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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Citizens Want Resorts
Closed In Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi Sew
eral murders and assaults COM
mitted recently in resorts and
night clubs on Highland Avenue
have resulted in petitions ask
ing the mayor to close the re-
sorts. Colored citizens complain
the resorts are located in one Of
their best resident districts and
attract rowdies and other unde-
sirable persons. Two colored men
were shot last week by white
men who attempted to enter a
private residence mistaking 1t
for the Harlem Breakfast Club.
One of the colored men. Joseph
Nichols, died from his wounds,
and the other, Frank Tolliver, is
in the Asbury Hospital in a cri-
teal condition. Wendell Scrog-
gins, musician, was stabbed last
week during a fracas in the Har-
lem Club. Citizens all over the
city are aroused over condit. ons
now existing in the Highland
Avenue district.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
NEGRO AND JEW
WILL SURVIVE;
SAYSRABBINISE

NEW YORK = Recounting a
story OF brutality to the Jews
in Germany. Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise said. Il have the same
fee ing tor any wrong done to
any member OF your race"
Rabbi Wise was the principal
speaker at the twenty fourth
annual mass meeting of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People on
Sunday afternoon at the Society
OF Ethical Culture Auditorium.
Gath and Central Park West.
The subject Of his address was
"ParalleLsms Between Hitlerism
and the Persecution Of Negroes"
He said the Negro and the Jew
both had a great spiritual herr
tage.
I'VE have learned the art OF
survival" said Rabbi Wise, and
that the Negro win survive also.
The meeting was the Associ-
atoms opening gun Of q nat
tional campaign for a federal
anti-lynching law. The annual
business meeting Of the Associ-
alton was held at 2 o'clock on
Monday afternoon at their Of
fices. 90 First Avenue.
Rabbi Wise stated that hat
reds and bitterness against a
race is due to an inferiority
complex on the part Of those
who hate: 1t is the result Of q
conscious or unconscious reaIi-
zation that the object Ct hatred
is actually or potentially super
Tor. Those who prosecute Jew
or the Negro do so because Of
fear and a moral and spiritual
defeatism."
The speaker. comparing the
persecution of the Jews in Ger
many with the lynching and the
burning of Negroes In America,
stated that the differences lay
in the fact that in Germany
such persecution "is matter OF
government policy"
Germany is hurt more than
the Jew, for we are going to
survive" he said, adding that it
will be many years before Ger
many can live down its "abys-
NAL wrong" against the Jewish
people.
The Rabbi remarked upon the
great spiritual treasury" given
to mankind by the Jews since
Biblical times, saying that he
could easily match the record
of Jewish contribution to civili-
cation with that Of Aryanism."
He decried the attempt made in
Germany to regiment the Jews
for you cannot be forced and
constrained to be what you are
not"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
N.R.A. Question Box
Compiled by ShirI H. Blalock
District Compliance Director for NRA
In Washington, Montana, Wyoming

must be individually marked as
clearance merchandise.
3. Where state laws prescribe
shorter hours than those allowed
by the hotel code, the state law
prevails. In the State of Wash
ington, 48 hours per week Is the
maximum for public housekeep-
ing workers; Montana 8 hours
per day maximum; Wyoming 3
hours per day, AZ hours per week
4. Where state laws prescribe
higher wages than those requir-
ed by the hotel code, the state
law prevails. In the State Of
Washington, public housekeeping
workers must be paid not less
than $14.50 per week. If hired by
the week, or $3.50 per day Of 8
hours, or 35 cents per hour. wy
oming allows time and one-half
for daily overtime in emergency
employment.
5. Outside service employees
may not work more than 81 hrs.
per week, unless paid time and
one-third for all overtime.
6. Discounts offered to quanti-
ty purchasers. or for cash pay
ment, must be available to all
like purchasers without discrim-
nation.
7. No, local or regional price
discrimination designed or effec-.
tive to unduly injure COMPETE
tors is a violation of the code.
would be a code violation.
8. No, such requirement
9. Yes, changes can be made
at any time by the administra-
tor upon recommendations of
the code authority.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
CWA CLERK JOBS
FOR WHITES ONLY


