funding model cities and rent supplements--$637 for model citi es arid $40 million for rent supplements. Rent supplements received $10 mi llion (th e House had earlie r appr oved no f unds) and model cities received $312 (the House had approved $237 million). The f a ct sheet and position paper on the Social Se curity amendments will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first part of nex t week. EDUCATI ONAL DISPARITIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membe r sh i p . HOUSING , RECONSTRUCTI ON AND I NVESTMENT The Task Fo rce had t o r eschedu l e i ts October 19th meet ing f o r earl y November. EQUAL HOUS ING OPPORTUNITI ES Task Force working committee meets November 3 in Washington to consider a pilot three city pro ject invo lving development of new lower-income housing o n a n open o ccupancy b asis in suburban areas. Also scheduled for the meeting are plans to draw together some 30 0 Fair Housing Committees now operating in suburban communities for a national action session on open housing to be held in Chicago e arly in January. � 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 October 27, 1967 NATIONAL COORDINATORS WEEKLY REPORT LOCAL COALITIONS Six cities have now announced the formation of urban coalitions and intend to affiliate with The Urban Coalition--Detroit, New York City, Minneapolis, Gary, Indianapolis, and Atlanta. Sparked by the Chicago "Mobilizing Urban Coalitions" planning session dozens of other cities now have organizing committees. The California League of Cities, meeting in San Francisco, formally endorsed the formation of coalitions in all its constituent cities on a motion by Mayor Floyd Hyde of Fresno supported by officials of San Diego. Both cities announced they are organizing coalitions. Regional meetings like the one in Chicago have been scheduled for San Francisco on November 30 and New York in early December. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT On October 25, some 40 major Pittsburgh employers and labor leaders attended a meeting hosted by Mayor Joseph M. Barr on private industry plans for hiring hard-core unemployed. On October 27, at the invitation of Mayor Herman Katz of Gary and Mr. George Jedenoff, Superintendent of the U.S. Steel Gary Works, The Urban Coalition Task Force on Private Employment joined with several hundred leading Gary employers and unions in developing a program of expanded employment opportunities. Mr. David Stahl, of Mayor Daley's office representing the Task Force, spoke briefly at the luncheon. Other local meetings on private employment have been scheduled for Baltimore (November 14) and Detwit (November 21). Task Force co- chairman Gerald L. Phillippe will speak at both meetings. In Baltimore, Mayor Theodore McKeldin and Council President Thomas D'Alesandro and fifteen major industrial leaders are convening a meeting of top management representatives of Baltimore firms to launch a program of expanding Negro entrepreneurship in the ghetto stimulated by sub-contract arrangements with leading industries. (2) This is being viewed as a "breakthrough" type of program and is being carried out through the Baltimore Council on Equal Business Opportunity (CEBO). CEBO is a project of The Potomac Institute. In Detroit, the New Detroit Committee's employment and education committee is convening a meeting of industrial and labor leaders to discuss expansion of private employment in the ghetto. The Ford Motor Company has announced that it will recruit 6500 new workers from the central city and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company has announced plans to concentrate its training efforts in an all- Negro high school in the center of Detroit. LEGISLATION Coalition co-chairmen Andrew Heiskell and A. Philip Randolph urged members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on Independent Offices Appropriations to adopt the Senate's recommendations for funding model cities and rent supplements--$637 for model cities and $40 million for rent supplements. Rent supplements received $10 million (the House had earlier approved no funds) and model cities received $312 (the House had approved $237 million). The fact sheet and position paper on the Social Security amendments will be mailed to the Steering Committee the first part of next week. EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES The Task Force will meet on November 7 to map its program and round out its membership. HOUSING, RECONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENT The Task Force had to reschedule its October 19th meeting for early November. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES Task Force working committee meets November 3 in Washington to consider a pilot three city project involving development of new lower-income housing on an open occupancy basis in suburban areas. Also scheduled for the meeting are plans to draw together some 300 Fair Housing Committees now operating in suburban communities for a national action session on open housing to be held in Chicago early in January.