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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
.ylONCHECK IS
GIVEN PRAISE

Congressman Marion A. Zion
check, seattle's brilliant and popu-
lar Representative in Washington,
D. c., has recently been accorded
nationwide acclaim and recogni-
ton for his fine, progressive re-
cord in the Congress of the Unit
ed States. In nationally syndi-
Gated article by the nations lead
ing newspaper correspondents, the
youthful statesman from Western
Washington was singled out as one
of the three outstandingly capable
ard progressive members in the U.
S. House of Representatives. In
view of the fact that there are 435
members in the Lower House of
Congress, the citizens and voters
Of Seattle and Kitsap County are
justifiably proud OF the unusual
distinction achieved by their rep
resentative in the National Capt.
toll The Democrats, in particular,
show pardonable pride in the fact
that they were instrumental in
sending to Congress such a fear
less and able champion of the right
of the American people.
That Congressman zioncheck is
regarded with profound respect and
admiration by his colleagues in
Congress, as well as by his consti-
tuents at home, is attested to by
one of the Oldest and most influ-
entail members of Congress, the
Hon. Robert L. Doughton, Chair
man of the powerful Committee on
Ways and Means, who writes that
g. 1 cannot speak too highly of
the splendid character Of Mr.. Zion
check, nor of the services rendered
by him since he has been in Con-
gress."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
COAST UNIONS
OPENING UP TO
NEGRO WORKERS

SAN FRANCISCO, Call amp
Negro labor win never again find
the doors of the International
Longshoremen's Association closed
against them"
Harry Bridges, Australian /. l..
A. leader, who came to this coun-
try via England, was the speaker.
and the sudden silence that follow
ed his words was rendered asunder
by the wild ovation of hundreds
uf union longshoremen who jam
med the Labor Temple Thursday
night.
Bridges who as chairman of the
General Strike Committee, practi-
cally paralyzed the great cities Of
Oakland and San Francisco by
calling for a general walkout, low
cred the bar that kept black and
white labor alike, corraled in the
privileged classes.
Says Unions Awakened
The meeting, which was called
to determine the future policy Of
the union where the Negro was
concerned, is indicative of the
changed attitude Of the union wor-
ker.
In his address, Bridges was
loudly applauded when he an
nounced:
THE Association has finally a.
Weakened and are taking the most
potent weapon of the employer, the
BLACK SCAB. BY accepting him
into our organization on equal
terms, we are moulding It to our
own USE"
It was also announced that there
would not be any segregation in
separate gangs, but the men will
be scattered Unfortunately
throughout the dock personnel.
To see that his order is obeyed
to the letter a special committee is
to be appointed to investigate dock
conditions and their principal du-
ty will be to see that no worker is
discharged or intimidated because
of race or color.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

or of old-age pensions for aged de-
pendent on the state. Mr.. Green
feels that the poor houses are
a relic of the past which should
not be permitted in a progressive
community.
He is vitality interested In our
schools and feels that every boy
and girl should get nine months
schooling every year. He will OPP
pose any attempt to restore the
old system now advocated by some
wherein text books are paid for by
the student. It is far more econ
omical for the district to buy them
in wholesale quantities.
Taxation is a matter with which
he realizes the coming session of
the Legislature will be faced. He
has given the subject much study
and feels whatever action is taken
this load should be lifted from the
people in moderate circumstances
and placed on those more ade-
quately able to pay.
According to Mr.. Green the
coming session of the Legislature
will be one of the most important
in the history of the estate. More
serious problems must be settled
than ever before. If elected, he
pledges himself to be ever mindful
that, "a public office is a public
trust"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
James Hay Says To
Scrutinize Records

Speaking before a representa-
tive group last week at 22nd and
jackson ST., James M. Hay, can
didate for Superior Court Judge,
Department No. Is, urged the peo-
pie to scrutinize the men in the
field before making their selections
for the judiciary.
1.-THE time is here when colored
people are demanding a more equ-
table application and interpreta-
ton of the law; without reserva-
lions no matter what their station
in life may be. To give the same
consideration of justice without
favoritism. Men are all equal be-
fore the eyes of the law Those
in high places, guilty of criminal
violations should receive the same
treatment as the humblest citizen
regardless of creed or COLOR" he
said.
Hay, born in Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, came to Washington where
he attended the University OF
Washington and graduated from
the Georgetown Law School in
Washington, D. c., in 1922.
Several years experience in var
ious departments of the govern
ment, both here and in Washing
ton, D. c., in legal appointment by
President Roosevelt, as chairman
of the Veterans Review Board for
this state. He achieved an envi-
able record of justice and fair
dealing which endeared him in the
hearts of veterans and non-veter-
ans alike.
He has been a resident of King
County for over 20 years. During
the World War he served in the u.
s. Navy. He is home owner and
taxpayer, is married and has two
children.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

