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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15

work employees owe the CON-
pany money. One worker who did
quit, owed the company SLIPS.
These men have organized on
the job and have had a leaflet
drawn up stating their demands
and distributed these among the
men on the job.
These demands were presented
to the foreman and the dis
patcher but they refused to
handle the demands. The strike
committee drew up a letter with
the demands and forwarded
same to +. E. Devlin, supt., of the
railway, Tacoma, stating that
these demands must be granted
100 per cent by 10 a. IN, Tuesday,
June IL or the men would go
out on strike and picket the job.
The strike, however, was called
Monday at noon when one Of the
men was fired.
Tho demands are:
! 1. Thirty.five cents an hour.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Strike In City
Jail To Force
Pay for Work

Seattle's city jail inmates
struck successfully against pol
ice enforced labor at no pay, and
won half their demands, despite
the placing by police terrorists
of one militant inmate in six
months solitary confinement.
Police officials commanded the
the inmates to work an hour
day in the jail, for nothing. The
workers refused, unless they re-
were allowed a one day deduc-
ton from their sentences for
every four days they worked.
They won a two day reduction
for every working day put in, by
presenting a militant and coura-
geous front to police threats of
putting them all on bread and
water"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
STEVEDORES THREATEN
STOP ALASKA SHIPPING
Coasts Mayors, Ship Owners, Governors Unite
In Terror Drive Against PiCkets

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10
A letter to every local trade
union in the Bay Cities asking
for a general strike in support
of tn striking lOngshoremen
and seamen, heads the import
ant developments in the coast
long labor boss deadlock, enter
ing its sixth week.
Pointing that it was only by
a threat of a general strike
that the workers in the great
Toledo won their demands for
a closed shop in San Francisco
longshormen officially demand
ed Similar action must be taken
in this great marine strike to
show the employers once and for
all that the workers of this coast
are determined to gain their Just
demands.
FELLOW TRADE UNION
ISTS- the time has come for all
of us to act
Painters local No. 1853 has al
ready taken steps in the right
direction. A motion was carried
advocating a general strike.
I'VE respectfully urge you to
take the necessary steps in your
local to bring the question of a
general strike before your locals.
with your help, and with the
fighting spirit of the men I'M
diminished in the face of all eff
forts to split their ranks, the
longshoremen and other marine
workers will be able to bring
their strike to q successful
finish" the latter concluded, and
was signed, international Long
shoremen's Association"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
The FRONT
LINE ALAN y MAX
Lesser Evils
**%% %%x*
Chopping Block

The agreement of the liza
with the Alaska Steamship
Company shows the division of
work that exists among the
betrayers of The working class.
1t isn't easy to put across
sell-out. 1t takes a lot of sweat,
worry and dirty brain work
That's why the sell-out artists
demand and receive generous
rewards from the bosses.
Selling out the workers is
such a big and important job,
that it requires a careful divi-
sion of labor. Each step is
played by the man who is best
fitted for that particular part.
There are many parts and many
men.
Ryan, international presi-
dent of the liza, cannot betray
the longshoremen by himself,
even though he has spent a
life time studying and prac-
tieing the tricks. Each sell-Out
that he maneuvers makes the
next one more difficult to put
across. The l0ngshOremen
know his record. They know
his strong.arm squad methods.
They see that his proposals are
generally very acceptable t.
the shipowners.
So Ryan needs his assistants.
But even his known bench
man in the district and local
offices aren't able to complete
the job. Lewis, Bjorkland,
Bennett, Negstadt Portland,
arshall tOlympia) ape
Ivan methods too closely to bt
Hile to hold the confidence Of
the o more advanced workers.
stat
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Berry PickerS Win
Showers; Kill 1OC
A Day Charge

PUYALLUP, Wn.-Three hund-
red raspberry pickers on the Fid-
der ranch here which is under
the management of q. Yamaji,
felt that the Zoe charge on show
ers was something too much like
a racket, considering the few
cents a day they are able to arm.
They elected a committee to pre-
sent a protest to the management
and won free showers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Sold Out!

