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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26
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AGAINST THE TORRENT
By Edward Mead Earle
BY Bernice Finnegan

This mighty torrent-this wave
of the futures it one which we
in America can meet and control
or is it an inevitability that will
sweep us along the paths Of war
and totalitarianism to a future OF
fear and helplessness? Whether to
stand and face that torrent intel
ligently and clearly or be over
whelmed by a tidal wave Of hys-
terra is the problem which faces
Americans today.
Which way will America turn?
Which way should we turn? A keen
and understanding observer Of the
American way here gives his an
swer to those who preach the doc
trine of least resistance. With de-
vastating insight, he seeks to strip
the sentiment and misunderstand-
ing from the events of the past few
years and reveal them in the cold,
clear light of what they mean to
the world, especially to the United
States.
Mr.. Earle is a realist, a far-see-
ing realist who looks beyond the
diplomatic circumlocutions of the
Axis powers pronouncements at
the threat beneath. Defeatism has
no place in his discussion. This is
a time for realism and determine
ton, he says. The European bal
ance of power has always been of
vital Importance to America, and
Mr.. Earle shrewdly points out that
the reactions of Jefferson, Monroe
and early statesmen find striking
parallels today.
Analysing the course Of European
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

pleasant day with Captain Fischer
out here at Camp Ham. He visit.
ed our battery where he was more
than welcome.
AL Blank thought he'd pull fast
one this morning when he came
to work with a box Of cookies to
eat little later on when he got
hungry. About 10 o'clock he had
the box, which was opened, laying
on his desk and he stepped out of
the room for about five minutes
and when he came back all there
was left was one cookie which he
Immediately ate or he would lost
that.
Pvt Willard c. Rasmussen OF
Regtl Hq Btry, PIT CA (AA), was
honored at a Regimental parade
held last Wednesday, June II, 1911
when 1t. Colonel Scott, Command
ing Officer of the Regiment, pre-
sented him with a certificate stat.
ing he had successfully completed
the Cooks and Bakers School held
at Camp Ham the past several
months. Sixteen other men from
this Regiment were also graduated
Pvt Rasmussen, who is a grad.
uate of the Sank Centre high school
in 1889, was also one of the six
men selected from the Regiment to
attend a mess sergeants' school to
be held in the near future. These
men were selected because of their
excellent record while attending the
other school.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26
PAGE THREE

Stark, citizens, not professional
soldiers, in the Western Army.
heroically suffer defeat at the
hands of the British and the In
dams, but survive to help establish
the Ohio country as the strong
hold of Americanism it remains to-
day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

Reports from London say that
housewife calls her hayward hus-
band "Stuka" because everytime he
comes out of dive he is pretty
we'll shot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

Among the displays at THE CELEBRATION
operate automatically electricity be
be admitted FREE See this
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

This morning it was again very
hot so we had a regimental parade
In this parade we had to wear our
steel helmets for the first time and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

Sgt Dickhaus has received a lot
of equipment from the Quarterma-
ster as part of his engineers equip
ment and included in the shipment
was a brand new lettering set
which was promptly put to use.
First Ed made a sign for his door
and tackled it up. Jess Clough walk
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Exhibit C
WPA Training Class
Fires Race Student

A TWEEN ty-two-year-old race
youth has been dismissed from the
aircraft defense training classes at
Rainier school because of inability
to get job in plants where me-
chanics are under jurisdiction of
the International chinis s
Union.
The youth, Eugene Beech, STA
Juneau Terrace, is unable to OBJ
tain a job with Boeing Aircraft
Company bercause he is ineligible
to membership in the Aeronautical
Mechanics Union, which has
closed shop contract with Boeing.
Officials of the local said they
are bound by the parent body the
international Association of Ma
chinists, which has in its ritual
the oath which every member
takes not to pledge to membership
any but competent white.
A. G. Schroeder, supervisor of
the NYA aircraft program at Raj
nier School said Beech had been
in the metalsmith classes two DAYS
but he dismissed him because he
did not want to raise any false
hopes for the youth.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
U. S "A. Engineers
Hire No Negroes

