Box 15, Folder 13, Document 74

Box 15, Folder 13, Document 74

DECEMBER 13, 1967 WEDNESDAY

EASTERN REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT CONFERENCE

NATIONAL URBAN COALITION

ATLANTA-AMERICAN MOTOR HOTEL (GRAND BALLROOM )
9:30 A.M.

GREETINGS

OPENING GENERAL SESSION
PRESIDING WILL BE DAVID SULLIVAN,
PRESIDENT, BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES, INTERNATIONAL
UNION AFL-CIO.
MAYOR ALLEN - GREETINGS.
REMARKS BY WILLIAM FLYNN, DIRECTOR,
STEP PROGRAM, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS,
DR. LAWRENCE D.-REDDICK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER INSTITUTE,
AND AUGUSTUS H. STERNE, PRESIDENT, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AT 10:30 A.M., WORKSHOPS BEGIN.
THIS GATHERING OF BUSINESS LEADERS
FROM THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
HAS PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE TO ALL OF AMERICA.

AND | AM SURE THAT BEFORE THIS DAY
1S COMPLETED, WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE UNDENIED NECESSITY
FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO PLACE ITS FULL PRODUCTIVE
POTENTIAL INTO THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR GREAT
URBAN CITIES.

IT 1S ESPECIALLY PLEASING TO ME,
MR. PHILLIPPE, THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT YOUR URBAN
COALITION TASK FORCE ON PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
TO ATLANTA TO HOLD THIS ACTION CONFERENCE
ON EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN PRIVATE BUSINESS.


THE VERY HISTORY OF ATLANTA'S GROWTH
AND PROSPERITY HAS BEEN ONE OF RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT
TO RESOLVE NOT ONLY PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT,
BUT ALSO OF EDUCATION, OF HOUSING, OF RACE RELATIONS,
AND ALL OTHERS WHICH ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE TOTAL COMMUNITY.

OUR LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS LONG AGO
RECOGNIZED THE REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION
IN THE RESOLUTION OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS
JUST AS YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS COLLEAGUES
HAVE DONE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN THE
URBAN COALITION.