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14. gRESENTATIONS (Cont'd in this &oom and many who cvLe not he&e, but I do sinceAet y apptceciate it, and I thank my God and my 4am ity, 4o& the eneou,tagement, and eve&yth,ing etze inetuded. ident F. Jay Nimtz: Chuck, you have set a hand path 4o& anybody to 4ottow -- with your 7:00 o'ctock meetings, in the mo&nings and youh 7:30 o'ctoek meetings at night. It's a tough toad to 4ottow' resident Nimtz also stated we have a letter here from (and we ,ill see that you get the original) Mr. James E. Armstrong, lirector of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, n the Indianapolis Area Office, expressing his regrets for eing unable to be here for this last meeting of yours, and I m sure you will treasure this letter and put this among your rchives. Dea& M&. Lennon: I am soAAy that I witt be unable to attend the tuneheon in South Bend on FAiday, Septembe& 20, 1974. However, I woutd tike to take this o ppo)c tun ty to expnesz the appneci- ati,on o6 the Ind%anapotis A&ea 04�ice 6otc the wo &k you have done dutei.ng the past sevetcat years. I undeuta.nd that the South Bend Model Cities P &ognam, dun - .ing your tenu&e as it/s di&eeto &, p&ovided ezzentiat and neces ,sany se&v.ice/s to the nez idents of the South Bend Modee Nedghbonhood. The coo &dinatcon and dedication exhibited by that oj4.iee has estabtizhed an exeettent 4oundati.on in your community jjo& community devetopment, ptann%ng and p &og&am- m.ing. As DiAeeto& o6 the Department of Redevetopment, many gods and objectives neveA be4one attained were reached. P &ojeets 6o&menty at a zta.n&stiU have moved kap.idty and /s uccezz 4 uRt y. you& teadelvsh.ip within the community has aided the execu- tion and imptementati.on o4 this depa&tment'.s goats and ob- 9 ective.s , as weft as p &ov.id ing maximum b ene4it/s to the citizens of the City of South Bend. I wish you eve&y .success in you& new position and am con6ident that the expexienee and ab.c Pity you bring to the Housing A.?towanee 046ice wilt make the expen.iment success4ut and mean.ing4ut. S.incehety, /z/ James F. A&mztnong, Di,t ecto& esident F. Jay Nimtz advised Mr. Lennon that we also have a legram from his good friend, and successor, the Honorable John ademas, member of Congress, saying: - 23 -