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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
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Workers Alliance

A record attendance is expected
at the big Open Forum meeting
of the Workers Alliance at the
Workers Alliance Hall "a Main st.
at 500 p. m. Sunday night Novem-
Der 18th.
Mrs. F F Powell will speak on
the subject, Seattle City Govern
ment AS a member of the City
Council, and member of the Par
ent-Teacher Association she is well
qualified to discuss the serious
problems of Women and children in
this crucial period that the city
is now passing through.
Mrs. Powell was the member of
the City Council who lead the fight
for the Warren Avenue Low cost
housing project, a badly needed
Civic improvement project.
This is Mrs. PowelPs second APP
pearance on the Open Forum plat
form, as she will be up for re-elec-
ton in the spring, it will be a good
opportunity for the citizens to
meet Mrs. Powell personally and
get acquainted with Seattle's hard
working Councilwoman.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
May Present Evidence
To Lehman For Action

Hudson, New York-An investi-
cation by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People has been launched here into
the arrest of three Negro youths
October 81 and their trial and con-
viction the following day on third
degree assault charges growing
out of their fight with several
white men one of whom it devel
oped was New York state trooper
on vacation.
The youths were: Denny and
Carroll Williams, brothers, 10 and
20 years old respectively and
George Washington, 81. Accord
ing to an association investigator
who visited Hudson, November 6,
the youths, who are represented by
an attorney, are out on bond, pend
ing the hearing of an appeal from
their conviction. The N. A. A. c. p.
is studying its Investigators re-
port with a view to presenting the
evidence before Governor Lehman
dmanding an investigation
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Ask Probe OF
Vocational Training
For Defense In Ala.

New York-The Unid States Of
flee of Education has been asked
to investigate conditions affecting
Negroes in vocational training for
National Defense in Alabama,
where it is charged that state and
local administrators have refused
to give such training to Negroes
on the ground that industrial
plants in their local communities
refused to hire Negroes.
The N. A. A. c. P. acted after
receiving complaints from John B.
LeFlore, of Mobile, Alabama,
chairman of the associations re-
gional conference of southern
branches
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
40 Mil Tax Limit
Popular Victory

= Credit for the decisive victory
accorded Referendum No. 5 in the
election was given yesterday to the
newspapers of the state by H. F.
Syford, chairman of the 40-Mill
Tax Limit Committee.
IN this campaign where more
controversial subjects threatened
to overshadow the 40-mill measure
the newspapers were persistent in
pointing out to their readers that
the law was just as important to-
day in maintaining property SOL
vency as it was in 1882" Syford
declares in public statement.
He also pointed out that the
40-mill tax limit law will probably
afford more protection to property
owners during the coming legis-
lative session than ever before.
This election also brought about
the passage of another bill which
will demand of the Legislators an
enormous appropriation" Syford
said. "If no stop-gap existed in the
form of tax limit, property would
undoubtedly be regarded as a most
convenient paymaster 1t should
not be necessary to point out that
the home owners, farmers and bus
mess men could not bear this ex-
ira burden and stream of con-
fiscation would result"
The Tacoma realtor indicated the
committee felt that voters were
entitled to some form of perman-
ent property tax limitation rather
than being subjected to the nui-
sance of voting to re-enact the
present law every two years. The
law has passed with large MAORI
ties five consecutive times.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Y.W.C. A. News

Staff and Board members of
the YWCA are planning an all day
Setting-Up Conference at the
Branch Monday, November Is. The
session will open at 10 a. m. with
a Girl Reserve Committee meeting.
Registration at 1870 a. m. will
precede the luncheon. The Com
mittee of Management of the Phyl-
lis Wheatley Branch will be in
charge of the luncheon and dinner.
The Phyllis Wheatley Branch
wishes to thank the community
and civic clubs for their partici-
patton in the Harvest Home Fes-
tival Friday November 8.
Mrs. L. b. Young, chairman of
the Committee of Management,
Mrs. Lonnie Shields of the Com
mittee of Management, and Miss
Idell Vertner, Executive Secretary
attended the Reginal YWCA Con-
ference in Portland, Ore. Novem-
Der II and ID.
Miss Helen Edwards of Portland
Ore. and Mrs. Hazel Fuller and
daughter of Oakland Cal. have
been recent guests at the Branch.
The Reverend John r. Harris
pastor of Grace Presbyterian
Church, will be the last speaker
on the Marriage series of lee
ture. He will discuss the spiritual
aspect of marriage, November %.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Time To Work

This is the time for labor, no
less than capital, to show its pa
triotism.
There can be no further excuse
for unjustified strikes, which could
be prevented by honest arbitration
for labor racketeering of any kind,
or the wage and hour demands
which go beyond all reason, and
which slow defense production.
If labor has any just grievances,
Cancellation can cure them, Public
opinion, that mightiest of correct
i've fores, will always support the
exploited, and see that the exploit
er is controlled. And, by the same
token, public opinion will, and
rightly, give short shrift to those
who seek to promote industrial
warfare.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Seattle Public Forums

