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Urban Coalition President Named
tie is so that they can w o rk
to g eth e i
on th e n com m on
p ro b le m s .
( ruler H o lin a n ’ a
g e n e ra l T ie c tio n , the C ' j j I i -
tio n developed the 1970 M i l -
A r n e r ic i
C r im in a l ju s t ic e
Sem inar
which b ro u g h t to -
M . C a il H o lm a n, P re s id e n t
ol the N a tio n a l l rban C o a li­
tio n , h i
edlcated Ins H ie to
the stru g g le f o r human ju s ­
tic e in the l n ited S tates.
H olm in jo in e d the C o a li­
tio n in l'a .g a lte r s u cce ssfu l
1 a re e i s as v a rie d as joui n a i­
ls!, poet, o lle g e p ro fe s s o r,
gethei
the
m ayo rs,
I ask F o rc e of the 1 .s , C i l ­
o lle C o n fe re n ce , he p a rt, i-
pated in the c re a tio n of the
C a lu m e t
C o m m u n ity
C on-
police
te le , i , ion w i n e i , and g o v e rn ­
Ih
,
I, wa
M u le i ( Ity , M l
:egree
F ro m 1949 to 1962 le was
P r o le ,s o r of E n g lis h and the
lla m a ¡tie- it C la r k C o lle g e
ii A tla n ta , ind also taught
at A t la n t i I n iv e rs ity and
Ham pton In s titu te in V ir g in ia .
F ro m 1960 to 1963 he was
e 'it o r of the \tla n ta I n q u ir e r .
In 1962 he joined the s ta ff
of the
, i . C o m m is s io n on
C iv il Right:- in was s e rv in g
as Deputy s ta ff D ir e c to r when
lie le ft to jo in t ie C o a litio n
as V ic e P re s id e n t fo r P ro -
g i am D evelopm ent.
of 142 wor king ¡reople’ s g ro u p s
inte e-,ted in p ro g re s s iv e so­
c ia l change.
h le fs , anil Itizen.s fro m 15
M id w e s t c itie s . He played a
key ro le in a s s is tin g in o rg a n ­
iz in g , w ith the C o n s e rv a tio n
I- o indatioo, the 197I N sth i il
C o n fe re n ce on P u b lic T ra n s ­
p o rta tio n w h ic l Ire w r e p r e ­
se n ta tive s fro m m any n a tio n ­
al o rg a n iz a tio n . And w o rk in g
w ith the I 11 in I, tlin ic A ff a ir s
m en t e x e c u tiv e .
P e i baps Ins g re a te s t c o n -
l i ila itio n to t l« C o a litio n and
the cause o l human ju s tic e
lias lieen iri fils broad s e n e s
of in itia tiv e lo re c o n c ile u r ­
ban i . n i. it md e th n l m in o r i -
a m aste r of tin e a its
from Y a le U n iv e i s itv .
|o r n in
, arul
. . youth in St. L o Ila ,
M is o u n . He graduated m ag -
na cum la u ie fro m L in c o ln
(.Mo.j I D iv e rs ity and l i t e r
e a rn »
a m a s te r 's le gree at
the U n iv e rs ity ol C hicago and
ir is .u n iii.il i lo a n i o u u tiu n annixim ed tlie C o a litio n i c a ll lot i sw eeping
ita tiz e c e n tra l c itie s fo llo w in g a New Y o rk C ity fio a id m e e tin g , F ro m le lt
A n drew H e is k e ll, C o a litio n C o -C h a iim a n ; M . C a t I H o lm a n , P re s id e n t; ol
ilr m a n ; an I V e i lion J o i dan, J r ., ( n -C h a in u .in .
U r b a n C o a litio n c a lls
f o r c ity r e v i t a l iz a t io n
elude ti e following:
I lie N a tio n a l I than C o a li­
tio n Im lay pledged Its e lf to a
p ro g ra m of le v it a ll/ a t io n ol
11« innai c itie s ami ca lle d
lo r a n a tio na l co m m itm e n t
fro m
go ve rn m e nt, Inistness
ind laboi to p ro v id e t l« co-
<)|»i jt lo n and Investm ent nec­
e s s a ry to ie v e i se the p resent
(ten d ol ahundoiuneiit of urban
bousing and fa c ltlltie a .
lie
C o a litio n
s te e rin g
C o m m itte e , m eeting in New
Y o rk, i I'.pte-: i p o ll ■. at ite -
llie n t w hich H otel that h u g e
a ie a s o l the c e n tra l c itie s
a ie being v ir tu a lly abandoned
hecause
il »
s p e c u la to r!*
alaise ol le -fe i.il housing p io -
gi a tlis ,
le i i ,
i le lin e in
|>u I'll, s e rv ic e
Step - by - step o ve rh a u l of
those a s |« i'ts of t ie e u n e n t
u i ban
housing,
edu catio n ,
c r im in a l ju s tic e and ti in s p o i-
ta lio n system s w h ich co n n Ha­
ute to t ie jo esenl e co n om ics
and psychology of abandon­
m ent .
