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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Voice Action To Support
Unemployment Insurance
Drive with $4,000 Copies

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-The Voice
of Action will publish $4,000 CO.
pies of a special unemployment
insurance edition and 100000
handbills as part of its contribu-
tiOn to the campaign for Initial
i've A and for successful confer
ences on the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill in Olympia
and Salem, it was announced yes
terday.
The handbills will be off the
press directly after the arrange
ments committee for the Olym-
pia conference meets and will
center on an appeal for complet-
ing the goal of 5000 signers on
Initiative 4. They will also con-
tain the text of the measure, and
the call to the conference. Organ
izations desiring quantities for
distribution may order from the
Voice Of Action.
The special unemployment in
surance edition will be out De-
cember %. The issue will have a
tremendous effect on the sup
port accordd the Olympia and
Salem conferences, both of which
come the middle of January.
Ask Ads, Greetings
In order to finance the issuing
of 5000 copies of the paper, all
supporters of the paper and of
the unemployment insurance
campaign will have to at once
solicit advertisements and greet
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Fight Firing
Of UniOnists,
Get 4 Girls
Re-Instated

SEATTLE, Dec. Successful
ly battling boss intimidation for
daring to organize, workers at
Borden's and Puget Sound But
ter and Egg packing companies,
have forced reinstatement of
four militants and are pressing
the cases of two others.
Over IS per cent have joined
the ALL Amalgamated Meatcut-
tiers & ButcherwOrkers union, To-
cal 1856, and have already taken a
strike vote on demands OF a
minimum wage of SIS for a 40
hour week, for egg Gamblers and
butter wrappers.
Four girls that were fired at
Borden's for union activity but
have been returned to work by
pressure of the organized work
ers.
Unequal wage raises-bribes
as high as $4 more per week
! have been offered workers on
condition they stay out of the
union-but workers won't bite.
Announces Meeting, Canned
At Puget Sound, worker was
fired for announcing union
meeting to workers in the COM
pany cafeteria. Workers have de-
termined that he shall be REIN
stated.
With the strike already voted,
workers realize their only chance
of getting the bosses to sign the
minimum wage contract is
through continued struggle, and
preparations are nearly complet-
ed for the walkout to prevent
further intimidation, blacklist
ing and improving working con-
ditions.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Lumber UniOniStS
Back Voice Drive

ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. O.
The National Committee of the
National Lumber Workers Union
met here Sunday; changed tactics
with regard to approach to Am
erican Federation of Labor I'm
ions and the Al; backed to the
limit the state OF Washington
campaign for signers on Initial
i've 4 and the drive for successful
unemployment insurance confer
ences in Olympia and Salem;
OK'd the Voice of Action drive
for $1,000 and challenged the Fish
ermen and Cannery Workers In
dustrial Union; set an all-indus-
try conference for January 10 In
Tacoma and the second national
convention of the union for March
Is; protested attacks on the
workers through the courts of
Kelso, Portland, Roslyn. Ontario.
Stress Opposition Work
Criticising severely past sec
tartan work of the union, James
Murphy, national secretary, de-
clared in his report to the COM
mittee that in camps and mills
where the American Federation
of Labor already had started I'M
ion organization, no local of the
National Lumber Workers Union
should be formed.
Instead, Murphy stated, dele
gates of the union and militants
in the industry should join the
AFL local, and attempt to make
of it an ORGAN of struggle for the
needs of the men, by the forma-
tiOn of rank and file groups, cleo
tion of honest, aggressive work
ers to offices in the local, etc.
Even in localities where the
men have been forced in the COM
pany union, the Al, Murphy hit
Continued on Page 4, Col. y
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

ings for the edition. Rates will
be 81 per column inch, and the
deadline for copy has been set for
December %. Advertising con-
tract blanks can be obtained
from the Voice of Action.
these major contributions to
t he unemployment insurance
drive establish the Voice of Ac-
ton more firmly than ever as the
only newspaper in the Northwest
fighting for genuine unemploy-
ment insurance" declared Lowell
Wakefield, the papers editor.
THE 100000 leaflets will prove
prime necessity for supporting
the Northwest's only working
class paper; the special edition
will come at exactly the right
time to give tremendous impetus
to the Voice of Actions financial
drive. Coming but a few days be-
fore the New Years Eve affairs
to start off the drive,
it will add to their success"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
DENY FORCED
LABOR EXISTS

