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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Voice of Action Drive Winner Will Get Soviet Union Trip
Labor Leader Given
PrOletarian ObSequieS

PORTLAND, Dec. emil Lin
den, National Secretary and or
ganizer for the Fishermen and
Cannery Workers Industrial I'm
ion, affiliated to the Trade Union
Unity League, member of the
District Buro of the Communist
Party, and formerly Financial
Secretary of the Portland section
of the International Labor De-
tense, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident in Seattle Fri
day night, was buried in Rose
City cemetery Wednesday, De-
cember 5. Services were held
at Parsons Funeral Home.
The services were carried on
in the manner in which we think
Comrade Linden would have
wanted them. They were con-
Quoted in true proletarian man.
ner, by the Communist Party,
the International Labor Defense,
and the Trade Union nifty League,
the organizations of which he
was a member.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Linden s Family
Thanks Workers

SEATTLE, Dec. 13-The Voice
of Action has received the follow
ing note from the family of Emil
Linden, FCWIU secretary who
was killed in an auto accident
recently:
I'VE wish to extend our deep
est appreciation to the many
workers on the Pacific Coast who,
individually and through their
working class organizations, es-
pecially the Fishermen and Can
merry Workers Industrial Union
and Communist Party members,
extended their loyalty and COM
radeship to us in our hour OF
bereavement.
"The funeral of our son and
brother, as conducted by his COM
rades, was as he would have had
it.
1--WE know the work he started
will be carried to completion by
his fellow workers"
(Signed) Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Linden, Henry Linden, William
Linden, Mrs. Foster.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Natn'l Jobless Farley

Continued From Page One)
for Unemployment and Social
Insurance January 5, 6, and Z in
Washington, DC. and to attend
the National Unemployment
Council meetings to be held af-
ter the Congress to report on
conditions, to bring back the de-
cisions of the Congress and other
conferences, to make reports to
all organizations they represent
and to our State Congress and
the workers of the State.
IF your organization cannot
send delegates take up collec-
lions. Raise funds to assist
in sending delegates from the
big centers, who upon their re-
turn can be routed to tour the
state. Send funds to State Com
mittee of Action, APO Mutual Life
Building, Seattle, Washington
Get the authorization of your
organization for State Committee
to make decisions on the use OF
funds for delegates"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
SPECIAL NEWS FOR THE
e. FISHERMEN e.
Want Low Prices

ASTORIA, Ore, Dec. 10.-The
fish packers at Astoria are trying
to keep fish prices down to star
vation levels by refusing Irvine
to fishermen unless they have
cash to pay for it. They are
already speaking of a fish price
settlement. Unless a satisfac-
tory price agreement is reached
they will not give out Irvine.
They know that the largest
percentage OF gill-netters on the
Columbia made nothing last sum-
mer and have no cash to buy
Irvine. Unless they get Irvine
and other supplies they will not
be able to fish next summer The
packers see in this way of fore
ing the fishermen to accept low
fish price so that their profits
vii continue.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
3rd Syndicalsm Case
will Be Tried Soon

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec b.
Third of the criminal syndicalism
defendants to come to trial in
Portland is Edward Denny, a
Daily Worker saleman. Denny
is charged with criminal syndi-
calism for acting as chairman OF
the protest meeting held under
the auspices Of the Communist
Party on July 10 at which Dirk
De Jonge and Donald Cluster
spoke. Denny is himself not
supposed to have made any
statements which might incrimi-
nate himself, but he is guilty
before the bosses of having held
and assisted in conducting a
meeting which is supposed to
have been called by an organiza-
ton advocating criminal syndl-
calism, the Communist Party.
Denny's case has not as yet been
assigned to any particular judge
Protests must pour into the
office of the prosecuting attor-
ney, Lotus L. Langley, demand
ing Denny's release. Rush pro
tests now!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
RosLyn Case

