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The Washington times., 1934-04-25
Man, CLings to Fence,
Saves Self in Storm

In addition to razing the
hangar at Beacon Field, near
Alexandra, heavy winds late yes
terday leyeled two garages and
o playhouse on Mt. Vernon Ave
nue. near Russell Road in Alex
andria, doing $500 damage.
The garages belonged to Harvey
Vine and John Edwards, while the
playhouse was on the property Of
r. g. Noble, who was caught in
the path Of the gale but held onto
Q fence.
The Washington times., 1934-04-25
CHICKIE'S DAUGHTER
Pippin Is Thrilled by Her First
Air Flight As Passenger
In Bills Plane
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

Mist beaded her eyelashes and made the hair blown
about her face shine.
Said Bill releasing her. but not taking his eyes from
hers Do you think you need to protect me- Pppin and
kiss twoH You couldn't have that" His young
boysh mouth rppled in smile. "You must surely want
to kiss after all these years. don't you love
me- but just the salute of friend to another
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
FAINTSIN LINE
WAITING FOR
FOODVOUCHER
BY w. II. HOLLOWAY

Tacoma, April 25-While waiting
in line to get her starvation vouch-
err this morning a young woman
tainted in the relief station in South
Tacoma.
The woman was carried TO one
side and cup OF cold water brought
but she was so weak that this did
not revive her A doctor was sum
moned and he brought her to. One
unemployed member asked in q
voice loud enough for all to hear,
rs it a case of undernourishment
doctor?" The doctor said "Yes!"
He then went TO the supervisors
office and read the riot act to her.
But this will not solve the ques-
ton. We must fight for unemploy-
ment insurance all the the harder.
Sign Initiative No. rs.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Hold Mass Meeting
at Voucher Station

Seattle - A mass meeting was
held in front of the Salmon Bay
Voucher Station Thursday, April
26. The keynote of the meeting
was the need for organization for
higher relief and unemployed in
surance. The assembly met around
the front steps of the schoolhouse.
and was presided over by the
North Ballard local of the UCL.
Speakers from the Waterfront
Unemployed Council, the University
of Washington, and North Ballard
local made a strong call for unity.
Just as the chairman was stressing
the uselessness of individual at
tempts to gain relief, Mr.. Blixt, a
Ballard man, came down the steps
with a slip notifying him that he
would be eligible for relief on Sep
TENDER Is, 1884. The crowd elected
committee of six on the spot to
see Mrs. Hart, agent or the We'll
fare Board. Results are not known
but practical work has been now
demonstrated to many hitherto I'M
informed
Speaking of rellef-in one talk,
the soupline was e-christened-
City Garbage Disposal Station.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
MoRTAeER SCARED TO DEATH
BY SEVEN DAY
PIckETlNG
Nv w D

Puyallup. Wn., Apr. 21-Corner-
ing Mork as he was about to leave
for Tacoma, the United Farmers
League forced him to accept Home
Owners Loan bonds TO the apprais-
ed value of the farm and prevented
the eviction and foreclosure on the
E. c. Winslow place.
The victory is a elimination of
organized activity since April IL
when notice of foreclosure was Civ
en- Winslow. A picket line has been
maintained at the Winslow place,
numerous leaflets told the story of
the case, the Judge and the Sheriff
were bounded by committees, food
was collected throughout the ter
ritory as far as Orting, Apr. IS.
Mortgage Holder Hides
Mork was holding out for an ex-
horbitant appraisal and eluded see
ing the committee sent him until
they caught him APR 10. A commit
tee of about 40 went to the Mork
place and sent in few to try and
corner him. They met him in the
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Locals of AT of L
Attend May l Meet
PLEDGE SUPPORT
TO THREATENED STREET
CAR STRIKE