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Existence
OF forced work for food and
clothing relief was denied this
week in an official letter to Ar
vile L. West, 1887 Interlake
Ave-, from F. NJ. Wilson, Inter-
City relief depot. Wilson's letter
was countersigned by Charlotte
McVeigh, a county relief officer.
West, secretary of a North
End Unemploye Citizens
League local, had written relief
headquarters demanding aboli-
tion of the forced labor program
for fuel and clothing relief.
The reply he received stated
he was 'misinformed" and that
work was not required of I'M
employed for fuel and clothing"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
AFL FiShermen'S Union
OK S Insurance Plan

SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-TWO dele
gates from the Alaska Fisher
mems Union (AFL), Oscar An
dersOn and Bert Hanson, pledg-
ed support of Initiative in their
union and are serving on the I'm
employment Insurance Sponsor
ing Committee, it was announced
today by George Bradley, state
organizer State Committee of Ac-
ton.
with less than two weeks left,
we must redouble our efforts to
get $4,000 signers," Bradley COM
mented. Even unemployed in
King County have not yet been
contacted more than a small per
cent.
Unemployed and labor organ
izatiOns outside King County
must bend every effort to con-
tact every voter in their county
with Initiative 4 petitions.
"This must be done in the
next ten days." he said.
An appeal for funds to aid in
covering expenses of the drive
was also asked by Bradley. Con-
tributions should be forwarded
to Initiative A headquarters, 420
Mutual Life building, Seattle.
The arrangements committee
for the Olympia conference meets
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
in the drive headquarters.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Linden, Head
FCWIU Dies
In Car Crash
Was Long Active In
Struggles OF the
Working Class

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Plans were
being rushed this week to fill the
vacancy left by the death of Emil
Linden, Fishermen and Cannery
Workers Industrial Union secre-
tary, and to continue organiza-
tion of the trade union move
ment in industry.
Paul Dale, Columbia River or
ganizer of the FCWIU, an active
working class leader in Oregon,
may serve as acting FCWIU sec.
rotary until further plans can be
worked out, 1t was stated We'd
nesday by John Laurie, Trade
Union Unity League district Sec
rotary.
An appeal was broadcast by
the FCWIU National Committee
for the immediate raising OF
funds to continue organization
work in the canning industry.
SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Emil LIN
den, National Secretary of the
Fishermen and Cannery Workers
Industrial Union, died Satur-
day morning at Harborview hos
pital from injuries sustained In
an auto crash Friday night.
Thrown out of the rumble seat
of the car in which he was riding
when 1t was struck broadside by
a drunken driver careening
through a traffic light, Linden's
skull was fractured. He died IL
hours later without regaining
consciousness.
The accident occurred at Spo-
kane street and First Avenue
south, while Linden, Harry Stuhr
of the eFCWIU: Robert Smith,
Sewer and Paving Workers I'm
ion secretary, and John Laurie,
Trade Union Unity League organ
izer, were returning in Smiths
car from fishermen's union local
meeting in West Seattle.
Ran Through Traffic Light
The death sedan ran through
the traffic light at First Avenue,
sideswiped first car, then struck
auto broadside, overturn-
ing it. Harry Stuhr sustained
slight arm and head injuries, as
he and Linden were catapulted
Continued on Page a, Col. 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

Speaking dates for Angelo
Herndon, young Negro work
ing class leader who will tour
the Northwest for the Scots
bOro-Herndon campaign of
the International Labor De-
Tense, are announced by the
district office of the LID, as
follows:
lows:
klamath Falls, Dec. 10; Eu-
gene, Dec. IA; Salem, Dec. Is;
Portland, Dec. 16; Astoria,
Dec. IL.
Aberdeen, Dec. IS; Gen.
tralia, Dec. 10; Olympia, Dec.
20; Tacoma, Dec. 81; Seattle,
Dec. %; Everett, Dee. 26.
AnacOrtes, Dec. 81; Belling-
ham, Dec. 2S; Seattle (LSNR)
Dec. 20; Yakima, Jan. 2; Spo.
kane, Jan. 8; COuer d'Alene,
Jan. 4.
More About HERNDoN
on Page Four
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
TACOMA JOBLESS
GRID FOR BATTLE

