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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
HARLEM LEADERS
PLAN Use OF
VACANT LOTS

NEW YORK = (ANP) - A
program for the use OF vacant
lots as Fairgrounds for children
who have been playing in the
streets was drawn up by group
of Harlem civic leaders meeting
in the office of Borough President
Hugo e. Rogers In the municipal
building here last week.
The group. organized permanent
ly as the battle-ground Associa-
ton. Inc. has already checked
on the availability of SO vacant
lots in Harlem. and hopes to
make early use of the space In
crowded tenement house sections
with the cooperation of city OF.
ficials and owners.
Named chairman of the execu-
tive committee OF the association
was ]. Raymond Jones, deputy
building and housing commission
ner. Mrs. Viola Austin was elected
president. The group is an affil-
lated Of the Harlem Citizens Plan
ming council.
Rogers and State Sen. Harold
l. Panken are to confer with
Mayor O'Dwyer and Controller
Lazarus Joseph on a proposal to
have the lots tax exempt while
being used as play areas. Rogers
said his staff would put tempo
rary surfaces on the lot grounds.
First step toward setting up
the lot-playgrounds will be to
check with residents adjoining the
sites so that neighborhood chill
dren will take full advantage
Of the facilities. When the owner
OF the site gives his permission
for the use Of the lot, the organi-
cation viii select district captains
to supervise the play areas ope-
ration. and members will contri-
butte toward the purchase of equip
ment. ~. i
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
Georgia Senator Would
Subsidize Migrating
Negroes From South

BIRMINGHAM Ala. - (ANP)-
A bill encouraging mass migration
Of Negroes from the south similar
to a plan advocated by a local
attorney. Joseph P. Mudd, will be
introduced to the senate. Sen.
Richard B. Russell of Georgia said
in a letter last week.
According to Budd. Sen. Rus
sells aid, Leeman Anderson, sent
him a letter approving his plan
for the federal government to
substitute Negroes who wished to
leave the south for another area
where they may have more op-
portunities.
Under the Mudd plan, Negroes
would voluntarily" leave the
southern states to areas with com
paratively few colored people and
be replaced by. immigrants from
Europe. The federal government
would help the migrants financial
ly until they had settled down.
In his letter for the senator.
Anderson wrote: AS you may
know, the senator has prepared
bill designed to help the under
privileged of both races by as
sisting them in relocating where
they will have more desirable
living standards and job oppor-
tunities, with the general purpose
Of equalizing the distribution of
Negroes throughout the nation.
ut proposes, also, to move white
who desire it in an effort to main
tain a fair balance of population. D
Others seemingly interested in
the Budd scheme are Sen. Ken
meth McKeller of Tennessee and
Gov. Ben T. Laney of Arkansas
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
Put KIan On Subversive
List, Vet Chief Urges

WASHINGToN-The American
Veterans Committee has called on
the government to put the Associ-
ated Klans OF Georgia on its sub
versive lisit and to revive its dor
mant income tax prosecution
against the Khan.
Gilbert A. Harrison. A. v. C.
chairman. charged in letters to
Acknowledgement Clark and John
Snyder. Treasury secretary. that
Associated Klans is merely an
"alias" for the old knights of the
Ku Klux Khan. which disbanded
some time ago after Clark de-
clared 1t a subversive organiza-
ton.
Harrison said the Associated
Klans should be added to the sub
versive list so that its members
can be barred from federal Jobs.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
jim CROWS ROOST

The segregation IN
nations capital wieetod the
the research findings Of the National Committee
the Nations Capital
many Negro Americans
the fact that practices
VINO comprise onehird Washngtons stable
most sharply evident
tally Is taken for
asserts his civil rights outside the ghetto
cult virtually impossible unmsaab eoored
ham sandwich without being subjected insulting
Many darkskinned diplomats
countries have discovered although they
according State they
treated helots public like
of refreshments like housing like hotels
and should be further elaboration
required.
Since Jim Grow the nations
morally spiritually
significant Reminder In the committees booklet
fact that fifty the disgacefu discrimination
Negro people did not Washington which
teriouy disappeared
prohibited discrimination the
citizens
is be the
zng the the fully
the baeul influence
being slowly but surely
many Southern states Boston Chronicle
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
Ohio Educator Dies
After Short Illness

