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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

tiOn in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept,
1929. An appeal was sent to the
lumber workers in Seattle who
responded by calling u rank and
file conference. After hearing
on the objective of de-
strengthening a program for a
new militant industrial union
for the lumber workers. these
Seattle workers eagerly elected
delegates to this national con-
ventiOn 4 new vital program
at this time since the bottom
had just dropped out of the
stock market and production
was beginning to decline rapid
~. throwing millions Of workers
out of jobs.
Adopt Sc Basic Demand
At the Cleveland convention
a provisional national committee
was organized by the TUUL
This committee came back to
Seattle and reported to another
program devised. A minimum
wage of six dollars a day, with
double time for overtime. fol
all the workers in the industry,
was the general wage demand
raised. The TUUL aimed to
organize all forest workers, and
all workers in saw mills, single
mills, veneer plants, cOrdwOOd
and pulpWOOd and logging
camps, into one great industrial
union. The provisional comm
ittee was brOadened at the con-
ference and instructed to print
Organi2atiOnal material and to
get under way Immediately.
The committee set to work en-
Enthusiastically.
As the depression deepened.
the lumber operators began to
slash wages, lay off their crews
and intensity the speed-up in
order to retain their profits at
the expense of the workers dur
ing the crisis. The lumber
workers remaining in the mills
and camps had learned by past
experience that only strike ac-
ton in the hands of the rank and
file could force these lumber
operators to grant any con
ceSSiOnS.
Win Aberdeen Strike
Militant workers in the Aber-
deem Packing Company request
ed the newly created National
Lumber Workers Union to send
them an organizer. After hear
ing the program of this union
these workers organized their
Demands Committee who pre-,
scented to the boss their demand
for the resembling of a twenty
percent wage cut. When this
was refused, the workers struck
After several days, during which
the bosses discovered that they
could not buy out the union
the demand was conceded.
The following SUMMER a
strike was called by the Inter
national Single Weaver s
Union, craft union, against
the wage cuts being put into
effect in the single industry.
The NLWU Immediately went
into the field offering support,
which was accepted. After 3
months of intensified struggle
the leadership OF the Shingle
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

Seattle Swells it's surging
thrOng.
1t waved above our infant
might
When all ahead seemed dark
as night.
1t witnessed many a deed and
We must not change its color
1t suits today the weak and
Whose minds are fixed on pclf
and place
TO cringe beneath the rich
mans frOWn
And haul the sacred emblem
down.
V.
With heads uncovered swear
we all
TO bare it onward till we
fall;
Come dungeons dark or gal
lows grim
This song shall be our parting
hymn.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

Improvement of
working co II d l.
tfOns, reduction
Of hours, d
Ii ighcr wages.
r. he II L L Il
eager to un t g
all workers in a
common pro e
ram of struggle
against t h cir
bosses, called a
national COnVen
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Towards A New Union

IOWdIuS n NO" SSA
The earlier unions ended in
decentralization. Through failure
the lumber workers realized the
incOrrectness of the policies
they had been subscribing to-.
At this time, a new trade union
organization. with IA program of
industrial uniOnism and cen
tralized leadership, was being
bornI This was the Trade
Union Unity League, central
national organization of mill
tant industrial unions fighting
on the basis of uncOmprOmising
struggle against the Industrial
lists and their agents, uncOmpro-
missing demands for immediate
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

tent of the paper In addition to the indl-
viduals who respond organizations should Sc
lect members to sign up for the course or set
aside special fund to assist members who
want to enroll but are short of the small fee
charged,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Ccntrulia, Wa

