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Evening star., 1934-12-04
King Georges Son
Forced by Fireman
To Do1se Cigarette
Australian Chief UphOlds
Employe in Telling
Duke of Ban.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOOWOMBA, Queensland, Decem-
Der 4-This city's most distinguished
guest in many years, the Duke Of
Gloucester, learned last night about
an Australian regulation forbidding
smoking in public buildings.
A fireman on duty at citizens ball
at the city show grounds asked
King Georges third son to douse his
cigarette.
Toowomba's mayor hastily apollo
gized and ordered the fireman to leave
the building. But the fire chief STEP
ped in and said his man was only doing
his duty. The duke, who is in Aus
tralia on a good will tour, meanwhile
had stopped smoking.
Evening star., 1934-12-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Meeting, Civil Service Reinstate-
ment League, conSiders ton OF recon-
mendationS for constitution and by
laws, Thomson School, Twelfth and
L streets, 8 pm.
Card party, benefit Ladies Auxil-
larry, Rainbow Division Of Veterans,
Willard Hotel, pm.
Annual meeting, Mems Guild of
st. Luke'S P. E. Church, parish hall,
Fifteenth and Church streets, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Banquet, Kinear Class of Young
Men of Calvary Baptist Church, La
Fayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Bingo party, benefit Oak Grove
Woodmen Circle, 1865 P street, pm
Bingo party, benefit Ladies Auxu-
iary, District of Columbia Fire De-
partment, Q street northwest, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1934-12-04

$250,000 to Clear Slums.
Richmond, England, will spend
s250,000 in clearing its slums
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
WOMAN'S WORLD

Pointing out the contrast be-
tween "Medicinc and Hygiene in
Soviet Russia and the United
States, Dr. Luttinger recently
published an analysis based on
a report Of the Committee on
he cost of Medical Care. This
report was recently published
following five year study of
health conditions in the United
states.
The Analysis points out the
following shortcomings in the
health service provided in this
country:
1 Uneven distribution in the
costs of medical care among fam
lilies.
This has almost totally disap-
medical care, for at least
four ltfthS of the population,
are borne by the government.
And even the sO-caIled deprived
classes" depend on the same Off
Cial system of medical care as
that given to the manual work
CrS and peasants.
2 Acute shortage of physi.
clans in hospitals in certain rural
areas of the United States.
This shortage is getting less and
less in the USSR; while the
rural parts in this country are
being deprived more and more
of medical attention, owing to
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member the golden rule"
"Crisake!" Jim Wall said,
don't they feed yuh at all?
| amt no millionaire
Better spend your money
buddy. When the judge gets
through with yuh yuh won't
have none"
Bring us some sandwiches,
Jim Wall said. bring lots of
coffee"
And sugah don't forget sugah
on puhpus," the white bearded
man said.
"A tabOy." said the Negro,
"yOus alright. You is learnin. "
q amt stingy," Jim Wall said
slowly Il don't want you fellas
just because | raised a squack
to think I'm stingy."
'COhs not. Deys bin times
Aida passed a man by, me wild
money an him hOngry."
Its amt that" Jim Wall said,
Money amt muffin when yuh
got a job. Now | amt got nc
job"
white man." the negro stuck
a pose, I'VE is brothers under
de skin"
To be continued
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Workers. Friend

"The Seattle Star" the Voice of Actions
union pressman overheard lOngshOreman say,
lis theOnly paper that has given us break"
Our pressman wasn't sore, he just thought it
was funny for anyone to still believe the Stars
false labor front Since the printers were
locked out and the Star brought in scabs.
printed lying front page editorials against the
men, acted rotten the Times or P-I, men
in his trade have taken it for granted people
understood the role of the Star.
land good many do. Star circulation has
dropped tremendously ever since the lockout
Last weeks Voice of Action was off the press
Thursday morning 1t contained the most sen.
SatiOnal news obtained since the lOngShOrCmen's
strike began the phOtOstatc copies of WarSh-
al and Sons invoices proving purchase of arms
and tear gas by the Seattle Chamber of Comm
cree.
Thursday black sedan tore down the Seat lie
waterfront spewing tear gas, throwing bombs OF
it at pickets, into the LA hall. No one with a
grain of sense can question the source of that
tear gas. Take look at those invoices, print
ed again this week at the request of hundreds
of readers
Yet the Seattle Star, in its final edition Thurs
day afternoon, started off its waterfront story
with: The gassing probably done by
radicals trying to start trouble"
ThuSdid the Star drive deep its knife into the
back of the working class.
The Star is a capitalist paper. Like all such
it exists, not to give accurate reports of news
but a propaganda agency of the capitalist
class Labor pretenses make the Star more
dangerous than the average That's why We
take special note of lies like the one printed
above point out how the Star gives workers Z
break"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
History Of The National
Lumber Workers Union
BY JAMES MURPHY