Continued From Page One)
the large number of resolutions
and kilograms sent to the Judge
and prosecutor.
All defendants appeared in
Judge Maguire's court today pre-
pared to go to trial. Attorney
George Vandeveer, who repre-
sents a number of defendants,
sent affidavits to the judge at
testing to his inability to pro-
coed because of illness. The de-
PENDANTS seemed surprised and
unaware of Mr.. Vandeveer's in
disposition. Harry L. Gross, at
torney for the International La
Dor Defense, which is represent
ing some of the defendants, was
also present in court prepared to
proceed.
Judge Mcguire reset the re-
naming cases for trial for Deem
Der q and warned the defend
ants that the trials would take
place on that date regardless of
circumstances.
E. K. Brown, attorney for the
Northwestern ImprovementCom-
pany is acting as special prose-
cutor for these cases. Mr.. Brown
is also attorney for the United
Mine Workers of America, the
union which the company "recog-
nizes" for purposes of collective
bargaining.
The remaining defendants are:
Nick Fayko, Tony Chopp, Frank
Chopp, Mary Baretich, Louise
Radosevitch, Sylvester Kairis,
Milton Kairis, Agnes Senuty,
Theresa Wargo, Clara Yakovitch
and Mark Halter.
The maximum, If eonviced, is 5
years in the penitentiary.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
SIGN INITIATIVE Al
ReOrganize Work

SEATTLE, Dee. 13.-Re-organ-
ization work of theFishermen and
Cannery Workers Industrial Un-
ion has been taken in charge by
National Chairman Elias Grim
stad, since the death of our
National Secretary, Emil Linden,
in an automobile accident De-
cember 2. Assisting him has been
Paul Dale, Columbia River Or
ganizer of the Fishermen and
Cannery Workers Industrial I'm
ion, of Astoria, Ore.
A meeting of the National Ex-
ecutive Committee has been
called for Sunday, December 16,
to be held in Seattle, to make
plans for intensified organization
work for the coming months.
At this meeting a temporary
National Secretary will be elect.
ed to take charge of the union
affairs until the National Con-
vention.
Plans for the Northwest Con-
ference of the Fishermens and
Cannery Workers Industrial I'm
ion, which was called for Deem
Der, will be carried out, except
that due to the death of our
National Secretary the Confer
ence will have to be postponed
until January. This conference
will be preparatory to the hold
ing of the National Convention
of the Fishermens and Cannery
Workers Industrial Union which
convention will unity and build a
mighty weapon of struggle fol
better fish prices and conditions
for the fishermen and cannery
workers of the Pacific Coast
and the United States.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Homeless Family

Continued From Page One)
his family was out in the street.
The Board sent truck to take
the family out to Rainier Valley.
When they got there the land
lord refused to let them have
the house
Wild Goose Chase
Mr.. w. called the Welfare
Board again and they sent them
out near Fremont where the driv-
er of the truck dumped the
family's belongings on the side
walk and left the family to shift
for themselves on the sidewalk
again.
The owner of the house told
this worker that he would not
open the door nor turn on the
water as the place was unfit for
human beings to live in. The
roof was leaky, the floor was in
disrepair, and wet wall paper
was hanging off the wall.
With no place to sleep Mr.. W.
built a fire in the street. A cop
came along and asked him what
he was doing. He told the story
and the cop walked on, leaving
them in their misery.
The next day the worker went
to the Welfare Board again and
finally wrung from them an order
for two mattresses and a stove
which he had already earned on
relief work.
So far he has no house. And
it is pretty gloomy Christmas
ahead for this little boy and
girl
Today the Unemployed Citi-
zen's League is demonstrating
for Christmas relief before the
offices of the Welfare Board.
Unless their demands are granted
Christmas morning will be very
sad affair for all the children of
the unemployed.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

rmOntnS. before IHdI lie udu
been fighting it out by himself
for long time, but had had no
success, so he needed help.
He had not worked for thre
months. Before that he had been
earning SIS a week. When he
applied for help the relief auth
critics reprimanded him for not
having saved enough to live on
for many months, and for paying
his grocery bills and other debts.
When he lost his home, his
step-son invited him and his
wife to share his small apart
ment. Now the relief board says
that his son, who is working as
elevator boy, is solely RESPONSE
BILE for the parents, and IL he
doesn't have enough money left
after paying his rent, to buy
food, he must move into cheaper
quarters.
This mans story can be heard
anywhere, from one end OF the
United States to the other. Mar
ried children living with their
parents sisters, brothers, and all
the in-laws, trying to get enough
together under one roof, living
off each other. This is the Roose-
welt plan for solving the unem-
ployment problem. This is the
way the burden of the unem-
plOyed is showed onto those
who can least afford it.
There should be happy end
ing to this story of the man who
walked into the UCL office. He
was told where the UCL local in
his neighborhood meets. The
organizer of that local was told
of the case. At the next meeting
of the local the case will be taken
up, a committee will be elected.
If that committee functions be-
fore the voucher station with
sufficient determination, this
man will be granted his voucher.
But for all the thousands of
unemployed who are in the same
boat as this worker, who just
as he had done, had tried to fight
it out by himself and had been
turned down, there is only one
real solution. That is Unemploy-
ment Insurance. Keep this work
er in mind when you are out
after signatures for Initiative 4,
and for him, and for those like
him, for yourself, and for all
those who can i'll afford to sup
port additional families on small
incomes, get some extra sigma
lures, get more than your quota.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
TO
Be EUicted

