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BrOckway Badly Beaten

while police held him, then again
beat him unconscious.
After came to- the second
time, vigilantes led by Coles. spe-
cial relief officer. began threaten
ing me, asking police to turn me
loose and let them have me-" said
BrOckway.
II never fully realized before
Just what F'ascism means!"
Brockway, after appearing before
Police Judge" Bell, was bonded
over to Superior Court on bail pro-
vided of $4,000.
Through this experience,
soupIine workers, both in the
kitchen and in the souplins,
have learned the absolute ne
costly Of being organized into
solid, militant bodies, realizing
this 10 the only msthad by
which they can successfully
win their demands from the
bosses.
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Just Returns Demand
OF Farm LabOrerS

MEDFORD, Junt 5.-Incred-
IDLY rapid progress is being made
in all organization of the Cannery
and Agricultural Workers Indus
trial Union, a special correspondent
reported today.
"There is a reason for this
growth" he stated. "The people
are beginning to realize that they
must oganize in order to secure a
Just return for their labor. We are
not making anpu unreasonable de-
mands, and we hope the growers
will meet them"
"If they do not, however, we
will be compelled to employ strong
measurers to makt them see the
light. The time has passed when we
workers are going to Der for an
eistence."
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PiCket'S RuSe
Pulls Out SCabS

Walking through Sheriff Ban
hicks strike breaking picket line
by using the passwords, I'm goin'
to work. These damn reds can't
scare me off," a union striker got
aboard the Blackballs steamer In
dianapolis at Seattle Tuesday May
20, and walked off with engine
room scabs just hired.
The striker went below and
talked with the chief engineer while
waiting for the scab crew to come
aboard. Three of them, husky
young men" finally arrived, with
orders from the office" to go to
work.
The chief engineer and the
striker talked the lads over, the
engineer by refusing to employ
them. the striker by explaining
what the strikers were fighting for.
They were escorted off the dock,
back through Bannick's scab picket
line by the striker Then a strike
picketer knocked one Of them on
the jaw, through a case of mis-
taken identity.
II thought he was a scab," the
picketer explained.
He was" said the striker escort,
but he amt now"
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Soviet Picture Touring
N. w. Classic


prevent them from becoming sick.
These hospitals, contrasting
strangely to the free" clinics and
even the best of private hospitals of
other countries.
Russia can be seen at play in the
All Soviet Sport Tournament where
thousands OF young boys and girls
are in action in the giant Moscow
stadium.
The leaders of the Soviet govern
ment, Stain, Voroshilov, Kalinen,
Molotov, Karpinsky, and many 9TH
ers are seen in interesting closeups.
II would give IS, II l had it, to
see that show again." said one en-
thusiastlc worker after spending 25
cents and two hours time with the
audience In the USSR.
Watch for WAR Against the Gen.
turtles when 1t comes to your CON-
munityi
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By cordova Fishermen

Cordova. Alaska. May 2S-With
vote OF 3IS for rejection and ~
for acceptance. the fishermen here
decisively defeated compromise
offer made by the MIRA board.
The last battle was today when
we took the last and fourth vote on
turning down the compromise of
10 ga for Company fishermen and
27c for the independent men for
reds.
We decided to stand pat for 10
and SOC for reds or Sockeye Sal
mon. The MIRA man from Juneau
came here with an aeroplane and of
course he could do nothing for the
Cannery bosses, as the fishermen
stood firm.
Now the Canneries say that they
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ev Mark Haller