Off the press at 5 a IN. Mon
day morning-sOld out at
5 p. m. Monday-That's the
Voice of Actions record this
week.
Many orders went untitled.
Dozens of requests had to be
denied.
Even the usual number of
copies held in the office for
file are gone. And we must
have a few for binding, fol-
reference.
Any agent who has unsol
copies of this first issue
printed in the Voice Of Al
tons own shop will do us }
real service by mailing those
copies in at once. We wi
credit the papers and pa,
postage. gladly.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Cast off Shoes Good
Enough, Says Shopper

TACOMA, June 15.-When a
woman worker asked for shoes
to go to the berry fields in, the
welfare snooper at Fern Hill said,
81 have an old pair that are
somewhat uncomfortable, but
they will do to pick berries in.
She may have them"
To protest this discrimination,
the Unemployment Council is
forming a committee that will
forming a committee that will
call on the welfare supervisor.
Fern Hill Correspondent.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
And so the real dirty work

And so the real dirty work
must be left for those MOrtons.
portland, T&ylOrs Bellingham
ham in each local who will
damn Ryan when the rank and
file are damning him, praise
the Communists when the rank
rank and file praise them
and, when it is time to make
a decision play right into
Ryan's hands.
How do they do it? By the
methods that mark the social
fascists throughout the world
those fine gentlemen who
whistle the Internationale
while they tie the workers to
the fascist chopping block. The
method is known as the theory
of the lesser evil" They close
the workers eyes to the only
path to victOry-the militant,
revolutionary path-and point
ing to two roads that lead to
defeat they tell the workers
how much cleaner one of the
roads to defeat Is than the
other.
yes, it would be bad for
us to make a separate agree
ment with the Alaska Shipping
Company. But if we don't,
public sentiment will be
against us, President Roosevelt
might send in the federal
troops and that would be
worse"
Yes, it is bad to accept
union recognition and leave
wages to arbitration. But that
is better than losing everything.
thing. So let us arbitrate."
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
General Strike OK
Declares Boot 4
Shoe Union

Leading off organized labors
move for a general strike here
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
Seattle local, voted through
their executive board last
week a. recommendation to all
organized labor groups in the
city of Seattle to support the
workers fight for a living wage
to the fullest extent with I'M
animous backing for a general
strike.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Times Attack on liza
Costs 5000 Readers

SEATTLE, June ia drop OF
5000 copies a day in the circula'
tion Of the Seattle Times is re-
ported as the result of the full
page front page editorial last
Sunday attacking the waterfront
strikers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Diet of Worms Menu
Relief Board Boosts

TACOMA, June 15.-"Eat car
rots," said the voucher writer
to a worker who recently asked
for flour at the Fern Hill relief
station.
When told that the carrots
were wormy this year, she
answered, "eat the worms"
However, when an organized
committee called upon her, the
Welfare supervisor maintained
that she had been Joking"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15

SEATTLE, June l5-Call for a
general strike in support of the
longshoremen and scamen was
issued late tonight by the Com
munist Party.
The Executive Committee of
Union, A + of l. and endorsed
general strike action.
Voting to continue the strike
for all their original demands,
the Seattle local of the Inter
national LOngshOremens Assoc
iatiOn last night threatened to
again tie up all Alaska shipp-
ing if Mayor Smith called out
police to smash the picket lines.
Even the locals OfficialdOm,
fresh from putting over the Ala
ska agreement, fresh from eff
forts to split and break the
strikers ranks, were forced by
the spirit of the rank and file to
talk fight.
$3.50 S%%
The impending police and vigi-
lante terror tacitly promised by
t h e Waterfront Employers
mOuthpiece, Mayor Smith, had
rot yet broken as the Voice
went to press today.
Albert NOrdee, picket, critically
injured Thursday at Todd's dry
dock by a truck which smashed
through the picket line, dying at
HarbOrview hospital, t h d
known victim of the bosses at
tempt to break the waterfront
workers battle for a living wage.
Two youths were fatally crush
ed when caught under sling of
lumber, while scabbing on long
sshOremen, more than a month ago
Five hundred American Legion
members and their subsidiary
Organization, the Vigilantes, were
sworn in as special deputies by
County Sheriff Bannick and sup
piled with bombs, shot guns and
clubs, were waiting orders this
afternoon to go into action
against organized labor.
#**E *#**
The strength of labOr's inter
national solidarity was shown
Wednesday when the President
jefferson tied up in Vancouver,
b. c., fresh from the Orient.
Only 400 tons of the JeffersOns
cargo was consigned to Canada,
and that was only part of the
cargo moved by the Canadian
lOngshOremen.
| The remainder billed for the
United States, stayed in the Jeff,
ersOn's holds and was still
aboard when the ship moOred
in the stream off pier Al Thurs
day.
Called on strike by an ISL
committee, the ships crew went
over the side onto a barge hired
by striking seamen, and went
ashore to join the united front
picket line.
City jail trustees were reused
out this morning and told by
police they had been selected
to serve as strikebreakers, one
trusty told strikers.
Not one trusty, however obey
ed the order to scab on his fellow
workers, maintaining a solid
front for labor, even in the Jail.
Containers of tear gas have
been mounted in 8 police cars,
connected to the exhaust.
Machine guns have been
mounted under the hoods, and
are elevated to firing position
by pulling a lever on the dash.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
RentOn Miners Take
Strike Vote Today

