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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
JUDGE ADMITS
COLOR IS CAUSE
FOR REFUSAL

DURHAM, N. C.-After a dra-
matte and intense two-day legal
battle here, Judge M. v. Barn
hill Tuesday denied a petition of
mandamus brought by Thomas
r. Hocutt. colored youth who
sought to be enrolled in the
school of pharmacy of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Ho-
cult sought an order from the
court directing the university to
admit him as a student. The
judge held that the petition of
mandamus was not the proper
method of seeking relief.
Denial of the mandamus was
expected by all parties and was
predicted before the suit was
filed. The attorneys for Hocutt
Immediately filed notice of ap-
peal and are preparing the pa
pers for the higher court. This
suit is only the first step In a
legal fight to secure professional
training for Negroes In North
Carolina and other southern
states.
Judge Says Color Barred HOcutt
Judge Barnhill, regarded as
the best trial Judge In this Sec
ton of North Carolina, in his
opinion made the vitality import
ant point that in his judgment,
Hocutt's admission to the uni
versity was denied on the sole
ground that he was a person of
African descent. Judge Barn.
hill also declared that Hocutt
had made due application to the
university to be admitted.
On two other questions of fact
which he was asked to decide,
the judge answered in the mega
tive, saying that he did not be-
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
EDITORIAL
Hats Off

THIS WEEK you can take
off your hat to the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church of Evans
ton. Illinois.
The pastor of First Church
DR.. Ernest Fremont Title, white
was eensured by a national or
ganizatiOn, the Paul Reveres.
for his Communistic leanings
and his approval of church
social at which blacks and whites
mingled
The church's answer was I'VE
stand for free pulpit and 4
free church. We resent the eff
fort of outside CARNATIONS to
dictate to the church or pre-
scribe its message.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06

them. Every last white man will
walk out of that box and stay
out. They amt going to sit
with no niggers.
But supposing even you find
men willing to sit with niggers
on the jury. Suppose you get
ten white men and two niggers
and these ten whites say the
Scottsboro niggers are guilty and
the two niger jurymen say they
Amt. Why. you know what
will happen. Them white men
will say. Niger, If you votes
to let them niggers go when we
say they is guilty, why, we got
to hold you responsible because
you vote to set them free.
Mister, I'm telling you right
now there amt no niger in
Morgan county that's going to
be willing to sit on a jury or
vote against the white mems de
cision knowing all thls-and,
Mister. they know IT. Yes. sir.
they sure knows IT,"
The statements made by this
Southern gentleman are the
statements one hears wherever
one goes in Decatur. wherever
one travels in Alabama. The no.
ton of a black man passing up
on Justice with the same power
Of a white man is unheard Of
and unprecedented" in the Ian
guage OF the Southern white.
"A Niger gets just as much
justice as a white man" they
all assure the inquirer. Mat
ter Of fact. niggers sometimes
gifts more accommodation than the
(Nouffuuad m paga Tmol
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Quake Victims Helped

LONG BEACH More than 200
Negro quake victims have been
receiving aid the past two weeks
from relief agencies. Auxilaries
of Frank Ernst and Jesse Thorn
as posts of Veterans of Foreign
Wars are In charge of relief
stations i'm Negro districts.
A final check up on injured
reveals that Mrs. Lucinda Hill,
Willie Wood, Marian Miller. and
Mrs. II. A. Barbour suffered in
juries.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Va. Doctor Kills Self

YORKTOWN. Va.-After sew
ering his iugular vein, Dr.. A. l..
Christian. widely-known physi-
clan, respondent and in i'll
health leaped into the York Ri
yer and ended his life here Fri
day.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Mixed Wrong Way

BECAUSE THREE WHIT e
students of the Kansas State
Teachers College danced with
three Negro girls, they have
been deprived of all social pri-
vileges. The bars are fixed,
punishment Is certain when white
and colored meet In a decent
and respectable manner. Had
they gone to bed nothing would
have been done about 1t. The
reasoning of Americans on the
race question is exceedingly stu
pid.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Negro Press at Scottsboro

CHICAGO-The Associated Ne
gro Press Is covering the cele-
brated ScDttsboro case at Deca-
tur. Ala. with its own special
correspondent.
John l.. Spivak. widely known
author of the sensational expose
of the prison camps of Georgia.
recently published. has accepted
an assignment to represent the
Associated Negro Press at the
trial.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Minneapolis Pastor
Resigns Post

MINNEAPOLIS-Rev. II. A.
White, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
church, 81 st. and N. James, re-
signed the pastorate of the
church last Friday.
1t Is reported that members
of the congregation were dissat-
isfied with Rev. Whites conduct
of the church and requested his
RESIGNATION
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Los Angeles Elk Temple
Damaged By Fire