Americas Stake in the Euro
pean Conflict" will be the topic
for the meeting of the Seattle Pub
lie Forums at Broadway High
School Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der 10 at 8 o'clock. Professor
George Edward Taylor of the Or
iental Studies Department of the
University of Washington will be
the leader.
Professor George Taylor has
spent many years in Europe in
study and teaching. He is a stu
lent of international affairs.
He will present differen t
points of view of this controversial
problem, and the audience will be
invited to take part in the discus
sion after the presentation.
Because of Thanksgiving there
will be no meeting of the Parent
Education Forum Series Thursday
evening, November 81. Plans are
being made for panel discussion
of How Much Freedom for
Youth ?" on November %.
These free forum meetings are
being sponsored by the Seattle
Public Schools and the United
States Office of Education.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Illinois Gets Defense Jobs
Few Are For Negroes

Washington, Nova million
men and women have gone back
to work in the last two months,
Sidney Hillman, head of the labor
division of the National Defense
Advisory Commission this week
asserted in broadcast from
Washington over national broad
casting company circuit. Hillman,
who Is the labor front" of the
administrations vast amendments
program, declared that the labor
requirement of the defense pro-
gram were being met.
He made it clear that most of
the million persons he claimed to
have found employment, were plac-
ed in the defense industries which
are notorious for their blunt re-
fusal to hire Negroes. Thus, it
can be safely assumed that very
few of the million were Negro
workers.
simultaneously, Senator Wheel
err ID. Montana) revealed that a
special Senate committee had I'M
covered evidence indicating that
German, Italian, japanese and
other foreign-owned or controlled
interests may be silent partners
in American defense industries
According to Wheeler, many
firms with defense contracts and
job bias against black Americans,
were paying royalties to the gi-
gantic German chemical and mu-
nitions trust" There We're indica-
tons, Wheeler added, that mot
only did the German trust receive
these payments, almost directly
out of the Government treasury
but it was placed in a position to
fix the price which the Government
must pay to manufacture bullets
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Something
Different

The staff of the Northwest
Enterprise will issue the larg-
est and most unique holiday and
souvenir edition ever published
I'm Seattle of the Northwest. You
may send your holiday greet
ings to relatives and friends In
all parts of the United States
and Canada through the col
umns of your favorite publica-
ton.
1t is your privilege to insert a
card of greetings or a photo
newspaper cut with a message
In your own words (see sam
ple).
Call the Northwest Enterprise
Ca. 9779, Mr. McCants, Adyertis-
ing Manager. Will call and give
rates and particulars. Space is
selling fast, so get your order in
at once. All churches, lodges and
places of business urged to CO.
operate. More than 5000 copies
will be mailed throughout the
United States and Canada. A
very interesting holiday and
souvenir edition. Who's who in
Seattle and the Northwest?
The Enterprise Holiday Edi-
tion will answer.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
N. A. A. c. P. Calls Upon
Valentine And Dewey
To Act In Early Case

New York-Following up its ac-
ton of last week, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People announced today
that letters have been sent to Po-
lice Commissioner Valentine and
to District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey asking the former whether
the police report on the kicking
of Patrolman James Sloan last Oct.
% by White House Press Secre-
tary Stephen T. Early has been
completed and calling upon the
District attorney to present the
evidence to grand jury for inves-
tigation.
In the letter to Valentine the as
ISOLATION urged that mo stone be
left unturned to effect the punish
ment as provided by the law for an
attack upon an officer in the per-
Torrance of his duty"
NAACP officials visited the pa
trolman last week at his home,
where he is recovering from the
effects of a kick administered to
him by the White House secretary
after the latter had been unable
to reach White House train at
Pennsylvania station because a
guard of New York policemen in
Guiding Sloan, refused to allow him
to go up.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Public Affairs Program

Public Affairs discussion lead
ers of the adult education program
sponsored throughout the city by
the Seattle Public Schools, assis-
ted by the Work Projects Admin
istration are available to conduct
forums without charge.
Leaders in this group study
problems of local, national and in
ternational interest and conduct
forums on the subjects chosen.
Members of the audience are in
vited to ask questions and discuss
the subjects.
Groups desiring to take advan-
tage of this service may secure
additional information and make
appointments by calling or writing
the Adult Education Department
Seattle Public Schools, 80 Dex-
ter Ave-, Alder 0900.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
CHARITY BALL j..

