1 20 2 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/bba91cc6f92c8b4f7ef19b1c71982897.pdf?Expires=1776902400&Signature=cerZe98TgIzGmtNg-QQzVm60GyhTGvetjGWIq0w5bXKmzJ1wOyLHVIQHnt4rm4M7PbcT2OPHJbJ2w33Duz31yXte%7E-6spdny8UOBKJloIciVi7c-hKrmEWfK2cmVbVplOy53jtMLoiUnIeVsA4FOQPsHP6ZINBdDgj-b7eqFP5DWgpOwV2LSa4rs0J5t-BkxH%7EGP%7EZoSh1S-Bhqw4EGGcNzNRJ0SCRPaaobHXhDvQe-TZpOqWKXcUYL9nNeSTRCZpj2AbLFJ8zHFJBbcC0eR2TXpjqCZBoQ-x0YiX4MItfnJDkCGfk2%7EThU%7E0QI6X3EuDUmuirMgLYVYVQ3vl3E1HA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5a202ac2b49f7ea0f7c79ddbe0db0f40 PDF Text Text I LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BALTIMORE Sutton Place, l l 11 Park Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Subject: THE CRISIS IN BALTIMORE .•. SOCIAL PROBLEMS Briefing Date: Tuesday, March I 1, 1969 Authorization : Local Study Item -- THE CRISIS IN BALTIMORE: TO SALVAGE OUR CITY A study of projections of the city's development over the next ten yea rs, and of available resources to support a human society in our city •••. Baltimore is faced with major problems in almost e very area : education, housing, ci vii ord er, transportation, h ealth services, you name it. How are these probl ems -- physical, social , and financial - - bei ng identified, described, and measured? What solutions are being proposed, and by whom? Wbat would be ideal? What may be feasible? What resources are available to deal with these needs? How can the resources be increased? Where and how can we economize? \.\'hat ai-e the dimensions, physical, social, and financial, of the city 's 1 ·esponsibilities, say !or the next ten yea r s? What a1·c the priorities? How much money does Baltimo1·e need, and ior what, and where is it going to come from? This br iefing describes some of the efforts being made by some agencies t o meet some of the social problems that are part of Baltimore's crisis . It is not, of course, a comprehensive account of the social aspects of the city's crisis; and if a slatement of goals fol· the city exists, we have not found it. Committee: Mrs . Mrs . Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Philip Cooper Leonard Goodman He1·scbell King Gerald Sellman Perry Stearns Edmund Glaser, Chairman N . E . Mille1· Ill, Chairman -- Crisis Committee �Crisis -- Bal timore: Social Problems - 2 - L WV of Bt.ltirnor~ March, 1969 CONTENTS Discussion Guides . . . • • • . • .•••• I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . ll. The War On Poverty on th e Baltimore F r ont . A . Compensatory Education .. B . The Community Action Agency C . Model Cities P l an Ill. Movement Against Destruction . IV. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bibliography . • • • . • • . • • • . . Appendix: League Positions on Some City Issues . . Page 2 3 4 4 6 6 8 9 10 11 DISC USS ION GU IDES l. Are job t r aining and compensat ory educat ion too slow an answer to our urban crisis? 2. The Model Cities P l an is based o n community support and cooperation. How can this be achieved? What can the League do? 3. Are our curr ent support positions in line with helping to attain "a decisive cha nge" in our city? Should they be r evi e wed with the ideas of enlarging upon some, restudying some, taking more action? 4. \Vhat can and/or should the League of Women Voters do about the cxisis in our City? 5. What can and/or should you as a citizen do? �Crisis Baltimore : SociaT'Proble m s - 3 - L WV of Baltimore Marc h, 1969 THE CRISIS IN BALTIMORE ••. SOCIAL,.PROBLEMS I. INTR O D UCTION The Random House Dictionary defines crtsls as: 11 1. A state in the sequence of events at which the trend of all futu re events, e specially for bette r or worse, is determined; a turning point ; 2. A condition of instability, as in social, economic, o r political affairs, l eading to a de c isive change . " It seems u nec ess ary to acquaint people with the problems of Baltimore . O ne need not even r e ad, but only l ook at the newspapers and T . V. , or just be alive in the city, to see t h at a "condition of instability" has been r eached. Some of the ba sic facts are repeated here . Baltimore had, at t h e 1960 official census , a popul ation of 939,024, of which 610,000 were whi te a nd 329, 000 non - white . In l 950 there we r e 722,000 white and 228,000 non wh ite. In 1966 there were 538,000 white and 376, 000 non - white . Yet , of our e l ected city officials , -- Mayor, City Council President, Comptroller, and eighteen Counc ilme n -- only foui- Councilmen a1·e nonwhite . Of the total population of Baltimore , over 100, 200 persons r eceive public assistance , (The State of Maryland has a population of 3,766,500, with 140,000 persons receiving public assistance . ) Most of the poor est people i n th e City liv.e within the original City boundaries drawn up in 185 1. •.