Northwest Enterprise_1940-01-12

.r• - I 'HREE was and •ial '1- - - _ _ - -- - -: , ,,,\. , ~a;2 ~ - = - - - ~· - Measure To.The Senate - -"- - - ~ -::-----._~\\\1·'"' d/~~·-;:::::-~~ - " ._....:: d~ewJ'pllper- ~~~eople ll11fil#hwe.-7lT1il-rtespect. - , VOL. XX; NO. 2 ~61 SEATTLE, WASIITNGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940 PRICE, 5c COPY T. John Wood Digesting The News Mrs. Henry Davis Is Named Manager Of Angelus Mortuary; Cecil Finley Resigns '---~-----~A. B. Spingal'n Is Named Local Woman Now qu:~;: !:~ :a::c::~::, Pl'esidenl Of The NAACP Resident Manager or child who knows less about Of Funeral Home politics than we do. In years New York, Arthur B. Spin- Puget Sound Elk gone by we have fluctuated garn, prominent New York at-· S from Demipub to Republocrat torney was elected president Install Officers because politically speaking, of the National Association we are a numskull. If you for the Advancement of Co- In their home, 926 Yessler were to ask us to which party lored People by the board of Way, Puget Sound Lodge No. we belong we wouldn't com– mit ourself because any par- directors at the annual meet- 109 installed their officers for ing here January 2. the term beginning January, Associated intimately with 1940, last Monday night. The the work of theN. A. A .C. P. installation ceremonies were for more than a quarter of a conducted by E . R. Chainey. century, Mr. Spingarn for 23 1 Evergreen Temple No. 157 at– years has been chairman of tended i~ a body. OUR ONLY BOAST-– "We Print The News" IE. Madison Co-Op I • Meeet1ng Is Held A weekly banking habit, plus lo~ns to those that must ·purchase articles, down town, at pawn shop rates, equals the East Madison Credit Un– ion, a Cooperative bank. At ty we named might publicly denounce us as an opportun– ist. We have used various me– thods in the past to determine which party to follow because we know enough on both major par– ties to hang them together or place the Association's national le- Prior to inducting the new least this was the conclusion them behind bars, theoretically gal committee. He succeeds his officials in office, Daughter they reached at their annual speaking. In future, however, when brother, the late Joel E. Spingarn, Brooks, the song bird of Ever- membership meeting at the Y. questioned M to our political lead- who died IMt July 26. green Temple, led the assem- W. C. A. where they elected ings, we will just flip Mr. William Mr. Spingarn is the third per- ff' f th · h h ,.,N d t · 1 bly in "Shine On." Miss Bet- The resignation of Cecil o 1cers or e commg year. L . Vann, c oose eau.o an al s son to head the organization since on the two parties, and which- it WM founded thirty years ago in tie Marshall served at the pia- Finley as manager of the An- The fvllowing were selected eve·r end is up when the eminent New York on Lincoln's birthday, no while refreshments were 1 M t b f by the members as the Board ed itor comes down will indicate d ge us or uary, ecame e - f D' t t h dl th February 12, 1909. The two former serve . o 1rec ors o an e e our party for the voting year. But fective January 1, it was presidents were: Moorfield Storey The following officers were money of the depositors: A. mind you, that will only be for one famous MMsachusettes 1 a w y e r, learned this week. Finley, who H. Wilson, 2016 E. John; Millie year installed: · onetime head of the American Bar has managed the affairs of Burnside, 2811 Lane St., Hutchin We mention politics at this writ- Association and secretary to Con-, Exalted Ruler, A. Tudor; R. Hutchins, 611 22nd Ave.; Sid- ing because we believe Represen- grcssman Charles Sumner during IE Le d' K . ht c G the most prosperous Race en- ney Jordan, 318 23rd Ave. No.; . . . a mg mg , . . . . .. taL1ve A.cthur W . .1\'iltchell'.l. te- the U1V'il Wa1, who served from W t· E L. 1 Kn' ht N J _,terpnse m 8eattle, was l'eplac- Mildred Marshall, 426'h 21st Ave.; . . . eb , . y 1g , . or marks in the congress this week 1911 to his death m 1929, and Joel dan·, E. Lectg. Knight, T. B. ed by the appointment of Mrs. Annie Gaston, 2419 E. Helen and are of political significance to the E. Spingarn, former professor of John W. Rentie 114 24th Ave. No. Race. Mr. Mitchell is the only English Literature at Columbia Wade; Secretary, W. E. Vroo- Henry Davis, a licenced em- A. H. Wilson wM elected presi- Negro representative in the nations University, who served from 1930 man; T r E. aS U r e r, W. H. balmer, who has served the dent; Mrs. Burnside, vice-presi– capitol and is no doubt considered until July 26, 1939. Banks; Esquire , Chas. B. Angelus firm for 1 0 years. dent; Hutchin R. Hutchins, secre- the spokesman for the Race even N. A. A. c .P. officials announc- Smith; Tyler, Cras. Jones; News of Finley's resigna- tary and John w. Rentie, treasur- though it W!LS an Illinois constitu- ed that Dean William Hastie, of Physician, W. H. Calhoun; In- er. The treasurer is covered by a ency that voted him to WMhing- the Howard University Law tion and the appointment of bond, a copy of which is on file at ton. Naturally, when Mr. Mit- School, has been named chairman ner Guard, Henry Johnson; his successor was revealed in the Banking Dept. of Olympia. chell speaks in WMhington (which of the Association's national legal Trustee, E. I. Robinson. the following announcement: Mr. Sidney Jordan reported that fortunately is seldom) other mem- committee. "The Board of Management of Negroes in Seattle had actually Washington D. C.