TACOMA, Dec. with Fight,
Don't Starve," as the slogan, the
Tacoma Unemployment Coun-
ellis are leading a series of DEM
onstrations at relief centers in
the county, preparatory to a
countrywide demonstration short
ly before Christmas. The third of
these demonstrations is schedul-
ed for Monday, Dec. 10, at 1926
Tacoma avenue, under the lead
ership of Local No. l, of the U. @.
The demonstrators will march
from there to the relief center at
9th and Fawcett.
Leaflets advertising the dem
onstration are being circulated
all this week at the relief sta
lions. Demands embodied in the
leaflet are: l. A minimum of S. 10
per person per week; 2. Milk,
flour, and other commodities; 3.
Medical and dental service; A.
Sufficient clothing and school
supplies for children of the I'M
employed; 5. Rent, light and wa
ter taken care of; 6. Hot lunches
and milk for school children.
The first demonstration was
held in South Tacoma and the
second at 10th and Pacific, in the
last two weeks. Spokesman ex-
posed how relief cuts have been
made, and explained the role of
the Unemployment Council to
the workers. The South Tacoma
demonstration resulted in the Or
ganization of a local in South
Tacoma that shows promise of
being one of the most active in
the city.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

F|SHERMEN'S union Secretary KILLED
How About Those New
Years. Eve Affairs?

SEATTLE, Dec. 6 - High
lighting developments in the
Voice of Action $1,000 drive
preparations:
100000 handbills next week
and $4,000 copies OF a special
unemployment insurance edi-
ton of the Voice of Action
December 2S will popularize
drive.
s.
National Lumber Workers
Union challenges Fishermen
and Cannery Workers Indus
trial Union.
IS
Seattle New Years Eve ben
eft scheduled for IOGT hall,
tickets now on sale.
y
Other towns will have to
speed formation OF drive COM
mittees and hiring Of New
Years Eve dance halls to cash
in on that offer of free tickets
and posters-offer good until
December IL, next Wednes-
day.
All drive materials-collec-
tion lists, subscription books,
posters, detailed directives-
will be out December Is.
-
Next weeks Voice of Action
will carry full details of the
drive and a sensational an
nouncement of prizes for best
work in the campaign.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Check>Up Shows Criminal
Neglect of Campaign For
Unemployment Insurance
{ EDIToRIAL)

With less than two weeks left before the deadlne Deem
Der B for the unofficial abulaton of Initiative (Unempoy
ment Insurance. signatures NOT ONE SINGLE COUNTY IN
THE STATE. OF WASHINGTON except King County, HAS
TURNED IN ONE SIGNATURE TO HEADQUARTERS!
1t will require gross $4,000 signatures
the certified bona de $4,000 signatures to put Initial
i've before the state legislature January 16
There 100000 jobess alone in Washington waiting
sign Initiative Al Not to mention the labor church and aternal
organizations that willing support workers
insurance in every community.
But employed and unemployed workers must be contacted
with petitions and asked to sign 1t will require effort
ganizaon the
signatures must be gotten!
Here the quotas for each county, printed
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Plans for a
city-wide demonstration of un-
employed for an extra cash
Christmas voucher for all on re-
lief were completed by the Cen
trail District conference Monday
night, South District Tuesday
night and North District confer
ence Wednesday night. Confer
ences were called by the Unem-
ployed Citizens League, Central
Federation.
The city-wide demonstration
planned for December IA at 1890
a. m. will demand of relief heads
in addition to the extra Christ
mas cash voucher, a 30-hour
week at the union scale on all
relief work, steady work and
enactment of the unemployment
insurance bill, Initiative a. The
demonstration will be held at
the old Times Building.
Committees were elected to
present demands of the confer
ence to the local welfare board
in the districts, and to arrange
for the mass demonstration, and
a committee of five nominated
to act Jointly with the UCL Cen
trail Federation committee.
In addition to the demands,
independent committees from To-
cal organizations will visit local
voucher depots presenting the
demands.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Cite Oregon
Journal For
Contempt in
Case