WASHINGTON - CLERK: a
person, white, employed to keep
books, have charge of cores
pondence, ETC." This is not Web
ster's definition of CLERK" but
a new definition being proposed
and promulgated by one David
Rund, white, in charge OF the
Federal Employment Bureau here
who has charge Of registering
applicants for jobs under the
Civil Works Administration and
sending out registrants to posi-
tons as they are called for. This
surprising reason behind the fact
that while within the past two
weeks 1000 white collar" JOB
seekers have been placed, no
places have been found for any
colored person, was uncovered
last week and has started a wave
of protest which promises to
reach the President.
Promises Action
Clark Foreman. Advisor on
Negro Affairs in the Interior de-
partment was Immediately adj
vised of the facts uncovered by
the committee and he has start
ed protests demanding action,
which he says will reach the
highest authority unless the pol
icy is Immediately changed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

NEW YORK-For the purpose
of setting up an anti-lynching
lobby office in washington and
working for the passage of the
Costigan- Wagner federal anti
lynching bill. the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People issued an appeal
Monday for a special fund OF
5000.
The money will be used to pay
for stenographic service, travel
ing expenses of witnesses to ap-
pear before the Senate and the
House committees. telephone and
telegraph, assembling and pres
entation of evidence in support
Of the bill. launching a nation
wide campaign, further investi-
CATION of special cases, printing
Of literature, and communication
with branches and other organi-
cations. This work can be done
most effectively frc1n a Wash
ington office.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Domestic Code Would
Create 5000, 900 Jobs
Minimum Salary of $50 Month Stipulated
For Sleep-Ins

by the employer. Employment
for less than q month shall be
so cents extra in addition to the
regular wage.
Six days Of 48 hours shall con-
stitute a working week. The
eight hours of service daily shall
be arranged between employer
and employees.
Any time in excess Of eight
hours Of work daily is to be paid
for at the rate of time and q
half, computed at the regular
hired help are the hardest slave
monthly wage. Women with
drivers in the world and incred-
IDLY stingy" said Edward Rybicki
director Of the agency sponsor
ing a code Of fair competition
for domestic servants.
There are exceptions. but I
am speaking Of the average. We
get scores of letters every month
in which servants complain be-
cause they are expected to work
Is hours a day for small pay
and perhaps for no pay at all.
Attic women have been treat
ing household help outrageously
for years there was nothing the
servants could do about it," he
continued. "A man will let his
help organize. but not a woman.
Now I think there ought to be
q chance for them to get a
break" said Mr.. Rybicki.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
HARLEM HOSPITAL
GUSTS NA1 DOCTOR


NEW YORK-Dr. Ignaz Griebl,
who won notoriety recently b.
his public espousal OK Maxi prtn-
ciples and declaration Of Nordlc
superiority, resigned from the
staff Of Harlem Hospital this
week, after delegation Of pro-
fessional men had called at the
office of the City Department
OF Hospitals to ask his dismissal.
Harlem Hospital. operated by
the city has both Jews and Ne
groes as members Of its staff.
Its patients are made OF both
these races as well as Of other
nationalities. Both the Negroes
and Jews resented DR.. Griebl's
attitude and pointed out that he
was disqualified by reason Of his
views for his position as assis-
tant clinical surgeon. dealing
with varicose veins. Oh. Grtebl
was an intimate Of Heinz Span
noble who recently sought to or
ganize a branch OF Hitler's Ma
zis IN New York.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Keeps Corpse
III Home; Believed
Husband Still Alive
LABOR CHIEF SAYS.
PULLMAN COMPANY
CRUEL TO PORTERS

WASHINGTON-Ex tention OF
the railway emergency trans
portation act to include Pullman
car workers was urged Monday
by William Green. president Of
the American Federation Of La
Dor.
Describing the present work.
ing conditions Of Pullman p0r-
ters as cruel and injurious to
health, he asserted their de
pression-depleted incomes hard
ly suffice to meet the barest re-
quirement" Of $4,000 Negroes,
whose bread winners are these
Pullman workers"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
It's Me CLord