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 26 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/72174bd24d113a431feb525deb0a6158.pdf f55a8cf6f7d310127cf0d14c53b1836c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. October 27, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Steering Committee FROM: Steering Committee Co-Chairmen The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be held on December 18 at 4:00 p.m. in the Van Antwerp Room on the 8th Floor of the Veterans Memorial Building, 151 West Jefferson Street, Detroit, Michigan. Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh will host a dinner for the members of the Steering Committee or their representatives to be served in the penthouse at 6:30 p.m. Please advise the National Coordinating Office as to whether you and/or your designee will be present. The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N . W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 293-1530 � 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 October 27, 1967 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Steering Committee FROM: Steering Committee Co-Chairmen The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be held on December 18 at 4:00 p.m. in the Van Antwerp Room on the 8th Floor of the Veterans Memorial Building, 151 West Jefferson Street, Detroit, Michigan. Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh will host a dinner for the members of the Steering Committee or their representatives to be served in the penthouse at 6:30 p.m. Please advise the National Coordinating Office as to whether you and/or your designee will be present. The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 293-1530  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 25 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/29551ba832cb092887c2025420bd054a.pdf ac6577f268a6cca523b1f11a34d4ad0a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FROM: Ivan Allen, Jr. D For your information D Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. 0 F ORM 25 - 4 Advise me the status of the attached. � 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 TO: ALA FROM: Ivan Allen, Jr. L] For your information {_] Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the necessary reply. (_] Advise me the status of the attached. FORM 25-4  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 7, Folder 9, Document 24 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/40d70cfe329a8d0491aa48267ed20d06.pdf 267ae041756a89854825681b3ed08e8d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C y F.ATL CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 November 2, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAY~R R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary . DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor I van Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat -{]!53 Attached is a memorandum which you forwarded to me conc erning the D ecember 18 meeting of the Urban C o alition Steering C ommittee in Detroit. The Washington office has inquired as to whether or not you plan to attend this meeting. What shall I t ell them? DS:fy a /V{J,I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 November 2, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M, MOSES, Executive Secretary - DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Dan Sweat SS Attached is a memorandum which you forwarded to me concerning the December 18 meeting of the Urban Coalition Steering Committee in Detroit. The Washington office has inquired as to whether or not you plan to attend this meeting. What shall I tell them? DS: fy To Chu Sweul- Lp Kat foley fo atfeasl  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 23 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/886418918e0c959fe96895d417278b56.pdf 89e7b0cc6d03dc08c0a5d7b0d3883c25 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 20 , 1967 Mr . John Feild National Coordinator The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N . W . Suite 220 Washington, D. C . 20006 Dear John: Mayor Allen will not be able to attend the December 18 Detroit St ering Committee m.e ting. Unfortun tely , l will not be ble to be theJ"e either so please fe 1 f re to carry on without u • Sincerely yours ., Dan Sweat DS:fy � 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 November 20, 1967 Mr. John Feild National Coordinator The Urban Coalition 1819 H Street, N. W. Suite 220 Washington, D. C, 20006 Dear John: Mayor Allen will not be able to attend the December 18 Detroit Steering Committee meeting. Unfortunately, I will not be able to be there either so please feel free to carry on without us, Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS :fy ee oS a ee ee ras OT a a aS a a a  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 22 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d256515f3eb75c6aab5d56f615635732.pdf 1809ffc625f63fd7d9f9cde1fe4f3129 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. � 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 n* ! ss uae Fists sy} re  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 21 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/559dac2f1f800ee4746f336900a07527.pdf