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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
To Continue Course
In Correspondence

Among material destroyed
or seized during the raids by
Seattle police on the Voice of
Action was the Correspond
enee Course in Workers Jour
nallsm.
The series of courses Is be-
ing rewritten and will be
ready soon. Those who have
registered and paid their fees
can expect the first lesson
within two weeks.
Fee for the course is IS
cents. Those interested in
journalism may get in touch
with the school by writing to
the Voice of Action, 302 Mari
time Bldg, Seattle.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
0utpatient Service At
HarbOryiew Must Be
Stopped, Says Bowen

out.patient service at Har-
borview will have to be discon-
tinued, according to d. M. Bow
en-, chairman OF the board Of
trustees, because the NRA and
AAA codes have increased the
cost of food and medical sup
plies furnished Harborview to
a figure that can't be met by
the steadily decreasing income
from tax sources.
This means that unemployed
will be deprived entirely OF the
already inadequate m deal
service and sick supplies they
have been receiving.
This is how the MIRA helps
the forgotten man."
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
AnaCOrteS School MAY
Have OPay FOrBOOkS

ANACORTES, Wash, Aug. 12-
1t has been rumOred here that
the high school students will be
forced to pay seven dollars in
advance at the beginning of the
semester for the use of the text
books for the year. Also that
those high school students who
live in Summit Park, a few miles
from Anacortes, shall have to pay
two dollars a month for their fare
on the school bus.
Farmers and workers! Employ
ed and unemployed! Unite
against the discrimination of
workers children. This is the
first step in this district to elm
mate workers children from the
public schools.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
Terror Increases
Throughout State
By Ruth Farbur

SEATTLE, Aug. 16-Whilc the
red raids" terror and personal
attacks on workers has quoted
down to some extent in the last
week or two, let us not become
illuSiOned. While things seem
to be running smoothly at home,
we might look around and see
what is happening in some of the
other places.
In KelsO the workers are being
submitted to a small town fas-
cist regime. 1t seems all the auth,
critics, in this little town, are
wOuld-be big shots" each trying
to make a name and place for
himself in present day politics by
organizing raids, frame-upS and
terror. Rightly does HerndUn call
such aspirants fascist dogs"
Pisila, Farrar Arrested
Two workers, Arne Pisila and
Max Farrar, who were arrested
several weeks ago, are still being
held and word has come in from
KelsO that no hearing has been
held as yet and bail of $1,000 has
been set for each.
Along with these stupid at
tempts to intimidate workers
Frank Durland, Paul Capps
and Dale Capps were each fin
ed $50 and costs last week for
distributing leaflets. These
workers are now serving this
time in the Kelso Jail.
These arrests and unjust cases
are only part of the trrTOriZa-
ton that has been unlcashCd in
kelsO in an effort to intinlidatC
and suppress the workers.
Fail to Smash Picnic
An attempt was made to mo-
Billie persons on the streets a
week ago Sunday to go out and
break up the Finnish picnic.
This plot failed but they did
manage to find a hundred per-
center" who took three tear gas
bombs out and hurled them into
the crowd.
The Finnish picnic, however,
did not dispense. Threats of Grim
inal libel have been common and
some of the more braZen of these
petty politicians have even gone
so far as to vow they will prose-
cute anyone who is guilty of
renting a hall or building. to
workers for their organizations
or meetings.
In Centralia four workers, H.
Huff, L. LebarOn, NJ. Niedfelt
and w. SetOski were arrested
July "A and charged with riot.
The preliminary hearing on these
cases will be heard Thursday,
August 16.
These riot charges grew out
of the demonstration at Che
halls on July ID, when about
1000 workers and farmers gath
cred to protest the mortgage
sale of the farm of Mrs. Aust,
a mother of five children.
The International Labor De
Tense calls upon workers in every
part of the state to send letters
of protest to Sheriff BlankenShip
and Justice Mort VIM ut Che
halls, demanding dismissal of
these charges.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
Pioneer Camp Youths
Enjoy Happy Summer
Continued from Page 3. Col. 81