Spokane, Wn., Apr. 10 With
representatives from the Hold Car
riers Union AT of l., the Tailors
Union, AT of L, the International
Labor Defense, the Communist
Party, the Young Communist
League and the Unemployment
Council a United Front conference
was held to make plans for May
Day.
Besides this a member of the
Technocrats sat in on the meeting
and pledged to do everything he
could to bring his organization in
to the United Front for May Day.
The delegates from the AT of l.
militantly declared that they would
go back to their locals and fight
for a successful May Day.
A steering committee, a publicity
committee and a Finance commit
tee were elected to help prepare for
the workers holiday. The steering
committee is to visit all workers
organizations in the city to
strengthen the United Front.
The conference pledged it's sup
port to the Street car mems local
who have decided to strike against
the Spokane United Railways I'M
less their demands are met.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Save Winslow Home; Puyallup
Foreclosure Is Halted by UFL

neighbor OF Monks and his daugh-
ter was there. She had told the
neighbor that the father had stayed
away all night with relatives in Ia
coma, leaving the girl and her moth
er alone to fight the red army at
midnight. The girl said she and
her mother were so nervous that
they stayed up all night.
This was long hard fight. For
7 days our picket line guarded the
Winslow home from so to 100 strong.
In this case, we proved that the
workers can make their own laws
because we took up the fight after
the Judge had signed the eviction
order and the sheriff and all other
powers said there was nothing
could be done except to carry out
the court order.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
First Relief Demonstration
in History of Centralia Held

Mrs Allen, Lewis county welfare
administrator, had gone to Olympia
and a phone call was received from
her while the committee was with
Mrs. Bowers, unfolding the state
ment of Bowers that the relief
would be increased according to
the needs of the individuals, and
further promised that immediate
action would be taken.
No More Committees
A second committee was elected
to present the original demands to
the welfare agents again, but the
police refused to allow the commit
tee upstairs, later telling the work.
ers that st. Johns, chairman of the
Lewis County welfare board, had
phoned from Chehalis, instructing
Bowers to receive no more COM
mittees.
After the committee had reported
the workers remained on the street
and listened attentively to the
different speakers, who spoke from
ed next the curb.
The speakers were lined up as
follows:
M A. Neidfelt for the RWPA;
James Martin on conditions in the
CCC; H. p. Huff for the local Com
munist Party and Lynn LeBaron,
also for theRWPA.
Scared to Let Church Speak
When F.. NJ. Church from Olympia,
was introduced as the Section Or
ganizer of the Communist Party,
and the workers were asked if they
wished to hear him, practically ev-
cry hand was raised in the affirm
alive; however when he criticized
the police for refusing the workers
the hall on the grounds of fear of
violence, and pointed out that it was
not the workers who created vio-
lence, but the ones who were sup
posed to keep law and order" and
named concrete cases to substanti-
ate this position. the chief of police
and the highway patrol stopped the
speaker and insisted the meeting
discontinue.
The assembled workers were dis
gusted with this, but it served to
show that the speaker was correct.
Results Coming Already
Although the welfare takers stat
ed that any additional increase
would not be from mass pressure,
it was noticed that even the govern
ment commodities store was prom
Using to see that flour, meat and
other commodities would be i'm
mediately placed in the store.
The workers recognize that they
have won a partial success but that
this means the fight has only start
ed, and will continue until the full
demands are granted, and no work.
ers are trying to subsist on 81 cents
per week.
Official News Release passed by
Executive Committee of RWPA.
M. A. Neidfelt, Sec'ty.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Camp Push
Can't Stop'Em
SELL MANY COPIES OF THE
"VoICE" DESPITE SUPER'S
OPPOSITION

