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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
Pulp Cutters Meet
For Strike Action

FO h S, Wash, Sept. q =
Twenty pulp wood men, mostly
cutters met Friday night at the
small IOOF hall here and decid-
ed to organize in a militant un.
ion to fight for better conditions
in the pulp wood camps of the
West End of Clallam County.
Voting unanimously for another
bigger meeting, Monday, Oct. /,
the men especially requested
that James Murphy, secretary of
the National Lumber Workers
Union be invited to speak for the
NLWU at that meeting.
The committee which had been
elected at a previous meeting to
present demands to the Wash
ington Pulp and Paper Company
(Zellerbach) reported they had
not been able to get a definite
answer and proposed strike ae-
ton at once to force the issue.
Need Loggers' Help
A militant discussion on the
necessity of organizing into a
militant union along with the
lOggers in order to stop the ship
ment of logs to break the strike
of the sherwood cutters follow
ed.
The program of the NLWU, well
presented by two workers who
have seen the NLWU in action,
but are not yet members, was
well received while proposal
by a small contractor for affilia-
ton with the ALL was vigorously
opposed.
Elect Committee
A committee of five was elect
ed to prepare for the October |
meeting, where definite action
will be decided on.
The demands already present
ed to the Washington Pulp and
Paper Co. by joint committee
of cutters and small contractors
were: $500 per standard cord
(l2S cubic feet for the cutters,
and $1,000 per cord for hemlock,
$500 for Spruce for the contract
ors.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
Judge Decides Against
+. Boy, For Corporation

SEATTLE, Sept. q Shutting
his eyes to the facts of the case,
Judge Roscoe Smith has handed
down a decision of "non-suit" in
the case of 7-year-old Leonard
Ball, a workers child, against
Pacific Coast II. r., one of the
richest corporations in the state.
The boy was badly injured by
the rotation of a turntable near
where the children of his town
played. Although the law plain
ly states that all such contrap.
tions must be locked and guard
ed in such way that children
cannot play on them, Judge
Smith even went to the extreme
of refusing hospital, doctor and
transportation bills as damages
when he threw the case out of
court.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28

the unemployed, and to see that
the unemployed are united to
fight for more relief and to sup
port their employed comrades in
time Of strike.
This union believes in rank and
file control. The workers them,
selves frame their demands and
elect committees to handle grlev-
ances. The union itself gives lead.
ership and aids in putting into
effect the decisions of the rank
and file.
Farmer-Worker Unity fr
Mass organization is another
point in the policy of the C&A
VIII. Delegates are elected from
all its locals to various other la
Dor organizations In order to pro-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
BY a Worker Correspondent

ASTORIA, Ore, Sept 27-As-
toria workers in a militant DEM
onstration here Sept. 10, won re-
lief for the family of Oscar Man
nisto, who Is under deportation
orders to fascist Finland. BY this
victory they won the first round
In the battle against the Clatsop
County Relief Committee which
il attempting to cut all militant
workers and their families from
the relief rolls.
The Clatsop County Relief
Committee, which is headed by
County Judge Boyington, during
the terror campaign which was
unleashed by the ship owners
to break the strike on the Pacific
Coast, passed a resolution to de-
ny relief to Communists and 9th.
or militant workers in order to
do its part in creating the red
hysteria."
On the basis of this decision
all relief has been denied to the
Mannisto family since August II.
when Oscar Mannisto surrender
ed to immigration officials at
Portland for deportation. DepOrt-
alton was prevented by habeas
corpus which was to have been
heard September a. Mannisto,
at the present time, is being held
in the Multnomah County jail.
Storm Troops Mobilize
/ On September 10, a large group
of workers accompanied by the
Mannisto family appeared before
the County Court and determin-
eddy protested against this denial
of relief to the Mannisto family
and the discriminatory resolu-
ton. The County Court, whose
main spokesman is Judge Boy
ington, tried to evade giving re-
lief to the MannistO family, and
ca led upon re-inforcements
which appeared shortly, In the
form of approximately 35 local
business men, Astoria's storm
troopers" who filed into the
court room. The workers, how
ever, were not to be intimidated
and their spokesman exposed the
fascist nature of this resolution
by the County Relief Committee.
Answering Judge BOyington and
others who brought up the argu-
ment that these workers were go
ing to overthrow the government
by force and violence, the spokes-
men stated that the sole purpose
Of this committee was to secure
relief for the Mannisto family.
Get Action
The session lasted several
hours. Finally Judge Boyington,
due to the militancy of the work
ers, urged Mrs. Mannisto to see
the Red Cross. Several commit
tee members went with her to
see that she was granted relief.
After a half hour here, due to
the militant mass pressure of
ed three and half years ago,
while working on a Finnish work.
ers' paper, the Toveri, at Astoria
when the raids were made in con-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28

