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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31

.vevc talk about
the best" newspapers in AmericaGTfiE ENTERPRIsE
This week THE begins its twelfth year f.,
publication TEE was founded to battle for the rights
mess Institution must earn money to exist but the making Of coin of
realm
Others further physical devepment has
THE ESTEhPRrsn
though it
people learned depend upon
The Through ne years 1t mas grown Slowly put T sp F
dffsh mas %oFeraed with every movement TINS M s
There is no such word as quit SO long as there is work to be done T
ING f P" o % '7 Tr has the
faiah fathers That
Negro aed in
ENTERPRISE bestrred itself
And the threshold of year.e graft
ENTERPRISE possible ''''' 'iil-
Our white friends
readers have repondd e our mo e 4 mnn U%r
we owe these men ana institutions great deal but for them ana their con
we have during these twelve months we wan h thew R n
own and directed by the brain character and experience Negro
ye better O0 %d P'n make any % more W may be reluctant to resolve
ton all public who are obsessed
Ta q n@b ips Of the life which b gives human beings vision makes
that we are going to this new year
% s@ S Ss a AS %sn ' sad mi" By
All m ESo nd history o and g find
ho
did not make mistakes before the goal
turned looked like
faith
measure up during 1881 nave Oe0 mad we
The nation has passed all
nave
spite of the handcap thrown in it's OF many
own leaders to grasp the idea catch
selfish
II should deyoVe only
and the obligation
are separate and distinct through The ruling
hach m
Ildence We
i'm the uItf
umph right
andpr iced
them under the constitution of their
Let as then resolve for the
resolution VIII
every the year o Lord 1982.-W. WILSON
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31

years longer. AT pioneers funeral
not long since, many of them turned
out and after all the funeral was not
so sad as it might have been. While
the naming which | here with pen is
by no means accurate, vet you can
judge for yourself as to how tena-
ciously they have hung on to life
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Washington,
John F. Cragwell, George Turner, C.
Fl. Harvey, /. l. Walker. John T. Cay
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Ray (nee
Mrs. Milton Roy), Samuel A. Frank
lin, Monroe Fields, Henry Jones and
wife, Mrs. B. j, Angel, Henry Jones,
F. F. Keeble, Willie Dixon, Mrs. Car
RE Dixon Black, John M. Green, J.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31

we having left Portland behind, and to our
surprise we saw the Seattle Spirit grab the
dollar while it was in the air and let out for
home. OF course did not feel like losing
the dollar and we followed it in hot pursuit.
We got our dollar back and in doing so many
more came our way and here l have been
ever since. Recently, while visiting on the Gulf
of Mexico, was called upon by a group of
eager listeners to tell them about the Puget
Sound METROPOLIS | wound up my story with,
Seattle is Gods glory hole. Forty-fve years
have brought to Seattle vast and varied
changes, the most of which came so rapidly
that even those living within her gates did not
quite realize their coming, the city having
grown during that time from 35 600 to almost
100000. Among the incidents of its growth
was in 1897 after the gold discovery in Alaska
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31

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twelve months and the scenes the coming and the
death DO us part What story might tell
their
BY While many Of them have long since
will
are still living and like myself hope
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31
The FATAL DOCTRINE Of HATE
by WILLIAM II. WILSON

"If love Cod hatch his brother,
brother hath
VIII he hah not
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-31
Looking Backward
By H. R. Csyton

Some foryfive 10
to toss silver dollar the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
GIVES HIS LAST
PENNIES FOR SUB
Sees Imperative Need
of "Daily Worker"

New York.
Editor Daily Worker:
Last week We went house -house
canvassing for Daily Worker sub
scriptions and to collect the Is cents
from workers at the end of their
week.
The following incident showed that
the class-consciouS American worker
needs and realizes the importance of
the Daily Worker. These workers,
no matter how hard pressed finan-
cially they may be. will 60 to many
extremes to pay for their Daily.
This worker. unemployed, told us
that although. he would like to renew
his order for next week. could not
do SO. No money. As we we're about
to leave, he told us to wait, perhaps
he could dig UP some spare pennies.
Then he walked over to a cup about
one-quarter filled with pennies and
counted out sc of them to pay for
two weeks in advance. Into this cup
he had daily put one cent for his
little baby boy and had never before
extracted anything from it. This was
the first time he had ever done so.
IS, G. G..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Charity Agent Tries
Low Seduction Trick
Five Children Starving
from Hunger
Philadelphia, Pa