THERE Is TYPE OF person
who believes that NOBODY else in
Gods earth is sincere except
himself. Every act of everybody
else is prompted by impure mo-
tives. II you don't agree with
him you are liar and a cheat.
He can not see how anybody
else can be sincere. He places
himself on a pedestal and ex-
poets everybody else to fall down
and worship him. And, if you
don't, you are q fool and a trail
tor to your race and everything
else. Regardless Of what other
men accomplish or attempt to
do this self appointed saint says
that there must be something
wrong with the man who did it.
Besides me there is no other.
Look on me, I am all that is
loyal and true. Everybody else
is a cheat and q fraud.
AS A MAN THINKEST in his
heart so he is. When a man
reaches the point where he 5c-
lieves everybody else is crooked
the public had better watch out
for that man. When man
impugns the motives Of all the
rest Of The people there is some-
thing wrong with him. A man
can not be sincere if he thinks
everybody else is a fake. AS was
said many years ago still it must
be said, you can fool some of
the people some Of the time but
you can't fool all Of the people
all the time" And the man who
tries it is exceedingly foolish. In
your own estimation you may be
the only person living but God
in His infinite wisdom made
millions Of other folk.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Here's A Chance For Young
Writers to Earn Some Money

The story Of sny N.AA.cP.
Branch may be used.
Essays may be submitted from
any institution whether there be
a local branch there of the AS
ISOLATION or not. Essays submit
ted from institutions shall first
be sifted by a committee repre-
senting the local branch Of the
Association or the faculty of the
institution. Only the best essays
in the judgment Of the local
committee shall be sent to the
N.A.AC.P. National office which
will appoint a national commit
tee to select the prize winning
essays and three additional es-
says in each set for honorable
mention.
Each Of the six prizes will bear
the name Of some eminent per-
son. Other by-regulations for
each local contest may be deter
mined by the local committee.
All essays must reach the Ma
tional Office Of the N.A.A.CP.
not later than May IS. 1884, so
that the winners may be an
in the press in June.
and also at the Annual Confer
ence Of the Association.
This essay contest is known as
the N.A.A.C.P. Quarter-Century
Essay CONTEST in honor OF the
Associations twenty-fifth birth
lay, February IL. 1884.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
KHAN
PREVENTS MEET
OF UNEMPLOYED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Five
hundred Negro and white dele
gates to the Alabama Confer
ence Against Unemployment were
barred from meeting here Sun
day by the local Ku Klx Khan,
five carloads of police, motor
cycle squad and plain clothes
men. The white and colored
delegates were prevented from
entering the Thirgood Memorial
Church by the police and Khan
who patrolled the vicinity and
turned back the delegates with
threats of harm. The police
branded the meeting as dan
gerous to the peace and welfare
of the community very likely to
lead to a race riot" The chief
of police issued a statement in
which he stated the meeting was
called by Communists for the
purpose of stirring up the hat
red of Negroes against their
white employers. Colored and
white people of Birmingham were
dwelling in peace and we will
not permit agitators to inflame
the minds of our Negroes and
cause trouble. The Ku Klux
Khan in full regalia visited the
minister of the church Saturday
night and threatened to force
him to leave the city if he al
lowed the conference to be held
in the church. He refused to
close the doors of the church for
the conference. When prevent
ed to enter the church the dele
gates held a street meeting adj
dressed by white and Negro
speakers who denounced the ac-
ton of the police. The delegates
pledged themselves to carry on
a free speech fight and to hold
meetings in the neighborhoods
against the proposed sales, tax,
for more unemployment relief
and for the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill. Delegates
will be elected to the Washing
ton Convention against Unem-
ployment on February 2. in spite
Of the police and the xxx.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

WASHINGTON, D. c. eSpe-
cia) Hugh S. johnson. national
administrator OF the NRAs has
received a code for domestic
workers from Edward 9. Rybicsi
director OF the City Free En-
ployment Agency. and Joseph T.
Pagan. president Of the House.
hold Club, Inc. Of New York. 1t
provides a forty-eight hour. six
day week and q minimum salary
Of $50 a month for "sleep-in"
household employees.
The term "sleep-in." the code
explained. means a domestic who
lives IN the home Of the en-
ployer and is furnished three
meals day at the latter's ex-
pense. while a "sleep-out" en-
ployee Is one who lives elsewhere
and Is not fed by the employer.
The lowest wage is paid to in
experienced workers." who re-
ceive 500 q month according to
the code, while "couple-combin-
ations" receive the highest mini
mum salary Of $1l0 a month.
The code as received in Wash
ington contained a wage-scale
which II made effective will pro-
vide for 100000 additional part
time jobs-a worthwhile effort
f'Dr the MIRA.
For all workers. whether ur-
ban or suburban, If Transports
ton is required. it shall be paid
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
TELLS NEIGHBORS
THAT HUSBAND IS
FEELING FINE"