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on
this 9th day of August, A. D. 1941,
before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State of Washington, duly
commissioned and sworn, person
ally came OSCAR B. PERKINS,
JR., 2038 Name Street, Seattle,
Washington, to me known to be
the individual described in and
who executed the within instru-
ment and acknowledged to me
that he signed and sealed the same
as his free and voluntary act and
deed for the uses and purposes
therein mentioned.
applied for position as a
Stenographer at the State Depart
ment of Employment in answer to
radio broadcast on Thursday,
August 7th, 1941 by the State De-
partment of Employment. The ra-
dio speaker announced himself as
GEORGE SHAW. In answer to
my inquiry regarding his broad
cast, Mr.. Shaw referred me to Mr..
LaMay. Mr.. LaMay stated that
there are openings for male typ
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Exhibit B

lists for positions in Alaska, that
the call for them was sent out by
the U. S. Army Engineers, located
in the Central Building, Seattle
Washington. When 1 had in
formed Mr.. LaMay that I had
filed application with the Engin-
GERS in December, 1910, and had
also made personal visits to that
office relative to my application,
was informed that no vacancies
existed. He replied when I stated
that perhaps it was because of my
color that I had not been called,
that that couldn't possibly be the
cause. He volunteered to call the
U. S. Engineers by telephone re-
garding my status. gave my con-
sent, and after talking a few min
utes he returned to tell me that
my color was the reason for my
not being called.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal, the day and year in this GER
tificate first above written.
Oscar B. Corkin, Jr.
w. E. Whitley
Notary Public in and for the
State of Washington, residing
at Seattle.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
COlored Democrats
Issue Call
By j. A. lJackl johnson

BY d. A. (Jack) johnson
A meeting of much Importance
to Negro Democrats of the 37th
district will be held at the Y. L. I.
hall, 1103-16th Ave. Tuesday even
ing at 500 p. m. The meeting will
be held under the auspices of the
Democratic County Central Com
mittee and questions of party OBJ
legations and responsibilities will
be freely discussed. If you are in
terested in your party success,
your race and your district, be
sure to attend this meeting, and
come prepared to tell the County
Chairman and his associates ex-
actly what is in your mind.
The writer believes that Negroes
are not receiving what they are
entitled to from the Democratic
party, but can not attain the de-
sired results alone. We need COOP
Grafton between each other plus
united will and effort if we are
to get the things that we desire
Tuesday, August %, $500 p. M
1103-16th Ave.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
NAACP PROTEST

NEW YORK When a
young Scotch pilot in train
ing at Macon Ga, broadcast
greeting to his parents in Scot
land over the stations of the
National Boadcasting company
recently he told them he was
tanned as a Niger"
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People sent a quick protest to
the NBC, and received a reply
from A. l.. Barnard, who stated
the company's regret over the
occurrence.
The reply contained a curious
paragraph which read: I'VE
can readily understand your re-
actions to the expression used
by the pilot, but we are sure he
meant it no more disparagingly
than would any tolerant person
in this country"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Tavern Nuisances

The Madison Square Garden, al
18th and East Madison St., and
Carl Swenson's Tavern, 14th and
Pike are a growing public menace
In granting a license to operate
a tavern, the Liquor Board pre-
sumes the licensee will conduct il
in accordance with the laws of the
state. However, when one places
himself above the law and disre-
CARDS the rights of others and uses
his own discretion in it's operation
he no longer may claim protection
of the very law he violates.
The Madison Square Garden and
Carts Tavern owners and agents
are guilty of repeatedly insulting
innocent citizens who enter for
service.
Without provocation they are
openly insulted. They are over
Charged form of robbery but
used as legitimate weapon of Of
Tense. These unwarranted insults
and over-charges may ultimately
result in some form of violence
Taverns are tolerated only during
good behavior.
Madison Square Garden and
CarPs Tavern are growing men
ace, and should be abated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Work For Negroes
At Boeings Soon
Says DR.. Thompkins
By j. A. (Jack) johnson