RENTON, June 15.-Miners
here win take a strike vote to-
day.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15

Save Ernst Thaelman from the
bloody hands of the Nazi murd-
ers by protesting to the German
Consulate.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
Communist Party For
General Strike Action


strike. Conditions demand
We print beIOto the call in full:
To Organized andU norganized Workers:
Brothers, Sisters:
strike support the onghoemen and must be
by the working class of Seattle and the Northwest!
have been striking whole
recognition of unions of their
choosing
NRA kebreakng machine headed by Mr. Mcrady,
doing power strike Tear the picke
Longshoemen killed Vgans modified scab Emergency
raising 600 special deputies. New
beaking of the police order
orders of his the hipowners, smash the strike
American Federation of Labor headed by Ryan and Beck
the local leaders, p Norris Bennett Norton Craft Taggert Gill;
every back
old Fink halls They induced the load the Alaska
agreeing the work for the old pending final
They have been negotiating for port and
agreements when the demanding single
msleades refuse call the workers support with
When rank file delegates
committee selected work
plans the Liza But this committee refuses to report
and file controlled local of the lA
support the strikers with GENERAL STRIKE!
strike victory for the
all workers. Every of the capitalist
is striking brothers. WE MUST ACT!
challenging the right of the workers to
of their choosing
ANSWER MUST BE GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL WORKERS!
take question of unions and
lodges Stop your by
strike local and shop Follow the lead of the
Minneapolis Support the nghoremen and seamen! On
VictOrVi
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Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-15
SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS AS FRISCO
lila CALLS T|E.UP OF BAY REGION INDUSTRIES
Late Again!

SAME MACHINERY TROUBLE;
BUT NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY
WE HOPE.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
TEN DOLLARS
 PAID TO KILL
 IND. MINISTER
Widow Confesses Mate $ Mind Failing, She Fear
 ed for Her Own Life

INDIANAPOLIS, md, Feb. B. An autopsy on the brain of the slain Rev. Gaylord Saunders, of Wabash, may be undertaken to determine the truth of his widow ; signed statement she paid $l0 to have him killed because his mind was failing and she feared for the lives of herself and two sons, aged 10 and 13 years.
 In her statement to the police, Mrs Neoma Saunders, aged 35 years, said she gave T e o d or e Mathers, 19-year- roommate of her husband, money to hire some one to kill her husband but the youth decided to do it himself.
 Mathers, the police said, admit ted buying a gun for $8.59 and shooting Saunders in the back of the head last Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
TO TRAIN WRECK:
 TWO ME IN DIE
F orm CT Soldier Arrested When Attempting Sec
 ond Disaster

VANCOUVER, Wash, Feb. B. Calm in the face of probable prosecution for murder, man. slaughter or attempting to wreck a mail train, Frank Hoyt, aged 34, is in jail after admitting he caused the wreck of 8 freight train at Wishram, Wash, on August 13 in which two men were killed, ten others injured and half a million dollars worth of damage done. He has signed a confession.
 Hoyt was arrested last Saturday night for attempting to wreck a passenger train east of here Friday night.
 Hoyt said T was mad at the company, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, for putting me off passenger train. Anyhow I like to see a wreck"
 Hoyt was discharged from the Army here more than a year ago with the rating of a moron.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05

