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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Theater
Notes
TONY PEREZ

Babbit-at the 0rpheum with
Guy Kibbee and Aline Mcmahon.
All of the Rabbits in Seattle
who rushed down to see Holly
woods version of Sinclair Lewis's
story were certainly pleased,
even glad to be a Babbitt. The
only thing that resembled the
story was the title. AS one OF
the reviewers in the daily papers
put 1t, all of the sting had been
taken out and 1t was now just a
pleasing comedy rivafling big
Hearted Herbert" the two leads
last show.
Warner Bros. have not APP
preached the story from the seri-
GUS, satirical side but from the
opposite, as if they were trying
to cover up the middle class odor
! that Lewis pOked into. The leads
were purpOsely miscast and the
dialogue and story is very care
full not to offend any OF the
Rabbits who see the show. If
you go you will come out proud
to be a Babbitt.
Massacre-at any dime theatre
with Richard Barthelmess. One
of the many highipOwered NRA
pictures. A story of exploitation
of the Indians which is all
brought to light by our two-fisted
hero, Chief ThunderbOlt. Every
provocative anarchistic act
known is encouraged. BY beat
ing up crooked doctor, lynch
ing a man who attacks his sister,
and slugging anyone who gets in
his way he brings the tale of woe
to the White House. He tells the
Indian not to organize the govern
ment, because the militia will
shoot them down, but to go back
to their reservation novels and
the NRA will fix things up. You
will be tempted to leave before
he gets the girl.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
The Birth Control Bill

go, but this is OF course of com
paratively little value to the hun
dreds of thousands whose only
source of help is the public elm
les and dispensaries. 1t is this
class that would be most benefit
ed by the present birth control
bill.
1t would amend the federal
law by adding paragraph to
each section stating that the bill
shall not be construed to apply
to any information or supplies
given out by:
1. Any physician legally IL
censed or by his direction or pre-
scription.
Q. Any medical college, legally
chartered, etc.
8. Any druggist in filling any
prescription OF licensed physi-
clan.
4. Any hospital or clinic licens-
ed in any state, territory or the
District of Columbia.
Laws Would Need Revision
The need for such revision Of
the federal laws cannot be denied
by anyone in possession of the
facts. The few birth control elm
les which are operating under
the more enlightened state regu-
lations are taxed beyond their
capacities. Over one million let
tiers begging for information have
been received by the clinic estab-
lished in New York in 1923. 1t has
instructed $1,000 women and adj
vised many thousands more in
other branches of it's service.
Over 500 new patients are adj
mitted each month and approx
mately 1900 a month return for
check-up visits and other advice.
A branch established at Harlem
in 1880 has aided 5000 by 1888.
This service, available to so
appallingly few women should
be brought within the reach of
all. 1t cannot be accomplished
piece-meal. Only national legisla-
ton can be of benefit. This has
been fought by all the forces of
reaction and vested interests.
Capitalists Fight Birth Control
The present law was passed
at a time when industrial COM
bines, trusts and monopolies had
succeeded in establishing a firm
hold over labor. 1t is natural that
owners of industry should OPP
pose birth control Large families
mean plentiful and cheap labor.
They mean potential millions for
empirical wars.
Only a strong, nationwide sem
timent can remedy the situation.
You can help by writing to your
congressman Immediately, de-
handing that he vote in favor of
the birth control bill this win
ter.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Roosevelt Will Continue
Destruction of Crops

On December 5, with the strength of Georgia's
warm springs in his bones, Roosevelt announced
his determination to continue next year the
planned-misery program for the farmers which
was large factor in increasing the dreadful
effects of the drought in more than 20 states
this last summer
Latest reports from the states show that
more than dozen are still suffering greatly as
result of the combined forces of the weather
and the president. Authoritative reports from
these areas show that next years crops will
probably be even smaller than has been ex-
pected, for many of the states have had no
rain to start the winter crops
The outlook is for 1885 season of even greater
calamity for the poor and middle farmers And
Roosevelt reentlessly continues his planned
destruction in order to force up prices and
the cost Of living
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Red Menace Haunted
To Encourage Terror