! kCOntlnleu from rage ., OOl. 81
paper. We wrote articles and
pasted them onto boards and
nailed the boards onto the wall
of the cook house. Ours was the
Trampers News.
Three boys was our orchestra.
Roy Smith played an accOrdian
and never wore a shirt, and Gil
bert violin and RainO a banjo.
We had dance Friday night in
the cook house and they charg-
ed penny to everyone that
danced, and | didn't have no
penny and besides just had my
pants on and you had to dress
up to dance. Roy even had Il
shirt on.
There was GA kids in all. We
studied three hours and had two
swimming periods, morning and
afternoon and boy! | can al
most swim. | got tossed up in a
blanket three times.
Slept in Tents
We slept in tents (sOme of
them leaked and every morning
we made the hammer and sickle
and star and had exercises.
We had one strike, for marsh
mallOWs. The cook stood in the
doorway and said You beat it,"
and we marched all around on
picket line and We got them.
The leaders, DIVA and Tano, they
Joined in the picket line too.
We had demonstrations. On
August l we had one and kids
got up on Stumps and spoke
and DIVA and TanO and Elmer
turned themselves into cops and
jerked the speakers down and
the kids went right into action
and got the speakers away from
the cops.
Two Boys Departed
Two boys left the camp, they
said there was too much preach
in Communism. And there was a
Voice of Action newsboy there.
Curtis Wclch from Issaquah, and
he says the DC papers sell better
than the &c ones did.
No, we didn't learn to salute
no flag, but here's our Pioneer
salute (the raised right fist and
our slogan is Always Ready
And now | want the New Pfon.
Ger, the Pioneer magazine. and "a
Pioneer Song Book. | looked one
over up there and it was slick.
It's got the International in it.
the one that says Arise We pris-
Oners of starvation. Arise We
something of the earth" And one
about No more Cap'lism, only
BOlsh-vism." That's in Russia,
you know. want to learn them
songs. And can go next year, do
you suppose maybe?
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
BAPTIST WORLD CONGRESS
CONDEMNS HITLER MOVES

BERLIN, Aug. Condemn
ing anti-Semctic agitation, the
Baptist World Congress, in it's
closing session here Saturday.
struck a blow at the Hitler re-
gime.
Said one resolution, "This
congress deplOres and condemns
as IA violation of the law of God.
our Heavenly Father, all racial
animOsity in every form, oppres-
sion, unfair discrimination to-
ward Jews, the colored people or
subject races in any part of the
world"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
More Dough For Cops
In SeattIe'S Budget
BY Hack Thomas

SEATTLE, Aug, 1.-THE annu-
al scramble between state, coun
ty and city bureaucgacies iOI
pickings of what's left OF the
wage earncTs' bones, is real com
petition this year.
King county government, I'M
der His Majesty John g. Stew
enson (peepuls' friend) is al
ready SCI 100000 behind in its
tax squeeze, beginning when
the peoples blood started dry
ing up in those forgotten hey
days of 1926.
Payments Behind
In 1893 the King County little
guys were behind in tribute to
their political masters by $780,
600. Federal, state and city ran,
SONS were slapped on top of that
The state and Federal bureau
cracies step in first TO get their
cut. They deal largely with big
business, which pays what pro
lection" money it feels it won't
Iliss, adding this Oh to what it
charges the workers for letting
him eat and wear clothes.
But this "prOUcctiOn" money
the bosses pay the state and Fed
cral bureaucrats cX@InptS them
from handing over any more to
County and City governments.
Banks, insurance companies, beer
parlOrs, Standard Oil, etc, can't
be touched by local politicians
even if they wanted to.
Big Comp any Immune
For instance, the Metropolitan
Building Company, owning the
richest downtown property in Sc
attic, cant be touched by taxes
because the rents go to the state
owned university.
So the city and county tax
squeezers continue milking the
wage Garner, and worker who is
unfortunate enough to still own
a house.
Public services only excuse
for governments existence are
curtailed and SlaShed practically
out of existence, while misery,
disease and starvation steadily
increase.
Police Court Cut
In the proposed 1885 city bud
get, to be adopted October |, the
police court. under Judge Bell
will get $l5,47O, instead of last
years $l3,770.
Police department is recon-
mended an increase to $1,529,023
for further protection of proper
ty. This is only $1,000 less than in
1929.
Compare this with public lib
rary budget of 1921 PIP, health and
sanitation, $S95,106, police pension
fund, $4,000, and "tTanspOrta,
ton for INDECENT blind, $500.
$4,000 For Elections
Fifty thousand dollars will be
spent on elections to determine
whether Boss Tweedledee or Boss
Tweedledum shall rule the city.
Twenty thousand dollars will
again be spent in 1885 by the
Humane Society, supposedly to
prevent unemployed from eat
ing dogs and cats. Park de-
partment is upped from $780,
900 to S557,0O0. It is assumed
jobless will have more time for
scenery.
City cOuncilmen admit that
teachers salaries cant be
cut any further. The only alterna-
tive left, if tax money is going to
be spent on an enlarged police
department instead of education.
is to cut out education.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
Gold Miners Strike

