A series of proposals for reorganization of community relations work implementing proposals made by Prof. Robert M. MacIver, ran into heavy apposition here today in the plenary session of the National Community Relations; Advisory Councils.
The proposals, submitted by the Special Evaluative Studies Committee of N.C.R.A.C., have the support of four of the six national organizations in the N.C.R.A.C. and of r a majority of the 27 local community relations councils represented in the national advisory body.
The conference, which yesterday heard policy statements from the six agencies began debate on the proposals, recessed today when it became clear that serious divisions might result should the session adopt the proposals in their president form. The conference thereupon recessed and, meeting as a committee of the whole, informally discussed the proposal and a series of amendments submitted by critics of the evaluative committee’s report.
The effect of the amendments would be to defer final action on the implementation of several of the recommendations. The proposals had specified that the plenum was to fix the date for submission by the evaluative committee of specific recommendations for implementation of joint program planning. They had also called for presentation in 1952 of a specific plan relating joint planning of program to the financing- of community relations work.
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