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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-02-21

| Negro must necessarily get less
than he needs, the Negro COM
mences to grumble or pray, while
the white man laughs merrily on
his way.
The white mans economical
m h ID of acquiring wealth
means that the individual sue
ceeds In proportion as he contrib
utes to the wealth of the commu-
nifty. The Negroes un-economic-
al method means that the indi-
yidual impoverishes others In pro-
portion as he increases.
Negroes should Immediately be-
come aware of the fact that the
very objectionable sin in the
struggle for existence, is weak
ness. Neither pity or the sense
of juctice will preserve them from
determination or exploitation. The
only real virtue is strength. The
question that transcends all 9TH
ers in importance Is how can an
economically weak Negro race
strengthen itself for this inevi-
/; table and unmitigated struggle.
A race which listens to other
advice, and allows less pertinent
problems to divert its attention
from this most pertinent one, will
surely perish. If Negroes delude
themselves with illogical theories
of social equality without being
prepared for it, or listens to the
harlot voice of seductive pleas
ures, and gives themselves to mo-
tionless dreaming and sentimental
beliefs that the white man is OBJ
ligated to carry them any longer,
they will go the way of the Amer
lean Indian.
Strength comes from self-disci-
pline. The Negro social group
should enforce such discipline
within its own structure. In so
doing the Negro race will win the
respect and help of the major
ity of their white neighbors. Muir
der must be suppressed because
group that permits it weakens
itself.
Thieving, swindling, attacks on
women, prostitution and all other
destructive activities hsould be
suppressed by Negroes themselves
for the same all-sufficient reason.
One way tor the Negro race to
grow strong is for its members to
rid themselves of laziness, both
mental and physical. 1t is of SUI
preme Importance. therefore, that
Negroes become producers. The
dollar is less likely to be influ-
enced by race hatred than the
ballot. No one refuses to buy
corn grown by a Negro, though
they would not vote for a Negro
to hold public office.
The Negro community should
become dominated by the philoso-
ply of work, under which produe-
tive action rather than consump-
ton is the end. Then competi-
ton in whatever field it may be
carried on, loses its economical
character and comes to the very
highest expression of progress.
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their lack of initiative, another
form; political competition. Such
Negroes should realize that the
more the State absorbs private en-
terprise the more will political
competition displace economic com
petition.
The chief purpose of all living
creatures is to keep on living. II
should be clearly understood, there
fore, that competition is part of
the universal struggle to live. The
concrete fact is, struggle is the
keynote to survival.
In assuming the general struggle
for existence, it is not necessary
for Negroes to harbor hatred
against the white man because the
white man has excelled in eco
nomic competition. The better
way is for Negroes to unfetter the
mental chains that bind them to
the traditional past, and substitute
energetic initiative for idleness
and initiative ostentation.
That understanding and mutual
aid among races are essential to
progress cannot be denied and
must have place in the Negroes
philosophy of life. In the effort of
two diverse races to live together
in harmony these benign agencies
have higher place than strife and
race hatreds.
In superficial way it may be
suggested that the key to the prob
lem of harmonizing such unlike
things as friendships and strife is
found in the fact that human in
terests are sometimes hostile and
sometimes peaceful. Where the in
terests are peaceful, friendship and
mutual aid promote the effort to
live together in harmony. Where
the interest is hostile, some form
of strife is inevitable.
Should the human interest be
hostile it may take any form out
of the multitude: The successful
white man, may in an unthinking
way, gather more of the worlds
goods than he can use, leaving the
unsuccessful Negro to almost per
ish while begging for a job.
Or some INSCRIPTIONS white
men may conceive a deliberate and
conscious plot to handicap Negroes
by boycotting Negroes from unions
and skilled trades.
This form of strife is sly hut no
less deadly as it deprives the Ne.
gro man of the means to support
his wife and children. The result
is, that many Negro men are EN-
differed because their wives nag
them for not being producers like
the white man. From this point
of view, huamn interests are only
specialized forms to incite race
hatred and strife.
Economic competition relates To
those rivalries which grow out of
the desire to possess things gen.
orally classed as wealth. In Africa
where wives are regarded as prom
erty, they are wealth. Rivalry for
their possession takes the form of
economic competition. In U. s. A.
wives are not legally regarded as
wealth; sometimes they are re-
garded as liabilities, often tragedy
is the result of rivalry for their
possession.
The very nature of economic
competition involves a conflict of
interests, where there is less of a
commodity that is wanted, and the
white man gets most of it, and the
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ton or service, and so little upon
destruction or deception.
OF the three forms OF economic
competition: Competitive produc-
ton, Competitive bargaining and
Competitive Consuming the Negro.
on his own initiative has contrib
uted almost solely in the role of
hired man in production.
Most Negroes, instead of prepar-
ing themselves for economic COM
petition, propose to substitute for
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THE IMMUTABLE

