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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15

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to the strike dramatically drew
the line between the role of the
workers press on one side of the
fance and the Times, Star, P-l, on
the other. Representatives and
copies of the "labor" publication,
Washington State Labor News,
and the liberal paper, Thursday
noon outlook were conspicuously
absent from the demonstration.
In addition to the UCL and the
Voice of Action, the Communist
Party, the Marine Workers In d.
dustrial union, the Fishermen and
Cannery Workers Industrial Union,
the National Lumber Workers I'm
ion. the Young Communist League,
the National Student league all
participated officially in the display
of support.
Radical Students Aid
Glass lines sharply divided the
campus as 100 University of Wash
ington students Joined the ranks
of the scabs while others marched
behind a Militant Students Sup
port You" sign in the parade. The
National Student League has dis
tributed thousands of leaflets on
the campus the last few days call
ing on students not to break the
strike. 1t is reported that arrange
ments are made to deluge the col
lege grounds with thousands more
from an airplane Monday the 14th.
The longshoremen's militancy
grows daily. Several scabs are re-
ported taken care Of" lila men
were ready to take action against
strike breakers in the Waterfront
Employers Association offices at
the Alaska Building Friday, but
Dewey Bennett, lila secretary.
held them back with mo violence"
talk.
In an effort to break the strike
with unemployed workers from
the relief rolls, Strand berg, head
Of the Federal Unemployment
Service (US Department. of La
bor) has sent cards to hundreds
Of jobless that they must sign up
for work at once. Workers in
Rainier Valley and other parts
Of town complain of carloads of
thugs who travel in cars without
licenses, and who refuse to give
their names, but claim to come
from the welfare board and
threaten to cut from the relief
rolls men who refuse to scab.
n n Malone 1aadar 81 tho TTCT
has issued call that any worker
cut from relief for refusal to scab
report at once to his nearest I'M
employed local or to the central
office, Room IA Howard Building,
GA First Ave.
Two Scabs Killed
Two young strikebreakers were
killed Friday, according to lila
leaders, when unskilled men were
at work loading the Jefferson"
The same source is authority for
the report that Lloyds, one of the
worlds greatest marine insurance
companies will insure no cargo in
this port.
Reynolds, Seattle liberal" mem
Der of the NRA board for the Pa
cific coast has openly warned the
use of government troops to break
the strike.
Senator Wagner, author of the
spurious Unemployment insur-
ance" bill supported by Bill
Green, is stretching himself in
an effort to spike the strike.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Here sMore Northwest
Stike
UNEMPLOYED AND TRANSFERS
BACK EVERETT'S
LA LOCAL

Eyerett-The port of Everett is
tied up 100 per cent by the strike
of the longshoremen. lila local as
76 went out Wednesday morning
with the rest Of the coast.
Two ships were in port when the
strike was called, the Lake Fran
els, and the Kansan. The crew on
the Lake Francis refused when ask
ed to load the cargo, but the Cap
tain on the ship was driving winch
and one of the mates did the hook
ing while another one landed the
loads.
The Kansan left port this morn
ing with the cargo untouched and
a sympathetic crew Of sailors on
board.
Ruse Fails
The morning the strike was call
ed the crews were picked for the
loading of the ships with the inten-
ton of going down to the ship and
contracting the seamen, but the boss
es were wise to what was going on
and stopped the longshoremen at
the gate.
The strike is in charge of a rank
and file strike committee of 10 with
strike meeting of all longshore-
men every morning.
RWPA Aids
The Relief Workers Protective
Association is hacking the strike
100 per cent. Also the transfers
union has refused TO move cargo
to or from the docks.
Delegation from the lila left for
Anacortes this afternoon to see If
they can get the longshoremen there
to support the strike.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
SLASHED FROM ROLLS II
MAKE THEM INTO
SCARS

