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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
National Mediation Board Asked
TO Act in Pullman Wage Dispute

CHICAGO, Ill., In compliance
with the provisions of the Railway
Labor Act, as amended by the 73rd
Congress the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters has appealed to
the National Mediation Board to
intervene in its dispute with the
Pullman Company about the wag-
es and rules governing the work
ing conditions of porters.
According to A. Philip Randolph,
national president of the Brother
hood, he invoked the aid of the
National Mediation Board through
George A. Cook, secretary, after a
series of conferences resulted in a
refusal on the part of the Pullman
Company to grant any increase in
wages or reduce the hours of work
as had been requested by the Bro
therhood.
Conferences for the negotiation
of an agreement for the purpose of
regulating hours and increasing
wages July Goth; followed by an
adjournment for several weeks.
They were resumed September 16
and continued through the 10th.
Then another adjournment follow
ed, at the request of the Pullman
management in order for it to stu
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
Crooner Refuses to Sing
elsie of Capri" Again

NEW YORK CITY (ANP) =
George Williams, wandering gui-
tarist and singer" crc Led his way
out Of Jail here this week when he
was baled into court charged with
vagrancy, but declared that he
could not sing the isle of Capri"
any more because I have found it
is in Italy and I must be loyal to
Ethiopia"
Williams had been arrested when
he was caught singing in front of
a Harlem tavern. When he was
hailed into court he had his guitar
suspended across his shoulders and
in compliance with a request from
the Judge rendered several selec-
lions that led to his liberation. The
judge told him of the italian origin
of the song he sang and elected
bis declaration that from now on
lie would have to change his rou-
tine.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
Baltimore County Education Board
Denies Petition For 4 High School

BALTIMORE, Md.-The county
board of education on October 8
refused to receive a petition sign
ed by residents and taxpayers Of
the county, requesting the board
to establish Negro high school
here. The board also refused to
hear Thurgood Marshall, attorney
for certain taxpayers, acting in
behalf of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The county provides twelve high
schools for white pupils and none
for colored pupils. The white pu-
pills are automatically admitted to
the high schools without examina-
ton, but the colored elementary
graduates in the county are re-
quired to take an examination to
determine which ones will be sent
at county expense to the colored
high schools in the city of Balti-
more. It is charged that these ex-
aminations are SO handled that on
ly the number Of pupils that the
county feels it can afford to edu-
cate are sent to Baltimore. More
than half the colored pupils who
would be eligible to attend high
school are thus denied the chance
to do so.
The county board not only re-
fused to receive the petition and to
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
''Y'' Committee to Hold
Anniversary Celebration

The YMCA Extension Commit
tee will celebrate its second ami
versary on Friday, October Is, at
the A.M.E. Church, 14th and East
Pine, Seattle. The committee in
charge of the celebration has ar
ranged an interesting program, in
Guiding such prominent speakers
as Mr.. Edwin Socolofsky of the
main "Y," Mr.. Clarence r. Ander-
son, well known attorney; Douglas
Brown, high school student, and
many others. Mr.. Frank S. Bailey,
president of the Seattle YMCA has
been extended an invitation to be
principal speaker. Several must
cal selections are being arranged
by Prof. L. L. McGruder, which
will include a solo by Mr.. James
Clayton, a string trio, and others.
There will be no admission charge.
The public is invited to attend and
become better acquainted with the
work of the YMCA Extension COM
mittee.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
Arkansas Choppers
Win Farm Strike


MARKED TREE, Ark. (CNA)-
The strike of Arkansas sharecrop-
pers and farm workers, led by the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union,
has already succeeded in raising
wages from so to rs percent.
Before the strike, the wages for
a hundred pounds of cotton picked
was from rs to so cents. Since
the average amount a man can
pick day is 300 pounds, days
work would bring from rs cents to
$3.50.
AS soon as the strike was called,
wages were raised in many places
to 40 ana rs cents, and in five
counties, effected by the strike,
the prevailing wage is now 75c.
This tremendous victory is coup
led with the fact that the union
has forced local authorities to re-
lease most of the arrested union
leaders los
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
ILLNESS CAUSES
PAUL robson TO
MISS BROADCAST

