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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Hing County Auditor
WithhOldS Red Vote

SEATTLE, Nov. Sup to Voice
of Action press time 1t was Inn
possible to force from the King
County Auditors office a vote
count for any major working
class candidate. The vote for
Communist nominees for United
States Senate, King County Com
missioner, city district, and for
U. S. Congressman, first district
bradley, Broekway, Murphy, is
therefore not available.
Workers in Seattle and else
where should demand an imedi-
ate tabulation of the vote for
their candidates.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Aged Unemployed Men
Must Work for Relief
BY a Worker Correspondent

BLAINE, Wash, Nov. 8 - Al
though the Washington Emer-
gency Relief Administration has
money to hire trucks at $500 per
day, it apparently has no money
for clothing to protect the men
from the elements.
Most of the men on the relief
job who work in the bottom of
the water department reservoir,
cleaning out the mud, are with
out boots or any protection to
keep them dry.
Men who should have long since
been retired, are forced to work
for their vouchers. One old man,
so exhausted at night that he
has to be taken directly home,
sent his wife to the welfare Of
flee to get his check, but it was
refused her.
She was told he would have to
come for it himself.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Tacoma Sets Anti-War
Rally for ArmiStice Day

TACOMA, Nov. S-Plans for a
big anti-war rally on Armistice
Day, in accordance with the call
sent out by the International
Committee of the League Against
War and Fascism, are being
pushed forward by the Tacoma
branch of the League.
Unemployment Council locals
are assisting with distribution of
leaflets and publicising the meet
ing by presenting Margaret De-
lay, recently returned delegate
from the Congress Against War
in Chicago, in series of talks at
the different assemblies.
Meeting at Shop Gate
announcement of the meeting
was made at a noon shop gate
meeting at st. Paul mill one day
last week, and speakers have
announced the meeting at sever
al union meetings during the
week.
An invitation was extended the
Tacoma Council for the Proven
ton of War to send a speaker.
Merwin Cole, head of the Legion
Against War in Seattle and an
excellent speaker on the subject,
will be the main speaker.
A report of the Chicago Con-
gress will be given by Margaret
Delay and a clever skit, RE.
cruit," will be put on by a group
of YCL members.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

walk two youths. One is Don
Carrying the two sections of a
collapsible speakers stand. The
other is a soup line youth whom
Don has befriended and whom he
is educating.
Hears Speakers
The leader stops in front of
Meier and Franks department
store, motioning for the DEM
onstrators to draw around him.
Don pridefuliy sets up the plat
form.
He listens carefully as one by
one a series of emaciated dere-
licts give evidence to POrtland's
citizens of their inhuman lot. He
regrets his lack of articulateness
and determines that some day he
will be able to speak to crowds of
workers in picturesque, signifi-
cant words.
A week later Portland's Lib
rary hall is crowded with dele
gates attending a Free Tom
Mooney conference. Don and his
soup line friends are delegates
from the Young Communist
League.
The other boy Joined the
Young Communists because to-
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. II
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TheFRoNT
LINE 4.A sE MAX
Rats and Mice
ROOSevelt'S
Endorsement
9O,OOO,OOO Voters

Hearst's anti-red campaign
has taken a new angle. After
months of cartoons shown the
Communists as rats, snakes and
poisonous weeds, last Sundays
cartoon contained something
new. The rat was replaced with
a mouse.
Singing the International
and waving a big red flag, the
little mouse of Communism
was soaring the daylights out
OF the big American Elephant.
why doesn't the elephant
just step on the mouse and be
done with it?" asked the title
of the cartoon.
Is the Communist Party a
menace-or is it only a Joke?
Hearst, the multimillionaire,
knows the answer. For every
cartoon showing the Commun.
ist Party as a joke, he prints
twenty cartoons picturing the
Communist Party as menace
to American Institutions
meaning Hearst's millions, his
yachts, his mansions and his
mistresses.
Hearst realizes that the cap
italists' attacks on the Com
munists make the working
class recognize the Communist
Party as their own party. And
so, every once in while,
Hearst tries to minimize the
Party by trying to laugh it
away.
But next week he'll go back
to the series of rats and snakes.
= X y =
Hunger marchers to Albany
state capital of New York,
have been waylaid and vicious
ly slugged by Albany police at
the instigation of Governor
Lehman.
Lehman, running for re-elec-
ton, was one of the few candid
ates to receive ROosevelt's di-
rect endorsement. The endorse
ment was given a few days be-
fore the attack on the hunger
marchers.
Many who still have illusions
about Roosevelt might have
expected him to withdraw his
endorsement after the attack.
But it so happens that
Roosevelt himself set the style
for dealing with the unemploy-
ed. Three years ago, the unem-
ployed marching to Albany to
demand relief from Roosevelt,
then governor of the state,
were slugged on Roosevelt's
orders-exactly as they were a
few days ago by Lehman.
X
100000 people are going
to vote this month in the So
Wet Union.
A country whose population
is only a third larger than the
u. S. has almost three times
as many voters. This is one of
the differences between a die
tatorship of a Socialist Repub-
lie and the sO-called democracy
of a capitalist republic.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09