SEATTLE, Dec. 13.-Although
they have not yet found home
for the E. NJ. Alloways, $50 S5th
Ave., Crown Hill relief depot
heads have told the Alloways to
move onto the street not later
than Monday.
Their home will be given to the
United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Company, If the eviction
attempt is allowed to be success
full.
The U. S. Fidelity Company has
successfully fought the aged and
penniless couple in all the capt.
talist courts of the state, and
now own the house where the
Alloways homesteaded % years
ago.
The Crown Hill local, Unem-
ployed Citizens League, has TAX
en- the case committees have
been elected and now are fight
ing to prevent the eviction.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Anti War Meet

Continued From Page One)
committee of the American
League Against War and Fascism
is composed of delegates from
the following organizations:
Machinists Union A FL;
Church of the People; Legion
Against War; Blacksmiths' I'm
ion (AFLl; Marine Workers In
dustrial Union; International
Labor Defense.
Boilmakers' Union (AFLl; Sc
attic Youth Club; Building La
borers' Union (AFL); COmmun-
list Party; Auto Mechanics I'm
ion tAFL); Young Communist
League; Commonwealth Build
ers; Unemployed Citizens
League and the United Farmers
League.
Socialist May Take Part
The Kenwood Branch of the
Socialist Party and the Sawmill
Workers Union (AFL) have both
elected delegates to the commit
tee, and they are expected to
attend the next city committee
meeting, which will be held Mon
day night, December II, 8 pm,
at the Commonwealth Builders
hall.
The rapid growth Of the Am
erican League Against War and
Fascism and the broadening of
it's front is the answer of the
organized workers and liberals
to the war preparations pro-
gram of the national government
and the inflammatory fascists
campaign of the Hearst papers
and Chambers of Commerce, !"
said Merwin Cole, chairman Of
the city committee.
The January II mass meeting
will be a tremendous demonstra-
ton of the unity against the
menaeing forces of war and
fascism.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Alaska Conference

Continued From Page One)
mems organizations In Alaska
disbanded and affiliated with his
union. When approached in Sc
attic on the subject, he fiOuted
the idea of the Economically
organized rank and file Of the
fishermen being able to help
themselves and declared that it
was only through organization
of his brain and energy that any
thing could or would be done
for the fishermen.
Works with Packers
While attending a conference
with Mr.. Bell and the various
Alaska fish commissioners in Sc
attic in November of this year,
Mr.. Wamser, as head Of the dele
CATION from his district, was at
the same time actively engaged
in private conference with repre-
sensations of the various packers.
To a man who believes and prac-
tees that sort of representation
from organized labor it is only
natural that an all-Alaska con-
ference, not controlled by him
self would be something for
Wamser to abhor. Mr.. Wamser's
ideas and actions chart the iden-
teal course of the packers, who
have in the past and as yet still
follow the line of dealing with
individuals rather than have
workers bargain collectively. 1t
is UP to the fishermen in Wam-
ser's district and fishermen every
where to give the lie to Wamser
and other Opportunists OF his
ilk and to show at the coming
convention that nothing can or
will take the place of the ex-
perience and intelligence of the
rank and file fishermen of Alas
ka as being constructively and
responsibility brought forth at this
convention.
Hits Fishing News"
We fishermen would like also
to know why the A.. T. A. official
paper, the Alaska Fishing News,
has as yet failed to give space
to the notice sent into its office
relative to the calling of this
convention and it's purposes. On
the other hand, The Miner, Off
cial organ of the Miners Union
in Juneau, gave ample and valu-
able space to this call.
Fellow fishermen, stop bureau
cracy! If your Oganization has
not as yet laid plans to send
delegates to this convention, de-
mand that it be done immediate
ly, for the success OF this con-
ventiOn will determine to what
extent the organized packers
will succeed in the future as they
have in the past in their ruthless
and selfish quest for exorbitant
profits at our expense.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
PUGH GETS ) YEARS
FOR SYNDICALISM

