Box 3, Folder 15, Document 27

Box 3, Folder 15, Document 27

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EUGENE T. BRANCK, Coreen of (lie Kennil al Direcrer

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| JOHN IZA Ilow Chairs

MRS. THOMAS H, GISBSO

DONALD H, GAPEIS, /ri A aA 2 MY
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E THOUSAND GLENN BUILDING, 120 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE #50

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6 November 1969 or

The Honorable Sam Massell, dr.
hO Pryor Street, S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear iir. Massell:

We would like to add our congratulations to the many you have
been receiving, on your election. We should also like to add our
pledge of support and cooperation in your efforts to keep Atlanta
a great and evolving city.

As you know, the Community Council of the Atlanta Area has had
an organizational grant from the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare to bring into being a new agency for "comprehensive
areawide health planning" for the six-county metropolitan area,
The basic work is largely complete. A 52-member "Metropolitan
Atlanta Council for Health" has been established, a detailed
proposal for a five-year work program has been prepared and submitted,
and an organizational structure for carrying out comprehensive
health planning has been created.

However, a number of new,and rather bold departures from tradition
have been made, in an effort to implement, fully, the vision of
Public Law 89-719, the "Partnership for Health" act. These involve,
in particular, an enhanced role for MACLOG in coordinating health
planning with other major planning activities, and real and
meaningful participation in planning and decision-making by poor
and black citizens of the community.

Your guidance and help in both these areas are urgently needed.
It is not an exaggeration to say that two or three decisions by
you, now, can have an extremely important impact, not only on the
success of health planning in this metropolitan area, but also on
race relations in all aspects of community life, and even on the
threatened "abolish Atlanta" movement. Howard Atherton is giving
his full backing to the proposals we would like to place before you.
Ceci! Alexander
Ivan Allen, II!
Luther Alverson
Rolph A. Beck
Eugene T. Branch

Napier Burson, Jr.,

W. L. Calloway
Bradley Currey, Jr.
Campbel! Dasher



Ray J.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

* Albert M. Davis, M. D.

Efird

Jack P. Etheridge

Rufus J. Evans, M. D.

Robert L. Foreman, Jr.
M. D. James P. Furniss

Donald H. Gareis

Larry L. Gellerstedt, Jr.

Mrs. Thomas H. Gibson

J. G. Bradbury
James V. Carmichael
R. Howard Dobbs, Jr.
Edwin i. Hatch
Boisteuillet Jones



ADVISORY BOARD

H. M: Gloster

John Godwin, M. D.
Elliott Goldstein
Vivian Hendersen
Mrs. Helen Howard

William S. Howland

Joseph W. Jones
Walter M. Mitchell
Phil Narmore

A. B. Padgett

Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue

Mrs. Edmund W. Hughes WR, Pruitt

Harry E. Ingram
John lzard

Mills B, Lane, Jr.

William W. Moore, Jr., M.D.
Lucien E. Oliver

W. A. Parker, Sr.

Richard H, Rich

T. O. Vinson, M. D.
Rev. Allison Williams
John C. Wilson



John A. Sibley

Lee Talley

Elbert P. Tuttle

William C. Wardlow, Jr.
George W. Woodruff

J. William Pinkston, Jr.
If at all possible, we would like to see you for about 5 minutes
some time during the next ten days to fill you in on the details.
You may recall that one of us (RBL) at your September 17th talk
to the Emory-Grady Family Planning Clinic staff brought up the

question of planning versus crisis-meeting.
the importance of planning to prevent crises.

is such an opportunity.

Your answer stressed
We believe this

Sincerely yours,

DQ f Sf~Hf~-
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A. B. Padgett, Chairman pro tem,
Metropolitan Atlanta Council

for, Health

aplyael B. Levine, |Director
Comprehensive Areawide Health
Planning

Encl: statement on comprehensive areawide

health planning
newsletters (Nos. 1 and 6)