4 number Of weird pictures
and drawings. q crystal ball and
numerous pieces Of card board
cut in strange geometfic designs
led authorities TO believe they
had uncovered q "voodoo mys-
terry" IN Seattle last Saturday
when they found q colored man
dead In mis- home, at 2211 Lane
st. The man. George Johnson.
81. had been dead at least two
weeks, coroner's deputies said.
Decomposition had set in. The
body however had been kept all
the time in the home and there
we're evidences Of attempts to
feed the corpse whose mouth
was found to be stuffed with
meat and bread. Neighbors
summoned police when they be-
came suspicious Of the actions
Of Mrs. Katie Johnson, wife,
who for three weeks refused to
Ut anyone In her home to visit
her sick HUSBAND. They told
police Mrs. johnson refused to
admit them, always saying. you
can't come in. George Is asleep
and you will wake him up. He's
feeling fine, I fed him today"
When officers entered the
home they found the body OF
Johnson on a couch carefully
covered with blankets. On q
chair by the couci was q plate
Of food, a pitcher of water and
q box Of pills. Mrs. johnson
urged the police not to disturb
her husband, telling them that
George didn't sleep well last
night and he needs rest" She
said she gave him the pills Ito
clean out his mind" Margaret.
19-year- old daughter, was found
hiding In q closet OF the home.
Investigation by police disclosed
that Mrs. Johnson returned to
Seattle two years ago from Sc
dro Woolley where she was in
the asylum ten years. Johnson
secured her release to care for
him when he took sick. The
daughter Margaret is also feeble
minded. Authorities stated both
the mother and daughter will be
sent to the asylum. The body
of Johnson was cremated Tues
day. He was a pioneer resident
Of King County, coming here in
1892 to work in the coal mines
at Newcastle. Recently he was
employed as a car washer for
tie Northern Pacific.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
N.A.A.C.P. Seeks $4,000
For The Anti-Lynching Bill

Support of the bill will re-
quire an enormous amount OF
extra work and expense. wholly
outside the regular budget Of the
N.A.A.C.P.. Walter White. secre-
tary, declared.
1T must be apparent without
argument" he said, that this
work is expensive. It must be
done at once and there must be
no let-up. We cannot afford to
wait and have this bill drift al
ong until the last few days of
Congress. The public must real
ize that tremendous detailed,
day-to-day work is necessary
right in Washington. Decisions
have to be made promptly and
frequently action has to be TAX
en- at once, by the quickest
means of communication.
"There is a good chance that
the bill will pass, but there is
much opposition to it and all Of
Continued on Page TWhl
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
DIXIE SENATORS
PLAN TO BLOCK
LYNGHING BILL

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Sou
thern Democrats in recalling the
Democratic filibuster against
so-called Republican force bill.
the Dyer anti-lynching bill in
1872. declare that II any effort
is made to force a vote on the
anti-lynching bill introduced IN
Congress by Northern Democrats
a similar filibuster viii soon de-
velop in the present session.
The new measure-the anti
lynching bill Of two Democratic
Senators, Wagner Of New York
and Costigan of Colorado-fol-
lows closely upon the lines OF the
bill fathered by the late Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge (R) Of
Massachusetts. in the early days
Of the Harding administration.
The Lodge bin died when Sou
thern Democrats tied up the Sc
nate for three days by the most
spectacular filibuster in memory.
The Wagner Costigan bin is
believed destined for a like fate
If its authors try to force vote
upon 1t. Both measures provfd-
ed that q county would haye
to forfeit $4,000 to the family
OF the victim II its officers fall
ed to prevent q lynching. This
was the provision that provoked
the filibuster In 1922.
Then Senator Harrison cd
Of Mississippi. now one Of the
key men Of the Democratic adj
ministration. and the late 5ena-
tor Oscar Underwood CD -
Alabama, led the filibuster. Har-
rison began It by Directing to
routine approval Of the Senate
journal. No Senate had ever
made such an objection. 1t pro-
voked roll call.
Harrison lost. Then he made
a score of different motives for
amending the Journal. Invari-
ably he lost but he kept the
Senator answering roll calls day
and night until 1t finally aban-
doned the bills.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