Divided between many charit-
able institutions will be the pro-
ceeds from the Self Improvement
clubs twenty-first annual Thanks
giving ball to be held at Macca-
bees Hal, Ill Spring St, between
First and Second Avenues. Pat
ronage of this affair will enable
the person to (1) enjoy himself
by dancing to the strains of good
music and (2) experience that
glow of self satisfaction that
comes when he feels he has helped
to give someone a new lease on
life.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Somewhat
Expressive
Harold HOlifield

Whenever some white person
starts to tell me about his dear
old nanny of whom he thought
more than his own mother, Tan
obvious lie) I Immediately stiffen
reflexedly. Usually following such
how he used to play with colored
children at home in Tennessee or
somewhere. That is supposed to
make the colored person feel very,
very good.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
CARNATIONS TO

Wendell Willltie, who rose from
political obscurity to be a subject
of argument in three corners of
the nation and who conducted
campaign in the American way
and says he will still voice his con-
victions that race hatred and pre-
judice have no place in a democ-
racv
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
SPLASH .

Near Tacoma, there is a taper
ing tower, their tops thrust heav-
onward and two beautiful APP
proaches of cleaning concrete,
slightly looped on one side. IT'S
a monument to mans ingenuity,
but something seems missing. One
nice thing, Seattle's bridge is al
ready in the water.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Angel From Heaven

Mrs, Verinda Brown, who joined
the Father Divine movement in
1880, came back to earth with
$5,949.57 for which she had sued
the cult leader. Also, she won her
household effects which she had
turned over to him. This happened
in New York.
Qwertyuiop
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15

Dc uOIle.
most valued inheritance from our
old slave ancestors, and is the one
thing for which the Negro should
never cease thanking our Heavenly
Father. Yes, it was burdened
hearts and souls bowed in prayer
that brought these grand old songs
of joy and praise, to the hearts
of the Negro. Many of our an
cestral mothers were raped by
their masters, and their offspring
sold into other parts of the country
into slavery. 1t was prayers from
these kinds of hearts that caused
Negro spirituals to be born. This
is the special gift from God that
I am trying to tell you about. No,
the white man nor any other. race
or nation can duplicate this spe-
cial gift from God to the Negro,
and this original music left us by
our ancestral parents surely is the
Negroes most valued inheritance.
This music was an1 IS now, the
worlds most popular medium in
bringing together in one accord,
all peoples of the earth. To our
young people who are often crit
icized by our Church leaders, for
using the tunes and rythms of
our spirituals for their youthful
pastimes, 1 share with you these
criticisms. From any source, as
I see it, you are successfully max
ing more progress in uniting the
people of the earth in brotherhood
with your other words and rythm
from our original spirituals, than
any organization on earth. 1 note
by attending your entertainments
that you have had great success in
proving your power to create in all
races that happy shout and forced
Amens, that only spirituals and
their offsprings can bring about.
God help you to fully realize the
price paid, that you might enjoy
the privilege of leading the world
into peace, and soul stirring hap
piness.
1t may be yours to bring this
wicked people of the earth back to
God. Pray as you enjoy this the
very sweetest music and rhythms
that this old world affords. 1t is
yours by inheritance, and the i'm
provements you are making from
year to year, in 1910, really dupli-
Gates the ways and antics of our
ex-slave parents of so years ago.
I speak from personal experiences.
Trust God and these burdens of
hate and discrimination will van
ish. Someday, and you and your
children will then take your right
full places in the world.
Praise God this Thanksgiving
and all days between the ones
designated, for being member of
a race that can truthfully boast
of special gift and mission, from
our Creator. Let's trust him at
his word, and accept no other lead
ership than his. AS dark as it may
seem at the present time, God is
truly looking after his own, and
you are included. Let's sing more,
pray more, love each other more
and thank our heavenly Father
for this most valuable inheritance
of sacred spirituals, the special
gift from God to the Negro.
BY the way, this valued inher-
itance left us by our slave ances-
tors has accomplished more for
the Negro in finance, and every
other way, than any other one
thing on earth. The Negro and his
music, as little as you may think,
is doing more to hold this old war
torn world together, than any one
thing on earth. Think it over, and
then be thankful.
A Happy Thanksgiving to all.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
More About Teachers

Continued from Page One)
University in New York, and re-
ceived a certificate of Public
Health from Delmar Institute in
New York City in 1884.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
PUZZLE???

Why does Seattle have no col
ored school teachers and Baily
Gatzert school, composed mostly
of japanese students, no Japanese
teachers?
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15
Church News
First A. NJ. e. Church, 14th Ave.
between Pike and Pine Sts., Rev.
L. r. Hayes pastor.

