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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Insane ASylumS Filling
AS Conditions Decline

SPOKANE. Aug. 23-That the
capitalist crisis is taking an even
larger toll of the wOrking-claSs,
is evidenced by facts brought out
in a capitalist press interview
with Olaf Olson, state director OF
business control, he"e recently.
The state penitentiary at Wal,
la Walla houses more COnvictS
than at any time in its history,
said Olson. The three insane aSy.
lums and homes for feeble mind
ed are showing increases, at pres,
ent housing one person for every
IS families.
Mental diseases are fast be-
coming a rarity under the sane
economic system of Soviet Rus
STA, proving that economic in
security is a chief contributing
factor to insanity.-Ed's Note
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
USSR TUGS VISIT SEATTLE PORT
Grew Men Can't Spared" Says Captain
COULD ABSORB II 100000 OF U. S. JOBLESS
BY Hack Thomas

SEATTLE, August % - I'VE
could absorb twelve million OF
your unemployed in one section
of Russia, near NladivOstOck, and
not notice the difference"
This was the statement of An
drew Gnachnago. captain of the
Soviet tug hayward" which, with
its sister ship the "Bathalum.'
stopped at Seattle Friday and
Saturday on the voyage to Nladi-
vOStOk from San Francisco.
1t was a real thrill, seeing the
red flag with its hammer and
sickle floating at the masthead
of two sea-gOing tugs, and the
first time the reporter had seen
tangible evidence of Soviet men
and machines"
Here's something for the
ISU and lila to think about
the greenest sailor in the Rus
sian merchant marine gets 1870
rubles per month. In Russia
this is equivalent to $3.50. Even
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Textile Union
Will Strike
Half Million

NEW YORK, Aug. % - In
structing its officers to call a ma,
tion-wide strike before Septem'
Der |, the United Textile Work
ers in convention here voiced the
demands of half a million cotton
textile workers for union recOg-
milton, abolition of the Stretch
out" higher wages and the 30
hour week.
Another tlaRee hundred thOus-
and in silk, rayOn, wooden and
worsted mills may also be called
out.
DemOralized by the unexpect,
ed withdrawal of the socialist,
Emil Rieve, as candidate for the
Unions National President, left
wing delegates at the convention
were unable to stop the re-elec'
ton of reactionary MacMahOn
and his crew.
MacMahOn left after the con-
ventiOn for Washington, where
he is holding secret conferences
with NRA and ALL big shots in
a desperate effort to halt the
strike-a la Ryan.
Reports from over the nation
indicate the strike wave is rising
in other industries.
A general strike of 100000 trans
portation workers is prospect for
Chicago.
50 longshoremen are on strike
at a San Francisco pier against
the arbitrary firing of two men.
Late dispatches from Mime
apolis declare that the truck
drivers, denied aid by the bu-
reaucrats of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor, are going
back to workout such reports
have come through before.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
OFFER $1,000 CASH
FOR ARREST OF
CAL. VIGILANTES

NEW YORK, Aug. % - TO
speed criminal prosecutions in
California of "lawless vigilantes"
and others who, in the aftermath
of the general strike. raided
workers headquarters in San
Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley,
San Jose. Los Angeles and other
cities, the American Civil Liber-
tics Union has offered a reward
of 81 600 for information leading
to the arrest and conviction on
felony charges" of any person
who participated in such a raid.
The offer was issued by the I'm
ion over the signatures of John
Haynes Holmes, acting chairman,
Roger n. Baldwin, director; and
A. l.. Wirin, counsel.
This reward" the Union
said, should hasten the pre-
sentation of evidence leading
Continued on Page 4, Column |
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
End OF Bloody
Fascist Regime
Seen In Election
Rise Of Millions In Revolt Against Hitler
Seen In Reports OF German PiebeSCite