mote better understanding of all
workers. The only sure way OF
gaining demands from the bosses
is by mass organization by and
for the farmers and workers. The
C&AWIU maintains that the
wage Garner and small farmer are
both exploited by the big guys,
so both must unite their forces
in mass action and strike togeth-
er to force concessions from the
capitalist class.
The C&AWIU is a revolutions
AIRY trade union, discriminating
against no workers because of ma
tionality, race, sex. or creed. Who
ever we. are, if created humanity,
we all get hungry-just remem-
berl
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
Fight For ManniStO
Family Wins Relief
Astoria Workers Brave Storm Troops" To
Smash Anti Communist Welfare Board Edict

pthe workers, she was granted re-
lief.
Mannisto was originally arrest
nection with the notorious Fish
Commission. Since that time he
has been held under continuous
threat of deportation. and has
been unable to work and provide
for his family, who have been
forced TO secure aid from relief
sources. The family has had to
struggle to secure this relief and
finally 1t was cut off completely.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
By Leo Osorio
Organizer, Local No. 1

The Cannery and Agricultural
Workers industrial Union is an
organization that struggles for
better working and living con-
ditions for the cannery and agri-
cultural workers, who are prob
ably the lowest paid workers in
industry today.
The small farmers, controlled
by the rich farmers, bankers and
food monopolies, can't pay a liv-
wage to the workers who assist
them in their work. The rich
farmers refuse to pay any but the
lowest wage.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
SPECIAL NEWS
for the
Workers
the pulp wood cutters for thei
demands.
Edited by JAMES MURPHY
Secretary National Lumber Workers Union

tne pup WOOD cutters TOT tneli
demands.
United Front of All Unions
Can Win
The NLWU is modelling all its
forces in order to intensity this
campaign on a united front basis.
As the textile strike. the past
lOngshOre strike has proved to
the working class that We can
struggle jointly and win cOnces-
sions from the operators.
The NLWU urgently appeals
to all unOrganized lumber work,
ers to Immediately get in contact
with our national office, Room
POI, 51S Ind Ave-, Seattle, so we
can send an organizer to give
assistance in establishing a
branch of our union.
To all organized lumber work
ers: Take action in your union by
Ousting the reactiOnary leaders
and electing rank and file offie-
ials. so we can call a united front
conference, establish a standard
wage scale for the industry, and
put it into effect by strike ac,
ton.
Regardless of what union you
belong to, organize a mill or
plant committee for all work
ers.
Start immediate struggle for
your job conditions.
Fight against every method of
discrimination on the part OF
the operators
Stop all intimidation and fir
ing of militant workers from the
job.
Gust takers from your ranks.
Organize and strike.
The time is ripe for organiza-
ton and strike action.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
TOBOOSt Voice of Action

OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. 81
At special unit meetings held
September %, Olympia COmmun-
lists mapped out a th'ce.point
program OF work for the near fu-
ture. Besides making definite
plans for filing candidates for the
coming election, a program of
active support of Initiative 4
was adopted, as well as a drive
for boosting the special $4,000
election edition of the Voice of
Action.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
Challenge Tacoma

