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true of other canneries, too, &C.
cording to workers who visited
here last week.
Sunday-day of rest-has been
advanced to Monday, thus cut
ting us out of overtime, because
the weekend's catch is delivered
Saturday afternoon. Monday is
the slackest day of the week
so we get to take some time off
or work for % cents overtime"
LoNGsHoRING-No EXTRA
Longshore work is part of
our regular day rate iob-from
6 a. m. to 6 p. m. We only get
paid for longshoring when we
work at night!
So between Duyungan's AT of
L exploitation and racketeering
of the Filipino worker, and the
regular squeezing of the cannery
bosses. our lot isn't a happy one.
We realize now that the
Fishermen and Cannery Work.
ers Industrial Union is the only
organization that really fights
for us-not against US.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
A Worker.
UFL FIGHTS WATER SHUToFF

COEUR D'ALENE, Ida, Aug. 8
Forcing the Board of the Avon
dale Irrigation Co. to turn on the
water of a farmer who had had
it turned off, the United Farm
ers League won another victory
last week.
The Board had turned the wa
ter off because the farmer had
run the water through a hose
without a nozzle and refused to
pay an exhOrbitant rate for the
water.
A committee from the UFL
turned the water on, but it was
Immediately turned off aagin,
and a guard was posted which
tried to intimidate the farmers.
The UFL issued 1000 leaflets
and a mass meeting was held.
The board then turned the water
on. Another Mass meeting is
planned to take action against
future turnOffs.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Aug. 9-In one OF
the most widely attended and
most militant demonstrations in
the history of Portland approx
mately 1908 persons assembled
about the statue of Theodore
Roosevelt in the bourgeois Park
Blocks here on the evening OF
August at the call of the Ameri-
can League Against War and
Fascism to voice energetic disap-
proval of all forms of imperialist
war preparation and fascism.
Carrying banners prOclaiming
such slogans as: Don't Just Talk
Against Fight Facism!" the as
sembled protesters gave vent to
such enthusiasm and militancy
that a proposed breaking up OF
the meeting by the recently or,
ganized fascist group, the Citl-
zens' Emergency League, did not
materialize. The newly created
vigilante group came in for much
condemnation, resolutions being
passed unanimously flaying the
asserted purposes and program
of the league.
Police Refuse to Grant Permit
The meeting was held in the
Park Blocks despite the refusal
OF Mayor Carson to grant IA per-
nit for it. Several policemen were
on hand but no attempt was
made TO break up the assemble
age.
Several speakers, including DR..
Virgil MacMickle, Dawn LOyelace,
the Reverend Nathan b. Acker-
man. Henry Robinson, Arthur
Hayes, Mrs. Beatrice DeBOrd,
Paul Turner, Sam ShOtz, n. A.
Mackrill and Richard LOvclace,
flayed the manifestations OF las
cism now making themselves telU
in America and pointed out the
necessity OF working class organ
izatlon as the only safeguard
against war and iascism.
All Races Must Participate in
Anti-Fascist Fight
Robinson, in speaking for the
Jewish people OF Portland, de-
elared, Il represent tonight a race
that gave to you a Jesus Christ,
a kari Marx, and governor who
called out the troops to shoot
you down." You will find, he eX-
planned, contrary to the teachings
OF fascism that Jews are on both
sides OF the tence-On the side of
the working class and on the side
of the oppressOrs. The fight
against war and fascism, he
pointed out, is not a racial fight.
1t demands the active participa-
tion of all races of people.
Many Portland organizations,
including trade union, church
and fraternal groups, participant
ed in the demonstration.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
Seattle Workers Mass
in War-FaSCiSt Protest