BERLIN, Aug. % Answering
the daring call OF the German
Communist Party to vote No
and write in the name of the i'm,
prisOned ThaGlmann for Presid-
ent, millions of Germans riSked
their lives to defy Hitler in the
election" Sunday.
With only Nazi election Offic-
ials to count votes, Hitler trem-
! blingly declared 5.OOO.O00 voted
against him, more than twice as
many as in the last election. 1t
| is believed that many millions
more voted against Hitler. and
that only fear of too great a re.
action in Germany prevented
him from classifying the figures
still further.
Death Faced Defiants
An unprecedented campaign of
terror and propaganda proceed
ed the voting. Death hung over
any who dared speak against
Der Fuerher," passed out an
Ianti-Nazi handful or wrote no
on the publicly displayed sample
ballots.
Radio, press, church, school,
were bent to the effort Of 100
per cent Hitler vote, Even the
will OF Hindenburg was falsi-
fled to include a te-for-Hitler
recommendation.
Votes against Hitler were high
est in the industrial districts, in
Hamburg, IN Berlin.
Hitler Downfall Near
Proof that Hitler is doomed
to destruction in the growing tide
of social revolution is seen in the
elect ion results. tie is now cut
off from any widespread support,
even among the middle classes
Only the big capitalists, the army
and certain picked storm troop
erS now back him.
Preceding the elections Sun.
day. Berlin was covered with
! posters, handbills, stickcrs, put
out by Communist workers.
Thousands of Socialist workers
no longer dupes of the Social
Democratic leadership that once
got them to vote for Won linden
burg, aided in the campaign.
From sidewalks everywhere
screamed in red paint: The
Red Front Lives! Vote Against
Hitler!"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Recall Strike-Breaker
Smith! Renew Petition
Fight With Final Push
EDITORIAL
Smith, strike-breaking may.
or of Seattle, must be recalled!

Yet despite tremendous
support for the movement
from all friends of labor, of
constitutional rights, it does
not progress quickly enough,
Every worker who has not
signed should do so at once.
Lists may be obtained at 1886
Henry Building. Get on2, cir
culate it among your friends.
More, n stop must be put
to the Smith-Chamber of Com
merce campaign to intimldRte
signers. Letters, phone calls,
resolutions Of protest should
flood the mayors office.
The serious mistake OF with
drawing petitions with 2l00O
names on them instead of
fighting Smith to Il finish
must be corrected by an even
greater recall movement.
WIN WITH STRIKE.
BREAKER SMITH, SEAT
TIES LITTLE HITLER!
SIGN THE RECALL PETI.
TONS!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
JObleSS Printers
To Meet In Chi

NEW YORK, Aug. pa call
"to rally the unemployed of the
Typographical Union for action
at the convention" of the union
in Chicago, September s, has
been issued by h. Fried, secretary
of Unemployed Association of
the Big g.
Asking that all locals send del
cgateS to an unemployed confer
ence to he held in Chicago at the
same time as the national con
vcntiOn, the call sets forth n
fOur-pOint tentative program. Eff
forts will be made by the unem-
plOyed conference to secure ad-
option of the program by the reg
ular convention.
The program follows:
ANY local of the ITU shall
have the right to institute an
emergency four day week.
"A local union shall have the
power to conduct scale negOtia-
tionS, for a 80 hour week with no
reduction in weekly wages. with
out compulsory intervention of
the lTU president, his proxy, of
the executive council.
ANY local shall have unre-
90, ~, 10 IN OF nj n
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24

on American exchange, the val
ne is $50.
Throw in with this old age
pension, provision for depend,
cntS, crews quarters in the ships
best cabins and freedom of all
parts of the ship when off duty
Ton all ships and you have a
working class that doesn't need
clubbing to be "patriOtic.'
The only difficulty, says Cap
tain Gnachnago, is the scarcity
OF workers. There are too many
jobs for the population, even
the two tugs were shorthand
ed, as more sailors couldn't be
spared from Soviet ships to
man them.
The tugs were bought in San
Francisco by the Soviet govern,
ment, and are now being deliver
ed.
They sailed for NladivOstOk
from the Coast Coal bunkeTs OF
Thursday afternoon.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Worker Who Bailed Out
COmmrade Denied Relief

CENTRALIA, Aug. pa work
er here borrowed $25 and posted
bail for an arrested RWPA men,
Der.
Kina (StarvatiOn) Bowers, well
fare head, constituted onto her
self judicial and executive pow
ers and declared: Anybody who
could post $25 bail will have to
get along without a grocery
voucher"
Therefore, for three weeks this
worker was denied voucher, I'M
til a committee of RWPA pro-
tested, and succeeded in obtain
ing one of three dollars.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
.NLWU Moves For Close
Cooperation With V. A.