•• Baltimore's crisis has bee n a l o ng time in the m aking and the solutions are not to be found easily o r in a short pet·iod of time . Thei-e wil l be many failures mixed with successes. The solutions are not to be found i n Baltimore City alone, but in the enti r e metropolitan area, the state, and t he federal gove rnm e nt . �Cr i sis - - Baltimore : Social Problems II. - 4 - L WV 0£ J;\altimo r e ' March, . j 969 The War On Pove rty On The Baltimore Front - ..., - ·...... As long a s sbcietytolerates po ve1·ty and discrimination, the slums a nd ghettos of the cities will remain and.so will the probl ems o f the cities re main. Eve r y age has tri ed to make an approp riate respons e to pove rty. T he Romans offered "bread and circuse.s,;" the medieval chu r ch, cha ri ty; the l ate industr ia l revol ut ion, th e · dole . Until recently, the Uni ted States' r esponse was a combi nation of welfare and, during the Dep1·ess i on, massive govern ment employment. The War on Pove r ty, which can perhaps be dated by the Econom i c Opportunity Act of 1964, offe re d a ·new appt·oach to the problem. The archi tects of the Great Society pt·ograms 'felt th at simply p1·ovid i ng a subsistence allowance to the poor would neve1· change theii· condition; only conc e n trated training, a self-help approach, would have any permanent effect on hard -co r e poverty. How this e duca t i o nal appt·oach has affected the poor in Baltim ore will be discussed here . A. Compensatory Education A m ain effort of the War on Poverty h as been to reinforce the education of the young, prim arily through the Economic Oppor tunity A ct and the E l ementary and Secondary Education Act. In Baltimore compens ator y educa tion starts w i th children in the Group Day - Care Centers . This offers fo u ra nd five -ye ar-old childt·en nursery - school' experience . To date there are a total of 180 children, i n fo u r soc i al' se°rvice centers and one center run by t he Presbyterian Church. Fu nds arc from Head S t.art . Group Day Care has operated for four ye ars . Fou r more day--care centers were r equested, but fund ing was not availabl e; and one such cente r has been closed. D uring the summer of 1968, 1500-- children participated in Summer Head S t art , and an equal numbei· will have this opportuni ty this sumrnei·. The program is delegated to seven agencies, including the Baltimo r e Depart ment of Ed ucation . The effort is, again , to reinforce the education of dis advantaged children by oifering this " h ead start. " The Early School Admissions Project this school year af!ected 860 c h ild ren in 24 centers and 18 public eleme ntary school s . Cost of the proj ect was $739,000 fede ral and $ 200, 000 state and local money . The Ma r yland State Departme nt of Education reported that "The pr eschool progr ams conducted under Title 1 of the Eleme ntary and Secondary Edu cation Act have been s o successful they have convinced the public that early education is very valuable . "* This attitude may have influenced th e passage by the Maryland General Assembly of the 196 7 bill which allows inclusion of kindergartens , if the local jurisdiction has them, in the appropi-iations for state aid to s chool systems . *U.S. Department of Health, Education and Weliare: Title I/ Year U (Office of Education - 2nd Ann ual Reper~ of Titl e I of the Elementary and S econdary Education Act of 1965), p. 6 . '' �l!F 'l Crisis - - '.Balti more : Social Problems - 5 - J.., WV ,of Baltimore Ma rch, 1969 ,, J\ ·pµ·<>t group of 150 chifdren who have participated in the Early A,dmi~ - , s i ons o r · He.ad Sta rt programs are involved in "Follow Through" , ,a co'J1tinu!l-tion of t heir com pens ato ry edud,'tion . The prog ram will offe r a compa;i:ison with a simila r control group to evaluate the compensatory education that each received . The total e s t imated cost of the 1968 - 6 9 expenditure is $293,190. ($3 2,9 70 of thi s from l oc a l revenues . ) The grant i s partly from · ESEA and partly from OEO. The Baltimore school systems is currently using eigh t ESEA grants to improve its education gene rall y and its approach to children disadvantaged by poverty. $3,2 10,000 is being spent i n 6 4 public elementary school·s and 18 non-public schools for 15, 0 00 studen ts to acquire basic elementary skills , to improve instru ction in "New Math " , and t o suppl y services to childl·en from loy,- in~ome families whose poor le arning is due to deprivation. $1,577,000 is p ro;viding Children' s Aides, one for every two teachers in 58 schools, inclucli ng ' five Model Schools . This will affect 45 ,00 0 students. $ 158,7 10 is being used to increase parental involvement in s chools in order to increase pupil motivation . A secondary reading progra m be nefit ting 10,000 students and 25 secondary schools has a n estimated tota,l grant of $809, 690 . P roj ect MissJ_ ($279, 500 of which, or 60%, is local fonds) s eeks to attract college on and gradu ate students to teach in the inn er ci t y and offers them te acher train ing io ' i:hi::; a.rea . ;Fifty high school boys from the inner city are be i ng 1 enco1,1ra ged_to ~onti nue thei r edu cation and .are rec ei ving information about colleges frOll) a follow-up program offe r ed by Johns Hopkins a nd