a3d150f90164f6362a311aab4e5cf2c5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. REPORT OF THE LOCAL COAL ITION DIVISION TO THE EXE CUTIVE COM.MI TTEE December 16, 1968 I. Accomplishments of Coalitions The "older gene ration" of coalitions , with increas ing frequency, is showing tangible and substantial re s ults; the younger coalitions are, in many insta nces , cons ume d by o rganizationa l problems . Some illustrative accomplishme nts are listed: The Miami Coalition, in collaboration with the United Black Federa tion, a bl a ck organization formed with the encourage ment and cooperation of members of the coa l ition, h a s taken significant steps to ease police- community relations. It is currently f o rmulating programs in o ther fields identified as key to Mi a mi's needs. Ten (or more ) coalitions are aggressively c reating entrepreneurship o pportuni ties f o r minorities. The New York Coa lition's Venture Capital Corporation has just made its f i rs t loan, in cooperation with the Harlem Commonwea lth Council. The comp l ementary Coaliti on Development Corporation h as begun with a case load o f 203 entrepreneurs s eeking t echnica l as sistance . Plainfi e ld and Racine h a ve h e l ped establis h sma ll companies . REC Industries , a small manufacturing company estab li shed by the Ra ci ne Environment Committee now employs and is training 35 "hard core " youths. Both the Philade l phia and New York coaliti ons h ave active programs designe d t o enhance the capabilities and opportun iti es o f mino r ity con tractors. Most coalitions are striving to re lieve unemployment, consist ently i n collaboration with the loca l NAB effo rts. The New Detroit Committee has found 50,000 j obs; Minneapo lis ha s promote d coordination o f NAB efforts with other o rgani zations; Fresno h as estab l ished a Manageme nt Council f or Mer it Employmen t; Riverside h as formed a Job Opportunities Counci l ; and Tacoma has establ ished a ghetto area employment o ffice which has plaqed 300 h ard-core une mp loye d. The Winston- Sa l e m Coalition h as estab li s h e d a Housing Foundation {with a million d ol l ar budget ), and h as h e lped finance a hous ing proj ect f or the elderly. Other coalitions with strong hous ing activities include Detroit, Fre sno, Lima, Minneapolis, New York, Philade lphi a , and Tacoma. The New Detroit Committee i s pressi n g l egal action t o get more adequate reso u rces for core-city sch oo l s. Bridgeport, Minneapo li s, and Racine are conce ntrating on scholarships for des e rving minority college s tudents. Detroit a l so h as stimulated the formation of partnerships between schools and major companies, �Page Two L. C. Div. Report and Newark has proposed private sector construction and operation of schools. New York has helped find sponsors for 15 Street Academies, whos e contributions will amount to $600,000 annually. New York also has a ttempted to come to g~ips with the city's decentralization crisis through public education and offers of mediation. The Philadelphia Coalition is launching an employment training program by establishing "academies" in high schools which are sponsored and operated by major compan ies. Three academies are being o rgan i zed in Of fice Management, Banking and Finance, Aviation and Aerospace, and in Electronics. Coalitions in Detroit, Newark, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Philadelphi a , Plainfield, Racine, and Saginaw are promoting legislative activity either at the local, state or Federal level. II. Established Coalitions New Bedford, Massachusetts established a coalition in late November; this brings the total of established coalitions to 40. III. Hou.sing Con fere nce for Coalitions During 1969 the Urban Coalition, with the help of the National Institute of Public Affa irs, will provide a s e ries of conferences to help coalitions develop effective strategies in particul ar substantive areas. The first of the s eries , To Impr ove a City ' s Housing , will be held on Feb r u ary 6 and 7 in Washington. This conference i s specifica lly d es igne d to h e lp the staf f and hous ing ta s k forc e me mbers o f coa litions to ident ify the i r rol e and strategies in improving the loca l hous ing situ at ion. IV. Organizing Efforts Efforts are currently underway to establish coa litions in 33 cities. Thi s tota l includes Chic ago , Illinoi s and Durh am , North Caro lina. Coa li tions are e x p e cted to be a nnounc e d soon in San Francisco, Kansas City and Dayton. ·Mr. Walter Re uther h as scheduled a luncheon on January 9 to advance organi zing efforts in Michigan cities . . At the Novembe r mee ting , the Steeri ng Committee resolved to aid. in the formati on of loca l coa litions . All 38 members were contacted by letter as a cons equence , r equ es ting assistance in relation to spe ci f ic cities. Te n members h a v e responded to this r equ es t; s even me mbers h a v e p r ovide d the n ame s of individu a l s who can assist in a total o f t we lve of the target cities: Since the last meeting on Nove mber 1 3, the following Steering Committee members h ave made or wil l make speech e s: Mayor Nafta lin Cl e v e l and , November 21 Mr. Close