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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-24
Readers Views

that the man lust wasn't putting
out the work" I am sure every
Negro and, indeed, every working
man in the audience smiled bitter
ly to himself at the glib accept
ance of this transparent, familiar
falsehood. The board plainly has
enormous powers for initiation and
for enforcement; yet they indicat-
ed their wholehearted acceptance
of lily-white industries and lily
white unions. based openly upon
past discrimination, just as long as
present open discrimination was
not practiced.
I think we of the community
have a responsibility too. We
should prepare and present cases
to the board cases which surround
us like a forest. and stick with
them to see that they are not
dropped or evaded.
What would it be worth the
enemies of fair employment to
have an official state board which
would take all complaints of dis
elimination and officially announce
that no discrimination existed;
that would initiate no embarrassing
actions or demands, that would
discourage and attack any attempt
to really break through the wall
of discrimination? If our State
Board is to function like this, the
discriminating industries will con
clude that the tiny appropriation
is much cheaper than buying
whitewash by the barrel.
The members of the board are
of course, completely and resound.
ingly, conservative. They might
remember, however, that Lincoln
was a Republican, and Thaddeus
Stevens, too, and that a conserva.
tive is reactionary when he or she
fails to fight for equal rights
Sincerely,
LENZIE SHELLMAN
220S 9th Ave
Seattle, Wash
Editors note: 1 believe, sir, thai
you will receive a reply from an.
other reader.
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TICKER TAPE

Sure was a hot weekend =
when it gets to the point where the
writer admits it you know the
temperature sure must be mighty
high. 80. The Craftsmen Club
Cabaret party at the 908 Supper
Club Sunday evening was a grand
success = yess.r, everybody was
there and I do mean everybody . ;.
Dancing to the music of Winfield
King and his real cool combo,
things were just too smooth for
words = Ahem. A certain young
lady strolled in all late and every
thing - and strolled out again a
little earlier than she expected
minus. ..... The JabberwOck put
on by the Deltas came off Friday
night at the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce. Although some persons
were a bit displeased with the
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-24

awarding of the prizes, it
was all in all a mighty nice affair.
But that wasn't all the Delta
Sorority put on last week, with
the initiation of their pledges:
Sylvia Clayton, Queila Humes, Ber-
nice Anderson, Anna Mary Knigh-
ton, Vivian Meade and Dorothy
Hollingsworth, out at Mrs. Lillian
Gideon's, and following a sharp
get-together at the home of Maxine
Davis, they say the old and the
young really were in the gayest of
spirits, and they all ended their
colossal evening by paying a visit
to the Washington Social Club as
guests of the Deltas. Now, wasn't
that worth writing about? 49,.
We didn't get a chance to mention
the Marva Louis Style Show last
week. Everyone knew how Won
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-24

Editor, The Northwest Enterprise.
Dear Sir:
I would like in your columns to
publicly congratulate the local
chapter of the NAACP for arrang-
ing on the recent public report of
the state committee Against Dis
elimination in Employment to our
community and to comment on the
results.
The meeting was a big step for
ward In understanding the state
law, its limitations and possible
ties and its practical application
If such another meeting were ar
ranged in the future, the new of
this one would guarantee a much
larger turnout
However, the evenings discus
sion should also alarm all friends
of fair employment in our state.
1t was obvious from the commit
tees report, that the law, passed
with such great hopes and full of
such great possibilities, is not yet
actually being used to stop dis
elimination in employment! More,
it is plain that the committee Is in
grave danger of becoming on Of
fetal agency to prevent anything
really being done about discrimi-
nation in employment.
In eleven months of existence,
not n case prosecuted The great
majority of cases filed with the
board already decided against
the person suffering discrimina-
ton. The best anyone yet has Sc
cured for their grievance-''contin
ued investigation"
The official report of the board
Gains achievement only in the
case of a Seattle department store
Yet every informed person know.
that these gains were made by &
citizens group apart from the
board.
Rev. Penick certainly know.
and feels deeply about dis
elimination. Yet his fellow boars
members report that they dismiss /
complaint against unjust firing
when boss and strawboss" agre.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-24
LIBERTY BELL TO
5 SEATTLE