In Los Angeles at the very
height OF the street car strike
here last week, the usual red her
ring was drawn across the trail
of organized labor in an effort
to start another reign of terror
to match the one unleashed at
San Francisco last summer.
Meeting in the city, the West
ern Division of the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce gave publicity
to q fake rumor about the grow
ing red menace"
100000 Communists were said
to be feverishly at work through.
out the country plotting for the
speedy overthrow of the govern
ment-immediately II not sooner.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Workers.
Correspondence

The woman who was so inter-
ested in the Voice Of Action
that she did a neighbor's laun-
dry in order to earn her sub
scription money has received
the gift Of q six months SUBJ
scription from a Seattle reader.
he says:
Gentlemen:
My subscription has expired
and / am not here any more, so
please discontinue for O while as
l can buy copies wherever l am.
However, 1 am interested in this
woman's case so please continue
her subscription for an additional
six months.
Seattle Man Reader.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Hitler Victory in SAAR
Would Mean Slaughter
READ SLOWLY!

READ SLoWLYl Here is a matter Of
duty, of loyalty, OF conscience.
Let this sink deeply into your daily life
Shall the Saar and its population OF 100000
become terror-stricken concentration camp OF
Nazi Germany?
Shall antifaseists be beheaded in the Saar?
Shall workers, professionals, writers, Jews,
Christians be jailed by the thousands? Shall
free speech and assemblage be outlawed in the
Saar?
Shall political parties trade unions, fraternal
and educational organizations be declared illegal?
Shall books be burned and culture wiped out
in the Saar?
This is what will happen if the Saar is
returned to Naz Germany.
On January 18th the population in the
Saar will vote on this question. Thousands of
Hitler's Nazi agents are now in the Saar cam
paigning for Hitler victory.
Our United Committee in the Saar composed
of workers. middle class people, Catholics, is
also campaigning to maintain status quo, to
continue the administration under the League
of nations until the Saar can be returned to
FREE Germany.
Nazis in the Saar are attacking anti-fascists,
threatening the inhabitants registering as voters
inmates of insane asylums the dead, are i'm
porting voters. And despite all this our United
Committee leading the campaign in the Saar for
status quo against returning the Saar to Hitler,
is steadily gaining ground.
ACT QUICKLY! The antifascsts of the
Saar have appealed to us to help them win.
Their appeal must be answered quickly
We are asked to send funds to help them
print leaflets, to help them maintain their anti
fascist press, to tour speakers, to put into the
field hundreds of campaigners for our side of
this battle We are asked to ship cans of food
and useable clothing so that these eampaigners
and their families may eat and live while they
cOurageously face the Nazi terror gangs.
And the many concentration camps in Ger
many must also be aided. Starving, evicted
cut off from Nazi relief, they suffer and hope for
our speedy assistance.
National Committee To Aid Victims of
German Fascism, $40 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Saar Relief Warehouse, 125 Baxter Street,
New York. N Y. .
Max Braun, Chairman Saar United Anti
Fascist Committee for Status Quo, Saarbrueken
Saar
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
BY IDA NEIGH