SPOKANE, Sept. 27-The Spo-
kane Section of the Communist
Party has challenged the Taco
ma Section in socialist competi-
ton to raise the Daily Worker
quota by the greatest percent
age.
Spokane comrades are enthus-
iastic over the competition and
are on their toes to beat Taco
ma. What about it, Tacoma?
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
Unit Assumes Half

SPOKANE, Sept. 27-Unit No.
2 of Spokane, has assumed $25 of
the $50 Daily Worker quota for
the Spokane Section and has
challenged any other unit in the
city to beat them.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
meets, to be there to support
our demands.

All these activities give ou:
Party an opportunity to bring
into our ranks hundreds of work
ers who are ready to join our
Party. Every step that we take
in this campaign, the Party must
be brought forward as a leader.
Our answer to Roosevelt's pro-
gram of Hunger, War and Fas-
cism, must he united front of
all workers under the leadership
of our Party.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
A CORRECTION

Last week we reported Albert
Strout, Candidate for County
Commissioner of Clallam County,
as . member OF the liza. 1t
should have read LID.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28

Greet the Special $4,000 Copy
Election Edition of the Voice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
INVENTOR WILL
 SAVE HIS YACHT

Bay Shore, N. Y., July 23.-CUP) The shipwreck of Charles Lan- fer Lawrence's luxurious yacht in Great South Bay ended with little loss today because the inventor act ed quickly to save his latest brain child, a motor in the experimental stage.
 T h 52-foot power cruiser Meadow Lark struck a submerged fishing stake and foundered in seven feet of water. Lawrence. his wife, his 17-year-old daughter and five guests on a Sunday cruise leap ed into the water and clung to a small boat. Coast guardsmen of Fir Island station half mile away rescued them. Two prize Labrador dogs also were saved.
 Lawrence, inventor of the air plane motor which carried Lind bergh across the Atlantic and Byrd to the North Pole, immediately di- rected floating the swamped craft on pontoons as the tide came in. Other boatmen attracted to the scene helped salvage the yacht.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
SOUTH'S PIED
 PIERS BUSY
Campaign Ragged Against Rats to Prevent Fever
 Spread

Birmingham, Ala (UP)-The legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin, who lured rats to watery grave with subtle music, has more than 100 modern parallels in Birming- ham.
 The goth Century pipers, armed with traps and poisons instead of pipes, are waging campaign against rats of every descrition in a federal project to prevent spread wives and property owners is being enlisted.
 In the past six years, the dis ease increased 800 per cent throughout the United States. In the same period, Ala bama report ed a gain of 1,70O per cent. Last year, Alabama reported S23 cases of the fever, more than half the number of cases recorded in the entire nation.
 Typhus fever is spread by a species of flea which lives upon rats. Alabama's rats, the fever carriers, were believed to have been brought from Asia during the Civil war.
 During the tenure of the Civil Works Administration, it was esti- mated that 5,000,000 rats were killed in 21 Albama counties which sponsored rat eradication drives.
 The fever carriers breed in rub bish and filth, rarely entering homes when food is available else where.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
TURKS TO GET
 NEW SURNAMES
Ankara National Assembly
 Recently Adopts This Ollk

