1941-03-14

Under Special Dispensation Puget Sound Lodge Elks No. 109 will receiVe new members at $3.50 each. Former members may rein– state for $2.50 each. This dispensation will expire March 1, 1941. Be an Elk and join the March of Progress. E. B. Chainey, Ex. Ruler W. E. Vrooman, Sec. Vol. 21, No. 11 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941 PRICE: 5c Per Copy "We honor the American Flag, symbol of our Ameri– can heritage. The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a free na– tion." Interracial Party At YWCA Provides NYAssembly Bills 1 l 1 Black M_en's Lives The Price Of "Jobs ' Dynamite Negro Family's Home A IA hT R ID B J b J• C For Whites Only" . . __ ctua pproac 0 ea emocracy ar 0 Im row I .Neighbors Protesting because it was a "restricted uea" ----- I Cost what it may, Negroes must win their way into air-~ T in which no "Negroes were al- By Harold Holifield I side were turned off, while air- Albany, N. Y.- The judiciary plane manufacture. This industry, one of the fast growing error Act lowed." Love said he was acting Dancing, eating and playing planes droned high overhead, test- • d f I ----- as the result of many complaints th committee of the New York state ones m commerce an one o the necessary ones for defense, Explosi"on Climax Of C Th t·t· b . . 1 d · games, e Crooby club of the ing the city's efficiency. Carl . . . . am- e pe I 10n emg Circu ate by Green Lake Congregational church Downs, a Californian here attend- Assembly held a hearing here on IS almost unanunous m refusmg them employment. Even on paign To Force Family Out indignant neighbors of the Brooks and some of the community's col- ing a convention, gave voice to an March 4 on eleven bills which deal the west coast where the population includes all the races and 1 Censored By Daily Papers family asserts that a leader In the ored youth, upwards of eighteen eloquent medition in which he ex- with discrimination against Neg- tolerance shouid be the habit, Negroes for all their tradition- Seattle, Wash. - Petitions de- campaign to force the Negro fam– years of age, met in an interra- pressed a desire that last Friday's roes In New York State particu- alloyalty have a hard time getting work on the flying ships. manding that authorities appre- ily to move is one A. C. Bertelson, cial party last Friday at the Phyl- blackout would be the last one. hend the persons who dynamited a member of the Lago Vista Com- lis Wheatley branch Y. W. C. A. The lights came on again and larly with discrimin:tion in em- Mr. Gott--the German spelling of God-speaking for one of the Lago Vista home of Carl munity club. Miss Marjory Fitter played "tea- the festivities renewed. From the ployment. the compatiia:s,.~ly stated that his company has no inten- Brooks, Negro teacher, and put an At a recent meeting of the club cher" in a "test" game, the object kitchen was sent tea, coffee, bacon Some of the bills, introduced by tion of sharing the work with Negroes. No reason, no ex- end to a reign of violence and ter- Bertelson is quoted as saying that of which was to see who could and cheese on buns. At twelve, it Assemblyman William T. Andrews, cuse! I ror, are being circulated this week he was informed by a representa- score the highest on unscrambling was time to go home and after were aimed at discrimination in I One effect of airplane manufacturers' refusal to share by indignant residents of that sub- tive of Sheriff Yf. B. Severyn's d t h . d d th I t k' I f th · f d th · ·1 · · bl' k urban communit office th t ·t d'd t d' wor s, rna c mg wor s an e a mg eave o eir new oun e ;IVI service, m pu IC wor s with Negroes work which is essential to defense is that there . y. a I I no JSapprove like. Part of it consisted of stunts, friends, the Crooby club members employment, and public utilities • . ' • The campargn of intimidation of the campaign of intimidation little informal things like lapping climbed into a station wagon and employment. Three would deny to IS a larger proportwn of them left, who by the rules will be and violence to force the Negro but would discourage open via- water from saucers on the floor departed. lily-white labor unions the right put into the armed forces. Correspondingly, the more jobs family to leave the modest home lence. and reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg · "Everyone seemed to have a to collective bargaining. are limited to whites, the less they will be sent into the army they purchased last October was The petitions addressed to Sher– address. (No puns, please.) nice time," sai1 Miss !dell Vert- Among the numerous organiza- and navy by the draft boards. Blacks will make up the de- climaxed on the night of Wednes- 1iff Severyns state that the sign- Lincoln Wirth, adviser to the ner, secretary of the branch "Y" toins supporting the bills was the ficienc . the lives of black men will be the price of "jobs for day, February 26, when ~ynam.ite j er~ are "reluctant to be~~ve that Crooby club, directed a number of after the guests had departed. Miss NAACP, which was represented by • Y' , was thrown at the home m which I this represents your position." classical dances which led to gen- Vertner said that a party of that Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary. whites ?nl!. . . two children were sleeping. Rap Violence eral hilarity because someone was nature had been planned for many Mr. Wilkins cited the predicament ThiS IS an outrage-wrong if these were peace tunes, The dynamite landed near the "We believe that the foundation always getting mixed up. They ar- months, but the date had not been of the Negro in New York State as and damnably wrong when the nation needs whole-souled house and the explosion shattered •of American democracy rests upon ranged themselves in squares cf definitely set until recently. revealed by the report of a special cooperation of everybody! We repeat, cost what it may these every window. The sound of the the premise that all men are ere– four, revolved counter-clockwise I The arranging of the affair was commission appointed by the leg- • tur d to h th k "th explosion was heard for an area ated equal" the petition added. airplane manufac ers must be rna e s are e wor WI "W unh '·t t' 1 d two times, then clockwise, then done by a committee composed of islature. He charged that the of several blocks. Brooks was e es1 a mg Y enounce any walked ahead a few steps and re- Miss Joyce Cooper, Miss Juanita large industries of the state and Negroes! away at the tinle conducting an attempt to stir up hatred, violence peated the process. The other Valley, Miss Myrtle Jenkins and huge public utilities (one of which Denial of work to any man cuts deeper than even the de- educational class at the Lago Vista 1 or raciall strife in this community." dance was complicated. Gilbert Baker. Meetings like this employs more persons than the nial of his political rights. The latter condemns him to a par- Old Age Pension Union meeting. Brooks reports that following At 10:30, a whistle blew. Short- do a world of good and should be state of New York) maintain lily- tial citizenship from which he can recover. Work is the door The first act of violence occured the breaking of the windows a ly thereafter, the street lamps out- encouraged, Miss Vertner said. white employment policies. He al- to food and shelter, without which he dies. If Negroes are a week previous to the use of the county detective investigated. NAACP Wins First Tilt I ' so decried the denial of employ dynamite. At that time unknown Since the explosion, he said, a ment to Negroes by Ney Yor~ forced to drive home their demand for a share of defense persons used a large charred log deputy sheriff has been on duty 1 plants filling national defense con- work, the arch villain to be flayed is the maker of the flying to smash In four windows. in the neighborhood. tracts. machine. He hires the whole list of nationalities who more or Asked To Leave The family, particularly the In Texas Primary Case The NAACP executive disagreed less are tied in with Nazism in their homeland, yet refuses Brooks declared that shortly children who are 9 and 13 years sharply with spokesmen for the Negroes whom he knows have only American attitudes and after buying the property he was of age, are living in constant fear For the first time in the history of "Whitf' Primary" CaRPS thP Judge Orders a Hearing on the Merits, Permitting the Intro– duction of Evidence Dallas, Tex.-The first skirmish in the legal battle against the democratic White Primary in Tex- C. I. 0. unions, the Communist approached by C. A. Love, a real of another outbreak of terror. party, and the National Negro connection. ' _ _ - e,state agent, and advised to mo~e- --'. W. N. D. ----------------------- congress who endorsed all of the Realizing ihat at the first word of definite charge ~ '· bills except those which would de- against Negroes alleging lack of mentality or dexterity, they Negro Newspaper Week Washington, D. c. The third an- ny to labor unions the right of would be met with facts, airplane manufacturers take refuge nua National Negro Newspaper collective bargaining if those un- in statements like that of Mr. Gott--reminiscent of the Kai– week as sponsored by Delta Phi ions barred Negroes from employ- ser's "Me und Gott" of pre-World war days. D lt . ment. e a Journalistic society in co- Before Congress. before the President and then before ti Mr. Wilkins declared that there ' opera on with the Negro News- the Amer;can people, Negroes should make their appeal for papers of America will be observ- was no difference to the Negro in ~ ed March 16-22 it was announced being barred from employment by their rightful share of work in their defense industry. Labor To Our Subscribers The failure of the Northwest Enterprise to reach you every Saturday morning, is certainly no fault of the pub– lisher. Press difficulties and the Mailing ilepartment have caused the confusion. here this week by Otto McClarin, corporations and being barred dares to strike even in these hours when it is UDJ·ustly treat– the Sout.'tcrn District of Texas National President of Delta Phi from the job by a lily-white union ed. Negroes too have a ri"ght to J·ustice. It is for them to as was won here March 5 when Judge Thomas M. Kennerly of the United States District Court for We appreciate that failure to receive your paper Sat– urday, makes it worthless to you. The condition can and will be remedied even though it causes temporary suspension. "' , ~"lee ~ ub rcndc1 ••. ~ Tragic as that