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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
N. N. Congress
Dimes Randolph

WASHINGTON Leaders from
every walk of life in the nations
capital will attend a National Ne
gro Congress dinner here honor
ing the national president of the
Congress, A. Philip Randolph, on
March IA. The dinner is one of
the several affairs which Con-
gress officials are planning in pre-
paration of their Third National
Negro Congress meeting here on
April 1928.
In addition to President Ran
dolph, scheduled speakers at the
dinner include: John P. Davis, ma
tional secretary of the Congress;
Owen Whitfield, international vice
president of the United Cannery,
Agricultural, Packing and Allied
Workers of America, and Rev. A.
D. Gray, president of the Wash
ington Council of the Congress.
Among those who have made
reservations for the dinner and are
expected to attend are Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas; Sena-
tor Burton K. Wheeler of Monta-
ma; Hon. J. Finley Wilson, nation
al Elk leader; Charles H. Houston
of the NAACP legal staff; Geo.
Goodman of the Washington Ur-
ban League; and Mrs. Julia West
Hamilton of the Federation of Col
ored Women's Clubs.
Union officials who will attend
include representatives from the
National Brotherhood of Book
binders, the Construction Workers
Organizing Committee, the Amer
lean Newspaper Guild, the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Red Caps,
Local All of the Cafeteria Work
ers Union, Locals 781 and 80 of
the Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union, the United Federal Work
ers of America, the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, the Inter-
Continued on Page 2
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22

1t may be that the decree of the Boeg Arpane Co., and
the Aeronautica Union No. 51 is revocabe We have moth
ing to lose and everything to gain Let's co. The already
for the Advancement of Coored People and the National
Urban League two of the most powerful Negro organizations
EARTH release their findings to the National officers
These officers will place these findings before the National
Labor Relations Board the Aeronautca Division the Dies
Committee Already they sponsoring amendment to
the National Labor Relations Act to prevent racial dscrm
nation is modelled after the recently enacted amendment
of the New York Civil Rights Law which provides that no
Dor organization shall directly indirectly by rtuastc
practice constitutional bylaw prescription by tacit agree
among its members otherwise deny person per-
membership in its organization by or his race,
color creed deny any of its members by reason of
race color creed equal treatment with all other members
any designation of members to employer for employ
ment promotion dismissal by such employer.
peek behind the walls of privacy in politics or labor
unions may disclose vamns unfit for consumption Always
always. lift the label
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
New Deals Efforts
Lower Living Standards

What all this means, Mr.. Bar
ton says, is that the efforts of
Government to seize and maintain
power at the expense of the thrift
tier elements in the community is
depressing the standard of living
for the middle classes, and that the
New Deal cynically believes eff it
can buy enough votes in the lower
income groups, it can afford to dis
regard the middle classes"
To the Negro in the United
States, it means even more. For
years, they have been urged to
prove themselves good citizens by
acquiring homes, educating their
children, maintaining churches and
schools, and saving some part of
their all-too-meager earnings, and,
providently, providing some small
insurance for their families when
the inevitable comes.
Thousands and thousands of
them have done this. Statistics of
the Census Bureau, that barometer
of progress and failure, indicate
they have made remarkable pro-
gress during the rs years of their
emancipation.
In their struggles against nor
NAL Universities, they have enough
hurdles to surmount without the
additional ones of Governmental
distractions which prevent that or
derby progress our old-fashioned
concepts encouraged us to expect.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
B. 7. Washington's
Stamp On Sale
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

TUSkEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
- Charles Evans Hughes, Chief
Justice of the United States Sup
RENE Court, has accepted the hon
orary craftsmanship of the COM
mittee of sponsors of the Booker
t. Washington commemorative
stamp, DR.. F. d. Patterson, Presi-
dent of Tuskegee Institute, an
nounced here this week. The group
of sponsors which the Chief JUS
tice heads as honorary chairman
is composed of some 500 repre-
sentative Americans, many of
whom were personally acquainted
with DR.. Washington and who
worked with him in carrying for
ward the work of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, DR.. Patterson said.
The Booker T. Washington
stamp is the first in the nation
bearing the likeness of a Negro.
1t will be placed on sale by an
all-Negro postal staff at Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama, on April z.
The Founders Day address will
be delivered by Postmaster Gener-
al James A. Farley, on which oc-
casion there will be assembled at
the Institute many distinguished
visitors, the board of trustees, the
alumni, members of the class of
1920, observing their Goth anniver-
sary reunion, faculty and students
of the Institute.
"ScGrce one haze / taught to
bend the boao, but that he has not
turned the shaft upon me-"
SUCCESS
No race can succeed permanent
ly that is always moving from
place to place. The individual must
choose whether he will live in the
city or in the country, but wher-
ever he decides to make his home
let him stay there and grow with
the growth of that community and
have a definite part in it's develop
ment.-Booker T. Washington.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
Gross Neglect
New Deals
Greatest Sin
Fruits of 75-year Efforts To
Establish Economic Parity
For Negro Slipping away
BY Emmett j. Scott

Washington D. C.-Congressman
Bruce Barton of New York in an
address last week emphasized a
point this column has repeatedly
sought to bring to the attention
of thoughtful members of the Ne
gro racial group.
He was calling attention to the
neglect by the Government of a
group seldom taken into account
by New Deal Programs, the So
called middle class" of our Anne
rican citizenship.
The weather. classes of our
country, while carrying a great
burden of taxation, under the New
Deal soak the rich" program, are
able to take care of themselves.
Relief, social security, farm parity,
unemployment, and social insur-
ance benefits are provided for low
er income groups.
In the meantime, the great mid
die classes, the backbone of our
civilization, struggle along as best
they can, paying an enormously
high yearly tribute in the way of
hidden taxes, while at the same
time feeling the pinch of high tax
es on their modern homes, and
present-day abnormally high costs
for upkeep repairs, with their net
earnings providing only existence
levels.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
Sudden Illness
Attacks VIM. Hyatt

William j. Hyatt, employee of
the Port of Seattle, is confined in
his home, suffering from hemor-
rhages of such nature that a
doctor was kept in constant at
tendance last Monday.
The suddenness of the attack is
not yet fully explained, but it is
thought to be the result of an auto
accident a few months ago. AL
though much improved, the doctor
insists on absolute quiet for some
time. Anxious friends are asked
to defer their visits. Inquiries are
invited by phone for any informa-
ton.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
Negro Wage Farmers Problems To Be
Principle In Clio Drive, States Cayton

SAN FRANCISCO - Special
attention to the problems of Ne
gro wage-earners will be a guild
ing principle of the great organic
ing drive which the CLIO has
launched in California, according
to Revels Cayton, Vice-president of
the Industrial Union Council of
this city.
1--WE intend to carry out the pro-
gram outlined by John L. Lewis in
his statement to the Negro press
several weeks ago." Cayton said.
HE said that a mans color should
have nothing to do with his chance
to earn decent living, and that
the principles of the Congress of
Industrial Organization were in
keeping with this idea. Well, that
is our idea out here in the West,
too"
The Council official outlined
some of the main tasks involved
in organizing Negro workers and
bringing them into the ranks of
organized labor. He said that the
suspicious of the labor movement
| distilled in the Negro people by
long years of abuse and segrega-
ton at the hands of corrupt labor
leaders were an important obsta-
>cle to overcome.
"The most important hurdle be-
fore us is the fact that Negroes
have been kept out of jobs by the
refusal of trade unionists to fight
the employers exclusion policy"
he added. 'In the past, whenever
Negroes have been sent to a job
and the employers have refused to
accept them, their union officials
have surrendered to this policy.
But it's different now. White trade
unionistS are beginning to realize
that if this state of affairs con-
tinues, it will turn thousands of
Negro workers against the unions
and create a state of mind which
the employers can exploit when
ever they need strike-breakers."
Cayton discussed how the prob
lem had been handled in the Mar
inc Cooks and Stewards Union,
where he first became active in
trade union affairs as patrolman
on the San Francisco waterfront
He said the union discovered that
if it capitulated to the employer,
its membership would be broken
up. Consequently, it adopted the
policy of refusing to supply other
men to the ships whose officers
refused to accept Negro or Or
iental employees.
Continued on Page Two)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
10000 Union Members
Endorse Third Natl
Negro Congress