Istanbul (UP) - It took @ long time to draft the bill under which all Turks are to adopt surnames. but the Ankara National Assembly has adopted 1t.
 This means that within year every Turkish family will have a new appellation. Or rather not every family, but the vast major | ity, for some two or three hundred families alraedy have surnames. | Now surname-bearing is to be made universal by law under a penalty of a fine of $46.
 It is not yet revealed in detail how the choosing of names will be carried out. It is believed that the heads of families, men or women, will be obliged to make the choice after consultation with their kin. These names then will be submit ted to authorities, with an expla- nation of why they have been se- lected. They VIM be allowed if they are not duplicates of other names, or if they do not offend against decency or historic regulations, or Turkish linguistic laws. No for eign names may be taken.
 The main advantage of the adoption of surnames is expected to be the elimination of the pres ent confusion due to Mehmed Ali for instance, having 10000 rival bearers of the same name. The consequence is that one of them is arrested and jailed when it is an- other who is wanted.
 Surname-bearing is considered a m2fk of an advanced civilization, in nSwhich census and registration rules are modernized. It comes naturally into the Ghazi's reforms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
TEXANS FACE
 OIL PROBLEM Austin Puzzle Taken to Court By Adeltex
 Company

Austin, Tex. CUP) Oil men have taken this puzzle to court here:
 Adeltex Oil Company drilled a well at the edge of the Conroe oil field in Montgomery County. The iol bearing sand slopes off very rapidly at the field edge. If the we'll went down straight. It would strike the oil sand below the level at which salt water stands, the geologists said. That would make the we'll useless.
 Well owners remembered that H. John Eastman had come from California with a method for con- trolling the direction of well drill ing. They made a deal with him and the we'll was drilled, deviating little more than four and halt degrees from vertical. Drilled this way it struck oil before water. The deviated drilling made the bottom of the we'll 155 feet from where it would have been if the well had been absolutely straight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
| MONARDA OIL | BEING STUDIED
Chemists May Find It Basis for Founding
 New Industry

Lincoln, Ncb-UP)- P)-Sample$ of new oil obtained from the monarda plant that grows on the dry, sandy stretches of western Nebraska, are being studied by the University of Nebraska chemists to determine whether it may prove the basis the forming of a new industry.
 Two professors, Joseph B. Burt and Fred S. Bukey, of the college pharmacy, secured the samples themselves, harvesting more than a ton of the plant to secure five and half pints of the dark. arc, matic oil. They worked for more than 10 days to procure the sam pies.
 If the oil contains sufficient quantities of phcnols. the base for many disinfectants, cultivation Of the plant may prove profitable. Volatile oils already have been discovered in the samples.
 A member of the mint family, the monarda grows to height of about IS inches and sprouts q light lavender bloom. Nearly the entire plant was used in the distillation process by the professors.
 This oil may prove to be the nu- cleus of a new and extensive in dustry for all agriculturists Of western Nebraska. It isn't hard to raise the imonarda plant--it just grows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
Convention Site, Date
 To Be Selected Today
Democrats Expected to Meet in New London in Sep=
 tenlber-Hayes Smith Committee Members

Officers of the democratic state central committee and two nation- al committeeman were slated to meet this afternoon. at the office of State Chairman David A. Wilson in Hartford to discuss plans for the state convention and for the selec- tion of keynote speaker. !. Francis Smith of Waterbury is ex- pected to attend in his capacity as secretary of the state committee.
 Reports up to now state that the convention will be held at Eastern point, at Groton, near New Lon- don, and that the keynoter will he U. s. Senator Augustine Lonergan of Hartford. The date of the con- vention is expected to be fixed for September and 6.
 Mayor Frank Hayes and Secre- tary Smith are expected to be rec ognized in the appointment of sub committees for the convention. Both Mayor Hayes and Mr Smith are expected to be placed on either the resolutions or finance commit tees.
 Following the settling of the date, site and keynoter for the con- vention, it is expected that Demo- cratic Town Chairman John H. Crary of Waterbury will set the machinery in motion for the selec- ton of delegates to represent Wa terbury at the state gathering. Waterbury had 36 delegates at the last convention but it is believed that this city might have an addi- tional number this year. Chairman Crary said to-day he will not take any steps until notified by Chair man Wilson in Hartford.
 In addition to fixing the pri- maries for the state convention e g t e S selection, Chairman Crary will set the date for calling primaries for the senatorial, con- gressional, probate, shrievality and town conventions. The local con- vention for electing delegates, 70 the state convention will be held first because, under rules of the democratic party in the state, the names of the delegates must be III the hands of the secretary of the state central committee at least IL days before the state convention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
GREAT LOVER'S., BODY EXHUMED
Skeleton Removed From Grave in New Orleans
 Cemetery