Weavers capitulated before
terrorism, thus deserving their
NLWU to lead these workers in
their fight for a living wage.
Fight Terror
The single mill owners con-
centrated their efforts in Moe
lips, Washington, the most diff
cult of all the mills to picket.
In an attempt to break the
strike, the operators imported
Association gun thugs who en-
plOyed tear gas among other
forms of brutality. All of this
was militantly resisted. At the
same time, the AL leadership
was ignoring the strike, the
IWW leadership was trying to
disrupt the strike by creating
antagOnisms among the work
eTs against the NLWU.
This struggle was the first
real fight put up during this
period against the lumber OPP
orators. The lumber workers
throughout the entire industry
had their eyes on MOclipS, watch
ing a new union in action. The
NLW u gained considerable
membership. Lumber operators
elsewhere hesitated q little be
fore reducing the workers
employed workers began to Or
ganize against starvation relief.
Major struggles, such as those
in Clear Lake, AnacOrtes and
led by the NLWU.
Demand Unemployment ms.
Out OF these struggles, the
union gained rich experiences.
and confirmed the correctness
which had been devised. An
intensive campaign for member
ship was launched with the pros
pcCt of calling the first National
Convention in September 1881.
Due to the huge increase in
unemployment, the union or.
ganiZcrs had become involved
in organizing the unemployed
and fighting for unemployment
and social insurance. The ind
ustry had declined approximate
iy s. percent leaving the bulk
of the lumber workers without
jobs. During the preceding 3
years wages in the lumber in
dustries had been slaShed 80 to
IS percent. Only these struggles
developed and led by the
NLWU served ii keep wages at
even this level.
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he Must Not Hdng!

Standing alone in the klamath Falls court.
room where he was first railrOaded, Theodore
Jordan last Tuesday fought for "a postpone
ment of re-senteneing until he could be rep
resented by defense counsel. 1t was denied.
Standing alone before the bOss-OWned judge
and prosecutor, knowing that Irwin Goodman
International Labor Defense attorney, was on
the road from Portland to defend him, Jordan
heard for the second time the lynch verdict
of death by hanging
And So quietly, stealthiy, lynch judge and
prosecutor strip one more right from the work
ers, take one more step along the fascist road.
Why all the secrecy? Why must Jordan be
rushed from Salem to klamath Falls and back
without any notification being given to the de-
Tense?
The answer is clear. Because Theodore JOr-
dan does NOT stand alone. And the bosses
of klamath False feared the workers protest
If their plans became known.
Says the Associated Press dispatch from
Klamath Falls, Jordan's hearing was. "con
Quoted without advance notice. 1t was gem
orally feared there might be a demonstration
in the Negroes favor
No, not might be-" Mr. A. p. Reporter 1t
was the demonstration they knew WOULD
be held in JOrdans support that the bosses
feared.
And so Jordan standing alone heard the
court order him to die by hanging August
first.
August First International day of struggle
against wars and tascism!.
The more and more open fascist policy Of
the bosses stands clearly exposed And now
the sentence passed on Jordan. to hang Au-
gust First. throws the challenge directly at
the anti-fascist forces the workers of tho
Northwest. The workers must answer this
challenge. They must demand the freedom
Theodore Jordan.
Upon two representatives of the master class
the workers must center their redoubled efforts
to save Jordan.
Send letters, resolutions and kilograms of
protest to Governor Meier, State House. Salem,
Oregon and to John Pies, YeOn Bldg. Port
land Oregon. Demand the unconditional safe
release of Theodore Jordan.
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the fact that physicians living
in the large cities refuse to
practice in the small towns and
villages, where there is no ade-
quate financial return for
their services.
3 General shortage of conva-
lescent facilities. As far as the
average worker is concerned, we
may state without contradiction
that there are no cOnvalescent
facilities whatsoever. In Russia
The rest homes and sanitaria for
workers are the admiration of
all visitors. The entire Crimea
as well as the Caucasus, is fast
becoming a paradise for work
ars who are cOnvalesing from
disease or who have been sent
down as a prOphylactic measure
against contracting any bodily
or mental ailment.
4 General shortage of dentists
to meet the real need of the
people.
In the USSR the number of
dentists, like that of physi
clans and other medical work
ers is growing rapidly; although
owing to the vastness of the
USSR it will take some time be-
fore every hamlet in European
and Asiatic Russia will have its
physician and dentist.
ITO Be Continued
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
The Red Flag

