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The Washington times., 1934-01-23
North Capitol Citizens
Back Old Age Pensions

North Capitol Citizens Asso-
citation, meeting last night at
Mckinley High School, was
addressed by James F. Duhamel
on "Old-Age Pensions"
AfterWard the association in
dorsed the Black bill advocating
the pensions.
A resolution was passed oppoS-
ing the city manager plan Of
government and favoring the
present system. Another resolu-
tion asked the Commissioners to
abate the nuisance at 10 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., site of the FL
Dorado apartment house, scene
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

this Is the tonic for you. Read what Mrs.
M. Hobbs Of $50 Furrow St, Baltimore, Nd,
says: "a few years ago had breakdown.
1 would get fainting spells and was very
weak My appetite was poor and was
sleepless Splitting headaches almost every day
made me very miserable. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery built me up wonderfully.
It was not long before regained my normal
that awful nervousness and the headacheS."
New size, tablets so cts, liquid SlOo.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

to the dispenSary system, for I
object to the Government going
into business, especially the
iQuOr business.
PERSONNEL GTUDIED
eve have been spending q
great deal of time in considering
the applications Of those seek
ing places ON the cO1trOl board,
and we are determined that
those appointed must be Of the
highest type Of citizens. 1 hope
our selections will meet with the
approval Of the residents Of the
city"
The association again went or
record as favoring adoption Of ar
old age pension bill for the Dis
trict. Approval Of the Mcleod
bill, providing for compulsory au
tomobile insurance, also was
voted.
IncineratOr Urged
Another resolution asked the
Commissioners to operate tn {
southeast incinerator, abating the
nuisance Of burning rubbish In
the open.
Congress was urged to make nc
cut in the school budget in the
District appropriation bill.
Action Of the Public Utilities
Commission in continuing the re
duction in gas rates was ap.
proved. The commission also was
asked to limit to three the mum
Der of taxicabs at public vehicle
stands.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BUILD TENNIS COURTS

Completion of the public tennis
courts now being constructed in
the rear of the Rockville High
School IS expected within a few
weeks, it has been announced by
the Montgomery County Board of
Education.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Railroad Union Ban
Denied by Eastman

So-called railroad company
unions have not been "outlawed"
either by the Emergency Trans
portation act or by the Federal
Coordinator Of Transportation,
Joseph B. Eastman, the co-Ordi-
nator said today. Such unions
are not prohibited, if employees
want organizations of this charac-
ter,
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

After-meal pains and discomfort
90. You feel freedom from dull
headaches. That afternoon fag,
You think is depletion or nerves"
disappears. You feel like another
person. People are doing this -
doctors advocating it, everywhere.
But when you buy, be sure to get
the REAL article-Genulne PH!L-
lips Milk of Magnesia-the kind
doctors endorse. Always ask for it
by the name PHILLIPS.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

Connni s On e r
Melvin c. Hazen
at q meeting Of
the Mid City
Citizens ASSo-
CT tt on s last
night when he
said:
81 am . dry.
But liquor IL
here and we
must realize
that fact. /
am convinced
that the bill
as passed by
on gresS II
far superior
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BOOK IS FORUM TOPIC

Anthony Adverse" a new novel
-oy Harvey Allen, will be discussed
oy Mrs. Herman Hollander at
l0:15 today before the book review
group of the Jewish Community
Center. The public is invited to
attend the meeting
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BY A. j., DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor

Strict enforcement Of the Dis
trict liquor control law without
fear or favor" was promised by
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Al Blood Builder

WHEN you feel
w rundown, when
your blood is thin
or stomach gives S
trouble, with gas, or
"sour risings," try
DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
If you are thin
blooded, need to put
-. 1a.1AI d..I
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Withdrawal.
Is Effort To.
.KeepSupport
ChehaliS JuriSt'S Move
Shows Effectiveness
of lid Campaign

CENTRALIA, Wash, Oct. rs
Because united workers pro-
tests have made him fear loss
of what little prestige he has
now, Judge Studebaker of Che
halls has withdrawn from the
trial of four working class lead
ers charged with riot in connec-
ton with the foreclosure sale
of the Aust farm.
The four defendants are III. p.
Huff, who is running for County
Commissioner on the Communist
Ticket, M. A. Niedfelt, secretary
of the RWPA; Lynn LeBaron,
county organizer of the RWPA,
and Walter Setosky, county or
ganizer OF the UFL.
Judge Studebaker wishes to
take advantage of his chance to
ease out of the case which has
aroused so much mass protest,
in order to try to maintain his
place in politics.
The trials are set for Nov. IL.
The International Labor Defense
has organized local branch,
which is circulating petitions de-
handing the mems release.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Parade to Wind Up
Election Campaign