Dear Editor:
Some criticism.
Issue June -, first page right
hand column, Cuntrulia.
We don't like it that you have
called these vicious snraking
hated welfare shoppers by the
name of Home Visitors. If the
correspondent ever wrote such Il
name, he apologies to the work
erS.
And again in the same article
the term or phrase Relief
Workers Car" is used.
When a sneaking hated vicious
snOOper comes around at ten
o'clock at night, we lose further
respect and don't call them Re
lief Workers Car. That term
sounds too much like Relief
Workers Protective Association
and the RWPA is respected
around here by the workers.
We object to these terms
Please find some others.
Worker Correspondent
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
9 Years OF The international Labor Defense

recognition of the status Of poll
teal prisoners and the granting
of special privileges to them as
such.
Won Many Cases
During the nine years Of its CX-
istence, the lid has handled
more than 25,0OO cases. Only
comparatively few of these have
gained national prominence like
the SaccO and VanZetti, GaStOnia,
Imperial Valley, ScOttsbOrO, and
HerndOn cases. But thousands
of American workers, Negro and
white, walk the streets free to-
day because of the activities of
the LID in their behalf.
Enforced Constitution
The LID throughout its nine
years of work has conducted a
relentless campaign againS t
lynchings and every form of jim
crow and oppression of Negro
people. 1t has fought for the
enforcement of their cOnstitu-
tional rights under the 18th, 18th
and 18th amendments and it has
succeeded in winning the en-
fOrcement of one of these rights,
the right for Negroes to sit OH
Ijuries in Georgia, Maryland,
Tennessee and Virginia, states
where this procedure was I'M
heard of in the memory of any
living citizen.
Among other outstanding cam
paigns in which the LID has par
tiCipated that achieved national
and international Importance
have been the Atlanta Six case in
Georgia where six young work
ers, four white and two Negro
were prosecuted because they
were attempting to organize
Negro and white unemployed to
struggle together for relief and
are facing a death sentence under
the slave law of 1861 which the
state of Georgia now holds over
the head of Angelo HcrndOn
and all others who will attempt
to organize workers to demand
their rights.
Joins I r A
The LID has grown since its
formation in 1925 from small
membership organized into 80
branches to an organization Of
members organized into 800
branches in every state in the
country except Nevada. 1t has
since that time become part Of
the worldwide defense Organi-
cation, the international Red
Aid, with sections in 20 countries
and membership of over $4,000,
900. 1t was through the agcn-
cies of this organization that the
GastOnia, Mooney, ScOttsbOrO,
and Atlanta Six cases were given
international protest actions or
ganized.
Defends Thaelmann
The LID is the leader in the
United States, as the Interna-
tional Red Aid is throughout the
world, of the tremendous defense
campaigns carried on to force
the freedom of Ernst Thaelmann.
leader of the Communist Party
OF Germany, whom the NaZis
have announced they intend to
try and then hang; for the
freedom of 100000 anti-fascists in
Hitler's jails and concentration
camps; the world campaign last
year which forced the acquittal
of Dimitroff and three other
Communists in the German
Reichstag fire trial; and scores
of defense campaigns of inter.
national character against Ease.
ism, terror, and imperialist Cd.
preston.
Pacific Northwest LID head.
, Quarters are 300 Lyon Building,
Seattle.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
MORE THAN $4,000 CASES
HANDLED
Many Have Gained National
And International Importance

NEW YORK The Interna-
tiOnal Labor Defense celebrated
its ninth anniversary on June %,
1894. The day was observed by
d e III on stra tiOns before jails
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Correspondence
Aberdeen, Wn


Dear Editor:
On going out to sell my papers
last week l kept hoping that
none of my customers would
look down into the "Womens
Corner | was worried about
those meals. Was the Voice OF
Action becoming bourgeois
minded? Trying to put up a
false front? Why waste the
time we should spend at the wei
fare set-up Raging them for
larger vouchers, in trying to dis
.guise a little bit of second class
food to look like a French menu.
Even Anna Roosevelt Dali in
one of her numerous articles
written for the wives of workers,
takes it for granted, when tell,
ing us how to make a meat pie,
that we have the remains of Il
roast in the ice chest, left over
from dinner the evening before.
She tells us plainly not to throw
it away but to use it in said
meat pie along with many hard
boiled eggs, mushrooms, can
of chicken and various other
items.
So if she's not all dated up,
how about getting her to write
for our WOmen's Corner? | like
her menus better.
OF course we may be Obliged to
go out and raid a "Safeway' or
Piggy Wiggly- but her dad
promised us a new deal. Let :
have il.
\ Worker
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Contest News

here? Send it in too.
Sixteen organizations through
out the district are electing or
appointing women who will
act as judges. They will be an
nnounced in next weeks pa
per.
Win the six months SUBJ
scriptiOn to the Voice of Ac-
ton.
Send in your choice now.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