-By a vote of 2 to 1 the house ap– proved the Anti-lynching bill, Wednesday, and once more sent it to the senate where a filibuster by southern democrats is expected to "talk the bill to death." The final vote was taken after a heated discussion be– tween friends and foes of the bill in which charges and coun– ter charges of "playing politics with the bill" were hurled from side to side. Representative Rankin, Democrat of Mississippi, in an opposing statement said the Anti-lynch bill was "nothing but the renewal of a vicious attack on white people of the southern states." Representative Mitchell, only Negro house member, ac– cused the Republican party with "trying to buy back the Negros' vote" with the Anti-lynching bill. Block Amendment Eflol'ls A voting combination of Democrats and Republicans blocked all efforts by southerners to amend the measure. The only change accepted was offered by Representative Gavagen, Democrat of New York, Author of the bill. His proposal was to the effect that language making the bill inapplicable to any violence resulting from labor disturb– ance, be eliminated. Ciles Decl'ease in Lynching To bolster their contention that no Anti-lynching bill is necessary, foes of the bill pointed out that only three lynch– ings occured in 1939, according to the Tuskegee Institute report. (The national Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reported five lynchings, two of the victims, it reported, were white.) Walter White, secretary of the NAACP, who has been in Washington since Saturday, said statistics do not tell all the facts about lynching during 1939. "We are aware of two things when we look at present– day lynching statistics. First, while lynchings have de– creased in number they have increased in barbarism. Second– ly, the statistics which we have on the number of lynchings today, do not tell all of the story by any means. What is not brought out is the fact that mob leaders have adopted the technique of spiriting their victims away quietly and do– ing their dirty work without benefit of crowds or attendant publicity." He pointed to the attempted lynching of two colored men in Meadville, Miss., Thursday, January 4, by a mob of 100 whites, as an example of the fact that the call to stop lynching must 'become more a..'"ticulatc &~·m;; mere pco\p!c. Two attempted lynchings were also reported at Prentiss, Miss., Tuesday. 100 National guardsmen were called out to avert the lynching of two Negroes accused of murdering a former marshall. NATIONAL HEADLINES Condensed From State and National Releases bers of the nations law-making bo- Randolph Elected to Board Second Forum For the Angelus Mortuary wishes to gone into the banking business and IIScollsbO'I'O" Case conscious of the federal Anti- dy take it for granted that he announce Mrs. Henry Davis as re- had lent their members money to Lynching bill now pending in the speaks the sentiments of his peo- A. Philip Randolph, Negro labor Ed • sident manager of the Angelus modernize their homes, bury their Befol'e Supl'eme House through the sale of buttons, pie as a whole, and especially his leader and president of the Bro- Parent ucation Mortuary: parlors,. effective Janu- dead, move their families, pay Coul'l Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, field secre- party. We believe any Negro re- therhood of Sleeping-Car Porters, ary 1, 1940, following the resigna- types of debts, open businesses and tary of the organization and dir- presentative elected by the Negro wM elected a member of the As- tion of Mr. Cecil Finley. a host of other useful purposes. WASIDNGTON, D. C. - Flori- ector of the drive, announced to- vote should speak for his people sociation's national board of di- On January 15 at 8 o'clock in The management has been for- "This was done because we saw da's famous "Scottsboro" Case, in- day that 30,030 buttons have been when the occasion warrants biased rectors, for a term of two years. the Broadway High School, Dr. tunate · in securing the service of that such a service WM needed volving the tortures of four Negro distributed in seven states. statements, because