PORTLAND, Dec. 6-Dirk De
Jonge, militant leader of the
unemployed workers in Port
land and well-known member
of the Communist Party, who
was recently convicted and sem
fenced to the Salem penitentiary
for seven years on charges OF
criminal syndicalism, will tour
the northwest with Angelo
Herndon.
Because of vicious editorial
published I'm the Oregon Jour
nal" DeJonge is having the ed
itorial staff of the Journal cited
for contempt of court.
During the time that the jury
was celebrating on the DeJOnge
case, there appeared in the Jour-
nal a vicious editorial against
DeJonge.
Because of the demand of the
workers that the Journal be
forced to answer for making such
an attack upon DeJonge, Judge
Kanzler has notified the jour
nal publishing company that the
editor and editorial staff will be
cited for contempt of court, and
will have to show cause why they
should not be held for contempt
of court because of having pub
lished the editorial against De-
Jonge while DeJonge's case was
in the hands of the jury.
Asks Court for Transcript
DeJonge has filed an affidavit
asking for the court TO furnish
an original and a copy of the
transcript of evidence in his case
so that he may make an appeal
to the State Supreme court.
The appeal, which is being
handled by the International
Labor Defense, will cost in the
neighborhood of $500. If the
State will pay for the transcript
of evidence, the cost of appeal
will be very much less.
However, in the meantime the
defense has filed for a new trial
for De Jonge.
All organizations and individ-
uals should wire Judge Jacob
Kanzler, Portland, demanding
a new trial for DeJOnge, and
further demanding his immedi-
ate and unconditional release.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Raise HDFunds

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-At a party
given by the Georgetown Unem-
ployment Council STA was raised
for the International Labor De-
tense to aid in carrying on the
fight against criminal syndical-
ism and to aid the defendants
now going on trial.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
CCC More Like
Army Every Day

TACOMA, Dec. 6-At the Point
Defiance CCC camp the boys now
have to rise by bugle call and on
Sunday have dress parades in
soldiers uniforms. The boys have
noticed that gradually more and
more things have been initiated
to make the camps more like ar
my posts,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Martin Opens Way
For Wn. Sales Tax

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Feeling out
the possibility of a sales tax,
which he admits will hit the
wage-earner and small farmer
disportionately, Gov. Martin in a
Tuesday evening address over the
radio announced that higher
taxes were necessary as the state
faces the need of raising $4,000
600 in order to maintain a "reas-
enable" educational standard.
Deploring the fact that the
people had not seen fit to pass
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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
CANADA-tJanadian mass o.

CANADA-Canadian mass eff
fort-after 8 years-has won the
release of Tom Buck, railroaded
to prison by the Canadian equiv
alent of the American syndical-
ism laws. He was hailed by T.
600 workers at the Toronto rail-
way station upon his release.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
VETS FOR CIVIL SERVICE

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Dec. 6
The Workers Ex-Servicemen's
League led the fight in the city
here December l to re-
tain civil service.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Demonstrate
Dec. IA! Is
UCL Decision
Mass 1890 am. Friday
To Win Extra Cash
Voucher

An appeal to all unemployed
organizations throughout the
state to unite with the Seattle
Unemployed Citizens League
in demanding an extra Christ
mas cash voucher for all on re-
lief, was issued Monday by the
Central Federation, UCL.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Tbe Seat
tie meeting for Angelo Hern-
don, on tour for the SCOTS
boro-Herndon Defense, will be
at Eagles Hall, Seventh and
Union, Sunday, Dec. %, pm,
the arrangements committee
announces.
Admission will be Csc, unem-
ployed 10c.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07
Gill BetrayS,
Calls Strike
"UnOfficiial''
Seamen Supported By
LOngshOrmen and
Transfers