A casual visitor TO Roslyn and
Gle Elum, looking at the peacetul
setting OF the two mining camps
cannot from the surface visualize a
class struggle in its sharpest FORMS
Still in the past few years enough
has happened to fill a book.
The miners stlll talk Of the times
when they made from $S to $l2 a
day and tell how the wage was
gradually reduced TO $40 with
increased production and speed up
that resulted in the Gripping OF
workers and loss of life.
The miners were organized 100
per cent in the United Mine Work
ers OF America CA. f. of I'D for
the past thirty years.
Their troubles began with J. l..
Lewis grabbing the office of Inter-
national president. Then one wage
cut followed another, the last of
20 per cent two years ago.
This final cut started a move
ment to GUST Lewis and his hench-
men and began by cleaning out
the local officials.
In the meantime electric ma
chimes were installed in the mines
which resulted in speed up and ex-
blossoms, in which two miners were
killed and four crippled for life.
The miners answered this with
a mass march upon Olympia de-
handing passage of a bill prohibit
ing the use of electric machines in
gaseous mines. II was passed, to be
effective in June 1888. The Union
contract also expired at that time,
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focusing the eyes OF the entire
world on the workers country.
Workers are seen constructing the
Dnieperstroy Dam. the largest n.y.
dro-electric station in the world.
Thousands of Russian lumber jacks
were snapped at work in the Rus.
sian forests. The $4,000 faotorie
which have recently turned out an
enormous number Of tractors are
shown in construction.
Russia at play and rest, as well
as at work is featured. Beautiful
rest homes and sanitoriums. where
the workers are sent for certain
periods each year, under terms Of
the social insurance which all work.
ers enjoy, and hospitals where the
best and most advanced medical
service In the world Is given TO the
sick, and to those who are well 10
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Spikes Aid

The longshoremen had won a
concession. ..R e ief for the
strikers.
Along came Mrs. Maxwell,
head of state relief to the lila
hall. She talked to Dewey Ben
nett.
Said Mr.. Bennett: "Oh, no,
Mrs. Maxwell, the longshoremen
do not need any relief. WE
have plenty money. We can feed
all the strikers"
80" Mrs. Maxwell said, well
isn't that fine. No more strikers
can have relief"
This in spite of the fact that
the Union is only able to pay
1920 a week for four persons.
"Oh, no. Mrs. Maxwell. we
don't need any relief" so said
the workers friend-Bennett.
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CCC Boys Protest Bad
Provisions Supplied

BELLINGHAM, June 6.-Pro-
testing against the poor rations
given them in lunches, $50 youthful
workers in the Bellingham CCC
camp threw away their lunch sacks
today in violent disapproval of the
penny pinching antics of the Army
mess heads.
The protest, organized by mill
tant Y. c. l.. leaders within the
group. was affective, and the boys
gained the promise of better food.
I'VE mean to see that they keep
their word. too" said one youth.
1t was also reported that the
workers were contemplating strike
action unless underwear and socks,
which in some camps are furnished
to the m enfree of charge, are sup
piled in the future by the govern
ment.
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DOCK CRISIS NEARS

PORTLAND, Ors., June 6.-The
strike deadlock here is rapidly ap-
preaching a crisis, with the INSTALL
alton this week by the mayor of a
strike zone" AZ
This zone, administered by police,
was formed to keep everyone out
of the waterfront area not directly
connected with the strike.
Carter, Of the International Sea-
mans Union, has arranged with
police to have members of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
run off the waterfront, wherever
found.
I'VE explained to the waterfront
workers." stated an MWIU mem
Der, however, land told them this
was our struggle and we were 60
ing to picket the waterfront.
We forced this fink, Carter. to
change his tactics on this point at
least. as our pickets are out every
day and are not molested."
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INDIANS FORM
UNION TO HIT
LOW PAY SCALE

MARYSVITI.E, Wn. June g.
On the Tulalup Reservation, near
here, the only real Americans" in
this neck of the woods are learning
to place more trust in their own
ability to get what they want,
rather than rely on the traditional
procedure of trusting to luck and
their Indian agent who works in
roundabout ways of approaching
the Great White Father"
The Indians have noticed that
they work ten days a per month
for $40 per day, while their white
nelghbors work a six-hour day, six
day week for SO cents Pc hour
and have a budget plan.
Now they are organizing with
their white neighbors, so they too
may share in the "Amberican plan"
and better the conditions of every
one, by joining the Relief Workers
Protective Association.
Discussing the subject among
themselves, they decided to or
ganize and elected a committee to
present thir grivancs to the road
engineer. Failing in two attempts
to see him, they notified him of
their intended visit. The third time
they were successful, holding the
meeting in the Indian Assembly
Hall. The road engineer wished
them to adopt the p. w. A. relief
measure, but the Indians asked soc
an hour, six hours a day, five days
week and the budget plan similar
to their white neighbors.
Both the indian agent and the
road engineer decided something
should be done about conditions
among the Indians, and both did
petition Commissioner Collier with
recommendation it be sent to Hop
kins at Washington, d. C. Elated
over this small victory the Indians
met the next week.
After this meeting the indian
agent, in writing Commissioner
Collier informed him of the activi-
ties of an earnest Indian worker
declaring her an agitator, Com
munist and too radical for the In
dams.
After this discussion they de-
cided to fight with their Indian
leaders and white neighbors, realiz-
ing all workers must organize to
obtain better conditions.
One Indian girl grew so enthusi-
/ astic over the help offered by their
white neiPhbOrS in their fipht and
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
TURN ON WATER

