Jeff Duncan: “Let me close simply by saying that the All-America City Award was a program that was carried on for many years by Look…”

“Let me close simply by saying that the All-America City Award was a program that was carried on for many years by Look magazine, one of our largest national circulation magazines, and I am very proud that in 1962 my hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, received one of the very earliest All-America City Awards. My father served as mayor of Knoxville for 6 years, from 1959 to 1964, and Look magazine recognized Knoxville not only for many civic improvements but also because of my father's work in leading the peaceful integration of the city, which made sure that Knoxville did not go through many of the troubles that most other cities in the North and the South went through during that time period. So this is a great, great award. It is one that the people of Knoxville were always proud of; and these cities should be proud of it, too. I thank the sponsor the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hayes) and the cosponsors. I urge passage of this resolution.”