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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
ush Initiative 4 Signature DriVe.

the first check date viii not see $4,000 names.
And elsewhere in the state-rush In the lists.
In unincorporated towns in the country, where
the registration books have not yet been sent
to Olympia have the signatures certified by the
county clerk first But send them I'M.
The legislature must be forced to act on the
most burning piece OF legislation I'm the State
of Washington, Initiative L.
The necessary $1,000 signatures on the
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill must
be obtained
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
.LaborCOuncil
Hits Ban On
Red Delegate
EVERETT BODY PROTESTS
ACTION OF NEW YORK
BUREAUCRATS

EVERETT, WASH, Dec. 10
Because their delegate, David
Gordon of local lO7, to the New
York Trades and Labor Council
was denied a seat for being a
known Communist, the Paper
Plate and Bag Makers Union of
New York sent letters to Gen.
trail Labor Councils all over the
United States protesting this
move and asking that other I'M
ions support their protest.
Delegate Howett of theEverett
Butchers Union made motion
that this protest be accepted and
acted upon by the local Council,
In spite of opposition put up by
Ed Anderson of the Teamsters
Union and by Kris Sole, socialist
carpenter the motion carried by
a large majority.
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call, printed on page three, today, bears strik-
ing evidence that public opinion can be won
for Initiative 4.
But support must be turned into sigma
tlres
Black and white evidenee-S00 900 signatures
on Initiative pettions-that is the challenge
of today
Seattle has begun to fight. Definite goals
have been set: The 1900 mark by December
IA, the $4,000 mark by December 81; the $1,000
mark by December 2S Progress is checked each
day. Concentration is downtown, for most rapid
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

Grams of Foreign Wars, American
Legion, Spanish-American veter-
ans and GAR.
AZ Years Here, Nonresident
Applying to the relief board
for rent money, he was refused
aid because he was not a resi-.
dent of King County. He has
lived in King County AZ years,
only absent while fighting foI
Continued on Page 4, Col. ~
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This is a challenge.

Ills Is u VIIdHtIIBt.
The drive for signatures to Initiative still
lags. And the drive for signatures must go over!
The Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill is no fly-by-night measure.
1t is the answer to the cries of hungry child
rem. 1t is the way to deeency for thousands of
families now jobless. 1t holsters the shaky life
of the mother who each day expects her man
to say lost my job"
Jobless millions drawing unemployment
insurance paid by employers and government
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gas. His government disability,
allowance was cut off by Roose-
welt July 1, 1893.
JObless, with a wife and two
babies, he is now refused aid in
rent money by the Veterans Re-
lief Board because he had just
been in a CCC camp at Sultan,
Wash.
The Veterans Relief Board
refusing him aid is headed by
Shay, and represents" the Vet
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
HOMELESS FAMILY HUDDLES ROUND
FIRE IN STREET AS XMAS NEARS

THE stockings hung by the chimney with care
In hopes st. Nicholas would be there.
children nestled all snug in their beds
visions of pums danced through their heads
SEATTLE Dec 13-For many children there will be stock
ings hung chimney with and children will be
all their beds with visions of plum but
not the little tots children of many
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
SEAMEN FOIL SELL-OUT
EFFORT OF MISLEADERS,
FORCE RAISE IN WAGES
Seamen Must Prepare
Now To Defend
Gains
FLASH