NEW YORK-Paul Robson, in
ternationally famous singer and
actor, was forced to cancel his en-
gagement as guest artist on the
ITO Arms for Peace" program last
Thursday evening over the Column
bia networks because of illness.
A microphone was placed at Mr..
Robeson's bedside and he express
ed his regret to the radio 1udience
for not being able to fulfill his en-
gagement after coming from Eng
land to do so.
Mr.. Robson then introduced Mr..
Clyde Barrie, baritone, to substi-
tute for him. Mr.. Barrie, one of
the featured soloists on the Chs,
sang two numbers, Deep River
and Great Day." He was accom-
panied by Howard Barlow and the
Columbia symphony orchestra.
Mr.. Robson arrived in this
country last week to take part in
several productions, both on the
stage and screen He will appear
in Edna Fsrber's "Showboat" that
viii be filmed shortly He has
spent the last few years in Lon
don, where he now lives, during
which time he has appeared in sew
eral English made pictures.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
united STATES,
LIBERIA RESUME
DIPLOMATIC TIES

MONROVIA, Liberia After q
lapse of five years, diplomatic re-
lations were resumed between Ii
IBERIA and TIE United States when
Lester A. walton. representing the
latter country presented his ere
dentials to Edwin ]. Barclay. pre-
sident Of the Liberiar republic last
week.
Minister Walton accompanied by
Frederick r. Hubbard, Charge D.
Affairs ad interim, was escorted
from American Legation to Execu-
tive Mansion by squad Of Liberiar
frontier force under command OF
Capt. Henry w. Dennis and from
tier force band, which played Am
erican airs.
Minister Walton and Mr.. Hib-
bard were attired in the customa-
ny evening clothes and silk hats,
President Barclay and members Of
the cabinet wore formal morning
dress. Minister Walton. in pres
enting his credentials, said:
Mr.. President :-P Particular sig
nificance devolves upon the tradi-
tional relations between Liberia
and the United States as present
my credentials to you. as my Gov
ernment's representative in Mon
rovia. It is the beginning of new
era, auspiciously begun in these
relations which I am charged to
develop and cement on terms Of
mutual regard and good will. Ny
government q ever ready to assist
your efforts and feels confident
that it will continue to receive
your cooperation in obtaining the
Continued on Page Three
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WARNS AGAINST
ANTI ITALIAN
DEMONSTRATION

WASHINGTON CAMP - Al
though condemning Italy's aggres-
sion against Ethiopia, Congress-
man Arthur w. Mitchell, Chicago
Democrat, deplored Saturday the
tendency of American Negroes to
demonstrate against Italians. Re-
ferring to the Italian campaign, he
stated:
II don't believe we ought to
charge the Italians in this country
with any responsibility for it. I
think demonstrations such as we
have had in New York and Chi
cago are wholly unwarranted and
calculated to do my people harm.
1T regard the attitude of Italy
as being purely a well planned
and deliberate move to exploit
what she regards as a weaker ma
ton. To my mind there is no more
justification in Italy's attack on
Ethiopia than there would be in a
bandit taking a machine gun and
holding up a bank.
Everybody have talked with,
white and colored, is in sympathy
with Ethiopia and feels that Italy
is in the wrong to jump on weak
er nation. OF course, I can see
Italy's viewpoint too-that nobody
interfered with others in their ex-
ploitation. But I think the day of
exploitation is past"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
FIRST AMERICAN
HOSPITAL Is SET
UP in ETHIOPIA

