Box 3, Folder 11, Document 26

Box 3, Folder 11, Document 26

ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314

February 8, 1968

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr.

Director of Governmental Liaison
City of Atlanta

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Dan:

Thanks for your letter of February 6th recommending Mr. Johnny
Robinson to serve on our planning committee for the New Careers
conference. I shall contact Mr. Robinson today.

In regard to the involvement of the Urban Coalition, we are con-
sidering the idea of inviting representatives from industry to
attend the conference. Frank Riessman suggested the idea in
that the Federal government is asking for greater participation
from private industry in regard to employing the hard core poor.

I am not certain that this is an area of concern for the Urban
Coalition. However, the employment of the poor is of major
concern for urban areas. The New Careers strategy has implications
for industry.

I am enclosing a copy of a paper on "New Careers in Industry" by
Riessman and Paniagua. If you feel that the steering committee
of the Atlanta Urban Coalition would be interested in the con-
ference, we shall be glad to work with you.

Sincerely yours,

Uf A———

TILMAN C, COTHRAN
Director

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