Editorial
Campaign for Jobs

THE THEME SONG Of the
Negro in 1884. must be Jobs,
Jobs, and More Jobs" Our
greatest effort must be concen-
trated toward this objective.
unselfish and wholehearted
support and cooperation must
be extended to the Negro per-
sonnet Of the National Emer-
gency Council IN Washington.
working assiduously to get for
Negro citizens all the blessings
and benefits possible from the
MIRA.
IN THE QUEST for Jobs we
must think primarily in terms
Of the mass. Of the economic Sc
curly Of Negro family life. ra-
bher than in terms Of q fat job
for one man OF special compen-
sation Tor politicians and self
styled spokesmen Of the race.
Battling for more and better
jobs for Negroes IN 1884 means
nothing unless mental attitudes
are changed and faith renewed
in our own Initiative.
R OUR CHURCHES are not
getting collections. falling down
in rallies. far behind in mort
cages and current expenses, it
is not basically because church
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18

THERE rs A KuNK in the black
mans composition which makes
him never satisfied unless he is
pulling his brother black man
down, and. of course, the white
man takes advantage Of this defect
IN us and makes use of it for eur
ultimate undoiug. It may be said
that strife and dissension are COM
mon elsewhere and among other
races. That may be. But we have
to remember this, that never does
the white man misjudge and mis-
represent his brother white man to
the outside world and that is one
source Of their strength-this sense
Of group unity and interest.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
EIGHT NEGRO BANKS
GUARANTEE FUNDS
UNDER NEW Law

WASHINGTON, D. c. = The
banks which the National Negro
Bankers Association has listed
as having qualified for member
ship in the deposit guaranty
corporation are:
Citizens and Southern Bank
and Trust Co, Philadelphia, Pa,
r. r. Wright. ST.. president.
Citizens Savings Bank and
Trust Co., Nashville, Tepc, H.
A. Boyd, president. and ]. c.
Napier. cashier.
Citizens Trust Co, Atlanta,
Ca, A. T. Walden. president; L.
D. Milton, cashier.
Consolidated Bank and Trust
Co.. Richmond, va, E. C. Burke
president; w. s. Banks, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Crown Savings Bank, Newport
News. Va, w. P. Dickerson, pre-
sident; j. H. Ridley. cashier.
Danville Savings Bank and
Trust Co., Danville. va, G. W.
Goode. president; M. C. Martin.
cashier.
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
Durham. N. c.. C. C. Spaulding,
president: r. L. McDougald, ca
shier.
Charleston Mutual and Saw
ings Bank. Charleston, s. c., j.
A. McFall, president.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
Walks to Hospital,
Hatchet In Skull

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Willie Jack
son, colored laborer, walked ell
even blocks to the City Hospital
Monday with a Ratchet stuck in
his skull. When the amazed
physicians removed the Ratchet
and bandaged the wound, Jack
son told them his common law
wife, Ethel Harwick, struck him
over the head with the Ratchet
during an argument over $1.1O
he owed her. Jackson said eth
ell gave me three minutes to dig
up the money but she whacked
me over the head one minute be-
fore time was up" When arrest
ed the ~o1nan denied the charge
and ayerred the Ratchet fell off
a mantle Shelf and stuck in
Jaekson's skull while he was
chasing her during a quarrel.
said Jackson's wound
is not dangerous but he has an
hard head.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-18
QUESTIONS


/. In figuring cost under the
loss limitation provision of the
retail food and grocery code, can
cash discounts be deducted2
2. What is the ruling Of the
master retail code authority on
the marking Of clearance mer-
chandise?
8. What are the maximum
working hours for women hotel
employees2
Z 4. What are the minimum wa
eSs for women hotel employees?
S. What are the maximum
hours for an employee deliver
ing merchandise for a retail food
and grocery establishment.
6. Can g retail grocer offer
special prices or discounts to
preferred customers?
z. Can chain grocery stores cut
prices in one locality only with
the intention or effect Of injur-
ing competitors2
8. Can food and grocery re-
taller compel a buyer to pur-
chase one product in order to
purchase or obtain another pro-
duct?
8. After a code for an indus
try is In effect, can 1t be chang
ed?