NEW YORK-The first Ameri-
can volunteer field hospital unit to
aid Ethiopia will come from Har-
lem and the staff will be seven Ne
gro physicians and surgeons, 1t
was announced Friday by Horace
G. Knowles, treasurer of the Com
mittee For Ethiopia, 228 e. 45th
St., who also stated that the Gin
cinati and Cleveland committees
had also pledged the national Of
flee to each raise q field hospital
unit.
1.-The Committee For Ethiopia
will supply all the physical equip
ment for a fifty-bed field hospital
unit, including medical and surgi-
cal supplies, pay the freight and
transportation for the volunteer
staff" said Mr.. Knowles. Thru
the kind cooperation of the manu-
facturers the entire cost of a fifty
bed field hospital unit landed in
Adds Ababa will only be five
thousand dollars, and the equip
ment is complete even to rubber
gloves, sutures and needles. 1t is
wonderful to be able to state that
the Cincinnati committee also is
organizing a field unit and another
is expected from our Cleveland
group in answer to the bombing of
the Aduwa hospital"
A former United States Minister
to Roumania, Bulgaria and Serbia,
Mr.. Knowles, who has served in
the American diplomatic corps for
CONTINUED on Page Three)
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dy the cost of the agreement. On
October 2, conferences were re-
sumed and extended through until
October 4 when they terminated.
The conferences were broken off
and application was Immediately
made, through telegram, invoking
the services of the National Medi-
alton Board, after a disagreement
between the Brotherhood and Pull
man management over the matter
of wage rates and hours and miles
of work. The economic side of
the porters case was presented by
DR.. Edward Berman, consulting
economist for the Brotherhood,
and professor of economics in the
University of Illinois.
Randolph stated that when the
Pullman Company fatty refused to
grant any increase in wages or re-
duce the hours of work, or inn
prove the present working condi-
lions, he Immediately invoked the
services of the National Mediation
Board. He said that he received a
prompt reply from the secretary
of the board stating that they had
forthwith taken jurisdiction over
the case and had notified the Pull
man Company of this fact.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
TIMELY ACTION

THE SUCCESS OF the Repub-
lican party In the coming election
is dependent upon organization
and platform. The colored Repub-
licans of King County, through the
King County Colored Republican
Club under the active and capable
leadership Of Mr.. e. I. Robinson.
its president. just staged a banquet
which was attended by 23O invited
Republicans. including the white
state and county officials of the
Republican machine. I'he announc-
ed plank of the colored contingent
Of the COP, to become part of
the Party platform, providing for
just and fair share recognition in
the spoils of the victors, for alleg-
lance to the cause, met with COM
mon accord, and proves that the
group is about to head its ship of
state on the proper course when
aid Is needed, which is indee ]
timely.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
MEN
ADDRESS KING CO.
REPUBLICAN CLUB

In ringing tones, at the first an
nual banquet Of the King County
Colored Republican Club, Thurs
day night, October II, the organi-
cation laid down its policy. That
policy was announced to be that
the colored group henceforth
would be an asset to the party, not
liability and that through loyal
and practical service it would de-
mand and insist on recognition not
only in party councils but in the
sharing of fair proportion of the
spoils of victory
The banquet, held at the Mt. I'll
on Church, 10th and East Madison,
drew the biggest crowd of Repub-
licans that had gathered in years,
taxed the capacity of the church.
It started at 7 p. m. and not until
midnight did the toastmasters
gavel rap the board of adjourn
ment. 1t was good natured talk
feast. Speeches were many and
varied from impassioned oratory
to crude joking. Quartets sang and
preachers invoked Divine blessing.
Tentative candidates kindly sought
unspoken favor and all this garn-
ished with food that would have
made a prize-winning chef bow his
head In shame.
It did another thing. It present
ed Seattle with a POSTMASTER, e.
I. Robinson, president of the Club,
whose wit and humor and whose
mastery of the gavel gave a few
lessons to even the speaker of the
house. He introduced many who
merely took bows and promptly
carried through the program with
out a break.
Under symposium discussion Ar
my Seijas spoke on the aims of
the Young Republicans League,
Mrs. Gus Brown pledged loyalty of
her associates, W. H. Porter of
Yakima described the utter lack of
employment of Negroes under the
Democratic set-up at Coulee Dam.
Just before adjournment in re-
Spouse to insistent calls from the
audience, a few remarks were
made by the Hon. Ralph A. Horn
and Melvin G. Winstock.
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brown CONDER
OF ETHIOPIA GIVES
GRAPH|CACCOUNT