DAYTON. Ohio = CAMP } -
Frederick Charles MacFarlane, Sc,
well known educator, died here
at the Miami Valley hospital after
a one-day Illness. He had been
principal of Dayton Dunbar high
since 1888.
A native of Fredericksted, San
Croix. Virgin Islands, he learned
his bachelors degree at Norre
Nisum college In Denmark. He
taught there at Vestbirk high
school several years. Later he
taught In the Virgin Islands at
San Croix high, then in st.
Thomas.
In the United States MacFar-
lane taught at Wilson. N. C. and
Gary. Ind.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
READY FOR
NEW HOME

The State Liquor Control Board
this week completed its move
into the new $1.500.0OO Terminal
Warehouse in Seattle.
The new modern building will
centralize all liquor storage un-
der one roof, and will afford the
state an estimated annual saving
OF $4,000 in rentals and oper-
ating costs. This amount will be
great enough to provide for amor
tization OF the cost of the build
ing. according to Admiral L. e.
Gregory. chairman of the board
The warehouse Is 720 feet long
and 800 feet wide. divided into
five storage bays. office space for
employees. a bonded locker room
and a bottling plant.
A loading platform runs the
full length of the building on
either side. with facilities for un-
loading railroad cars on the south
side Of the building and space for
loading or unloading trucks on
the north.
Founded on concrete spread
footings. the warehouse is of steel
frame and reinforced concrete
construction. Fire walls between
storage bays and the thermostati-
cally-controlled sprinkling system
make the building substantially
fireproof.
Doors and windows are protect
ed with an alarm system. and
roof skylights are guarded by an
electric beam, which sets off an
alarm If interrupted.
Available warehousing facili-
ties have been inadequate to ham
die the required volume of liquor
stock under one roof since 1912,
Admiral Gregory said. The board
has had to rent commercial stor-
age space in addition to the ware
house at Pier 10. At one time
stock WAS stored in five different
buildings.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
MOBILE TAKES
BIDS ON new
NEGRO HOSPITAL

MOBILE. A1a.-(ANP) - Seven
bids on the first unit OF a new
general hospital and a nursing
school for Negroes, that win be
one Of the largest in the south.
were taken here last week by
Charles A. McCauley. white Bir-
mingham architect. The proposed
unit will be known as the Blessed
Martin De PORES hospital, and
will be managed by the Sisters
of Mercy.
1t will be built an an estimated
cost of $S25.O00. Initially, the
unit will have so beds, with ano-
Their so being provided later. About
100000 Of the construction costs
will be provided for by the fed
eral government. Msgr. Fulton J.
Sheene, and former Congresswo-
man Clara Booth Luce assisted
in raising the remainder of the
funds through public donation.
The hopsital will replace a
maternity institution for Negroes
which has been in operation for
several years. The new plant will
have a maternity section.
In Birmingham. a group of Ne
gro ministers, doctors and lay
men met to discuss plans for con-
structing a Negro hospital cost
ing between 100000 and $500, 900,
near the Medical College of Ala
bama. Bishop B. G. Shaw. presi-
dent OF the Jefferson County Me-
deal association. presided over
discussions, which were held at
the Booker Washington Conference
rooms. The hospital is to have
100 beds.
Committees were appointed to
survey past and future plans and
report back to the group at its
January meeting.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
EVERYBODY Is
GOING TO THE DOGS

