1937-06-04

-- \ An Independent Newn, Established 1920 Our Circulation Covers the Entire Northwest NEW YORK-It is likely that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will conduct an extensive investi– gation and possibly ask action by the United States government on the bar against Negro Americans which has been erected by most of the countries in Central and South America. VOL. XVII; NO. 23 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1937 The executive committee of the Dallas, Tex., branch of the N.A.A. C.P. has taken up the matter of the color bar now enforced by Mexico against Negro Americans. Dr. Pickens Finishes Lecture Series * * * NEW YORK (Melvin Stetson for CNA) -The American Fed– eration of Labor meeting held at Cincinnati on May 22 was delib– era~ely called to split the trade union movement wide open, ac– cording to the New York Daily Worker. A. F. of L. talk of doubling dues to build a "war chest" to fight the organizing efforts of the Committee for Industrial Or-· ganization is another move by A. F. of L. strike-breaking leaders to sabotage the labor movement, the paper charged. * * * NEW YORK (C) - Madison Grant, 71, "Nordic purist" whose book, "The Passing of a Great Race," was widely circulated and influenced Lothrop Stoddard, who wrote "The Rising Tide of Color," died at his home, 960 Fifth Ave– nue, Sunday morning. * * * NEW YORK (C) -Nine-year– old Nathaniel Jones was present– ed in a piano recital at the Har– lem YWCA Sunday afternoon. The youth played numbers from Handel, Haydn, Heller, Dvorak, Violet Wheatley, MacDowell and Bach. • * .. Becomes Member Of Enterprise Adv. Department SAMUEL BARRETT Samuel Barrett, minister, auth– or, journalist and licensed chiro– practor, who took over the duties of advertising manager with the Northwest Enterprise last month. At Cleveland Rev. Barrett sue- CHICAGO (C) Mrs. Marie ceeded Nahum Brasher, editor of Correll, 32-year-old wife of Chas. the Cleveland Journal, with a pub– Correll, "Andy" of the radio team lication known as the Afro-Ameri– of "Amos and Andy," was grant– ed a divorce Friday on charges of cruelty and desertion. Mrs. Correll said the white "Andy," who represents the character of a shiftless colored man, really slapped her face on Christmas Eve, and deserted her on May 1 when they were in Palm Springs, Calif. . .. .. NEW YORK (C)-Father Di– vine must submit to examination agam on JU11e Z l:leiore Sup1·eme Court Justice McCook, concerning the financial arrangements in his various "heavens," due to a com– plaint of one of Divine's former "angels," Mrs. Verinda Brown, who asked a receiver for the Di– vine "kingdoms." * * * NEW YORK (C)-The Minsky brothers, "Kings of Burlesque," who announced they would bring colored stage shows to Broadway, have so far failed to make good. * * * ATLA~TA, Ga. (C)-The At- lanta World on Wednesday car– ried an editorial praising the Gov– ernor of Georgia for keeping his campaign pledge to raise the sal– aries of colored teachers. Got Results FRANK R. CROSSWAITH General organizer of tile In– ternational Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and Chairman of the Negro Labor Committee, 312 W. 125th St., New York City, who got results after a speech before the annual con– vention of the ILGWU in At– lantic City recently, when that body passpd resolutions support– ing the Gavagan anti-lynching bill, which Jl'[r. Crosswaith wrote demanded the freedom of the Scottsboro boys, and pledged "moral and financial" support to the movement to organize Negro labor. Mr. Crosswaith has long been a prominent figure in the ranks of organized labor. (Calvin Service) can Review. He is the author of "A Plea for Unity Among Ameri– can Negroes and Negroes of the World," a part of the Negro Year Book. He was ordained a Baptist min– ister in N. Y. state by the Central Hudson River Ass'n of New York. Before coming to the Northwest the Rev. Barrett lived in Califor- nia. Walter White Awarded Medal NEW YORK-The twenty-third Spingarn medal for distinguished achievement by an American Ne– gro was awarded last week to Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Ad– vancement of Colored People. The medal is made available each year by J. E. Spingarn, pre– sident of the N.A.A.C.P., to a com– mittee to be awarded to the Am– erican Negro adjudged to have made the most distinguished a– chievement in the past years. In awarding the medal to Mr. White the committee cited his personal investigation of 41 lynch– ings and 8 race riots and also his "remarkable tact, skill and persua– siveness" in lobbying for a federal anti-lynching bill, and concluded its findings with the statement: "In zeal for, and loyalty to his j race, the committee believes Mr. White to be surpassed by no one I else." Community Workers' c~uncil With unly three more meeting nights left before the summer va– cation. 