SEATTLE, Aug. 23-The Ma
tional Lumber Workers Union
meeting recently voted to take
immediate steps to establish a
closer contact with the Voice of
Action, its official organ.
Correspondents are to be ell
cOuraged to send in news items,
with a view to establishing per
manent corner of the paper to be
devoted exclusively to NLWU
news.
The Voice of Action welcomes
this step and pledges itself to
cooperate in every possible way.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Aberdeen Puts
Unemployed On
Forced Slavery
JoBLESS MUST DoNAT E
LABOR OR GET
NO WATER

ABERDEEN, Aug. 21-Forc.
ed labor, no wages, for unem-
ployed workers-another $4,000
for banker bondholders. The
workers, reduced to the status
of poems in Aberdeen, the bank
ers in Wall Street languishing
in peacock-hke splendor.
After a hot fight for the rights
of unemployed workers led by
Communists in the City Council
Chamber August Is, the Council
found its fascisv tactics of no
avail against the workers com
.mittee, which insisted on spe-
cific answers to its specific queS
tions, and fought deciSively to
get them.
Mayor HOrrOckS and his petty
bourgeois colleagues, failing to
br0wbeat and otherwise intimi-
date the militant committee,
passed the buck by moving that
the question at issue be referred
to the water committee.
Must Meet Bond Payments
Aberdeen is trying desperately
to meet bOnd-payments on its
water system, owed to eastern
capitalists. To shave expense on
the laying of additional pipeline
on the Wishkah project the City
has forced unemployed to work.
II they refuse, their water supply
is cut off. Unemployed are paid
nothing, they replace other work
ers who were paid in cash. the
water department saves money
the capitalist bond-holders get
their profits on the investemnt
Delaying the discussion as long
as possible, the Council Wrangled
at great length over the import
ant question of changing the
name of "a street f.yIia Laukkin-
en- SOmmervillc, Communist Can
didate for County Commissioner
from District >. challenged the
Mayor to frank discussion OF
the workers problems.
Demagog.c Maneuvers
Scared, he let out a demagOgic
blast and in support of him the
council hastily decided to turn
the matter over to the water
committee offering AS u buster,
ing apology to allow the work,
Iers u hearing before that group
Before adjOurning, Councilman
Morley moved to let the commit
Continued on Page 4, Column 3
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Plan
Mass Meeting
Is Set SATURDAY.
Opponents OF Strike-Breaker Smiths Economy
Street Car Plan To Jam Pike st., P. M.

SEATTLE, Aug. 23- Branding
the ECONOMY" street ear loop
plan Mayor Smiths latest move
for saving the bankers money at
the expense of the people of Sc
attle." the Communist Party to-
day issued a call for an open air
protest meeting Saturday, Aug
'ust Is, at p. m. ON Pike Street
between LIST and Second Avenues,
"The new plan" declares the
1900 handbills distributed,
means a longer trip to and from
work. 1t means throwing street
ear men out of work and speeding
up the rest.
Mayor Smith economies on
the street ear system to have
more money to build up the po-
lice force, with which to gas, club
and shoot down striking workers
to raid working class halls, as
was done during the maritime
strike.
Protest against the loop sys-
TEN. Demand restoration OF the
old street ear system and REIN
statement of the ear men who
were fired thru the economy
plan"
Opposition is tremendous to
the loop plan. Hundreds of small
business men are being ruined by
the ear re-routing.
Street car employees estimate
at elast 100 men will lose their
Jobs. 40 ears have been taken out
of service.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
WORKERS PICNIC PLANNED

TACOMA, Aug. pa workers
picnic, under the auspices of the
Communist Party, is being held
at Glendawn Park, nine miles
north of Tacoma on TacOma-Seat-
tie highway, at Five Mile Lake,
Sunday, August 26. Communist
candidates will speak, and there
will be sports, water sports and
dancing. Everybody welcome
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
TheFRONT
TN W. BY
A11NE ALAN MAX
Hitler'S
victory"

