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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09
JUST TO
REMIND YOU
TUNE IN KJR Feb. IL,
10 p. m. Town Hall
will discuss "Shall We
Face a Negro Problem"
DELINQUENCY is
FAULT OF YOUTH
SAYS JUDGE LONG

Every youth over II years
old has been taught the differ
ence between right and wrong, .
Judge Long observed. Perhaps
we've placed the blame too much
on the community. We empha-
size doing things for the kids
teen canteens, for instance-but
are We encouraging them to take
on their adult responsibilities"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09
Sale Extraordinary!
Macs Dress Shoppe
$50 Jackson St.
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
Seneca 1865

Mae appreciates the warm welcome and
patronage by each and everyone of you
at her new shOppe, the first and only of
its kind in the Northwest.
Beginning Feb. she will respond with HUGE
CLEARANCE SALE unparalleled in this city.
40 per cent Of an entire stock Of fine coats,
suits, dresses and slaCks will positively be sold
at COST or below. This merchandise, recently
shipped here for the Grand Opening at Macs
comes from the best known manufacturers and
stylsts of distinctive ladies' apparel.
An authority recently declared this huge
assemblage of tweeds, clearinghouse,
Shetlands, plaids and serges to be one
of the most attractive found in the city.
COME OUT SEATTLE! Let's inspect,
and see how it feels to purchase high
quality clothing at cost!
Remember the date, Feb. 3. Time $50 m & pm
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09

Once a year the senior
hostesses of the Colman Serv-
ice Mems Club present a
very unique program. Last
year the hostesses gave a re-
ception for all Army and
Navy mothers of the City Of
Seattle. This year they will
present some of the most
outstanding talent of the
Army and Navy on February
18th at the YWCA, Dist Ave
nue. North. Mrs. Gloria Har-
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COLMAN SERVICE SENIOR HOSTESSES
PRESENT PROGRAM, TEA AT YWCA

vey is chairman of the Sc
nior hostess committee, with
Mrs. Jessie Shields general
chairman of the affair for
Sunday.
The hours are from 4 to 6
p. m, with the program De-
ginning at 5 p. m. You and
your friends are invited to
attend this affair. Remem-
Der the date February 13.
Place. Phyllis Whea&ey WV
CA Time, As p. m.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09
HATTIE MCDANIEL IN
ROLE OF JAMIE MAID

HoLLYWOOD-Hattie McDan-
iel, who was last seen on the
Warner Bros. lot in "Thank Your
Lucky Stars" has been signed
for a role in JAMIE" filmization
of the smash Broadway legit sue
cess. Miss Mcdaniel will play the
role of JAMES, maid.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09

Patrolman George Regan suf-
fered bite on his hand and a
possible fractured finger. Two
other officers and three sailors
suffered bruises.
Regain said the sailors were
noisy and when he asked them
to move on they ganged up on
him.
Four police squad cars and a
detail of Navy shore patrolmen
halted the disturbance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09

Dean f. Hart was born near
Rockford. Alabama. of tenant
parents. At the age of IA ne
left his home for Montgomery.
There he began his apprentice
ship as a waiter. Through con-
tact with young men who were
working and attending school. he
found that he too might enter
upon formal training. The OPP
portunities offered were meager.
At the age of II he sought wider
fields and went to Washington,
d. c., where he entered Howard
University.
He enlisted in the Sth Regi-
ment, Illinois National Guard and
served with that outfit during
World War I.
He returned to his job as
postal clerk after discharge and
resumed studies at Chicago Uni
versity. The following fall he
matriculated in the law school at
Northwestern University and was
graduated during June 1923 with
the degrees of B. S. L. and ]. d.
Following graduation he came
to Seattle, passed the state bar
examination and entered upon
the practice of law. He success
fully exercised his profession I'M
till November, 1881 at which
time he returned to Chicago and
engaged in law practice and the
handling of real estate.
In October 1886 he returned
to Seattle and became interested
in union activities. In order to
thoroughly familiarize himself
with actual conditions of the sea
faring men, he joined the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union, CLIO,
and went to sea. Starting at the
bottom, he passed through all
grades of the stewards depart
ment including that of chief
steward. In this position, he
had under his jurisdiction, di-
rectly or indirectly, up to $50
men of various racial back
grounds.
After Pearl Harbor he offered
his services to the War Depart
ment and was referred to the
Quartermaster general depot in
Seattle. There he took charge
of the cafeteria situated on the
reservation. where some $500
meals were served daily. He had
under his jurisdiction some 25
employees of different racial
backgrounds.
Resigning his position he en-
tered the services of the Fed
eral Housing Authority and was
placed as manager of the Ruston
Terrace in Tacoma. He assumed
these duties in November, 1912.
The project provides housing for
a cosmopolitan group of 200 men
most of whom come from the
deep south. This assignment was
difficult one as it was an
experiment in the Northwest. The
neighborhood in which the pro-
ject was located was hostile, but
by careful management and at
tentiveness to details, together
with a quiet program of eduea-
ton, he stemmed the tide with
no major difficulties arising out
of racial differences. This ex-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09
why Shouldn't | Buy 1t?
I've Got the Money!

