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Hatcher: Well I think we can aionaUy
erh giilliurtul In phtladnlphla re things that we could handle would
Incredible still open up the areas so that a result o1> m many Instances, use a kind of general term and blacks * had been closed to
cently for the U.S. Conference of be glamorous, attractive p ro - „ umber of servlf. . .
Mayor«. During that conference, grams such as the space p ro -
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have relatively good housing
kinds of frustrations that say that a kind of guerrilla w ar-
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which might i ^ 2 i. th! b
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In a two-hour punel discussion not a very glamorous business.
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and wliat can be done al>out It. protection and civil disorders,»he sidewalk ,,r i" 2 2
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tb e*blnl< fu s in g Is an element. It s pace that Is Incredible. And I aggravated, tHat I thought It was
^®ople w ill not respect the
seph L . AI Into, San Francisco; responding all the tim e.
of the wlnA?w
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* * ry dy McuH lor people to be think this Is some Indication that better today than it was three 1,w 80 loni as »« focus only
Richard O. Hatcher, Gary, Ind.;
Hut there Is built Into govern-lnK „
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f?»hd' pea? 1 w,"’n th* y / 8 ‘» und up In people are really pulling back years ago, for example, I meant
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0 , the problem they’ re faced big cities, San Francisco Is
is one » 2 /5 * 1 real,ly a U rt deaIlne
O r earns; and James II J . Tate, absolutely essential tor the pro- ,lown to o, atch them.
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Philadelphia. I hey were <|ues- tectlon of the public.
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V8ry dl,flcul‘ ,or th8m * « ' M with particularly In cities.
of them, y£u have a rather drama- WKr‘
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rlme,
with * white
collar c
crim
e, until
until
Honed by four members of the also means that you accept a
a ^ T . ‘ h„ 2
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secondly, I think there’ s no “ c decrease In hard core . rime * * , sUrt dealing with the whole
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Bulletin staff:
Peter
urban affairs editor, Joseph
seph H.
ft, vate enterprise Is knocked
knocke«! down. ‘ L J ..K i. . onpy 7
for
,‘ this, fo r-flc u lt *u*
for them w
to accept lna
the of
Of crim e rates - that
tliat Is street
The thing you have In most °,f p r a ?“ ces ‘ hat have tradition-
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Daughen, national affa irsc o rres - Everything tliat we do, we do In Franctsco ,1Vy ouJ lunch b> han fact tluit they're segregated.
crim e - and suggest that som e-big cities today - and I think C—J T
pondent; Daniel J . McKenna, public, bid to the lowest bidder, an. ,.onv ’ . 2 d U you gi™
Ha‘ch®r: Isn’t that passing the how that’ s Just happening In a ‘ his Is a tribute to more efficient , Tai®.:^ Pd 1,ke to agree wlth
chief of the city liall bureau, on specs that are drawn to g ive“ L
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’ ° n th* part of ^ r o t a r y vacuum. You Just have to rec- management of cltls than you
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and Pau! Grim««, editor of spec*- everyone an opportunity.
We c« '
A . .
San ran-Rom ney, to say that the real ognlze that much of that Is being have of states today - you have
you ve got *° back
,al ProJ“0-*» mid panel moderator, don’t have the opportunity ttu»t
,',enl J don,i Pr ° b,em ls a need for statewide produced directly from the fa ll- real representation of the blacks 22
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meaningful
Following Is a jiortlon of that private enterprise does simply
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ley haven t uniform zoning standards, when, ure ol government to solve some ‘n city government.
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‘ he very basic problem s tliat
When I first proposed appoint- a2¡v“ ’
’ houMdottprofesslon-
1 hlladelphla
(NANA) - y . we award the contract.
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al uniform zoning If we’ re really people have - enough food to eat ‘ng a black man as one member
° n 8 nonPar“ san basts.
Everyone agrees that the cities
y . - What Is your relation- A,lloto ’ I aw
enforcement «olng to solve the problem?
decent housing, a good school of a three-man police commls- E,ven lhou?h You have problems
need more money. Hut do they ship with your suburban ar«asreall> ‘"volves three very, very
R1«‘‘‘ across the line from us and so on.
ston, the firs t tim e In our his-
gettlng funds for “ » ‘ bat’ s
really work as efficiently as they and your states?
strong elements. The first ele- ls 8 county where you can’t build
The end result, of course will ‘ o ry, there was a real traumatic *
Way to do
You t'iave
can with wliat they have now?
