W.C. INFORMER Number 2
TAP HEELS!! FACE THE FACTS!
North Carolina is rich in natural resources.
N.C. is poor in individual income. We rank 43rd of the 48 states
in income. Per capita 1944: &l,082£ational; $689 North Car.
North Carolina has mighty water power resources.
61$ of N.C. homes have no running water.
North Carolina has 3,500,000 people.
N.C. is 9th from the highest in number of infant deaths.
N.C. had the highest Selective Service rejection rate in the U.S.
N.C. has one doctor for 1500 people. The national average is 1:700.
North Carolina has the oldest state university in the country.
N.C. ranks 6th from the bottom in adult education. (Twice the national percentage of adults with less than 5th grade schooling.
North Carolina was one of the most persistent champions of political
freedom of the original 13 colonies.
N.C. has an eligible voting population of 40$ as against 7Q% outside the South. 21$ of the people can elect a Senator.
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WHAT ARE v;E GOING TO PO ABOUT IT?
HERE IS OUR OPPORTUNITY: The COMMITTEE for NORTH CAROLINA affiliated
with the SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOR RTMAN i"ELFAPE needs our help I The
Committee works for
-"-Fair employment practices
---Extension of Social Security
---Wider education - higher standards
---Equal suffrage rights for all citizens
*A statewide health program
---Higher minimum wages
•"-Better living standards
-"-Federal and state aid to agriculture
"We need your participation in making the COMMITTEE for NORTH CAROLINA
a strong citizens' movement embodying the best traditions and the great
hope inherent in our state."
Attend the first meeting of the Woman's College Chapter
of the COMMITTEE for-NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday at 7:15 in
the Organization Room, Alumnae House.
"TODAY we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a
s uddenly changed civiliaafcion. In every land there is always at work
a force that drives men apart and a force that draws men together. In
our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for
economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up, or else we
aix go down, as one people...."
Franklin D. Poostve.lt
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