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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

Reelection as congressman from
the First District of Washington
comprising Seattle and Kitsap
County, will be sought by incum
bent Homer r. Jones, he announ-
ced this week from Washington,
D. C. Jones. a Republican serving
his first term as representative
said he would enter his name for
the Republican nomination official
ly with the opening of filings
June IA.
AS a member of the S0th Con-
gress, Jones has served on the
house Post Office and Civil Ser.
vice Committee. He sponsored
several measures successfully to
improve conditions for federal en-
ployes and strengthen Civil Ser
vice laws. among them a bill which
restored to thousands of tempo
rary wartime government employ.
es millions of dollars which had
been held for retirement purposes,
but from which few. IL any, bene-
fits would accrue.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
TRUMAN SAYS HE'S STILL AGAINST
ARMED FORCES JIM CROW POLICY

WASHINGTON amp = The
segregation issue which is being
injected into the congressional
fight over seiective draft has not
changed President Humans stand
on the elimination OF dlscrimina-
ton in the armed forces.
After explaining to the President
at a news conference last week
that some supporters of the draft
act feared that its chances for
passage had been hindered by the
position he had taken, one re-
porter then asked whether the
President was willing to modify
his stand.
The President replied that his
request to secretary of defense.
James A. Forrestal, still stood.
Here the President was refer
ring to his civil rights message
to congress early in February
when he complimented the army
for the progress 1t had made to-
ward equalizing the opportunities
in the armed services without re-
gard to race, color or national
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Rebuke From Canadian

From the P.-I.:
Some few weeks ago went
to visit the Freedom Train which
was well worth my trip. But, as
a labor man, was very disap.
pointed when ! visited the Seattle
Labor Temple. was told OF the
unfair system they have in re.
gard to their Negro membership.
Since the latter part of 1947 the
Labor Temple has refused to serve
them glass of beer or sand
witch and coffee. 1t is place
for white union men only. Still
the Negro has to pay his dues.
And if he doesn't go to the meet
ings he is fined and has to pay
the fine If he wants to work.
He is not wanted in the building
but is fined If he doesn't come.
| think this is disgrace to the
whole labor movement Everyone
concerned should put forth an eff
forth to stop this disgraceful af-
fair.
C. SMYTHE,
North Vancouver, B. G.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

Al this time on the eve OF
the National conventions Of two
major political parties and one
new Third Party" (the strength
of which Is anybody's guess) =
the professional politicians every
where are thinking in terms of
political strength. political ex-
pediency". "yote-getting power
machine connections and strategy,
political "horse-trading" and fin
ally their own political security.
To these professionals the right
man" IN the White House simply
means one who can fulfill the
above specifications on their own
side OF the fence and the
fence" has too many sides for
the public good.
AZ this same time. however.
the American people every
where regardless OF other diff
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Thursday Will Be Observed As President Day" In Seattle
THE PRESIDENT TO DELIVER ADDRESS
AT HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL STADIUM

at Pier 81 at 1880 o'clock. After
brief welcome ceremony. he
viii go directly to the High School
Memorial Stadium, where he viii
speak at $3.50 on Reclamation"
Mr. Truman will leave for Ia
come Immediately after the adj
dress. travelling down Fourth Az
enue. The reception committee win
provide Fourth Avenue business
firms. between Pike and Seneca
Streets, with confetti. Streets win
be decorated with flags and bunt-
ing.
Seattle should demonstrate to
the President the city's most
cordial hospitality, Fluctuations and
sincere appreciation" for his visit
to the city, the mayor declared.
II further urge" the procIama-
ton said, "our merchant. house
holder and our citizens in general
to make wide display of the Amer
lean flag or other suitable PATRIOTS
decoration on that day"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
REGISTRATION PRIME REQUISITE
OF CONSTRUCTIVE CITIZENSHIP

what one does through his re-
preventative or agent he does him
self. We stress the moral duty
of voting because a vote cast
for principle is never lost. Don't
throw away your vote by not
voting at all.
If we are honest with ourself In
our thoughts. intentions and de-
sires. we cannot fail to recognize
the imperative need of devising
ways through which we will be
able to make for ourselves a fuller
and more complete life. To do
this, we must take our place in
the ranks of those who go to the
polls and make the laws that gov
ern us. We cannot afford to say,
What is the use? Voting has
never done me any good" because
looking back to the lost things
OF the past can only divert our
attention from concentrating on
the needs of the future.
Life would be dull and empty
fails to contribute his share in
making the laws that govern him.
without hope and ambition. If
there were no goals there would
be no progress. Monotony and
failure are the offsprings of list
essness, negligence, and careless
ness and flourish in the despair
which follows when our hopes
and ambitions collapse. Do not
delay your civic duty another day.
Find out at once If you are re-
gistered. If not register at once.
An all important election is in
the offing, an election that will
shape the course of your future
for years to come.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