LOS ANGELES-Fire, bellev-
ed to have been started by a
lighted cigaret left in an over
stuffed chair in a north ante
room on the second floor of the
Elks Temple. 3610-16 Central
avenue, early Sunday morning,
Quilted the lodge ropm, rear halls
and ante rooms, burned through
the roof and damaged first floor
office buildings. Damage is es-
timated at $4,000. Losses were
covered by insurance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Georgia Doctor Pardoned

MACON. Ga.-After serving
ten years Of a life sentence for
abettlng the death Of a nephew
to collect insurance, DR.. NJ. C1ar-
ence Mitchell was granted a full
pardon and civil rights restor-
ed, Friday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Bishop Parks Injured

OAKLAND, Calif.-Bishop II
B. Parks. presiding officer OF
the Fourth African Methodist
Episcopal district, injured him
self seriously when he fell down
a flight of stairs this week. He
is confined to his bed with both
of his legs in casts.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
COLORED COOK
BOSS Of RICH
MISTRESS HOME

SALINAS. Claws Sensa-
tional revelations of how col
ored servant held ascendancy ov-
ed the mind of his white mis-
tress were made in the Superior
Court here last week, when the
mother of the woman, who al
one time was one of the most
glittering figures in the upper
round of international society.
asked the court to declare her
daughter incompetent
The woman In the case is the
Baroness Ethel Maud Mulder.
80. white, divorced wife of a
rich Dutch baron, who has been
living quietly at Pacific Grove
Calf, since her separation from
her husband.
William Turner. 40, brown
skinned. former cook on a trans
continental train, whose official
connection with the family Is
that of chauffeur. gazed into n
crystal ball and told the woman
what was to happen in the flu
ture to her and her friends.
The predictions of the future
did not end with that period
concerning the woman, but Tur-
ner held regular fortune telling
parties at which he, enrolled In
kingly attire and in the role of
ruler, read the future for all
of her guests, evidence lntroduc-
ed at the trial showed
From statements of the moth
er. 1t was also learned that he
was not a mere chauffeur, but
acted more like the boss of the
house.
Auto and Heir
Baroness Mulder, woman OF
s tri k ing appearance. admitted
when she took the stand that she
had given Turner an automobile
and had named him in her will.
When asked about the will,
she replied: " In the event of
my death; my will provides that
Turner shall have my property
in the Withers Tract on Monter-
ey Peninsula and my summer
cabin in Carmel Valley" The
two parcels of property are in
exclusive subdivisions and are
valued highly.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Pocatella Negro Seeks
To Be Mayor

POCATELLO, Idaho,-B. b
Jones, former railroad porter
has announced he will seek the
nomination for mayor of Poca-
.ello on the Republican ticket.
Jones announcement declared
that having no second hand
store, no street cars, no insur-
ance business to bother me, |
will give my full time to look
ing after the affairs of Pocatel-
To-"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Pastures" In Albany

ALBANY. N. Y-"The Green
Pastures" company arrived in
Albany Sunday afternoon for a
three day engagement at the
Capitol Theatre. The company
will be in this vicinity for the
next six weeks before heading
for Virginia.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Dentists Hail Association

ATLANTIC CITY-Dentists
throughout the country are plan
ming to attend the National As
ISOLATION which cunvenes July
1913, DR.. D. A. Ferguson, presi-
dent, declared this week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Newport Bank OPENS

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The
Grown Savings Bank opened for
business without restrictions on
Monday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Utah Loses Star

SALT LAKE CITY Bernard
Gordon, track star at the Uni
versity of Utah, will be gradual
ed from the university in June.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-04-06
Paragraphs

DOWN IN ALABAMA the now
infamous Scottsboro case is be-
ing heard. The young lady who
was raped" by eight Negro
boys writes a letter that none
of the boys even touched her.
The Alabama Court Is likely to
rule that Il was not necessary
for Negro boys to touch a white
woman to rape her.
THERE ARE PERSONS 10 ey-
cry community whose chief bust
ness is that Of being knockers.
They are never satisfied unless
they are trying TO down some
thing or somebody. They are at
1t morning and night, early and
late What we need to do is to
drop the hammer and go to
work.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25

working at the face OF the coal
hours, which in turn means at least
10 hours from bank to bank.
The first day upon returning to
work the miners made decision to
push no cars, and all members that
would push cars would be fined 81
apiece. A committee was sent to the
super to inform him that no one would
push any cars and the super's answer
was that the agreement signed by
the U.M.WA. at Greensburg under
the NRA called for miners to receive
their cars at the switch where they
will have to push them into the face
of the COAL This is direct violation
of the State Miners Law.
After all this, where the miners
formerly had a man trip the first
day, upon returning the miners had
to walk out of the mine which takes
one hour of time, because of the lack
Of a man trip.
The miners of Export local of the
U.M.WA., resent these conditions
and are determined to fight against
the Lewis machine who has bargained
all their lives away to the coal opera
nrS,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Mullins Mfg. Co.,
Salem. O., Stabbed
ON Detroit Strike
lBy a MetaI Worker Correspondentl