No living American has eve
heard the Liberty Bell ringl
The bell was last heard in 1885,
at the funeral If Chief Justice
Marshall, when it was cracked
beyond repair as the cortege
passed through Philadelphia.
A new Liberty Bell has been re-
created, and residents of this COM
munity will now hear for the first
time the perfect tonal quality that
the original bell possessed before 1t
cracked.
Joshua Green, Jr.. King County
independence Savings Bond Drive
chairman, announced today that
the Liberty Bell replica would ar
rive in Seattle May 81 and remain
here the 22nd and 23rd and also
return here for July 2 and 4, to
spear-head the 1850 independence
Savings Bond Drive which started
May Is and ends July 4th.
THE replica bell and its mount
ing stands about six feet high"
Mr.. Green stated. ut is IL feet in
circumference around the lip. ia
feet around the crown, and weighs
slightly more than a ton. In de-
sign, lettering and celebration, it
is identical to the original Liberty
Bell. The bell Is also mounted in
the sane manner with stays and
hardware as the original"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-24
700 Tunes Recorded

Bascom Lamar Lunsford, folk
lorist, recently recorded 700 folk
lore tunes In seven days for the
National library at Washington.
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CONTINUED on Page 81
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Evening star., 1950-02-20
Second OF a Seriesj
By WilIiom A. Mi|Ien

An up-to-d date version of "HoW
you gonna keep EN- down on the
farm" is plaguing Maryland and
Virginia farmers who have en-
ployed displaced persons.
A. tendency of the recently ar
rived Europeans to move out
without warning was cited by
area farmers as probably their
greatest fault.
L. M. Walker, jr., Virginia COM
missioner of agriculture and
State DIP Committee chairman,
put it this way:
THE biggest all-round objec-
ton is that the DPS leave sud-
denly, and the farmers are left
high and dry. The farmer pro-
vides house and some furniture.
But he still is worried whether
the DIP will be there next week, or
will move to the big cities-Chi-
cago, Philadelphia, Baltimore or
Washington
He blamed the screening of DIP
applicants in European appar-
ent failure to select farm people
for farm work.
Virginia has about 100 DIP
families now. About 40 per cent
of these originally employed on
farms have switched to other oc-
cupations. More than half the
Virginia DPS are Ukrainians, with
Lithuanians and Poles making up
most of the Others.
DR.. T. B. Symons, dean of the
School of Agriculture at the Uni
versity of Maryland, figures
Maryland has between 400 and
500 DPS.
In addition to a need for
screening. DR.. Symons believes
the DIP program would be i'm
proved by a follow-up check on
performances, a requirement that
DIP farmers remain on farms for
| a reasonable time, and that they
be registered for reasonable pc
riod.
Anne Arundel County's mem
bers resigned recently from the
Governors Committees for the
Resettlement of Displaced Per-
sons. They charged the DIP pro-
gram has been "haphazard."
| Anne Arundel County Agent
Stanley E. Day said that often
farmers turn out to be tailors,
beekeepers or florists.
To illustrate, he told how one
DIP family, given a chicken by a
farmer, had to ask him to kill it
for them.
Other difficulties arise from the
difference in languages. Some
Evening star., 1950-02-20
|Virginian' $ Condition
Critical After His Cal, ;,
Bus Collide Head On

A Triangle (Va.) man, injured
in a head-on collision between his
automobile and a Greyhound bus
yesterday on Shirley highway
north of Woodbridge. Va, today,
was in critical condition.
Ten passengers in the bus.
bound for Washington from Rich
mond, suffered minor injuries and
were treated on the scene. None
were from the Washington area
The critically injured man was
identified as William Douglas Reid
24. He suffered a fractured skull
and internal injuries, doctors at
Mount Alto Hospital reported.
Virginia State Police at the
Groveton substation reported the
accident occurred early yesterday
about 3 miles north of Wood
bridge, about 20 miles south of
Alexandria. The bus, carrying 40
passengers, did not overturn and
suffered minor damage, police
said. The bus driver was James
A. Breeder, Al, of Richmond.
In the District, Eliza Small, 21,
colored, of 2105 1 street NE, suf-
fered critical head injuries when
he was struck by. an automobile
as he was crossing Benning road
near Twenty-first street NE. last
night. He was removed to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Police said the driver of the
automobile was Donald o. Cart
ner, %, of $500 Ely place Sc,
a carpenter.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
.Jessups Fireman, B,
.Diesas Truck Wrecks