Sure you've got the money. So
have lots of us. And yesterday ii
was all ours, to spend as we
darn we'll pleased. But not today.
Today it isn't ours alone.
"What do you mean, it isn't
mine?"
1t isn't yours to spend as you
like. None of us can spend as
Continued on Page ~
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army on the home front are go
ing to select your city's govern
ment. And because you have a
right to expect your city govern
ment to steer you on safe
course during these war busy
times l am asking you to get in
the fight to Unite Seattle's War
Effort with progressive city gov
eminent.
We are one of the nation s
greatest war centers, but we can
Continued on Page 81
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W, E. VROOMAN
WINS new HONORS

Serg. VIM. E. Vrooman, finan-
cial secretary of Puget Sound
Lodge has been named Grand
Deputy for Seattle by Grand Elk
allied Ruler J. Findly Wilson.
Vrooman's appointment as the
grand deputy, is to become per-
manent upon his resignation as
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09

financial secretary of Puget
Sound Lodge.
Needing the wishes of the To-
cal herd, Vrooman will remain
the financial secretary of his
lodge. He was also honored by
his coworkers of the Humane So
ciety. who presented him with a
big birthday cake and a beautiful
pencil inlaid with gold and en-
grayed WIN. E. Vrooman."
Vrooman is also treasurer of
Owls Club, Inc.
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POLITICAL ARENA
CITY UNITY IS
NEEDED FOR
EARLY VICTORY
BY JAMES sCAvOTTo

The next six weeks are inn
portant to every man and wo-
man who makes Seattle his or
her her home. Importants not
only to the present but to the
future of this city. Because you
who are home owners and tax
payers, you, who are our fighting
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09
Sailors Gang Up
On Boston Police

BOSTON - Twenty-Five Negro
sailors weer taken into custody
Saturday night after disturb
ance outside a servicemen's club
in which three Boston police Of
ficers received minor injuries.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-02-09

The next Cosmopolitan
Club Dance will be on
Monday, April 1Oth-The
Easter Parade.
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A LAWYER AND HIS
CLIENT ALWAYS RIGHT
SlOO REWARD
NO QUESTIONS
WILL Be ASKED

LOST---A lady's diamond
ruby studded wrist watch
at l65 22nd Ave-, Seattle.
500 will be paid for its
return to E. |. Robinson,
publisher Of The North
west Enterprise, 662h
Jackson St. Telephone
Elliot 97S7 CA. 1869.
No questions asked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
Our Future Merchant Navy

vital merchant marine, we are not
only capable of the same old mistakes
but are actually making them.
The American Congress has not
yet adopted a program of maritime
Legislation which would make it pos
sible for a strong merchant marine
to EXIST after this war.
Worse still, Congress has not
even changed the old maritime legis
lation under which it was IMPOS-
SIBLE for strong merchant marine
to exist.
American maritime law STILL
imposes handicaps upon the Ameri-
can merchant marine which prohibits
it's modernization and foredooms it
to failure of profitable operation
under the competitive conditions
sure to prevail in the future.
A MEXICAN law, for a glaring
n example, still prevents Ameri-
can commercial shipping lines from
developing supplementary aviation
service-and without this it will be
obsolete, and will be as impotent in
world competition as it was before
this war.
The United States is sure to
come out of this war with the
greatest maritime establishment in
the world.
But it did that once before, only
to lose it's advantageous position to
more foresighted and energetic mari
time nations.
1t is going to take more than
ships and planes to maintain Ameri-
can prestige and advantage in the
competitive and profitable fields of
postwar shipping and aviation.
1t is going to take an enlightened
AMERICAN PROGRAM, recogniz-
ing the vital Importance of our air
sea carrying industries, giving them
encouragement, and assuring them
of the conditions of operation neces
sary for their very existence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

responsible in a large measure
for the increased attendance Of
Detroit businessmen.
As you know, ours is a nom
profit organization of livestock
interests at the Detroit Stock
Yards TO stimulate better live
stock production among the
rural youth Of Michigan.
q. u. PRICE,
President.
Detroit Junior Live Stock
Society, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