'l'he Community Workers 1 Council planned a beach party on the eve of its fiscal windup. Eats, drinks, games and dips on Tues- 1 day, June 22, 7:30, at the Madrona 'Beach will be substituted for dis– cussions on the Constitution. The Sup"·e""le Court and Commodity Movements. The Councii will in– vite the Business and Industrial Girls Club, the H:;.~·:·iet Tubman Club, as their guests for the ev– eaing. All members are requested to be at the next regular meeting on T 1 ·sday, June 8, at Horace Mann School. At this meeting the book ·•cooperative Democracy" will be given to the person holding the lucky number. Forest Camp Grounds More than 1,400 improved free I forest camp grounds on the 20 national forests of Oregon and Washington are being prepared this season for recreationist use, according to recent anonuncement by the forest service. Six hun– dred and twenty-eight of these improved playgrounds are in the seven national forests of Wash– ington and 789 in the thirteen for– ests of Oregon. High School Gr~ds Dr. Foth To Speak Chas. H. Harvey, Honored At· Dance Final Forum of the current sea- Pioneer' Passes son will be conducted at Longfel- ' The following University and low grade school, Twentieth Ave- Pioneer resident of Seattle and high school graduates will be the guests of honor at the Third An– nual Scholarship Dance, J1rne 21, given by the Community Scholar– ship Fund. · University graduates: Miss Winifred Ingram, Miss Sarai Greene. High school graduates of Seattle: Ballrad, Florice DeMirl Spearman; Broadway, William Long, Ernie Lewis, Richard Burn– side, Benny B:lrrells; Franklin, Joe West; Garfield, Myrtle Ward, Ora Goodwin, Loyce Johnson, Frank Massey, Charles Winston, Edward nue North and East Thomas St., one of the builders of the First Wednesday evening, June 9. Dis- A. M. E. Church, Charles H. Har– cussion will bP on the topic, "Pro- vel, master carpenter and for ma– posals for Industrial Peace." Dr. ny years a builder of fine homes Joseph H. Foth, University of Ro- in this area, died Thursday morn– chester economist and discussion ing at his home, 308 29th N. leader for Seattle Public Forums, He is mourned by three daugh- will conduct the meeting. ters, Mrs. Gertrude Wright, Mrs. 1..L.G.W. Union Sets An Examplf Foulks, Jannice Burton, Geraldine NEW YORK-An example of Hunt. From Tacoma will come justice and fair play on the color William Wilson, Walter Houston, question in organized labor was Frank Sounders, Katherine Polk, set by the International Ladies' Mary Louise Strothers, Roberta Garment Workers' u"nion at its re– Spencer, Evelyn Smith, William cent twenty-third convention at Monroe and James Brooks. From the Hotel Chelsea in Atlantic City Everett will be Bernice Stewart. when President David Dubinsky Oregon is also invited to send in presented Frank R. Crosswaith, her graduates. Any 1937 graduate general organizer of this power– whose name does not appear on ful C. I. 0. affiliate of nearly 300,– this list is asked to contact the 000 workers, with about 9,000 col– secretary immediately at 326 Rail- ored members, who thrilled the way Exchange Bldg., Seattle. I vast_ throng. with his eloquence on Irene Alexander, Mrs. Corinne Tay– lor, three sons, Ray, Robert and Roy, ten grandchildren, many oth– er relatives living elsewhere and a host of friends. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2, the place yet to be chosen. Henry 0. Tanner Is Buried In Paris Ellensburg Is Warm Host To AME Churches Praises of the hospitality of El– lensburg, Washington, are still be– ing sung by returning members of the A.M.E. churches who met there in a district conference last week. Rev. George S. Allen pre– sided over the delegates from the Sunday Schools, Christian Endea– vor organizations and Missionary societies of Methodist Episcopal churches in Montana, Idaho, Ore– gon and Washington. "Mrs. Mamie Robinson, mission– ary evangelist, took the responsi– bility of caring for the entire con– ference," relates Mrs. G. F. Mar– tin of Portland, Ore. "Through her wonderful personality slie had complete cooperation of the towns– people, including grocers who not only gladly donated foodstuffs, but delivered them; a creamery who gave ice cream that Mrs. Robin– son might sell it to gain profit for her church; hotel owners who made Negroes welcome, and individuals who threw open their homes for the