SEATTLE, Oct. 25-Plans to
wind up the Communist Party
election campaign with a parade
and mass meeting the Saturday
night before voting, were an
nounced today by the committee
in charge.
An auto caravan through Sc
attle's streets the evening OF
November 3 will dramatic the
campaign.
The indoor rally is scheduled
for 8 p. m. at the IOGT hall,
1109 Virginia street. In addition
to being an election meeting, 1t
will celebrate the 18th annivers-
airy of the Russian revolution.
Sunday the 4th, supporters
of the working class candidates
in the campaign will cover the
city with more than 10000 of the
$4,000 copies Of the special elec.
ton campaign edition of the
Voice of Action to be printed
next week.
Fisty-five thousand copies Of
the Communist Party's platform
and list of candidates have been
distributed in King County, the
campaign committee announced
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
MaChiniStS Elect
to Anti-War Group

SEATTLE, Oct. 25-Enthusias.
tically hailing the program of the
American League Against War
and Fascism which was present
ed to them Monday night by a
speaker from the Legion Against
War, Hope Lodge No 20 of the
International Association OF Ma.
chinists selected two delegates
to represent them on the City
Committee of the American
League Against War and Fas-
cism.
At the present time this COM
mittee is composed of delegates
from the following organizations:
Legion Against War, Sawmill
Workers Union (AFL), Black
smiths Union (AFLl, Communist
Party and LID. DR.. J. ]. Givens
of the Socialist Party and the
Church of the People has also
been working with the League
Committee in an unofficial ca
pacity.
Reception of the American
League by ALL unions has been
good, and the City Committee
expects a strong trade union rep
resentation to result from its
work.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
PORTLAND SYNDICALISM TRIALS BEGIN
Communist Party Wins
Ore. Free Speech Fight

the workers were told they were
not allowed to talk anywhere.
except in their hall"
Steward Arrested
They had no hall. Steward
started to read the U. s. Consti-
tution's Bill of Rights: This was
jerked from his hand. He started
to tell his platform and he was
arrested, but almost Immediately
bailed out. He was charged with
"disorderly conduct and blocking
traffic"
Immediately. the workers pre-
pared to smash the frame-up,
gathering witnesses, announcing
the trial, set for IL a. m. the next
day, etc. As a result the city
feared to allow him to come to
trial in a self defense case, and
the case was indefinitely post
poned.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
We Can't Afford To Joke
About Initiative No. Four
{ EDITORIAL

October GOTH the date signatures gath
cred Initiative No has The opportunity
the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill in the
State of Washington is slipping through fingers.
We cannot afford to joke about unemployment insurance
Enough blank petitions been King County to
hold 10000 outside King County hold $4,000 signatures
the total number signatures office of
the Seattle Unemployed Citizens League headquarters for the
campaign is only 2,22O!
Every of these signatures from King County
slow work Response to the
Seattle number of ALL local
endorsed Seattle $50 has been
raised by the Committee to finance the campaign for the Bill
But outside Seattle hardly of funds report on
collective endorsement signatures actually sent in.
money credit of the Voice of Action has been impaired by
the inability raise sufficient for the paper
that the petitions were printed on.
Some supporters of the bill travelling under the impress
they before polling places election and
the $4,000 signatures 1t true that be collected In
this polling should be covered but far
important the activity right and after election day
the struggle unemployment insurance and draw them into
the fight for Initiative A.
people In their organizations get collect
support collective talk to the
people in their homes!
checkup date for the campaign is November l.
that time be able to make radical
report the and above
signature lists themselves regularly filled out must be
rushed to the Committees headquarters immediately
January deadline the filing of the Initiative in
Olympia away but rate of speed will
get the $4,000 signatures in time.
the daily welfare of thousands OF people, de-
of this campaign We must not fail Work
Workers Unemployment
Bill a in the State of Washington!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
BRADLEY FOR SENATOR
Burgunder Must
Prosecute VigieS!