SEATTLE, Aug. with lUOO
workers attending the August |
demonstration gave ample proof
that the revolutionary forces cam
not be smashed by the fascist
methods now being braZenly
used by the powers that be.
Merwin Cole acted as chair
man for the meeting which was
held on the courthouse lawn.
Other SPEAKERS were Joe Segrist
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union; H. BrOckway, UnemplOy-
ed Citizens League; James Muir
ply, Communist Party; Yves
Randall, international Labor De-
Tense, and Ed Chapman OF the
Young Communist League.
Resolutions Adopted
Resolutions submitted by the
LID were enthusiastically accept
ed by the entire body. They were
briefly, l, Condemnation of Ter
rOr and fascist methods used to
break strikes and destroy work
er organizations; 2. Support of
USSR Universal Disarmament
Plan; 3, Release of Thaelmann
and the class war prisoners in
Germany.
In addition, the demonstrators
elected a committee of eight to
carry united front greetings to
strike prisoners who are now
lodged in the Seattle City Jail.
The demonstration was called
by the United Front Conference
of July Is.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
1echnOcrats Convene, And
Decide To DO NOthinq

SEATTLE, Aug. 9-After the
rank and file of the RaVcnna
TechnOcratic Local had voted
unanimously to send Dallas Pope
and Paul Patrick aS delegates to
the State TechnOcratic COnVen-
ton, Deputy Sheriff Heinch
chairman of the group, ignored
the results of the ballOting and
told the body that Patrick and
Pope would not be allowed to at,
tend the parley.
Heinch said that he had
reached his decision after con-
sulting Robert Day, one of the
big wigs" of the Seattle Tech
nocrat organization. Day told
him that Pope was not a men,
Der, and couldn't serve as dele
gate. Heinch gave no explana-
ton of his ruling out Patrick.
Heinch and the secretary went
W inc NOllN ClltlOll' lllClllSNlNCS, az
representatives of the Ravenna
local.
It is thought that the Tech
nocrat leaders refused to allow
Pope and Patrick as delegates
because both of them have
signified their intention of
fighting for a united front
against War and Fascism with
the Communist Party.
The TechnOcratic workers in
Ravenna are seeking a new
meeting place where they can
enjoy freedom of speech and rank
and file control.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
WOmenFOrCeJudge
To Release Worker
By Frank L. Eckler

BELLINGHAM, Aug. 10 - j.
Sluys and j. YOnally, two work
ers arrested for distributing leaf
lets for the Workers EX-Service-
mems League and sentenced to
GO days, are both out of Jail
The Sluys Slide Out
SluyS was released after Mrs.
Sluys had told the judge they
were all washed up with militan,
cy, that he was done with the
Unemployed Council, all commit
tees and workers organizations.
They agreed with the attorney
representing Sluys that workers
ought to be ashamed of diStrib-
uting such leaflets when they
were on relief and the govern
ment was doing so much for
them. They agreed that the leaf
lets were COmmuniStic, filthy
and a crime against respected
persons. So Sluys was released,
Mrs. YOnally, then, decided to
get her husband out too, but by
using strictly Working-class tao,
ties.
Organizing a group OF country
women, she lead them to the
judge Where they protested Wig
orOusly against the discrimina-
ton that was keeping YOnally
lin Jail, while the other husband,
though booked and sentenced on
the same charge, was at liberty
Now Listen, Yoy!
The judge told the committee
that they were really two differ
ent cases as the Sluys were nice
people, He further instructed
I the committee that the hundreds
of Threatening" letters that had
been pouring in on him during
the two weeks COnally had been
in Jail must cease.
Furthermore, if the committee
didn't get out in five minutes,
YOnally would have to stay the
60 days. The committee replied
that the chairs were comfortable
and they intended to stay as long
as YOnally had to.
Call the County Doctor
The judge went home, but the
committee stayed on while,
then adjourned to the police sta,
ton steps for an hour or so. From
there they decided to call County
Health Officer Powell. He said
since it was Il police case he
would have nothing to do with
it. However, they informed him
that he did have something to do
with it, since the constant diet of
starchy relief foods had caused
YOnally to have ulcers of the
stomach and that he was i'm a
critical condition.
Turned down by one doctor,
the committee nevertheless tried
DIR. Blaine, who had no political
axe to grind, who, after listening
to the ease called the police court
and said that the committee
locked ok to him and that surely
distributing WESL leaflets was
no excuse for keeping Yonally in
Jail, advising that he be either
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
TACOMA