MEDFORD, Or. June 6.-Calling
the proceedings, the Cannery and
Agricultural Workers Industrial
Unions committee here turned on
the water for a widow with three
small children.
The widow had been forced to
carry water from the house next
door not only for drinking, cooking
and ordinary household purposes
but to use in flushing the toilet as
well. She had been cooking on a
small heater, because a fire in the
stove would have ruined the coils.
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"The undertaken will clean
him up-after he dies"

NC uUuofNoNoF VIII CiGau
him up-after he dies"
"The average human mind Is not
capable of imagining a more de-
plorable sight than we witnessed in
that wretched howell" reports q
Council member.
"A den for some scaYenging ami
mai would be more fitting than for
a human. We decided to visit DIR
Moser en- masse and demand the
dying mans removal to the hos
pitaL
I'VE arrived about midnight
along with the towns patrolman
Moser bawled his head Off about
us coming up as a mob"
THE man Is sure to die. If you
are so interested in him, you should
take care OF him." DIR. Moser told
the Unemployed Council.
The Council told him the dying
worker needed a physicians care
and the unemployed weren't finan.
cially able to care for him.
Dr.. Moser refused TO reply
when asked how he would like
to see his own father in the
condition Of the dying worker.
Finally, under the pressure of
mass indignation, Mossr half
heartediy agreed to move Little
to the county hospital.
The ambulance rolled up before
the door of the dying workers
howell shortly after midnight. 1t was
too late.
Little had passed through his
last agony a few minutes earlier.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Hungry Youth
Steals Shoes

SEATTLE, June eff we don't
get something to eat today. I'm
going to take something and sci
it,"
This Is what willard Roberts
1888 3Oth SW, hold his father last
week, after his fifth unsuccessful
attempt to get help from authori-
ties at his relief depot.
Wasn't contrite Enough
II was going to give you
suspended sentences, but on ae-
count of your frame Of mind
this morning, RI give you 80
days!" This is what Police
Justice" William Bell told
Roberts last Thursday morning,
when Roberts appeared before
him on a charge Of stealing.
Roberts, out of a CCC camp six
weeks ago, had walked into Pen
ny's, taken a pair of shoes off the
counter and was arrested as he was
leaving. He had eaten no lunch
nothing at home to eat-and had nc
prospects of eating over Memorial
Day. he told Judge Bell.
"lf a worker takes a loaf Of
bread, he gets a stiff sentence,
but the big-shot who steals
thousands Of dollars always
gets away free" Roberts told
Judge Bell.
Relief, S2.O6 worth for Roberts
and his father. was won May 81
after his local relief depot wa:
visited by a committee of six.
But 1t was too late, as Roberts
was already in jail.
Il plead guilty" he told Judge
Bell but l am only guilty in the
capitalist court"
1t was the first time in his life
Roberts had been forced to stea
to keep from starving.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
POr land Bulls Club
D C Strike BaCkerS

Portland, June 5-A united front
committee of Unemployed Councils,
Relief Workers Protective Associ-
alton, LID and Communist Party
called yesterday a supporting de-
monstration near the waterfront
strike zone.
Police, ordered by waterfront
bosses, attempted to prevent the
demonstration from taking place.
AS the program started, they start
ed clubbing and blackjacking the
more militant workers.
The demonstration was resumed
in Plaza Park, and a committee
elected to visit Mayor Carson and
demand removal of the strike zone.
A committee also was elected to
collaborate with striking seamen in
obtaining relief.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
sHINclE WEAvERS