Greater than all the laws of
nature. greater than all the laws
of morals or economics, is the
law of self-preservation. 1t is
therefore the duty of every civic
minded citizen to register and
vote to preserve that which is
his and in this great land is
ours we certainly can not vote
unelss we are first qualified to
do so by being registered and
ready when the time comes. The
man who is silent on election
day. who does not vote for any
one should be silent ever after
regardless of what happens to
him when a new administration
comes into power. He should
blame no one but himself for his
act or lack of act if he stays
away from the polls and thereby
1t is the fundamental principle
of representative government that
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Article VII

Lady. you can't rent this
place." the landlord said. eve
don't allow blondes to live here. y
Ridiculous? OF course. No
landlord would say that.
Yet is 1t more ridiculous than
barring a family because of. its
color or its race or its national
origin or its religion?
It's tough these days to find a
place In which to live. It's doubly
tough II you happen to one of
the excluded minorities. Says the
Presidents Committee on Civil
Rights. THE fact that many of
those who face this double bar
rier are war veterans only un-
derlines the inadequacy of our
housing record"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

Thursday viii be observed as
President Day" in Seattle to
mark the visit of President Tru-
man. Mayor William F. Deyin de
clared last week in proclamation.
The mayor. who viii be honorary
chairman of the Truman reception
committee. called upon "all of our
citizens and our young people of
school age" to participate in the
program being arranged by the
Washington State Press Club.
when President Truman ar
rives. wa hope to have the great
est display of American flags in
the history of the city" said e. G..
Sick, general chairman of the
reception committee. Seattle is
one of the few points in the
nation where Mr.. Truman will
make a major address and prepa-
rations are under way to make
bis visit gala civic event"
The President will arrive on Gov.
Mon c. Wallgren's yacht Olympus
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

origin. lie then added that he
had given instruction 10 the secre-
tary Of defense to have the re-
naming instances Of discrimina.
ton In the armed services elImi-
mated as soon as possible.
In spite of the Presidents re-
quest. the so-ealled Russell am
endment" waits in the senate 10 be
brought up when the draft bnl
reaches the floor. This amend
ment gives every draftee the right
to demand that he be assigned
to a military unit composed en-.
tirely of members OF his own
race.
On the other hand. Sen. LANCER
has announced that he win offer
amendments aimed to incorporate
into the draft bill virtually every
Item in the Presidents civil rights
program.
Helen Gahagan Douglas has
stated that she will go all the way
down the line on the LANCER
amendment.
CONTINUED on Page 60
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
YES, POWELL
WILL RUN AGAIN

WASHINGTON (ANP) = Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell ID. N.Y.
announced last week that he would
be candidate for reelection to
the S1st congress.
The announcement was made at
a banquet held in honor of Joseph
E. Ford, Powell's political mana
ger.
The New York congressman said
his health has been completely
regained and according to his
physician, he is now in better
shape than he has been in years.
He has been on the floor to vote
48 of the so votes taken in the
past four months.
Summarizing some of his accom-
plishments since his term in Of
flee. Mr.. Powell pointer out that
according to statement made by
President Truman, he is the only
congressman who has offered any
civil rights legislation.
He appointed a Negro to the
u. S. Naval academy, who will
graduate next year. This will be
the first Negro to graduate from
this academy in the history Of
the Unoted States.
Mr.. Powell further pointed out
that he is the only congressman
to oppose UNIT on behalf of Negro
people and the only congressman
to have any civil rights legislation
passed in recent years. He was
referring to a permanent law to
prohibit discrimination in school
lunch prOgram.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Threoien Negro Legion Post
Because Of Jim Crow PIeu

BOSTON (ANP) = The William
E. Carter Post 16, Negro post
which recently asked the waving
of jimcrow in Miami during the
coming convention next October,
has been threatned by numerous
letters. it was revealed this week.
According to Monroe Mason,
post publicity officer. he has re-
ceived many letters from Miami
residents warning him that Negro
American Legionaires had better
observe the segregation laws or
else go to jail.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Restrictive Covenant

These are the two magic words
that make housing segregation
possible, even though coming on
a racial or religious basis violates
Constitutional rights and has
been declared illegal.
A Negro or a Jew or an Orient
al tries to buy a house or rent
a house in a certain neighborhood
only to find that in the deed
of the property is a private agree
ment excluding him from that
neighborhood.
syrians. Mexicans. Indian. Ar
menians. other minority groups
they too often face such ex-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
BY }. A. (Jaek) johnson