candidate on the same ticket.
whose trial is now in progress.
was accorded In early returns.
$500 votes,
Other Communism vs.. Fas-
cism" independent candidates
are listed i'm the same incomplete
returns as follows: for Governor.
Harry J. Correll. United Farm
ers League state organizer, 100;
for U. s. Congress, 3rd district,
Louis Olson, section organizer OF
the Communist Party, 1850; for
County Commissioner Multno-
nah County. N. A. Mackdill. $500
and Louis lessen, 2300.
Topping the states candid
ates for state representative was
Kenneth Fitzgerald, former So
cialist leader of the unemploy-
ed, with 300 votes, Virgil Aiken.
Ray Billings, George Butterfield
and Mary Goold, International
Labor Defense secretary, all
passed the 5000 mark. ;
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Ballot Fraud Devised
To Cheat Communists

SEATTLE, Nov. 8-New light
on the manner in which Com
munist candidates are robbed
of votes is furnished by men
here familiar with the operation
of voting machines.
An ordinary paper clip insert
ed at the rear of the machine
at the correct place permits the
Communist lever to be pulled
down without registering a vote.
In many precincts City Sta
bles, S5th and Greenwood, etc.
the Communist levers stuck"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. s.
The National Rank and File con-
vention OF the American Fedora
tiOn of Labor, the convention
which in contrast to the one in
Frisco, represented the member
ship of the organization, ended
here last week with the election
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Report C. C. c.
Makes Munitions

BREMERTON, Wash. Nov. s
1t is reported by a CCC boy
here that $50 from Civilian Con-
servation Corps camp 1902 are
employed in the munitions fac
tory near here manufacturing
such war instruments as torpe-
does.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Red Vote Gain Over
Last Election Heavy

SEATTLE, Nov. B. Typical
illustrations of the Communist
gain over 1882 are the boost
in the state legislature vote
in the s3rd District from 81 to
1866. In the s7th District from
62 to ia.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
765 Votes For Vic
Ellison, Tacoma

TACOMA, Nov. S-Leading
workers candidates here Is Vie
Ellison, Communist Party Sec
tiOn organizer, and candidate for
County Commissioner, End dis
trict, with 765 votes.
George Bradley trailed John
F. Mckay in the count allowed
by election officials 1913 to 92S.
but Bradley was correspondingly
ahead of the Socialist Labor Par
tyite, Kriz, who was listed at 1874.
Other Socialist Party nomin-
ees ran far behind Mckay. Paul
Haffer, discredited "self-helper'
of the defunct Tacoma UCL. got
but So votes for state represents
alive, Clifford Stone Estate senat-
Continued on Page 4. col. 9
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Newest Ryan Betrayal

NEW YORK, Nov. s. Last
week Joseph p. Ryan entered
into an agreement with Atlantic
steamship lines for a "A hour
week. The West Coast mediation
board had just given Western
longsheremen a 30 hour week.
Even the capitalist press was
forced to sneer at Ryan's treach-
cry to his men.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
FIR BACKS OPEN sHoPNs,DE

WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. g.
Despite it's notorious guarantee
of the open shop, President
Roosevelt has by executive order
extended the automobile manu-
featuring code without change to
February /.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
BILL POSTERS STRIKE

TACOMA, Nov. s-Bill Post
ers' Union, Seattle-Tacoma To-
cal, has been on strike since
November 1 for 81 an hour and
q six hour day.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
HARRY BRIDGES