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forces may come, it must be re-
strained.
Economic competition is one of
the cruelest forms of human con-
flict. In no other form of conflict
does success depend upon produc-
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for man to be. He was kind
husband. good father. loving
son. generous neighbor and an
honest man and these words build
monument of glory above the
humblest grave. Harmony
Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M.
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when all is done, say not my
day is DER,
And that through night / seek a
DINNER shore;
Say rather that my morn has just
begun
greet the dawn and not
setting sun,
When all is done.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
While the death of our beloved
husband, son. father, brother and
many kindred ties brought an
guish to our hearts, the generous
expressions of sorrow flowing
through resolutions, letters and
kilograms of coincidence, the mag
nificent floral offerings, the
friendly solicitations during his
brief illness, lessons our own sor-
row with the assurance his day
has just begun.
Nor can we forget the fine tes-
timonials of a fraternity he loved,
honored and serYevd.
We are grateful to the organ
list, Mrs. Emma r. Chainey. for
a fine prelude, and the sweet
singer of songs, Mrs. Margaret
Malone, especially her mo Night
There" which gave us a glimpse
of the dawn.
For the heartfelt words of the
Rev. Judson Swancy who knew
him so well in life; the Rev. Ben
jamin F. Davis for the consola-
ton, guidance to an abiding faith
and a hope beyond, leaves us
with the assurance, We Shall
Meet Again.
For the exceptional fine serv-
ice and real demonstration of
sympathy of the Angelus Mortu-
airy and their attendants We will
always feel grateful.
Mrs. Martha Taylor, wife.
Mrs. Arvena Bailey, mother.
Alberta and Hunice, daughters.
Will and Alex Taylor, brothers.
Bertha Nash. Barbara Burton,
grand daughters.
The Valley settler., 1945-07-27
QUONSET 6 YAKUTAT HUTS

The Association is. negotiating for the purchase of surp Jus quonset and yaln,tat huts for use by faraers in the Valley. Most farmers arc famil- liar wi tn const tru c cti on details of
 the quons sets. Yakatat huts are ap- pr oxima tely 18 feet square. construc- |ted Of e 8 panels built up of |2 X As, celotex ana drop siding. Since only limited nu,abor of
 lea ch s available at the present time it wi II probably be necessary to draw lots to effect 0 fair distribu- |tiOn.
 Those who are interested in secur- ing these bui 1dings at ( reasonable |price are asked to notify Holland |Sn0Ggrass MFCA in writ ing on or before 9:oO AM, Saturday, August |3, stating the maximum price they
 Wi Il pay deliv cred. This will not be the cost, but will be us ed as basis fer neGoti ons, |sub ect, of course to the succes sfu1 bur chase of bull ings in this manner. It Is planned to purchass ether surplus bui i1dtngs and equi pment in this way fer groups of farmers if it |can be done to advantage. Prospective buyers are notified |thet this and other such operations will be done only on cash basis. Tt Is felt desirab1e to pool all |costs to bring them to average. Any lsul ges ions you may have on this matter will be very welcome. Roland ono6 grass WFCA Gen... Mgr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
RoiI roveI Uncertainty Worsened

