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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
UNIVERSITY o. wAseigoTos
Police SCI. Wesman, FaKoIman Hull, Accused Of
Nonfeasance, Conspiracy to Void State Law
AUTOCRATTC POLICEMEN, POWER DRUNK
RULE SOUTH END WITH ROD OF IRON

No ringmaster with whip in his hand ever exercised
power than Police Sgt. H. A Westman and Patrol
Hull who rule their district the South End with rod
of iron.
laws of the realm especially the laws of the city state
all of which written laws, enacted for the public
veal:
man and Patroman Hull absolute rulers their domain
take precedence the laws of the city and state to-w
These unwritten laws form of tax imposed by
the police abreaker for immunity violation of the
laws of the city and The these taxes are
for the sole benefit of the collectors never reach the
Golfers of the city state
Failure to pay the levied under the unvrtten laws
OF these policemen brings down their anahema and marks
the offenders for a reign of terror.
Editors Note: The Eks Club refused pay the tax
imposed by Police Sgt H. A. Westman and Patromaan
Hull and as consequence subjected to periodical
raids accompanied by of members of Ev
ergreen Temple ladies' auxiliary the Els and the de-
hberae ransacng of the financial ecretary desk of Pu
get Sound Lodge Eks No. 100 hunt for treas
ure Every morning their memorandum reminds hem The
Elks Club must be destroyed.
These unwritten laws have existed long the minds
Of these policemen that they regard them part of
the law and they respect neither the laws of God
nor man. which contravene them THE evil of becoming
drunk with sight of to the extent of refusing hold
LAUGHING STOCK
Law enforcement by the rulers of the South End
foundations of law order They teach no respect for
law We doubt if either of them heard the Golden
Rule the Sermon on the Mount or the Ten Commandments
If the presence of these policemen provokes smile,
,ronc because to quote, got the dollar sign painted
II. A.
Westman and Patroman Hull impose tax on lawbreakers
for immunity for violation of laws, the presumption
that these officers have interest in the business of the
violators.
Some places raided and raided and raided. Other
places breaking the law every in the and Sunday
too with their blessing and and and are never
raided.
The frequency of these raids the Elks Club Intrigue
We believe the raids and publicity merely cloak
to operations in which Police Sgt H. A. Westman
and Patroman Hull have an interest
WHAT is THIS INTEREST?
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
(To Be Continued)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
JUST TO REMIND U

The situation of the Negro in
America today is a travesy against
justice and fair play, and an in
suit to the Wanted blast of equal.
ity and democracy and gives lie
to the claim of Christianity based
on the fatherhood of God and
brotherhood of man AS bad as
is our situation today. 1t is but
small when compared to that
faced by our forebears 80 years
ago.
God made us men. God made us
like all other men-in his own
image-whether white or black or
yellow or brown or red. God lin
tied US only by the limitations
which we place on ourselves
That man is to be pitied whose
only claim to supremacy lies in
something over which he has no
control-the color of his skin. The
world is fast beginning to look to
deeds and achievements as the
badge of excellence and we must
prepare ourselves to meet the re-
quirements.-Rep. Dawson, Illinois.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
MAYOR DEVINS CIVIC UNITY COMMITTEE
TALKS LITTLE, DOES YEOMAN SERVICE

Part of a national trend toward
municipal control of interracial
problems. Seattle Mayor William
#. Devin's Civic Unity Committee
has been active for a year-and-
a-half against discriminatory prac-
tees in this city.
The Committee was set up in
February. 1914 to handle the
problems arising out of greatly
increased Negro population; the
touchy Japanese-American situa-
tion large Filipino colony; a
new Jewish population; and q
large unorientated group of peo-
pie from every state, including
whites from the deep South.
Meeting every Thursday morn
ing. the Committee is made up
of 10 members, all busy persons.
who were chosen because they
are leaders In their fields OF &C
tivity. The members serve with
out pay, and represent organized
labor, industry, churches, profess
sions, the University of Wash
ington, women's clubs, the minor
ity groups, and others. Chairman
is George Greenwood, president of
the Pacific National Bank, who
says, "You will never know the
good (the) committee has done
nor how much trouble has been
averted any more than a man
knows how much disaster has
been avoided because of the light
ing rod on his house,
Although the group has no le-
gal authority, it has repeatedly
accomplished much through per-
suasion, reason, and alert action
during ITS brief existence thus far.
Its work has been there little.
there little"-persuading a cafe
proprietor to remove white
trade only" sign; reasoning with
an employer; spiking a rumor
before it could flame into trouble:
lessening discrimination prac-
ticed by public officials; and
sending out speakers, and other
services.
One of the important results of
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THE IMUTABLE LAW OF CAUSE & EFFECT
LAST TO Be HIRED, FIRST TO BE FIRED