AS official organ of the I'm
employed Citizens League and
the National Lumber Workers
Union, the Voice of Action
demands that Prosecutor Bur-
gunder arrest, and prosecute,
to the fullest extent of the
law, the mob of hoodlums that
demolished the Ballard I'm
employed Citizens League hall
Tuesday night. ;
The Voice of Action will go
so far as to aid the Prosecutor
in uncOvering the criminals.
1t has good reason to suspect
that Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Grit
fiths, executives of the Slim
son Lumber Mill in Ballard,
may have information that
will lead to the capture of the
mob. See them, Mr.. Burgun-
der.
Members of the secret or
der of American vigilantes un-
doubtedly could furnish in.
formation that would throw
light on the crime. The Voice
Of Action can supply a list Of
vigilante leaders and officials.
They would be able, Mr..
Burgunder, to aid materially
In your investigation.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
By Garland Andrews

SEATTLE, Oct. 25-Our worthy
colleague, Dave Levine, editor of
Washington State Labor News
and "labor's" representative on
the City Council, continues to
sparkle in the role of the Central
Labor Councils chamber maid to
Strikebreaker Charles L. Smith.
When housing officials from
the Roosevelt administration in
Washington, d. c., came to town
Monday to lend q few back-slaps
to the "Renovize Seattle" cam
paign, Levine was on hand with
AL Lundin's Chamber of Com
merce crew at the Olympic no
tel reception to extend the Great
Strikebreaker's official greetings.
Levine, the AFL bureaucrat
and the illustrious red-baiter,
substituted for Smith as exalted
welcomer for the fascist city adj
minEstration. He and Lundin,
chairman of the Citizens Emer-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
UNIONISTS SCORN GREEN AS HE
HOBNOBS WITH STRIKEBREAKERS

to backstage seat. This despite
his friendly police" guarding
every entrance.
"Strikebreaker Smith meets
Strikebreaker Green" protested
a Communist leaflet handed the
audience as it filed in. Even the
takers kept the leaflets.
One Big Family
What Green said is wasted
space to repeat, except that he
nearly shed tears over the Brew
cry Workers legal action to keep
Beck's gang off their Threats:
"The ALL is one big family.
We settle our differences on a
Observation-Disclosures basis. / was
astounded to hear the Brewery
Workers had gone into court for
Injunction against Mr.. Beck and
the Transfers!
LET the family settle 1t, we
have our own supreme court" he
declared.
But If the Transfers had been
suing the Brewery Workers,
Green probably wouldn't have
been so fearful
Shadow boxing with the black
Continued on Page 4, col. l
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
ByHackfield Thomas

SEATTLE, Oct. Is - William
Green, on his farewell tour as or
ganized labor's $4,000 a year
strikebreaker, addressed a mass
meeting here last Thursday
night, at the Masonic Temple.
The mass stayed away, but To-
cal labor takers attended 100
per cent. Even they were bored
by Green's windy patriotics and
fascist droolings. What few in
telligent workers attended dis
gustedly walked out in a continu-
Gus parade as Green roared ON.
The stage was beautifully dec
Grated with the finest assemblage
of takers, stool pigeons, gang
sters and strikebreakers in the
northwest, including scab-herding
Mayor Smith, his red squad pa
trolling the audience, Dave Oil
linger" Beck of the Teaming
Trust, and Governor Martin, re-
membered for his direction of
State COssacks' gassing of women
and children during the Roslyn
miners strike.
Doyle, Levine Maneuver
Smaller and fOxier fry-Charles
Doyle, Central Council secretary,
Dave Levine, "labOr's" chamber
maid to the mayor, and others,
lodged about the hall so they
could tell their rank and file,
You didn't see me on the plat
form with Smith," rushed for
ward to KISS Green's diamond
studded hand, after James Tay-
lor, State Federation's high priest
of reaction, had pronounced the
benediction.
There was plenty OF evidence
at this medicine show that the
last act is about over-evidence
so strong that Green stumbled
in confusion on the verge of his
anti-Communist cOoch dance and
spluttered:
1--WE don't want any form OF
foreign dictatorship here. We
believe in freedom of speech, etc.
We are defenders of this priceless
heritage, and consequently we
are not going to allow ourselves
to be led astray by foreign, new
political philosophy.
I'VE do not believe in a dictat.
orship where the workers have
not got the right to striker
Hearty applause from all the
other strikebreakers on the plat
form.
A delegation of longshoremen
had previously blasted Smith
with a booing that turned him
pale and trembling as he walked
on the platform and then skunk
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
DE JoNGE SAYS VOICE OF
ACTION KEPT UP MORALE