Hatcher:
The greatest thing"18,1 ’ ls Jus‘ «fflclent, Intelligent “ borne on anything less than an be to destroy cities. Just as s’ure- ««ect that took place among a 2 2 . f ° , afte,r K a‘ the Federal and
late - I think tliat the cities aliout the Indiana state le g ts la -*n,orc,’"1,’n‘ of ‘ he law. I think “ ere of land. I guarantee you ly as setting a torch tobulldlngs. 1«‘ of people In San Francisco
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Include
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After the appointment they . r „ 1 / hlnk you ve ?°“ o have B o s s s D e lic a t e s s e n h ad a n e w sig n in
of America today perhaps
have . lure
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the best professional competence 80 days a i year. We spend moreatt,,lnl'* fo
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people, as
as police assaslna- eot over IL And then we opened
by a department
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s t a lle d a d v e r t is in g t h e i r b u s in e s s , a t 1438
that we’ ve experienced In many of our time
»—■•» ~ to stopallzatlon of - y °ur - policeman
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attempting
Inthe _ *ny segregative clause.
up other commissions that trad- 2 L n 2 r t 8, ^ OUrtltSyst! i ' tbat will
tlons?
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years, in Philadelphia, perhaps legislation , from jiasslng Al______
than weaens*
the sense of
respect the police officer
N . E . A lb e r t a S t . , la s t w e e k .
95 percent of the personnel are do supporting things tliat a r, a‘I * lluati’ compensation to attract
made up of civil servants. The going to be helpful to the cltles.tb*’ rlKb‘ ltln,I of man, In the
civil service system came In the to sh
We bid and at times •‘, ’’nse of establishing a real rap-
reform program In 1952 and I we award the contract.
‘ ,,or< wllb ‘he minority groups In
think lias been very well admin-
y , - what Is your relation your clty’
lstered since, with no political ship with your suburban area., 1 tblri* ‘ he third element doesn’t
Interference.
and your states?
have anything to do with the
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Landrieu - I don’t think cities Hatcher:
The greatest thtnglx>,lc# d i r i m e n t at a ll. It ls
generally are operating as e ffld - about the Indiana state le g ls la -“ very s‘ «’ong and vital fight
Ten
ently as they sliould or could. Hut ture ls tliat It only meets for ,o r good housing and good schools
there s a reason for it.
We 60 days a year. We spend more 3/1(1 J°bs and ■ tiO(’d neighborhood
lack management capabilities,
of our time attempting to stop Now
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things .......
have
We lack them because cities legislation from passing than we to proceed together.
They’ re
DISCOUNT
that have been struggling with do supporting things that a r e llke three p illars; you knock
short budgets for years find It going to be helpful to the cltlaa. down “ 'y one ot ‘ hem, and the
Impossible to Induce .......
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govern-
There Ls a very severe dis- »hole thing collapses.
ment
at salary levels that w e'rcftrust on the part of the state ,,a‘ cber - There are a couple
offering the competent manage- government
of cities and their ot “ d/1«s ‘ ,l8‘ generally mayors
ment personnel tliat we need, ability to properly manage their don’1 ,iav® co»‘ rol over In th e
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Hatcher - If we’ re talking about affairs. So there are a number l,w «'forcement process. And
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3-lb. Size
In the government that you have operations.
question of wliat happens once
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Strictly
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In private business, then I think
Alloto: The direct answer as the police do their Job - and
Peak Flavor
that s unrealistic. 1 don’t think to whether or not the states are *ben, of course, the question of
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kinds of economy, the same kinds of the cities and whether or not
“ » » • Institutions In most
Pot Roe«t
Small laan
«•f efficient processes In public they are trying to help solve 8ta‘ ’’s-
L«nb Should««
Pure
Pori Rtfcyt
service that you can In private the problems of the cities the
1 WOUI <1 also add tliat you’ re
Pod
Industry.
i answer Is no.
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no* PJb’ g to. In my Judgment,
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S»«w Meat
I think we also have to ask
What they are trying to do Is at leas4’
n °‘ going to get
Biada Ctrt
ourselves who ls really raising Insulate the cities laslcally so tn jly
law enforcement
Britkat
Frati,
the question of the efficiency of that what they regard as "the w,*bout some real cooperation
Chuck Roart
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local government, the effective- Infection” won’t spread out onto fro/n F*°Ple «hemselves. I don’t
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ne.ss of local government and Its I some of the Uly-whlte areas ‘ bi*1*1 ‘ be police can, alone, «in
Includa» Caída« Chop»Ib
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ability to manage
more funds. The state legislature by and large force ‘b* law. I think the people
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it’ s the Federal Gov- at least In my part of the country ,iave
resP«c< ‘ be law; and,
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record, when we look at Items types - a rotting bloc which
has t h e PoUr8
to <1<> ‘ heir Job.
like the SST and like tanks tliat rendered the cities largely lm -
But basically, the cities are
don’t roll and planes tliat don’t po,ont*
being treated like provinces by
fly and overruns that run Into
ho long as yixi have tliat po- the states.
the millions and millions of dol lltli al control, there’ s no reason
y . You all seem to agree tliat
It'« Hia »aa l Thing Case
lars, then, comparatively speak to believe that the states are an Increasingly explosive sltua-
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