davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1934-11-25

Las siguientes Licencias Matrimo-
males fuer0n expedidas pOr I'm O.
ficina en- Ia Corte del Condado de
Cameron:
DR.. Z. .. sefser v Mrs. verna Z,
Shepherd
Gustavo Cant6 y Paula Alanis.
No sc inscribieron demands en-
Ia Corte Civil del Condado.
In Ia Curte Criminal del C0nda-
Go no Sc i~nscribleron demands hoy
Las siguientes demands fueron
inscritas Ell shbado en- IA Corte Civil
del Distrito: Henry Smith vs. Ar
turo Rodriguez: Juana Vera vs.
joaquin Vera
NO se juxERrun causaH en lal
C0rtes de Pa.
, 1934-11-25

cha al auditorio por Of joven Lie.
Raphael Cowen-
Tel Consul dc Mexico cerr6 los
trabatos q las once de IN noche,
bora en- que ternin6 la tenida.
Todos los C6nsules Commentaries
de los Campamentos UnidOs, Ebmno,
Mexico y Bolivar eStuvieron pre-
BenteS, aK como los miembros de
los Comics respectivos.
, 1934-11-25
Sc Casara I'm Acusado
De Rapto Ell Lunes

MATAMOROS. lamps. Nov. "a
Un individuo residente de esta ciu-
dad SO encuentra detenido en- In
carcel. acusado del rapto de una
sefiorita.
La acuSacion Ia hizo a Ia policia
un hermano de In raptada. Segin
nos informaron en- Ia Comandancia
de policfa. ell lunes contraera ma
trimonio Ia pareja citada.
, 1934-11-25
Ell Tempo

Las predicciones para Ell domingo
son. que estara nublado e ineStable.
No habr4 cambios materiales en-
Ell volumen dc las aguas del Rio
Grande. por algunos dias.
, 1934-11-25
NuEYA FuNDICInN EN nGn.

CTUDAD DE MEXICO, Nov. "a
De acuerdo con los datos oficiales
que nos fueron proporcionados en-
Ia Secretarfa de la Economic Ma
cional Sc eStan terminando los a.
rregloS para q establecimiento de
una gran fundici6n de fierro ' ace
no al pie del CerrO del Mercado en-
n ciudad de Durango.
, 1934-11-25

RITA DEL Observation-Disclosures
midwife. Partera graduada. l023
Adams &C. E-B5
, 1934-11-25
SOCLALES


I'll sabado por IN tarde sali6 en-
para Ill PasD. Texas 81
guez de Par Bertram Combe accom-
pahado de 81 esposa, la Sra j. G..
&c Combe.
Los espoSos Combe regresaran IA
esta ciudad probablemente el lunes,
Siendo este viaje ell Segundo que
hacen q esa cludad en- Ell presente
aho.
, 1934-11-25

Pr6ximamente ~contraer&n matri-
m0nio EN- Ell Santuario de Nuestra
Sonora de Guadalupe en- esta ciu-
dad. I'll Or. Alberto Gonzalez " In
6gita- Juanita Tamayo. ambos hien
ccnocido6 en- esta ciudad.
El Gr. Gonzalez es hermano del
81. Ernest0 del mismo apellid0. pro-
piatario dc I'm Gonzalez Mattress
and Mfg. co. de Brownsville.
La 6rita. Tamayo. es hija del Dr.
Refugio Tamayo y de u Sra II. de
Thmayo. III Sr. Alberto Gonzalez es
socio de Ia negotiation de u cual
eS prnpietari0 wa hermanO.
II Dr. q. 4. Benavides Jr. que vi
no q esta ciudad con motive dc IA
C~elebrnCi0n Gle laS BOdaS de plata
de sus padres los Sres- ;. +. Bena-
vi1es W Elena M. de Benavidcs, re-
Rruse anoche q Beaumont.
, 1934-11-25

In Ia Curte Criminal del Conda-
DO no Sc i~nscribieron demands hoy
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Voice OF Action
Publishes lids
Advice To Jailed
UNDER ARREST" GIVES THE
CORRECT STEPS FOR
MILITANTS