SEATTLE, Dec. 13-The Luck
enbach strike is wonl
This rank and file victory
was won on two fronts-against
the bosses and over the heads
Of Solander, Furseth, Gill and
Co, reactionary ISU heads. Z
Concessions are, average in
tercoastal wages: for sailors.
$50 per month, firemen $50, pro-
portionate increases in all 9TH
er departments.
Warning against olander's
sell-out of the concessions was
sounded by Walter Stack. ma
rine Workers Industrial Union
organizer, who stated oiander
already has cut the original de-
mands of last summers strike
to $3.50 for able-bodied sea-
men. -.
Ship committees must be set
up Immediately to maintain
these gains, Stack said, and
prepare to force action on the
original demands through un-
tied action January 1.
Crews on Luckenbach ships
not yet in port, and those who
signed on in New York should
demand re-signing here at $50
pending action on original de-
mands, Stack said.
The strike was carried to the
floor of the Central Labor Coun-
Gil Wednesday when a delegate
demanded the ISU officials be
censored for their conduct. An
swering the Boosting of a repre-
sentative of the MFOW, this del
egate stated, "If the officials
had been sincere they would have
been helping to win the strike,
not trying to break it."
n y
SEATTLE, Dec. H. Lucken-
bach crews of the Robert, DOro-
thy, and a portion of the Lewis
deck department, are solid in
the second week of their strike
for better working conditions.
The Jacob Luckenbach crew
is on strike at Tacoma and the
Florence is anchored in the
stream here to prevent the
crews walkout.
Why are rank and file Inter.
national Setmen's Union men,
bers repudiating their official
dom and pressing the strike
with redubled enegry and CO.
operating solidly with the Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union?
Interfering With Negotiations'
/. Peter Gill, ISU local secre-
tary at a meeting of seamen
called in the Fishermen's hall
read a telegram from Victor Oh
ander, ISU Secretary Treasurer
demanding the Lunckenbach
strike be called off because II
was interfering with east coast
negotiations" with the bosses
Rank and file Immediately re
jected Olander's command.
Gill, however, went outside
and announced to waiting sea
men that 'the strike is settled!'
Forty seamen Immediately NOV
ed to Pier One picket lines tt
make sure Gill couldn't arrang'
his sell-out settlement.
2. Tuesday, sixth day OF thu
strike, the ISU local here re
ceived another telegram from
Olander, telling the rank an'
file to return to work "or mel
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DISABLED VET mon RESIDENT TO
RELIEF MOGULS; HERE AZ YEARS

SEATTLE, Dec 12How grateful capitalist government
jobess who onhs fighting in France
Wall Street bankers told at UCL yesterday
exmarine fought in the Argonne, Chateau
Thery Woods St Mhiel He gassed at Chateau
Tey hospital IA days then returned to active duty He
permanently disabled bronchial asthma from poison
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

Elect delegates to National On
employment Insurance Congress.
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Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
GANG HOLDS UP
TWO BANKS

ATCHISON, Kans., March IL.
G.N.S)-A robber gang of four
men held up two banks at the
same time here today and escaped
with loot estimated at approx
mately $4,000, after wounding
chef of police w. c. Linville and
kidnapping several employees of the
banks.
The two banks, the Exchange
National Bank and the Exchange
State Bank, are in the same build
ing.
A Mr.. Iverson, chasier of the
Exchange State Bank, was
severely beaten on the head with
a gun when he resisted the rob-
bers. Chief of Police Linville was
shot five or six times when he
appeared on the scene alone as the
robbers, surrounded by the kid
nape bank employees, were leaving
the bank. The condition of both
Iverson and Linville was said to
be critical.
Mr.. Iverson was herded with six
other bank employees onto the rum
ming boards of the car and the
robbers sped out of town,
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ROGERS
SAYS:

SANTA MICA, CaMp
March 12-EverybOdy cheers
the Presidents air mail move.
1t was q big thing to do. His
next popular move would be 70
say to his legal department.
I'VE said there was fraud, there
was fraud, well get busy and
try somebody, and II guilty.
convict 'em. That's all today
gentlemen"
Most criticism Of the Army
fIier is going to be very unjust
He is taught to fight In the
air. When he fails at that then
criticize. He didn't hire out aS
q pOstman. In fact in modern
warfare they don't correspond
with each other. Our air mail
pilots are the best In the world.
That's why we have tive d.
partmentS in Washington one
for war and one for mail. Both
very efficient. But not at each
others jobs.
p. S. Eddie Rickenbacker
did mighty well for us In Ehe
last war, and he had never de-
Nvered o letter in his life.
Copyright 1894 McNaught Syndicate
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
House Debates
VetBonus Bill;
Passage Due
By International News Service

By International News Service
The House today voted, 313 to
104, to call the 2,400-million-dollar
soldiers bonus cash payment bill
from the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
The vote placed the measure
before the House for debate and
amendment, with the action in
dicating final passage.
Leaders in the long fight for
cash payment of the certificates
held by 3,550,OOO veterans let
loose applause and yellS as the
vote was announced.
With President Roosevelt threat
ening to veto the measure, how
ever, the House action may prove
to be futile. The bill goes to
the Senate, which has twice re-
jected cash payment of the bonus.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
BUILDINGS
SWAY AS
IN GALE
Occupants of Big Structures
Flee to Streets; Shocks
Extend Into Idaho