(By Metal Worker Correspondent
SALEM, Ohio. At the present
time we are having boom here in
our Mullins Mfg. Corp. caused by
the strike in Detroit of the tool and
die makers. I am writing this to
show how the tool and die workers
are scabbing on themselves and de-.
feating their own purpose.
Hundreds of tool and die makers
were shipped from Detroit here to
Salem, o., probably workers at Dodge
and Chrysler. working on new Dodge
and Chrysler tools and dies, also
several other jobs which are being
kept secret.
This is to point out that to win
their strike they must organize
golidly taking in every one from the
floor sweepers up. To win they must
call a general walkout, and when
these dies and tools from this shop
and other shops arrive In Detroit,
to stop all production coming from
these dies.
All Detroiters whose friends have
left Detroit and have come to Salem
to work on tools and dies should
know their so-called friends are
scabbing. Our N. r. A. prosperity
has Topped. All departments are
laying men off or completely shut
ting down, except the tool and die
room, which works "a hours g. day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Virginia, Minn.,
JObleSS Miners
Now Organizing

(By Mine Worker Correspondent
VIRGINIA, MINI. This Steel
Trust stronghold of the Iron Range
is getting to be the city of poverty
for the unemployed miner.
Unemployed single men who get
no relief have established several
Hoovervilles on the outskirts of the
town. In trying to make their liv-
ing quarters as comfortable as pos
sible, a group Of men started dig
ging well to obtain fresh water.
This took place some time ago. In
digging the well two workers were
overcome by gas and died at the
bottom Of the well before help could
be gotten.
Things like this are allowed to
take place while residences and
apartment buildings stand vacant in
this much boosted Queen" city.
The Virginia Unemployed commit
tee is busy making contacts while
selling Daily Workers throughout the
working class sections of Virginia, to
start a mass movement for imrnedi-
ate relief and compel the Steel Trust
controlled St. Louis County to come
across with food, clothing and
shelter for all unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Warns Against UMWA
Leaders Who Pretend
to Be in Favor of Strike
(By a Mime Worker Correspondent

tBy Mine Worker Correspondent
FAYETTE CITY, Pa. - l notice
that the q. M. w. A. leaders are
changing their methods in speaking
to the miners. Not long ago all of
them spoke and demanded that the
miners must return to work. Now,
while the big shots, Pagan and
others, continue to drive the miners
back to work, their appointed hench-
men in order to be able to speak
at meetings, are speaking in favour
Of the strike.
John Kramarich. better known as
"SWitcher," Is one Of these henchmen
who spoke AGAINST strike. but now
speaks in favor of the strike. They
do this because they know what hap
pened to Feeney at Starlight. want
to tell the miners something about
this guy Switcher, as I know him
real well.
Switcher was a radical at one time.
Later on he turned to be a traitor.
For his treachery he got a Job as
organizer of the U. NJ. w. A. and
held 1t in 1927 and 1928. When the
N. M. U. was organized he was one
OF the organizers Of the sluggers, and
became a slugger himself in break
ing up the convention. He acted
as a spy by going into the Mononga-
hela Hotel and identifying delegates
for the police and gunthugs.
Since he lost his job as an organ
izer he went into the bootleg pro-
fession and continued in the role of
a spy. He threatened his country
men, Croatian miners, with deporta-
tions.
Now again he is an organizer. Re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Misleaders Help
Coal Operators
Break Agreement
CBy a Mine Worker Correspondentj

(By Mine Worker Correspondent
YUKON, Pa.-The workers Of
Yukon and vicinity are now begin
ming to see the real contents of the
United Mine Workers agreement
which is supposed to give SO much
to the workers. Last Saturday the
Yukon local held it's meeting. Two
District No. chief organizers, Med
vid g. Nelson, were present. MedVid
spoke and said that the contract was
something new for the miners, that
although it is not good contract
it is better than we ever had, that
the companies are causing them q
lot of trouble and do not live up to
the agreement.
The miners know that the union is
a company union. Why? The Yukon
union passed resolution not to load
slate by contract at e. cents per
wagon. So none of the union men
went to work. But the company, having
the right to hire and fire, hired three
non-union men for the above price
and put them in place where they
could make S. day.
The pit committee found out about
this and next day told the three
miners Of the resolution and they
willingly went home. At noon the
pit committee, company, and union
officials, Pres Hughes being present
met to settle the dispute. Previously
the district officials stated that such
contract was not in the agreement
and the company had to pay the
regular wages of 1896 But at the
meeting the officials said the COM
pany has the right to make any kind
of a contract it wishes, if the men
are willing to work.
Then the UNIV. officials gave the
pit committee hell, because they
stopped the operation of the mine
Now the union decided to go to work
But the union men can no longer
get job because they were militant
All Of the miners openly said to
the organizers that this is a company
union. They are now seeing what
the former NM.U. leader told them
that it will be a COMPLETE sell-out.
The organizers plead with the min
ers But the miners are now BEGIN
nine to stir. Many say there IS goino
to be more hell in April, 1884, than
there ever was before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Calls MOntOur 10
Miners to Join
Hunger March
(By Mine worker Correspondent