During the coming session,
which opens next month, Con-
gress will once again vote on q
measure which is of vital i'm
portance to the working class OF
America-the birth CONTROL bill.
Three similar bills have been
introduced in recent years only
to be defeated by reactionary
forces.
The bill was passed by the Sen
ate last session-for five minutes,
while Senator McCarron of Ne
vada was catching a nap. When
he woke up he demanded a recon
! sideration.
This meant that the individual
votes would go on record. The
senators, fearing their conserva-
tive constituents at home, re-
fused, and the bill was killed.
Workers Should Make Demands
1t seems strange that labor or
CARNATIONS have not made a
more positive and concerted de-
hand for passage of this signifi-
cant piece OF legislation. Ger
tainly it is the right of the work.
ing class parents to have access
to information, advice and meth
DDS which will enable them to
restrict the size of their families
to numbers which they are able
to support adequately.
During years of depression
when jobs are few and relief is
insufficient, the birth of a child
is, in thousands of homes, a fam
lily disaster.
The present federal laws,
which prohibit the distribution
of information on this subject
were passed in 1873. They pro-
hibit sending or receiving by
mail Tor by express or common
CARRIER information or SUPPLIES
pertaining to the prevention of
conception" in the United tSates.
In the Territories, they make it
a penal offense even to possess
any article so intended. Viola
tions of these laws make one
subject to a fine of 81, 900 or SIS, 600,
Imprisonment for five years, or
both. There are no exemptions.
States Have Rigid Laws
Many states have passed laws
which are less rigid in regard to
distribution of information, but
even in such, supplies-because
of the federal statute-must be
"boOtlegged". Doctors are re-
stricted and research impeded.
1t is, of course, well known
that information and supplies
Though not always reliable) may
be obtained by a person who has
the money and knows where to
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
10000 900 Families United

Here are two leading facts revealed in recent
report of National Survey of Potential Product
Capacity:
l. In the last five years the people of the
United States because they live under a system
of capitalism-Ed.) have deprived themselves of
goods and services valued at $2S7 900 OOO" New
York Times Nov. 16 l934)
2. Although food was ample in 1929 1.-THE basic
year used in this survey 100000 families in this
country, SO per cent of the total were inadequate
ly fed (due to the same capitalist system-Ed.).
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Augustus
Kelley, University of Chicago
student and member of the Ma
tional Student League, has been
beaten and framed on a charge
of distributing handbills in vio-
latior of a city ordinance.
BOSTON, Dee. 13.-Seven anti
fascists have been freed and II
others sentenced to serve jail
terms for their peaceful demon
STATIONS against fascism when
Hitler's agent Hanstaengl was
royalty entertained by Harvard
University last summer.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
The Relief Administrators
Stop at Nothing

Peonage, starvation, exposure prostitution
these are the tools of the relief administrators
trade.
Men and women are forced to slave in swamps
and sweat shops for a relief pittance-rght in Sc
attic.
Babies hungry A relief budget of exactly 10
per cent what the federal government itself de-
clares is the necessary minimum for health and de-
ceny.
family huddled round bonfire on Seattle
street. No home Evieted.
Seattle mother, another in klamath Falls,
asked by the welfare station slime who masquer-
ade as and women to sell their bodies to light
en- the burden on the relief rolls.
The administrators of relief stop at nothing.
Twenty million jobless are on the dole in this
country.
1t is matter of lie and death that they stop
at nothing to build one united front movement for
adequate relief and for unemployment insurance.
In every city of the Northwest, practically,
there exists an unemployed organization. Build It'll
In Seattle today, December IA, jobless mass
for cash Christmas vouchers. Give the demonstra-
tion real support!
In Oregon, in Washington, in other states,
unemployment insurance conferences are being
organized. Broaden the movement to every organ
lied group
And the national unemployment insurance
) conference in Washington, d. c. initiated by the
Unemployment Councils) will unite all our strug-
giles, give them greater power, hammer harder for
passage of the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill by the federal government. See that the
Northwest has delegates therel
Meeting after meeting of workers. of liberals
and neither Initiative nor the Voice of Action
In sight
Even when these meetings are arranged by
organizations which support both the paper and
the campaign for unemployment insurance.
Let's change this picture rapidly, drastiealiyi
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