Last call for entries In the sew.
enteenth all-breed dog show to
be staged By the Seattle Kennel
Club. Inc. In the State Armory.
sos Harrison St. Seattle. Jan.
22zs.
Deadline for entries is midnight,
Jan. 5, and many kennels and
individual dog owners throughout
King County and adjoining areas
expect to enter their favorites.
Entry blanks have been mailed
to \ wide list but prospective ex-
hibitors who have not received
them should obtain them at once
together with show rules. from
Mrs. Valerie c. Sperry. secretary.
200z3 Pacific Highway South. Sc
attic SS. No late entries nor tele-
phone entries can be accepted.
This show should be one Of
the best ever staged in the west,"
s. B. Spellman, club president and
chairman Of the bench show COM
mittee. declared.
Other committee members are
Mrs. Floyd Chezum, club treas
urer: A. w. Murray. show super
intendent: Hamlin C. Grier and
Thomas Waters. ring masters; Os-
car Miller. vicepresident of the
club; Albert H. Sperry and viii
lard J. Hudson.
The Seattle Kennel Club is a
member Of the American Kennel
Club and the show will be held
under Axe rules.
Every dog must be entered in at
least one OF the five regular Axe
classes; puppy, novice, American
bred. limit, open. or variation of
these classes. Champions of rec
ord may be entered under "spe-
cials only" then in any of the
other classifications.
Prizes will include a number
Of special trophies in addition to
coveted ribbons.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
Jackie Robinson Tells
Youth to Gain knowledge

MADISON, N. ]. - (ANP) -
Jackie Robinson's message to
youths of America is to get as
much schooling as possible and
to plan and prepare for the flu
ture.
The Brooklyn Dodgers base
man was the guest at a concert
which featured the Wen Talbert
Male Chorus of New York, and
was sponsored by the First Bap-
fist Church Mems Club In the
high school here. Rev. Ben A.
Richardson, pastor of the church,
introduced Mr.. Robinson.
The big-leaguer told his hear
ers that he found 1000 people of
understanding and encouragement
to make up for every one preju-
diced against his career.
This presentation is a part of
Rev. Richardson's activities to en-
courage interracial understand
ing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
new WAY TO
BAR NEGROES

ATLANTA white suprem-
acy" program designed to keep so
per cent of Georgia's Negroes
from the ballot box was advanced
By Gov. Herban Talmadge and his
Legislative leaders.
House Speaker Fred Hand. who
will guide the measure in the leg
islature which eonvenes in Janu-
airy, outlined the proposal at an
informal conference of lawmak-
ers. Little opposition was exhib-
tied.
The plan would start out by
wiping all the present voters
registration lists off the books.
A new statewide registration
would follow with emphasis on
strict educational qualification"
for voting.
The program. Speaker Hand
explained. would be similar to
Alabama's Boswell amendment,
which requires prospective voters
to read and explain the Constitu-
ton to the satisfaction of regis
trars.
Gov. Talmadge was not present
at the conference but the pro-
gram fitted in with his campaign
assertion that "if we can't have
an all-whlte primary in Georgia,
then we want one just as white as
white as we can get it."
The speaker based his so per
cent estimate on school statistics.
He said only 20 per cent of Geor-
gia Negroes have passed the sixth
grade "in a VIGOROUSLY bad school
system equal to about the third
grade in white schools"
Hand asserted the Georgia plan
would "hold water"-be constitu-
tional. It is necessary, he con-
tinued, because 46 Georgia coun-
ties have more Negroes than
white persons.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
COURT TOLD
ONLY NEGROES
GET VOTE TEST

MOBILE, Ala. = A three-judge
Federal Court studied testimony
by a member of the Mobile Coun-
ty Board of Registrars who said
Negroes applying for registration
to vote are treated differently
than white persons.
The witness, E. ]. Gonzales, tes-
titled at a court trial ON the
constitutionality of Alabama's law
for decentralization, the Boswell
Amendment.
Gonzales said that most Negroes
were given tests on the United
States Constitution, but that he
had not been present when any
white applicants were tested.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
JERSEY WOMAN
ROBBED OF MONEY