Under the capitalist press
headlines of Hitler Carries
German Nation" comes proof
of the growing strength of the
revolutionary movement.
Five million German people
(according to Hitler's own fig,
ures) went to the polls and de-
fled the Butcher. And under
circumstances that meant pos
sible death for anyone who took
such action!
Later figures viii prove that
it was many more than five
million who dared register their
revolt. In the last popular cleo
tiOn, when Hitler counted the
votes as he did this time, it
was discovered afterwards that
In many towns Hitler was cred
tied with more votes than the
total population.
Hitler admits five million
anti-NaZi votes only because
the many millions more force
him to make some pretense at
fair counting.
Even the capitalist press con-
fesses that the majority Of
these anti-Nazis wrote in the
name of Thaelmann - general
secretary of the Communist
Party.
And it was expressly forbid
den to write anything but yes"
or no" on the ballots. 1t was
also forbidden although not
so openly to write anything
but yes"
Who has forgotten that when
Hitler was given power in Ger
many he boosted that within a
year there would be not a trace
of Communism left?
During that year, Hitler has
launched the greatest terrorist
campaign ever witnessed in his
tory.
And out Of a year of murders,
head-choppings, tortures and
manning, the Communist Party
of Germany emerges stronger
than ever!
The election returns show
more than merely that "IIitler's
support had declined"
They show to all the world
that the Communist Party can
not be killed-that despite the
vilest schemes that fascism can
concoct-the Communist Party
marches triumphantly toward
revolution.
The coming elections in this
country are being held under
different circumstances than in
Vel llldlly. FdSNlSlll has lIol uC-
velOped here to the extent that
it has there. But there are un'
mistakable signs that American
capitalism is going in the same
direction - especially on the
West Coast.
Attempts are being made to
drive the Communist Party of
the ballot in California. Grim
inal syndicalism cases in Port
land and KelsO are fOrerunners
of similar attempts in other
parts of Oregon and Washing
ton.
The VOTE COMMUNIST"
campaign here is just as much
a fight against fascism as 1t is
in Germany.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
MWIU Gains New
Quarters For Men

SEATTLE, Aug. % Federal
Transient Relief Director Agnes
appeared Tuesday night before
a general meeting of beached
seamen at the MWIU hall, in an
swer to a challenge from Walter
Stack, MWLU port secretary.
Agnes, speaking in defense of
the governments hunger and
forced labor program, was forced
to admit that every concession
toward improved relief and bet
ter living conditions for unem-
ployed seamen had been forced
from the government entirely
through the efforts of the beach
ed seamen themselves.
Agnes Strikebreaker
He accepted Stacks challenge
to appear, hoping by his soft
soap and demagOgy, to convince
the seamen the government
gave" the concessions, but this
line was spiked by a preceding
speaker, who exposed Aymes'
strikebreaking role in the May
% soup line strike, and told
what could be expected of him
in voluntarily improving relief
conditions.
Questions hurled at Agnes
which he couldn't answer were:
Why no towels and clothing for
beached seamen? Why can't we
have sugar on the table at meal
time? Why isn't the new hotel
ready? Why can't we eat at res
taurants while the hotel is being
built?
Seamen Protest Ruling
Seamen protested the ruling
that "seamen not sailing for two
years are no longer seamen," cit
ing the depression and explain
ing that hundreds of sailors tore
up their fink books West
Coast discharges following the
strike, vOWlng never to return
to fink halls.
His promise was forced to ac-
cept these objections until the
strike issues were clearly settl-
ed; not to allow jim-crowism nor
discrimination, and to recognize
seamen's elected grievance COM
mittees. Seamen also will be al
lowed to stay out until l a. m,
without being locked out of the
relief flop-house, he was forced
to promise.
Organized Demands Winning
Thursday seamen registered in
their new temporary quarters
and will be furnished tobacco,
razor blades and three meals q
day. Also, new clothing when ne
cessary. These demands were
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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Communist Party
Selects Nominees