Portland-275 workers were cut
off from the Salvation Army bread
line, Monday, May 7. These work.
ers were told that no further money
was available to keep them on the
breadline. The Single Workers I'm
employment Council called mass
meeting at the Unemployed Unity
Center that same night and elected
a committee to demand the City
Council feed the workers. As re-
suit of the mass pressure of the I'M
employed the City Council was fore
ed to call a special session and
make a special appropriation to
feed these workers pending action
by the federal government. The
city's responsibility of feeding these
275 to 500 additional workers will
end Monday, May 14th.
Jobless Support Strikers
The contemplated lockout of
these workers from the bread lines
was no doubt the work of the ship
owners association, to use these
workers as possible scabs in the
called the same day. Instead, we
find that the unemployed of Port
land, through their organization was
100 per cent behind the longshore-
men. The single men who are about
TO be thrown off the breadlines are
taking the lead in mass picketing at
the employment offices.
High Spirits
The rank and file members OF
the lila are much enthused over the
solidarity of the unemployed OF
Portland and especially of the sim
gle workers.
1t has been admitted by old tim
ers in the labor movement that they
have never seen such working class
solidarity in the history of the
workers struggles as in this long
shoremen's strike. The port is COM
pletely tied up to the present date,
Wednesday, May 8.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Entire US. In Grip
Of Wave Of Strike

Buffalo, N. " May 6-23oo
strikers in the curtiss and Con-
solidated Aircraft plants voted
unanimously to reject the Region
al Labor Board proposal that they
90 back to work under their old
conditions and submit to COM
pulsory arbitration. (The Boeing
AirpIane Co. Union Of Seattle
has a charter from this union)
Camden, N. j., May g The
strike Of 1000 Campbell Soup
workers ended in a sellout when
they went back to work under
an agreement negotiated by the
NRA Board and Frank Manning,
leader of the Industrial Gamers
Union.
Norfolk, Va, May 500 work.
ers defied the city ordinance,
marched to the city hall and de-
manded that the city manager
guarantee their right to picket
in the Iongshoremen's strike. The
ship owners are using police pa
troll wagons to haul seabs to the
dock.
Washington, D. c., May 8 -
1900 carpenters here walked oIt
demanding $1.37 an hour which
10 the price listed in the govern
ment contracts on which the men
are employed. They have been
getting 81.
New York, May $4,000 West
Virginia miners have been be-
trayed by the United Mine work.
ers of America who packed the
Relief Station Boards, and de-
MED the strikers relief, who pub
lished a false statement of set
Element and who constantly kept
in touch with Washington and
finally sent the workers back to
work without an agreement.
Birmingham, Ala, May 5000
miners walked out against a 5
cents per day wage cut imposed
by the NRA, Guardsmen are
patroIIing the mine.
Paterson, NJ. j., May 100 mem
bers Of the Typographical Union
Local 1876 struck and for the first
time in the history of typograph-
ical unions set up a picket line
in front of the newspaper offices.
New York, May $4,000 long
shoremen struck in Texas and the
Louisiana gulf ports with coast
wise longshoremen on entire coast
expected to walk out today. Long
shoremen in the Southern ports
had their wages cut through the
introduction of piece work sys-
tenn. They are demanding the
hourly rate and recognition of
the International Longshoremen's
Association.
Butte, Mont, May 10000 en-
pIoyees of the Anaconda Copper
Co. are on strike while the NRA
is planning a series of confer
ences" between miners and own
ers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Urge All Locals to
Order Steady Bundle

The question of getting bundle
orders is a very important prob
EN-. Many of our locals have neg
lected to send for the Voice Of Ac-
ton. The National Executive Com
mittee urges that every local ut
their first meeting must take up
these questions in connection with
the circulation Of our paper.
The Voice of Action is a paper
of the working class. It Is our
paper 1t is therefore the task Of
the workers in the fishing industry
as well as the workers in the other
industries to give full support to
the Voice of Actionl
Exec. Com. FCWIU.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Where To Go

Movie showing. war Against the
Centuries" in Aberdeen at Work
ers Hall. 713 E. LIST st, D. m.
Sat. May 20. Adm. Is Gets in ad-
vance and 20 cents at door.
The Soviet motion picture, "war
Against the Centuries" Wednesday,
May 16. $500 D. m. Unemployed
Unity Center. IS S. w. Alder. Ad-
mission is cents-Poltland
Communist Party Election rally,
Thursday. May IL, D. m. Unem-
ployed Unity Center, IS S. w. AL
der St. Portland.
Gallagher Schedule
May i5-Eugene, MWA hall.
May 1s-Klamath Falls, to be an
nounced.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Demand Clean Flag