Unemployment and Social Insurance, and other
purposes.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Section /. That a system of Unemployment
Insurance be established guaranteeing the
average wages in the respective industries and
territories in the State of Washington.
Section g. This act shall be known as the
Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance
Bill
Section 8. The Unemployment Insurance
shall not be less than $1,000 weekly for each
adult worker and $500 weekly for each depend
ent.
Section 4. All workers wholly unemployed,
through no fault of their own, shall be entitled
to the benefits of this act for the entire period
OF their unemployment. There shall be no dis
elimination. Unemployment insurance shall be
paid to every unemployed worker, adult and
youth, whether industrial or agricultural office
employee, and all other eategores of wage labor,
native or foreign-bOrn, citizen or non-citizen,
white or Negro, man or woman, without discrim-
nation against race, color, age or political opin-
ion. No worker shall be deprived of unemploy-
ment insurance because of refusal to take the
place of strikers or to work for less than union
rates of pay
Section s. The full funds for unemployment
insurance shall be raised from funds now set
aside for the state militia and other military
$1,000 year In no instance shall there be any
contributions levied upon the workers in any
form whatsoever for this insurance.
Section 6. The unemployment insurance
fund shall be administered and controlled by the
workers through unemployment insurance COM
missions composed of rank and file members of
workers organizations Unemployment insur-
ance commissions shall be empowered to estab-
lish free employment exchanges for the regis
tratiOn of workers, the payment of unemploy-
ment insurance, the hearing of contested claims
for unemployment insurance and appeals from
awards made.
Section 2. Social insurance shall be paid to
workers to the amount of not less than $1,000
weekly for adult workers, and $500 for each de-
pendent, to compensate for loss of wages
through sickness, accident, old age, maternity.
Section 5. Part-time workers shall receive
the difference between their wages and the I'M
employment insurance benefit. No worker shall
be disqualified from receiving unemployment
insurance because he refuses to work at wages
below what he was formerly receiving or below
the prevailing trade union rates in that vicinity
nor shall he or she be disqualified for refusing
to work because of strike, of unsafe or unhearth-
full conditions, nor where hours are longer than
the usual trade union standards in the particu-
required to accept employment if the establish
ment where employment is offered is at an UNI
reasonable distance from his or her home.
Section 9. This act shall take effect immed
ately and remain in force until the Workers
Unemployment and Social Insurance bill has
been enacted by the federal government.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
Around = the
world in.O minutes

FRANCE Farmers defended
themselves in the streets of
Paris on November % against
attacks of police upon a protest
meeting of agricultural work
ers. Earlier that day, 300 Grip.
pied war veterans, desperate at
having their pensions cut to the
bone and then not paid, lay down
in the boulevards of the city,
blocking traffic and demanding
justice from the government.
SAAR notwithstanding to
press reports of the last few
days, Germany and France have
signed an agreement to let Ger
many have the Saar (if the vote
goes to Germany upon payment
for French properties, thus
avoiding war dangers. This may
or may not be true We all re-
member how recently the press
distorted the news of supposed
Soviet armed aid to France in
case of a war with Germany. At
any rate, Nazi padding of Saar
election lists continues; and the
elections don't promise to be
peaceful.
ENGLAND-New naval bases
have recently been begun at
Feltwell AMI Markham, towns on
the east coast of England. The
Air Ministry considers these
bases as key points in the circle
of "air protection.
SPAIN-The most recent rev.
Citations of the aftermath of the
Spanish revolution show that
the fascist government, in sup
pressing the heroic revolving
workers, slew innocent men,
women, and children in a reck-
lessly indiscriminate manner
even slaughtering patients and
attendants in hospitals.
GERMANY-The toll counted
off by the Nazi courts during
September amounted to a exc
cuted, 999 years of imprison-
ment, and hundreds of minor
sentences ranging from to 20
years.
GERMANY The Storm
Troops, due to radicalism, are
being rapidly thinned out by
Hitler and the regular German
army is being steadily increased.
USSR-A delegation of Ameri-
can workers now touring the US
SIR reports that the current re-
ports of low food supplies and
poor living conditions are entire
ly false. The delegation reports
crops good, equipment good,
food abundant, adverse reports
lies.
AUSTRIAN very tense sit
uation has developed on the
Observation-Disclosures border, both
sides having recently greatly re-
inforced their military garrisOns
along this line.
FRANCE-The French govern
ment has been forced to admit
that it spoke incorrectly when
it issued the press statement
last week that the army of
USSR stood ready to aid France
in a war against Germany. The
government has since been
forced to admit that the USSR
has made no such commitments,
merely using its good offices in
the League of Nations for the
prevention of any new war. But
the daily press has taken care
not to correct the miss-state-
ment of fact with which it so
glibly blazoned its pages last
week.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