Seven Brothers To
Wed Seven Sisters

s WASHINGTON (uP)- An
nouncement BY Or. Simon p. w.
Drew, pastor Cosmopolitan Me-
gro Baptist church:
ION Sunday, September 9, at
p. M. there will be the mar
rage Of seven brothers to sew
en- sisters namely:
LEROY Cobb to Lulu Riley;
John Cobb to Mildred Riley;
James Cobb to Alice Riley; ST.
mon P. Cobb to Mary Riley;
Richard Cobb to Rachel Riley;
George Cobb to Susie Riley;
Walter Cobb to Julia Riley.
"One hundred bridesmaids and
ushers will act on this occasion,
the marriage TO be held in Cos
mopoIitan Baptist Church."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
New York's Mayor
Kisses Colored Child

NEW YORK (ANP)-When s.
year-old Charmaine Manson grows
up she may boast that she once
shook hands with Jack Dempsey
and that Mayor LaGuardia kissed
her.
In the children's ward of Knick-
erbocker Hospital, Saturday, DEM
psey shook hands with the little
colored girl who had fallen from
a tree. A nurse asked her If she
knew who was shaking her hand.
Sure, it's Jack Dempsey" she
said with a wide grin.
The mayor then shook hands
with her, but she didn't know him.
Then to make up for her ignorance
of his identity she offered him a
flower, which he accepted. He
kissed her on the forehead and left,
to send her some candy.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

EecOutmehu 20 my suttdu oUdy
friends and acquaintance Julian
I. Shay for Justice of Peace. He
has the experience and fitness for
the office and believes in that
broad spirit of Interpretation of the
laws that will better insure for all
men, rich and poor alike, absolute
equality" Others who have high
~ endorsed Mr.. Shay are DR.. Ar
thur Williams, well known chirop-
idist, Alfred Battle, past president
of Seattle Bar Association and
Wilmon Tucker, past president of
Washington State Bar Association.
Mr.. Shay, a graduate OF the Ma
tional University Law School of
Washington, D. c., came to Ever
EFT in the early COS to pract ce
his profession and was later elecs-
ed Justice of Peace and subse-
quently was appointed Police
Judge. He has been a resident of
Seattle for fourteen years and at
the present time is president and
legal counsel Of Shay Bros. & Gill
mer, Inc. He is eminently fitted
for the office of Justice of Peace.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Clarence Arai In
37th Legislative Race

Attacking the State A.A.A. on
the ground that it seeks to set
prices artificially to the detriment
and expense of the consumer, Cla-
renee Arai, Seattle lawyer, is wag-
ing a vigorous campaign for the
Republican nomination to the state
Legislature from the 37th district.
''Now is not the time to raise the
cost of living" says Arai, "but ra-
Their to bring it down. Why should
the housewives and school children
be forced to pay more for their
bread and milk than what the no.
nest merchant is willing to sell ?
Trusts and monopolies should be
curbed."
Arai is graduate of the Uni
versity of Washington, where he
attained the rank of lieutenant col
onel in the R.O.TC. He was adj
mitted to the par in 1924 and TO
the U. S. Supreme Court in 1881.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Jesse Binga Granted
Appeal by Ill. Court

CHICAGO, III. (CNS) = Jesse
Binga, South Side banker, who is
under sentence of from one to ten
years for alleged embezzlement of
$4,000 from the defunct Binga
State Bank, was granted writ of
supersedas by the Illinois Supreme
Court in Springfield last week.
Appeal bond was set at $4,000
by the court. Binga was convict
ed on June 2. 1888, and on Novem-
Der of the same year was SEN
fenced to prison, but has not yet
begun serving his term.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