til the emergency has passed.
Whether the emergency was war
which Negroes helped to win, or
Strike Negroes helped to break
they are soon forgotten. Govern
ments as well as large Corpora
tions are notorious for being un-
grateful.
Impending events cast their sha-
dows before them, and even now
. the lengthening shadows of I'M
employment has begun to haunt
thousands of Negroes as is indi-
Gated by worried groups of men
and women crowding the employ
ment offices and down town hotels
and apartment houses looking for
peace-time jobs as janitors and
maids.
During the war with its arti-
fetal prosperity, many forgot the
Continued on Page A.
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S/Sgt. J. B. Chapel, U.S.A.. has
rejoined the armed forces, pre-
paratory for service in the Pa
eific. following a 30-day furlough
AS a civilian S/Sgt. Chapel was
a student of journalism in the
public schools here, at the same
time serving as columnist and
reporter for the Northwest Enter.
prise.
During his furlough. SfSgt
Chapel in an interview. indicated
his desire to return to the North.
west Enterprise following his re
lease from the army.
The Northwest Enterprise wei
comes the coming of S/Sgt. Chap.
pell and assures him a position
subservient only to the welfare OF
his race.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
James r. Chase Pays
Visit to Seattle

Mr.. James r. Chase, former
elite of Seattle, now of Los An
geles. made flying visit to Sc
attic last week. returning Sunday
morning.
Chase reports that the Negro
population of Los Angeles is nov
more than 10000.
Surprisingly large is the num-
Der of newcomers purchasing
homes, making down payments of
$4,000 TO $1,000.
Chase. a real estate executive,
has sponsored housing projects,
one of which is the largest in the
city, and occupied by the finest
and wealthiest Negroes of the
city.
Negroes have also entered sew.
eral fine restricted districts and
are planning on organizing a bank
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
BUY VICTORY BONDS

AS singer Dick Haynes relays
the yarn( certain weather fore
caster was so often wrong in his
predictions that he became the
laughing stock of his community.
Finally, he asked his superiors to
transfer him to another station.
A brief correspondence followed.
why" asked his chief. "do you
want to be transferred?"
Because" the forecast e T
promptly replied. 1.-The climate
here doesn't agree with me-"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

the Committees work is that the
community now realizes the exis-
tence of such a group to which
they can take their racial trou-
bles. Many communications are
received, not so much from COM
planning minority groups, as from
those who want to see them
treated fairly.
Another endeavor Is along the
line of fair labor practices. The
Committee asks union officials to
meet with 1t, at which time they
are asked openly what they will
do when employment slackens-
whether they will lay off Negro
labor first or abide by rules of
seniority and ability. In several
instances. the Committee reports
that employers have promised fair
treatment of minorities.
The Committee has also found
that it can lead public opinion
but not force it. For instance,
after progress has been made to-
ward getting Negro bus drivers
accepted in the municipal transit
line, prejudice among the white
drivers balks the plan. Prejudice
among real estate leaders can be
descended, but Negro housing is
still a major problem. At present
the City Council is being asked
for funds to investigate such hous-
ing to determine what Is truth
and what is rumor in reports
that Negroes are living In sub
standard and slum conditions.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
BY DIR. JOHN X. LARREMORE

by Df. JOHN IA. LARREMORE
The old saying, Last to be hir-
ed, first to be fired" has always
been a true saying regarding Me-
groes. Since the emancipation
proclamation when Negroes enter
ed the labor field as wage earners
in competition with White labor
this condition has existed. 1t is
not generally known that one of
the principal factors leading to tie
abolition of slavery was the cor.
petion of N, gro slave labor with
free While .a3or. Negroes were
virtually fired out OF chat:el
slavery ami "atapulted into ,'on-
nomic slavery.
In time of National emergencies
or in conflicts between Labor and
Capitalism, the Federal Govern
ment and large Corporations en-
ploy Negroes in large numbers un-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
THREAT TO LIBERAL LEGISLATION