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug .16 -
Miners of the Chicago Gold Min
ing Co. here went on strike Sat
urday for an increase of s. cents
in the daily wage and time and
a half for overtime
Cost of living here is so high
that men employed for full
time, seven days a week, are
barely able to keep going.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
New Car Loop Plan Throws 100 Out
OF Work; Service Will Be Poorer
SMALL BUSINESS MEN ON
FIRST AVENUE BOUND
TO SUFFER
BY Joe Day


laid off by the new loop plan, or
each street railway employee VIII
have to take a wage reduction OF
shorter hours. Service. which has
been abominable will become in
tolerable. Herein lies the results
OF the Mayors new panacea for
Seattle's perpetual street car
problem.
Mr.. Pierce, Smiths mouthpiece,
states that "the loop changes
are necessary" because the street
railway has been losing $55742
daily for the first six months OF
1884. Something had to be done
about it," Thus, we have the loop
plan.
Efficiency Lowered
Pierce believes that service will
be better under the new system,
but the majority of mOtOrmen
and conductors, on the contrary,
believe that improved service
with less men is impossible since
the lines were already running at
almost maximum efficiency.
The loop plan, with its new
low for miserable service. is an
excellent example of a system in
decay. The masses are forced to
accept a lower standard of trans
portatiOn, or, in other words, a
lower standard of living. Further
more, the unemployed are now
100 men more numerous.
The city of Seattle is following
the lead of the capitalist class,
and is pushing forward the pro-
gram of Stone & Webster for the
profits of Stone q Webster.
Therefore, it is obvious to all that
Seattle street ears are running for
the foul purpose of enriching the
parasites who are continually
laughing at the little tragedies of
the forgotten man."
1918 FTame-Up Cited
The people of Seattle should
never forget that the rOttenness
and unworkability of the Seattle
Municipal Railway is direct
consequence of the iniquitOus
frame-up of 1918, engineered by
Stone g. Webster, and resulting
in that firm selling an obsolete
junk heap for the absurd aud stu.
pendous sum of $l5,0000O0.
1t should be emphasized that
this so-called clever piece of bust.
ness was perpetrated under the
influence of terrific propaganda
campaign and a subservient may.
or.
The history of the Seattle
street ear system since 1918 has, as
a result of this impossible pur-
chase, been nothing less than
perfect example OF a metropOli-
tan city paying tribute to a cor
rupt electrical oligarchy.
First Avenue Hurt
An incident of some interest in
the new cure-all plan is the abb
sence of any cars travelling south
ward on First Ave, thereby con-
verting the west side of the street
into something of a business has
been.
Whatever crowds once traversed
these barren sidewalks are now
forced to go to 2nd Ave. to board
their street ears. Consequently
these people seldom see LIST Ave,
thus the poor merchants of that
street are wailing and moaning
because of impending business
disasters. However, there is little
hope for these petty bOurgeOisie.
They are small fry compared to
the big merchants and their COM
plants matter but little.
All in all, the whole affair
should only help to enrage the
masses against the ruling class,
the capitalists and their bench
men.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
BALLARD UcL SELLS VOICE

SEATTLE, Aug. 1.-THE Voice
OF Action and the Daily Worker
can now be had at the headquar-
tiers of the South Ballard Local.
CCL, 1903 Ballard Ave. Also a
complete line of Workers books,
magazines and papers viii be for
sale there.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
No Nazi Credit

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 1G
Taking another step towards
complete economic isolation of
NaZi Germany, the government
ImpOrt-EXpOrt Bank here has
decided against credits to Ger.
many.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
COMMUNIST PARTY UNIT
HOLDS CARD PARTY

ABERDEEN, Wash, Aug. 10
Unit 3, South Aberdeen unit
of the Communist Party held Il
card party on August 10 in the
home of a worker. The money
raised is to be used for organiza-
tiOnal work. Quite a gathering
of neighbOrhOOd people were
present.
Lydia Laukkanen SOmerville.
Communist candidate for County
Commissioner, District 2, gave a
brief talk on the election cam
piagn.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
ELECTION DANCE SEPT, 1

ABERDEEN, Wash, Aug. 10
A Red Ball will be held on
Saturday, September |, 3 p. M,
at the FWA hall, 40 North +
St, Aberdeen.
The program includes dancing,
door prize, Walls apiece dance
orchestra. Admission is Is cents.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
Book Review
INDUSTRIALIZED RUSSIA, by
Alcan Hirsch; The Chemical
Catalog Co, $500.