Washington. July 18.-CUP)-Civ- ilianS who insist on travelling by rail will do so hereafter at the risk of being tossed off trains anytime and anywhere it's necessary to make way for war traffic.
 And they can't say they haven | been warned.
 The uncertainty and risk involved in future travel by civilians was made clear by the Office of Defense Transportation yesterday when it took control of all passenger day coaches and parlor, baggage, ex- press, club. lounge and dining cars.
 This order, ODT said, puts all passenger cars at the Arny's dis posal. If necessary, cars can be shifted from one train to another, or from one railroad to another. Trains can be dropped from one schedule and put on anther-any- time.
 ODT could not estimate just how deeply civilian train travel would be cut from now on. But a spokes- man indicated that travelers-par- ticularly would-be vacationists- faced several alternatives. all un- pleasant.
 They can take a chance and not get where they're going. If they get there, they might not get back, and if they do it could be late. They can try hitchhiking but, preferably from the governments point of view,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
New Court Appointees Sworn In

New appointees to the City Court staff were sworn in by Judge Charles R. Su1nma this morning, and immediately began their duties, in a courtroom bedecked with flor al tributes.
 The new appointees are Stephen A. Homick, CD, who replaces Pro- secutor Albert W. Hummel, (R) ; Carmine Cipriano, CD, who re- places Clerk Albert J. Bronsky, (R) i; Miss Constance Jegela, CD, re- placing Miss Irene Dillane (R), as- sistant clerk; and Italo Delfino, CD. replacing Italian interpreter Felix Braico. tR).
 The other court personnel re- main the same. They are: Prose- cutor, Frederick W. Palomba; clerk of the small claims division, Pas quale DeCicco; assistant clerk oi that division, Miss Barbara Croft: Probation Officer, Yale Matzkin; and Lithuanian interpreter, John Tareila; all Republicans.
 MT. Homick and MT. Cipriano, who are coroner and deputy coron- CT, respectively, are expected to re- sign from those posts upon conclu- sion of the inquest into the death of Mrs. Douglas Hatch who was stabbed in a Savings street res taurant Saturday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
SoIons Agree rumon

Washington, July IS. = (UP) = President Truman's recommenda- ton for a one-man Surplus Prop Arty administration cound consid- erable support today in Congress.
 In a special message to the legis- lators, the president asked yesterday that the present three-man Surplus Property Board be scrapped to make way for a single administrator. Multiple authority, he said, has complicated day-to-day opera tions."
 Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga., said the present setup was mol highly workable" and that hs favored MT. Truman,s recommen- dation to centralize control.
 Sen. Tom Stewart, D., Tenn, said the presidents proposal was a. needed step in the direction of central control. Sen. Edwin c. Johnson, D., Colo, agreed that a change was needed.
 The three member board was approved by Congress as a com- promise to reconcile differences of the Senate, which favored a i've man board, and the House, which favored a one-man administration
 The difficulties in the multiple administration of surplus disposal was emphasized when Guy Mi. Gil-'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Wilson Made
 Rubber Chief

Washington, July IS - CU.P.) - Robert s. Wilson, vice president of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, will succeed John L. Col lyer as the nations rubber director. Production Chief J. A. Krug an- nounced today.
 Couyer, president of the B. F. Goodrich Company, is leaving gov ernment service to return to private industry. He took over the job last March when the tire production program was in serious straits.
 In hls final report to Krug, Col iyer said military and minimum es- Sential civilian requirements for tires ana other rubber products can be met this year and next under programs now in effect.''
 He said work stoppages and man. power shortages were the principal obstacles facing the industry in at- taining the 1945 tire goals.
 A shortage of natural rubber loms for 1946, Collyer said, but the government is initiating programs to gain new rubber resources in lib- erated areas in the Pacific.
 He presented the following 1945-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Communistic Label Given 16-Army Men