by Mine Worker Correspondent
LIBRARY, Pa.-Here in Library
there is quite a group Of unemployed,
among them a group Of single men,
some of whom have been unable to
get work since 1881. We were get
ting relief of $3.50 week; some
single men were getting SIPS week;
some csc a week, whatever the re-
lief Investigator, Miss Cook, would
give us.
Last week, the relief checks that
were supposed to come on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, did not come
until Monday, and all the single men
were leveled down to 10 cents. The
families were also cutI I know one
family, that was getting $3.50 a week
for 4, only got $2.7o; another family
that was getting $2.70 a week got
cut to $214. All over this part of
Allegheny County cut was forced
upon the unemployed.
The excuse of the investigator is
that the Relief Board is changing
and mistakes were madel I don't
believe this lame lie. They have a
record Of every one getting the re-
lief, and why should the change in
the relief board cut our cheeks? I
believe it is one Of those Smart
methods to cut relief BY thousands Of
dollars without openly stating that
it is a cut.
However, we are preparing for the
Allegheny County Hunger March on
Nov. 26th. We have committees out
getting signatures of all who will go.
We are collecting money for trucks,
and receiving a very good response.
We must get among the miners in
Montour 10 and get them to support
our march, through a resolution,
donation of funds, and also by par
ticipating through committee, since
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Bethlehem Output
in Lackawanna Rises
While Jobs Decline

BUFFALO, N. YOU have to
be a capitalist mathematician to
understand the steel production
figures.
The Bethlehem plant in Lacka-
wanna, adjoining Buffalo, laid off
So ringers last week, and Is per
cent of the workers in the tool.
machine, electric and blacksmith
shops were indefinitely laid off.
The 9-inch, 6-inch, 1o-inch. 15-
inch and rail mills are not work
ing at all, 14-inch mill is work.
ing three days week, in the
chipping department 80 men have
been called in, but only to finish
one job, and out of "A open
hearths, only three are working
now.
Last winter, when this plant was
operating with the same number of
workers, it was considered operat-
ing at IS per cent Of capacity. This
year it Is being called 40 per cent.
Perhaps the plant is figuring in
the rumors that it will have
100000 pounds of steel to make.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Wages in United States Went Down IS Percent;
In US.S.R Wages Went Up 100 Per Cent
In Last Five Years

To the Soviet miner the future is
bright. AS the industry develops.
greater advantages come to the work.
ers in the form OF increased wages
and shortened working day, while
new homes, lighthouses, laundries,
kindergartens and children's play
grounds are built near the pits. The
miners working day is only six hours
from bank to bank, including the
travelling time from the mine mouth
to the working face and back to the
surface. The miner knows that in
the Soviet Union industry and gov
eminent belong to the working class
His wages will increase from year to
year and his living and working con-
ditions will improve surely and stead
lily.
For miners in the United States
the outlook is exactly the opposite.
Instead of improving conditions, the
National Recovery Administration is
fixing wages at level far below the
already lowered level of 1929. The
TALLY wage TdJeS uIluST bile NIV.A.
agreement for the two most imports
ant coal states, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, are even lower than
the miners average daily earnings
in 1881. (See Mining Notes, October,
1889. Instead of the 6-hour day, the
code keeps the miners at work eight
hours at the working face, in addi-
ton to travelling time. The Anthra-
cite code, as proposed by the opera
tors, calls for 48-hour week and
does not provide for the employment
of any additional men in the mines.
Neither this code nor the bituminous,
already in effect sets forth any pro-
visions for increased employment in
the coal industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25

There has been an unbroken rise in
wages every year since 1924. A
further increase Of 10 per cent in coal
miners wages was planned for the
current year, 1888, and will be shown
in later figures on the industry's rec
ord for this year.
Wages Down s. Per Cent Here
In the United States, on the other
hand, coal miners wages have shown
steadily downward trend from 1922
to 1893. Average earnings per day
for soft coal miners and leaders de-
clined from s703 in 1922 to ST. in
January February, 1888. This repre-
sents drop Of nearly SIS per cent
Moreover, extreme irregularity of
Awork meant that miners in Illinois,