The biggest threat to the pas
sage of liberal legislation comes
from poll tax senators and rep
resentatiyes in Congress.
These political parasites are
getting away with the cheapest
purchases of political power to be
found in this, or any other nation.
DR.. Du Bots well points out in
his book, Color and Democracy,
that the composition of the pre-
sent Senate is determined "in an
extraordinary way"
He points out that in Mississip-
pi $4,000 voters have the same
power in the Senate as 5000, 900
voters in New York.
Actually, we are appraised by
the Congressional Directory that
in the home state of Mississippi's
Infamous triumvirate in the Sen
ate and House, Bilbo, Eastland
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
CALIFORNIA NEGROES To ORGANIZE
PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL LEAGUE

BERKELEY, Calif.-The High Ma
rine Social Club, Inc, one OF
Berkeley's Oldest and most pro.
gressive mems organizations. In at
tempting for the first time in the
history of West Coast sports to
organize Pacific Coast Negro
Baseball League.
Behind the organizational idea
of this forward thinking group of
young men is plan to provide
postwar entertainment and EN-.
ployment for Negroes as well a.
to give new impetus to Pacific
Coast baseball next spring when
the 1946-47 season opens.
Goal of the group planning the
league is to have member teams
representing San Diego. Los An
geles. Oakland. San Francisco
Portland and Seattle.
According to present plans. a 10
cal ball team will be sponsored
by the High Marines and will
form the nucleus of the proposed
Pacific Coast Negro League. A
spring training camp will be posed
set up for the team in this To-
cality, try-outs will be held and
training will begin at dates to be
announced later. so that the spon.
soring team can swing into ac-
ton as soon as the next baseball
season opens.
Interest in the proposed League
has been widespread and in Port
land there is a movement afoot by
a prominent mems club to form a
League team. Members of the
High Marine Social Clubs League
sponsoring committee are in cor.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

and Rankin, in 1910, for example.
the state population was 2,183,19
And out of that number only 1885,
975 voted for u. s. Senator.
Bilbo defeated Ex-Governor
Hugh L. White by a vote of 91.-
334 to 62,641. In other words,
more than two million people
didn't vote-thanks to poll taxes,
ignorance or apathy.
DR.. Du Bots graphically sums
up this voting Disparity: THE
middle Atlantic states with H.
100000 votes sent six members to
the Senate, while the Southern
former slave states with 4,5O0,-
900 voters sent 20 senator's"
This graphic summary clearly
indicates how political democracy
is hamstrung by the question of
the poll tax and other Southern
undemocratic contI vances.
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respondence and plan to make d.
rect contact with other interested
groups and individuals In the
Coastal area. Any individual or
organization Interested in forming
a League tea min a Pacific Coast
community capable of supporting
II is invited TO communicate with
the recording secretary Of the
High Marines, c. C. Pittman, 1921
Derby ST., Berkel.
Members of the. League spon-
soring committee, which is can
vassing the Pacific Coast, in
comparatively short time has done
an outstanding job of making the
Oaklank- Berkeley community Me-
gro baseball conscious. They hope
to imbue the entire coast with
this sports zeal which may be the
forerunner of new day for Negro
baseball throughout the country.
Chairman is Edward G.. Harris.
who is also assistant secretary of
the club. Other committee mem
bers are: Hammond Bolden, Theo-
dore Rochon. Arthur Clark l.. NJ.
Hatch, Nathaniel Williams and
Angelo Stanton.
Moreover. according to members
of the club. the proposed Negro
Baseball League plan is no fly
by-night idea. 1t has been dis
cussed and thought of for some
time. The business manager of
Oakland's Pacific Coast League,
white team. has been in confer
ence with the High Marines and
has given them helpful and valu-
able advice and assistance
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
Judge VIM. ]. Wilkins
Returns to Superior Bench

Col. William j. Wilkins, who
surrendered his seat as Judge of
King County Superior Court, to
join the armed forces, resumes
his position on the bench.
Judge wilkins was welcomed
back by his colleagues on the
bench, and friends who hold their
Judiciary in high esteem.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

This revelation of the secrets
of nature long mercifully withheld
from man should arouse the most
solemn reflections in the mind and
conscience of every human being
capable of comprehension.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
SMIALS