This is one Of the best books
on Soviet Russia that can be
found at the Public Library. Most
engineers don't have the ability
to give a well-rOunded, nOn-tech.
nical description of the industrial
growth of a country, no matter
how well they know their subject.
Hirsch is unusual: He knows in
duStrialized Russia, having been
technical head of their chemical
industries and he knows how to
tell the facts with ease and plain
language.
With simplicity and directness
he tells of the rise of the chemical
industries from almost nothing in
1913 to a high level of technical
efficiency and productivity in
1893. The increase in the various
chemicals ranged from 100 per
cent to 800 per cent over 1913
figures.
Lumber Production Increased
$50 Per Cent
The production of machines
and building materials has reach
ed such high level that even
by 1882 they equalled 20 per
cent of the value of everything
produced in the country by in
dustry. At the end of the First
Five Year Plan the production
of lumber was 2 1-2 times what
it was at the beginning of the
Plan.
Production of bricks, lime,
plaster, glass, agricultural ma
chinery etc, were on a similar
level. Pig iron production was al
most doubled under the First
Five Year Plan. Production of
coal, oil, and peat doubled and
trebled in the five years, and in
crease of electrical power was
much more rapid. Production of
oil increased so rapidly that in
1888 Russia ranked next to the
L. 5. among the nations.
New housing accommodations
are being provided more than 4
times as fast under the Second
Five Year Plan as under the
First.
Nearly everyone knows of the
almost unbelievable strides TAX
en- by the SOviets in the spread
of education. The press and the
production of books have fully
kept pace with the rapid adj
vances made by the schools. Next
month the International Theatre
Festival will be held at Moscow,
where many of the worlds lead
ing artists in that field will hold
their international conference
and celebration.
Well Illustrated Book
One OF the most attractive
things about this book is the
great number of illustrations of
Soviet life and achievements-al
most one to a page.
Every worker in Seattle should
get this book from the Public
Library and read it from cover
to cover. The author is one OF
the few great engineers who can
really write for the workers
about what he knows and has
done.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17

for political and economic domin-
alton of Austria.
Nazi support is still great. Hit
Ter has not changed his announc-
ed intention to form a new Ger.
man empire. Money and propa-
ganda flow from Germany here.
Even the last abortive revolt in.
vOlved many sections of the pop.
ulation. For example, 260 police
men still wait trial for their part
in the putseh and Dollfuss muir.
der.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
CALL WORKERS PICNIC

SEATTLE, Aug. lG - United
Front Picnic, At the Ship, Lone
some Park, Aug 10. Adm. Is cents.
includes free lunch, sports, pro-
gram and parking, Dancing Zoe.
Evenings l5c. Benefit Worker
Candidates Campaign Fund
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
PRISONERS HUNGER STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IG -
Workers arrested in the red
raids accompanying efforts to
smash strike are in third week of
Jail hunger strike against exhOr-
bitant bail,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17

A recent NRA edict permitted
Wall Street to lower the mini
mum wage for workers in the
New York financial section tsten-
Ographers, clerks and the other
lower.paid white collar workers..
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17

CHICAGO During the CWA
work program here 1000 checks
were issued each week to men
who were not working on CWA,
it has been revealed.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17
Mine OWners Fire Militant Miner;
Evidence OfCOnpany Stool Pigeon

WALLACE Idaho Aug. 16-Jmmy Higgens militant member
of Kellogg local of the international Union Nine Mill and Sme
Workers sent Hank Hendreson sher of the Sunshine
Mine the hospital with broken injuries Hank"
stool of the first magnitude
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-08-17