Philadelphia, Pa
Daily Worker Editor:
Here is the experience Of a woman
who thought that she would get
something from the Home Missionary
Society. These are pack of crooks
living at the expense of the workers
and before any worker can get a few
crumbs he often gets all kinds Of in
suits and humiliations.
A Cheap Washer.
This woman, E. Sante, IS, Of 2539
Lstona St., went there to ask for
help for her five children and her
husband, who is out of work for a
long time. AS usual, an investigator
was sent there. This man told her
that he would provide a jab for her
husband only if she consented to visit
a rooming house with him.
When she refused, this gentleman
of the mission Of corruption struck
her in the face several times, .
Here we have proof for what pur<
pose these charity and mission places
exist and what the workers get from
them when in need Of bread and
milk for their children. p. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
More Accidents On
Hetch Hetchy Job
Safety Measures Are
Thrown to Winds

LIVERMoRE, Cal. 49, Another man
hurt by fallen rock in one OF the
tunnels of this gigantic water pro
ject. Accident to one man means
nothing here. At times only little
news item for local press.
The disaster of January 18th,
where 20 men were entombed In the
Mitchell tunnel for "a hours is still
fresh in the minds of the workers.
Little accidents are occurring almost
daily.
Fake Probe.
Probe" on this January 18th dis
aster, which Gov. Rolph was to con-
duct remains and will remain on
paper. Nothing done to improve
conditions and to eliminate accidents.
Meanwhile the entombed men. with
the exception CT three, who did not
return, are lack on the Job facing
other disasters
The company working the project
gave the rescued men a great Gift
for risking their lves---or 50 IL sounds
according to press that gift is: they
'eceived full pay for the entire time
spent Ca hours in their living tomb.
Now more speed-up is being put
In. This spelling more disasters for
hundreds of workers on this project.
A plan for bringing Hetch Hetchy
water into San Francisco. within 10
months has been disclosed by the
board OF supervisors. City engineer
OShoughnessy submitted this plan
OF speed-up. Not a word is men,
TONED about safety precautions TO
avoid disasters, which have taken a
toll OF " lives already.
A wage cut drive is on. Warehouse
workers received 10 percent wage
cut. This is beginning Of a drive
upon all Hetch Hetchy miners. Fight
wage cuts and speed-up. Jotn 4
lighting union Of the TUuL for bst-
tering your struggles. A. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
los Suicides
In Portland, Ore.

PORTLAND, Ozone hundred
and five Portland workers commit
ted suicide In 1880. Twenty-eight
industrial accidents" took their toll
ETC., according to the vital statistics
IN the annual report Of the health
department, In the local press. The
deaths due TO natural causes"
another form Of workers suicides
were Of course, ommitted. One hun
dred and five deaths that we're d.
rectly caused by system that does
not believe in charity"
This Is an indictment Of capital
ism In a town Of 100000 that puts
all the lies Of the capitalist and
social democrat renegadcs In their
proper plsceA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
HUGE VICTOR-RCA.
PLANT HAS ONLY
SKELETON CREWS.
And These AreWorked
at Terrific Pace
Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Daily Worker Editor:
Here are a few Of the facts con-
corning the conditions which now ex-
ist here at the Victor r. G. A. radio
plant in Camden, N. j.
Here the naturalization and speed
up systems are responsible for the
losing Of the jobs of hundreds of men.
Only in Department No. IL on a
single operation out of 10 men 9 Of
them were fired. Three machines
were replaced by a single one capable
to finish the whole article in cues
ton, and, what is more, by a single
man. The other nine we're fired.
This only in one department, but
this process takes place in the whole
plant.
Skeleton Crews.
Here nobody works the whole week,
with the exception of one depart
n1ent, out of the whole plant, and the
worker in question worked only 41-2
hours this week, so you can see how
much workers are making per week.
This place used to employ $4,000
workers, but now there cannot be
more than 1000 workers still at work
in here. They lay off workers every
day. Only on Feb. 4 $500 we're laid
off on the second floor, and on Feb.
s the whole fourth floor was laid off,
and it seems that more will follow
yet.
AS for the speeding up Of the work.
ers, they must have learned from
Henry Ford, the slave driver; here
the pushers and stooI-pigeons are
after the workers all the time and
threatening to get you fired for no
reason at all. Another thing that
they do is play zap one gang of work.
ers against another to do more work
for the bosses.
Workers, join the Metal Workers
Industrial League and fight against
these rotten conditions, the speed-up,
lay off, the part time which starves
the workers, and the spy system.
p. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Homeless He
Kills Himself