HARRY BRIDGES
Nat. Pres. A. +. L. Rank & File
of Harry Bridges, president Of the
San Francisco local of the Inter-
national Longshoremens Associa-
ton to the presidency of the Ma
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
|. L. D. EXPOSES
PROSECUTOR IN
PORTLAND CASE

Don Cluster, 20 year old
Young Communist League or
ganizer, was convicted last
week in the first of the Port
land criminal syndicalism tri-
ais. Seven other Portland
workers face the same charge.
The International Labor De-
Tense announces that if neces-
sary, it will fight this convic-
ton into the higher courts of
appeal. To do this requires
funds. The LID is already in a
desperate financial situation,
with important trials pending
in Centralia, Kelso and South
ern Oregon.
Workers. Farmers! Liber-
ais We must stop this vicious
attack upon the working class
organization upon free
speech. We must support the
LID in it's campaign for work.
ers' rights, by both protests
and money.
Send your contributions to
the International Labor De-
Tense, 300 Lyon Building, Sc
attic, Washington.
\
PORTLAND, Nov. S-Workers
are crOwding the courtroom as
the trial Of the second criminal
syndicalism defendant, Dirk De-
Ionge. world war veteran and
for state senator on
The Independent Communism
VS.. FaScism" ticket, goes into its
second week.
A full week has ben spent in
the jury and hearing the
prosecutions testimony. The de-
'ense is expected to start calling
witnesses today.
The prosecution has been on
the defensive all week, as attor-
leys for the International Labor
Defense have shown how the
July raids and the criminal syn
licalism prosecutions grew di-
'ectly out of the maritime strike
and the frantic efforts of the
bosses to destroy all labor Or
Expose Doyle
Special prosecutor Stanley
Doyle. paid by the Commanders
Council of veterans organiza-
ions to assist District Attorney
Lotus Langley in these cases, has
been exposed as American Le-
zion and Vigilante organizer at
Bonneville Dam. On this project
he bosses take extra precau-
ions to prevent workers from
organizing, as speed-up has kill
I'd three within a few weeks.
NJ. r. Bacon. the prosecutors
'hlet witness in the Cluster trial
asst week, refused to qualify as
IN expert" on Communism I'M
Ter defense examination. AL
though a paid stool-pigeon in
he Communist Party for several
he admitted that he had
'nly read a few of the Party's
Du blications.
Bacon was compelled to admit
hat he was a strike-breaker and
member of the strike breaking
Citizens Emergency League.
Many workers Organizations
ire electing representatives to
he trial to report to the men,
oership. The International La
Dor Defense has four attorneys
n these cases, Irwin Goodman,
Harry Gross, Dan Hartley and
cliff O'Brien.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

Leaders of the silk industry
foresee the immediate possibili-
ties of a strike wave that might
soon sweep the entire industry.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. g.
Living costs are going up again,
admits President Roosevelt in q
recent statement.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Deportation of Three
Northwest Workers
Halted In New York

] -
NEW YORK, Nov. S-Writ OF
iabeus corpus obtained by the
National Committee for the Pro-
lection of Foreign Born has won
a temporary stay of deportation
for Ray Carlson, Spokane, Wash
ington, leader of the National
Lumber Workers Union and In
ternatiOnal Labor Defense, who
arrived at Ellis Island on the
Roosevelt-Perkins prison train
last week.
John Ujich, Tacoma worker, de-
ported for labor activity, who was
in the same group of depOrtees,
was hurled into solitary cOnfine-
ment by a Mr.. Forman, an immi-
grafton official, for taking up a
collection among the new arrivals
to buy tobacco and other small
items for some of the old people
among the depOrtees.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 - Oscar
Mannisto, militant Finnish lead
er from Astoria, Ore, was snatch
ed from the S. S. President Hard
ing Is minutes before it sailed
when the captain of the ship
was served with a writ of habeus
corpus obtained by Fannie HorO-
WITT, attorney for the Council for
the Protection of the Foreign
Born.
Prompt action by the Coun-
Gil for the Protection of the
Foreign Born has halted for
few days the deportation of
three Northwest leaders of the
militant labor movement, Ray
Carlson, John Ujick and Oscar
Mannisto.
The Voice OF Action urges
protests by wire to the Depart
ment of Labor at Washington,
d. c., demanding these men be
allowed to return to their
homes.-Editor.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

