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The original documents are located in Box 49, folder "1975/07/29 - Detroit Federal Jail
Meeting" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 49 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEETING IN SENATOR GRIFFIN'S
OFFICE
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1975
2:00 p.m.
Capitol - S-229
ROBERT P. GRIFFIN
MICHIGAN
United States Senate
OFFICE OF
THE ASSISTANT MINORITY LEADER
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 28, 1975
Mr. James M. Cannon
Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Jim:
As you will recall, when Mayor Coleman Young and others from
Detroit met with the President in the Cabinet Room several months ago,
there was general agreement that, within the limits of existing authori-
zation and appropriations, the various Departments and Agencies were
to work together, under your co-ordination, to fund legitimate Detroit
projects.
You were present at the meeting, so you may recall that I spoke
then to Attorney General Levi about the urgent need in Detroit for a
retention facility (jail) to handle Federal prisoners.
Later, he referred my proposal to the head of the Federal Bureau
of Prisons, and we quickly got a flat turn-down on the project, which
reflected little appreciation of the real situation and no understanding
of the "help Detroit" attitude that is supposed to prevail.
Thereafter, I set up a meeting to be held in my Capitol office
(S-229) tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29, at 2:00 p.m. Attending will be
Mr. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and
three Federal District Judges from Michigan (Judges Kaess, Kennedy
and Harvey).
Despite their overloaded dockets, these judges are so concerned
about the desperate need for such a facility that they want to come down
here and lay out the facts.
R.
GERALD
FORD
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Because of your role as "help Detroit" co-ordinator and
because the Domestic Council is bound to have an interest, I
shall appreciate it if you, or someone who can represent you,
will attend. I'll have my secretary follow up this letter with a
phone call to your office.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerel
Robert P. Post Griffin
U.S.Senator
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