You are active on the picket line,
or you are distributing leaflets, or
you are acting on committee which
is carrying the workers demands to
the welfare bureaucratS, or you are
protesting a farm foreclosure sale or
eviction. These are activities which
put you and your class in conflict
with the bosses government. You
are arrested.
The arrest is made by policeman,
deputy sheriff, state policeman,
or federal agent. II is absolutely
essential to remember that the Of
ficer arreSting you is a servant of
the boss class. He may be your neigh
Dor, but he is paid to serve the
bosses government. He is your enc
my.
You must give him no help in find
ing charge to place against you.
Almost always, the arrest is made
first, and the charge trumped up
later
GIVE HIM NO INFORMATION OF
ANY SORT WHATEVER, either
about yourself or about your fell
low workers, or about any organ
ization you may belong to or are in
tereSted in. Do not try to explain
anything to him. Go with him to the
police station, but do not talk.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

Prosecuting Attorney admitted
that some of the prisoners were
"trouble-makers." When asked if
it was right or constitutional to
hound a man for informing his
fellow workers of their rights and
helping them fight for these
rights, he merely shrugged his
shoulders.
Arrangements were made to
have a special session of the SUI
periOr Court on Saturday, Aug
ust Is. Friday night two N .ic
attempts were made to reach the
LID.
Saturday morning a wire came
advising to ask for continuance
of the case. The captains, with
one exception, wanted the case tn
proceed and have it over with
in order to keep on fishing. The
men also decided to take their
chances and avoid expense.
Judge Permits one-Sidedness
The trial was a peculiar one.
The judge allowed continuous in
reference on the part of Mr.. Carl
Lee, of the Fisheries Department,
and chief witness of the prose-
cutiOn. In fact he held the cen.
ter of the stage, at cost of much
dignity to the court and he seem
ed to hugely enjoy the discomfort
of the fishermen.
One case was dismissed and
the others heard in regular rou-
tine and nearly all were found
guilty as charged, some were
found not guilty, and some were
held over until next session.
After the cases were disposed
of but before pronouncing sem
tence, the Honorable Judge Cru
Der seemed to be in a dilemma
what to do about the fines. 1t was
easy to see that to hold the men
in jail for an attempt to make a
living by hard, honest work at
Continued on Page Four
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
SincIairs Book Contains
Maze Of Contradictions
By JOHN THOMAS PAINE

would lose more than they stood
to lose under EPIC. For that
reason Sinclair resolved to take
his stand and not modify it UNI
der any circumstances Up. 800
Is that enough? Look again:
IF our propertied classes were
wise they would take EPIC as
the alternative to Communism (p
33). If EPIC fails. the Commun-
lists will do the job.
1t is unbelievable, but anyone
can read these declarations for
himself in Sinclair's pamphlet, 81.
Governor of California" 18th edi-
tom. The first two of Upton Sin
calir'S Twelve Principles of EPIC
begin with the word God and he
speaks of a true Christian like
myself" so it is not amiss to re-
mind him and others that out
of their own mouths you shall
condemn them" Ponder that
text as study in irony-and Up
ton Sinclair as a faker.
Resolute opposition to Upton
Sinclair's EPIC Plan is the only
logical course open to people
who are genuinely against the
unemployment. starvation, ter
ror, fascism and war that are the
inevitable products and props
of decaying and frightened cap
italiSm.
This opposition must be espe-
cially watehful and militant be-
cause the Sinclair plan" is fill
ed from beginning to end with
dcmagogic appeals that are cal
culated to win the support of
the suffering masses. Radical
phrases, bad words about the
bankers, and wild promises of
security and plenty" are the
means by which it is intended
that the workers and impover-
ished farmers are to be fooled.
Attempt to Delude Masses
That the EPIC plan is a pro-
gram to delude the exploited
masses is crystal clear and can
Continued on Page Four
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Workers Tortured

PUhlLAND, Sept. Din the
tanks III Ine county jail III which
the Criminal oynuIcallsm de1enu-
ants anu the seanien arrested III
the recent raids are being kept,
there have been introduced per-
SONS suffering from syphlllls.
lhls smacks o1 "a fascisU man
euver TO prosecute political prs
oners, just as III Germany where
syphillitlc germs are injected III
to prisoners branded as Com
munlsts.
10 make the condition worse
all the men in one tank have to
use three raz0rs.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Frye'S Questions
HumiliateWOrkerS
BY UB