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. PSI
wish to extend my appreciation
for our wonderful working class
paper, the Voice of Action"
writes Dirk De Jonge, militant
working class leader and indie
pendent candidate for state sem
ator from Multnomah County,
who was recently released on bail
after being indicted for criminal
syndicalism in connection with
the longshore strike.
'The Voice of Action was one
of the most welcome organs of
working class news in the county
jail. 1t did much to keep up our
morale" De Jonge wrote.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
JObLess Score
Three Victories

SEATTLE, Oct. 25-Georgetown
Unemployed Council won two
workers victories Wednesday by
forcing continuation from the
welfare board of light and water
service for Mrs. Anderson, 6912
Carleton Ave-, and Glen Shoot,
6919 Carleton Ave.
After the Council had mobiliz-
ed the neighborhood in support
of the two families a committee
was elected to wait on the well
fare board, and within an hour
linemen were rushed out to turn
on the lights.
Immediate repairs were also
promised by relief heads for
the home Of Jones, a worker
whose house lost its roof in Sun
days storm.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
ScOttSbOrO Case
Remains With lid

NEW YORK, Oct. pa ire
mendous Scottsboro Defense
Campaign is growing up here
throughout the country as
death day for two OF the Ala
bama Negro boys nears.
Clarence Norris and Hay
wood Patterson are sentenced
to die December 9TH.
A mass demonstration will
march through the streets OF
Harlem here Saturday in a
Joint Scottsboro Thaelmann
protest.
Unprincipled efforts of Sam
uel Liebowitz to wrest control
of the case from the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and 9TH
er true defenders of the boys
have been foiled by the de-
PENDANTS themselves, who have
emphatically repudiated Lie
bowitz.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Demonstrate
AS Clusters
Trial Opens
Prosecutor Admits To
Weak Evidence of
Criminal Acts
Special to the Voice Of Action
BY Mary Goold

PORTLAND, Oct. 25-The op.
ening of the trial of Don Clutser
Monday was marked by a DEM
onstration of workers riding
through the main thoroughfares
and business districts OF the city
with their automobiles covered
with huge banners demanding
the release Of the criminal syn
dicalism defendants, and the re-
lease of the longshoremen facing
framed charges of murder.
Saturday, Oct. 20, the police
department turned out for the
parade advertised by the Inter
national Labor Defense, Several
carloads of bulls" patrolled the
workers hall in the Hawthorne
district. The rain assisted the
police in breaking up the pa
rade.
However, today, the workers
reassembled and despite the fact
that the police were stationed
before the workers hall and for
blocks about the neighborhood,
the LID defense led out with the
first car decorated with ban
ners.-
Brave Police Threats
"The first car to pull out with
banners will be stopped and the
driver arrested" warned the
head patrolman.
1--WE are paradingi" stated the
workers present.
And parade We did. Each work.
er's car was followed by two and
I'm some instances three patrol
cruisers with a couple OF cops.
Around and around the business
district the cops followed the
workers, hoping for some petty
excuse for arrest, but the work
ers outfoxed the "flatfeet" and
succeeded in advertising the
criminal syndicalism and murder
frame-ups for two hours. During
this time, the court trying Clus-
ter found itself in quandary.
The prosecution seeks to con-
Wet Cluster on charges of GRIM
inal syndicalism by charging
that he advocated criminal syn
dicalism on the night of his ar
rest.
Admits Weak Case
However, the prosecution adj
mits that it has no testimony
to prove that Cluster advocated
criminal syndicalism on the
night in question, and further
that it has no testimony to prove
that the Communist Party advo-
Gates criminal syndicalism now.
The prosecution uses the Ben
Boloff case as a precedent, but
it was pointed out that the Bo-
loft case cannot be used as q
Continued on Page 4, col. 8
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Labor Council OK'S
Sears and Lehman

SEATTLE, Oct. 25-The third
high-ranking AFL misleader to
make an appearance here during
the past week. David Dubinsky
official of the International La
dies Garment Workers and new
ly elected member of the bureau
cratic AL Executive Council,
addressed the Seattle Central
Labor Council Wednesday night.
Cloaking himself behind the
term progressive" Dubinsky
dashed out into a demagogic
speech about the benefits the
NRA has bestowed on organized
labor, and directed slanderous
remarks at the Communist Party.
Follows Green, Tobin
The presence of Dubinsky here
and the red-baiting message he
delivered was highly significant.
1t is plain that William Green
is mobilizing all his trusted lieu
tenants for the battle against the
militant AFL rank and file, and
that he finds the Northwest sit
uation so critical that he has
brought himself, Tobin and Du-
binsky to the scene to lend a
quieting hand to the menacing
set-up.
Endorse Fascists
Despite the objection raised
by a delegate from the Machin-
lists Union, the Council gave
endorsement to William III. Sears.
Republican candidate for sheriff,
and to Emmett Lenihan, candidate
for Prosecutor.
Sears will be remembered as
the terrorist in the Frandsen
eviction case who directed the
beating and arrests of the Frand-
sen defendants, and Lehman as
the prosecutor of the workers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Butte Miners Score
Green Anti-Red Edict