Olympia, May 4-In answer to the
Daily Olympian's charge against the
workers for carrying a "soiled and
weatherbeaten" American flag at
the head of the May Day parade,
the Relief Workers Protective AS
ISOLATION of Yelm sent a resolution
to the police and other officials
pointing out that the flag was one
furnished by the police department
of the city of Olympia. 1t advised
the Officers to get another flag for
future use.
Worker Correspondent.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Solidarity of Jobless
Is High Point Of Strike

Working with him, Dave Beck,
teamster misIeader here has sue
ceeded in getting striking truck
drivers back on the job, hauling
cargo through the picket lines.
The Seattle Times has hailed
this betrayal of labor by Beck
as the main aid to the employers
in their efforts to break the strike.
A member of the Order of Gin
cinnatus, fascist organization which
succeeded in electing a councilman
in the recent elections, reports the
order is taking active steps to break
the strike.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Break Own Laws
In hickman Sale

Continued from Page one)
ers. 1t was decided to call in the
lid. The need Of further organ
lzation in the cities and farming
localities was greatly stressed as
the means of vigorously forcing
back Nicman's farm.
Campbell is he same judge who
was used by the lumber barons in
the Grays Harbor County loggers'
and mill workers strike in 1888 to
help these exploiters of labor to
put over the NRA lumber codes.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
World Labor Holds
Biggest May Day

Ds66~s WY
Paris, France-13 workers and
the officers Of the organizations
which they represent face the
death penalty for their Partel-
patton in May Day activities. The
13 are under arrest now, the
others expect to be picked up
Bv this method the French gov
ernment hopes to stop the sharp
" developing unity OF the work
ers in their struggle against tas-
eism.
Toronto, canada-1o,0oo work.
ar. defied reaction and h card
William Patterson, National Sec.
az the Intern ational Labor De-
fense speak at the Stadium in the
May Day demonstration, despite
the iIIegaIity Of the Communist
Party and its affiliated organic
atoms.
Berlin, Germany, 70 arrests
have been made in Augberg and
vicinity already on the preteNt
that they set fire to the Saenser-
hal and raids are being made
hourly in an effort to rout out
the Communist Party since the
May Day demonstration has
shown the HitIerites the growing
disoontent of the workers.
Havana, Cuba-one worker was
killed, seven wounded and one
policeman received bullet wound
when soldiers on a roof fired at
a section Of the May Day parade.
Vienna, Austria - Despite the
raids Of the police on Commun-
headquarters and homes Of So
eiaI democratic workers, 2,oOo
Austrian workers demonstrated
May !.
Detroit-Etforts to expel SO stud
ents who participated in May
Day demonstration here are be-
ing launched by University au-
thorities.
New York city-5,ooo Pioneers
(ehildren 8 to 14) marched with
zoe, 900 New York workers in the
May Day demonstration.
San Laredo, Tex.-5,000 work.
ers and poor farmers from Mex
leo and the United States met
at Rio Grande and pledged their
unity on international Labor Day
here.
Salem, ore.-3o0 workers and
farmers assembled lin Workers
Hall in a United Front May Day
celebration, and as part of their
program passed a resolution de-
manding the passage of Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance
Bill.
Olympia, Wn., May q $50
workers marched in parade here
while vigilantes lined the side
walk.
Astoria, Ore, May 300 work.
ers, including striking fishermen
and members of the United Farm
ers League, participated in the
May Day demonstration.
Occur d'Alene, lda.-City Coun-
Gil and Mayor refuse demands of
marchers to endorse the Work
ers Unemployment and Social In
suranee Bill, HR 1888.
Tacoma, Wn.-2oo0 in tremen-
dous mass meeting hear Roy
Brown, chairman of National
Lumber Workers Union.
Eugene, Ore. First Eugene
May Day is given support of
students.
Spokane, Wn. - 600 parade in
Spokane.
Everett, Wn.-lLA leader ad-
dresses demonstration Of 200.
seattIe-3,ooo in citys greatest
international Labor Day demon
stration.
PortIaNd-4,ooo force German
consul to take down swastika as
the red flag waves over city
hall.
Moscow, USSR-MiIlions here
and all over uSSR march in vic
torious celebrations Of advance
Of socialism. Pledge May Day
snlid a riAn A uLnrkar. nf Ill Lad.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
ORGANIZE TACOMA FSU