South Bend, Ind.
For a long time without a job
VIM. Blodgett did not have place
to sleep and was hungry. He went
to the police station TO ask to let
him sleep in Jail.
He got filthy place in the base
ment. Two thirty Tuesday morning
he was lying on the floor in pain.
He told the police that he had
taken poison. So the misery and
starvation takes the lives Of work
crS everywhere in rich America
Blodgett was born In New York
state was a lumber worker in
Michigan. -R.T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14

Prior to the present crisis, which
started in 1929, the New York Times
used to run from II to II presses and
now they are down to II and the
signs are they will go still lower,
which means a drop of 9 men for
every press.
And now we will pass on to that
greatest of bunk sheets, the New
York News. They laid off press
and the preSSmen.
The New York World the great
slaughterhouse pressroom of New
York laid off a press.
The Brooklyn Standard Union, the
home of that great philanthropist.
Paul Block, in 1880 cut every dry
until the infant 1881 arrived and he
was left with just a skeleton force
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14

and couldn't cut another dimes
worth. He came out with a great
sensational article that in the year
1881 all his employees are assured of
jobs.
AS for that great humanitarian
gentleman, Mr.. Hearst in Novem-
Der sent down notice that press
was going to be cut off and it was,
but they couldn't get the editions
off in time. On Jan. II another
notice came down that the press
would go on in a week and it did.
There are hundreds of pressmen
in New York actually begging for a
days work and that is not mention
ing the other departments.
"A Freshman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Intense Poverty
In Anacortes, Wash.

Conlrade Editor:
Ar1acortes, Wash, Is small city
Of about 5000 people. Its main in
dustries are fishing. canning and lun1-
Der. With these major industries Of
the Pacific Northwest practically at
q, stand-sti1 in the whole district,
this little city is one Of intense pow
erty and suffering and is typical Of
the entire Northwest The workers
of Anacortes are now beginning to
realize the importance and necessity
of organization. Their condition
causes them to be eager to get into
the struggle for unemployment re-
lief. ....s
On January Is the Communist Par
ty and the Young Communist League
held Lenin Memorial Meeting in
Anacortes. The meeting was attended
by about 100 workers, many of whom
we're women and young workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14

II tTey would they would break the
agreement and get put into jail.
1915 Hours a Day.
The 8 hour men are working 10 and
Is hours and running over coal after
8 hours with the same men taking
other fellows work.
1t is terrible around here and we
pay the dollar just as fast they grab
the money, robbing us poor workers.
So remember workers what that
means that the operators are pro-
tected by the UMW.A. Let us squeeze
them out before they squeeze us out
from our homes.
When we are supposed to have din
ner the motormen are busy at that
time.
Lewis MisIeaders.
I thing when its dinner hour it
dinner hour and when the whistle
blows they shouldn't still get coal
out from the mines. That's no hour
day.
That's the Kind of leaders we have.
Every time we make a movement for
the betterment of the conditions they
will tell us nothing can be done. Let's
organize once and show them what
the workers can do, don't be afraid
Of that nick name Bolshevik because
that's a nick name for us, for us
workers. Let's support our name
same as the capitalists want to save
themselves so we must learn from
them and do the same to crush the
capitalist. Let's show them who we
are.
This is from Coaldale, Lansford,
Tamaqua and Nesquhony collieries of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
S8.28 FOR 2 DAYS.
HOW CAN HE KEEP
A SICK FAMILY?
Welfare Tells Him He
Has A Job