5-For nearly 40 years he has
been the greatest all-around
billiard player. Identify
him?
6 How many prime numbers
between the numbers 50 and
Go?
7-UnScramble the following
songs and the shows IN
which they were introduced
songs, ca Wedding Of the
Painted Doll: tb) One
Alone; Dcl Smoke Gets in
-4et44 Hyes IDS out h
American Way, (e) All the
Things You Are. Shows,
Streets of Paris. Very
Warm for May Broadway
Melody Roberta. Desert
Song?
s. Rio do Orc is a Spanish
possession. Where is it,
ANSWERS on opposite page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29

THE u. S. Navy has reached the
l. peak of the most remarkable ship
building program in maritime his
tory during the past year, by virtue
of which it now has more than fifty
Six thousand vessels IN service.
If the United States had re-
sponded to a sufficient sense of fore
sight and self interest before this
war it would have built and had in
service not only naval combat force
adequate for it's protection but
MERCHANT MARINE capable of
supplying it.
1t was bad enough to be caught
in wartime without enough FIGHT
ING ships.
But even if we had enough fight
ing ships, what would they be worth
without sufficient service of
supply?
THE decline and neglect of the
Il American merchant marine dur
ing the years before this war consti-
tuted the nearest thing to GRIM
INAL negligence ever charged
against an American government.
Even if we had never HAD an
other war, strong merchant marine
was indispensable.
It was essential to our national
prosperity, as carrier of our prod
ucts to the world markets.
1t was vital to our national secu-
rity, as this war proved when it COM
PEELED us to launch the vast ship
building program which has now
reached its peak.
Of course we have now overcome
this grave emergency, and have a
navy adequate in all categories of
both combat and supply.
1t would seem that we would
never again make the MISTAKES
that resulted in these deficiencies
and with respect to combat vessels
that may be true.
But with respect to our equally
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29

TO THE EDITOR:
WILL YOU please print this so
w my neighbors, who live
around me in the Adams HouS-
ing Project. will know how
much / appreciate their kind
ness to my daughter who is i'll
in Receiving Hospital.
This proves that people OF all
types and religions can be kind,
helpful and thoughtful.
MRS. MILDRED NIECELLE
1880 Oakland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
Brain Game

The son of Eric the Red
Col0nler of Greenland. was
the Morse. dISCoVerer Of
America. Can you give his
U4wC2
True or false A dcluSion
IS n false belief arrived at
-tHrhuah f-t+.r-- f-rH~uuruC
Which of tho French kings
WAS If who married Marie
bnfunc'e and later was
hthcadcd p -..t.
How many drops would YOU
egc-> ATE in q teaspoon so.
~ or 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
knowledge Test
BY DR.. sABINA CONNOLLY

A garrote is an instrument
for: tal stranglIng crIuI-
nails: tb) building bridges,
tcl baking pastries
Missionary Ridge, ir Ten
neSSee. was historically Im-
portant IN. i8J 1868, co.
1893. tcl 1903?
The an'ennae Of AN insect
are attached 10 u.s. TOD
head: To middle. to- tute
Tho Columbia R4AcI lnAs
into the. tal Pacific Ocean
tb) The Arctic Ocean. lc)
The Indian Ocean,
An arc rs, ca q segment ~
q circle, fbl 2 line between
TWO points tCl a Kind Of
ship
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
7 WANT to express apprecia-
4 alton of eur organization as
well as the All Department Of
Michigan State College for the
splendid publicity given the
fifteenth annual All Club Live
stock Show recently held at the
Detroit Stock Yards.
In spite Of paper restrictions
and war news. we feel that your
newspaper did an excellent job
in covering the show, and was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29