Seattle, June 4-Fourteen elect
ed vice presidents, who compose
the voting strength Of the locals
Of the shlngleweavers Council, met
in Ballard Saturday to formulate
plans for the Improvement Of work.
ing conditions in the industry.
The delegates, however, failed to
enact any measures that would
even mitigate these conditions.
No legislation was passed per-
tanning to such important issues as
minimum wage scale, the recent
wage cuts forced upon piece work.
ers and losses OF time suffsrse
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Frisco FCWIU

FORT BRAGG, Calf, June g.
A state headquarters of the Fish
ermen and Cannery Workers In
dustrial Union to be set up pos
sibly at San Francisco, is being dis
cussed among the fishing ports of
California. This headquarters would
work in close cooperation with the
national headquarters, and would
enable the fishermen and cannery
workers here to organize more eff
GENTLY,
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NeU Trick

SAN PEDRO, June Elm anoth er
attempt to betray the fishermen
working off the coast of Mexico
and South America the bosses ap-
pointed as an agent to propose a
Pan-American Contract a man who
owns a shipbuilding yard. This
Pan-American would pay the clear
ance and the duty. which would
mean a loss of $500 per ton to the
fishermen.
This last tactic of the bosses was
unanimously voted down at the
last meeting of the Fishermen and
Cannery Workers Idunstrial Union
here, when the Pan American Con.
tract was rejected.
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No Citizen Papers
For Miners Leader
Reason Picketing

ROSL1N, Wn., June b.-JOsepn
Rolf, former president of Roslyn
local, United Mine Workers of
America, has been penalized five
years on the granting of his final
citizenship papers, on the testimony
of three witnesses that he is a
dangerous radical, following his
picket activities in the Roslyn mine
strike fer union recognition.
B. G. Henry, one Of the three
testifyine against Bolts fitness
for citizenship at the hearing
in RosIyn before Department Of
Labor examiners, has recently
served a sentence in Walla
Walla penitentiary for rape.
Henry testified that Bolt had told
him confidentially "all judges and
the President have to be killed and
the government overthrow"
Mind Readers
He also added he believed Bolt
to be a radical This statement was
verified by Harry L. Brown. Roslyn
city attorney, and Frank Babe,
company mine inspector. They
swore Bolts extreme radicalism
had been revealed in recent con-
versations with them.
Mono of the three testifyina
was able to produce witnesses
verifying the charges, yet their
testimony was accepted by the
despite Bolts assertion that he
nArA ~ af 4 a..
had not spoken ten words to
either Henry, Brown or Babe,
in the last ten years.
when ] took the stand" said
Bolt. 1T contradicted every charge
brought against me, but their evil
dence stood and mine was ruled
out"
The judge, in refusing Bolt his
final papers, told him they could
not pass anyone who is doubtful"
and set his final hearing ahead five
years, because of his picketing ac-
tivities.
Bolt, writing the Naturalization
Department, Spokane, pleading its
review of his case, was advised his
only possible loophole was to petit
ton the state Supreme Court.
LID to Press Case
However. the International Labor
Defense. when notified of the case,
Immediately VOLUNTEERED its services
in Bolts behalf, and sttaed they
would press his plea for justice to
the United States Supreme Court,
IL necessary.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Transfers Key Factor
On Frisco Waterfront

San Francisco, June with the
Transfers remaining out solid, re-
fusing to haul cargo off the dock,
the longshoremen's strike situation
remains the same.
Although fink halls are hiring
scabs they can do no unloading as
the boat owners have to pay dock
age II the cargo lies on the dock
where as if it is on board ship there
is no charge.
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FCWIU Give
Sl37 To lila

San Pedro-To aid the striking
longshoremen the local of the FISH
ermen and Cannery Workers In
dustrial Union at its last meeting
here voted a donation of 500 from
it's treasury and took up collection
of $3.50. One half of the money
goes to the International Long
shoremens Association and half to
the Marine Workers Industrial I'm
ion.
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Frisco lila Members
Unite With Seamen