we think the Other members of the board re- Helen Gibson Hogue presents her a licensed embalmer whose ere- and went right on and created it." youths who have faced death five "We expect to equal the mark representative should have the wel-lleected for terms expiring in 1942 second forum on the series entitl- dentials meet with state and city In the last few months the co- times since they were picked up in we reached in 1933, when we sold fare of the Race at heart. We be-~ were: Miss Marion Cuthbert, Hu- ed "On Being Psychologically Pre- requirements and whose functions operative bank has handled several Broward County, Florida and 125,000 "stop lynching" buttons," lieve there are times when party bert Delany, Lewis S. Gannett, pared for Living in a Democracy." are closely allied to the institu- hundred dollars and their account- charged with the murder of a Mrs. Lampkin said. "We believe lines can be bridged by the impor- John Hammond, Dr. William Allan ~er topic will be, "How Personali- tion. ant, Hutchin R. Hutchins, had their Greek fish peddler, from the small that citizens everywhere will wel– tance of the passage of legisla- Neilson, the Rev. James H. Ro- ty Grows." Mrs. Hogue will ex- "Mrs. Davis has been closely al- report ready for the state bank town of Pompano, was heard be- come this opportunity to carry in tion from which Negroes, no mat- binson, Colonel Theodore Roose- plain the development of desirable lied with the Angelus since its in- examiners. fore the United States Supreme I their coat lapel this silent protest ter to which party they belong, velt, Arthur B. Spingarn, all of and undesirable personality traits ception and has acted as assistant "We are thrifty and save the Court, Thursday, January 4. against lynching, M long as this will derive benefits. New York. so that parents may understand to the management for several surplus money that we have," said Representing the defendants Izel bill is up for action in Congress. In duscussing the anti-lynch bill Mrs. Grace B. Fenderson, New- the growth of their children and years. She assumes her duties ex- Mrs. Millie Burnside, progressive Chambers, Jack Williamson, Char- We want all organizations, frat- 1 be able to direct it. lie Davis and Walter Woodard are rnal d h r h to send Tuesday Mr. Mitchell vehemently ark N. J.; Dr. N. C. McPherson, cellently prepared to offer the us- and intelligent club woman, "so e groups, an c u c es h C. D. McGill of Jacksonville, Fla., 1'n for butto s" Walter Wh1'te Jr c arged that the Republican par- Nashville, Tenn.; Dean William H. This is the second of a series of ual courteous and sympathetic con- that when any of our members n · ·• ty is "trying to buy back the Ne- Hastie, Dr. Charles H. Thompson, nine forums. The schedule is as siderations, to advise with and di- need some household articles he who four time~ snatched the youth son of the NAACP secretary, pur- gro vote" with the anti-lynch bill. and Dr. Elizabeth Yates Webb, all follows: rect our friends in their time of can borrow from us and save." from the electric chair, and Leon chased the first buttons. When asked by Representative of Washington, D. C. Jan. 15 : How Personality Grows. sorrow. She brings to us a person- Others present at the meeting I A. Ransom, of the NAACP Na- The first button order received Fish if the Negro vote was for The following persons were elec- Jan.' 22 : Healthy and Unhealthy ality that will stimulate confidence were: A. W. Johnson, Rubin Glen, tiona! Legal Committee. Thur- from NAACP branches came from sale, Mr. Mitchell answered, "every ted vice-presidents of the Associa- win respect and promote the best Mrs. Alice Codrington (Kennydale, good Marshall, special counsel for New Rochelle, New York. The Techniques for Meeting Life. the NAACP appeared on the brief vote in the United States is for tion; Mrs. Mary McCleod Bethune, interests of our patrons." Wash.) Alvin Porter, S. C. Valley, . ' 'I order was for 2,000. sale. Not for money, but for rights of Washington, D. C.; Dr. Walter Jan. 29 : Feelings of Inferiority. We feel that our community 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Major E. Green, Mrs. McGill and Ransom argued the and justice.'' We think this an- Gray Crump and Representative Feb. 5 : Are Dictators Born or joins with us in welcomi~g Mrs. A. H. Wilson and Andrew Mar- case before the high court. I'OI'Ce Bellel' Made? swer is a very poor subterfuge for caroline O'Day, both of Ne w York. Davis as our new manager.'' shall. NAACP AIIOI'neys I Social SeCUI'ily Mr. Mitchell's obvious inclination National officers of the A.s.so - Feb. 12: Can We Alter Personali- ty? In Honol' Roll wAsHINGToN, D. c. - on to consider his people secondary to his party. We think that if there is one man in Washington who should not inject politics into the anti-lynch bill issue, that man is Arthur W. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell perhaps sealed his own pollitical doom by the first statement, which is regrettable, to say the least; for the voting strength in the district from which he was elected has been decentralized. This decentral– ization will have its effects on the Negro voting power, which jeopar– dizes the possibilities of sending another Negro to the White House. We think Mr. Mitchell would have carved for himself a niche in the Negro hall of fame had he had the courage to place his peo– ple above his party. But we know nothing about the great game of politics, so we are perhaps steal– ing a base here. (Continued on Page Three) elation who were re-elected in- N M F n· Feb. 15: On Being Psychologically 0 oney or Ies January 1, 1940, new provisions of elude: Dr. Louis T. Wright, chair- th t t h Prepared to Live with Each NEW YORK - Three attorneys e Social Securi y Ac ' broug t man of the board; Miss Mary Other. (Editorial from The Crisis, January, 1940) about by Republican members of White Ovington, treasurer; and the associated with the legal work of C t Feb. 26: On Being Psychological- One of the items which will come up for consideration in the National Association for the ongress, went into effec · Some following vice-presidents: M i s s 47 000 000 d th · ly Prepared for Play. th C '11 b . t' f th Ad t f C I d P I , ' wage-earners an elr Nannie H, Burrought, Godfrey Lo- e new ongress w1 e a new appropna IOn or e com- vancemen o o ore eop e, f m· . 11 . tl . Mar. 11: The Spiritual Life in De- C 't d . t N t' M am es Wl recelve grea y m- well Cabot, Senator Arthur Capper mittee on so-called un-American activities of which on- were cl e m he awn aga- d b fits Bishop John A. Gregg, the Rev. mocracy. gressman Martin Dies of Texas is chairman. zine's honor roll for 1939. They creAnase aleneis f. th . It is possible for the Seattle Pub- were: Dean William H. Hastie, an ys 0 ese new provl- John Haynes Holmes, Judge Ira lie Schools to present this series Chairm.an Dies has investigated (in his own peculiar sions indicates that most of the w. Jayne, the Rev. A. Clayton Po- Leon A. Ransom, both members well, and Oswald Garrison Villard. without charge because of finan- way) just about everything except the activities of lynch- of the :A.ssociation's national legal changes made by Congress last National executive officers of the cial assistance from the George ing mobs, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Legion and similar staff; Thurgood Marshall, special August relate to Old-Age Insur- Dean Fund for Home Economics C H h J ance and Survivors' benefits. Association who were reappointed groups. Mr. Dies, coming from Texas where more than 500 counsel; and W. A . · ug es, r. Summarized in simple terms, the administered through the .United attorney for the organization's at a board meeting immediately States Office of Education and the lynchings have taken place, seems unwilling, or afraid, to Baltimore, Md., branch. most important of these new pro- following the annual meeting were seattle Publl'c Schools. investigate this American form of subversive activity. visions are: W It Whit t R Wil The attorneys were praised for a er e, secre ary; oy - W b 1' Mr 1. Monthly benefits to insured kins, assistant secretary and editor e e 1eve . Dies has gone far enough. His conduct their arguing of the Maryland f · t · · h wage-earners reaching the age of of the Crisis; Thurgood Marshall o mves Igatwns t us far has smelled strongly of political teacher salary case. 65 will begin in 1940. This is two and Charles H. Houston, special Tune in Every Friday "smearing." The fact that he has refused to investigate • L h• years earlier than was provided in counsel; William Pickins, director 1 the practice of lynching, which is certainly contrary to the Anll• ync 1ng the original Act. of branches; Mrs. Daisy E. Lamp-~ 7 : 4 5 P· m. KEEN Constitution and the American form of government, indicates Bullon Sale Passes 2. Monthly benefits will be paid kin, field secretary; E. Frederic 1370 K.C. pretty clearly that the Texan · ft 1 rt . t f 30,000 Mal'k to aged wives, aged widows, minor Morrow, branch coordinator·, I lS a er on Y ce am ypes o · f t' d h children and orphans of annuitants George B. Murphy, Jr., publicity All Negro Program m orma Ion an not t e whole truth. The Crisis urges its NEW YORK- Within five days and, in some cases, to dependent and promotion; the Rev. James H.' l readers to write their congressmen and oppose and additional of opening the NAACP's nation- parents of insured persons who die. Robinson, acting youth director. !..._____________ ~ appropriation for the Dies committee. wide campaign to keep people (Continued on Page Four) .....