Aberdeen, Wn.-Last week a con-
tact organizer for the National
Lumber Workers Union was driven
out of the Shaffer Camp by the
camp push. One worker protested
and was tight lined. fired next
morning. The organizer told some of
the crew that there would be a
meeting Tuesday evening at p. m.
with a speaker to outline the policy
of the NLWU. The secretary of the
Grays Harbor local spoke at the
meeting which was held in the
county road, IL miles from camp.
The entire crew was there, railroad
crew, flunkeys, track crew and the
loggers. Also the boss who came
down to the meeting to keep any
of the boys from joining the NLWU.
Many Sign Up
When the meeting was thrown
open for questions the push tried
to turn the crew against the union
by asking questions that a small
boy would have had better sense
than to ask. He was told plenty
and one of the boys told him that
they wanted better wages and the
only way to get it was by organic
ing and as the NLWU was a rank
and file union based on the camp
and mill branches with a camp
committee elected from the workers
themselves, then that was the kind
Of a union to join. Many questions
were asked by the crew and when
they got back to camp they discuss
ed the union. Many of the loggers
have Joined the union. They have
an org in camp. AS Shaffer always
has been a high-ba layout and a
bum chuck the workers are going
to take steps to better conditions
by militant action.
The Voice Of Action was sold out
and more could have been sold II
we had had them.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
BY a ccc Bow

Why were about 5 budies from
the Rosario each CCC Camp dis
charged? Draw your eyes a little
closer to this column or the Voice
of Action and you can readily see.
We were discharged and unable
to sign up again because we mill
family began organizing the fellows
in camp around their immediate
grievances and demands, namely,
rotten chuck and graft which was
distinctly apparent amongst the
ranks of our officers.
While we were getting rotten
chuck, our mess sargent, 1t. Huff
ner. was driving around in a brand
new car.
His wife also had brand new
car. They had story house in An
acortes taken care of by 3 maids.
His salary was $175 per month.
Putting and together, the rotten
chuck on one side and the undeni-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
High Keller Scale
for Baltimore, Md
.Jobless Seamen

Seattle-James Archer, secretary
Of the MWIU here, just returned
from a trip East, says that seamen
of Baltimore under the leadership
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union and the Waterfront Unem-
ployed Council thru militant mass
actions, bitter struggles over a per-
iod of three years in which dozens
of seamen were jailed etc. have won
the higest standard of unemployed
relief ever obtained in the United
States to this day. The charity
racketeers and relief takers have
been eliminated. Three square meals
a day, a decent place to sleep and
work clothes whenever needed, a
barber and shoemaker paid for by
the CWA, are some of the victories.
Administer Own Relief
All relief is administered through
elected committees of seamen,
chosen Economically in mass
meetings on the Baltimore beach.
The only authority in relief matters
that the seamen recognize are their
own elected committees. Recently,
seamen in this port proved very
emphatically to the Federal relief
heads and the police that they were
one hundred per cent behind the
seamen they elected to administer
relief.
Victories Spur to Action
The National Committee of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
held it's last meeting in this port.
The delegates which came from
every port in the United States,
the Great Lakes and the Mississippi
River have arrived back in their
respective ports enthused by the
high standard of relief won in the
port of Baltimore. The Seattle local
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union has inaugurated a campaign
that will never cease until condi-
tons are won in Seattle and other
ports througout Washington.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
SHOWS HOW STRUGGLES OF
UNEMPLOYED CAN
BE WON
By MAX FARRAR

Portland, April 2'-Mrs. Nicolas
key, a widow with small children
has had her pension taken away
from her and has been left without
means of sustenence in spite Of
her appeal to the Welfare buro. No
excuse was given for the action but
Judge TaZweel suggested immoral
conduct without naming accusors.
AS there was no organization of
the unemployed in the neighbour
hood, the workers who took up the
case put out a leaflet and then a
petition in the district and present.
ed it to the judge.
Friends Show at Hearing
At a mass meeting and hearing,
the house was jammed and people
were standing on the porch listen
ing through the window. Testimony
after testimony was given in behalf
of Mrs. McClaskey by workers from
the cannery, the head of the Parent
Teachers association, and many
close friends.
1t was decided to elect a commit
tee of to be backed by everyone
who could get down to wait on the
Judge Monday morning. At that
time the Judge was in the hall early
telling people who were waiting
that Mrs. McClaskey's pension
would be restored and that a DEM
onstration was unnecessary. How
ever the crowd collected and the
committee together with the widow
and the three children presented
their case. Trembling in the pres
ence of everyone, he promised to
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01