New Orleans (UP)-FERA workers here are busying them selves digging up the skeleton of New Orleans famous lover and commander of Spanish Fort more than century and half ago.
 The skeleton, unlike that of present day lovers, is in a grave not a closet.
 Louis J. Genella, engineer in charge of the work on the ancient fort, said the ''tomb" near the ole bsttlements is that of Don or General Pablo,
 According to lengend and Genel- Ia, Pablo was slain for having d love affair with the daughter of the chief of tribe of Indians liv- ing in southeastern Louisiana. The daughter was betrothed to an In- dian brave.
 Don Pablo, his skull laid bare by the scalping Indians and then split by tomahawk blows. was buried near the fort between two magnolia trees.
 The tomb, made of brick and cement, is being uncovered slowly.
 And until that is done workers cannot be sure that the skeleton is that of the gay Spaniard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23

Ohitcu Stuteb ana CAnaun. The photo shown here Is the one which will be used on the circu- lars to be sent all over the con- tinent about the escaped mur- derer.
 Arranged by Gunther Mathes. the picture is an excellent exam pie of the art of the skilled pho- tographer. Persons who have known Crow contend that it Is an excellent resemblance.
 When given the assignment of making the police circular pic- ture, all that Mr Mathes had to start with was an old photo of Crow. in which the hermit was shown with a heavy shock of hair and a bristlihg mustache.
 The mustache was cleverly erased, the hair in front was thinned out and a coat, vest, col- lar and tie were added to com plete the photo. The eyes and mouth, according to those who knew him. are Crows most out standing features.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-23
OBITUARY


 DAVlS-William F. Davis died at his home, 40 North Riverside street, yesterday afternoon after 2 short illness. MT Davis was born April 2S, 1892, in Orfordville, N H. He was manager of the Farm CTS Cooperative Dairy in Hart ford. He was a member of the Con- gregational church in Woodbury a member of Harmony lodge Masons.
 He is survived by his wife Mrs Eslbeth w. Schneyer Davis; six sons, William E., Donald A., Rus sell, Reginald, George A., Dwight E.; two daughters, Bertha A. and Barbara N; one grandchild, all of Waterbury; one brother, Perry Davis of North Thetford. Vt; two sisters, Mrs Elmer Tilson of Galena, III, and Mrs John Toby of Granby.
 The funeral was held this after tional church in Middlebury. Rev Ralph W. Rowland officiated and burial was in Middlebury.
 MALONEY - Mrs Agnes (Bag- lS5J MdlOHcyS Wlle OL Cdplall Flu ward J. Maloney of the local fire department, of 24 Adams street, died Saturday evening at St Mary's s hospital after a brief illness.
 Mrs Maloney was born in this city, the daughter of the late Peter and Nancy Reynolds Bagley. and was one of the pioneer settlers of the north end section of the city She had wide circle of friends and acquaintances by whom she was held in high esteem. Mrs Ma loney possessed pleasant dispo- sition and sterling character. She took an active part in all events sponsored by St Thomas church of which she was a communicant
 Mrs Maloney is survived by her husband; three sons, Edward F. Maloney of New York city, George A. Maloney. of Hartford, and Francis T. Maloney of this city; two sisters, Mrs T. Frank Phelan and Miss Isabella Bagley: one brother. Captain Joseph Bagley of the Waterbury fire department, and two grandsons, Donald and Roger Maloney.
 The funeral will be held to-mor- row morning at S:15 o'clock from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street, to St Thomas church where a solemn, mass of requiem will be celebrated at ] o'clock. Burial will be in Cal vary cemetery.