costing $5, 0QD :_,' Two progl·ams are spec ifi cally fo r ;gi:rls ·;. _ a $11,100 grant to t h e House of the Good Shepherd for a special educ a t i o_n program for the 110 teenage girls committed there and a $ 4 31 , 860 grant for 'the 8 00 tee n - a ge m others of School #1 and School #45 5 A nnex, enabling 'th em to continue the ir education and receive some job training and insfruction to child care and home m anage - me~t. . . Th·e vVa r on Poverty is concel·ned with the twi n problems of education and job training . Our local Community Action Program, called the Comm unity Action Agency (CAA). ha s two Ne ighborhood Youth Corps p rograms for j ob training , T he In - School Program ($472, 66 0 federal g rant, $70,430 l ocal contribution) p r ovides work e xperience for the hi gh - school student. He may work up to twelve hours a week at $1 . 40 an hour . The wo rk should help hi m find employment aftei· g radua tion and encourage him t o re main in s chool. E i ght hund red students are invol ved in this p1·ogram; the waiting list is three to four times as many.. . . The Out-of - School p rogram is provided for high-school drop - outs , aged sixteen to twenty - one . (Several gi rl s from this Pl·ogram have been trainees in the League of Women Voters office.) The program offe r s skilled job training at $1. 40 an h our fo r a work we ek of 3 2 h ours . Unfortunate l y funds for onl y six hundred t raine es will be Pl'ovided next year . (Lt should be remembered that there are 7,000 h i gh s c hool drop-outs in Baltimore each ye ar, according to the Department of Educ ation . ) Both Neighborhood Youth Corps p r ograms a r e admini s te red by the D epa rtment of .Labor; sc r eening applicants and clerical work are done by the CAA. The most contr oversial j ob training program is the Jo b Corps. This is not administered by the CAA, but rather, the individual Job Corps centers are administered by either the Department of La bor o r the Depa r tment of the Intei-ior, ciepeoding on the kind of training offered. 1n the foul· years since the beginning of the Job Col·ps 2, 384 boys and from 2, 400 to 2, 600 girls have e n rolled from Baltimore . The fact that 3, 185 boys have applied �Cr isis Baltimore: Social P1·oblems - 6 - LWY of B a ltimo r e March, 1969 (after screening) gives some idea of the numbers who need and want this t r ain ing, I, 791 boys have been graduated. O::ie Job Corps Center is l oca ted i n Baltimore and will ulti mately accommodate 200 male nonresidents and 1 25 residenes . The Maryland State Em pl oyment Se r vice in terviews and screens m a le applicants fo1· the Job Corps, and WIGS (Women in Community Se r vi c e , a completely volunteer grou_p) serves the girls . Although WICS coun s e ls g irl s ~!ter they have re t urn ed, it is the Employme nt Service which finds :Jui tabl e jobs fo1· both. The i r follow-up and placement s ervice, one of s ixteen in the counti·y, was started in April, 1967, and has been vei-y successful. Gate house (Graduate Aid to Employment) has an Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) grant of $60,000 -- about $50 a year for each applicant. About SO% of the appficants and a higher percentage of those who have completed their entire Job Co,·ps t r aining ar2 plt.ce d in suitable jobs . Gatehouse follows e a ch career for a yea r and offers supportive services for employer and empl oye e . B. ~ Communi ty A ction.Agency The p r og1:0 •~~~ discussed so far have mainly served the young . T he Concentrated Employment Program, wh i ch i n volves fund,s from th e Office of Economic Opportuni t y and the Manpowe1· Development and T1·aining Act, s erves both you t h s and adults . The $36, 778 from OEO p1·ovides ba s ic 01· general education and vocational ti·aining to 25() pei-sons in Iive schools . The total of $917,852 ·from MDTA is used for a three-phase vocational progra m a ffecting 5,007 students in fou1· schools . The three phases are orienta tion, basic general education, and final v,:,cational training . Contractor for the program is the Community Action Agency. Throughout the country there has been much criticism of comm u ni t y action progr ams, the operation of OEO, and particip ation of the poor i n these programs generally. Because the new di r ecto1· of Baltimore's Comm unity A ction Agency, Mr. Frank J . Ellin, has bee n l·ecently appointed, it is onl y fair to lel him show what n.c:w direction, i.f any, the CAA will take i n Baltimore . What rel ati onship it will have to the Model Cities Pi·ogram a nd whei-e t he power wi ll lie in that organization will have much lo do wi t h th e CAA. However, despi te political upheaw.. l i.n the CAA, there are some o bvious accomplishments !n compe nsatory education in Baltimore. C. Model Cities In theory, Model Cities, a program of the U.S . Department of H ousi ng and Urt,an Development, is a partnership between the people in run-do wn a r eas and city government, with the pe ople being given a chance to choo s e their own prograrns and have a big band in