CTunc, Maryland. My Maryland
!.
The workers flag is deepest
red.
1t shrOuded oft our martyr'd
dead.
And ere their limbs grew stiff
and cold,
Their hearts blood dyed its
cv'ry fold.
Chorus:
Then raise the scarlet stand
ard high!
Beneath its folds well live
and die
Though towards finch and
traitors sheer,
Wen keep the Red Flag
flying here.
Look round, the Frenchman
loves its blaze,
The sturdy German chants its
praise;
In MOscOw'S halls its hymns are
sung,
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window in the street. A mans
voice said, no honey, ! can't
wait" 1t was a man and woman
walking outside. The man talked
and the woman listened and in
the dollhouse jim Wall listened,
hoping the woman would speak.
What the man said lie heard but
the woman said nothing and the
footsteps passed.
Next cell"
Aye"
What they give yuh for blind
riding hereabOuts?"
But there was no answer. The
man grunted. That was all.
"Jeez," Jim Wall said, its
dark in here"
Then he slept.
When he aWOke the white
bearded man was calling, hey,
turnkey yuh bedsmellin sOnof-
yuh mother, how about some
breakfast" and the murderer
sat on the floor staring, his eye,
lids half down on his eyes. A
man in the next cell yawned Low,
Iingly and another man called
l"let us out. Let us out" There
were no toilets in the cell and he
called, "let us out" Through the
barred windows fell a heavy
column of sunlight shot with
dust.
Now the turnkey came in
opening the cells, letting the
men into the bull pen and they
stood in line before the toilet
waiting turn and watching eacf
other. They all came out but
the murderer.
Now the men walked up anC
down five steps and turned fol
exercise and sat and talked Of
read scribbling on the wall. One
such dated Sunday, 1882 sale
When do we eat. Jim Wal
took off his belt anc with thu
metal buckle began to cut hi
name. The turnkey came iI
and said, ANY orders?" and tn,
white bearded man said, Yeah
breakfast" The turnkey said
You got money comin?" anC
Jim Wall said loudly, Il go
money The prisoners crowet
around him and a Negro said
Il amt ct fuh two days. "and TIN
white bearded man said, re
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Soviet Picture Billed

his likeness to the original.
Elisei ChervOntzev is the real
Segeyev, a tall broad Shout
dered man with tOusled hair
and broad smile. He was the
organizer of the educational eX
pertinent shown in the picture,
by which thousands of Wild
Boys have since been reclaimed
from d life of crime.
ChervOntZOv was the child of
poor people and grew up in a
Moscow slum. At an early age
he was familiar with the petty
criminal world, its code of be-
haviOr, and its peculiar jargOn.
After the war he worked with
the Moscow police in rounding
up the savage children who
had been left homeless during
the war and famine, and in
1928 began the "Children's Col
lectlve." His first rule was that
no child need stay at the new
school unless he wanted to. He
abolished the prison bars, and
although his charges were al
most animal-like in their wild.
ness, put them on an honor
system. 1t worked. for the chill
dren regarded Chervontzev al.
most as one of themselves. His
fame spread through the I'M
derworld, and Wild Boys came
to the Collective or their own
free will.
In making the picture Road
to Life" the directors not only
used the real Wild Boys and
the real school, but wrote their
story around actual incidents.
1t is in every respect true to
the actual facts.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Heroes of American Labor
Shadows Of The Occur d. AleneS