NEW YORK CAMP IL Close
mouthed, dependable Johnny Rob
inson, Tuskegee institute, 1925,
now known as the Brown Condor
of Ethiopia" and the star aviator
of Emperor Halle Selassie's army,
was in on the Italian aerial bomb
ardment of Aduwa last week and
folght off two Italian aviators,
equipped with superior machines,
to take the news of what happen
ed at Aduwa back to the Ethiopian
Emperor.
Robinson, the Chicago boy who
was on the scene, refuted stories
Of .he great number of Ethiopian
dead, and asserted that many of
the townspeople sought refuge near
the Red Cross hospital where the
heaviest casualties occurred. His
story as told to the United Press
correspondent at Adds Ababa, the
capital, after his return from Adu-
wa, was as follows:
II arrived at Aduwa Wednesday
with dispatches in my airplane.
stayed overnight. Four large bonn
bling planes arrived over the city
on Thursday at break of day and
began bombing.
They caught the city asleep and
unawares. The majority of the in
habitants grabbed whatever be-
longings they could nearby and
ran to the outskirts.
Many sought refuge at the Red
Cross hospital, imagining that they
would be protected there.
IT saw squad of soldiers stand
ing in the street dumfounded, look
ing at the airplanes. They had
their swords raised in their hands.
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hear Mr.. Marshall, but stated that
1t was doing as much as it intend
ed to do for Negroes, and that ac-
ton to increase high school facil-
tiles was going to "set the Negro
race back many years" Mr.. Mar
shalrs next step will be to appeal
to the state board of education.
Not only are the colored children
in the county restricted in being
sent to Baltimore for high school
work, but they do not have their
tuition paid for the full length Of
the city school course. The sys-
tenn in the county is to provide
seven years elementary and four
years high school, or eleven years
in all. The city system is six
years elementary, three years jun
Tor high, and three years senior
high, or twelve years in all. The
county pays for only until the end
of the eleventh year leaving the
pupils to pay their own wey If
they choose to finish the city school
system
The N.A.A.C.P. is interested in
securing high school facilities fo-
the children in the county, and Mr..
Marshall is considering the advis-
ability of filing suits in the event
the state board of education does
not make some satisfactory ar
rangement.
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EDITORIAL
GOOD MOVEMENT

TOO OFTEN WE find the par
ents Of today lacking in interest
as to the environment in which
their children spend their leisure
hours. The chores that had to be
done both before and after achool
by the children Of a few years ago
have been eliminated IN the aver
age city home by the many mod
ern labor-saving devices of today.
with employment scarce for the
present day youth. it becomes the
duty Of every parent to do his or
her utmost to guide and direct the
child IN the proper use of leisure
hours. and to surround the child
with such wholesome environment
as win beneficially influence him
spiritually and morally. develop
him physically and guide and dir
ect his mental incIinations along a
plane Of sufficiently high ideals as
win develop q higher standard of
American citizenship Ia the COM
ing generation.
The YMCA has built splendid
reputation for moulding and guild
ing the mind and body Of youth.
A group Of our citizens in this city
have seen the need Of and are en-
deavoring to establish in the East
Madison Street district where ma
ny colored boys reside and need
proper supervision Of their leisure
hours, a branch Of the YMCA.
These efforts are laudable and are
receiving the approval and support
q the main y1dCA Of this city.
Those no hare the interest q the
community at heart have seen at
to support the movement. 1t mer-
its your support. morally and fin
ancially. If you cannot see fit to
support It, you should first ac-
quaint yourself thoroughly with
the movement before you criticize.
You will then not criticize it.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
Baltimore NAACP Gets
$2,O58 In Campaign

BALTIMORE-A total of 81, 05S
was reported here last week by So
licitors in the annual NAACP
membership campaign. Walter
White, the NAACP secretary, was
the principal speaker at the mass
meeting where the reports were
received. The workers voted to
continue the campaign for several
more days, stating that many adj
ditional members could be recruit
ed.
A feature Of the mass meeting
was dramatized radio sketch of
the famous Sweet case Of Detroit,
written by Ralph Matthews OF the
staff Of the Af1o-American. This
sketch was to have been given ov-
err station WCAc last Sunday, but
at the last moment the station can
celled the skit on the ground that
it was not the type of material the
radio public would want to hear.
The players then gave it to the
mass meeting just as it would have
been given over the air. Other fea-
lures Of the Baltimore campaign
were a parade and an organized
squad Of soap-box speakers on the
street corners. The campaign was
conducted by Mrs. Daisy E. Lamp
kin and Miss Juanita e. Jackson.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17