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-Peter Gill
International Seamen's Union
secretary, through the capital
ist radio and press has an
nounced that the Luckenbach
strike sis unofficial" that the
AL will have nothing to do
with the strike"
Thus Gill plays his role of
strikebreaker and, by con-
demning the strike against
starvation wages, attempts to
bewilder longshoremen and
teamsters solidly backing the
Luckenbach strikers.
Already police have seized
upon ellis statement and de-
clare that "picketing is illegal,
and "pickets at Luckenbach
dock will be arrested"
SEATTLE, Dec. 6 = Striking
with complete cooperation of
longshoremen and teamsters, the
crew of the Robert Luckenbach
walked off the ship Monday in
protest against starvation wages.
The strike was lecided upon
at a meeting called at sea by the
ships rank and file committee,
the men walking off as soon as
the Robert tied up at Lucken-
bach's Pier One.
Picket lines have been estab,
lished. The S. S. Point Chico
crew also struck Monday and in
Is minutes won concessions for
better living conditions.
Transfers Join Move
Longshoremen and teamsteTs
walked off Pier One Immediately
after the strike was called.
The Marine Workers Indust-
rial Union has notified unions
in all ports of the Seattle strike,
asking strike on all Lucken-
bach ships until the starvation
wages now paid are raised to
strikers demands.
The Lewis and Dorothy Luck
enbach crews now in port are ex-
pected to join the walk-out this
week. The Dorothy arrived Mon
day but anchored in the stream,
fearing a walk-out of the entire
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The commonwealth Econ
omic Rehabilitation Act of 1895"
must be exposed throughout
the entire state of Washington.
1t must be defeated at this ses-
sion of the legislature and in its
place, the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill must be
passed.
This can be done only by
building a powerful movement
behind the Unemployment In
surance Congress at Olympia
In January.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-07

REPORT ON THE NATIONAL
LUMBER woRERs' UNION
soHooL-"TRAINcoRP".
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Wido,v of Russian, NObIen,an
Regniins american, Citizenship
Julia Dent Grant Quit
u. s. in 1899 to Wed
Count Speransky.
Lived Through Collapse
of Gear Nicholas I'm.
peridL Court.

Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter
of the former President, yesterday re-
gained the American citizenship she
gave up in 1899 to marry Maj. Gen.
Prince Cantacuzene-Count Speran-
sky, member of the Russian nobility.
Her citizenship was restored in Dis
trict Supreme Court when Mrs. Can
tacuzene appeared before Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat and renounced her
allegienCe to Russia, where she had
lived for many years.
Born in the White House in 1876,
she married Count Speransky at New
port, r. l., in 1899 and went to Rus
sia with him. There, they lived
through the splendor of the court OF
Gar Nicholas and witnessed its COL
lapse during the revolution.
After the World War, she returned
to this country and lived for several
years in Florida. She recently estab-
lished her permanent home at 2029
Connecticut avenue.
A sister of Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant
Sd, Mrs. Cantacuzene, mother of three
children, has written three books.
Revolutionary Days." Russian Peo-
ple' and My Life Here and There u
Evening star., 1934-10-12
LOW-COST HOUSING.
UNITY IS SOUGHT.
Coordination of Work of
Federal Agencies Pro-
posed by NoIen.

A move to coordinate the work of
the Federal agencies which have pro-
posed low-cost housing projects for
Washington was made today by John
Nolen, jr., director of planning for the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Three Official Proposals.
There are now three official pro-
posals for low-cost housing operations
here. One is the alley clearance pro-
gram, under the Capper-Norton act,
to be directed by a board named re-
Gently by President Roosevelt, consist
ing of Arno B. Cammerer, executive
officer of the Park and Planning Com
mission; Col. Horatio B. Hackett,
director of the housing division of the
Public Works Administration, and
Melvin c. Hazen, chairman Of the
Board of District Commissioners.
The second is the low cost housing
program Of the Public Works Admin
iStration, for which sum of Sd, ,300,-
900 is available. The third is the pro-
posal of Commissioner George E. Allen
for building of low cost housing for
families on the District relief, having
two objectives-to provide sanitary
homes for the unemployed and to
stimulate employment here.
Joint Meeting Planned.
Nolen suggested that officials Of
these organizations and limited profit
corporations and others interested in
low cost housing have joint meet
ing some time next week for a general
discussion Of objectives and to deter
mine how the various programs might
be co-ordinated