M a jo i p ro g re s s to w a rd 11»
e lim in a tio n ol ¡Krverty th rough
a Com bination ol incom e m a in ­
tenance fo r those who cannot
w o rk ami m e a n in g lu l, w e ll­
paying jo b s, p u b lic and p i i-
vate, lo i th o se who Can.
Changes in H e w a ste ful and
d iv is iv e p a tte rn s ol urban e-
velo|>tnent, in clu d in g le f o im
In t ie use and d e p lo y u e u t
ol land; a broadening ol c a re ­
fu lly planned re s id e n tia l and
sm a ll business u w ie is lu p ami
ie n t.il ca|M . ity ; and t ie le -
ve lo p m e n t o l a lo n g -ra n g e na­
tio n a l urban g iw o tli p o lic y .
R e visio n ol t ie cu t re n t lis -
Cal
syste m , w h ich lo ic e s
ovei bur lened lo ca l g o ve rn ­
m ents to pay (oi t ie cost of
such na tio na l p ro b le m s as
race and p o v e rty .
lif f o r t a to im p le m e n t an e t-
te t l i e and e q u ita b le system ol
fin a n cin g urban edu itlo n , ac­
com panied by w k le i access to
a g ro w in g v a rie ty of educa­
tio n a l o p p o itu n ltle s respon­
sive to t ie needs ol the leai n-
e r and tie soclety .
l i e gu a ia nte e o l c itiz e n
pa l 1 1. . it I. .11 111 tlW pi line
and la e ia lp o -
la i iz a tio n .
"W h a t la r e q u l i e l , " Hie
I d e c .-n t ■ .11', " , . tfi.it
.
union , foundations, re lig io u s
groupa ami o th e r c o m m u n ity
ele m e n ts m ake new and sub­
s ta n tia l in ve stm e n ts t-oth ol
(u n is and people to le h u lH iiig
the econom ic and so cia l s tru c ­
tu re of t l« c it ie s . "
C o a litio n
c h a irm a n
Sol
■ 1 ’
kl, “ dynam ic |
teles to e n l t l« decay ol 11«
in n e r c itie s that le a d s to a b a n -
lonm enl is t l« m ost c i id e a l
need that has laced u i ban
areas sin- e t l« C o a litio n was
tu n n e d in 1967."
I he C iu llt lo n said the na­
tio n a l c o m m itm e n t m ust in -
o p e iitlo n a n t e va lu a tio n ol
p u b lic and p i l u t e p ro g ia m s .
I he e xa m in a tio n of o v e ra ll
a ie tte tax e le c tio n have coal-
vinced m e that a broad-based
n o n -p a rtis a n g io u p needs to
ic v ie w th a t whole s itu a tio n anil
J°*n •*>m aking suggested chan­
K®*.”
M y e rs said th is is the f u s t
tim e sin ce lie has l« e n in
o flic e th a t th e re has been
such negative p u b lic reaction
to the V o te r s ' P a m p h le t Con-
te n t.
He saki it was p i i-
m a i dy due to t l« fa lse anil
m is le . .; .
ta ts enl
tu ln e -l in the pages w r itte n
by Hie opponents ami pro|>u-
P o ll s h o w s b la c k
a ttitu d e s
11« black o rg a n iz a tio n s and p e rso n s held In m ost re sp e ct by
b la cks in tlw I nited States hag not changed d r a s tic a lly in the
la s t ye a r a cco rd in g to a I.OUla H a r r is O p in io n P o ll. lo p p in g
t l « lis t a re tlw N AA C P and SCI.C.
I he question asked in (he na tio na l s u iv e y w a s , ''I 'd lik e to
lead you a lis t o l some black le a d e rs and o rg a n iz a tio n s . I ni
each, te ll me il you resp e ct them a g r e i l le a l, som e - but not
a g re a t d e a l, oi h a rd ly at a l l . "
A G ie .it S om e-N ot H a rd ly Not
Deal
G re.HDe.il Any
s u l®
N 3A X 3JP
South.
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C h a rle s E v e r s ............................
H ,,y ................................................. 58
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U rb a n L e a g u e .............................