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,
March 12 (I.N.S.).-Salt Lake
City, the Mormon Capital, was
shaken today by an earth
quake that rocked and cracked
buildings, stopped clock S,
broke chandeliers, and dis
rupted telephone service.
No lives were reported lost and
no injuries were suffered as far
as could be learned an hour after
the shock.
The temblor, lasting for nearly
a minute, drove office workers into
the streets and residents out Of
their homes.
Big Buildings Sway
The epicenter of the temblor
could not be determined here, as
the seismograph at the University
of Utah was not operating.
Old residents said the shock was
the most violent ever recorded
here, to their knowledge.
Telephone service was resumed
about half an hour after the shock
Virtually every large building in
the downtown area swayed and
rocked.
Huge clouds of dust swept
through the streets Immediately
in the wake of the temblor, which
apparently ran from east to west,
I'll the buildings swaying in that
erection.
As in a Gale
Windows and chandeliers could
be heard creaking. Windows in
many homes were shattered. Sew
eral chimpeys were shaken down,
Light poles along the main
streets swayed as if under the
force of a gale.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Abandon Hope, All, Who
Sink In British Subs

"The admiralty have had to
face the facts" he said. There
is no hope Of saving life by sal
wage. and we are convinced our
decision is in the best interests
Of the submarine personnel"
Henceforth, when a submarine
sinks, the admiralty will send only
vessels to rescue those survivors
who reach the surface by availing
themselves Of the escape appa-
ratuS with which an submarines
are to be equipped.
This decision has been reached,
he went on, to prevent crews Of
Sunken submarines exhauSting
themselves while awaiting the ef-
forts Of salvage ships equipped
With diving apparatus.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Former Ball Player
Dies After Car Crash

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March
Seriously injured in a motor
cycle accident Saturday night, Joe
Brophy, of this city, former Blue
Ridge and Eastern Shore League
ball player, died in hospital here
last night.
Mr.. Brophy was returning from
work at Bakerton, near HarperS
Ferry, when his car hit a tree. He
was alone and it was some time be-
fore he was found pinned under
the wreck.
He came to this city in 1918 as a
member of 10 Wards Martins
burgh, Blue Ridge League Club,
and went to Dover in the Eastern
Shore League. Abandoning base
ball later, he returned here and
made his home.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Reports Say Coast
ESCAPED Earth Shock

SAN FRANCISCO, March IL
G.N.SO.-Telephone long dis
tance operators and railroad dis
.patchers said today that their
reports disclosed no earth shocks
on the Pacific coast or in Ne
vada.
The operators said calls indi-
Gated that the Salt Lake quake
was felt severely as far west as
Ida'-o Falls, Idaho.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March
IL GNS0.-A single earth shock
Of great severity was felt here
today shortly after a. m.
Employees of the power plant
located near the river reported
to police headquarters that the
te.nblor was sharp.
Power and communication SER
vices were not interrupted and
no damage was reported elsewhere.
SANTA CLARA, Cal, March
IL Q.N.S0.-Dr. Albert NeWlin,
University of Santa Clara seiS-
nologist, said today that his in
Struments started recording an
earthquake of marked intensity"
at 7:07:5O a. m.
He estimated the distance as
TOO miles from Santa Clara, but
could not be certain of the direc-
ion.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
'SL0p-DOuUn' of Niece
Costs Him IS Fine

The first time Leroy Davis,
colored, 26, of the first block Won
ders Ct. s. W., found his niece,
Matte Mills, of the 400 block First
st. N. w., allegedly rifling his
trousers pocket, he dismissed the
incident with the admonition that
on a second occasion he would
slap her down"
The occasion came yesterday.
In Police Court today, he pleaded
guilty to a charge Of assault,
dramatizing the incident richly.
Judge Isaac r. Hit thought the
show worth S.. Davis paid.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
D. c. FIRM LOSES
BLUE EAGLE

For the first time, Brig. Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson has Cracked
down" on a District business firm
by ordering it to remove it's Blue
Eagle on charges that it violated
the code for it's industry.
The alleged offender, cleaner
and dyer, was notified of the
drastic action by telegram from
the NRA Administrator. The
order gave as it's reason:
"The code authority for the
cleaning and dVeing trade rec
OmmendS removal of your Blue
Eagle for violating the code for
the cleaning and dyeing trade
by selling cleaning and dyeing
services at less than the prices
established for your trade area"
In addition to the loss of its
Blue Eagle, the firm faces prosecu-
ton by the Department Of Justice.
whose agents are now investigat.
ing the case. penalties may in
clude a fine up to $500 for each
day of violation, and imprison.
ment for not more than two years.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12

