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Q:

Who was responsible for pulling together the list of the executive committee?

Heiskell:

Urban America, essentially. And I was responsible for for getting them.

Q:

Did you try to get King? He was alive. Remember?

Heiskell:

I can't remember.

Q:

I mean, the black representatives on that certainly were the more centrist ones.

Heiskell:

I can't remember whether we got King or not.

Q:

Whether you tried to, you mean?

Heiskell:

Whether we tried to get him or-not.

Q:

Do you remember anybody you asked to the on the executive committee who declined?

Heiskell:

No, I don't remember who, but I'm quite sure that that quite a few did.

Q:

What was your position on the executive committee? What was your position in the Urban Coalition at it's formation?





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