Tacoma-A branch of the Friends
Of the Soviet Union has been or
ganized in Tacoma. with a member
ship of 81. Meetings will be held
Monday evenings at Normanna hall.
18th and X streets. The meeting
Monday, May 2S, will be omitted for
the showing of the Soviet film.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
SLASH RELIEF;
CUT OUT FUEL

Yakima, Wn. - Relief here has
been cut thirty-three per cent re-
Gently. Fuel is denied, which leaves
hundreds of families with abso-
lutely no means of cooking the
meagre allotment of food they do
get. Rent is no longer paid, nor do
they give out clothing. The Relief
authorities must be fostering the
nudist craze, as well as the raw
food fads.
Worker Correspondent
SUPPORT INITIATIVE rs
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15

ISOLATION for his bravery in herd
ing the Hunger Marchers into
Priest Point Park last year, showed
his solidarity with the gangsters
by informing the Communists that
he could not offer any protection
to them if they did not cease cir
cularizing the waterfront.
More leaflets pledging support to
the longshoremen are being pre-
pared by the Communists who re-
fuse to be terroriHed by the AT of
Il gangsters.
Worker Correspondent
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
JAIL HARLEY PICKENS FOR
PASSING OUT STRIKE
HANDRIIlC

Special Wire to Voice Of Action
Olympia, Wn., May 11-Harley
Pickens was attacked by VigiI-
antes here today while passing
out leaflets in support Of the
Iongshormen's strike, sIugged and
arrested. He will be tried We'd
nesday.
COMMUNISTS COVER OLYMPIA
WITH LEAFLETS SUPPORTING
STRIKE OF LoNGSHOREMEN
Olympia, May 1O-A leaf1et cir
culated on the Olympia waterfront
by the Communist Party exposing
the leadership in the longshore-
mems strike was well received by
the rank and file but did not set
so well with some AT Of L gang
sters who openly threaten violence
to the Communists if they put out
another leahet."
Sheriff Ravens, who sports a
medal from the National Flag As
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
AT of L BACKS MOONEY

Spokane The Central Labor
Council is sponsoring the picture
"The Strange Case of Tom Moon
ey."
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SUPPORT INITIATIVE rs
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
Woman Is Trapped
By Store Elevator
Miss Julia Moose Crit.
cally Hurt--Her Head
And Spinal Cord
Injured

Miss Julia Rebecca Moose, mem
Der of the office force of the Mont
gomery-Ward store here, was crit.
cally injured Tuesday afternoon
when caught by a descending
freight elevator.
investigating to see why the ele-
vator had stopped on its downward
way, an employee saw Miss Moose's
head wedged between the elevator
and the guard gate.
She was rushed to the Rowan
general hospital, where it was said
she had suffered injuries to the
brain and the spinal cord and was
in a critical condition.
Miss Moose evidently had been
looking down the elevator shaft
when caught. She is Fl years old
and daughter of W. B. Moose, mer-
chant at Badin. Last year she was
a sophomore at Catawba college and
had been with Montgomery-Ward
for some months.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
District Hole
Heads Confer
Meet Here To Talk With
New State

District heads .oA the Home Own
ers Loan corporation of North
Carolina, met here Monday to con,
fer with Thomas C. Abernethy
newly appointed state manager, or
problems and matters pertaining te
the organization.
Resolutions expressing the ap-
preciation of the leadership of C.
IStott Noble, state manager the pas;
three months, and congratulations
upon his recent appointment as
regional manager with headquarters
at Memphis, were passed. The dis
trict managers also expressed graft
ification at the naming of Mr..
Abernethy, and pledged him their
full loyalty and support.
Those present for the conference
were: George D. Robertson, man
iiager of the Asheville district; F.
L. Williamson, manager of the
Greensboro district; Roy S. Smith,
head of the Charlotte district; R.
B. Davis, manager of the Green
vile district; Adrian M. Carroll,
manager of the Raleigh district;
and R. B. Cantwell, Jr., acting
manager of the Wilmington dis
trict.
Others attending were: P. S.
Carlton, state counsel; ]. LeGrand
Everett, chief disbursing officer;
John M. Geary, state recondition-
ing supervisor; Paul M. Sheriff.,
state appraiser; c.. H. Neal, special
assistant to Mr.. Abernethy; and
Eric w. Rodgers, assistant state
manager in charge of field opera
lions.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
10Y AUTO VICTIMS