Loyal Daughter Lucille McMath
was hostess to Eureka Past
Daughter Rulers Council in the
absence of Loyal Daughter Ruler
Nellie Wilson. who is attending
the Grand Lodge Bond Session
|. B. P. o. E. of w. Philadelphia,
Pa.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

Buying $500 Victory Bond,
contributing $25 to the p. |. tele.
phone fund, and selling war say.
ings stamps is not our goal.
Bring our boys and girls back
to better atmosphere than when
they left.
I'VE are going to unite our
forces to build a home, a home
that viii be a credit not only to
our organization, but a credit to
Seattle. And, the Owls will do it,"
said President Twinette Jackson
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
ANNOUNCEMENT

The officers and members Of
the Seattle Branch, NAACP,
will hold regular monthly
meeting at 8 p. m, Monday,
Sept. 10, at Phyllis Wheatly Y.
w. c. A., 1O2 21st Ave. N. Your
presence is urgently requested.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

Miss Nellie Marie Hill, voice
student of Cornish School of
Music. will high light the pro-
gram. marking the first anniver-
sary of Sids Dining Room. Sat
urday evening. Sept. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Tulles',
hosts for the affair. welcome their
many friends and patrons to an
unusual evening of song and
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05
NEGRO TO CONDUCT BERLIN
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

BERLIN.-For the first time In
the history of the famed Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, Negro
acted as conductor in concerts
before German civilians, Sept. 2.
and Allied seryicemen Sept. 8.
He is Rudolf Dunbar. 81, London
composer-conductor, who repre-
sents the Associated Negro Press
at the Berlin Press camp.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-09-05

Secretary of State Byrns blunt
ly tells Bulgaria she must have
free elections. What about South
Carolina. Mr.. Secretary?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08

Okinawa-(D Delayed) Marine Pri- vate First Glass Sumner B. Weiss, of 380 West Main street, Waterbury, Conn, has one souvenir he prizes above all others after three major campaigns with the First Marine Division.
 His prize" is a shrapnel punc- tured helmet, the one he wore dur ing the Peleliu operation.
 A wireman with the Third Battal- ion of the Seventh Regiment, Weiss has seen action in the Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. A former student of Crosby high school, he was grad uated from Suffield Academy in June, 1942, and two months later enlisted in the Marine Corps. He came overseas in February, 1943.
 The 20-year-old Waterburian served as a stretcher bearer here during the fight for Dakeshi Ridge, one of the most bitterly defended heights of this island. He escaped without injury, but three of four members of another team working on the same line were cut down by Jap machine gun fire.
 Weiss, who played football and basketball at Suffield Academy, is the son of William Weiss, an em- ploye of the Scovin Manufacturing Co. He lives at the Waterbury ad- dress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Current Films
 Time Schedule

WARMERS STATE = Dennis Morgan, Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet in Christmas In Connecticut 100, 3:35, 6:25 9:15 p. m. Lee Tracy and Brenda Joyce in "I'll Tell The World: 2:30, 5:20, 8:10 p. m.
 Thursday, Early Bird Show: Fea- ture 1910, 3:15, 6:20, 9:20.
 Co-feature, 11:00, 200, 500, S:l0 p. m.
 LOEW'S POLI-Robert Young and Laraine Day in Those En- dearing Young Charms: 100. $50 9:30.
 Richard Arlen and Cheryl Walk CT in Identity Unknown: 2:30, 6:20, 8:15.
 LOEWS STRAND-Van Johnson and Esther Williams in Thrill of A Romance: 2:41, 5:56, 9:11.
 Thomas Mitchell and Mary An derson in within These Walls: l:27, 4:42, 7:57.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Seumon Dies In Action In
 Pacific Areu Frederick E. Horri- ] son Paid Visit 10 f Family in Moy

Frederick E. Harrison, g, who has been serving as seaman, second class. aboard 8 heavy cruiser in the Pacific for the past seven months. was killed in action in the Pacific Sunday, the Navy Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Ruth (Schoeck) Harrison, 9 Roland street.
 Harrison, the father of two young children spent a leave here with his family in May. His last letter to hds wife was dated July g.
 The seaman was an employe of the Connecticut Light and Power Co. at the time of entering the service in April, 1914.
 Besides his wife and two chil- dren, Frederick, three years, and Diane, seven months, he is sur- vived by his parents, MT. and Mrs. Elliott Harrison of Waterbury; two brothers, James with the U. s. Army and Edward of Waterbury; two sis- ters Mrs. Arthur Morgan of Nauga- tuck and Mrs. Donald Taylor of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Draft Quot0 .Leoves Today ForFt. Devens
ForeweII Cere-
 monies Staged Neor Green for Induetees

