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LABOR Volume 26, No. 10 October, 1963 Racial Injustice in Iowa Following is the balance of the Cook's Point Economic Survey taken by the Industrial and Human Relations Club of St. Ambrose College. Utilities There are no pavements or sidewalks in the area and no drainage facilities of any kind. Two dwellings on the outskirts are served by electricity, none by city gas or city water. There is only one source of water for the entire settlement, a faucet which is connected to the water main and fitted with a meter. each family pays a water charge of fifty cents per month and each home owner a land rent of two dollars per month. Dwellings Of the 56 homes visited 35 are owned by their occupants, 30 are improvised structures, 31 are in need of major repairs, 33 have never been painted on the outside and 20 have neither paint nor wallpaper on the inside. The average size of dwellings is 3.4 rooms. A total of 16 windows are without glass. Furnishings Since there is no running water in the homes, non of them have bath or side toilet. There are 39 families with battery radios, 43 with iceboxes, 14 with bottled gas for cooking and 14 with kerosene ranges. None have furnaces. Employment Of the 270 people living in the homes visited 68 had full time employment in 1948 and 9 held part time jobs. The average wage was $48.92 per week, and average number of weeks worked was 45. Union members number 23, skilled workers 10 and semi-skilled 8. Education figures for those employed show 1 high school graduate, 5 who have attended high school, 15 with no formal education, and the rest with 3 to 8 years of grade school. The number now working is 56, the number disabled 6, and number of veterans 10, length of their service ranging from 6 to 60 months. Finance The number of families having savings in December, 1945 was 8. The average amount was $681.25. Since then 2 have increased the amount, 2 have used part of it and 4 have used all of it. The average family income for 1948 was $3033.24 (some families include two or more workers). Average expenditure for food was $82.19 per month, for clothing $196.60 per year. Life insurance is held by 28 families, of whom 13 have policies of $1,000 or less; 10 have health insurance. Automobiles are owned by 21 families Rev. William T. O'Connor
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LABOR Volume 26, No. 10 October, 1963 Racial Injustice in Iowa Following is the balance of the Cook's Point Economic Survey taken by the Industrial and Human Relations Club of St. Ambrose College. Utilities There are no pavements or sidewalks in the area and no drainage facilities of any kind. Two dwellings on the outskirts are served by electricity, none by city gas or city water. There is only one source of water for the entire settlement, a faucet which is connected to the water main and fitted with a meter. each family pays a water charge of fifty cents per month and each home owner a land rent of two dollars per month. Dwellings Of the 56 homes visited 35 are owned by their occupants, 30 are improvised structures, 31 are in need of major repairs, 33 have never been painted on the outside and 20 have neither paint nor wallpaper on the inside. The average size of dwellings is 3.4 rooms. A total of 16 windows are without glass. Furnishings Since there is no running water in the homes, non of them have bath or side toilet. There are 39 families with battery radios, 43 with iceboxes, 14 with bottled gas for cooking and 14 with kerosene ranges. None have furnaces. Employment Of the 270 people living in the homes visited 68 had full time employment in 1948 and 9 held part time jobs. The average wage was $48.92 per week, and average number of weeks worked was 45. Union members number 23, skilled workers 10 and semi-skilled 8. Education figures for those employed show 1 high school graduate, 5 who have attended high school, 15 with no formal education, and the rest with 3 to 8 years of grade school. The number now working is 56, the number disabled 6, and number of veterans 10, length of their service ranging from 6 to 60 months. Finance The number of families having savings in December, 1945 was 8. The average amount was $681.25. Since then 2 have increased the amount, 2 have used part of it and 4 have used all of it. The average family income for 1948 was $3033.24 (some families include two or more workers). Average expenditure for food was $82.19 per month, for clothing $196.60 per year. Life insurance is held by 28 families, of whom 13 have policies of $1,000 or less; 10 have health insurance. Automobiles are owned by 21 families Rev. William T. O'Connor
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