ClSIll was ucutt
by he more
than 5000 Port
land citize n $
who marched to
the polls Tues
dIy and voted
for Earl Steward
Communism vs..
Faseisnt" Secre-
tary OF State can
didate. Steward
Is one OF the
W ork RS now
waiting trial for
criminal syndi-
calism.
Dirk DeJonge.
ca O.-aAA.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Cluster, Criminal Syndicalism Victim
Has True Working Class Biography

sgmund John Reed Club author sketches the life Of
Cluster Young Communist League organizer who
Criminal syndcasm charge last week in the ensuing
article militant working class leader faces tenear
only be saved by flood of workers
protests)
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
BY JOSEPH SIGMUND

segregated in the mountains enciTclng Rose
burg Oregon came Rugged mountain goat like
able dialogue Wind beached blond hair always ruff
scraggly smiled like watching the leaves
mountain oak swayng to the ythmcal
gusts audnous a-mngng together roaring apart dipping
arrived Portland
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
5000 Voters
In Portland
For Steward
Incomplete Election
Returns Indicate
Red Gains

PORTLAND. Nov. S--A smash
ing blow against the capitalist
program of hunger, war and fas-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

Hitler is having his headquar-
tiers bomb-proofed.
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Continued on Page 4, col. Q
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-20
PROCEEDINGS
OF he
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CROlX

Continued from Tribune April 18Th.
The Chairman: No, the Government
will have the monopoly.
lst Member for Christansted Country
District (Roman): Mr.. Chairman. Then
this bill is first cousin to Colonial Cou-
Gil Bill No. q?
The Chairmdn: Yes
2nd Member for Fred arlksted Country
District IN. N Skeoch): Mr.. Chairman.
The dollar gallon daty on distilled spi-
rits was put on as protection tor the
islands product. 20 take 1t away we
would lose the revenue.
4,h Member for Chrlstiansted Country
District (Aleranderj: Mr. Chairman. 1ha
tax referred TO by the last speaker was
an import duty aud was put on durln&-
the Danish 4 DIN nistration. What am
referring TO S az excis. tax.
2rd Member for Cars tansted Country
District Armstrong Ir. Chairman.
think we are havin4 very interesting dis
cussion, but getting - where All OF
these discussions are OF no value because
this dill is ii d 40 with Council Bill No.
27 and canaoI get anywhere until we
know the fate of that ILL., move that
this hill be sent 70 the same committee 10
which Council Bill Nc. q has been. re-
ferred.
1st Membe for Christiansted Town
(caneo1taJ: tr Oh irman. Colonial
Council Bill 10. q is a charter; and IT
the President If the U9ited States signs
the measure repeating the National Fro
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-20

hibiion Laws we would be in this posi-
ton No body would be able to sell rum
in mis- island. because all those people
who by law are entitled TO sell rum, nve
in Christiansted and four in Frederlk-
sted. will not be able to import rum, even
if made locally they would not be allow
ed to sell it, If the law is lifted why not
allow people to import? About the sell
ing of rum. can we determine when the
corporation is going to organise! 1t seems
10 me that's the question we nave 10
face. We must have the regulations IN
der which to operate.
The Chairman: If the Prohibition Act
is lifted we would be able to import and
sell distilled spirits. Applications Tor
rumshp license are on file and Gao De
granted. The question OF selling peer Dy
the bottle would be operative under our
present law. | feel that no regulations
controlling the sale of spirits locally
should De attempted until we nave nad
chance touse our old laws and see where
the defects are, if any
LIST Member for Christiansted Town
(CdneQatdj: Mr. Chairman The grant
Ing of license is not right merchant
can demand, il is privilege.
3rd Member for Frederiksted Country
District (NoLD Mr.. Chairman. After
hearing the arguments put forth by the
honorable 3rd Men Der for Cnristiansted
Town | very much agree with him IN his
logic. 1t seems to me a waste OF time TO
discuss this bill tonight, because the TWO
bills are depanden on each other. II
stard here tonight pos sessing Legislative
privilege / can state mat the best peer
have drunken has come from st. Thomas;
and | doubt wheth r any duty mas been
paid Oh it. We car OF settle this here to-
night. This bill is tied up with Colonial
Council Bill No. 27. why waste time dis
cussing il? Let Us send it to the same
committee,
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-20

