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I HOW HIGH, MR. SMITH? |
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5 In a full- page political advertisement published in The Charlotte Observer April 4, 1950, f
Willis Smith said: |
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£ This is the same wealthy Mr. Smith who, only three years ago—when living costs were at their peak—vig- 3
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orously opposed a 40-cents per hour minimum wage for those same North Carolina workers for whom his heart
now bleeds and in whom he is showing such a sudden interest —for purely political reasons, of course. |J
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a i His ad further states: “UPON THIS RECORD THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA MAY JUDGE £
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1 HOW RIGHT YOU ARE, MR. SMITH 1
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k Now, let’s look at the record. The following is taken from a news report in the Raleigh News and Observer %
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2 of March 6,1947, and deals with the appearance of several lobbyists before a General Assembly Committee: ' - k
3 “A well-fed battery of some of the highest-priced lawyers in North Carolina pumped broadsides yesterday 3
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k into a measure which would raise the pay of an estimated 35,000 Tar Heel workers to 40 cents an hour—sl6 a fl
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2 N “One of the lawyers, representing some of the very industries in which State Labor Commissioner Forrest \
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Shuford said the majority of the low-paid Tar Heels are employed, was ... Willis Smith of Raleigh. &
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§ “SMITH CLAIMED THAT THE BILL IS ‘HARSH, UNREASONABLE AND §
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So it’s HARSH, according to Mr. Smith, to pay a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour! !jj
UNREASONABELE for a person working 40 hours a week to make sl6 for his lab- \
V or! Unnecessary to pay workers a wage sufficient for even the barest subsistence! \
\ Now, Mr. Smith claims to believe in high wages for the American working man. \
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\ HOW HIGH, JOR. SMITH? j
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j FRANK GRAHAM HAS SPENT HIS LIFE BATTLING UNSELFISHLY
5 FOR THE GREATER WELL-BEING OF ALL THE PEOPLE! 3
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!(This advertisement contributed by Yancey County supporters of Frank P. Graham) 2
am YANCEY RECORD
THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1950