NEW YORK = The Joint Board
of the Hotel and Restaurant Work
ers International Alliance and
Bartenders League of America, re-
presenting 10 local unions with a
combined membership of 10000
food workers, endorsed the Third
National Negro Congress at its
sessions here last week. About
one-fourth of the members of these
unions are Negro. The Congress
is to be held in Washington, D. c.
April 1928.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
EDItke,. pIAL
E Can Happen Here Pa,

1t is ironic One tenth of the peor sto United States
have never been charged with sabotage y industry
gagged in manufacturing any instruments of
No big industry engaged in the manufacture of
and ammunitons of may safely exist without the aid
and support of this You and and all of
part of that government is by your taxes already punt
i've exacted by officials that makes hc the
best earth
Yet today that tenth part of this government which
holds it's existence dearer than e faces the most auacious
conspiracy recorded Negro labor forced to face
firing squad composed of industry and labor tragic
matters not how much Negroes forced to furnish part
of the money for the operation of industry only to be
denied the opportunity to be part of that industry Ia
horerS.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
Public Acclaims Edith Mary Down At
Sincerity Club Piano Recital March Is

Possibly inspired by the magni-
ficent performance of Marian An
derson earlier in the week, Edith
Mary Bown was acclaimed in mu-
steal triumph by the public at her
formal debut sponsored by the
Sincerity Club Friday night, Mar.
Is, at the Mt. Zion Baptist church.
Mrs. Matte Lou Oliver is pre-
sident of the club whose member
ship consist of prominent women
of the community and whose pro-
gram is to sponsor youth. Youth
full honored guests at the recital
were: Myrtle Jenkins. Juanita
Valley, Ivy Williams, Florence
Down, Mile Bown, Alyce Bash,
Margie MacFarlan and Amora
Jackson; Jacques Chappell, Alfred
Brown, Glenn Gallerson and Leroy
Chairman.
Included in Miss Downs first
group were cat the Convent by
Boradin, "A lie Bien Aimee" by
Denee and "Polonaise" by Pader-
ewski. During the playing of these
first three numbers the audience
was amazed at the agility and
ease with which she played.
AS an encore, Edith Mary play
ed her fathers favorite piece,
"Liebstraum, by Listz.
The second group of selections
were May Night" by Palmgren,
"Arabesque" by Debussy and I'm
termezzo" No 2, by Brahms. The
beauty of these numbers seemed
to increase with each one until the
audience eagerly absorbed every
note playd.
Concluding her recital with
"Fantaise Impromtu" and BAL
lade" both by Chopin, Miss Bown
was called back three times to &C
knowledge the ovation given her
by an appreciative audience.
Between the groups of selections
and in keeping with the Sincerity
clubs program, Thomas Jones
gave a reading on Sponsoring
Youth"
Patricia Bown, younger sister of
the recital protege, took her turn
at the piano and rendered the first
and second movements of Mo-
zart's Sonata"
Glenn Gallerson, popular young
bass singer, sang "O'er the Below
ing Sea-" accompanied by Miss
Juanita Valley.
Sterling Dover, Scoutmaster of
the newly-organized troop IA, gave
brief talk on Scoutdom.
Continued on Page Two)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
CONSPIRACY

Following is the declaration
of Boeing Airplane Co., and the
oath taken on initiation and re-
peated at each meeting of Aero
nautical Union No. 751:
Boeing Airplane Cove do
not train nor hire Negroes.
Aeronautical Union No. 751-
/ will not recommend for menu
bership in this union any other
than members of the white race.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-22
Citizenship Classes
Sponsored By WPA