implementing them . The i d e a i s that the people in the ghettos know betle1· t h an anyone else what th eir n e i gh borhoods need . Lo Novembe r , 1967, the First Baltimore Plan was submitted to Washi ngton, i n the 110pe that Baltimore would ·be selected as a candida te for Model Cities . App r oval came, and the following 1 ear was used to set up the administ r ative machinery -~eded to organize and run such an all encompa's sing program . Mr . Edga1·. Ewing became the director of the Model Cities Agency. A tremendous amount of work went into organizing the s ix �Crisis -- Baltimore : Social P roblems - 8 - LWV of Balti more Marc h, 1969 Councils much remain in a strong, viable position to make sure the Federal guideline of maximum citizen participation is fulfi lle d (and money is not diverted to serve political ends) . Ill. · Movement Against Destruction Besides. involvement with the Model Cities program, the League has been invol ved with other groups attempting a "decisive change" in our City. One of these is MAD. The Movement Against Destruction (MAO) is an outgrowth of the Expressway Conference held in August, 1968, at the Catholic Center, . at the initiative of concerned private citizens. Some of the o riginal p r oblems inc luded relocation money, and co mpliance with federal regulations in orde.r to qualify for federal funding of supplementary money which may be awarded to dislocated residents in a condemned area . As more and more facts were ga thered it became apparent that there were many ,_ ore highwa1• alternatives n available than had of!iciaUy be.en proclaimed. The people attending the con fere nce found a commo\i interest and a common go al. ' M AD is a coalition of var}.ous civic group s. It is devoted to promoting a comprehensive apprdach to transportation planning for the Baltimore · metropolitan area . One professional group consists of lawyers (some from Legal Aid) who donate the ir time in lieu of dues in re turn for theil- one vote . The other groups, outside of the League of Women Voters and the Baltimore Heritage Association, are neighborhood improveme nt a ssociations, Comrnu ni~y Action Agencies, and other civic groups . The Citizens Planning and Ho using Association (CPHA) sends an obsu·ve r who pat·ticipates in' the discuss ions but does not vote (regulations of CPHA do not pe1·mit it) . The organization has met regularl y every Monday night. A co n_censu s is reached when possible for each issue discussed. Reaching a co nserisus is sometimes a very long procedure, because the various representatives , must express the views of thei r parent groups or seek approval at the ne ighbor hood me e ting level for MAD views . On the rare occasions when there bas not been a consensus, it has been by abstention rather thai, negation . On every occasion, even on emergency issues, every reprei;e ntativc has. been polled to be sure that no one .would be falsely represented. The grea:test interest is in having citizen~ participate in the decisions of MAD, the decisions of government, and the decisions of any planning body whose . , activities might effect a physical or social impact in ways which are reiated -to transportation. Many people feel that MAD significantly influenced the Mayor's decision in selecting the present r oute for the East-West .Expresswa}'· MAD spokesmen expressed the views of MAD to the Mayor on the morning of th e day he made his decision . The president of MAD was the only non - govern mental person to att.cnd the meeting with all factions which the Mayor called to announce his final decision. ,,. . MAD has worked very hard for the residents of the Rosemont nieghborhood. MAO was instrumental in having Mr. Joseph_Ax.e l rod (Interstate Division for Baltimore City) (see Dece m ber, 1968 , CRISIS brlefihg, Section �Crisis -- Balti mo r e ~ ' Social ·P roblems - 7 - L WV of Baltimore March , 1969 geographi cal divisions of the Model Cities target area . M r. Walter Carter became the director of the community organization department , and did a back-b1·eaking job with just a s ke leton staU. The Model Cities community organization staff has m anaged to set up six functioning c ommunity councils , each one represented on the Model Cities Policy Steering Board. This Board as it stands today cons ists of eight appointees of the Ma yor and eighteen 1 ·epresentatives from the Communit)ICCDuncils . _ The ori.gina.! Policy Steering Board was made up entire ly of m ayo ral appointees, some from City agencies, some representatives of the poor. T his first Board made policy decisions from about Janua r y, 19 68 , . until the present Boa rd took over a t. the beginning of September, 1'968 . Mr. William C. Sykes is the present director. After the Community Councils had been organized and gotte n themselves into some sort of working order, the i·r chief task was to formulate programs that would make up t h e Second Baltimore P l an, to be submitted to Washington by November , 1968. The Councils ·drew upon the technical knowledge of the specially set