Washington, July 18 - (U.P) - Sixteen army officers and enlisted men were singled out by Congress sional Committee today as persons ":whose background reflects Con- munism in some form"
 vbtmbttvn to vvbnt
 Reporting on its investigation of alleged commissioning of Commun- ists, a House Military Affairs Sub- committee said the Army had granted commissions to some appli- cants who had received unfavorable reports by 8 War Department per- sonnel board.
 The Is men whose background was alleged to reflect Communism" included Sergeant Samuel Dashiell Hammett, well known fiction writer; Lieutenant Joseph Lash, one time head of the American Students Union and protege of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; and four lieutenants as- signed to the Office of Strategic Services.
 A report prepared by Committee Investigator H. Ralph Burton said 8 personnel board had recommend ed withholding commissions from 39 Of 40 men whose applications had been sent up for special study.
 On final review by the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Burton said, the Personnel Board was sus- tained in 25 cases, one was dis charged but the other IA were re- turned to officer candidate schools or commissioned.
 Name Individuals
 Burton said he could present the facts" to show that he 16 men named in his report have back grounds reflecting Communism in some form. Their names and activ- ities as listed by the subcommittee
 Major Edward Newhouse, Wash- ington, D. c. = Writer for the Daily Worker and other left-wing publica- tions and a sponsor for the Writers and Artists Committee for Medical Aid to Spain.
 Captain Herbert Aptheker, 940th Field Artillery Battalian, APO 408, New York:-Contributor to New Masses and Donor" to Social Worker Today, which was described as primarily vehicle whereby the line of the Community party is pro-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Coroner;s Inquest Probes Fatal Stabbing; Police Hold LucareM

Coroner Stephen A. Homick com- menced a formal inquest this after noon into the death of Mrs. Mary Corbett Hatch, 37, 257 North Main street, who died at St. Mary's hos pital last night of knife-wound received Saturday night at Bruno's restaurant on Savings street, Pre- liminary statements, including one from her alleged assailant, Nicholas Lucarelli, 38, 48 Central avenue, were taken by the coroner Sunday and Monday when it appeared that Mrs. Hatch was in danger of death. Informed of Mrs. Hatch's death at New Haven county jail last night, Lucarelli appeared unmoved. Dep- uty Sheriff Albert Francis read a coroner's warrant to him, and Lu- carelli made no reply. The she5if asked him if he understood That the woman was dead, and tI re- piled, yes"
 Jealousy Motive
 Authorities refused today to clear up the motive for the stabbing, holding Lucarelli incommunicado. Several officials declared that the motive was jealousy, but would not elaborate. Lucarelli is reported to have stated that he had been going with" Mrs. Hatch for year.
 The stabbing occurred Saturday night with Mrs. Hatch seated alone in booth. An acquaintance of hers had been seated with her, but he got he remained. Lucarelli, who had up and went over to the bar where been drinking at the bar, went into the mems room, then came out, walked over to Mrs. Hatch, plunged a pocket knife into her chest, and then walked out before anyone re- alized what had happened. He walked over to Exchange place and surrendered to Patrolmen Arthur Chicoine and Joseph Bagley.
 The victims husband, Sgt. Doug las Hatch, an Army Medical Corps veteran, said today that both he and his wife were acquainted with Lucarelli, whom he described as a friend of the family. He said he did not believe reports that his wife had been going with" Lucar- elli, who has an estranged wife in Port Jervis, New York.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Import Bank Fund Raised

Washington, July 18-(UP)-The senate banking committee unani- mously approved legislation today to increase the lending powers of the export bank from $7OO, 100000 to $500, 900 900.
 Committee Chairman Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y, told reporters he would bring the bill up in the senate as soon os the Breton Woods mon- etary proposals, now being debated on the floor, are ratified.
 The export-import and the Bret ton Woods measures are keystones in the administration foreign economic policy. Committee approv- al of the lending authority bill fol- lowed testimony by foreign econ omic administrator Leo T. Crowley that the bank probably will lend Russia about 5000, 100000 in the next year.
 He said the export-import bank needed another $2,8O0, 100000 for lending purposes in the 12 to IS monNls before the Breton Woods agreements can be put into opera ton.
 The senate met an hour earlier
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Assessor lnouguroted
 oday