TACOMA, Aug. 3 Voting to
hold the mass meeting at Wright
Park where they had assembled
despite the fact that the police
said they could not, 800 workers
held a successful August First
meeting in protest against I'm
perialist War and Fascism.
Speakers from Seattle, Olym-
pia and Tacoma analysed the war
situation. Protests against police
terror we're passed.
Cops Beat Two Workers
After the meeting had dispers-
ed, several workers were still left
in the park, when Chief of Police
Bird with other cops asked one
of the workers who was respon-
sible for the meeting. They at
tempted to intimidate her, adj
dressing her in vile language.
When Phil Davis said, AT least
be civil" a cop beat up on him.
A young worker, uncOnnected
with the group, walked over to
the cop and said: "l'm only an
innocent bystander, but it seems
to me you are treating that fell
low pretty rough" The cop
struck him several times, knock
ing him down.
Protest Committee Sees Police
A committee of four went to
Commissioner of Safety Calender
to protest the officers action on
August /. Calender said that a
policeman has a perfect right to
knock down anyone he wanted to
at anytime. He also said that he
would have done the same thing
had he been there. Cops had re-
ported to him that the group had
used vile" language to them.
The Young Communist League
and the Unemployment Council
planned to protest these actions
by packing the City Council
Chambers yesterday.
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WHERE TO GO

MONROE Benefit Dance at Odd
Fellows Hall, Aug. Is at $3.50 pm.
under the auspices of Cannery
and Agricultural Union. Admis.
sion Men 25c Women Zoe.
SEATTLE, Aug. II, Soviet Movie
Road to Life" .Vass Hall, oath
and Market Streets, 8 p. IN. Tn.
der the auspices of the Commun-
list Party Election Campaign
Committee. Admission 15c.
SEATTLE, Aug. 10, United Front
Picnic, At the Ship, Lonesome
Park. Adm. Is cents. includes
free lunch, sports, program and
parking. Dancing Zoe. Evenings
15c. Benefit Worker Candidates
Campaign Fund.
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Communist Party
ExpelS F. Walker

SEATTLE, Aug. g. EXpelling
Fred Walker from its ranks and
branding him as an enemy of the
working class, the District Disci-
plinary Committee of the Com
munist Party has issued the fol
lowing statement:
after striving for two years
to correct the weaknesses of
Fred Walker, the Communist
Party finds no other course open
but his expulsion.
walker has held important
positions in Portland for the
past year. Before that, in Seattle
and elsewhere, he was given re-
spOnsible tasks.
During the present period of
terror he deserted his post and
failed to carry out work assign
ed him. On other occasions he
has done the same thing.
"He has become a drunkard.
He has obtained funds under
false pretenses and used them
for his personal ends.
He has been and is carrying
on a campaign against the Com
munist Party and against its
program
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10

SEATTLE, Aug. 9-During the
seasonal shutdown of the lum.
Der industry the operators have
attempted to place the blame of
the fast decline of lumber pro,
duction and prices onto the
shoulders of the striking marine
workers.
However, regardless of all the
poison propaganda spued forth
by the operators and their agents
met with the solidarity and uni
ty of the lumber workers and
lOngshOremen. Since the fire
season is about over the mills
and camps are resuming opera
ton, not to the degree that of
before the shutdown. Factors
have arisen since the first of
May.
The lumber industry like all
others is lastly declining be-
cause of the Quilted markets and
prices The lumber operators
like all other capitalists are lay
ing the basis to place more heav-
lily onto the shoulders of the
lumber workers the burden of
the crisis, by retaining their
present large profits by wage
reductions and speed-up of pro
ductiOn.
Wage Must be Reduced More
The ground work for immedi-
ate wage cuts has already been
laid by the agents of the lum-
Der operators. A well known Of
fetal of the WestcOast Lumber
mems Assn stated recently that
in the local press that lumber
prices have been reduced 10 per
cent and naturally overhead eX-
penseS must be reduced also.
Wages being the greatest over
head confronting the operators,
wages would be reduced first.
Many methods of intimidation
are being used by the lumber
operators at present. StimSOn'S
mill in Ballard started opera
tiOns Monday, Aug. 6. This mill
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he So membership fee from the
workers. wages without even ask
ing them.
When we sailed from Seattle
last month, Duyungan's bench
men distributed receipts" to
everyone. intending to collect
later. 50 from 1000 Filipino work
ers means $4,000 for Duyungan-
he can collect at the end of
the season, but he'll have trou-
BILE, for organized Filipinoes are
OF so dumb and are planning a
party" for Duyungan if he tries
Commission Offered
Duyungan even offered one
agent 20 per cent of all union"
receipts If the agent collected
money on these phoney re-
ceiptsl
Here's how the New Deal
works in this eannery-we work
10 hours day and pack 1000
salmon cases per day. Overtime
Is % cents. Food is worse than
aver. despite NRA code calling
Tor Wholesome food" This is
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Workers Rally In Militant August First Demonstrations
SPOKANE