Sunday school $50 a. M, Rev.
K. L. N. Bell, Supt.
IL a. m. Mrs. E. e. Shelhamar,
Evangelist, will preach Subject:
"Old Time Religion" 1870 p. m. her
subject is after Death, What ?"
At $50 A. C. E. League, Juanita
Coleman, pres.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15

Keep0f Date, Nov. FL: Self I'M
provement Club Annual Charity
Ball.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-15

KeepOff Date, Nov. 81: Self I'm
provement Club Annual Charity
Ball
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-16

when Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai
Births youth organization, made
Scouting a part of its program.
In that year Russ made a special
trip to Omaha, then headquarters
of the A. 2. A., to meet with
Henry Monsky; Sam Beber, found
er of the A. 2. A.; the late Harry
Lapidus; all members of the Su-
preme Advisory Council; an d
Philip Klutznick, then executive
secretary of A. 2. A. Soon after,
the A. 2. A. set up permanent
committee on Scouting and insti-
tuted an officially designed Scout
medal, which is awarded annually
to its most active boys and lead
ers in Scouting.
In 1887, DR.. James E. West,
chief Scout Executive of the Boy
Scouts, on the occasion of the 18th
anniversary of A. 2. A., said 1--WE
have been especially impressed by
your nationwide cooperative pro-
gram with the Boy Scouts of
America which has resulted in the
organization of about 100 Scout
troops under the joint auspices of
Aleph Zadik Aleph and the B'nai
Birth"
AS part OF ten-point youth
and democracy program adopted
in 1889, the A. 2. A. undertook
to expand it's Boy Scout activity
and to encourage all eligible Jew
ish boys to join the Scout move
ment. The Supreme Advisory
Council, which is the ruling body
of A. 2. A., adopted resolution
urging B'nai Birth itself officially
to adopt the program of the Boy
Scouts as an integral part of the
program for boys of the constitu-
ent lodges and asked that a nat
ional B'nai Birth Committee on
Scouting be created. In response
to this proposal Districts 1, and
6 of B'nai birth have already ap-
proved action making Scouting a
part of the work of their constit-
uent lodges.
There are no exact figures on
the number of Jewish boys ir
Scouting but in 1886 it was offic.
tally reported that there were 347
troops affiliated with Jewish
agencies or institutions of one
kind or another. Today that fig.
ure is probably closer to 500. Il
should be twice that, and would
be if Scouting were understood
for what it is, program of char
acter building and CITIZENSHIP
training chartered directly b.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-16

Congress, with the President of
the United States as honorary
president. Scouting is neither
military nor anti-military. It
knows no race Or creed or class.
It's primary aim is to teach boys
to be of value and service. It
teaches loyalty to God and coun-
try. The twelve points of the
Scout law enjoin a Scout to be
trustworthy, loyel, helpful, friend
ly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and
reverent.
The Constitution of the Boy
Scouts asserts that the movement
recognizes the religious element
in the training of boy, but it is
absolutely non-sectarian in its at
titude toward that training. It's
policy is that the organization or
institution with which the Boy
Scout is connected shall give def
mite attention to his religious
life. Only men willing to SUBJ
scribe to this declaration of prin-
ciple shall be entitled to certifi-
cate of leadership in carrying out
the Boy Scout program"
To this has been added the fol-
lowing paragraph: ''In no case
where troop is connected with
church or other distinctly re-
ligious institution, shall Scouts of
Continued on Page Seven)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-16
Sentinels of Democracy
American Jewry And The Boy Scout Movement
BY JULIUS BISNO

During February, the Boy
Scouts of America is cele-
brating it's Both anniversary.
Mr.. Bisno, executive director
of Aleph Zadik Aleph and an
Eagle Scout, summarizes for
the first time the role of the
American Jewish community
in furthering the Boy Scout
movement.
THE EDITOR.
It is a happy coincidence that
the Both anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America should be cele-
brated in the same month as the
birthdays of George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln, for the
ideals of Scouting are identical
with those that animated the
lives of those two immortal Am
orleans. Both Washington and
Lincoln were vigorous opponents,
in word and deed, Of the demo-
cratic way of life, which is what
Scouting teaches when it upholds
the spirit of reverence, tolerance
and loyalty as the life blood of
America.
Among the more than 10000
religious, civic, and community
agencies that are joining in this
months celebration of the 30th
birthday of the Boy Scouts of
America are large numbers of
synagogues, Jewish Community
centers, chapters of the Aleph
Zadik Aleph and other Jewish
groups, for the American Jewish
community has been identified
with Scouting from its very in
ception. The late Mortimer l..
Schiff, like his father, Jacob H.
Schiff, a member Of B'nai Birth,
was one of the founders of the
Boy Scouts. For many years a
member of it's executive board, he
also served as international COM
missioner. During his life he
gave hundreds of thousands of
dollars to further the develop
ment of Scouting. In 1929 he
contributed $4,000, as a gift to
Lord Baden-Powell, founder of
Scouting, to be used for the ex-