MONROE, Wash, Sept. 6 =
Fryes, the big shot money maxi
ers of Seattle, King County, the
State of Washington, etc, have
packing houses, slaughter hous-
es, and meat markets scattered
over the country from A to u.
They also have lettuce farms
scattered over more than 1000
acres a few miles out of Monroe.
They pay workers from 10 to 70
cents an hour for labor perform
ed on this farm.
They aren't at all choosey
who works for them. A kid of
IL If he is lucky enough to
stand the gait, can slave for
the Fryes, providing their
foreman has mad his parents
sign a slip saying he Is IS,
which clears the Fryes of any
Child Labor Law violations.
Dld we say the fryes weren't
choosey? We shouldn't have! Be-
cause they make every mothers
son and daughter who gets to
draw a pay-cneck tone oil these
pay cheeks amounted to Sl.S6 tor
~ hours labor answer before a
notary public, list of IL ques-
tons.
These questions are all typed
out on a sheet OF paper a mile
long with the heading: Frye Let
tuce Farm, me; Application Ior
employment; State OF washing
ton, County OF Snohomish; IS:
Affidavit: space Tor name in full,
then being 1lrst duly sworn Oh
oatn deposes and says: then fol
lows the place OIL birtn"; III
born III the Y. ;. etc.; "alI places
OIL residence, etc.; what educa-
ton Are you Wiling work-
ers!" Are your sympatnies tor
or against union labor? name
ana address ana occupation Oh
mother, brother ana sisters;
names, addresses and occupa-
lions OF AT least three respon-
slDle persons not related to you
ana not former empoyiers, 10
whom you can refer as to your
characters, etc.; previous EN-
pIoyment; account Tor ali since
leaving school, etc.,; "Dld you
leave IN good stanuIng? If not
why notY' and winding up SUB
scribed and sworn to before me
TINS -.------ Gay OF -----.-.lsignatlnc
space tor notary publIcj in and
for the State OF Washington re-
siding at, etc.
And all for the magnificent
sum Of 10 to 20 cents an hour,
and all profits to the Fryes.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

of fishermen were discussing the
affair. Sometimes the voices
were in the English tongue, but
ever so often some one would
break out passionately in the
Slavonic language.
Committee of One
As the only available member
of the Communist Party, the
writer appointed himself a COM
mittee of one to see what could
be done for these fishermen. The
first attempt to get acquainted
with them was met with a rather
suspicious attitude, but after
mentioning the Communist Par,
ty and the international Labor
Defense | was soon accepted as
an assistant and requested to call
upon the LID. A letter was sent
to Seattle, in care of the Voice
of Action, as the LID address was
unknown.
The Prosecuting Attorney wa
visited to find out why the men
were not tried before a Justice
of the Peace, as is customary in
such cases. | was informed that
the Department of Fisheries in
sisted upon bringing these cases
before the Superior court, al
though they knew our Superior
Judge lives in Bellingham. 1t was
bluntly stated that the Justice
Court was too easy and the fines
too small to suit the purpose of
the Fisheries Department.
On August % another batch
of prisoners was brought in and
charged with similar Oftenses,
also some more captains, charged
with employing illegal fishermen.
Bail set at 500, was posted by the
captains and refused by the
men.
"Trouble-Makers"
Among the fishermen on the
street the opinion was that the
real cause of the arrests was the
fact that the men had been act
i've in the recent fish strike. The
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Worker Demand
Union Wage;GetIt

SEATTLE, Sept. G. Members
of the Steamfitters' Union work
ing at school in Auburn on re,
lief work. went to the desk to
get their first check. They took
one look at the checks and start,
ed for the door. Hey. where are
you fellows going?" I'VE don't
like the looks of these checks.
They demanded instead Of the
Sl.20 offered them, the union
scale of S.3715. After several
phone calls, the clerk had the
stenOgrapher make out new
checks for $L37H.
Do you know the rules of
the union?" they asked. THE
employer sets a day to pay
the men; if they are not paid
on the job on that day after
work, no more work next day"
The steamfitters, mechanics
and laborers all got paid on the
job, instead of having to go to
the Ford plant.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Tacoma WOrkerTO
Go To Chicago

TACOMA, Sept. GA mass con-
ference on sept. IL to elect a del
egate to the Second u. s. Con-
gress Against War and Fascism,
is being called by the Tacoma
branch of the American League
Against War and Fascism.
All working class organizations
in the city are asked to elect del
egates to the conference. Lead
ing speakers on war and tasclsm
VIII address the meeting and tell
the workers OF Tacoma about the
great congress taking place III
chicago on the last three days oil
this month.
Ihe Tacoma branch of the
American League Against War
ana FascIsm is a young organ
l2aCion. 1t grew out OF the mass
meeting In Wright Park on
August l, when police man
hanuIed two young workers,
without provocatIon. Prompt
proGesLs TO Mayor and Guy
council brought them out in
the open as disapprovlng ac-
ton OF workers against police
brutality, against terror, and
against war and fascism.
Iaeoma workers are invited t.
attend the mass meeting on the
10th of September. A fund is be
ing raised to send delegate
back to the Chicago meeting, Sc
that Tacoma will get first hanC
information about this historic
ally important gathering.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
ALWAYS CALL WITNESSES IN
YOUR DEFENSE