delegates. Mrs. Robinson mar– shalled a legion of other friends who were anxious to help through the entire ponference with their Completes Local Lecture S er i es WILLI<UI PICKENS The honored guests will be in-! the mtegrabon of the Negro work– traduced during the intermission er into the ranks of the labor and their major activities told. Mr. movement. Mr. Crosswaith, who James Gayton, who really knows was constantly interrupted by ap– how to do things, is in charge of plause, according to the official all the arrangements; Zelmar record of the proceedings, scored Lawrence is assisting with the when he declared: PARIS (C) - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 78, most eminent of Am– erican colored painters, and one of the world's foremost painters, died here Tuesday and was bur– ied here. Mr. Tanner, the son of Bishop Benjamin Tanner of the A. M. E. church, specialized in biblical subjects, and received the Legion of Honor decoration, the Lippincott prize, honorable men– tion in the Paris Salon, and med– als. Mr. Tanner was educated in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, and in Par1s. He gave a one-man exhibit in the American Art Galleries of New York, 1908. Rated as one of the greatest present-day lecturers, William Pi– ckens, Director of Branches for the N.A.A.C.P., brought to a close his major lectures Tuesday night, June 2, at Mt. Zion Church where a packed house and enthusiastic audience sat spellbound n.s he dis– cussed vital questions such as the working conditions at Grand Con- neighborly assistance." lee Dam, the guarding of rights Mrs. Martin is the wife of Rev. already won, and advantages of George F. Martin, popular minis- the N.A.A.C.P. Mr. Pickens's lec– ter at Bethel A.M.E. Church in tures have drawn together some Portland. of the largest groups in North- publicity; and Miss Idell Vertner "And so, we find them coming and her committee will present in large numbers into our Inter– the favors. Beautiful Faurot's national, where from the day of Hall has been leased for the oc- its birth, it has always held out casion and "The Incomparable" I the hand of comradeship, the hand Archie Jackson and his seven Mas- of fellowship, to the garment ters of Rhythm will furnish "Mu- workers of every race-the Negro sic in Bronze" to the delight of is coming, I repeat, in large num– hundreds of guests who are ex- bers into every industry. Dele– pected to attend. Placards are gates, you will be pleased when I out to carry out the bronze idea tell you that tonight in dark Har- in the color scheme. lem, there are 42 000 organized The Ne151'0 '-'Urkmg IHt!n and wol·king committee responsible for women." this year's annual scholarship Immediately following the talk dance is leaving nothing undone by Mr. Crosswaith, during which in its effort to make the coming he was photographed in action, evening one long remembered by First Vice President Antonini a– those in attendance. Works Progress Increase of book withdrawals in the smaller-town public libraries by more than 100 per cent, with rose and said: "I move that the magnificent oration of Brother Crosswaith be spread in the min– utes in the entirety of the speech." According to the official report of the convention, the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. three to four times the former ""I Interviewed Divine'' number of students using the lib– rary facilities for reference work, TACOMA - The Rev. Pauline is the _.direct result of the 28 Coffee, converted night club enter– school and public library projects tainer, spoke Wednesday at Four– being operated by the WPA in 28 square Gospel Church, subject, "I of the smaller towns of the state, I Interview Father Divine." Evan– WPA State Administrator Don G. gelist Ethel Brown of the Full Gas– Abel revealed today in summariz- pel Mission accompanied her at ing the monthly reports of the I the piano. Evangelist Coffee is Women's anct,. Profe:;sional Divi- the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. sion. Mitchell. The Durham Skyline ~~~~;:;:;;:::-:;~::::::;:::;;;::;-: Woodruff Wins Economic Tidbits NEW YORK (C)--Long John Woodruff of the University of By Carl Brooks Pittsburgh, by winning the 440 My heart skipped a beat when and 880 dash at Randalls island Zelmar Lawrence, owner-editor of meet Saturday, enabled his school this news organ, granted his per– to top Co!u::nbia !miversity for the mi:u;;icn :t;o::- this column: n1y sup- 61st annual Intercollegiate track pressed desire for, lo, these many and field championship, in spite years, has been to cause that il– of the heroic winning of three ev- lustrious