One hundred and seven person.
were killed in automobile accident.
in North Carolina in October. a
new all-time high toll for one
month since records have been
kept, L. S. Harris, director of the
motor vehicle bureau in Raleigh re-
ports. The death list bearing 1o7
names-15 of them children killed
while playing in the street-top-
ped by one the 106 in September
and by Is the toll of 81 in Octo-
Der, 1888. September had set a
new high record. Hit-and-run
drivers caused 10 fatal and so non
fatal accidents but reckless drivers,
who figured in u fatal wrecks and
80 n~on-fatal, led the list of irres-
ponsible operators who figured in
accidents. There were $3.50 acci-
dents in all and in addition to the
1O7 persons killed a total Of 7s4
people were injured or manned.
Sunday was the most dangerous
day in October on which to 20
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
Easy Passage
OF Bonus Bill
Seen In House
Belief That Majority OF
Democrats Will Desert
Administration On
Issue
SENATE MAY BALK

Washington.-Balky members Of
the 74th congress predicted a ma
jority of house Democrats would
join with Republicans to pass again
with an overwhelming vote the
$4,000, 900, 900 soldier bonus bill
The fate of the measure in the
senate is problematical. Party
leaders have Informed President
Roosevelt hat the bill is certain
'of increased support in the body
which twice has voted against it.
Bipartisan pressure in favor of
the legislation was forecast by Re-
preventative Isaac Bacharach (R.,
j.. Belief that a majority of
Democratic members would desert
the administration on this issue was
expressed by Representative Fred
iVinson d., KY. Both are mem
Ibers of the powerful house ways
and means committee in charge Of
the legislation; both voted against
Ia bonus bill at the last session and
both believe the house can pass
such a measure over Mr.. Roose-
Ivelt's veto.
There IS every indication that the
bonus is on the Presidents list of
official worries. He has discussed
the question with two of his SEN
ate leaders-Joe T. Robinson of
Arkansas, and Pat Harrison of
Mississippi. Afterward, the impress
sion was left that Mr.. Roosevelt
favored a "pay-as-you-go" policy in
regard to regular government ex-
penditures.
In other words, if the 74th con-
gress insists upon the immediate
payment of the bonus-then it is
up to the congress to find means of
obtaining sufficient federal revenue
to meet the proposed huge outlay
of cash. The chief executive is not
disposed, friends say, to consider
the bonus as an emergency meas
ure.
As opposing forces Unanswered
Continued ON page five)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
Thanksgiving Passes
Quietly

Thursday, Thanksgiving day
was quietly observed in the city, all
business being at a standstill. The
|postoffice, county offices and
banks all observing the day. The
main attraction here being the foot
ball game between Lenoir- Rhyme
and Catawba college, which was
witnessed by a large crowd, despite
the inclemency Of the weather.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
New Auto Tags Will Go
On Sale Here Saturday

The new 1885 state automobile
license plates will go on sale at the
headquarters here Of the Carolina
Motor club Saturday morning, and
every automobile and truck in the
state must display the new plates
on and after January /.
The tags have a black back
ground with aluminium figures.
The fee this year will be at the
rate Of IS cents a hundred pounds
of weight of the automobile. The
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30

minimum cost for passenger cars
will be $3.50, which can be used
only on Model ''T" Fords and Aus
tins. Newer Fords, Chevrolets
and Plymouths and other light cars
will require license costing $12.65
or $500.
A large sale Of the new tags to
motorists who recently have pur-
chased new cars and have not OBJ
tanned licenses is expected to begin
Saturday.