Waterbury'S new head of the de- partment of assessment, Aldro Jenks, former research tax direc- tor of the state tax department, was formally sworn into office this morning by Mayor John s. Monagan in the latter's office.
 Announcement of the appoint ment of Prof. Jenks was made yes- terday noon by the mayor follow ing the governors approval of the so-called assessors bill at Hartford earlier in the morning. Upon quail fication of the new appointee today the terms of Assessors John J. Kill duff. Joseph H. McGinniss, John Jenusaitis, and Robert c. Stone were officially terminated. How ever, all four are presently being retained in the office and indica- tions were that they might possibly be named as assistants to the as- SesSor.
 Under terms of the bill, sighted by the governor, the assessor is allowed to name as many assist ants as he deems necessary upon authorization of the mayor.
 Considerable confusion was ap- parent yesterday among local offi- cials on the exact wording of the bill as it finally passed the legis- lature. It wasn't until today that a copy of the bill in the state it passed was available. It was learned then that the section setting forth qualifications of the board of tax review had been eliminated and that this board will continue to be elected as at present-each party to nominate two candidates and the three highest to be elected to the board.
 Prof. Jenks spent most of the day in conference with George B. Horan who is conducting the reval- uation survey for the city, and John P. Brophy, chairman of the revaluation survey committee that recommended the appointment of MT. Jenks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
Labor Panel Controversy

Chicago, July 18 - CU.P) - A special War Labor Board panel to- day considered a proposal today that set of union flaws" be in- cluded in contracts between two San Antonio, Tex, newspaper publishers and the Typographical Union.
 The panel decided to consider the matter after stormy hearing yes- terday during which ITU President Woodruff Randolph said the VILE has no jurisdication over the news paper business and publishers rep resentatives charged the union with trying to destroy collective bargain ing procedures.
 Randolph made the assertion after representative of the San An- tonic Express Publishing Company and the Light Publishing Company, San Antonio, had contested vigor- ously the unions contention that it's Jaws" should be embodied in their 1945 collective bargaining agree ments.
 we are definitely telling the Board that, if and when it makes any decision against such inclusion of the ITU laws, we will not respect it or comply with it." Randolph said.
 Harvey J. Kelly. general counsel for the H e ars Newspapers countered With the assertion that such 8 "unilateraP' and wholly un- realistic approach" would destroy the principle of collective bargain ing.
 Kelly held that the union may make any laws it desires to govern its own membership, but that actu- al provisions of signed contract controlling relations between the union and employer must be ap- proved by both parties involved.
 He pointed out that the same iS- sue is involved in ITU stoppages at Bayonne and Jersey City, N. J., Fort Wayne, Ind, and Birmingham, Ala, and in e dozen other disputes either before or on their way to the VILE.
 Well, we'll see if the WLB can print your papers as well as our members can print them," Ram dolph concluded.
 The board then said it would consider inclusion of union laws in new contracts. ......
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, July IS - (UP)-Rumors and hopes of quick peace in the Pacific took a bad beating among military men here, who be- lieve Japan is full of fight and must be invaded.
 Japan has 5,000,000 well armed troops in the home is- lands and about 4,000 first line fighter and bomber planes. Japan also has an enormous store of infantry weapons. The consensus hereabouts is that Japan still will fight despite the aston ishing failure to challenge our navy's daring approach eS to her shore lines.
 Thus the spectacular reports of Pacific Fleet and air operations, coupled with reports of changes in President Truman's travel plans, may prove to be less immediately significant than they appear in the headlines. Another jolt to the op- timists came yesterday when it was reiterated here that occupation of Japan is fundamental in our war po- licy-occupation by invasion unless the enemy leaders decide to call it quits before that, but occupation in any event.
 Surrender Terms Ready
 There are of course some persons who believe that the enemy leaders may get sensible and decide to sub init before much more of the home land is wrecked. The government will have terms on tap for the Jap- anese to fulfill in such a contin- gency. But the consensus is that this is a rather remote hope and that 8 full-scale invasion will be necessary.
 If Japan Is to be invaded, the time for laying in a stock of hard or soft drinks for victory celehra- ton is a long way off and the money just now would be better spent in war bonds. The redeploy- ment of the American armies from
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