LONDON, March IL Q.N.SO.
The next time a British subma-
rine sinks the trapped men must
run the risk of shooting to the
surface like torpedoes in the Davis
rescue apparatus, or dying, Sir
Bolton Eyres Monsell, first lord
Of the admiralty, informed the
house Of commons today.
Sir Bolton said the admiralty
will no longer maintain a salvage
organization to rescue them, hav-
ing decided that it is not feasible
to raise Sunken submarines in
time to save human lives.
The admiralty, he continued, Is
fortified in this decision because
it understands that American
naval authorities have reached
the same conclusion. He COM
mented:
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
NEWPOL|Cy.
To INSURE.
SAFETY '
Roosevelt Order Ends Army
Postal Duties; Private
Lines to Get Contracts +
By International News servicg


The Army's gallant effort b
carry the air mail, with obso'
lete equipment and under haz-
ardous weather conditions, was
in a state Of complete suspen-
sion today, while military and
postal officials strove to effect
a new set-up calculated to stop
the loss Of life in operation.
within tho next forty hours, q
is expected q new schedule Of op
erationS will be established
greatly curtailed. but which VIII
reduce to a minimum the risks
which the Army fliers have been
taking for three Weeks-at a loSS
Of ten lives.
ROOSeveIt's Order
Suspension of the service came
on the heels Of President RooSe-
velt's letter to the Secretary Of
War stating that air mail fataA.
ties must stop.
He ordered that air mail ser
vice be curtailed to a point where
there would be maximum safety
in flying the mail.
After wrestling with the prob.
lem for hours, Army Air Corps
officials believed the best method
of meeting the Presidents de.
mand was to completely suspend
for a short period in order to
afford time for re-vamning routes,
selection Of men and material,
and for the establishment Of
other precautions against cont1n-
ued fatalities.
Suspension Made
Orders were flashed by radio
and telegraph to all Army sta
tionS by Brig. Gen. Oscar West
over, who has been in charge Of
air mail flying since the cancel.
lation Of private contracts.
General Westover explained:
1--WE are simply following tl1G
spirit Of the Presidents order
to curtail service down to the
maximum point of safety
When our equipment is redis.
tributed we will resume flying,
probably on IL Of the IS routes
hitherto operated by the Army"
Unpreparedness Seen
There was deep chagrin ap.
parent in Army air circles today
over the situation, but at the
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The Washington times., 1934-03-12
OHIO GOVERNOR
UNDER GUARD

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March IL
G.N.S0.-Governor George White
today was placed under protection
of Ohio National Guardsmen
against any possible attempt on
the part of John Dillinger, notori-
Gus fugitive gangster, to force the
release of his gang members in
Lima by kidnapping the States
chief executive.
The orders, directed to "cover
up" every avenue that might be
taken by the fugitive desperate to
gain the freedom of his gang
members, charged with the first
degree murder Of Sheriff jess Sar-
ber in Lima, were issued by Ad-
jutant Gen. Frank D. Henderson.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Chain Grocery Sales
Increase 81 Per Cent

Dollar sales rose between Janu-
ary and February in grocery chain
store sales but fell in rural areas,
according to reports today by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
Chain store sales were up 6.7
per cent in dollar volume, more
than the ordinary seasonal rate,
and these sales were also Tp 9
per cent as compared with Febru-
ary of last year.
Sales in general merchandise
in small town and rural areas
for February were 43 per cent
better in dollar volume than for
February of last year, and II
per cent higher than for 1892.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
war Gomez" with this state

''Will war Gomez" with this state
ment.
What did the statesman mean
by "a Sarajevo?"
Today on the corner of King
Peter Street, once called Francis
Ferdinand Street, and the quay,
Voevode Stepe Obala, that runs
past the Miljacka River, a bronze
tablet is riveted to the wall above
the window of dusty little
general store.
"At this place Gsvril Princip
proclaimed liberty June %,
1914"
The bronze tablet is inscribed
in Serbian characters.
Twenty years ago a boy who
lacked one month of being 20, sat
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The Washington times., 1934-03-12
NEW AIR MAIL
MEASURES
RAPED
Called "Too IroncIad" BY
Sen. Logan; Space System
Draws Sharp Criticism
BY International News Service