stallatiOn of the machines, but
many skillful miners were not
physically capable of handling
one of the big sluggers. No
them; they were put to RUM
ing ears, shOveling ore, or rOust-
about work at lower wages
There was no means of escape
from tile gigantic force that
was relentlessly crushing all of
them beneath its cruel heel
strike was their only weapon
Bosses Property Blown Up
On April 20, 1899, the miners
held gigantic demonstration
at WardneT, AS part of the
demonstration the huge Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill was blown
up. ripped and smashed,
mass of twisted steel, iron and
splintered timbers. The miners,
continued Bill Haywood, had
released their pent-up resent
ment. There may have been
some who regretted the destruc-
ton of that which workers had
built. but the cOnStraint of the
entire population was for the
time-being relieved"
Without inquiry or inveSti-
CATION the troops were again
rushed to the Occur dAlenes.
Twelve HUNDRED were impriSOn-
ed, hundreds being held for
months in the bull pen" Il
structure not fit to pen cattle in.
Corcoran Is Victim
\ scab by the name of Cheyne
had been killed and elaborate
court proceedings were institute
ed. Hawley, the capitalist law
yer who helped in the prOSecu-
tionS. brazenly writes in his his
tory: The men whose guilt
could easily be proved were
comparatively unknown MEM
bers of the union, and their
cOnvictiOn meant little, so far
as the future of the Occur d
Alenes was concerned" 1t was
determined that Paul COrCOran,
the secretary of the Burke
Union, met the requirements
and that if convicted upon the
charge of murdeT- it would
mean more for the future Ordc
ly conduct of affairs in the COuer
GAlene section and would do
more to prevent future crimes
and disturbances than the con-
victiOn of any other man against
whom an indictment was found"
COrcOran was duly convicted
and served in Boise penitentiary
until 1901 when he was pardon
ed by new Governor, much to
the dissatisfaction of the mine
owners and their capitalist
henchman Hawley.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
PaDer's Life Blood

News: accurate working class news; tow-
ing from hundreds of reporters III the FACTOR
les oil the fishing boats, in the unemployed
organizations news is the life blood OF
the Voice OF Action.
Claude Speer organizer of the Relief work
ers Protective Association in Skagit county,
drfted into town last week end; mentioned
some of the folks up that way wondered why
there was 90 little in the paper from Ana
cortes.
The answer was Supplements blood runs
in the Skagit County news vein.
Speer mentioned six events of Importance
and real interest to every worker in the North
west-things that had happened within the
past couple OF weeks and not one OF them had
been reported to the Voice of Action!
Here they are
Hundreds OF Skagit County farmers are being
recruited to smash the longshoremen's strike,
to scab on Pier 49, Seattle. They are told the
strike is nothing more than fight OF the
AFofL against the Dairymens Association They
gign up to load only their own produce. Once
on the job, that will mean general cargo.
Anacortes lumber mills are closed down.
Bosses tell the men the strike did it. Lists
are taken around and the men told that If
they ever want the mill to open again, ever
want their jobs back, they can sign for scab
duty.
Joint picketing committee of the RWPA
and lila patrol the AnacorGes WdIerIoht' Inc
city is divided up with picket captains in
charge of each section. In few ports is their
such solidarity between unemployed and
strikers.
Avice Mellott one OF the best know and
best liked women in the working class move
ment in Anacortes. has been in the Northern
State Hospital for two weeks. She went there
voluntarily because it was the only public
hospital available. Once in. the authorities
tried to make out she a mental case, in
sane, and it was job getting her out.
Anacortes has without question, one of the
best unemployed organizations in the North
west. The RWPA has active attendance of
60 to 100 at each weekly meeting At least one
signed up Is new members during a demon
stration in the relief station. Speer sat down
in the place with a board over his knees and
wrote out the cards while the chairman
rounded up the applicants. Such experiences
in unemployed work would be of immeasur-
able value to the active workers in sick UCL
locals.
Finally Speer himself has been chosen by
the Communist Party to for the State
Senate. other candidates have been picked
Every one OF those six items deserves front
page space. They are the sort Of red vital
life blood that will make the Voice of Action
news carrier and organizer of the first wa
ter.
In an effort to correct such shameful self
suppression of working class news, the Voice
of Action has announced Correspondence
School" A corps of trained reporters will do
wonders improving the news and editorial con-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