The Chairman: Any merchant who
holds a burgher- brief can now sell beer
and the Government will surely be get
ting revenues through the custom house.
A vote was taken as 10 whether Colo-
NAL Council Bill No. "a should be reterr-
ed to the Committee of the Whole House
along with Colonial Council Bill No. q.
members voted for: none against.
The Chairman: Colonial Council Bill
No. "a goes to the Committee OF the
Whole House.
Item 4.
Colonial Council Bill No. %.
Discussion on Colonial Council Bill
No. %, resolution providing for a
COMPROMISE settlement of tax
claim with the West Indian Sugar
Factory Ltd, Introduced by Gov
eminent.
The Bill reads:
Colonial Council Bill No. %.
Tenth Council First Session.
1888 1884
RESOLU ION
Be It resolved by the Colonial Councll of
the Municipality OF St. Crolx In session
assembled:
WHEREAS under date OF November
20, 1880, the Collector OF Internal Reve-
ue Or the MuDIClpduly VI ~ OiOlA AhSN
of record a notice of lien against the
West Indian Sugar Factory, Ltd. tAktle-
seIskabet Den Vestindiske Sukkerfa-
brikD 10 the sum Of Francs 2l8, 452 81.
pursuant TO the authority of Section 273
of the Revenue Act of 1928 and amend
ment of 1929, covering deficiencies in
the tax penalties and interest on income
taxes on interest paid from 1921 to 1880.
inclusive, to Den Danske Landmarks
back. of Copenhagen, Denmark, on
mortgages of record TO said bank and as
indicated by copies Of deficiency letter
and schedule thereto attached, and
WHEREAS by virtue of the Revenue
Act of 1928 and amendment of 1929, a
cempron1ise settlement of tax claim
under that law may be made: Now.
Therefore,
BE IL RESOLVED, That the Cover
nor be. and he is hereby, authorized. up
ON recommendation of the Municipal
Committee to negotiate compromise
settlement of the aforesaid tax claim
with The West indian Sugar Factory Ltd.
(Aktieselskabet Den Vestindisk Pukker-
fabrikl apdfor Den Danske Landmarks
bank. of Copenhagen. Denmark. and
that the settlement duly agreed upon by
the Governor, upon recommendation of
the Municipal Committee and upon sat-
isfaction of such claim by the West In
dian Sugar Factory, Ltd (Aktieselska-
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-20
Christiansted Theatre
S.45 Sunday Night S.45
"Destination Unknown"
(Drama)

which in dopment ignores and violates universally ac'
cpdst andar sore
Mo hing unusual sone
wnlcn the
t wills set you
'DESTlNATON UNKNOWN'
AZ I1sua ear
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Book early please.
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
Destitute Vet Pleads
For Any Kind Of Job

semi-blind, and the child is under
nourished. The whole family
suffers from a lack of needed
medical attention.
The family came to Washing
ton about three months ago. Ex
cept for a few dollars which he
has been able to earn at tenn
porary jobs, he has been without
funds. He applied to the Tran
sient Bureau for help, and re
ceived aid from them for a few
weeks.
Evicted At Night
Despite the help they did re
ceive from the bureau and from
several charitable friends, the
family, unable to pay room rent
recently was evicted at 10 O'Clock
at night. Then, after appealing al
the Episcopal Mission, they were
placed at the Florida Avenue ad
dress and enough money for one
weeks rent will be given to them
Said Mr.. Fetter:
"It wasn't SO much that we
minded being put out, but it
was the way they did it. The
money that the mission is Civ.
ing me to pay for this room
next Wednesday is coming out
of someone's pocket. Who it is,
1 don't know, but l am going to
pay it all back"
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
SENATOR LEE MANTLE

Death yesterday claimed Sen
ator Lee Mantle, Republican lead
er of Montana for more than
half a century and member Of
the United States Senate from
that State for one term.
Senator Mantle died in Los
Angeles, Calf. following a heart
attack. He was 83 years old.
Born in England, the senator
was brought to this country as a
child and made the trip across
the plains by covered wagon to
Montana.
A friend of the late Thomas A.
Edison, he learned to operate a
telegraph key from the inventor
and served as an express and rail-
way agent.
Later he organized and edited
a newspaper and was active in
the mining industry.
A confirmed bachelor, he electrl-
fled his friends by marrying at
the age of 10. He is survived by
his widow and a child.