Have you sent in YOUR
name for he WOmen's Column.
Fill in the blank at the bot
tom of this column and sent
it i'm now. Get your neighbOrs
to include their suggestions
with yours.
Have you any suggestions
for the material to go in the
column? Or have you an ar.
tiele that you think should go
The Name l suggest--------
Address -----------------
Name -------------------
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

News; accurate working class news; low
ing from hundreds of reporters III the FACTOR
les on tho fishing boats in the unemployed
organizations news is the life blood OF
the Voice OF Action.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02

Church and Sunday School LII
combined service, 1000 to ll:l5 a. m
REV. H. A. MOVES,
Pastor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02
NEW RULING FOR
DAM EMPLOYMENT

Good news for the many unemployed
Of the state Is seen in the announce
ment made this week by Governor
Martin that recruiting Of labor on the
wide basis has been authorized by the
Grand Coulee Dam project on state
federal public works administration.
Since the beginning of work on the
project last winter, many men who
have tried to obtain work at the dam
have been turned down because I'M
der the regulations in force, labor Tor
the project had to be drawn from
residents of counties In the immediate
vicinity Of the dam.
Under the new ruling all persons who
are bona fide residents Of the state OF
Washington will be eligible for employ
ment at Grand Coulee.
The ruling was made following a
plea by Governor Martin that the ma
tional unemployment service regulation
classifying the dam as a local employ
ment project primarily be revised to
permit employment on statewide
basis, and thus relieve to greater ex-
tent the unemployment conditions m
other counties Of the state.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02


from heat to individuals, but did little
to aid the drouth stricken farmers OF
the region.
Low humidities and high tempera-
lures have greatly increased the fire
hazard in our northwestern forests and
fires have been reported in many areas.
Fifteen thousand acres of timber land
in the Colville national forest have
been destroyed despite efforts OF 600
fire fighters. Several thousand fight
ers are working feverishly to conquer
a blaze, once thought under control,
in the Kootenay district OF southern
British Columbia. A high wind has
whipped the blaze into renewed life
Two separate fires are raging IN the
Bonners Ferry region. 1t is reported
that over 1900 men are battling flames
in western Montana and northern Ida
no. CCC workers throughout Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana
are being held In readiness or are al
ready engaged in fire fighting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SALE OF STATE LANDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
on Tuesday, the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1884, commencing at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon of said day, in front
of the main entrance door to the
County Court House in the city OF
Prosser, county of Benton, State OF
Washington, by the County Auditor OF
said county, the following described
state lands, together with the improve
ments situated thereon, will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder
therefor, to-wit:
(NOTE-No one except citizens OF
the United States, or persons VINO
have declared their intention to be-
come such, can purchase state landSo
Application No. 14477
All that part of lots 81, So and
SO, lying north of the right OF way
of the canal of the Consumers
Ditch Company, and also the south
one-half of lot 38, less the south
80 feet for road purposes, an
of said tracts lying and being IN
Hanford Irrigation and Power
Company's Irrigated Lands, &C
cording to the recorded plat there
of on file in the Office of the Coun-
ty Auditor of Benton County,
Washington, which said tracts also
are lying and situated in section
81, township ID north, range ~
east, VIM, known as State Land
Settlement Farm Unit No. sc &C
cording to the records of the De-
partment of Conservation and De-
/ velopment of the State OF WASH
ington, Division of Reclamation
containing 1872 acres, more or 1885,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02
Allard-Vernita
The California Of the Northwest
And We Can Prove 1t.