The American Federation OF
Labor loudly proclaims that the
Taft-Hartley Law was designed
with the purpose and intent to
destroy organized labor. While we
agree that this is true, we at
the same time wonder why the
American Federation OF Labor con
tinues its practice of segregation
and discrimination against Negroes
for reasons OF race and color In
the face of recent world events,
when men and women OF all races
colors and creeds were drafted
into war. fought and died that
freedom and equal opportunity
might live?
Right here in the great so cal
led democratic city of Seattle
where thousands of Negroes are
members Of A. F. of L. Unions,
and are forced, to be in order to
earn an honest living of some
kind, discrimination and segrega-
ton is now being practiced at
our new Labor Temple, the foun-
tain head of organized labor here,
by refusing to allow Negro Union
members the right to consume
food and refreshments at the cafe
and bar located in the new Labor
Temple.
In company with the Editor OF
the Northwest Enterprise we cal
led on Mr.. Bert Swain. manager
of the New Labor Temple to find
out II possible what this is all
about. Mr. Swain informed us
that in the recent past, some
Negro, whose name he did not
know had very annoying disturb
ance with white man and that
the members of the Club Board,
(Which he states Is entirely Sc
parate from the organized labor
movement). and Of which, he adj
mIts he is member Of, had
voted from then on to bar all
Negroes from using the facilities
of the Cafe and Bar.
Mr.. Swain stated that there
is nothing he can do about the
situation, but promised us that at
the next regular meeting of the
Club Board members, If we are
interested in the situation he Will
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
THE RIGHT TO LIVE = BUT WHERE?

clusion. RESTRICTIVE COvEN-
ANT is the device keeps them out.
That is the device found by even
our appellate courts.
Restrictive covenant cases are
now being heard in the Supreme
Court The Courts decision will
be eagerly followed, not only by
minority groups, but also by
Labor everywhere; for it is a
Continued on Page 60
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
CLUB BOARD, new LABOR TEMPLE HERE,
BARS NEGRO UNION MEMBERS
USING FACILITIES OF CAFE AND BAR

arrange for a discussion of the
matter. and we take this means
to invite all organizations inter-
ested to contact the Northwest
Enterprise or the Civil Liberties
League I. B. P. o. E of W. 662h
Jackson Street for the time and
date of meeting.
Clippings from the daily press
published els ewhere in this
publication viii advise our readers
OF the gravity of this situation.
READERS AROUSED
Mr.. Prentice |. FRAZIER
Seattle, Wesh.
Dear Sir:
In reading the last publication
of the Northwest Enterprise
was pleased to learn that you
are the new publisher.
Enclosed you will find clip
ping from the Post Intelligencer
titled "Rebuke from Canadian"
I am one of the victims as
/ am Negro.
l have tried for months to get
a white paper to print my article,
but | finally succeeded there is a
friend of mine in Canada. So will
you kindly give this clipping all
the publicity you can and If any
more information is demanded or
wanted you can contact me.
l remain respectfully
JOHN RICE,
1886 25th So. PR-9456.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Race Discrimination
From the P.-I.:

81 read a Canadian visitors COM
plant in your Voice of the Peo-
pie" on racial discrimination at
Seattle's new Labor Temple, and
I'm anxious to add my 3 cents
worth to back up his argument.
l was a steady patron to the
Temple cafe till I witnessed the
refusal of the management to serve
a colored union man. | immedia-
tely lodged my complaint at the
desk and was referred to the sign
on the wall-'We reserve the
right, etc. From than on I reserve
my right'-and refused to patron
lie the cafe any more.
At a time when the so-called
democratic trumpets are blaring
to the world of the United States
hand of fellowship, regardless OF
CONTINUED on page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09

These articles, eight in num-
Der, thru courtesy of Labor
Reports, Bernard Seaman, IL
illustrator, re Presidents Civil
Rights Committee - ITO Sc
cure These Rights"
Evening star., 1948-06-06

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-20
AFL Sends Gift Parcels
To Polish Orphans

New York City (ILNS)-The La
Dor League of Human Rights, Off
cial relief arm of the American
Federation of Labor, recently di-
rected "CARE" parcels containing
food and textile products to 10S
Polish orphans in England. The
group includes boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 8 and 16.
The Soviet deported one and a
half million Polish citizens to ST.
IBERIA in 1889. Among these depor-
tees were thousands of children.
Many of these children were left
alone, as their parents died or could
not be found after they were sep
arated. The Polish government in
London was able to save only very
small number of these most ira
gic victims. Those who could be
saved were transferred to India
in 1912.
Later on several hundred of
these children were sent to MeXi-
co to live in a U. S. government
sponsored camp at Santa Rosa.
The remainder of the group stayed
in an orphanage in India until last
December when all were sent to
England. They have been living in
cold military barracks, without
winter clothing and clad only in
tropical clothes in which they ar
rived from India.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-20
Stassen Endorses
Taft-HartIey Law