NEW YORK - (ANP) - Re
liefers are the only folks with
money these days. The latest case
involves an elderly lady across
the river in Jersey, Mrs. Lucy
Sorrentino, 81, reported to police
last week that burglars had swip-
ed $4,000 in cash and $500 In
jewelry from her Newark home.
Mrs. Sorrentino was sorry the
money. which had been left her
by a brother who died last April,
was stolen for she had hoped to
use 1t to repay some of the
money she had received on re-
lief!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
One OF FIVE new WORKERS STILL FACES
JOB BIAS, INDEPENDENT SURVEY SHOWS

INV 1Otth LAM Oue
out of every five New Workers
personally has experienced discri-
mination in employment, despite
the existence of the New York
State law against discrimination,
declared 80 page report issued
by the commission on community
INTERPRETATIONS of the American
Jewish congress and the Research
Committee on Intergroup relations,
here last week.
The research group is an indie
pendent body of social scientists
from universities and colleges
throughout the state.
The report dealt with the re
suits of survey conducted among
scientifically selected sample OF
504 New Workers, and was pre-
pared by DR.. Gerhart Saenger of
the Psychology department, New
York university, and Mrs. Normal
s. Gordon, graduate student at
the New School for Social Re-
search.
1t charged that the successful
operation of the state law against
job discrimination was leopard
lied because only very small
proportion of the population was
found to be sufficiently familiar
with the law" to be able to COM
plain to the enforcement agency.
This number was particularly
small among those suffering most
from the OBJECTS of discrimination
- members of minorities, manual
and white collar workers and the
uneducated," the survey said
OF the sample, which includes
Protestants, Catholics, Jews and
Negroes, 10 per cent reported they
had experienced discrimination
and three percent said they did
not know If they had. The Incl
dence of discrimination was high
est among Negroes.
Discrimination is widely believ-
ed to exist in all branches of
industry and occupations in New
York City, especially In heavy. in
dustry, public utilities and fin
ance", the report pointed out.
1t said that many members of
minority groups appeared to evade
discrimination by entering careers
believed to be opened to them
without restriction, and are there
by dissatisfied with their choice.
These preferred evasion" to d.
rect action. Many of the major
ity as well as minority members
indicated their approval of chang
ing names to evade discrimination,
or in the case of light-skinned
Negroes, passing" as whites.
Only eight percent had any
genuine understanding of the
law. so percent believed it to
be inefficient, but So percent ap-
plauded its enactment.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
Miami Bar Owners Give
Large Gift to Service COun.

MIAMI LAMP Eleven white
bar owners, members OF the
colored town Liquor Bar Owners
Association League here. played
Santa Claus last week when the
leagues president. Al Goldman,
presented to Walter c. Pinkston,
executive director of the Negro
Service Council. a check for
81 900. Said Mr.. Goldman:
"This is just the beginning Of
what we intend to do monthly for
the needy people Of this com
munity. When I proposed to the
membership that we make this
donation to the service council,
there was not one dissenting vote
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
DETROIT LOAN
COMPANY PAYS
$4,000 in DIVIDENDS

DETROIT = CAMP = Stock
holders Of the Victory Loan COM
pany received dividend checks last
week In the amount of $4,000.
The payments which represented
return of SO percent per share
OF each stakeholder, was the third
dividend paid by the company in
the past two years.
Carlton Gaines, president of the
company and former president of
the Penny Savings Bank of Ala
bama, announced plans for addi-
tional capitalization of the COM
pany and a drive for new stock
holders.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29

Nothing has happened since he
has been on the job that pleases
big Joe" Albright more than
the recent red hot interest being
taken by top-flight Negro enter
tanners in VA hospital programs.
T h e subject, spearheaded by
NCNW particularly the Pitts
burgh Council of the ladies, Daisy
Lampkin, Toki Johnson, Ethel
Ramos Harris, etc., has the offic-
ials of VA singing loud hosannas
of praise. (Let's all get in on this
one.)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
JACKSON ST. COMMUNITY COUNCIL
BUILDS TOY TOWN