Mrs. Nettie NJ Austin of Forest
Grove, Oregon, was visiting her son,
Levi, and family last week. She re-
turned with Jay Austin of st. Helens,
Oregon, Sunday
Gerry Wills and his sister, Miss
Bertha Wills, made business trip to
Ephrata Friday.
William Schroeder of Walter Bowen
company of Seattle was calling on his
customers and shippers Monday.
X Y Y
Mrs. j. G. Lloyd accompanied Gerry
Wills on business trip to Prosser
Monday.
Mrs. E. P. Knaub is visiting friends
in Hanford this week.
The Elberta and Hale peach crop will
be cleaned up in this district this week
Miss Anna r. Knaub and Miss Mar
guerite Knaub were in Ellensburg
ThufSQay.
Il x
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Nellis and Aud
rev and Warren of Tacoma and Harry
Richmond of Yakima arrived in the
valley Saturday, visiting at the j. F
Richmond home until Sunday evening
Mrs. Nellis is Mr.. Richmond's sister.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs Lebarn Of Yakima were
Sunday guests of Mrs. Della Allaro
Mr.. Lebarn is looking for good place
to locate.
Y X X
Vern Chase, who is with the Moxe'
company, spent the weekend at home
returning Monday morning.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02

The M. R, slavens family drove to
La Crosse Sunday to attend picnic
of the rural carriers of Whitman coun-
ty. Mr.. Slavens, who Is president OF
the RLC.A., gave an address
X X X
On Thursday afternoon the Misses
Esther and Rose Krug entertained Win
a linen shower in honor Of Miss Ber-
nice Griner. Twenty members OF tne
younger set were present and the al
ternoon was spent In laemmiug Yea
towels and putting on applique Work'
A huge bouquet with ribbons suS-
pended with cards at the ends, was
brought in by little Betty Jean Weber
and presented to the honor guest. The
verses contained poetry and told her
where presents were hidden. She re-
ceived many beautiful linen presents
Refreshments of punch and cookies
we're served.
Mrs. w. S. Webber and Miss Jean
Griner were co-hostesses at miscel-
laneous shower given for Miss Bernice
Griner at the Webber home on Friday
afternoon. The guests were seated on
the lawn under the trees. The pres
ents were hidden about the house, sew
en- or more presents In one group. Five
alarm clocks, set to sound about ten
or fifteen minutes apart, guided the
prospective bride to the hiding places.
She was the recipient of many beau
tiful presents Punch and cake were
served. There were about forty present.
Mrs. E r. Griner, Tommie and Jean
we're shopping in Yakima Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Herbert Smith and
Mrs. Gus Burford drove to Ellensburg
Thursday Mrs. Smith is under the
doctors care and is gradually improv-
ing. Charlie Syford, who came up
from California the early part of July
and who has since been on the coast
came back to Hanford with them.
X X X
Mrs. Earl Knaub came down from
Vernita Saturday and is spending a
few days with Miss Kathryn Syfford
The Intermediate Christian Endeav-
orers are giving program at the
church Saturday evening, August 4
The program will be composed of solos
piano duets skits, etc. Howard Anglin
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02
COLD CREEK

Mr.. and Mrs. ALIVE Mcdonald took
Mr.. McDonald's niece, Vera, to Sunny
side Saturday. She had been helping
at the schlosser ranch during haying.
X Y X
G. l.. MCGEE and family were IN
Yakima Monday.
y X X
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Fabin and Brew
ster and Virginia arrived Saturday to
visit Mrs. Fabin's brother, E. E. Meeker
and family.
X X
H. l.. Bethurem left Wednesday LOT
White Salmon where he has secured
employment.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02
appraised at $1,000 per acre. or