up Mode l Citie s T ask Forces on education, empl oyment, health, recreation, housing, ett. ·· After the Councils had submitted their proposals to tlie Mod el Cities Agenc y, the Policy Steering Board had the job of approving the entire 463-page package, Approval came , a n d the plan was submitted to Washington. Final appro val was given by Washington , the Baltimo r e City Council, and the Mayor. Baltimore will receive 10. S million dollars for the Model Cities program for the first year's funding. The Baltimore League· has been involved with Model C i ties since April , 1968 . At that time the League was asked to become a member of the Election Overseeing Coalition,. whos e proposed function was to oversee an election of residents of the Model Cities area to the six Com m unity C ounc ils. From the beginning t here were many problems in setting up such an election. After many heated meetings and postponed election dates, the Election Ove1·seeing Coalition decided it could not do the job it had been c harged with; to ensure a £ah- and equitable e l ection. Instead the Coalition re commended to the Policy Steering Board that every person who had submitted his petition for candidacy, properly filled out and with 50 vali d signatures, and certified by the Coalition, would automatically become a member o f the Community Council in his area. This 1·ecommendation was adopted by the Board. During the middl e of August, 1968, a convention for all the c and i dates started them off in their own particu.la r Community Council. Since the n the Elec tion Ove rseeing Coalition has merged with another Model Cities advisory g r o up to form the Community Resour ces Committee, which is re cogni zed by the Policy Steering Board as an advisory group for the Mode l Cities program. The Le a gue is still an active member of this Commit tee . Now that Mode l Cities has federal approval and one - year funding, everyone has breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, anyone wh o glances eve n brieny at the program is stagge r ed by the gigantic size of the whole plan. Potentially Model Cities is a plan by which hundreds of thousands of poo r people can help get themselves and thei r neighborhoods back on their feet. However, th.is plan is a plan for failure unless these people a re given · community support and coope ra tion. The implementation of such a vast plan is overwhelming and it is essential t hat t he members of the Community Councils be given training and technical assistance necessary to deal with all the complex problems that will ari se . There have to be mo r e community organize r s hired, neighborhood corporations set up to receive funds, hundreds of people hired ~o help c arry ·out the programs, con s ultants and contrac tors hired; the lis't is unending. Mos t important of aU, the Community • I �Crisis -- Baltimore: Social Problems - 9 - LWV oi Baltimore March, 1969 IV, E xp r essways and Road s) and Mr . Ma rk Joseph (Department oi Housing and Commun it y Development ·-- HCD) attend a meeting oi the Rosemont Neighbor hood Impro vement Association (RNIA) a t which Mr. Alexander Stark, Council man, and Mr . Peter Hopki n son of th e Ur ban Design Team presented informa tion on the Expressway . MAD dist r ibuted fliers in the neig hborhood to advertise the meeting, and helped a rrange questions that would most like l y lead to precise answers from the ofiicials in attendance . ,MAD then iollowed up on the letters from HCD to those on the condemnation route, and fought al ong with RNIA and RAM (Relocation Action Movement) to retain the cut-oif date oi March l for the supplemental mon ies even though there was disagreement in the city government and a two - week delay between the p r omised date of mailing and the actual date . Th r ough MAD some of the residents from the Sharp-Leadenhall corridor are interested in purchasing homes vacated by con demnation in Rosemont. MAD requested the Governor to choose someone for Chairman of th e State Roads Commiss i on who was a non-res i dent of the State or at least not a participant in t he present con troversy over the East-West Expressway. MAD has decided to ba ck the groups who are opposing the proposed bu s-ia1·e increase . The People's Counsel to the Metropolitan Transit A uthority did not want anyone • else represented at the hea1·ing on the pro posed increase beyond those that he chos- but MAD exerted sufficie n t influe, ence to persuade the Metropolitan Transit Authol'ity to permit MAD to appea r at the planned public hearings and 'be rcpr esented by its own counsel. This will allow many more citizens to be represented at the hearings than previously and also allow MAD to present its own views (hopefully?) in rega rd to a joint e!forl on the part oi MTA, the Baltimore Transit Company, and the city to improve mass l1·ansit now rather than await i.mplemen.tation of la r ger plans fifteen years from now. From the League's point of view, perhaps tne most importa nt th i ng about MAD is that all the groups which ori