LONDON, England, Dec. 13.-
Plan for a rapid increase of the
nations air forces to nearly
double their present strength
have just been announced.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10.
|-Spokesmen for $4,000 oil work
ers recently demanded a hearing
before the petroleum board on
their demands for a 30 hour
week.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.-Jim
Crow regulations have been set
up here to apply to relief work.
ers and those who receive relief.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-14
TEXT OF
INITIATIVE 4

AN ACT to provide for the establishment of
Unemployment and Social Insurance, and other
purposes.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-30
NEW BRITAIN TO
 HEAR MRS CROOK
Local Woman to Address Italian WOmen's Demo-
 cratic Club Tonight

Mrs Theresa SiricA Crook of this city, prominent in local democratic affairs, will be the speaker tonight in New Britain at meeting of the Italian Women's Democratic club. Mrs Crook spoke in New Britain some time ago. Other speakers will be William M. Greene, secretary of the democratic state central committee, Representative Francis Hogan of Torrington, Senator Will liam Fitzgerald of Norwich, pr A.. l.. Avitabile of New Britain, can- didate for the house, Senator Wil- liam D. Hagearty of New Britain, who is running for reelection, and Representative Lucien Macora of New Britain, who is also seeking to be returned to the legislature. Mrs Crook is connected with the state labor department. She ham
 dies standard and home workers applications for the United States department of labor. She is also an investigator for sub-standard
 workers for the U. s! labor depart
 ment.
 Mrs Crook is an officer of the
 local Italian Women's Democratic club and was one of those active | in it's formation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-30
MILITARY HONORS
 FOR LATE OFFICER
World War Vets March With Police in Final
 Tribute

Military rites were joined with the police departments last trib- ute as the funeral of Patrolman James Girch was held this morn- ing at 9 o'clock from the Bergin funeral home to the. Church of the Blessed Sacrament, where a solemn mass of requiem was sung at 9i45.
 A police escort marched in the funeral procession to the church and from there, after mass. to Cal- vary cemetery for the committal prayers. The military escort was furnished by Corporal Coyle post, American Legion.
 Preceding the funeral procession were patrol cars driven by Motor Patrolmen Alfred Overton and Jos- eph Mccarthy. The escort, conn manded by Sergt Patrick Hillborg, included the following: Patrolmen John Moynihan, Leo McKenna, Jo. seph Collins, Edward Hayes, Charles Nolan, Bernard O'Lough- lin. John Meaney, John Winston, Albert Dereskevice, Dennis Lynch, Ernest Paku1 and Frank Smith.
 The active bearers were Patrol- men Patrick Hobart, John Chris. tinat, John Parker, John Walsh, Edward Dunn and John Pannone.
 Church call was sounded by Bugler Earl Benson who also sounded taps. The flag was pre- sented to the widow by Past Com mander Wallace J. Inglis.
 The firing squad, members of the Connecticut National Guard includ- ed: Wallace J. 1nglis in command and John Kennedy, Albert Linden, Thomas Wrenn, Charles Bagley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-30
CATHOLIC WOMEN
 COMMENCE DRIVE
Articles for Needy Fafni- lies Sought in Two-
 Weeks Campaign

The annual drvie for articles for Catholic needy families conducted by the Waterbury Council of Cath ollie Women in conjunction with the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service opened in this city this week. It will continue for two weeks during which time members an dthose solicited are asked to send their contributions to solici- tors or direct to the bureau. If not called upon for this most worthy charitable enterprise anyone inter- ested may send two articles to the bureau.
 Each year at this time there is enormous need of contributions of infants, children's and adult cioth- ing as well as household articles. There is no iessening of the need, and while such contributions are made off and on to the bureau. both of used and new articles. the situation never crises when there is an adequate supply to take care of the bureaus demands. Tho present drive calls for two new articles from each person solicited. The council and bureau will be grateful for articles donated at this time. These should be sent to solicitors or to headquarters at 20 Field street,