AS result from DR.. William
j. Thompkins' visit to Seattle dur
ing the month of August, word
has been received that work at
the Boeing Air Plane Plant Com
pany will soon be available to Ne
groes. The Washington State Col
ored Democratic Club, Inc, who
sponsored the visit of DR.. Thomp-
kins to the Pacific Coast is like
wise happy to announce that Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, National
Supervisor of the N. Y. A. will in
the near future be a Seattle visit
or.
Negroes who are qualified to
work in Defense Industries, and
any one with projects suitable for
presentation to Mrs. Bethune, are
requested to contact Mr.. Edward
Pitter, Representative of the Ma
tional Colored Democratic Asso-
citation Inc, of America, at 1882
oath Ave. Seattle, Phone Ea.
O451.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

Spacious, beautiful, Senator Ball
Room, newly renovated, air condi-
toned, awaits the coming of Ca
briel and his horn.
Maestro Wells, sensing the uia-
appointment of the thousand mu-
sic lovers that one of the finest
travelling bands in the United
States was lily Accommodated at the
old Finnish Hall, demanded an
auditorium fit for the Master Horn
Blower.
Senator Ball Room, one of the
largest and finest in the city of
Seattle, will be rededicated TUX
EDO JUNCTION" by thousands OF
jittery wildcats, October 2.
Maestro Wells and the North
west Enterprise will go hand in
hand in celebrating the 22nd an
niversary of the only Race Journal
of the Northwest.
Erskine Hawkins, the originator
of the boogie wOOgie trumpet
playing, Ida Williams, the singer
of sweet songs, will greet you al
the Senator Ballroom, 18th and
Union Street, Thursday, October
2. His new arrangement of "Sta1
Dust" and "St. UOuis Blues" and
his immortal Tuxedo Junction
is made to send.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
WPA Refuse To
Train Negroes

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-Plac-
ing the blame for its failure to ac-
cept fair proportion of Negroes
for defense job training squarely
on the industries, the New Jer-
sey state administrator of WPA,
Robert w. Allan, told the local
branch NAACP, until private in
dustry is willing to absorb those
already trained, no increase in
present ratio appears to be justi-
fled"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
NAACP Commends
Kansas City Branch

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Com
mending the local branch NAACP,
headed by Attorney Carl r. John
son, for its recent action to stop
police brutality here, the national
Board of Directors of the NAACP
said the branch had perfected a
technique which will better con-
ditions not only in Kansas City,
but in other cities where similar
conditions exist. Because of pres
sure brought on him through the
branch, the chief of police, whose
policies were responsible for the
beatings and abuse of colored citi-
zens, resigned.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Fire Department Test
Will Be Given

The Municipal Civil Service
Commission announced yesterday it
will accept applications until Sep
TENDER 80 for the position of fire.
man in the Seattle Fire Depart
ment.
Although there are no vacan-
cies in the Fire Department, the
civil service examination will fur
nish list of eligibles for future
appointments.
Beginning pay is $3.50 a month.
APPLICANTS must be at least 5 feet
8 inches tall, in good physical con-
dition, residents of the city and be-
tween 20 and 80 years old.
Wanted 25 Race men between
the ages of 20 and 80 to take this
examination. All who are eligible
telephone the Northwest Enter
prise, 800 18th So, or p. o. Box
1878. DO 1T NOW.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Judge Vim. ]. Wilkins
Publicly Rebukes
DR.. c. ]. Templeton