appraised at $1,000 per acre, or
$187.20.
Improvements appraised at
$4,000.
NOTE+The land and improvements
IAN both be purchased under the ten
year payment plan.
The S1a of Lots 80 and 40 In
the Hanford Irrigation and Power
Company's Irrigated Lands as
shown in their Plat Of the Ek Of
Section 81, township 10 north,
range ~ east, VIM, less the south
80 feet for road purposes, also the
following described tract:
Beginning at a point 662 feet
south and is feet west Of the
northeast corner Of the NEA OF
sWA of section 81, township 10
north, range ~ east, VIM, and
running thence north 80 degrees II
minutes west ee9 feet to the north
east side Of the right Of way Of the
Consumers Ditch Company's 1rri-
cation Canal; thence following the
southeast boundary Of said right
of way south % degrees 5 minutes
east 22885 feet; thence south
AZ degrees S minutes east 70 feet;
thence south so degrees 40 minutes
east 448 feet; thence south 81 de-
grees Is minutes east 157 feet;
thence south SO degrees IL minutes
east 1862 feet; thence north 1852
feet to the place of beginning, con-
tanning 1923 acres, more or less
being 2O.65 acres in all Of said tract
g. appraised at $1,000 per acre, or
$2O65O.
Improvements ppraised at
$4,000.
NOTE-The land and improvement
can both be purchased under the ten
year payment plan.
Application No. 14548
Tract "a of the Soldier Settle
ment Tracts, being described as the
E1a of NWA of SWA of section
16, township 10 north, range 81
east, VIM, containing 20 acres,
more or less, appraised at $1,000
appraised at $4,000.
Said lands will be sold for not les
than the appraised value above state
and upon the terms and condition
following:
Not less than one-tenth of the pur
chase price must be paid at the tim
of sale. The purchaser, if he be no
the owner of the improvements, mus
forthwith pay to the officer making tn
sale the full amount of the appraise
value of the improvements, as abov
stated One-tenth Of the purchase pric
must be paid annually thereafter wit
interest on all deferred payments a
the rate of six per centum per annum
Provided, That any purchaser ma
make full payment of principal, In
terest and statutory fees at any tim
and obtain deed. The purchaser c
land containing timber or other valu
able materials is prohibited by la
from cutting or removing any sue
timber or materials without first OF
tanning consent of the Commissions
of Public Lands, until the full amour
of the purchase price has been pal
and deed issued.
All sales of state lands are mat
subject to the reservations Of OF
gases, coal, ores, minerals and foss
of every name, kind and descriptio
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-08-02

O1-Wdy d11u GlIc carrying VI VAAA0OA,
stone, minerals and other products
over the same.
A. @. MARTIN,
Commissioner of Public Lands
~~~~~>~c.~~-~~N~ ~~~~~~~-~~~~~<
NOTICE OF sHERIFFs SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
Cause No. 6O6S
In the Superior Court Of the State OF
washington, for Benton County
F. Q. NEEDzAM, Plaintiff, vs.. J. W.
FENLEY and EMMA FENLEY, hus-
band and wife, ct al, Defendants.
Under and by virtue Of an Execu-
ton under Foreclosure issued out OF
and under the seal Of the above en-
titled Court, holding terms at Prosser,
In and for said county, on the 9Th
day of July, AID. 1884, upon a judg-
ment rendered In said Court on the
28th day of June, AID. 1884, in favor
of F. G. Needham and against j. w.
Fenley and Emma Fenley, husband
and wife, ct AL, for the sum of One
Hundred sixty-Eight and no 400
($168OM Dollars, together with at
torneys fees, interest, costs and In
creased costs, and to me directed and
delivered, commanding me to sell the
following described property situate,
lying and being in Benton County,
State of Washington, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said Judgment, attorneys fees, inter-
est, costs and increased costs, to-Wit:
Lots 1, 2, 3, Is, 20, 81, %, 20 and
80, Block 10, Town of Hanford, &C
cording to the recorded plat there
of on file in the office of the
| County Auditor of Benton County,
Washington.
Now, therefore, Notice is hereby
given that on Saturday, the 18th day
of August AID. 1884, at 10 o'clock In
the forenoon of said day, will sell
the above described property, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said Judgment, attorneys fees
interest, costs and increased costs, IN
all amounting to the sum OF Two
Hundred Thirty-seven and So Zoo
($237.58) Dollars, together with &C
cruing interest and cost of sale.
Said sale will take place at the front
door of the Court House at Prosser
in said County and State, and will be
at Public Auction, for cash in hand
to the highest and best bidder.
Dated at Prosser, Wash, this Ctr
day of July, AID. 1884.
Tx. MCFARLAND, Sheriff
Bv JAMES SHEPHERD, Deputy
MoULToN g. POWELL, Attorneys fo1
Plaintiff.
, First publication, July IL.
Last publication, August 8.
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