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1 LEAA Newsl. 1 (1970-1971)

handle is hein.journals/leaanews1 and id is 1 raw text is: L ER NEWSLETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 * OCTOBER 1970 * VOLUME 1, No. 1 LEAA Publishes Annual Report President Attends LEAA-SPA Meeting LEAA published its second annual re- port late in August. The 250-page report gives a detailed account of LEAA operations during fis- cal 1970. It contains: * an opening chapter summarizing the operation of LEAA in fiscal 1970, with information on every program area and a summary of six state plans. * a chapter on each of the major di- visions of LEAA. * a number of Special Reports about projects or programs of unusual significance. * a state-of-the-states report, capsul- ing the spending of LEAA funds in the states and outlining a project in each of the 55 SPA areas. * a city-by-city report describing out- standing city projects. * an appendix containing charts, tables and grant lists. (Continued on page 2) SPA Directors Name. Committees The State Planning Agency Directors Association-formed at the second an- nual LEAA-SPA meeting in Colorado Springs-has named an executive com- mittee and several additional com- mittees. The purpose is to channel communi- cation and action between the SPAs and LEAA, to resolve problems and to con- duct business that does not adapt itself to either plenary sessions or individual communication between LEAA and the separate SPAs. All the committees named by the new association represented all seven LEAA regions. (A separate item in this issue lists the seven LEAA regions, their di- rectors, their headquarters cities, and the states contained in those regions.) (Continued on page 5) President Nixon landed in Denver on his way back to Washington from Cali- fornia August 2 to attend the first-day session of the annual LEAA meeting for State Planning Agencies. The President met privately in Den- ver with the 185 representatives of the 55 SPAs and LEAA. Others attending included Attorney General John N. Mit- chell, LEAA Associate Administrators Richard W. Velde and Clarence M. Cos- ter, Assistant to the President for Do- mestic Affairs John D. Ehrlichman, Egil Krogh of the White House and the seven LEAA regional directors. Just before the meeting, President Nixon spoke to the crowd assembled on the plaza outside the Federal Building where the meeting was held and also spoke to the press. In the meeting, he heard briefings presented by the Attorney General; As- sociate Administrator Velde; Chairman Arthur Bilek of the Illinois State Plan- ning Agency; John Macivor, Director of the Colorado State Planning Agency; Chairman Richard Bartlett of the New York State Planning Agency; Director Robert Lawsen of the California State Planning Agency and Paul Wormeli, Di- rector of Project SEARCH. Colorado Governor Love also addressed the meeting. Late Monday afternoon, the conferees returned to Colorado Springs where the conference continued through Thurs- day, August 6. A series of panel and discussion groups provided a review of LEAA's first full year of operation and prospects for future program develop- ment. Both problems and accomplish- ments were discussed in the working meetings. The entire conference afforded an opportunity for a frank exchange of views. The State Planning Agencies elected an executive committee and sev- eral other committees to keep open this President Nixon in Denver for Conference: In his remarks the President noted that aid to law enforcement was one area of the budget where he ordered an increase rather than a decrease. We feel that this is the correct priority, the President said, be- cause the cost of crime to the country, not just in human terms but also in terms of the billions of dollars that the criminal elements take out of our society, justifies this kind of investment . . . two-way communication channel throughout the year. (See separate story.) The major part of the meeting with the President was the discussion by (Continued on page 3)

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