by InCefmaU1OnaR NeWb SOENACe
Administration bills seeking
return of air mail service to
commercial auspices under. a
new competitive set-up drew
marked criticism from men,
bers of Senate and House
Postoffice Committees today,
with Postoffice Department
officials defending the bills
provisions.
Senator Logan CD Of Ken
lucky criticised the measures as
:stOa isex clad',y and. advocated lib
eralization to provide for the sale
or transfer Of air mail contracts,
subject to the approval Of the
Postmaster General or the PreSi-
dent"
Demands Are Met
Senator McKellar CD of Ten
nessee pointed out, however, that
the bills were not intended to bar
from future bidding all companies
whose contracts were revoked, but
were so drawn "that the COM
panieS can purge themselves"
Unqualified endorsement was re-
corded before the Senate commit
tee by First Assistant Postmaster
General w. w. Howes, who said
the measures meet specific recon-
mendations of President Roose-
velt.
Defending the limitation on
extensions without competitive
bids, Mr.. HoWes said:
1--WE want to prevent the prac-
tice under which air mail con-
tractors in the past received one
extension, and then another,
and spread out over the cOnti-
nent without competitive bids"
Space Plan Raped
Senator Logan attacked the
provision that any company as
Serting a claim for damages grow
ing out of the cancellation order
should be barred from future
bidding.
Mr.. Howes asserted that by turn
ing the air mail over to I. c. c.
jurisdiction at the end of four
years, the services would be lifted
above the lobbying and pressure
now exerted on the Postoffice De-
partment."
The House Committee battle
centered on the proposed restora-
ton of contracts with payment
based on specific cubic feeet OF
space in planes. This plan, said
G. A. Cjsler, Postoffice Depart
ment rate expert, would be less
expensive, with the various planes
carrying maximum poundage to
be computed on a monthly aver
age.
Attacking the proposal, Repre-
sentative Kelly (R0 of Pennsyl-
vania declared it would mean a
return of all the old air mail evils.
Chairman Mead (D0 OF New
York also opposed the space con-
tract system, urging a fixed rate
for the fixed poundage carried.
He said:
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
AIR PROBE GETS
SECRET DATA
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Tnforno % fin1ooI Naws SorvicN
By International News Service


Richard Whitney, president Of
the New York Stock Exchange,
today swamped the Senate Bank
ing Committee with secret rec
ords of the worlds biggest market
place.
Mr.. Whitney produced a list of
more than 5000 persons who
traded in stock of the United
Aircraft and Transport Corpora
ton from December / until Feb
ruary 9, the date when Post
master General James A. Farley
Cancelled the air mail contracts.
He also submitted copies of re-
ports Of the exchange treasurer,
which have not been distributed
to members, and minutes of the
meetings of important committees.
Ferdinand Pecora, committee
counsel, will make a detailed
probe Of all data produced.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
CAUCUS TODAY.
ON PAY BILL

Cracking whip over the heads
of House Democrats who were alb
sent from last Thursdays caucus,
majority party members are hope
full Of accomplishing late today, at
a. second caucus, what they failed
to do last week.
They hope to bind Democratic
members of the House to a vote
which will send the independent
offices supply bill carrying pay
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Tariff Amendment
To Guarantee PGCtS
BY International News Service

by InCernat1OMaI News Service
An amendment to the Admin
iStration's bargaining bill to pre-
vent Congress from upsetting pres
identical trade agreements by pass
age of a tariff measure, was pro-
posed to the House Ways and
Means Committee today by As
siStant Secretary of State Francis
B. Sayre.
The amendment would permit
the President to guarantee, during
the life of a three-year trade
agreement with a foreign nation,
that existing tariff duties would
not be disturbed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
High Court Frees
Dru LaW ViOLatOrS
By International News Service

The Supreme Court today ruled
that Chief of Police Frank Massey,
Of Muncie, Ind, and all other per-
sons convicted Of violating the
prohibition act, who had petitioned
the high court for review at the
time of repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment, are entitled to their
freedom.
Chief Massey, appealing his con-
viction, based his case on the
courts decision in the Chambers
North Carolina case. in which it
held that repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment ended prosecutions
under the VolStead act.
The Washington times., 1934-03-12
Copper Code Faces
Attack at Hearing

Attacking the proposed code for
the copper industry, six Demo
cratic members of Congress pro-
tested against the wage provisions
when Deputy Administrator H. o.
King opened hearings today.
The members were Senators
Ashurst and Hayden and Repre-
sentative Isabella Greenway, all
Democrats of Arizona, and Repre-
Sentatives Murdock, Utah; Mona
CHAN, Montana, and Lewis, Colo
RADIO. The speakers, asked a code,
"more fair to workers and less
biased in favor Of mine owners" !"