Foreign-born persons are offer
ed the opportunity to study for ci-
tizenship in the Americanization
classes of the Adult Education
Program, sponsored throughout
the city by the Seattle Public
Schools, assisted by the Work Pro-
jects Administration.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Expert Advises Against
Using Restaurant Lingo

John B. O'Meara, of Chicago,
an expert on the proper and inn
proper manner of restaurant serv-
ice, has given walters and wait
resses tips on ways to get ahead in
their business. Some pointers:
If a man orders milk toast the
waitress should not yell: 'Stew for
a stiff"
Two poached eggs on toast should
not be called Adam and Eve on. a
raft" nor should frankfurters and
sauerkraut be referred to as "dogs
in the grass"
Headwaiters should never employ
the old-fashioned trick of speeding
up service by shouting: Get a
move on, you soup jockeys"
Mattresses should not paint their
fingernails. 1t takes a customers
mind off his food. The advice is
repeated for wearing engagement
rings.
Both spoon and fork should be
served with fruit cocktail, despite
Emily Posts approval of the for
mer, because when a customer pre-
fers to eat with fork he doesn't
want to be bothered with telling the
waiter about it.
The waiter or waitress should new
er place napkin on the patrons
lap. That's being too familiar.
The worst blunder O'Meara re-
menbered was committed by a
waitress who brought a customer
a rare steak and remarked:
II don't see how you can eat that
stuff"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Mutt and JEFF Grass

According to the Country Home
Magazine, plant explorers who
searched the world over for the best
grass to use in resodding the Kan
sas Dust Bowl have finally found
tin Kansas. This new-old grass
is really two grasses, blue grama
and buffalo, the Mutt and Jeff of the
western plains If the season is dry,
the tall, tough grama rudely shoves
it's partner aside and takes over the
field. But when wet weather comes,
the short but subtle buffalo grass
slyly slips in and regains its hold.
These grasses are spread by SOW
ing 300 pounds of their hay per
acre with a manure spreader. The
hay is harvested in September,
sown in March, and punched into
the soil with a wheel packer.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Mothers Day Services

A QUESTIONABLE was mailed to
mothers in every Southern state,
asking what they thought about
Mothers Day and what sugges-
tons they would make for i'm
proving Mothers Day services,
They spoke up. Most of them do
not like Mothers Day the way it
is being observed. One theme
they suggested that should be
preached on is Bible teaching on
child training. With this in mind,
the subject of the message at this
church Sunday morning will be
"A Mother of the Greatest Judge
Special music will be rendered.
Vacation Bible School Starts
Monday
All children in ClintWood be-
tween the ages Of six and sixteen
will be welcome to the daily va
cation Bible School to start at the
Baptist Church Monday morning.
1t will run from nine to eleven
thirty every day except Saturday
and Sunday for two weeks. A
parade will be held on the first
day, and certificate will be Civ
en- each pupil coming every day.
A picnic will be held on the last
Friday and commencement will
be held on the third Sunday morn
ing. Baptizing will be held in con
nection with the commencement
program All children are urged
to tell others.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
International Ice Patrol

The International Ice patrol was
organized on an International basis
as result of the@International Con-
ference for the Safety of Life at
Sea, in London, 1913 It resulted
from universal demand for a pro-
lection Of steamships against ice
bergs in the North Atlantic area
after the loss of the Titanic in
April, 1912. The United States was
asked to undertake the management
of this service and agreed to send
two vessels to patrol the danger
area during iceberg season, March
/ to July /. Each of the contract
ing parties consented to bear a
share of the cost in proportion to
its shipping tonnage.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Pa bllshed every Thursday
by the
Clintwood Printing Co.
Ciintwood, Va.
WE STOP FOR A LOOK AT
THE BALL TEAM