Janet Powell TctIsellotte, Re-
publican candidate for state rep
resentative in the 37th districi /,
thinks that women have very de-
finite place in government not
necessarily as women, but as in
telligent and altruistic citizens. $50
many people, says Mrs. Tourtel-
lotte, have asked me why I want
ed to run for office. It seems to
me that such a question needs no
answer Why should woman
need to have special reason for
running for office any more than
MANI
There should be ne distinction
between the sexes in public office.
Education, qualification ard char
acter are certainly more important
than whether the candidate wears
pants or skirt,
II am not sponsoring woman's
legislation as such and I am ask
ing no votes because am a wom-
an. On the Otter hand, / ask that
votes be not withheld from me be-
cause I'm a woman. In politics, !
am an individual end a citizen and
am relying on the public to regard
me as such. After all. for quite
a long time now women have been
admitted to be persons"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
AGela Parker Runs
For Representative

Adela Parker. writer. Iectul sr,
and former teacher at Broadway.
High School, is a candidate for
State Representative in the 37th
District in the Democratic Prlma-
ry. She says: I'VE can end pow
erty If we will without lowering
any personal standard of living. I
favor the program Of the common
wealth builders to provide jobs for
all in this state and the program Of
President Roosevelt to END Pow
ERTY IN THE NATION"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

The Rev. H. B. Can't was re-
appointed pastor of the First AN.
E. Church IN Seattle at the recent
annual conference of churches of
the Puget Sound District held in
Yakima. Under leadership of Rev.
Can't, the First I1.M.E. Church led
all churches of the conference In
amount of money raised for Con-
ference Claims with total of
$500 For all purposes a total Of
S3547.41 was reported raised by a
membership of 275. Rev. Can't
came to Seattle a year ago from
Los Angeles. Special services next
Sunday win mark the beginning of
his second year as pastor of First
A.ME. Church.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Pan-American Flyers
Buy New AirpIane

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Dr. Alfred E.
Forsythe and c. Alfred Anderson,
aviators who win make Pan-Am-
erican goodwill flight this month,
left here Friday in their new 80
horsepower black and orange mo-
nocoupe which they purchased on
Thursday.
They will so to Chicago, Detroit,
and other Middle Western cities ca
their way to Atlantic city, where
they expect to begin their flight
September 30. This win be the
first flight by Negroes to South
America.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Two Brother Teams
Join Duke Ellington

NEW YORK The Three Miller
Brothers, sensational dancing act,
and the Three Palmer Brothers,
harmony singing trio, have been
sent from New York by Mills Art
lists to JOIN Duke Ellington and his
famous orchestra in Canton, Ohio,
opening at Loew's Theatre.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Sue Relief Officials

PHOENIX, Ariz. CAMP Mrs.
Emmit Jones of Phoenix is bring
ing action against two white over
seers in the government relief ag-
ency here Because Mrs. Jones
questioned their right to discrim-
mate between coIored and white
workers they accused Mrs. Jones
of being a trouble maker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

This Is the fifth Of gerles Of
articles oonoernipq vice dens in
New York city,
BROOKLYN, NY Especially e
Brooklyn Is the clearing house for
the vice market Of the North. In
one Of the New England towns
where this investigation carried me.
/ learned that q written list Of
girls wanted is mailed to Brooklyn
at least twice month.
Contained in this list were all
Of the requirements that the ca
diets wanted the girls to have. with
this bit Of evidence to work Oh. the
situation takes IN the Federal in
vestissalors, whose duty it is, a.
long with others, to punish men
and women for violation Of the
Mann act.
Father Drove Rose Out
There are other ways in which
these girls are started off IN this
life. as told BY Roses story. Rose
who said she was 10. but looked
not a day over 1e. had q child's
mouth that trembled as she twist
ed fold II her shabby dress.
Il came home late from dance
one night. confessed Rose. when
I got there yes. it was in Brook
lyn-the door was locked and my
father yelled at me from the win
dow. Get out and asay out.
So Rose stayed out: a youthful
frivolous and headstrong, but in
nocent young girl, without home.
job nor money. The boy whc took
her to the dance took her some
where else until he was tired Of
her Then Rose drifted into
house. She knew no other place
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06


a believe you people have faith
in my ability to give this county a
clean, honest administration You
know that for the past 20 years
my work has been in making So
ciety safe for you and your loved
ones, by the running to earth of
criminals.
81 have the ability to administer
the affairs Of that office in safe,
sane and economical way, and I
have the training to detect and APP
prehend criminals. will apprec-
late your vote next Tuesday,"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Is PAUPERIZED
UNDER "NEW DEAL"
AYERS CONGRESSMAN
ONLY HOPE IS
RETURN Of COP
TO CONTR0L