>any of the literature advocated
crime, physical violence, or sabO-
tage. The prosecutor put upon
the stand two state cossacks
who had to do with the arresting
of Pugh. All they proved was
their ignorance and brutality.
The one who arrested Pugh
knew, by glancing at the Daily
Worker from a distance, that it
was a seditious piece of litera-
ture and advocated crime. To
the workers in the court it was
clear that the whole thing was
a farce and a brutal frame-up.
To every person in the court
the defense had more than prov
ed it's case.
Many times Goodman exposed
the ignorance of the judge and
prosecutor to the enjoyment of
the people in the court.
After twenty-three minutes
the jury found Pugh guilty. The
jury was composed in the main
of large farmers, wives of Ameri-
can Legionares and business men
and people who had sat on the
grand jury that indicted Pugh.
With jury like this, hand pick
ed by the authorities, the prose-
cution realized that it did not
have to present any case. This
trial clearly proved to the work
ers in the court that what was
stated in why Communism, a
worker has no chance in court,
was true. They witnessed a
fine example proving this con-
tention.
Twice during the trial the
Judge informed the court
that it was no crime to be a
member of the Communist party
or circulate Communist litera-
ture. This lie did not get far
with the workers. 1t was plain
to all that this was the only
reason for Pugh's arrest.
In sentencing Pugh, Judge
Norton said that he was taking
into consideration these facts:
that Pugh had never been ar
rested before, that he was trying
to earn an honest living, that
he was a poor moron who did
not realize what he was doing
and that he was being used by
the people who wrote this litera-
ture. Therefore, taking all this
into consideration, he would not
sentence him heavily. Since the
Judge does not believe in heavy
sentences, a light sentence of five
years was imposd upon the de-
PENDANT.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Single Workers Hit

: SEATTLE, Dec. BIN an ef-
fort to divide the unemployed
workers further, single workers,
both women and men, are being
taken off the neighborhood sta
lions and forced to go to "a I'm
ion Street for their vouchers.
There they are assigned to work
on forced labor.
The chairman of the Unem-
ployed Citizens Leagues urges
that these single workers fight
against being taken off the local
voucher stations, that they take
their cases to the local meetings
OF the UCL, were committees
can help in the fight to keep
them both in the neighborhoods
and to better fight against the
forced labor. The UCL points out
that sending single workers to
the special voucher station is a
preparation for sending workers
to concentration camps.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Elect delegates to National I'm.
employment Insurance Congress.
ShpStrike

Continued From Page One)
will be shipped from the union
halls to replace the strikers.
Gill, who threatened to put
Luckenbach jobs on the hiring
board Tuesday, has not yet dared
carry out his scab-herding
treachery.
Bats Reds
8. "Shipowners have found
from terrible experience that
they cannot rid their ships OF
the reds. If they would only give
us a chance we could rid the
ships of reds, stated Andrew
Fureseth, ISU International pre-
sident, in capitalist press inter-
views after flying here from San
Francisco last week to throw his
weight with Gill and Olander to
break up the strike.
"Fureseth means he wants the
bosses to back him in making
a company union of the lSU,"
stated Walter Stack, MWIU port
organizer, especially when Fure-
seth says conditions on the ship
are so rotten we can't control the
rank and file.'
A. John M. Fox, Masters,
Mates and Pilots secretary, in
structed tugboatmen to tow the
Robert Luckenbach into drydock
for lay-up, to break the strike.
Seamen piekets stoned the tow
boat.
Exposed Officials Ma-neuvers
The Marine Workers Industri-
al Union, though its two men,
bers on the strike committee,
through leaflets and picketing
activity, has exposed every sell
out maneuver of ALL misleaders,
and is directly responsible for
keeping the strikes control out
of the sabotaging hands OF Gill
anu W.
The strike committee compos-
ed of two workers from each de-
partment of each struck ship,
called on Huston, Luckenbach
northwest manager, who told
them to return to work at the
old wage scale, $35 for sailors,
promising them $50 when the
crew resigned at New York.
Committee members, remem-
bering boss promises during the
west and east coast ship strikes,
refused to bite, telling Huston
the strike will be settled on the
picket line.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Outfit NeW Hall