SCHOOL BOARD
BARS NEGROES

COLLINSvILLE, III. (CNAl -
Reactionary elements are trying to
prevent the attendance of Negro
youth at the collinsville Township
High School.
Pressure by wealthy whites on
the School Board forced a reversal
of the decision to admit Negro stu
dents. despite the overwhelming
vote for equal rights at a meeting
o. the entire student body and the
general agreements of the parents
of the town to Negro attendance.
The reversal means that Negro
students win have to travel eleven
miles to Edwardsville to attend the
jirc crow school there.
After registering last week at
the ColiinsvilIe school nineteen Ne
gTc students were told to return
or Monday ready to attend classes.
Over the week end, reactionaries
publicly threatened the Negro
youth If they insisted on appearing
at classes and prevsiied upon the
School Board to reverse its stand.
Preparations. initiated by the
Young Communist League, for the
formation of a united front to
smash the discrimination are und-
er way. Local unions of miners,
women's auxiIiaries, churches. and
Negro organizations have been
asked to send representatives to
committee to fight for the rights
of the Negro students.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17
N. CLARK SMITH
DIES FROM STROKE

KANSAS CITY, Mon. Clark
Smith, internationally known mu-
sic composer, died here Tuesday
morning from a paralytic stroke.
Death came at 2:15. The deceas-
ed suffered his first stroke eight
weeks ago.
N. Clark Smith was one of the
outstanding musicians of his time.
While In Africa during his early
manhood he developed themes up
on which he later based his now
famous African Symphony, in five
episodes.
Named band and orchestra lead
err during the period of Booker T.
Washington's life, Smith brought
the Tuskegee musical organization
into its first national notice. He
won the Wannamaker prize in
1880, and was later supervisor of
music in st. Louis, position he
resigned this year.
During his busy life, N. Clark
Smith found time during one per-
iod to become bandmaster of the
Fighting" 9Th Illinois Regiment;
wrote many songs and taught in
the Kansas City school system.
The deceased is survived by a
wife, Mrs. Laura Smith, Kansas
City; a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Will
liams, Chicago; two sisters, Mes
DANES Liberia E. Harrison, Chica-
go, and Marie Smith, New York.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-10-17

The B.Y.P.U. Mt. Zion Baptist
Church has arranged a musicale
to be presented Sunday evening at
8 p. m. Solos by Merry Newton,
J'ustitia Davis and Joe station;
chorus arrangements for 80 voices,
and a trio composed of Donald
Gatewood, Justitia Davis, and Joe
station, will make up the program,
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Just say - saw II advertised In
the Enterprise"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20
MRS. M. M. WALTI !. SUCCUMBS AT47
Popular Fraternal Figure to Be Inferred Here TO-
 morrow Afternoon
TORRINGTON Correspondent: Thomas Carr. Phone TOrringt0n 644S

Mrs. Martha M. Walti, AT, wife of Alfred Walti of 354 New Litchfield street, died at 11:50 yesterday morn ing at the Charlotte Hungerford hospital where she had been a pa- tient since December 8. Death was due to complications.
 Mrs. Walti was well known in fraternal circles. She had been pres- ident of Torrington Review, Wo- mems Benefit association, for 18 years and was recently reelected to that office. She had been managing state deputy for the order for 8 con- siderable time and had participated in several state rallies.
 She was past matron of Pierpont chapter, o. E. S., 8 member of the Harriet I. Burwell Past Matrons and Patrons association, O. E. S., Star of Berkshire lodge, Shepherds of Beth lehem, Hope Grange and I. w. Steele Woman's Relief corps.
 Mrs. Walti was born in Port Jer- wis, N. r., April 6, 1888, a daughter of Marc and Elise Gemmeret Rene vier. She had resided in this city for 30 years. Her weddin gto MT. Walti, who is a building contractor, took place September 2, 1910. Survivors include her husband, 8 daughter, Mrs. Edmund Froeliger and her mother, Mrs. Elise Rene- vier, al lof Torrington.
 The funeral will be held from the family residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. G. Homer Lane, pastor of Center Congregational church, will off1ciate. 1nterment will be in Hillside cemetery.