A group of inductees from Local Board 16-B left this morning for Fort Devens, Mass. Mayor Monagan addressed the group in a farewell speech from the Green rather than from City Hall, as has been the custom previously. Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rector of Trinity Epis- copal church, and member of the famed I'D Division gave benediction for tlfe departing men. Another group will leave August IA and August IS. The men who left this morning were:
 Ernest Lamontagne, GA Wall street; Hugo Nora, 1533 East Main vstreet; Frank Guerrero, 228 South mayd road; Henry D. Cooke, 27 Harker avenue; Vincent Yurkauskas, 82 Monroe avenue; John F. Duer, Jr., 150 Bridge street; Pasquale Chianese, A Pearl Lake road: Mi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE
Three Local Men Aboard .Shonqri--Lo

Aboard the U.S.S. Shangri-La in the Pacific Three Waterbury, Conn, Navy men, Michael J. Bro- derrick, aviation electrician mate, second class, 82 Lounsbury avenue: Mark Augustus Scott, seaman, first class, 157 Congress avenue; and Reginald E. Hut, seaman, first class, 214 Maritime avenue, serves aboard this great aircraft carrier which today is a very real source of danger to the Japs and not just the mythical base popular ized three years ago when the Doolittle raiders hit Tokyo.
 Planes from the Shangri-La helped defeat the Japs in the re- cent Okinawa campaign, raining bombs, rockets and bullets on en- emy pillboxes, caves, airfields and communications centers, in support of ground troops.
 Not long ago this carrier was just an idea in the minds of the American people who had listened to the late President Roosevelt tell the world that Lt.-Gen. James Doolittle's planes had raided Ja- pans capital from "Shangri-La.
 Through nationwide campaign that idea became reality as people bought war bonds to build the car- r1er. As soon as news of her con- struction was released, the Navy Department was flooded with re- quests from men asking to serve on her.
 Soon she was nicknamed "The Tokyo Express"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
To Sponsor Various ActiUities
 ExempIieotion of Degrees, Minstrel Show
 Sports Proqrom on lo45-46 List

liam Stein, Robert Williams, Ed- mond Grove, Frederick Harmon, Edward L. Wolff, Fred Erwin, John J. Mccarthy, William Tracy, George Miller, Dr. John Ricciardi, James O'Neil, James German, Walter Pitt cavage, John J. Berry, Dr. John D.. F,reney, Harold Parkinson.
 Catholic Action
 Joseph Perry, Rev. John Conlan, Rev. J. Oliver Cronin, Rev. Joseph M. Daly, Rev. Gerald A. Catcher. Rev. Robert Chagnon, Rev. Eugene Cryne, Rev. George Reilly. Judge John Gaffney, Patrick Wallace Wallace, Charles Damon, Charles Mcdonald, Dr. John D. Freney, Ed ward Bergin, Leonard Cruess. Will liam Harrington, Cornelius Ma loney, William Corden, Edwarc Crean, Vincent LeRoy, Vincent Sau- kas, Serge Belanger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Mayors Speech To Be Broadcast
 This EUening

Mayor John s. MOnagan will be renominated for his second full term by the Democratic party at tonight's convention to be held in the city hall. Delegates to the city cOnven- tion were expected to endorse their party leader unanimOus@ Iy when the vote is taken on the mayOralty candidate. The convention is one of three scheduled for tonight. Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney will open all three conventions School, town and city. He may also preside at the town convention, to which he is also a delegate. Several changes in the Democratic lineup are anticipated as a result of g rumored decision by party leaders to drop some of the incumbent board members. Mayor Monagan's speech of acceptance at the city conven- ton will be broadcast at S:15 over WATR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Barber Shop Chords Tomorrow Exeninq

The annual barber shop quartet contest, sponsored by the Park De- partment vii be held tomorrow even ing at 7:30 o'clock at the Hamilton Park pavilion and vii lbe open to the general public free of charge. Twelve local playgrounds will par ticipate.
 Clifford McHale, Rocco P. Mara and William Summa will judge the competition which originated local ly the same year the Worlds Fair was held in New York City.