San Francisco-The lila strike
committee here called a special
meeting of all striking stevedores
Monday, ito clarity the misunder-
standing that the longshoremen
may return before the seamen's
strike is settled" according TO the
daily bulletin issued by the wes-
tern Worker, official lila publica-
ton.
1.-THE strike committee states that
the longshoremen are 100 per cent
behind the seamen and will not
go back to work until the seamen
also get satisfactory settlement"
is the bulletin report.
This statement was backed 100
per cent by the rank and file when
read at the meeting.
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Frandsen Party

The Frandsen Eviction fight
ers, seven Of whom are now be-
ing reformed" in the county
jail and one In the pen at Walla
Walla. profited materially FRI
day night when fifty of their EN-
ployed friends met at the Price
home In Rainier Valley and after
spending a social evening left
$l5.43 to be used in buying
extras" for them.
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HOLD-UP TRAINS, TOO

PORTLAND. June 6.TCargo I'M
loaded by strikebreakers from a
ship in San Francisco bay and
shipped to Portland via railway, is
still standing in the freight yards
in box cars. following solid and
point blank refusal OF Portland
longshoremen to allow its release.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Workers Can't Attend
Laundry Code Meeting

SEATTLE, Wn., June 6.-Know-
ing that most laundry workers,
even those who work but a few
hours a week are busy on Tuesday
mornings, the NRA code hearing
was scheduled for 10 a. m, June 5
Laundry workers were told that
IL wasn't necessary for them t.
attend the hearing as their cas-
would be taken care of and that
if they did talk, the NRA woulc
spot" them.
However, they were urged Il
have outsiders attend the meeting.
Il believe" said one laundry
worker. that the laundry workers
should be warned of the dangers
of a wage cut and the wrong policy
of the business agent when he did
not urge rank and file workers to
attend the heading"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Telegram

PORT ANGELES. June 1.-TWO
hundred workers heard four Com
munist free speech fighters put
Fascist city officials on trial. Judge
Geisness forced to admit use of
streets. but fined them ten dollars
each and costs. All released on per-
sOnal recOgniZance.
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ScabS Load One Port
d Angeles Freighter

PORT ANGELES, Wn., June 6,
Sunday night, about midnight a
bunch of scabs arrived in town and
with imported police protection
loaded one of the three freighters
lying in the port.
After the ship had sailed with
her cargo, longshormen arrived
from Everett and Seattle, too late
to prevent her sailing.
The other two boats await pulp
from the Zellerbach mills here.
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1. w, w, ORATOR

You can't ask our speaker ques-
tions," yelled members of the crowd
around Bill Thompson, nightly
I. w. w. orator on the Skidroad,
Thompson had been assuring his
audience that his hot air was au-
thentic since he had at one time
taught economics in a university.
A worker asked if he taught bour-
geoise or working class economics
whereupon he was Immediately
grabbed by the Thompsonites and
hustled down the street.
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Ranks OF Port
Strikers Split
Wide By Ryan
ers' permission to have Just
ono more ship" loaded.


Ryan's further strikebreaking
activities are pushing the accept
ance by workers of government
hiring halls-new fink halls, which
don't fool the workers; and local
by local agreement up and down
the coast, which means complete
breakdown of all workers efforts
for a living wage, if even one
local accepts.
Seamen Ignored
Seamen and other marine
workers have to date been COM
pleteIy ignored by Ryan in all
strike settlement negotiations,
despite the fact that their solid
backing of the Iongshorenen
has kept the strike watertight
in all coats ports where the
Iongshoremen themselves have
maintained their morale.
Settlement for the whole coast,
with rank and file control of all
hiring halls!" is the battlecry today
United Front Strike Committee,
and nothing less will be accepted
in settlement say the workers.
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A Review by Dick Harrington

The Russian proletarian at work
building a new society is the theme
of the motion picture, War Against
the Centuries" NOW touring the
Northwest. A clear distinct film. an
interesting lecture. and the tre-
mendous scenes shown all combine
to make the showing of the picture
something extremely worthwhile for
every worker in the Northwest.
ringing the developments of the
Five Year Plan up to date. the pic.
ture shows the building Of the gi-
gantic factories. the record break
Ing dams. the model homes for
workers. the modernization Of the
collective farms. the Red Army on
parade. the schools and nurseries
and scores OF other scenes Of ths
tremendous achievements that arr