IS HTHOSE who live in glass houses
Il should not throw stones is
an old prOverb. Now let us see if
our government does not live in a
glass house. Under the above policy
the minimum yearly wage is Sl.352.
Many government employees. such as
typlStS and file clerks. are receiving
less than the above minimum. and
they are classed as skilled employees.
I'm the post office we find the
mail handlers. guards, elevator Oper.
atOrs, custOdial employees and truck
drivers all working for less than 65
cents an hour.
The substitute clerks and sub
Stitute mail carriers who must pass
highly competitive civil service en-
animation before being employed
and whose work is highly skilled,
receive only CD cents per hour. Fur
thermOre, these substitutes may be
required to work 10 or IL hours per
day six or seven days per week, and
they receive only straight time for
this overtime work, whereas the un-
skilled worker in private industry
would receive time-and-One-half for
all hours worked in excess of 10 per
week.
THE regular clerk or carrier who
spent five years as an apprentice be-
fore reaching the top grade in salary.
now receives Sl.03 per hour for his
regular time, but under the archaic
law, his overtime is computed at only
80 cents per hour 49,.
"Yes, Senator Pepper, maybe
there should be new floor placed
under labor wages, but don't you
think the government should put its
own house in order first?
Remember, too. that postal en-
plOyes have not had an increase in
salary since 1925, or more than 10
years! =. -"
1t appears that Uncle Sam, in
admonishing private business and
industry, virtually says:
Don't do as do, but do as |
say. H. M.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29

Which of these is the
largest. ta) The Mediter-
ranean. thl The Black Sea;
lcl The Caspian Sea?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
National Federation of Post Office
Clerks, Local 1875

a
Clerks, Local 1875
Dec. 2, 1914
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
Hearst Newspapers
McCloud, Cal.
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
ON THURSDAY, Nov. 80, 1914, the
" editor of one of your great news
papers-The San Antonio Light
and their very able columnist, Mr.. j.
H. Mclean, again did a very great
favor for the postal employees by
publishing a letter which | had re-
Gently written to Senator Claude
Pepper Of Florida.
The post office department can
not change the salaries of post office
employees. This can be done only by
Congress. Congress does not pass
nor change laws unless there is a pub
lie demand for change. Post office
employees alone can not alone create
the demand for a change because
they are widely scattered over the
nation and have no economic weapon
with which to draw attention to their
plight. 1t is only through the aid of
the press that the public can be &C.
quainted with their problems. When
the public becomes thoroughly &C
quainted with our problems | am
sure they will demand that Congress
remedy them at once.
| have always found the Hearst
newspapers fair and just and willing
to cooperate with us and help us at
all times. With a few more true
friends like the Hearst newspapers,
justice would not be long in coming
our way.
| am enclosing a copy of my letter
to Senator Pepper and also clipping
of same, with editorial comment, as
published in the San Antonio Light
Perhaps you Will be able to use this
or some part of it in some of your
other great newspapers.
w. B. WILLIAMS, CHAIRMAN,
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Local No. 1875, Nat. Fed.
p. 0. Clerks
San Antonio, Tex.
(The following is reprinted from the
around the Plaza" column by J. n. Nc
Lean in the San Antonio (Texas) Light
of NoU. 80, 1914 quoting Mr.. Williams
letter to United States Senator Claude
Pepper of FIorida.)
From w. B. Williams, San
Antonio post office clerk, who lives
at 1874 Roslyn avenue, there comes
to this column copy of letter
which he mailed on Nov. % to Sena-
tor Claude Pepper of Florida.
1t is seldom that the point of view
of federal workers find public ex-
preston. Government is big bust
ness and it is often the case that the
federal workers problem parallels
those of the worker in private bust
ness or industry.
This column previously has called
attention to the fact that the govern
ment itself, in its relationship to it's
own employees, does not always meas
ure up to the standard it demands of
private business and industry. This
is true mainly Of the long-established
essential services, such as the post
office.
In his letter to Senator Pepper,
Mr.. Williams makes the apparently
reasonable suggestion that if any
thing below 90 cents an hour is
sub-standard wage, then there are
considerable number of federal en-
ployes whose welfare ought to be
considered by the government.
T HAVE found Mr.. Williams letter
i both informative and interesting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
BEHIND
The NEWS
BY auI.
MaIIon

