The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-10-06
Needs Money To
Fight PeOnage
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The twenty-five hundred dollars is
absolutely necessary to pay the cost
of certain vital investigations, the
continuance of campaign of pub
lieity and other essential steps in
the terrific struggle against efforts
of the War Department to white
wash" the brutal exploitation of
colored workers on the Mississippi
Flood Control Project.
Wagner Bill
The N.A.A.C.P. is battling against
tremendous odds. But if the fight
is won it may result, together with
certain necessary legislation, in one
hundred million dollars in wages to
Negroes on this 10-year project. Sem
ator Robert F. Wagner of New York
has agreed to introduce in Congress
when it convenes on December |, a
resolution providing for Senate in
vestigation.
Our investigations must be made
and the material must be in hand
by December | for the Senate hear
ing. If our friends will rally to our
aid this will and can be made one
of the most sensational battles for
justice the Negro has ever waged.
The project against the Mississippi
horror is but one part of the fight
for jobs for Negroes. There is the
same fight at Boulder Dam, a de-
termined battle to assure Negroes a
proportionate share of jobs and wip-
ing out of discrimination in employ
ment on Fedefal-financed construc.
ton, and in distribution of federal
state and city relief funds.
Two Salary Cuts
To meet the crisis the association
has cut its expenses to the bone
Its staff, never adequately paid, ant
it's chief executives, receiving less
than that of any similar organiza
ton, have already had two salar,
cuts.
We know that colored people hav,
been hit harder than any other groul
by the economic crisis. But the N
A.A.C.P.'s fight is of direct benefi
to them. A fight for jobs, one tina
saves Jess Hollins in Oklahoma, Viii
lie Peterson in Alabama and innocen
Negroes in other states from tn
electric chair, one against a segre
cation ordinance in Atlanta, discrim
nation in the distribution of fire
flour by the Red Cross in Florida
the extension of school segregation
in Ohio-these and countless othe
struggles in which the N.A.A.C.F
reaches even into the heart of tn
deepest South must be carried on.
We are asking you, Mr.. Editor, t
join US in this appeal by printin
this letter and urging your reader
to help. The N.A.A.C.P.'s most d.
voted and loyal comrades in the figf
have been the colored newspaper
Through them we want now to sa
that we must have funds if the figl
is to be carried on.
Every Cent Put to Work
Are there 10000 colored Anne
leans out of twelve million VIII
even though it may be sacrific
will send the N.A.A.C.P. today 81
SIS each? Every cent will be put
work; every cent will be ackno'
lodged and, as is the N.A.A.C.P
invariable custom, a certified publ
accounting will be made of the e
. penditure of every cent.
Come to our aid in fighting t
battle of every American Negro.
you do you will play great re
in this struggle and the results
whatever you may send will be Sc
in mahy ways, but most Grammatical
when we marshal at Washington
December a host of witnesses
testify before the Senate Committt
| If you do not, one of the great'
battles for economic justice to
Negro may be lost.