SEATTLE, Aug. % The COM
munist Party this week esta b.
lished headquarters at POP Col
Inns building for the coming pO-
litical campaign. At the same
time the Party issued a call to all
workers to boycott the primary
election and attend instead the
Communist Partys nominating
convention at IOGT hall, 1909 Nir-
ginia, at p. H., September II.
The boycott is called on the
grounds that none of the takers,
misleaders and Out-and-Out re-
dictionaries are worthy or merit
working class support of any
kind.
Arlene Randall, Voice of Ac-
tons business manager, is
listed on a ticket Of proposed
working class candidates is
sued by TIE North End Section
OF the Communist Party.
Other ropoS d candidates
who will be nominated at the
Party Convention. September II,
are A. +. Edwards, UCL leader
since its inception; Joel Strand,
chairman South Ballard UCL
and c. f. Malone, UCL president.
Workers are requested to send
in TO the Voice of Action their
reactions to the above candidates
proposed for nomination, also
their ideas on what a working
class representative should be
like and stand for to serve best
the working class.
The best of these letters will
be published or answered in
Voice of Action columns by the
proposed candidates.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
LET Them Starve" Says
Portland Welfare Head

PORTLAND, Aug. 23-Arrested
on charges of disorderly conduct
because they elected to remain
seated in their local welfare unit
after being refused grocery or
ders, Mrs. Gretta Akin and Mrs,
Catherine Dahlstrom prepared
THURSDAY to defend themselves
in Municipal Court.
The two women, members of
the Rose City Civic Emergency
Federation local, were out OF gro
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lice liquor to deaden their de-
cency so that they would carry
out his fascist orders. He boast
ed of his attacks on Commun-
lists and militant labor leaders.
The American Federation OF
Labor misleaders fell in with
Smiths terror by refusing to call
a general strike and by doing
their best to interfere with milit-
ant action. These takers still call
Smith a friend of labor.
When the Smith recall ques-
ton was placed before the Cen
trail Labor Council, the Council
was forced to recommend the re-
call. The next week visitors were
exluded while Dave Levine point
ed out that the question was one
that should be looked into by the
Political Welfare Committee and
its sources investigated.
Last week the Committee re-
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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24

ASHEVILLE, N. g., Aug. %
Just a common stock Swindlc-
t Ii IA is t he indictment filed
against "divincly inspircd' vii
liam Dudley Tclley, head of the
Silver Shirts, by authorities here.
The fraudulent transactions are
connected with this Gallahad
Press venture, now in bankrupt
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Lay Off 40 Men

b WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. % -
Jack Waite Mine, lays off 40
men to "curtair production, ac-
cording to the American Smetler
and Refining Company. This Is
the second "lay off" in 40 days.
Previously they laid off" so men.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24
Lewis County Welfare
WOn'tDiStribute Sugar

CHEHALIS, Wash, Aug. 23-The
Lewis County Welfare now has
on hand here ear load, more
or less of sugar, according to re-
liable Information. This sugar is
supposedly to be used for can.
ming purposes, but the Welfare
here does not see fit to release
it at this time.
Various efforts have been made
by individuals to get sugar, but
with no success. 1t is apparently
another chapter to the Welfare
story of Wait Wait ! Wait unt |
it is too late!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24

Hunger strikers in Frisco jai
win some of their demands.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-24

Subscribe to the Voice Of Ac-
tlon.
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Green attacks drive in L. S. fol
Thaelmann.
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The Washington times., 1934-03-01


application for the Chief Execu-
tive.
Shows His Interest
The President, at his press con-
ference yesterday. evinced his In
terest in the Federation member
ship campaign and Signified his
willingness to become q member.
The late President woodrow Will
son was q member while he oc-
cupied the White House.
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the campaign yester-
day, Miss Ruby NevinS, 24OO block
Calvert st. N. w., supervisor OF
the kindergarten at Wilson Col
lege, was awarded first prize for
the best statement regarding the
advantages of membership in a
Citizens Association.
Second prize in the contest was
awarded to Miss Mary Estelle
Yates, 230O block Ashmead Pl.
N. W., a first year student at Cen
tral High School.
Prize Statement
Miss Nevins' prize winning
statement was:
"The hour rings with the
chaIIenge-jOin q Citizens As
sOciatiOn! Support your city in
its drive for effective leadership
i'm this age of social change.
Civic progress implies social bet
terment. Membership in .
Citizens Association provides
for constructive thinking and
intelligent participation in COM
munity affairs. Civic welfare
is thus achieved"