McheeSporG, Pa.
Comrade Editor:
I have been working In the Ns-
honal Tube Co. for over ten years.
I get s4.64 a day for 10 hours and
for two days in pay got ss.22. How
the he'll can a worker keep a family
with that money?
The company takes 81 out Of our
pay for the company insurance. Many
workers tell the company that they
need the money for food. TIE com
pany says insurance comes first.
Sick Wife and Children
My wife has been SICK for two years
and have two children sick. It's no
pleasure to come home and look at
them hopeless in this rich country,
for whom? For the big shots. the
bosses.
7 went to the Welfare Fund for
help.
What did they say2 They told me
I SIX uld be satisfied with two DAYS
in pay. Said while work / don't
nerd help. My children don't have
any hAoes to wear. am lucky II I
eat once a day. ! feed the family
on hot coffee or tea but no food.
There is only ore thing 10 do, TO
organize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Negro Worker for Revolutionary
Milwaukee, Wise.

Milwaukee, Wise.
Editor Daily Worker:
I heartily endorse the program of
the Communist Party. I am doing
everything in my power to help Or
ganize The workers. I go to them
and tell them how the Communist
Party is fighting for the working
class. Sometimes they do not listen
as well as would like to have them,
but comrades shall we become dis
couraged because Of this? 1 say mol
Then every worker will come to re-
alize the need Of our Party and we
must work toward this end, not al
lowing ourselves to become discour-
aged when the workers sometimes re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Militarist Changes Name of Hotel DeGink

(By a Worker Correspondent
SPOKANE. Wash.--General Jas.
A. Drain doesn't like the name of
the Hotel De Gink, so he put his
MILITARY BRAIN? TO work for
better one more fitting and dig
nified to his sensitive military ears,
and by military command the no
tel the Gink" will now be called the
East Trent Billet" Well, if I I'M
derstand the public right, the old
flophouse will always be called the
Hotel De Gink," whether the GEN
eraI likes 1t or not.
At Olympia, our state capitol,
they are busy drafting an unem-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Indian Is
Cheated of Land

San Francisco, Cal.
Daily Worker:
My father died and left 200, acres
Of land in Stawee, Okla. 1 was only
seven years old and my mother put
these papers to the Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs to carry until / was
IF age. The land was standing on
oil.
After became Is years old my
grandfather told me just what hap
,ened. I sent them three letters and
hey wrote back. you have nothing
and do not write.
have now Joined the Unemployed
Council and will fight with my fell
ow workers the bosses who stole the
and from me and the rest Of my
anlily and who are robbing the rest
Il the workers Of this country.
Indian Worries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14

myself. Oh, God, when viii it all
end? What prospects have the COM
ing generation got for livelihood
under such conditions and what out
look for the future? O."
1t seems so useless to go on. I do
hope the Communist Party viii win
the Unemployment Insurance Bill and
more than that the people must have
an outlook for the future If they are
to carry on.
God speed the day when the peo-
pie will be free from under this sls-
very system. Can you advise If there
seems to be any outlook in the near
future. Mrs. L. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Crisis Worsens In Philadelphia Section

further inquiry made brought out the
fact that things are now worse than
two months ago.
I only mention this as an example
Of the breakdown and layoft which
is general throughout the city. And
every week of unemployment brings
suffering and despair closer to the
doors Of those workers who are not
already starving.
The small business man and store
keeper feels the pinch as the work
er's wife can no longer buy.
-P.H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Daily Worker:
This is written by one who for
several months past has visited prac-
tically every part of Philadelphia and
its many suburbs. including the wat
erfront of Chester. Sights of poverty
that would move stone everywhere.
Shortly before Christmas l called
at the big Westinghouse plants in
Essington and one of the foremen
told me he had not hired a man
since 1927. On the contrary, they
had laid off men right along. And,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Red Vote in Luzerne
County, Pa, i'm 1880
3 Times 1928 Ballot