 ADOPTED AT
 BAR MEETING
Members Local Association Express Esteem for
 Former Member

At a meeting of the Juneau Bar Association held at Bailey's Cafe on Saturday, attended by eighteen members, resolutions of sympathy to the relatives of the late Thomas J. Donohue, former member of the Association, were un amino ouS1y adopted upon the motion of Grov- CT C. Vim.
 At the meeting, Judge H. B. Le- Fevre, President of the local asso- citation presided, and in addition to the adoption of the resolution, several matters of interest were discussed.
 The resolution indicating the es- teem and respect felt for the prominent Alaska lawyer, follows: At a meeting of the Juneau Bar Association held in the City of Juneau, Alaska, on the 27th day of January, 1894, H. B. LeFevre, presiding and eighteen members of the Bar of Alaska being present
 
 "On motion of MT. Vim, the following resolutions were unani- mously adopted.
 Thomas J. Donohoe. a former member of this association, having lately departed this life, and the members of this bar entertaining the highest respect for his memory, for his learning and ability as a lawyer and as a man, have re- solved:
 Resolved, that the secretary of this organization communicate to the family of the deceased, a copy of this resolution, and assure them of the sincere condolence of the members of the bar, on account of the great and irreparable loss which has been sustained by the family, friends and associates of the late Thomas J. Donohoe."
 H. B. LIE F'EVRE,
 President of the Juneau
 Bar Association. Attest.
 V. A. PAINE,
 Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
CLUB MEETING TONIGHT

The Professional and Business Women's Club will hold meeting tonight. The session starts at 8 o'clock in the Council Chambers in the City Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
GIANT GOLD
 DREDCER IS
 BEING BUILT
To Be Used to Reach Depth of l50 Feet in Earth,
 no Feet Below Water

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. B. A gold dredge. as large as an ocean liner, is under construction at Hammonton, north of here.
 The dredge is of steel construc- tion, $50 feet long and 6S feet beam, drawing 30 feet of water.
 The dredge will be able to reach 15O feet beneath the surface of the ground or 110 feet below water in which it floats
 The largest previous dredge went 1O5 feet into the earth.
 Each of the 130 buckets will lift Is cubic feet of earth. The baskets will weigh 2h tons each.
 Electrically Operated
 The dredge will be electrically operated and crew of five men will be employed to shift the ma chine which is expected to handle 15,00O cubic yards each 24 hours.
 It is hoped the machine will &C., count for the possibility of digging deep and may open new potential fields of gold bearing soil.
 The dredge will be completed in about month and will be launch ed on the Yuba River near Ham, monton and will be operated by the Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields Company.
 Aside for an occasional stop for adjustment, Christmas and July Fourth are the only shutdowns scheduled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
JNDERSEA
 IS TO COME JRTH IN JULY
Arican Sub m arine e )quadron to Cruise
 Alaska Waters

i've American submarines will
 md sometime cruising Alaska
 lters during the coming Summer, tcording to word received by E. .A. Goddard from the Commanding Officer of the U. s. s. Holland, flagship of the Twelfth Division, United States Navy. This division is based at San Digo, Cal.
 The itinerary for the cruise is now being prepared It will be made during the months of July and August.
 These will be the first undersea vessels of the American Navy, or any other, to visit in these waters. An effort will be made to have them come to this port for a stay of several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
BARBARY COAST IS PL AWNING ON
 COME BACK NO W
Notorious Resort of San Francisco A g ain to
 Sing, Dance, Drink

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. B. On the verge of a modest rejuvena- tion after a decade of oblivion, the notorious Barbary Coast has be- come the center of a heated con- troversy over whether there will be song, dance and drink again al- lowed to exist on lower Pacific Avenue
 On a strong protest of the city's club women, the Police have post poned consideration of applications received from a number of places fer wine end beer licenses. Nine recently opened as amusement em- poriums.
 It is not expected that any li- cense will be revoked or denied.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
EXTRA SOLDIERS ARE RUSHED TO FRENCH CAPITAL
Serious Rioting Anticipat- ed Tomorrow-Parlia-
 ment Reconvenes