The town of ClintWood has had
fast, Manipulating amateur base
ball teams during the past two
summers, and it is the hope Of
baseball fans in this section that
ClintWood will have creditable
entry in the league just recently
formed.
1t was enormously reported last
week that Clintwood was to have
a practice game with Mcclure pri-
or to the opening of the season
this past Saturday. Two or three
hundred fans appeared early in
the afternoon Sunday. Mcclure
appeared ready for play early in
the afternoon. One Clintwood
manager put in his appearance
after 3 P. M. and the other man
ager did not appear at all. Not
q ClintWood regular of last sea-
son was in uniform. The "Clint-
wood" team consisted of seven
Clinchco players, aided and abet-
ted by one John Graves from the
local CCC camp and Roy Mullins
a high school boy AS all first
games usually are, this practice
game was loosely played with
many errors, but the best strategy
of the season was displayed when
Ted Hall hit homerun and stop
ped on third base when there was
no coach to wave him in.
If Clintwood is to be represent
ed in the league this year, it is
high time that something be done.
Otherwise Clintwood should with
draw and give it's place to Clinch-
co or Mcclure.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Faulty Memory Pays

Even a faulty memory has it's ad-
vantages. William Hem, an 49,
year-old mill worker, walked out of
an Allentown, Pa, doctors office
with the wrong bottle of medicine in
his pocket. The bottle he carried
contained deadly poison. When the
doctor discovered the mistake he
futilely instituted a frantic search
for the youth, enlisted the aid of
teletype and other means of com
munication. Hours later when
Hem returned home to his worried
family they asked anxiously, Have
you taken any of your medicine?"
The youth snapped his fingers self
reprovingly, remarked: Gosh, /
forgot"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Typical American Mother

In the list of qualifications out
lined by the Mothers Day commit
tee of the Golden Rule foundation,
it is stated that the typical Amer
lean mother must have an outstand-
ing record as a successful mother,
this standard not to be fixed by the
size of her family but by the char
acter, personality and success of her
real, displaying courage, moral
strength, patience, kindness and un-
Outstanding. In addition. she must
have a sense of social and world
relationships and have found time
outside her home for participation
in work for community betterment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Extinct Dodo

The dodo was clumsy, defense
less bird, about the size of a swan,
found living on Mauritius when
the island was discovered by the
Portuguese near the beginning of the
Sixteenth century. It's wings were
small and incapable of fight. I'm
able to cope with conditions, this
helpless bird was exterminated
about 1861 and no entire specimens
are preserved.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Ballot Box Stuffing

Ballot box stufing and mattress
voters" were unnecessary to swing
elections of the Charitable Female
society of Bedford, Mass, during the
early part of the Nineteenth Gen.
tury. The WPA historical records
survey found in reports Of the or
ganization that member was en-
titled to an extra vote at each meet
ing for each dollar paid in addition
to regular 50-cent membership dues.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS

Interesting Subjects and Good
Singing Increase Attendance
The Sunday evening services
especially have been we'll attend
ed at this church. The use of the
protector to throw the words of
hymns on the wall has helped the
congregational singing. This Sun
day evening the subject of the
message by the pastor will be
ssWho Has Faith?' Services begin:
at eight o'clock.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
Origin of Pekingese

The origin of the Pekingese dog
is lost in antiquity, but it is known
that these dogs were regarded as
sacred and kept closely guarded in
the palaces of Chinese rulers for
many centuries. In 1860, at the time
of the looting of the summer palace
in Picking, five of the dogs we're
seized and carried to England,
where they became the progenitors
of the Pekingese of today.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
MULLINS RIDGE NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Cline Sluss have
moved to their new home.
Willie Mullins and Earle Sluss
will leave for Wolf Creek, KY, on
May IL or IS.
The Dunkard church at Cumber
land expects to hold it's love feast
May 25th, and services will follow
on Sunday, May 26.
Sunday School will be held Sun
day, at about two o'clock, at the
home of Charlie Sluss.
Uncle John Colley is very sick,
but his friends hope for an early
recovery.
Mrs. Belle. Stone has returned
after a visit with her son, Clar-
ence Stone, at Clintwood.
The Cumberland Church ex-
tends a welcome to all to attend
the Communion Service.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-09
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