ginally joined conti nue their active participation. Besides these voting members, there arc observers and parti cipants from many othe r groups - - even the Greater Baltimore Commi t t ee (which contributed postage so that they coul d receive minutes of meeti ngs . ) The financial requirements of th e group a r e mel through dues from mem bers a nd contributions for postage (to cover the cost of mailing minutes oi meetings) from non-members . The meeting pl ace is provided by the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. The peopl e who a1·e active in the discuss i on, whether members or not, h ave lea rned a lot about how to influence gove rnment i n legitimate ways . The League has supplied information, techniques, and l egwork , a s needed and requested. The process of discussion a nd de bate in a ttempt to reach conse n sus assure that MAD will usually take only well-reasoned action. IV. Conclusion The presenl City administration has offered education and public s a fety as priorities, and at other times has mentioned housing and jobs as areas of special ef!orl; but changes a r e comin g slowly -- too slowly for many of our citizens . In general, l egislation is treated on a piece - meal bas i s with n o overall plan in m i nd. �Crisis -- Bal t imore : Soci al Problems - 10 - LWV of Baltimore March, 1969 Problems are easy to find, but ans,,ers are difficult ; and yet they must be found i! Baltimore is to continue to be a ci ty offering f ulfillment to its citi zens. BIBLIOGRAPHY l. Cr i sis : The Conditi on of the American City, League of Women Voters, 9, 2, U.S . Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Ti tle I/Year II (Office of Education - 2nd A nnual Repor t of Title I of the el ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 . ) ' 3. Special Projects and Programs : Bal timore City Public Schools (Staff Newsletter Supplement, Jan,. 23, 1969. ) 4. Commission on Governmental Effi ci ency and Economy, Inc. , Handy Facts A bout Baltimor e Cit y Government, 1966 - 67 . 5. - Haryland ·St atistical Abstract , Maryland Department of Economic Development, Annapolis , Maryland, 1967 . • l ' . �Crisis -- Baltimore: Social Problems Appendix: - 11 - League Positions on Some Ci ty LWV of B altimore March, 1969 Issues O ve·r the past years, tl1e Le ague of Women Vote rs has ce rtainly been aware of our problems in the city. After study, we have arrived at s upport for the followin g conc,;:'pts .which have particular bearing on the problems di scussed in this briefing: CIVIL RIGHTS 1. Special educational prog rams fo r the cultu rally deprive d, through the Department of E ducation. 2. Intent of the Community Action Program. 3. Ope n- occu panc y l egis lation for Baltimore City. 4. Policies and programs to insure equal opportu nity . MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF BALTIMORE 1. Administrative M ayor - Principle of "str ong mayor " form of gove rnm ent for Baltimore. A professional s taff to be respon sible for administrative decisions. Chairmen of Cit y Boards appointed by a newly elected mayor. Interdepartmental coordination to be maintained by the may or, through meetings and other techniques . 2. Department o f Education - Adequate financial provision for effective educational services . Decrease in numbers of children on part-time. More social workers in schools . Ade quate maintenance. Measures to achie ve a ctiv e integration of schools . Bussing to relieve par t-timeness and overcrowdin g . Programs in basic education, occupational e duc atio n, and r etraining . Compensatory programs for the disadvantaged . Adult education programs for au levels . .Efficiently planned and financed schoo l const ruc tion prog rams. Reduction of class size. �Crisis -- Bal timore: Social Problems -12- LWV of Baltimore March, 1969 3, Meri"t System - All classified serVice appointme~s t o be. based on merit ~fficiency, character, ftnd industry without r egard to race, sex, color, religion, nation.al origin, ancestry, political affiliations, or refusal to cont ribute to acy political fund. L. Law Enforcement - Adequate financing for an effective police department , 5, Voting and Registration - Improvement and iiil1lplification of voting and registration procedures in Baltimore , . ' House- to-house canvass each four years to keep voting lists current, Mobile registration throughout the City. 6, Department of Welfare - Adequate .financial provision for effective services . v .' . .' '- . .. • I ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records Subject The topic of the resource Elections Maryland--Baltimore Municipal government Political participation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records located at the UB Special Collections & Archives were created by the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Digital collection created by Christopher Jason Moore (intern 2019-2020) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/55" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections and Archives, University of Baltimore.