Portland, Ore. (LPA) Harold
Stassen, candidate for the Repub-
lican Presidential nomination threw
off his cloak of liberalism last
week and blared forth his support
of the Taft Hartley law.
Back in the days when he SEEM
ed long way from the Republi-
can nomination, Stassen said that
he differed with his friend Sen.
Joseph Ball, (R., Mimi. He
thought that parts Of Taft-Hart-
ley were too stringent.
But riding his Republican boom,
Stassen now says:
eff | were President today |
would use the Taft Hartley law
against the coal miners walkout
and more rapidly than President
Truman used it."
He remarked that he could un-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-20
HUMAN MISERY SHOWS
CONTINUING NEED OF
US WAGE-HOUR LAW

i Washington (LPA)-This win
ter, when a card hand in a textile
mill-earning CSC an hour-didn't
work full week, a neighbor over
heard his wife telling one of the
children who was crying that there
was nothing more in the house to
cook. The neighbor went in and
found the child licking his plate,
trying to satisfy hunger after
everything in the house had been
used up. The neighbor divided what
she had.
This isn't an isolated story, but
typical" two officials of the Tex
tile Workers Union of America re-
ported to the Senate Labor Sub
committee considering changes in
the Fair Labor Standards Act. Sec
retary-treasurer William Pollock
and Washington Representative
John Edelman list instance after
instance to show that, even when
unions are working to raise wages,
there is need for adequate, we'll
administered minimum wage and
hours legislation.
The need fofr raising the present
40c minimum wage "is not acade-
mic" the TWUA officials insist.
As proof, they tell the story of
Stonewall, Miss, where TWUA in
recent weeks has won an NLRB
election. The company is resisting
the unions right to negotiate.
"The employees at Stonewall," the
TWUA men reported to the Senate
committee, Give in company houses
clustered around the mill. Houses
are in poor condition, are rented
for about 60c a room per week.
Most houses are four rooms. Rent,
therefore, usually runs about So a
week or SO a month. Water supply
is from a spigot out in front of
the houses, or down the street a
way. Toilets are the old fashioned
outside privies. Open CRATES in the
houses on which the workers cook
with wood or soft coal make the
walls quite black. Food costs of
these families is about the same
as costs of food to workers in New
Orleans or anywhere else in the
US.
at is no possible for one mem
ber of a family at Stonewall to
stay home and attend to the chill
dren. The family simply could not
buy enough food to live on out of
the wages of from SIC to SIS a
week of 40 hours, which most of
these people make. Both members of
the family must work in order to
provide a livelihood. AS a matter
of fact a number of the men work
extra shifts during the week in
order to be able to get enough
money to stay out of debt. We
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-20

have figures showing that some of
the men work as much as rs hours
a week simply because the hourly
rate is SO wretchedly low.
"There is no doctor in Stonewall.
The nearest physician is nine miles
away. These workers have told us
within the past few weeks that
they are obliged to pay in cash, out
of a wage of 41c to 42c an hour,
$5 to the doctor if he calls at their
homes during the day and Sc if he
comes at night. The cost of a con-
finement with a few days in hospi-
tai runs to between $65 and $40.
Women work up to a few days be-
fore confinement. When children
need new shoes the husband has
to double his hours in order to get
a few extra dollars.
despite the fact that intensive
and extensive organizing efforts
have been carried on for several
years now throughout the South,
organizers still come across cases
of this kind every so often. Had
the Wage and Hour Law not been
on the statute books, some of these
isolated mills would not even be
paying the forty-cent minimum, de-
spite the fact that the industry
minimum in union and non-union
mills is more than twice that fig
ure. The Stonewall case stands as
proof that labor unions cannot rid
the country of substandard wage
conditions. Not only must there be
legislation enacted by the Con-
gress, but there must be effective
administration of these laws. As
long as situations such as those
at Stonewall, Mississippi disgrace
our economy, the need for strength
ening the Fair Labor Standards
Act is decidedly not an academic
question" :.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-05-20
AFL Will Urge Major Parties
To Adopt tn Repeal PIonks

Milwaukee-The American FEEDER
alton of Labor will call upon both
major political parties at their
Forthcoming national conventions
to adopt platform planks urging
the repeal of the Taft Hartley Act.
This was announced by AFL
President William Green at a
press conference following the
opening session of the spring meet
ing of the AFL Executive Council.
Mr.. Green also revealed that the
executive council will draft other
platform planks on social and eco
nomic questions for submission to
the Democratic and Republican ma
tional conventions.
Among labor's demands, it was
indicated, will be action to curb in
flation and a legislative program
that will include improvements in
the social security system, a long
range housing and construction
bill and a higher minimum wage.
Mr.. Green said that the AFL will
formulate campaign policies here
at concurrent meeting of the adj
committee of Labor's
League for Political Education.
1t is likely that the voting rec
ords of members of Congress up
for reelection will be considered
by the committee for the purpose
of deciding whether they will be
by the league or opposed.
The main test on endorsements,
Mr.. Green reemphasized, will be