The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-12-08
STRAIGHT FROM
THE SHOULDER
BY TED WOOD

Back in the early days of the scottsboro when the
National Association for the Advancement of Coored People
banding together its legal forces fight the raroadng
of the nine defendants and the Communist Party MAX
ing its strongest bid for Negro membership the refusal by
the N A c. p to join hands with the reds in fight
for the common cause" indicated that the N A. A c. P
recognized the P derment to the Cause of Scots
boro In fact, the N A A. C. p Though always
initial the subect has done better job of calling the
turn the c. than the most avowed enemies of the No.
1 crackpo organization.
The Communist Party (even in Seatte) boasts of it's
achievements in the of the black brother although
my teback book said achievements could be otted down
in bold face cigarette paper and still have plenty of
space left to tell what has done for the world general
Space does permit comparison of the records of the
N A. A c. and the c. P in fact such comparison would
perhaps be insulting to the N A P However, let look
at little note Since its origin the N A A p has in
diligently waged relentless battle for Negro rights say
ntelgenty because the organization has at time de-
manded justice at the of other classes has
denounced the American system of government in
spite of the suffering the has been forced to endure
der American democracy The N A. c. has raised and
spent millions in the of social advancement and true
democracy and today of the most highly respected
CARNATIONS in the world In short, the N A A. c. P. has
distressed from its original platform has the col
ecve face of the organization been Redeemed by the
conduct of its executives Today, America is better place
for ALL peoples because of the unrng efforts of the N A
A. c. P.
Despite the rawlings of the c. p it's achievements the
field of social advancement fail to the stan
dard of the N A A. c. P 1t thus While the N. A.
c. lobbyed Washington for passage of legislation de-
signed to make democracy work, the Communist Party
mounted it's intellectual dreadnaughts soap boxes
and every hall could afford and fed the communist bao
all who stupid enough to listen land contribute
to the collection box 1t the story and
again the Communist Party through secret process
m it not through the degrading routine of daily
told discovered that people who hungry should eat that
scan clothed need decent garments and that Americas
s jewellers should have the advantage of decent housing
1.-The c. p would have had all these discoveries
had the world known about them for the past hundred
years. AS much hate to agree with the c. P. must
admit that when the pangs of hunger strike the mdsectons
indeed pleasure to partake of food that decent clothes
necessity and that sleeps much better under roof
than under the stars
Seattle interference by Communist infested organiza
tons prevented the Imprisonment of police officers who had
been convicted of killing Negrohe is history The
local reds will of rise up in righteous indignation
accusation but the records show that their technique
for ntimidatng and dominating meetings directly
sponsbe for the freedom of the police officers All of which
may not make to the reader but it does make
the necessity for determination the part of the local
chapter of the N A c. to keep its executive board free
of the Communist faint The affairs of the Seattle NAACP
nteigently conducted which would be impossible
under the smallest percentage of Communist influence