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s-
W part ID-A restless APP
petite for something called
freedom is loose in the land.
The youth wants II,
This is what war is being
fought for Most Of the inter
nationally agitating societies in
New York also have the word
freedom attached 10 their titles
Polish. Russian, International
iSt. what not
But what is this freedom"
for which we ycarn?. 1t must
ne something different from
that freedom which we have
had. II is not alone democracy.
for We have had that, still have
it. Russia uses the same word
10 describe what il wants also.
but that, obviously, is not the
kind of freedom" our people
are thinking about, No one
describes IT exactly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29
ENORMOUSLY Make the PROMPTLY
Uncle Sam Sets Poor Example
AS Wage Payer

ton to raise the floor of wages to 65
cents an hour, with testimony by
William Davis, chairman of the War
Labor Board, that he would prefer
to treat the proposal as guide
rather than mandate"
"'SenatOr Claude Pepper CD of
Florida, author of the resolution and
chairman of the subcommittee said
he hoped to get the resolution
through the lame duck Congress be-
fore it dies next month.
"'While the resolution merely de-
fines sub-standard wages as below 90
cents an hour, Pepper said: 81 would
be willing to make an arbitrary in
crease to 65 cents an hour and shift
to industry and the public the bur-
dens that sub-standard wage-earners
have been carrying" Davis gave
qualified endorsement to the pro-
pOSal.
First, Senator Pepper, let me
say that | want to see labor receive
a fair wage. As to what the mini
mum wage per hour should be, YOU
and your committee have the facts
and figures and | do not question
them. | am perfectly willing to &C
cept your figure of Cd cents an hour
as minimum, which | assume you
mean for unskilled labor.
"As has been in the past and is
now the accepted policy, the wages
for skilled labor should range up
ward from 65 cents, according to the
degree of skill required or involved.
Thus, the illiterate man is en-
titled to 65 cents an hour for his
work. Then it naturally follows that
the man who prepared himself well
by years of intensive study in school
and further years of work as an
apprentice at his chosen trade.
should be worth and should receive
considerably more in wages than the
minimum of 60 cents an hour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-29

r HAVE found Mr.. Williams letter
l. both informative and interesting,
and will pass it on to the readers.
His letter to Senator Pepper follows:
a dispatch from International
News Service, Washington, ID. c.,
Nov. 10, 1914, states as follows:
1.-the Senate Labor sub-cOmmit-
tee completed hearings on a resOIu-
Evening star., 1944-07-23
War Fund Publicity
Committee Named

Fifteen men and one woman,
Mrs. Paul v. McNutt, wife OF the
chairman Of the War Manpower
Commission, viii make up the
Publicity Committee for the Com
munity War Fund Campaign which
begins In October, 1t WAS announced
yesterday.
Everett ]. Boothby, vice president
and general manager Of the WASH
ington Gas Light Co, viii head the
committee, assisted by Robert n
Davidson Of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., q vice
chairman.
Other members include: Robert
Evening star., 1944-07-23

nous. She won Comdr. BrindaDke.
a Presidential unit citation in May,
l943, for having sunk $4,000 tons of
Japanese shipping and damaged
many other enemy ships including
an aircraft carrier. What toll of
enemy shipping she had taken since
then has not been disclosed.
Her skipper In those days was
Comdr. Frank w. Fenno, jr.. who
took her to sea when she was com.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

n. Lewis. Warrington Gas Lsht CO. !;
w. Arthur Gray, LAnsburgh 4
Bros; Aubrey r Taylor- Federal
Works Agency: james w. Hardey,
woodward Il Lothrop: John Shoe
maker, General Outdoor Advertising
Co, Inc: M. g. Schwartz, radio
dealer; Louis Janon, Advertisers Art
Studios; Harwood Martin, Martin
Advertising Agency: Serge N. Ben
son, Tariff Commission: John J..
Payette, Warner Brothers; Carter r.
Barron, Loew's Washington Theat-
ers; E. G. 0iddings, Capital Transit
Co. and r. G. Brehaut, Washington
Gas Light Co.
Evening star., 1944-07-23
THE SUNDAY STAR, washington. D. c.
e@ SUNDAY, July a. IsA. 4-.,Ss.sr's-4 a 80

Karlo1, nlm and stage actor famous
for his portrayal Of horror parts,
entered hospital last night to
undergo spinal operation to relieve
arthritis. from which he has suffered
for years. his studio said today.
His physician. Dr.. Raymond l..
Je6rics, said Mr.. KArlo6 will be
unable to work for at least . month.