EVERETT, Dec. 13.-In the
most Economically controlled
local meeting your correspond
ent has ever had the privilege
of attending, the lila here last
week laid plans for establishing
q new hall.
1t will compare fav0rably with
anything on the coast-sanitary,
well heated, conveniently located.
At the same meeting, a dele
gate was elected to the Snohom-
ish County conference initiated
by the United Farmers League
and set for Lombard Hall this
Sunday, l pm. On the order Of
business there will be Initiative
4, conditions of relief workers,
farm relief.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Mourn Kirov

MOSCOW, Dec. 13-Assassi-
mated by class enemy, the
body of Sergei Mironovitch
Kirov, one of the great leaders
developed by the revolution,
was laid to rest in Red Square.
Kirov was shot while at his
post in the Smolny Institute,
Leningrad, and the body
brought to Moscow for obse-
quies. Representatives elect
ed from each factory in Mos
COW packed the streets as the
body of the great proletarian
was borne to its resting place.
Kirov served in the Red Ar
my during the revolution;
from 1926 had been secretary
of the Leningrad regional
committee and was a member
OF the Presidium of the Gen.
trail Executive Committee of
the Communist Party.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
lid Bazaar
Starts Sat.

SEATTLE, Dec. 13.-Final pre-
parations are in progress for the
International Labor Defense Ba-
zaar and Carnival being given
at the IO.G.T. Hall, Saturday and
Sunday, December Is and 16.
A number of organizations are
enthusiastically supporting the
bazaar and carnival by putting
in booths, games and auctions.
A dance will be held Saturday
night. The John Reed Club, in
charge of entertainment, has sue
ceeded in getting excellent talent
for special featurs to be provided
internationally through both af-
ternoons and evenings.
Alvin Slover's Marionettes will
be shown Sunday night at 8 pm.
This is very clever feature and
should provide much enjoyment
to young and old alike.
The group in charge of the
kitchen are preparing special
dishes, as well as tea room and
coffee service
Buy Foods Here
The Market Booths will offer
a large variety of fOodstuffs, in
Guiding canned goods, eggs, fresh
vegetables, chickens, etc. There
will also be a bakery in connec-
ton.
The arrangements committee
calls upon all organizations or
individuals who can contribute
items to the bazaar to rush all
donations to 300 Lyon Bldg, by
Friday night or to the I.O.G.T.
Hall, 11O9 Virginia, early Saturday
morning.
This bazaar is given to raise
funds for three of the most i'm
portant LID campaigns, Scots
boro-Herndon, Criminal Syndical-
ism and Prisoners Relief. SUP
PORT THESE IMPORTANT
CAMPAIGNS = ATTEND THE
LID. BAZAAR AND CARNI-
VAL-2 Big Days!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Plan Dinner
For HerndOn

SEATTLE, Dec. 12.-Prepara-
lions for a large banquet for
Angelo Herndon during his Sc
attic visit December 29, are I'M
der way by the League of Strug-
gle for Negro Rights.
To keep the dinner prices as
low as possible, the LSNR is urg-
emily appealing to all groups,
particularly tina United Farmers
Leagues, for food stuff.
Fifteen chickens, one sack of
potatoes, four pounds of butter,
ten cabbages, are major items
which, If donated, will keep BAN
quet prices at rock bottom so all
can attend.
Lists of contributions avail
able should be sent to the Inter-
national Labor Defense office, 300
Lyons Bldg, Seattle, or to the
Voice of Action.
Meetings Dates Listed
speaking dates Tor DlrK lie
Jonge, Portland Criminal Syndi-
calism law defendant, and An
gelo Herndon, young Negro
working class leader who will
tour the Northwest for the Scots
boro-Herndon campaign of the
International Labor Defense, are
announced by the district office
of the LID, as follows:
klamath Falls, Dec. 10; Eu-
gene, Dec. IA; Salem, Dec. Is;
Portland, Dec. 16.
Aberdeen, Dec. Is; Centralia,
Dec. 10; Olympia, Dec. 20; Taco
ma, Dec. 81; Seattle, Dec. %;
Everett, Dec. 26.
Anacortes, Dee. q; Belling-
ham, Dec. 2S, Seattle LSNR),
Dec. %; Roslyn, Jan. 2; Yakima,
Jan. 3; Spokane, Jan. 4; Couer
dAlene, Jan. 5.