back yard, a garden fork in hand.
Not knowing him by sight, the COM
mittee was not quick enough Mork
ran for the river and either hid in
the brush or jumped in. Anyway
the men could not find him.
AS they were leaving one of the
committee said that they would
be back at midnight. After they had
left, another smaller committee
sneaked in on Mork just as he was
getting ready to leave for Tacoma.
They told him that they had paper
for him to sign to accept the lower
price on the home loan bonds. He
was very much excited and called
for his pen and signed on the dotted
line without even reading first and
then he left for parts unknown.
Next day committee visited a
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01

Auto production (July 1932-1933)
went up 112 per cent. Employment
went up l per cent.
Recently all delegates to the in
ternational conference of youth or
CARNATIONS were arrested in Hol-
land to prevent their meeting.
The workers of oil nations are be-
coming even more class conscious.
Even the conservative Saturday
Review of Literature says that the
Austrian events have converted
millions of socialists inside and out
side of Austria into Communists"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
COUNTY PROSECUTOR WON'T
TAKE ACTION AGAINST
COMPANY

Aberdeen, VIVA worker in the
Saginaw Timber Company camp
where two choker settlers were kill
ed last week was fired because he
made the open statement that the
men had been killed because OF the
speed up. lie then got a job from
the fire warden who later went back
on his word and told the worker he
would have to see the superintend-
ent of the camp as he himself was
working under the management of
the Saginaw Timber Company.
The worker took his case to the
County Prosecuting Attorney of
Grays Harbor County, who refused
to handle it, telling the worker TO
see the LID.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01

Marysville, Wn.. April 25-Seven-
~ five workers who were fired from
the CWA dyke job here last night
stormed the Welfare Office today
and forced the writing of a voucher
for every single one of them.
When the group first arrived
tho Relief Station doors were closed
but were finally opened and few
invited to come in and re-register
for relief, Instead the whole group
marched inside.
Il guess from the way the other
CWA workers have ben kept off
relief we didn't deserve it," declar-
ed one OF the men. but We got 1t
anyway"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Challenge to Backers Of II

We the National Executive Com
mittee of the ECWIU, at our reg
ular meeting in Seattle, Washing
ton, April %, 1884, hereby issue a
challenge TO all or any of the spon-
sors and hackers or Bin No. ~, to
como out openly and prove the ac-
cusations that the Secretary or any
leader of the FCWIU has accepted
money or brides from the corpor-
ations or trap owners, or further
prove that we have been present
at any meeting of the corporations
or trap owners, or had any COM
munication or correspondence with
them.
Refusal to Debate Revealing
They have proven by their re-
fusal to debate Bill No. n on any
public platform that they are hid
ing the facts contained in the bill
and disruptLng the united front
struggle of the workers in the fish
ing industry for improving their
conditions, The Fishermen and
Cannery Workers Industrial Union
calls upon all rank and file fisher
men and fishery workers to solidify
our ranks in the fight for higher
prices for our catches, for better
wages and working conditions and
against all the attacks of the boss
es and their agents. In unity in the
struggle for our every day common
demands lies our strength. Join
and build the united front of all
the workers in the fishing industry.
Signed:
National Executive Committee
FCWIU
20 Marion st. Seattle, Wash.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
CCC NEWS
Why ; Were Fired!

able property of our officer who
only got $175 as his salary we came
to the conclusion that he was graft
ing on the mess fund and began to-
organize the fellows together to de-
mand better chuck, etc.
Due to this we were asked to re-
sign. that is we were asked If we
wanted to sign up again. If we did,
we were advised not to and we
would get an honorable discharge.
If we insisted on signing up we were
told that we'd get a dishonorable
discharge with words written upon
it Unsatisfactory for re- enroll
ment."
Fellow workers, organize Com
mittees of Action" in these CCC
camps and unite around your i'm
mediate grievances, rotten chuck,
graft within the ranks of your Of
ficers, ETC., and demand that your
committees be recognized by your
officers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
can Leaaers 70 struaaIe