J u s tic e Ih u rg o u l M a r s h a ll, , 5 ,
S h irle y C h is h o lm .....................
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E d w a rd B r o o k e . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M uli.unm ed A l l ........................... 47
Kareem J abba 1 ......................... 45
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A , P h illip K a n d o lp li................37
A ngela D a v is ............................. 35
L Id 1 klge C le a v e r .......................27
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Stokely C arm ichael.................. 26
Elijah M o h a m m e d .................... 24
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Ih e le s u lts show d lffe ie n c e s among age g ro u p s. B la cks u n -
d e i til fa v o r m o re m ilita n t le a d e rs , In c lik lln g Angela Da v is , 1,1-
d i klge C le a v e i and S tokely (C a rm ich a e l. I hose uvei 50 la vo i
m u re m a le ra te le a d e rs and g ro u p s . F o i e xa m p le . Hoy W ilk in s
is Iwld in high re g a rd by 63 p e r cent ol a ll b la ck ¡«1 so n s ovei
50, lu t by 49 pei cent o l those u n d er 30. Angela I lavas is re ­
spected by 48 pei cent o l blacks under 30, but by only 2b ¡«1
cent ol blacks ovei 50.
R e p re se n ta tive S h irle y C h is o lm has ris e n c o n s ld e i ably m il«
p o ll since la s t y e a r, she Is one o l the o ig a n iz e rs ol the Con­
gressional Black Caucus.
Coats and Clark
state an J lo al - in o i le i that
they c o n ti it .le to the ie v it . il-
iza tlu n " I Cities 01, at I mil, i-
.
. . .
th e n abandonm ent.
I he C o a litio n said it w ill
use “ e v e ry c o n s tru c tiv e and
le g itim a te m eans it oui d is ­
posal to b rin g th e se is s u e s to
the fo i f io n t of A m ei le T s c o n -
K tousne ,
m
t< work
d n e c tly w ttlid e c is io n m a k e rs
it e v e iy le ve l ol g o ve rn m e n t,
Including the P r e s id e n t."
I
nents o l the c ig a re tte ta x.
" F o r t l« f ir s t tim e In luy
metnot y, people w e re a iy 1 tg
they c o u ld n 't tr u s t o r r e ly
on the V o te rs ' P a m p h le t,”
M y e rs s a k i. " T h a t is an un­
acceptable s itu a tio n sin ce the
ta xp a ye rs fund t l« pa m p h le t
as an aid to them in ca stin g
an in fo rm e il aixl in te llig e n t
b a llo t."
M y e is s a d 1« w ill d ir e c t
the co m m itte e ( o e x p lo ie w a y s
ol scre e n in g copy su b m itte d
fo i the Voters* P a m p h le t to
in s u re (hat what is pi lined is
a c c u ra te , w h ile s t i l l m a in ­
ta in in g m á xim u m fie e d o m of
p o litic a l e x p re s s io n .
In a d d itio n , M y e is s lid tie
w ill ask t l« c o m m itte e to le -
v lew the lo im a t ami d is t i d x i-
tio n p ro ce ss to see how they
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I lie C o a litio n said it w ill
also a ctiv e ly seek the v ie w ­
p o in ts of t l« m ajo i p o litic a l
ca n d id ate s on these Issu e s.
" 1 he ju b ol rev ita liz m g out
c itie s w ill take m any y e n s , "
the statem ent sa id . “ I t w ill
Cost a g re a t deal of m oney.
It w ill le q u ire the a c tiv e p a r­
t i i|iatlon. e f lo it iix l s tru g g le
o l a ll o u r c o n s titu e n c ie s ."
I he statem ent concluded
w ith a note of o p tim is m : " W e
u e co n fid en t that the p ro ce ss
ol
abandonm ent
can
le
stopped, that c itie s can be r e -
in v ig o ra te d anil in tu rn In v ig -
oi age t l« n a tio n.
We i- a
nation m ust le g w now . I he
N a tio n a l I rban C o a litio n mu st
m ove w ith a ll the d e d ica tio n
and re s o u rc e s it can m u s -
te i
C o m m itte e s tu d ie s v o t e r p a m p h le t
s e c re ta ry o f State C la y M y -
e ra s.ik l ti. la y he w ill name
a hig h ly q u a lifie d h l p a itis a n
v o lu n ie e i co m m itte e of pi i -
va le c itiz e n s to study t l« V o -
t e r 's P am phlet - Its fo rm a t,
contents ai»l d is t i ilu tlo n - and
m ake i e c o m m e nd a 11on s
tlu o u g h his o il ice to the 1973
le g is la tu re .
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