may be, there seems to be no o'tner z.._ ~ternative. set April 14 for a hearing on the th t t Pelta. It is the feeling here a a merits of the case of Hagett v. least eight of the bills have a make their demand and support it. We rner, et al. Previously known as National N h bee h lding meetings locally to make good chance of being passed at egroes ave n o ' This is the first time in the his- Bigger and Better Negro News- t hall tory of wliite primary cases where the ·court has ordered a hearing on the merit;:;, which automatically permits the introduction of evi– dence. Attorneys for the National Association for the dvancement of Colored People, headed by Thur– good Marshall, special counsel from the New York office, regard this as an important step in the long fight against disfranchise- ment. Judge Kennerly denied the de– fendant's motion to strike certain portions of the complaint filed by Hasgett and his NAACP attorneys and also denied the motion to dis– miss the complaint. The court rul– ed "defendant's motion to dismiss brings forward questions of law which should be decided on the evidence, not on the pleadings .. " In all previous white prinlary cases the lower courts have dis– missed the cases on pleadings and no evidence could be put in. The NAACP ,expects on Apri114 to put in evidence to support the claim that Negroes are barred unconsti– tutionally from participating in elections in Texas. The fundamental theory upon which this attacy is being made is that the primary is an integral part of the election machinery of the state, that the law governing primary elections in Texas is in most respects identical with that governing general elections and that these individual defendants were appointed persuant to statu– tory authority with powers and duties and to perform practically identical functions to those pre– scribed by statute for officials in general elections. The action was brought by Sid– ney Hasgett, a resident of Houston 'J' who alleges in his complaint was denied the right to "'rimary in July, 1940. ·q- carried forward ' Tiches of the a tional office the present session. clear their position. Let's begin now to think wha we s paper Week, the observance is de- signde primarily to familiarize do if our appeal to reason continues to be met with refusal. America with the accomplishment Millikin _Devin Between making an effort on our own behalf, even if it fails, The publication of a Negro weekly newspaper in the Northwest is no sinecure. It is too costly for any individ– ual who would without fear publish it for race betterment. and possibilities of the Negro and a supine acceptance of starvation on Mr. Gott's terms, press and the contlibution made by Make StatementS there is but one choice. Cost what it may, Negroes must not it to American life since the first Negro newspaper appeared in this country 114 years ago. It is fur– ther hoped that the observance will stimulate a greater interest in journalism among Negro youth of America to the end that they may seek journalistic training, thereby increasing their ability to interpret intelligently the Negro to America. A feature of the Week this year will be the observance of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Anniver– sary of the American Negro Press The "Wings Over Jordan" program for Sunday, March 16 is to be de– voted to Founders' Day for the Negro press with Moss Hyles Ken– drix, director of National Negro Newspaper Week, serving as speaker. The theme of the week is to be "The Negro Press is an American Institution." BERNARD E. SQUIRES, ex. Sec. Urban League, will be heard over Station KJR Sunday at 10:30 a.m. p. s. t. Opening Vocational Guidance Campaign accept an "Asiatic exclusion act" in employment. Every minority needs a newspaper. It is an absolute necessity. A cat hypnotizes a bird and eats it. Race prejudice is Earl Millikin - I am grateful the hypnotist which is making America an easy victim for and conscious of a great responsi- ffitler to swallow. It is the literal truth that the Negro by his bility. I am grateful for the vote fight to share in America's defense, both in industry and in of confidence manifested in the h" h arms, is saving the country from the quagmire into w IC Added to financial burdens, the failure of papers to reach subscribers on time, makes it not only difficult but embarrassing. No subscriber received a paper Saturday. We repeat, this condition can and will be remedied. plan of government I shall strive to give Seattle. I feel my success at the polls yesterday ils a tribute to those who saw in my candidacy the kind of progressive , represen– tative government they stand for. It is a vicitory for principle even more than it is a compliment to me. I regard myself merely the instrument through which, with the cooperation of the city council and the people themselves, I may be able to carry on with the pro– gram of progress I outlined dur– ing the campaign. Seattle has an encouraging fu- ture. We all have much work to do. But we are ready for it and nothing will stop us from moving forward rapidly and successfully if we all move together. Judge W. F. Devin: I wish to congratulate Mr. Milikin upon his election. I feel confident that the selfish little men were leading it. K. C. Call Lawrence Tibbett Sings At Meany Hall It has been fifteen years since Tibbett scored his momentous sue- LISTEN IN! Vocational Opportunity Campaign March 16-23, 1941 National Urban League Indiana AFL Fights Bill Barring Job Jim Crow --------------·------------ cess at the Metropolitan Opera. 