If the judge refuses to dismiss the
case, call your witnesses. Always
have several ready, to support your
story. Put questions to them which
bring out the real reasons for your
arrest. Meet all the testimony against
you by bringing out clearly your
working class activities, and the
class nature of the prosecutors
charges.
When all witnesses are through,
both prosecutor and defense sum
up. Prepare your argument carefully,
as this is your last chance to defend
yourself. Don't let the Judge cut you
off for what he will call "speech-mak-
ing" Go ahead with your speech.
You have the right to talk as long
as you want to. The case then goes
to jury or judge.
If convicted, you may appeal to
the higher court. As to whether you
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

leave, and the la Merced' stay
ed moOred.
The bosses, hoping to break
the backbone of the militant
struggle of the longshoremen
and seamen, managed somehow
to tow the La MERGED" to Ed
monds the following night I'M
der cover of darkness, where the
Filipino cannery workers board
ed her early in the morning, with
the understanding that they
were going aboard her for can
merry work in Alaskan waters.
But they soon discovered they
were being duped.
Boat Lacked Seamen
The La MERGED" had INSULT
cient crew to man her. The boss
es Immediately ordered the can
merry workers to work as seamen,
disregarding their contracts as
cannery workers. These con-
tracts. by the way, were never
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Lewis Go. Workers
To Hold Huge Picnic
AtCentralia Sunday

CENTRALIA, Wash, Sept. G.
Workers and farmers of Lewis
County will gather here at a
huge picnic Sunday, September
g, at Riverside Park, under the
auspices of the Relief Workers
Protective Association locals of
the county.
Political candidates are invit.
ed to participate in the program
which will also include other en-
tertainment. Sports events will
be featured.
Free coffee will be served to
the workers and farmers who
will bring their own basket
lunch.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

California capitalists, along
with the Others throughout Am.
erica, are frantic with terror AT
the unmistakable evidence that
the workers are awakening rap
idly to the fact of class division
and of a class government that is
always the capitalists instru
ment of exploitation and repres-
sion against the worker.
by all means this awakening
and this revolt must be stopped,
the Robber Barons shrek and
cry. But how? The Republicans
can't do it, nor the ALL. There is
no large Social Democratic Party
as in Germany to betray the
workers. How can it be done?
Here is the answer: Get
we'll known Socialist, let him
mutter OF roar leftist phrases,
below against capitalists, and
dream dreams and visions of
salvation. But first this Social
list must join the Democratic
Party and keep the workers
voting Democratic! Keep the
old machine together-vote for
supporting legislature" that
will support EPIC, Sinclair, but
most of all support capitalism.
Do you doubt it? Read Sin
clair's own words on how he quit
the Socialist Party because it is
impotent, and went over to the
Democrats. To "end poverty in
California;" Hardly. His aim is to
keep the revolving workers away
from real revolutionary move
ment; his aim is to blind, mislead
and betray.
Look at this: Sinclair answer.
ed that if the EPIC plan
were defeated, the only outcome
would be a violent revolution, in
which the propertied classes
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
Tacoma Worker
Fired For Selling
Voice OF Action
EVICTION ATTEMPT BACK
OF DISCHARGE
MOVE
By a Worker Correspondent

TACOMA, Sept 6-Faced with
the threat of eviction to satisfy
a judgment against his home,
John Hague, union plumber, was
fired last week by his employers,
the Birgh Griggs Company of
this city.
Mr.. Hague, as a staunch union
man and militant worker had
sold copies of the Voice of Ac-
ton. This was the sole excuse. A
faithful reader of the Voice OF
Action, Mr.. Hague induced his
friends to read the NOrthwest's
only labor paper. This was re-
ported to the company and his
dismissal after years of service
resulted. This is sample of the
terrorism and intimidation the
bosses can and must be stopped
from attempting to use against
militant workers.
Protest Organized
Hague and his wife, both past
60 years of age, live at 4414 North
Sind street. They claim that every
species of legal chicanery, includ-
ing perjury and forgery, have
been used in the attempt to de
prive them of their home. Re
fused a jury trial in their case, 8
request for "a grand jury invest
CATION of the perjury use
against them was likewise de
MED.
The North End Unemploy.
ment Council is rallying work
ers to the Hague's defense and
mass protest is planned for Sept
-, when the eviction is planned
to take place. Every class con
sciOus worker must join in sup,
port of this protest. Only by
mass pressure, united front
can we save ourselves from be.
ing crushed by the fascist tactics
of capitalism!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