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1921-2019 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digital collection created by Christopher Jason Moore (intern 2019-2020) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of the images in this digital collection/exhibit is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Relation A related resource <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/55" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpegs/still images pdfs/documents Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still images Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0061-LWV Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-2020 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters of Baltimore City is a nonpartisan political organization which works to research and educate the public of local, state, and national policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League provides Voters Services and education through its programs. This collection documents the history and administrative functions of the League of Women Votes of Baltimore City. It includes administrative files, annual meeting materials, research reports and studies, publications, Voters Services documentation, program planning documentation, outreach and educational materials, scrapbooks and photographs, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual materials related to the administration and work of the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City. This digital collection contains a selection of items digitized in 2019-2020. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 48 items Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of Baltimore Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records, R0061-LWV, Box 10, Folder 18, Urban Crisis, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-03-11 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. 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Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records Subject The topic of the resource Elections Maryland--Baltimore Municipal government Political participation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records located at the UB Special Collections & Archives were created by the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Digital collection created by Christopher Jason Moore (intern 2019-2020) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/55" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections and Archives, University of Baltimore.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1921-2019 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digital collection created by Christopher Jason Moore (intern 2019-2020) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of the images in this digital collection/exhibit is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Relation A related resource <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/55" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpegs/still images pdfs/documents Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still images Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0061-LWV Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-2020 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters of Baltimore City is a nonpartisan political organization which works to research and educate the public of local, state, and national policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League provides Voters Services and education through its programs. This collection documents the history and administrative functions of the League of Women Votes of Baltimore City. It includes administrative files, annual meeting materials, research reports and studies, publications, Voters Services documentation, program planning documentation, outreach and educational materials, scrapbooks and photographs, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual materials related to the administration and work of the League of Women Voters of Baltimore City. This digital collection contains a selection of items digitized in 2019-2020. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 48 items Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Crisis in Baltimore - Voting Exhibit Subject The topic of the resource Democracy Exhibition 1960s Description An account of the resource A photograph of an exhibition made at the suggestion of the League of Women Voters praising the privileges and necessities of voting. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women of Voters Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records, R0061-LWV, Box 10, Folder 18-Urban Crisis, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-03-11 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this image is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWV-063 Relation A related resource Photograph related to League Briefing, identifier LWV-064-075 1960s Democracy Exhibition