The NLWU is organizing a mass
meeting with the Saginaw workers
to reinstate this worker and to
smash the speed up and blacklist
system of the lumber barons.
The story of the accident receiv-
ed too late for last weeks paper,
follows:
Aberdeen, Wn.. Apr. 10 Two
choker settlers were killed today at
the camp of the Saginaw Timber
Company because the rigging sling
er didn't wait ten seconds to give
them time to get in the clear.
Hearing Farce
The state representative of the
Industrial Insurance held a hearing
in tho company office. The camp
superintendent and bosses were out
in full force, bulldozing the hearing
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
POLICE STOP SPEAKER; DENY
WORKERS USE OF HALL

WORkERS USE Or HALL
Centralia, April $500 workers
assembled in front of the welfare
station in Centralia to present de-
mands for so per cent increase in
relief, free medical and dental at
tention for the unemployed, and
unemployment insurance.
This demonstration was called
under the auspices of the Relief
Workers Protective Association of
Centralia.
Although the RWPA has been
holding meetings in the city council
chambers lover the police station)
the Chief of Police notified the
workers that this hall could not be
used this time for fear of violence.
Send in Committee
The workers were also notified
by the Police Chief, that only a
committee of three would be allow
ed to go upstairs to see the Welfare
official, Mrs. Bowers"
A committee was elected TO pre-
sent the demands, and the rest of
the workers stayed on the sidewalk
in front of the police station, and
speakers kept the crowd interested.
At this time representatives from
Thurston county pledged the sup
port Of the workers of Thurston
county in the fight for the right to
live.
Starvation Bowers True to Form
Mrs. Bowers answer was NO, that
she would not, and could not, in
crease the relief on a mass basis,
but that she would consider each
case individually, and increase their
relief in accordance with their needs.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Good Readin'
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on vital problems by M. J. oIgin.
5 cents at the Workers Book
Store, 1915 First Avenue.


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Olgin writes simply, forcefully,
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DRY are little less than amazing.
And your interest doesn't wander
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The whole subject of economies
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ing man is treated step by step be-
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that must be used if we are ever to
have just and human and decent
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why the cure must be applied to it
and how it can be done. He gives
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No better study of the subject
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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
From N. HONG, Editor of
Labor Unity

The National Executive Com
mittee of the Trade Union Unity
League ereets the wellnamed
"voice of Action" on its growth,
as shown by its increase in size
to a four page seven column
paper. The "voice of Action" has
been literally voice of action
of tens of thousands of unem-
pIoyed workers, engaged in unit
ed front struggle against relief
cuts, for unemployment insur-
ance at the bosses expense; Of
striking lumber, agricultural, ma
rine and other workers in the
State of Washington. II has been
unique in the very fact that il
has served as the united organ
Of Unemployed Councils, Citizens
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
Build the Paper
Workers of Medford, Oregon

Workers of Medford, Oregon
1.-The Voice of Action is your
paper, printed by workers like your
selves and not by big interests.
Send in news of your troubles, how
you fare at the hands of the relief
takers, the FERA or the medical
clinics. 1t is by exposing graft etc.,
that we workers are able to better
ourselves. In this way you can sup
port yaur own paper in which Wall
Street and Finance Capital have
no word"
A Medford Reader
We will endeavor to get some
news to you each week from now
on as we find it helps us to sell the
paper here in Yakima. We hope our
news is printed in the Voice Of
Action. The April gath edition sure
was a good one, and it is selling
very good in spite of the raise
in price from two cents to five.
Yakima Agent
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-01
VICTIMIZE WORKER

Raymond, Wn. Picked up for
vagrancy at 5 o'clock Saturday ev-
ening and let out at o'clock Mon
day morning without single bite
to eat in between is the sort of
treatment accorded to a migratory
worker here by the police depart
ment.