CHICAGO Representative Os-
car DePriest; only Negro member
of congress, this week assailed the
federal cotton control program as
leading TO reinstatement of the
Negro population of the South.
His attack was occasioned by the
announcement of Representative
William B. Bankhead Of Alabama
on Saturday that he would be a
candidate for speaker of the house
of representatives to succeed the
late Henry T. Rainey of Carroll
ton. ILL., Representative BanlKhead
and his brother, Senator John H.
Bankhead of Alabama, are CO.
authors of the cotton control law.
Representative DePriest charged
the Bankhead bill has thrown 80
per cent of the Negro cotton share
troopers, field hands and laborers
in cotton ginning plants out Of
work. BY increasing restitution
among such workers, he said the
law has virtually returned them to
condition of servitude.
Cut Employment 80 Per Cent
tThe Bankhead bill is the most
vicious example of how the New
Deal has worked adversely against
the Negro, particularly in the
SOUTH said Representative De
Priest.
1.-THE 40 per cent cut in cotton
acreage, under the bill, has cut en-
ployment about 80 per cent.
Throughout the south the labor
ing part of the population is de-
pendent largely for work upon
chopping and picking cotton. With
the marked cut in acreage, wages
of such workers have dropped to
about 81 cents from sunup to sun
down as against rs cents to 81
q yCdA o6O.
This is leading toward perma-
nent pauperization of the Negroes
and permanent pauperization is the
same as slavery.
IF Representative Banlxhead is
made speaker he will undoubtedly
attempt to press further legisla-
ton similar to the cotton law
which will complete the pauperiza-
ton of the south's Negro popula-
ton 1t will be recalled that Bank
heads bill was pushed through the
house and later through the senate
under the gag rule SO that there
was almost no debate.
The representative said that on
the whole the national recovery
program has not brought about
any benefits to the Negroes but
rather retarded them. While the
Bankhead law is cutting employ
ment in the south, he said that the
Negro is being injured in the north
by intensified competition between
white and colored labor, due to
MIRA legislation.
Purchasing Power Cut
1.-The purchasing power of the
Negro group has been lowered and
the standard of living among Ne
groes has dropped under the Mr..
A" Representative DePriest said.
This is largely due to the HER
archy of southerners in congress
under the New Deal. The north
has almost no important posts on
congressional committees.
"The only hope against the evils
of the New Deal for both Negro
and white is the election of suffi
cient number of Republicans to
halt gag rule legislation and re-
store constitutional government. I
believe the election of northern
Democrat to the speakership would
be a wholesome step toward real
recovery"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Carbureter Not Empty

ATLANTA, Ca. = Henry Muir
phys car ran out of gas. He OBJ
tanned some gasoline which he put
in the carbureter. Then he struck
a match to see if he had put in en-
ough.
Henry Murphy is now in Grady
Hospital.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

LANGSTON, OKLA (ANP) -
Prof. J. E. Patterson, well known
educator and first principal of the
Summer High School, Kansas CT
ty, Kan, died here at his home on
Tuesday and the body was shipped
to his former home for the funeral
and burial.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

and If nominated
and elected l am
going to appoint
one of their race
as a deputy" said
William n. Sears,
Republican Can
didate for the no
mination of sher-
|iff, in a speech at
the Ebenezer Ii
on Church We'd
nesday evening.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Many C willingly

There Is usually some fault or
weakness which helps drive girls
to hunt and to be hunted in the
jungle Of commercialized vice.
They are not carried off by the
hair; they go, in a sense. Of their
own free viii, and once they have
arrived there, lack the win power
to break away from the life that
win slowly but surely break down
every bit Of deceney they possess.
Sometimes they have had a love
affair with a boy friend without
benefit Of clergy. Sometimes they
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Tom Green Has A
Progressive Program

