Remarks - National Conference on Urban Literacy

 
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MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 0 Pan In ^ REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY JR. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN LITERACY . DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL 1500 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N-W. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1988 12 : 45 P-M- AS MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CAPITAL CITY, IT IS MY • PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TODAY TO THIS FIRST NATIONAL URBAN LITERACY CONFERENCE. THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA IS AN APPROPRIATE SITE FOR THIS FIRST CONFERENCE, FOR WE IN THIS REGION SHARE IN THE NATION'S CONCERN OVER THE PROBLEMS OF ILLITERACY- NATIONALLY, MORE THAN 13 PERCENT OF OUR ADULT POPULATION HAS PROBLEMS WITH READING AND WRITING COMPREHENSION. HERE, IN THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA, THE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, DUE IN PART TO THE LARGE