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 25-Acting
even more vigorously against
Green's instructions to expel
Communists and militants from
the AFL than did unions in Sc
attic and Everett last week,
Butte Miners Union No. l has
sent scathing letter of denunci-
alton to the AFL president.
Local No. is the largest in the
county, with a membership of
1000. 1t is part of the Interna-
tiOnal Union of Mine, Mill and
Shelter Workers.
I'm our opinion" the letter
states, "the success of the Ia
Dor movement depends on the
cooperation within its ranks
of all members of the working
class, regardless of their po-
litical opinions. Should
organized labor initiate such
q policy as you recommend it
would find itself limited to a
very small membership entire
ly inadequate to cope with the
problems confronting 1t.
80 us it seems absurd to
carry on a campaign of organ.
izatiOn, and then attempt to
eliminate from our ranks those
whom observation reveals as
among our most progressive and
militant members. :. According
to your standards, most of our
most active members would
come under the classification Of
red We cannot therefore ac-
cede to your request and en-
bark on another red hunt"
pRADIEY FOR SENATOR
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26

was announced for next Satur-
day at 4th and Alder, 7:l5 p. m.
PORTLAND, Oct. 25-The Com
munist Party of Portland is fac
ing a fight for legality. Wednes'
day, Oct. IL, at 7:l5 p. m. the
Party called a street meeting at
4th and Alder streets, and a
workers candidate, Earl Stew
ard, running for Secretary OF
State, was to speak.
The police gathered around be
fore the meeting opened. AS
soon as Steward started to speak
pointing out how the police were
there to intimidate workers. he
was jerked off the box. He and
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Puget Sound
Gets Cargo of
Moscow Gold

TACOMA, Oct. 25-A full cargo
of gold ore from Leningrad, USSR,
is due Saturday on the Danish
motorship Leise Maersk, consign-
ed to the Tacoma Smelter. 1t is
tn efirst shipment of its kind, but
the Thorndyke Shipping Com
pany, agency for the ship, feel GER
tain that it will be followed by
many similar shipments.
These shipments will create
many jobs for Tacoma workers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-26
Armed Gang
Wreck Piano,
Rob Records
Claim StimSOn Mill Co.
Officials Behind
Ballard Raid

SEATTLE. Oct. 25-Inaugurat-
ing the winter reign of fascist
terror against organized unem-
ployed, gang of vigilantes es-
timated at five or six, sneaked
into the Ballard UCL hall, Goth
NV and Ballard Avenue Tuesday
at midnight and wrecked the
workers piano, cleaned out the
library, stole membership re-
cords, leaflets, mimeograph ma
chine, Daily Worker and Voice
Of Action files and then smashed
the two front windows just be-
fore fleeing.
Six hundred Initiative No. 4,
unemployment insurance, signat-
ures were also stolen.
Arrest Brockway
Local members intimated the
halls wrecking was a deliberate
follow-up of Stimson Company's
terrorism which resulted last
Monday in Harold Brockway's ar
rest as he spoke at a mill gate
meeting on his candidacy for
County Commissioner, Commun-
list ticket.
Stone, the mill foreman, called
police and had Brockway arrest
ed, although he was not on COM
,pany property. BrOckway was re-
leased after questioning by the
red squad.
Workers believed the terror
was instigated by Stimson offic-
ials in an attempted drive to
GUST National Lumber Workers
Union members fighting against
StimsOn's speed-up system, one of
the worst in the Northwest.
The National Lumber Workers
Union, which used to meet regu-
larly in the UCL hall, struck and
won all demands last summer at
StimsOn's.
Police Protection"
The hOodlums gained entrance
through the back door. Ballard
police arrived "just too late" to
apprehend the Vigilantes, and
stated they believed drunken
rOwdies" were responsible.
Bill Murray, UCL Central Fed
Grafton president, calls on all
workers to demand immediate
investigation by Prosecutor Ber-
gunder of this fresh attack on
workers halls, with Indictment,
trial and conviction of the respon-
sible terrorists.