Corpus Christi, January 28. ., � 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 Lis REPORT OF THE LOCAL COALITION DIVISION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE December 16, 1968 Accomplishments of Coalitions The "older generation" of coalitions, with increasing frequency, is - showing tangible and substantial results; the younger coalitions are, in many instances, consumed by organizational problems. Some illus- trative accomplishments are listed: — The Miami Coalition, in collaboration with the United Black Federation, a black organization formed with the encourage- ment and cooperation of members of the coalition, has taken significant steps to ease police-community relations. It is currently formulating programs in other fields identified as key to Miami's needs. Ten (or more) coalitions are aggressively creating entrepre- neurship opportunities for minorities. The New York Coalition's Venture Capital Corporation has just made its first loan, in cooperation with the Harlem Commonwealth Council. The comple- mentary Coalition Development Corporation has begun with a , case load of 203 entrepreneurs seeking technical assistance. Plainfield and Racine have helped establish small companies. REC Industries, a small manufacturing company established by the Racine Environment Committee now employs and is training 35 "hard core" youths. Both the Philadelphia and New York coalitions have active programs designed to enhance the capabilities and opportunities of minority contractors. Most coalitions are striving to relieve unemployment, consis- tently in collaboration with the local NAB efforts. The New Detroit Committee has found 50,000 jobs; Minneapolis has promoted coordination of NAB efforts with other organizations; Fresno has established a Management Council for Merit Employment; Riverside has formed a Job Opportunities Council; and Tacoma has established a ghetto area employment office which has placed 300 hard-core unemployed. J The Winston-Salem Coalition has established a Housing Foundation (with a million dollar budget), and has helped finance a housing project for the elderly. Other coalitions with strong housing activities include Detroit, Fresno, Lima, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, and Tacoma. The New Detroit Committee is pressing legal action to get more adequate resources for core-city schools. Bridgeport, Minneapolis, and Racine are concentrating on scholarships for deserving minority college students. Detroit also has stimulated the formation of partnerships between schools and major companies, Le; Dine. Report Page Two and Newark has proposed private sector construction and oper- ation of schools. New York has helped find sponsors for 15 Street Academies, whose contributions will amount to $600,000 annually. New York also has attempted to come to grips with the city's decentralization crisis through public education and offers of mediation. The Philadelphia Coalition is launching an employment training program by establishing "academies" in high schools which are sponsored and operated by major companies. Three academies are being organized in Office Management, Banking and Finance, Aviation and Aerospace, and in Electronics. = Coalitions in Detroit, Newark, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Plainfield, Racine, and Saginaw are promoting legis- lative activity either at the local, state or Federal level. II. Established Coalitions New Bedford, Massachusetts established a coalition in late November; this brings the total of established coalitions to 40. III. Housing Conference for Coalitions During 1969 the Urban Coalition, with the help of the National Institute of Public Affairs, will provide a series of conferences to help coalitions develop effective strategies in particular substantive areas. The first of the series, To Improve a City's Housing, will be held on February 6 and 7 in Washington. This conference is specifically designed to help the staff and housing task force members of coalitions to identify their role and strategies in improving the local housing situation. IV. Organizing Efforts Efforts are currently underway to establish coalitions in 33 cities. This total includes Chicago, Illinois and Durham, North Carolina. Coali- tions are expected to be announced soon in San Francisco, Kansas City and Dayton. -Mr. Walter Reuther has scheduled a luncheon on January 9 to advance organizing efforts in Michigan cities. At the November meeting, the Steering Committee resolved to aid in the formation of local coalitions. All 38 members were contacted by letter as a consequence, requesting assistance in relation to specific cities. Ten members have responded to this request; seven members have provided the names of individuals who can assist in a total of twelve of the target cities. Since the last meeting on November 13, the following Steering Committee members have made or will make speeches: Mayor Naftalin - Cleveland, November 21 Mr. Close - Corpus Christi, January 28.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 7, Folder 9, Document 20 Box 7 Box 7 Folder 9 Folder topic: Urban Coalition | Miscellaneous | 1967-1969