(By Worker Correspondent.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Feb. 8.--We
have just gotten the vote Of Luzerne
County, as follows:
United States Senator; Communist,
Cush, 1876; Socialist, VIM. j. Van
Essen, 304.
Governor: Communist, Frank MOI
er, 242; Socialist, James Maurer, l76.
Lieutenant Governor: Communist,
Samuel Lee, 365; Socialist, Winson,
449.
Secretary Of Internal Affairs: COM
munist, Frank Note, 373; Socialist,
Rhine, 427.
Judge of Supreme Court: Commu-
mist, Charlotte Jones, sos; Socialist,
Slayton, 424.
Judge Of Superior Court: Commu-
mist. P. Muselin, 406, Silver, 354; So
cialist, no candidate.
The vote is three times that Of
1928.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14

pIoyment insurance bill, but, as
usual, that will be about all they
will do. DRAFTING III, anything
to fool the workers.
The farmers in this neck of the
woods are waking up, which can be
seen by the fact that last Saturday
Two hundred embattled, fighting
mad farmers met at the court
house, assailed the Washington
state system of taxation and adopt
ed q resolution agreeing not to pay
more real estate taxes" Now If the
citizens in the towns will do the
same thing and combine with the
farmers they may get somewhere.
p. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Big Layoffs
In New Haven
New Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.
Daily Worker:
While the sky pilots and the pork
barrel actors are shouting for the
people to be optimistic the indus
trial situation is going from bad to
worse.
Only this week a concern here
known as the Rattan Mfg. Co. EN-.
ploying about 200 hands gave every
body a 10 per cent wave cut, office
help included. This factory was al
way known as the lowest paid factory
In New Haven.
The National Steel and Wire Co,
one Of the big concerns in this city
is going on two and three days week
with about 70 per cent Of the help
out on the street.
The Eastern Machine Screw Co.,
another top notcher. out Of 400 hands
are operating with about % hands.
w. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Action

fuse to listen to us.
I am a Negro worker from Louisi-
ana who heard the call of Northern
Prosperity and Freedom" for Negro
workers, have been here a number
of years now and l am still on the
trail Of Prosperity and Freedom"
There is a difference now, however.
When I first came up here I looked
for prosperity from the bosses. I re-
alize now that the only way to true
prosperity is the Communist way, and
I say that I am now on the correct
path to prosperity and freedom for
the Negro workers, and not only the
Negroes but also all other workers.
L. T. q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Deposition, Is
Chased from Bank
Philadelphia, IA.

AhhauChpiiiht Ahs
, Dear Editor:
/ am writing. you about a deaf
friend of mine. He sells candy on
the streets and saved a few pennies,
depositing a few dollars In the
bank. Now. with the apple racket.
he can't do anything. He was
forced to go to the bank for money.
The first day he, went they got
cop to chase him out and the next
day he went back they gave him
the note which am enclosing,
which reads:
You hold this card, IL is worth
money to you in time. Now don't
bother us"
1t was the Darby Bank and Trust
Co. Of Darby. Pa. "A. J. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
ALL Raves at TUUL
Influence In Phila.
Print Lurid Lies About
Moscow Agents"
Philadelphia, Pa.

fHudOelplia, ia,
Dear Comrades'
In Philadelphia the raac$ianary
"Uniln Labor Record" is making a
sharp drive against the Trade Union
Unity League and tie Communist
Party here.
Next week they are starting a story
called 1.-THE Red Menace" This weeks
issue is full of a lot of lies against
the Reds, etc. 1t seems that the
Phila. unions realize the radicaliza-
ton of the workers as shown by the
action of the upholstery weavers and
the hosiery workers and that the
TUUL is gaining influence. The union
paper is full with poison propaganda
against the Reds. Well fed and well
paid agents of Communism is one of
their pet lies.
This is lie but we are to believe
that the A. F. of L. organizers are
starving.
Unemployed Worker.