SPOKANE, Aug. O. Two
times last week a red flag flew
from the flagpole of the City
hall. On it were emblazoned in
white letters the words, Fight
Against War and Fascism."
On almost every downtown
street corner Spokane workers
painted in red the identical
words.
1t was the most effective dis
play of working class propagan-
da put on here in years. Police
Chief Ira Martin muttered ON
nous threats aaginst the 'radi'
Gals who go about defacing pub.
lie and private property" but
to date he has been unable to
lay his hands on the "culprits."
Hold Mass Meeting
Topping off this superlative
bit of publicity, Spokane work
ers held mass meeting Aug. |,
at which the following resOlu-
tiOns were passed:
2. To be sent to Seattle's
Chief of Police Comstock, de-
handing that he cease the ter
ror against all workers and
workers headquarters.
2. To be sent to President
Roosevelt, demanding that war
appropriations be turned over
to the unemployed relief fund.
3. To be sent to President
Roosevelt, protesting raiding
of halls, etc, and terror on the
Pacific Coast.
Speakers at the mass meeting
were J. +. Snyder of the FSU; j.
II. Van Orman, Communist Par
ty; Nora Peterson, lid; and h.
X. Wilson, Unemployed Councils.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
Northwest Lumber Workers Face
Cuts, MWU Shows Course of Action
BY National Executive NLWU

recently organized a branch of
the NLWU and conducted a
strike for better working condi-
tiOns. The solid stand taken by
the workers in this strike also
refusing to load a lumber schOOn-
er during the lOngshore strike,
put much fear into the hearts of
the bosses.
Some disruDters, presumably
ALL officials and Vigilantes start
ed a rumOr that the Union
Branch was going to declare a
strike on the opening day. The
company officials notified a very
few Of their old employees and
had run around two hundred new
men stationed at the mill gates
with uniformed city thugs in the
office.
NLWU Is Rank and File Union
The NLWU is not bunch of
Anarchists and do not jump up
in the air and declare strike
to be striking. They are honest
workers organizing a union with
IA policy Of class struggle and con-
trolled by the rank and file.
However, the union branch is
on the alert and il intimidation IS
expressed this mill OffirialdOm
will be faced with 4 mriGI more
effectively organize strike than
bciorC All of the police and
Scabs modified Will not stop the
workers from FIGHTING for their
rights.
Every lumber worker and log
ger must be on guard and start
immediate organization into the
NLWU so as to rut up a united
font struggle against these
pending wage cuts. Our living
stu cards are being crushed and
only by militant struggle can we
force che lumber operators to
grant tie demands of tl.e NLWU
TIC time is ripe for action! tn
gauiIc and strike az ,iuSt wage
cuts, hhcklisting, discrimination
and speed up.
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Workers Refuse to Hear
Cannery Boss

Linden exposed the fascist
plans Of the bosses and outlined
the militant campaign by which
the fishermen will win back their
just wages. MakOvich tried to re-
gain the floor. A motion was
made and unanimously carried
denying him the floor as rep
rCsCntatiVc of the cannery bosses,
in fact one of them.
\ committee was elected to ne
gOtiato with packers. MakOvich
and his lieutenant Morris tried
to vancouver this to give the com,
mittec absolute power. This was
quaShed by the angry workers
who insisted that the committee
report back to, and be respOns-
IDLE to, the rank and file. 1t was
further resolved that any com.
Inittee member found cOnniving
with the bosses would be cxpell-
ed.
The number attending the first
meeting was cOnservativeIy esti
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Continued Page
Fishermen Reject SelIOut, Strike
Solid, Militant Leader Arrested