 PARIS, Feb. 5.-Fear of more serious rioting has brought heavy endorsements of soldiers to Paris.
 T hree separate demonstrations scheduled against the new Cabinet of Daladier aroused apprehensions that the police would be overtaxed when the Ministry is presented to Parliament tomorrow and soldiers have been rushed here for patrol duty with those in command in- structed to preserve order.
 Royalists organizations, war vet erans and young patriots are plan nings manifestations simultaneously with the reconvening of Parlia- ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
Sedson's s First King Is Landed Sunday By Local Fisherman

. The strip-fishing season . was successfully opened yes-
 . terday by Dr. J. B. Loftus, . who landed a 30-pound king . salmon off the southern end . of Douglas Island It was . the first to be taken by that . method this year so far as . could be learned.
 , Dr. Loftus made the ex- , petition on the cruiser Ya- , kobi, Capt. Tom Smith Oth- . CT devotees of the sport, , hearing of his success, were , breaking out their tackle to- , day and getting ready for , the season.
 . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05

Seventeen species of cactus ir Oklahoma have been catalogued by Ora M. Clark of Bristow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
ATLANTIC PATROL BOATS ARE ORDERED
 TO PACIFIC COAST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-FIve pa- trol boats have been ordered from the Staten Island base to San Di- ego and San Francisco. They will relieve the regular Coast Guard contingent after the cutters leave for the Alaskan waters during the coming spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
ART TIBBETTS NOW WITH
 PIONEER BARBER SHOP

Art Tibbetts, who has been en- ployed at Brownies Barber Shop for the last two years, is now with the Pioneer Barber Shop on Front Street at Triangle Place, it was today announced by R. E. Scott, proprietor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
RUMMAGE SALE

In the old Jarman Store next to the San Francisco Bakery on Feb 12 a Rummage Sale will be held by the Martha Society. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
OLDTIMER PASSES AWAY

Engwald E. Thompson, for many years a resident of Sand Point, passed away at Seward where he had been under treatment for more than month for Bright's disease. He was born in Sweden May 4, 1883.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
AIR LINES MERGE

The Roust Airways of Candle and the Speedway Airways of Nome have consolidated whereby the planes will operate under the Roust Airways. The interests of M. A. Winkler were acquired by the new concern.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
Three Pioneers To West,Umd Co On Last Trail

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 5.-Three pioneers died here during the past week. They were Stephen Risoff, of the old Russian stock; John H. Brick son, railrOader and one of the early agents of the Alaska Commercial Company, and Mrs. Adeline Hugel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-05
FARM PRICES
 BOUNDING UP

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-An in crease of two points in the farm price index for January Is is re- ported by the Agricultural and Eco monies Bureau, bringing the index to 70.
 The increase is caused by the general advance in the local market prices of grain, meat animals, work animals, chickens and wool.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-19
ARIZONA MAN
TAKES HONORS
AT BIG RODEO

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. UP) -
Leonard Ward. pride of the Well
ton, Ariz., COW country, is the
worlds new cowboy champion.
He was awarded the honor for all
around ability when he compiled g.
212a points in the Great Western
rodeo at the union stockyards here
yesterday.
In winning, Ward lifted the crown
from Clay Carr, Visalia, Calf, who
finished in second place with 5,562l4
points. Carr won the championship
last year.
Judge Maxwell McNutt of San
Francisco, president of the Rodeo
Association of America, will present
Ward $500 and trophy as prize
winnings tonight at banquet.
The new champion won first
place in bronc riding, steer decorat-
ing and bareback riding.
Johnny and Frankie Schneider,
LiVermore, Calf, brothers, finished
third and fourth, respectively, in
the grand competition.
Shorty Kicker, Raugu, Texas, was
crowned champion bull-dogger of
ed the steer riders. Irby Mundy, Ute
vile, Colo, won first place for calf
roping, Don Mcintyre, Iowa, Okla,
topped the one man steer ropers.
Andy Jauregui, NeWhall, Calf, led
at tWo-man roping.