In 1899 Big Bill Haywood
went from Silver City, Idaho to
Salt Lake City to attend a con-
vention of the Western Miners
Federation. There he writes,
e found the shadow OF Occur
d'Alenes pervading the cOnven-
ton. The delegates could
think or talk of little else.
Twelve hundred members were
in prison, nine of them indicted
for murder. women and children
were living under the dark men
ace of martial law The legisla-
ture, the courts, and the army
were against US. Must wages
and hours and conditions under
which we live and work always
be subject to the will and Whlm
of the boss?"
Writing of exactly the same
condition in the Occur dAlenes
James Hawley, capitalist law
yer, said, The power OF the
state to protect its citizens and
industries had been fully demon,
strated. The Occur dAlene
mining district had been rend-
cred safe for the conduct of min
ing industries and work in the
mines had been fully resumed.
Good feeling had been restored
and has continued"
Lowering Wages
Trouble began in 1872. on
July II of hat year (the very
day the militia arrived at
Homestead, Prnnsylvan a 10
break the steel StrikeD a pitched
battle was fought between the
organized miners ut Gem, Idaho
and the scabS in which six men
were killed and one large quartz
mill was destroyed by an eX-
ploSi0n. The miners were strik'
ing because the mine operators
had gone on wage cutting
spree which only organized re-
siStancc could check. The fight
ing spread to Kellogg and in
great haste the Governor de-
clarcd martial law and rushed
in both state militia and fed
eral troops. Tn e III inc RS
strength was broken, but the
grievances continued and the
trouble SmOuldercd along until
it famed anew in 1899, at the
same Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Company mill near Kellogg.
Says Bill Haywood, The
mines paying $3.50 a day had
posted notices that they would
reduce wages. The miners de,
termincd that this should not
happen When the power mills
were introduced the work OF
the miners was changed. The
men did not object to the in
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Reprinted from Left Front
PART II

Now the murderer stared at
him, lips moving like worms
around his yellow teeth. Now he
stopped from screaming, crouch
ing down moaning from the
moonlight. When hr spoke, his
voice cracked with the heavy
fear in him. DO you figuh they'll
buhn me?" he whispered -.
"Will they. e"
shut upl Nuh pOpeyed loon"
some one shouted, Il want to
Sleep
ME too! Shut up foh All tie
a strait jacket roun' yoh ribs"
Don't mind him, boys" the
white bearded man said, cause
he killed his own brother"
Now the moon lifting higher
than the window grew darkness.
A man snored. Now the breeze
changing came through the
sliced window Odors heavy as
lead, sWampstink from up the
railroad tracks and ham and
eggs FROM an all night rest
aurant. The murderer slept. The
white-bearded man slept. Jim
Wall rolled a cigarette.
Hey, next cell" he called
softly.
AYE"
Got a match?"
'-Sho. got smokin'?"
yeah"
Catch"
He reached through the bars
for the match. Then he threw
his tobacco pouch sideways
front on the next cell.
The murderer stirred when he
struck the match. He cupped
the glow and lit the cigarette.
Next cell, he called.
Aye"
what time is it,"
you going somewhere"
When does the judge get
here?"
All don't give a damn"
what time is it?"
you amt going nowhere
What you care?"
Now came footsteps outside tn,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

A new Soviet picture has been
announced for Northwest tour
to benefit the Communist cleo
ton campaign. 1t is Road to
Life" one of the best ever pro-
duced in the U.S.S.R. Drama
tically the film describes Rus
sia's handling of her homeless
youth.
The winning character of Ser
geyev, the man who tames the
Wild Boys in the RussiOn talk
ing picture Road to Life" is
founded on a real person, and
the noted actor BatalOv was
chosen for the role because of
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where political prisoners are in
generated. Delegations visited
the proper authorities demand
ing their immediate release.
Special delegations also attempt
ed to visit the prisoners them
selves.
One of the chief demands
made of prison officials, prison
commissions, governors, etc, was