warrants to take him-fiVe from
cities and counties were not
enough! The sixth, a federal war
rant in the hands of the [. :.
Marshal, was finally obtained
and Linden with the crew of
the boat sheltering him, arrested.
The news aroused the assembled
fleet to such a pitch that the
frightened police released their
prisoner without bail when con-
frOnted with the demands of a
committee headed by f. Grim
stad, national chairman of the
union.
At the strike meeting follow
ing, the workers stood firm in
their insistence that prices be
restored go cents for sOckeyes,
% cents for silvers) to the end of
the season.
Delegates of the FCWIU met
at Neah Bay promptly after the
news of the cut was first made.
AnacOrteS was selected as a CEN
ter for striking fishermen. Diesel
boats secuted the Sound spread
ing the word. A general strike
committee wired the workers de-
mands to the packers and call
ed Emil Linden from Seattle.
Landing in Anacortes, he eluded
police lOokouts and boarded the
fishing boat Arizona.
This was reported by a stool
pigeon on the docks of the Far
west Cannery to LOwman, Opcr-
atOr of the Puget outfit. Low
man called police, shortly the
Chief arrived and tried to per
suade Linden to come ashore
for a little talk" Linden, know
ing that the Chief of Police had
no authority on shipbOard, re-
fused. according to law, only a
L. S. Marshal can make arrests
on ship bOard.)
Arizona Crew and Linden
Arrested
LOWman and the police set a
guard about the dock, after GO
ing into conference with the
stool pigeon. As the Arizona was
preparing to pull out to sea the
Marshal arrived. He boarded the
boat, arrested Linden, the cap
tain, and all his crew.
They were taken to the Immi-
grafton Station, there to be
questioned and given the third
degree individually.
1t was learned that the police
had warrants from Seattle, King
County, AnacOrtes, Bellingham,
Neah Bay for Linden. Failing to
terrOriZe Linden, he was locked
up and held for questioning af-
ter the other men were disposed
of.
Protest Made to Chamber of
Commerce
Mass pressure brought to bear
by the fishermen secured his
freedom within a few hours. A
committee of 300 had protested
to the Chamber of Commerce.
Local merchants had prepared
to raise bail for him but FORUM
ately it was not needed.
Anacortes business men OBJ
tanned the free use of the Eagles
Hall for the fishermen's meeting.
Lee Makovich, Secretary of the
Purse Seine Boat Owners Asso-
citation and President of the Fish
ermen's Pa cking Corporation
tEverett), known for years as a
labOr-faker and wOuld-be capt.
alist, with his manager of the
Everett corporation, Morris, who
makes a pitiful pittance of $4,000
yearly, tried their usual tactics.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
B.C.-U.S. WORKERS
FORM UNITED FRONT

BLAINE, Wash, Aug g One
hundred workers from British
Columbia and the United States
participated in the United Front
August First demonstration at
the Peace Arch here.
Six organizations were repre-
scented. An Anti-War Committee
was formed. John Brockway from
Bellingham and McClOsky from
Vancouver were two of the main
speakers.
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In the east and the middle
west japanese agents have been
making considerable Roadway in
a japanese imperialist-led fascist
movement to enlist support
among the American negroes.
They are told that Japan's sole
aim in taking Manchuria was to
get a foothold on the Asiatic con-
tinents so that she could carry
out her policy of assuming leader.
ship Of all the eolored races. Many
converts are falling for this in
sane type of racial fascism. Be-
fore long we will probably see
sign Of it on the Pacific Coast.
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Occur d'Alene, Idaho

Occur d'Alene, Idaho
Dear Editor:
One of the workers in the
Blister Rust Control Camp tells
us that the entire camp partici-
pated in an Anti-War meeting
right in the camp. He also said
that the camp is solid AGAINST
WAR!
A Worker.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-10
XXX Makes Judge Ask
Workers Bond

six workers when the workers
were holding a tag day for the
benefit of striking seamen and
lOngshOremen.
The international Labor De-
Tense will conduct the trial. Pro-
tests, committees. and letters are
already being sent to the prose-
cutor, demanding the dismissal of
the case.