The National Lumber work
ers Union, analyzing the miser.
able conditions in the lumber in.
dustry which exist because of
the unorganized status of the
lumber workers, is drafting a
plan for a UNITED FRONT
STRUGGLE against the lumber
operators who, with the aid of
the ALL and Al officials and the
renegade IWW leadership, are
taking a huge toll of the very
existence of the lumber work
ers.
With the crisis becoming more
acute the operators are attempt
ing to retain their enormous pro-
fits at the expense of the work
ers. Lumber has decreased 10 per
cent in price and the spokesman
for the big operators recently
broadcast that overhead must
be reduced. AS labor is the larg-
est overhead to contend with, nat
urally it will be the first to be
reduced. An immediate wage-cut
is thus pending.
The sentiment to struggle
against the NRA codes and for
the right to a decent living has
been demonstrated in the past
year by the lumber workes under
the leadership of the NLWU
This is the only union in the lum-
Der industry which expresses the
interests of the lumber workers.
1t is putting forth this plan for
UNITED FRONT of all lumber
workers.
Bosses Fear United Front
The bosses and their agents
realize that as long as the lum-
Der workers are split up into
several unions, most of them
controlled by the bosses, the
workers will have little chance
of successfully striking in any
great force. They fear a United
Front, and are using the "black-
list" more vigorously than ever
before to intimidate the work
ers in order to keep a united or
ganizatiOn from springing up.
The NLWU is calling its Ma
tiOnal Committee into a confer
ence in the immediate future for
the final preparations for con-
Quoting this broad struggle. Lum-
Der workers on the job must or
ganize rank and file mill and
camp committees to put up "a
fight against the blacklist" and
discrimination, against the speed
up and for the right to belong
to a union of their choosing.
The NLWU, through it's To-
Gals, will get the UNITED
FRONT material before the
membership of all unions. The
Voice of Action, our official or
gan, will carry from time to
time the developments of our
plans and keep the workers
fully informed.
Write articles on struggles
and conditions in the mills and
camps. Get in contact with the
NLWU locals. Start immediate
organization for struggle.
NEG of the NLWU.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07

Sgiven to the workers to read, on
ly to sign.
Selvestre Garcia, the Filipino
boss in cooperation with the
company, raised no protest to
stop this exploitation. He served
the company faithfully and well.
The Filipinoes had to paint
the sides of the ship while I'M
derway, which is in direct viola
tion of shipping law; they did
all the general cleaning of the
ship. Their diet was limited to
fish, mongo, rice; rice mongo,
fish, and around and around
again. Their sleeping quarters
were worse than hog pens" one
of them said. Its more like a
coffin, those beds we sleep in"
another one added.
Garcia Discharges Struggles
All the time Garcia was telling
the Filipinoes they must not
Continual on Pare Four
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
DON'T CONVICT YOURSELF

When you go to trial, insist that
the charges against you be proved
by the testimony of witnesses. Don't
testify against yourself. Don't an
Swer any questions from Judge or
prosecutor until witnesses have given
evidence against you.
As each witness against you teSti-
flies, including the arreSting officer,
you or your representative in court
have the right to question" or
"croSS-examine" them. Break down
their stories. At this point you can
only ask questions, but you can ask
your questions so that the real reason
for your arrest is clear.
When the prosecuting witnesses
are through and you have croSS-ex-
amined them, move that the charges
be dismissed. ALWAYS MOVE FOR
DISMISSAL BEFORE you CALL
YOUR WITNESSES. Argue this point.
Point out the class isSueS-the real
reasons for your arrest, your work
ing class activities. Show how this
charge has been trumped up after
your arrest.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-07
SIGN NO STATEMENT OR
CONFESSION

Sign no paper, confession" or
other statement, said to contain
your story. Write no statement
yourself. Refuse to make a state
ment. Refuse firmly to answer any
questions.
Keep on insisting that a charge
be placed against you or that you
be released. Don't let them hold you
indefinitely on "open charge" that
is without any charge at all. Demand
to know who arrested you and on
what authority, and why you are be-
ing held.