Superior Court Judge VIM. j.
Wilkins hailed DR.. C. J. Templeton,
a prominent Seattle physician, well
known to the race, before the bar
and administered a public rebuke
for perjury.
DR.. Templeton testified in the
case of Henry Bradley, white, a
40 year old boiler maker of Belle
view, charged with a morals Of
Tense with his 16 year old daugh-
ter. After the doctor had testi-
field, Judge Wilkins waiting until
room, called DR.. Templeton before
the bench and said:
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

s.Now the jury is out and 1
want to make an observation to
the doctor while he is here" Judge
wilkins began. "You hear great
deal these days about perjury be-
ing committed in the courts.
Sometimes people wonder why it
is permitted to go on.
II do not know what MIR. Stew
art deputy Prosecutor Leo w.
Stewart, conducting Bradley's
trial) plans to do in this case.
but IL / were in his place, 1 would
file case against you, not only
for abortion but perjury.
81 feel it my duty, sitting as a
Judge, to make this statement to
you before you leave. 1 sat here
and listened to you perform one
of the finest acts of squirming
and lying that 1 have ever heard
In any court. Coming from the
lips of an educated professional
man makes it the more severe.
81 make this statement so you
will realize you are not putting it
over before one particular per-
son."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
We're Still Waiting

Three weeks ago, the War
Department and the President
promised, after country wide
demands, to investigate the ra-
cial clashes at Fort Bragg, N.
c., and Camp Robinson, Ark,
and to let the public know the
result. We're still waiting to
hear!
Three weeks ago, the N. A.
A. c. p, supported by the Ne
gro press and aroused individu-
ais, asked that a civilian or
civilian-military board be ap-
pointed by the President to in
vestigate the entire military
police set-up and to stop abuse
of colored soldiers stationed in
Southern camps. We're still
waiting for action!
We want an end to discrim-
ination and segregation in the
armed forces. Help us by send
ing a postcard or letter to the
President, the Senators from
your state, representatives
from your district and Secre-
tary of War Henry L. Stimson.
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People
SO Fifth Avenue
New York City
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Caucasian Labor Unions And Industry
Stem Negroes Fight For Defense Jobs
Exhibit A

Mr.. Jack Steinberg
1909 Smith Tower
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Sir:
This will answer your letter OF
June % concerning the employ
ment of Negroes.
You are doubtless aware of the
fact that the Boeing Aircraft
Company has a labor agreement
with the Aeronautical Mechanics
Local 751, International Associa.
ton of Machinists.
Article III, Section C, of the
agreement is as follows:
"All employees covered by this
agreement shall become members
and remain members of the Aero
nautical Mechanics Union Local
No. 751, International Association
of Machinists, and the Company
agrees to retain in employ only
such members"
1t is our understanding that only
those of the Caucasian Race are
acceptable to the International AS
ISOLATION of Machinists.
Yours very truly,
Boeing Aircraft Company
Paul Fredrickson
Personnel Manager
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
X. c. C. r. C. Resumes
Monthly Meetings

The King County Colored Re-
publican club will resume a regu-
lar meeting Sunday, 8 o'clock at
Veterans Hall, 1041a 23rd Nor,
Corner of Madison.
There has been no cessation of
work during our vacation. We pro-
badly have worked harder and ac-
complished so much that our club
though political, will be looked
upon as Seattle's leading civic or
ganization, said President VIM. ].
Hyatt.
The report of Mr.. Prentis L.
Frazier our hard working special
representative and contact man,
though yet incomplete, sparkles
with bristling facts which will
make Governor Arthur B. Lang
lies administration the most out
standing in the history of our,
state, continued Hyatt.
The public is invited to attend
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Adds $40 to S25
.NAACP Membership

TUCSON, Ariz. - Because she
keenly felt that injustices to
which Negro soldiers are subject
ed should be stopped, Mrs. Roswell
Skeel, Jr., of this city, renewed her
$25 membership in the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People and included an
extra contribution of $40, with the
expressed hope that "the splendid
work your Association is doing
can go on to fresh success"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

ceive $125.00 a month. The sec
Ond cook $4,000 a month and
two meals. The cachier must be
able to type and do book keeping
as well as being an excellent wait
ress.
All women interested must fill
out an application blank to be pre-
scented, together with a picture of
themselves, to Miss Gertrude jack
son, Hostess, of the Negro units at
Fort Lewis.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
We Would Like To Know
Mr.. President: What Are You Going To Do About 1t?

