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to provide jobs in Baltimore's inner city. Recognizing that this
was a job for an individual rather than a committee, we solicited
and obtained the full-time services of a top Westinghouse execu-
tive to head a tripartite committee. The idea was that the in-
dustrialist, through State government, City government and pri-
vate industry, would mobilize all resources to provide jobs in
the ghetto. This program has attracted wide support among the
media and has already provided over 750 jobs. It is expected that
as many as 5000 jobs will be provided in the near future.

An effort has been made to give responsible Negro leadership
a major role in alleviating the outbursts of violence. I feel very
strongly that we should stop the traditional process of dealing
with the most militant and least responsible leadership simply
because they have paused in their violence to talk for a while. If
we respond to such pressures we are only dignifying these people
in the eyes of the masses and cutting the legs out from under

the real talent — Wilkins, Young, etc.

Your suggestion that the Republican Governors in industrial areas
with significant Negro population meet quickly to evolve a series of
positive steps is not only a good one but a necessary one. I will make
myself available for such a meeting on short notice.

In conclusion, I would point out that we have a formidable prob-
lem in trying to get the news media to see the harm that sensationalism
produces. The Detroit press reacted very poorly and dramatized iso-
lated instances of the lack of police and guard restraint. Perhaps we
must make some sort of united appeal to the communications owner-
ship. I recognize that this is a very, very delicate matter but it cer-
tainly should come under discussion. I enclose a copy of Art Buch-
wald's column that illustrates some of the problems better than I
could.

Kind personal regards.

REMARKS AT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES,

COURTHOUSE ADDITION, KENT COUNTY,

CHESTERTOWN

August 4, 1967

It is a great honor to participate in this ceremony, when the present
leaders of Kent County turn the first soil of the construction which