economic and columnist ents for Columbia by Ben John- Jay Franklin, currently and local– son-the 100 yard dash, the 220 ly of the Seattle Star, to turn yard dash, and the broad jump. green with envy-did I hear a Pitt took the meet by a half point. snicker. The feats of Woodruff and John- Seriously, tho, I hope you like son thrilled a crowd of 7,000. Ed- it. ward Burke of Marquette univer- • * * sity won the high jump with a 6 Today I spent considerable feet, 5 and 1-8 inch leap, causing time in the Public Library pour– three colored boys to star at the ing over statistical data to find meet. Johnson, only 5 feet 7 inch- what if any, the Negroes interest es and weighing 150, did the 100 is in the organized labor move– in 9.8, jumped 23 feet 6¥2 inches, ment. I was surprised to find that and ran the 220 in 21.2. Woodruff, I at the first convention or organ· standing 6 feet 4 inches and I ized labor-at that time the Fed– weighing 180, won the 440 in 47 eration of Trade Unions of the seconds and the 880 in 1 minute United States and Canada, - pre– and 52 seconds. sided over by Samuel Gompers, the question of Negroes and un– Look forward to the Annual skilled laborers was raised by a Scholarship Dance, June 21, at Faurot's Hall. Negro delegate, Grandison, who pointed out that the unskilled workers which include most Ne– groes, must necessarily be organ– ized if the workers are to achieve the desired results. Delegate Grandison was unanimously sup– ported by the convention. At the convention of 1886 at I the name of the then-existant la– bor movement was changed to the American :B,ederation of Labor so that it would be all-inclusive ::1 geographical and racial coverage. At subsequent conventions the Negro has been the subject of no small amount of discussion. The convention of 1890 adopted a resolution requesting the National Machinists Union to drop fro::n its constitution a clause barring Negroes. In convention assembled at Chi– cago in 1893, the A. F. of L. in a very strongly-worded resolution stated the following: "that we here and now reaffirm as one of the cardinal principles of the Labor movement, that the working peo– ple must unit and organize irres– pective of creed, color, sex, na– tionality or politics." Photo shows the "skyline" of Durham, N. C., where the colored business group has erected a monument to its efforts in the No. Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, 112 Parrish St., which is the third tallest structure in the picture. The building is owned outright by the company. In 1897 Booker T. Washington protested to the convention as– sembled in Nashville, the barring of Negro membership in the A. F. of L. This allegation was de– the A. F. of L. Executive Coun– Council, and once more the assem– bled delegates declared for the <>pen-door policy. In 1900 the Executive council authorized the issuance of separ– ate charters to local unions and Central Labor bodies composed of Negroes. Left to right, the tallest building is the Ilill building; next is the Washington Duke Hotel; and the third is the North Carolina Mutual, all within a block of each other. (To Be Continued) west history. Selassie's Son Refuses Offer· JERUSALEM, Palestine (C)– Crown Prmce Asfan ·wo"en, 26, son of exiled Emperor Haile Sell>.!l– sie of Ethiopia, has refused an of– fer from Premier Mussolini to re– turn to Addis Ababa as "puppet king" under Italian prote&tion, he told newspaper men here Satur– day. The prince said: "I will ne– ver accept any bribe to assume the crown which rightfully belongs to my father." The prince has tak– en up permanent residence here, living in a villa just off the road leading to the Hebrew university. Against Jim Crow HON. DAVID DUBINS.IiY President of the International Ladies' Garment \Vorkers' Un– ion, 3 West 16th St., New York City, who dPclarPd in a speech at the 23rd convention of the union at Atlantic City, N. J., recently: "In our Union, no dis– tinction is made between color, creed or nationality . . . . We have organizations in the South and splendid organizations, too. We are waging a fine battle there in which our membership is confronted with many diffi– culties. I am glad to inform you that while it might have taken us a little time and we did not want to impose anything that might cause irritation within our movement, and, therefore, we were moving slowly, step by step, we have good news from Atlanta that the colored people in our trades are being oi·ganiz– ed under the banner of the In– ternational." There are nearly 300,000 members in the ILGWU, and about 9,000 colored. It is a C.I.Q. union. (Calvin Service)