AAoao VERMONT Toys that are
sure to he discarded IN favor Of
Tie ahlny new ones Santa Claus
LEFT under tho tree can max some
little youngstor very happy next
year-even though they are
broken now. Save them and call
the Jackson ST. Council. Sc. so7s.
to have them picked up. They
win be taken to Santa Claus as
sistant. II. {. Mooney. who makes
a hobby OF repairing broken play
things SO they look like new.
This program was started by
the Council late IN October this
year for the first time and In
spite OF the short time. almost
so toys were put IN number one
condition in time for distribution
to children who otherwise would
have had no gifts. Included in
this list. In addition to 4 large
number OF small trucks. cars. and
other wheel toys. we're a tri-
cycle. scooter. pedal car. and a
small size bicycle. All OF them
were in first class condition with
shiny paint which made them
look just like new.
Besides the toys which had
been repaired. the WwG Club
OF the Japanese Baptist Church all
on their own initiative purchased
and wrapped 20 new gifts for
needy children. These presents
saved many a child from disap-
pointment on Christmas Day since
the supply Of the other toys was
more limited than had been ex-
pected.
This project Is one - the
most satisfying things we have
done all year." Mrs. Ruth Manca,
executive of the Council said.
THE stories of little girls who
have never had a doll and chill
dren In large families who did
not expect to receive a single
present this year. are heart-break-
ing. One little girl. the Oldest
of children, whose mother and
father were both i'll, had birth
day on Christmas also. It was
wonderful to be able to see that
she got not only Christmas pres
emit but a birthday present as
we'll"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
WORK ON FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS

BY William Henry HUT for ANF
One does not have to be a Red
Because he works for equal
rights.
Such epithets have often led
To hot retorts and brutal fights.
Somehow. think one ought to
know
Whereof he speaks before he
speaks.
Then he would shroud no one
with woe
But leave a smile upon the
cheeks
OF every one he meets
In paths. on pixies. or streets.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29
10 Negroes Wed at 80
Years or Over in 1947

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - (ANP)
- Ten marriages involving Ne
groes 80 years of age or older were
reported by the state health de-
partment's bureau of vital statist-
les for 1947 here last week. Nine
marriages involved men of that
age and one, a woman. A total
of "a Alabama octagenarians, Ne
gro and white, were married DUR
ing that year.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29

Seldom has an athlete of Afra-
nenca been given a more cor
dial farewell than that accorded
the immortal Kenny Washington
at the Rams-Redskins game in
Los Angeles last Sunday. The
thousands of pro football fans
stood and cheered the popular
hometown boy as he sang his
swan song to the game. (Got
new car and television set, too.)
II was a heart-warming spec
tacle.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-29

Interesting sight: Negro, Mex
lean and white students studying
amicably together in a barber
college OWNED BY NEGROES in
Phoenix, Ariz. (Who said we
weren't on the march?)
Evening star., 1948-10-12
Dean kayser Gives Talk
On u. n. and Russia

The United Nations may face its
final crisis if Russia clamps veto
on any decision of the Security
Council concerning the Berlin situ-
alton, according to Dean Elmer
Louis Kayser of George Washing
ton University.
Dean Kayser, speaking to the
Washington Builders Congress in
the MayaoNer Hotel. outlined 'the
Russian problem" from the days Of
Peter the Great.
The Russia of foreign affairs is
now and always has been made up
of a dominant and ruling group Of
exceedingly imperialist individuals, -
said the former history professor.
He said it was Russian claims on
the Northwest Coast of America as
much as fears of Spanish colonists,
that led to the Monroe Doctrine.
The American people, he said, are
disturbed by a hopeless feeling that
war is the only solution to our prob
lens.
IF the Russians are held by the
ma ajority guilty of endangering the
peace, but that judgment is
blocked he said, the United Ma
tions will face its greatest and may
be its final crisis"
Louis Justement. Washington ar
chitect, was installed at the meet
ing as new president of the build
ers' congress,