We believe President
demanding employment for all regardless
to
O
in an W. APR
Mr. President: No living
hollow mker
because their failure to at home What
Mr. President We protest national defense industries
Ne
concerned"
W. P
doabo We like
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Do You Want Work?

There are number of jobs open
her for Negro women at Fort Lew
is, Washington. The Service Club
will employ cooks, mattresses and
a cashier. They will work six days
a week for eight hours. The sal
airy will be about $2I.O0 a week
for the waitress with two meals in
cIuded. The first cook will re-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Personnel Manager
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle; Washington.

oNeASSASt W NOAAs
Dear Sir:
1t has no doubt been brought to
your attention that President
Roosevelt has instructed the Of
flee of Production Management to
inquire into the practice of Ma.
tional Defense Industries discrim-
mating against racial and national
minorities, to the end that this
practice may be stopped.
1t has come to my attention that
the Boeing Airplane Company is
discriminating against Negro ap-
plicants seeking employment and I
will therefore respectfully ask of
you what the facts are in this
connection. If my understanding
is incorrect, 1 will look forward
to hearing information from you
that it will be ended and that
race and color will be treated with
full impartiality.
Jack Steinberg
Washington Counsel
N. A. A. c. P.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

funds for combating these occur
rences.
The recent outburst was dir
ected against two men charged
with vagrancy who We're in the
county jail.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
Texas Mob Spirit
Break Out Again

Pittsburg, Texas-Stirred by the
outbreak of mob violence which
broke out late in August in this
East Texas town, the Dallas
branch of the N. A. A. c. p. will
conduct a special drive to raise
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

Tune in station KXA, TO X. G.
Hear Erskine Hawkins and his
orchestra on all night program.
IL midnight to a. m. Erslxine
Hawkins plays for you at Senator
Ballroom, Thursday, October 2.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

Tune in station KXA, ITO X. c..
Hear Erslxine Hawkins and his
orchestra on all night program.
IL midnight to 8 a. m. Erskine
Hawkins plays for you at Senator
Ballroom, Thursday, October 2.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

'Erskine Hawkins and Ida Williams mobbed by
crowd Of autograph hounds and Disappointed dane
ers Packed houses upset schedule. Seattle engage
ment changed to Thursday, October Two.
Erskine Hawkins, the Goth Century Gabriel,
who made Tuxedo Junction famous, is booked for
Seattle, October 2.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19

KCCRC will meet at Veterans
Foreign Wars Hall, 104K 23rd
Ave. No., Corner of Madison.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-09-19
B0EING PLANT. ARMY ENGINEERS. WPA SCHOOL
US, NAVY. null lily R0OSEv It's PR0CL ANATI0N

I'VE honor the American
Flag, symbol of our Ameri-
can heritage. The right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness in a free ma
tiOn."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-21
World War Aviation
 Test Still In Use
Idea of Wesleyan University Professor, Edward C.
 Schneider, Sc. D., Used By Army and Navy Today

gen that enters the blood combines chemically with the red coloring matter, the haemoglobin, in the red corpuscles. This, of course, per- mits a unit volume of blood to carry more oxygen than 1t normally car- ries.
 For each aviator there is an al- titude beyond which he cannot go without compelling his nervous sys- tenn and muscles to work at great disadvantage because of an insuf- ficient supply of oxygen. When this elevation is reached, impairment ot vision, hearing intellect and judg- ment, and difficulty in concentrating the attention will be experienced Twenty three thousand feet is about the limit of consciousness for the man adapted to life at a-level."
 Prof. Schneider supervised the de- velopment by group of scientists of an altitude classification test, to determine the extent of each avia- tors ability to compensate to altitude Tn this test the aviator rebreathes for Q period of 25 to 30 minutes through the Henderson rebreathing apparatus 52 liters of air from which the carbon dioxide of the expired air is removed by an absorbent. As the oxygen gradually and progressively decreases, the subject is under obser- Vation by a psychologist, psycho,o- gist and clinician. The physiologist determines the rate and volume per minute of breathing, the pulse fre- quency and the systolic and diastol- ic arterial pressures. The pSycholo-