VIENNA, Aug. 16-Heavy sem
fences have been meted out to
the nine policemen, who, as mem
bers of the Nazi Party, took part
in the assassinations of Dollfuss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20

lets, the Red Sparks, Naples, Spar
tacus. TWO, Y.W.A.C and the
Brooklyn A.C. are entered.
IN June q, the Chicago Linneas
v end the Arbeiters of Detroit will
play of their game in the Tom
Mooney Soccer Cup competitions, at
the De Paul Field, Webster and
Sheffield AYES, Chicago It is the
final game for the western title and
the winning team will meet the
eastern champions in Cleveland on
International Sport Day. Fifty per
cent of the proceeds go for Tom
MONEYS defense and the remsin-
ing fifty per cent are for the dele
cation to be sent to the Paris Rally.
TT Workers Sport Club of Mont-
l real will travel to New York in
September for q return game with
the Red Sparks. The Red Sparks
Travelled up to Montreal last week
and lost two games to the Cana
dams, 81 and Al, The Juniors
played in the second game. The
Fed SPARKS, be it known, are
champions of the Metropolitan
Workers Soccer League!
Which should indicate something
about Canadian soccer ability
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20

NEW YORK. - A regular membership
meeting of the independent Carpenters
Union will be held tonight at pm. at
the headquarters, 800 Broadway.
report on the strike viii be made and
also on the organizaticnal drive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20
Chicago Conference
for World Anti-War
Sport Meet, June 30

CHICAGO. - In preparati ton for
the World Sport meet against war
and fascism which is being held in
Paris, France on August II to Is
the Labor Sports Union of Chicago
and the Illinois State Youth section
Of the American League Against
War and Fascism have called
conference of worker athletes in
Chicago on Saturday, June 80 al
2.30 p m, at the Imperial Hall,
2409 N. Halsted st.
This conference will further ina
plans for an anti-fascist and anti.
war track and field meet to be held
at Chase Park, 400 N. Ashland
Ave, July Is, starting at 10 a. m,
Athletes from Gary, Waukegan,
Chicago and from the coal fields of
southern Illinois will compete in the
meet on July Is which will also serve
as an elimination meet to send
delegation from this district to
Paris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20
To Open With
Mass Meeting
In NY. June %
Earl Browder, Gil Green
To Be Speakers at St.
Nicholas Arena

NEW YORK. Hitch hiking, rid
ing in battered cars or cresking
buses, delegates to the Seventh Ma
tional Convention of the Young
Communist League are beginning
to stream into New York from all
sections of the country.
The convention which opens on
June % with a huge mass meeting
at the st. Nicholas Arena on Goth
st. will see approximately zoo dele
gates representative of the revolt
tionsry youth of America gathered
for one Of the most important
events in recent years.
These delegates will be greeted at
the opening mass meeting by the
workers of New York in a monster
welcome demonstration. Earl Brow
der, General Secretary Of the Com
munist Party; Gil Green, National
Secretary of the Young Communist
League, and Ben Gold fighting
leader Of the powerful Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union,
will be the main speakers at the
mass meeting.
A brilliant program has also been
arranged for the meeting by the
combined efforts of the various
youth organizations in New York
City. This program includes an
Two. Symphony Orchestra, Ukrai-
MAN Folk Dances, a United Youth
Chorus and a spectacular sport ex-
hibiticn by the Labor Sports Union
California Delegates Hurt
NEW YORK.-The entire Cali
fornis delegation to the National
Convention of the Young Commu-
mist League is now in the hospital
in Denver. Col, as a result of a
smash-up in which the car bringing
the delegation to New York was al
most completely wrecked and all
occupants severely injured.
A telegram received by the Ma
tional Committee of the Young
Communist League reveals that the
California delegation is at present
stranded in Denver with all of its
money gone to pay hospital ex-
penses. There is danger that unless
money is Immediately shipped, the
delegation from one of the largest
districts in the country will be I'M
able to have representation at the
convention.
The telegram reads as follows:
California car wrecked. Money
spent hospital repairs. Possibility
delegates can GENE if you pay
fare. Must have money. Answer
immediately
The. Arrangements Committee for
the Seventh National Convention
appeals to oil workers and their
organizations to respond to the APP
peal from the California district
who have taken leading part in
the brave struggles Of the West
Coast longshoremen and agricul-
tursl workers. Contribute money
Immediately to enable them to send
a few of the delegates who will be
able to leave the hospital in a few
days to attend the convention.
Send all money to the National
Committee, Young Communist
League, at so East 18th st Post
Office Box rs, Station D., New
York City.