1133 Broadway New York City Since then he has been riotously Sunday, March 16 1:30 to 2:30p.m. N Y k I Ply to t le merce, asking him to use his in- NBC Red Network* ew or - n re a e - acclaimed on both sides of the gram ·I·nforming him that AFL fluence to have the Indiana Cham- ON YOUR JOB · ocean in over a thousand concerts. unl·ons in Indiana were opposing ber of CoinOlerce alter its policy "I Want to be an Artist," dra- During the past season alone, he a bill in the state legislature which on the measure. Mr. Kemper re- matization based on the life of E. has travelled a quarter of a mil- would bar from collective bargain- plied that the form of organiza- Simms Campbell, Artist. Partici- lion miles to sing for opera, con- I·ng any union which maintains tion of the United States Cham- pating in the program: Mr. E. cert and radio audiences. a lily-white membership, William ber of Commerce prevented it from Simms Campbell, Dr. Harry D. Green, A. F. of L. president has making "suggestions to the organ- Kitson of Columbia University, (for which you never receive as wired the NAACP that the unions ization members. Except with re- Miss Ann Tanneyhill, or the Na- much as a thank you in a great are opposing the bill because it spect to matters on which the ) tional Urban League. many cases . "would destroy collective bargain- Chamber itself previously has tak- When our outstanding civic boys I Tuesday, MNaBrCchRld8,Nl :t15 tko*1:30 ing between employers and em- en a position." p. m., e e wor ---------- w~n~ a man to represent and gain TO:r-.~ WONS SCRAPBOOK playees." pnvileges for the group, whom do The Indiana House has passed Letters To The Editor they call on? None other than our A portion of this program will · 1 b t f 62 o be devoted to problems faced by in New York. people have chosen him because unanimous y, Y a vo e 0 - loyal, upstanding publisher Ed- . 445 d · d t d I R b' ' Negro workers in securing JObs. The entire South is watching the they feel that he will give to all bill No. , esigne o remove Mr. Edward I. Robinson, Editor war . o Inson. ti · t N · Wh Poems by Negro authors will be Texas case in the hope that it will the people good and honest gov- discrimina on agams egroes m The Northwest Enterprise ose very name commands re- d decide the white primary through- ernment. May I be the first to the plants having national defense 306, 12th Ave. So. spect and recognition from city, I rea1 . 3 ' 0 t 1 . 45 k t d t D t ts · t . . . o . p . m., eep une ou ixie. If the case goes to the offer by cooperation to him in his con rae · Seattle, Wash. coun y, and state officials. t NBC R d N t k U ·t d St t t d U · hi h R b' It ld 0 e e wor · me a es supreme cour an duties which lie ahead in building A. F. of L. mons, "': c are My Dear Mr. ~ mson: . wou pay each and every- J.UR . EDWARD LAWSON is won, white primaries in the of the great Seattle of today, a largely of the craft vanety, and I have oft times wondered :f! one to support the Northwest En- South will be wiped out and hund- greater Seattle of tomorrow. which bar N'egroes from mem- ~ the average re-acting public of our I terprise financially. TYManagin_g e~~Ttohr, NOPPORWTUNki- . . . . magazme. e egro or er reds of thousands of Negroes will To my friends and loyal support- bership more consistently than C. group have ever taken time to Because If you should decide to d D f E 1 t, b bl t t . t t d 1 1 . . th· h t ts d' . . bl. t an e ense mp oymen . e a e o vo e m s a e an oca ers I extend my most heartfelt I. 0. umons, are opposmg IS check on w a ou tan mg CIVIC cease pu rca ion, with no paper *C ult y f th I . . . ons our newspaper or e · 1 1oca s on carrymg IS pro- elections. ·thanks for your splendid and un- bill. work which you and your paper to represent our causes m Its I" 1 tati . th' The NAACP has carried up two selfish work performed in the in- The NAACP also learned that have accomplished. truthful sense, we, the colored citi- gram. previous cases on voting to the terest of good government. To you the Indiana State Chamber of When the group of the under- zens of the northwest would be in highest U. S. court and won both, I say, do not be disheartened, there Commerce was opposing the bill world are placed on a spot, when a very deplorable condition. We I BERNARD E. SQUIRES, ex. Sec. one in 1927 and one in 1932. The is work to be done, let us rally as vigorously. NAACP secretary Wal- the politician seeks a front man should get together and boost your Urban League, will be heard over third, which was not handled by J one behind our new mayor and Iter White sent a telegram to 1 and mouth piece, when the church- paper. Statwn KJR Sunday at 10.30 a.m. the asso~iation, but by private I make our city the finest in the James S. Kemper, president of the es want an unusual amount of I am Respectfully yours p. s. t. Opening Vocational Texas citrzens, was lost. !land. United States Chamber of Com- , publicity, and space in your paper Alfred A. Purnell Guidance Campaign