A volunteer fireman was killed
yesterday when a Jessups (Md)
fire truck overturned on Old
Annapolis road en- route to a blaze
near Annapolis Junction.
Joseph L. Wright, 26, OF Jessups
was pronounced dead on arrival
at st. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore
Lawrence Deustch, SO, of Jessups,
who was riding on the back of the
truck with Fireman Wright,
suffered minor injuries. Mary
land State police said the driver,
Bernard L. Gardner, 36, of Jes-
sups, was unhurt. He was charged
with manslaughter with a motor
vehicle.
Maryland State police said the
men were bound for a small fire
near Annapolis Junction. The
truck, according to police, ap-
parently was going too fast to
make a curve, and overturned. Mr..
Wright and Mr.. Deustch were
thrown to the highway from the
truck.
Mr.. Wright was the son of DR..
Leroy Wright, warden of the
Maryland House of Correction at
JeSsupS.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Virginia Junior Chamber
To Meet al DanviIIe
BY the Associated Press

DANVILLE, Va. Feb. 20.-Di-
rectors of the Virginia State Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will
decide at their quarterly meeting
here next week end whether or
not to take a stand on current
General Assembly measures for a
State War Memorial Building.
The Danville Junior Chamber
will submit a resolution in opposi-
tion to spending 81 million IN
State funds for the building pro-
posed to be built in Richmond.
The States outstanding young
man of 1949 will be announced at
banquet Saturday evening. At
torney General j. Lindsay Al
mond, jr., will be the principal
speaker.
A business session is scheduled
Saturday afternoon, and a pub
locations forum. led by Robert
Hoke, Williamsburg, will be held
Sunday.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Wood|awn Campaign
For $4,000 10 Start

The Woodlawn Foundation has
selected Wednesday, Washington S
Birthday, as the date on which it
will launch drive for $4,000.
Chairman will be Gen. Thomas
Holcomb, USMC, retired.
Part of the money will be used
to help pay off a debt incurred
when the foundation bought the
historic Woodlawn estate near
Alexandria, once the home of
Washington's adopted daughter,
Nellie Gusts.
Money also is needed to repair
and refurnish the mansion, re-
store the gardens and develop an
educational program among
schools throughout the country,
officials said.
In accepting the post of cam
paign chairman, Gen. Holcomb
said that safeguarding Americas S
historic homes and sites lis an
integral part of the preservation
of this country's unique social and
cultural sheritage."
"Woodlawn," he declared, is a
symbol of the way of life to which
George Washington devoted him.
self. He personally surveyed the
site-at that time, part of Mount
Vernon. He planned the land
scaping and sketched rough plans
for the house.
His devotion to his adopted
daughter and to his nephew,
Lawrence Lewis is shown in every
detail of the estate which was his
wedding gift to them in 1799,"
Evening star., 1950-02-20
DR.. Camper Elected Head
OF Maryland Progressiyes
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. DIR.
John E. T. Camper, colored Bal
timore physician and unsuccessful
candidate for Congress last elec-
tion, was elected chairman of the
Maryland Progressive Party last
night at the annual convention.
James Stewart Martin of An
napolis was named vice president,
and Burnett Goldstone of Balti-
more, treasurer.
The convention discontinued the
post of state director, but elected
Harold Buchanan, Baltimore at
torney who had held the direc-
tors post, as the executive secre-
tary.
Paul Robson was the principle
speaker at the meeting. He urged
party members to continue the
fight against discrimination in
Baltimore and throughout Mary
land.
Give my people full liberty and
I'll shut up tomorrow" he de-
clared.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Woman Voters Urge
-Four Major Changes
In Alexandra Schools