Tom Green, ag-
gressive young
lawyer, who is a
candidate for the
State Legislature
from the 37th dis
on the Republic
can ticket, is run
ming on a pro-
gram fayoring
forward looking,
progressive legis-
lation.
He is whole
hoorforJIu ~ foxy-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Recommends Shay
As Justice of Peace

J a m e s n
Drake, ell
known resident
and property
owner Of Seattle
made the follow
ing statement
this week regard
ing Julian L.
Shay Democrat
ic nominee for
Justice Of Peace:
TT gives me
great pleasure to
-. !. :. =. =
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06
Here's Good News!
Sears Will Appoint
A Colored Deputy

a believe the coIored people Of
King County are entitled to repre-
sentation in the sheriff's offices,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Chatters
announce the marriage of their
daughter Yvonne to Mr.. Eugene D.
Holmes,
Evening star., 1934-02-05

"Any friend Of hers would be well
coined by them"
Mr.. Gedge, who had no intention of
spending week end with the French
government, said so.
And Senator Opal is so powerful IN
Washington that he can practically
dictate appointments"
What appointments"
well, for instance the appoint
ment of American Ambassador to
France"
Who's going to be Ambassador to
France?" said Mr.. Gedge, mystifled.
He could not have asked a more
convenient question. 1t enabled Mrs
Gedge to place the salient facts before
him crisply and without further
preamble.
You are" she said.
The spectacle of human being in
agony is never an agreeable one. 1t
were well, therefore, to linger as
briefly as possible over the descrip-
tion of j. wellington Gedge as this
terse remark crashed into his con-
sciouSness, first gaping, then gurgling,
lllCll SdSplllS.
There are some who crave for the
honors their country can bestow. Mr..
Gedge had never belonged to their
ranks. He was not an ambitious man.
The thought of being Ambassador to
France filled him with a sick horror
If this awful thing went through,
it meant that years must pass before
he saw California again. And those
years would be spent in city which
he had disliked at sight and in the
society of just the sort of people who
gave him the heeby-j -jeebies And a
sudden grisly thought came to Mr.
Gedge. Didn't Ambassadors have to
wear uniforms and satin knicker-
bockers?
But I don't want to be an Am
bassador!"
Mrs. Gedge seemed to regard this
Evening star., 1934-02-05

what did he say?"
"It was not so much what he said.
1t was the general tone Of the letter "
Mr.. Gedge looked at his wife sharp
". Her face was wearing that dis
ouieting half-smile which always in
dicated that she had something up
her sleeve
What do you mean?"
"Oh nothing" said Mrs. Gedge
She was, as her husband had fire.
quently had occasion to notice,
secretive woman. Il am going to see
him when l get to London tomorrow,
and I think you will find that every
thing will be all right"
But why in the name of every
thing internal do you want me to be
an Ambassador"
II will tell you. When married
you, my late husbands sister Mabel
made herself extremely unpleasant.
She seemed to consider that woman
who had been Mrs. Wilmot Brewster
ought to be satisfied for life. I'm not
sure that when Wilmot died she would
not have liked me to commit suttee.
do what?"
81 was only joking. Commit suicide.
When an Indian dies, his widow burns
herself on the grave. They call it
suttee"
A rather wistful look came into Mr.
Gedge's face. It was just his luck,
he seemed to be thinking. that an
unkind fate had made the late Wilmot
Brewster a Californian and not an
Indian.
so I made up my mind that you
should be the next American AM
bassador to France. l should like to
see Mabel's face when she reads the
announcement in the papers. A
nobody. she called you. Well, the
Ambassador to France isn't nobody"
Despite the fact that his chin
receded and his eyes bulged, J..
wellington Gedge had certain rude
Evening star., 1934-02-05

sagacity. There might be things OF
which he was ignorant, but this he
did know, that If q man is a pawn
in row between women it is futile for
him to struggle. For a few tense
moments he sat picking at the cover
let and staring silently into a gray
future. Then he heaved himself cut
Of his chair.
I'll 60 get that Mal-de-Mer-o," he
said.
At about the time when Mr.. Gedge
was starting to toddle down to the
drug store, a tough-looking man in
one OF those tight suits which some
how seem to suggest dubious morals
had entered the cocktail bar Of the
Hotel des Etrangers.
The Hotel des Etrangers Is not far
from the Casino Municipale. In fact,
1t Is 80 close that q good sprinter can