Four major changes in opera
ton of the Alexandria school sys-
tenn were urged today by the Alex
andria League of Women Voters.
The proposed changes were out
lined in fact sheet" which the
league entitled School Business
Is Your Business. The recon-
mendations dealt with admins
trative and financial policies only.
The league suggested strength
ening" the procedure for nomina-
ting School Board candidates. To
accomplish this, it asked that the
public be requested to make nomi-
nations. At present public nomi-
nations first are screened by the
Council School Committee. Recon-
mendations of this committee
usually are accepted by the full
council.
The second recommendation was
that the School Board strengthen
its own organization. School Of
flcials were urged to distribute
the administrative and profess
sional work load which the league
said now falls too heavily on
Supt. T. C. Williams. Bylaws
should be brought up to date and
more frequent board meetings
should be considered, the league
maintained.
The board was urged to "ex-
ervise greater control ,over its
fiscal affairs" by making regular
public reports on all money ham
died, having an annual audit of
all funds under its contrlo and de-
termining responsibility for out
side funds, such as textbook re-
ceipts and athletic funds.
The fourth change suggested
was that school officials strive to
keep the public informed of prog
ress and status of he Alexandria
school system, compared to others
The league concluded that dur
inf the last 10 years Alexandria
schools improved. and now COM
pare favorably with others in the
metropolitan area.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Arlington Man Fined $40
For DisorderIy Conduct

Disorderly conduct charges filed
against an Arlington man after
he allegedly accosted a woman
Saturday night on South Eads
street brought him a fine of $40
and costs in county Court this
morning.
The man, Theodore Sanders,
48, colored. of the 1900 block of
jefferson Davis Highway, pleaded
guilty. He also pleaded guilty to
a charge of being drunk in a
public place and was fined IS and
costs for that.
Police said the man walked ur
to the woman as she neared hel
home and made personal remarks
to her.
The woman's husband, who has
a broken hand, struck Sanders
with his cast. Fourteen stitches
were required to close the result
ing cut over Sanders left eye.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
May Queen Selected
Al Western Maryland
BY the Assoeioted Press

WESTMINSTER. Md, Feb. 20.
Miss Martha Elizabeth Schaeffer
of Westminster will reign as May
Queen at Western Maryland Col
lege this year. She is a senior
music major and has been on the
Queens Court every year.
Senior duchess will be Peggy
Anne Stacy. Baltimore. Her at
tendants will be Louise Edna Hy-
der, Westminster, and Helen Lou
Use Scarborough, Baltimore.
= The junior class selected Betty
Louise Batchell, Smithsburg, Md,
as Junior duchess. Mary Jean
Rupert, Drexel Hill, Pa, and Mary
Ellen Hess, Merchantville, Nj,
will attend Miss Bechtell.
Doris Virginia Hale, Wayne, Pa,
will represent the sophomore class.
Betsy Bays Patterson, of Monk
ton. Md, and Anna Lee Park,
Cumberland, are her attendants.
Freshman duchess will. be Sally
Fisher, Baltimore. Her attendants
will be Mary Laux, Summit. N. j.,
and Nell Hughes, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
DPS Are Apt to Leave Suddenly,
Farmers in Nearby States Find

farmers, DelleVlng they were more
than generous in wages and liv-
ing quarters, were amazed to find
DPS walking out on them "at q
minutes notice" MI. Day said.
At Joyce lane, Md, DR.. Charles
E. lift, Baltimore eye specialist,
invited a young Ukrainian family
to work on his farm last May.
The DPS were given a third floor
apartment in the large farmhouse,
with their own bath, radio and
a large fan to keep cool in the
summer.
The Ukrainian woman did not
know how to cook, so Mrs. Tiff
patiently coached her. The immi-
grant often talked about how nice
things were back home and said
that some day, when the Rus
slams left, they would move back.
Almost without warning last
month. the Ukrainians left the
Iliff farm.
On the Arnold CMd) Angus
cattle farm of Charles B. Lynch,
there's an empty house. 1t was
prepared for another Ukrainian
family last April. Last month the
tenants showed off for parts un-
known.
In Montgomery County. where
some of the first DPS landed,
there has not been a request for a
DIP farm family in 10 months.
J. S. Gilbert Brown, manager of
the Silver Spring Office of the
Maryland Employment Security
Department, said, they went sour
on us and the word spread like
wildfire.'
Now, instead of the IA DIP fam
lilies in the county, there are four
such groups. all Lithuanians, he
said.
Montgomery County Agent o.
w. Anderson said the DPS showed
they were interested only in get
ting into this country and then
going their own way"
Dissatisfaction also was ex.
pressed by Agent P. E. Clark Of
Prince Georges County, where 81
foreign families still reside or
| farms.
They should be called in many
cases Misplaced Persons instead
of DPS" he said. They are chosen
like picking a pig out Of a bag
They land in Baltimore ano the
farmer is told to meet them there
The DPS have pictured to them
that this is a land of milk and
honey. and somebody will take
care of them
But not all the criticism of DIP
farm families is derogatory. Many
hard working groups have proved
satisfactory. as tomorroW's con-
cluding article will describe.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Anonymous IndustriaIist
Gives $4,000 10 W. 81.
SpecioI Dispotch 10 The Stor

LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. 20.-An
American industrialist, who re-
quested that he remain anony-
nous, has made a gift of SOL 900
to Washington and Lee University,
President Francis P. Gaines has
announced.
Designated to endow the chair
Of philosophy at Washington and
Lee, the new gift will become a
part of the university's Third
Century Fund, raising the fund
beyond the 81 million mark. More
than 100000 in gifts has been
received at Washington and Lee
in the last so days, DR.. Gaines
said.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Stewart PTA to Hear
Reading Expert Tuesday

Mrs. Elmer Carson, reading
supervisor in Arlington schools,
will speak at a meeting of the
Charles A. Stewart School Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm.
tomorrow.
Pupils rooms will be open for
inspection at 7:45 pm. The group
plans to discuss fall term enroll
ment. The school is at 2400 North
Underwood street, Arlington,
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Man
Is Shot Fatally,
FriiendWounded
Police Soy Widower
May Have Tried to Kill
Woman Companion

An Arlington man was shot
fatally yesterday and woman
friend was wounded in what
county police said apparently was
attempted murder and suicide.
Charles Elmer Cartwright, As.
Of 800 North Piedmont street. an
unemployed sheet metal worker,
died in Arlington Hospital at 8:22
pm, four hours after the shoot
ing.
Mrs. Clara Biggs Burkley, So.
of 1895 North Stuart street, Ar
lington, was in Arlington Hos
pital with a bullet wound in her
head. She was reported in good
condition and the hospital said
her wound was not serious.
Investigation Continues.
Police Chief Harry L. woodward
said the case was apparently ono
of attempted murder and suicide.
Police continued an investigation
and DR.. w. C. Wellburn, county
coroner, had not issued a certifi-
cate.
Police gave the following &C
count:
Two policemen in a scout car.
Pyts. Richard Frederick and Leroy
J. Rasmussen, were hailed by a
motorist. who told them there had
been shooting. He directed them
to the 500 block of North Carlin
Spring road. They we're nearby
when halted by John Borecki,
SOB North Eighth road.
When the policemen arrived on
Carlin Spring road, they reported.
they found Cartwright slumped.
unconscious, over the wheel of a
parked car and Mrs. Burkley wan
dering in a daze near the auto
mobile.
Pistol in Glove Compartment.
Cartwright had bullet wound
behind his right ear and she had
wound in the left side of her
head. the policemen reported. In
the glove compartment of the We
hicle was found 80 caliber pistol
from which two shots had been
fired.
Police could not explain how the
weapon got in the glove compart-
ment. They theorized. however,
that Mrs. Burkley may have
placed it there while dazed.
Police quoted Mrs. Burkley as
saying, He was going to take his
life and my life also. 1 don't
know why"
Relatives quoted Mrs. Burkley
as telling them from her hospital
bed that Cartwright fired at her
first and then shot himself.
Both Widowed.
They quoted her as saying, only
a quick movement saved my life" ="
Relatives said Cartwright and
Mrs. Burkley had been going to-
gether' for about two years. Both
were widowed.
Mrs. Burkley, a Veterans Ad-
ministration employe, has tive
children, Edward. IL, and Carol.
7. Her husband died three years
ago.
Cartwright lived with his moth
er, Mrs. Mabel Small. He has a
daughter, Mrs. Hazel Moore, Nor
man, Okla.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Junior Ballroom Glasses
To Beqin in ARLINGTON

A new series of junior ballroom
classes will begin Thursday at
the Arlington Recreation Center,
300 Lee highway.
A class for beginners will be
held from 1880 to $3.50 pm. From
$3.50 to $3.50 pm, advanced pupils
will study the rhumba, waltz and
jitterbug.
There are a few openings in a
plastics course for adults and
teen-agers being held on Tuesday
nights at the Thomas Jefferson
Junior High School shop.