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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
FERRY BOATMEN
WIN Big VICTORY
IN SOUND STRIKE

SEATTLE, June 6.-Thirty-six
hours after walking off the job,
striking firemen. oilers and deck
hands, returned to work after de-
cisively winning their demands
from the notorious union hating
Puget Sound Navigation Company,
which, as the Black Ball Line, OPP
crates the largest fleet of ferry
boats on Puget Sound. Striking
deck officers who had walked off
rather than operate vessels with
strike breakers also returned to
their various positions.
The strike was called by the
ferry boat workers after all other
Puget Sound ferry companies had
signed an agreement with the
Ferryboatmens' Union OF the Paci-
fic giving all employees one day a
week off with no reductions in
wages and gave recognition to the
union.
The Black Ball Line refused to
sign this agreement and the strike
went into effect at a. m, Tues
day, May 20.
The first vessels affected were
the ferries operating between Ed
monds and Port Townsend. and the
Kingston Edmonds ferry. On these
vessels, striking seamen were given
support by both the licensed deck
officers and the licensed engineers.
These vessels were tied up thru
out the strike which clearly demon
strated the effectiveness of united
action of all ferry employees.
Skeleton Crews Man Some Ships
In contrast to these ferries, the
company was successful in getting
sufficient strike breakers TO man
other vessels with skeleton crews,
particularly where licensed en-
gineers were willing to work with
scab firemen and oilers. 1t Is re-
ported that the engineers union,
contrary to all union principles,
had signed an agreement with the
Black Ball Company not two weeks
prior to the calling of the strike.
If this is the case. there is no doubt
but that the navigation company
hoped to break the seamen's strike
by using the engineers as strike
breakers.
Licensed deck officers gave
unprecedented support to the
strikers by refusing to operate
vsseIs employing strikebreakers.
Il is reported that fully two
thirds Of the licensed deck
officers walked off the Job in
support of the strikers.
BY the end of the second day the
strike had spread to all vessels Of
the company. and successfully tied
all but three ferries of the COM
pany, both union and non union
seamen. firemen and oilers having
walked off together in a united
front.
The climax to the strike came
when the strikers en- masse de-
scended upon the company's flag
ship, Chippewa, in Bremerton and
succeeded in peaceably inducing all
strikebreakers to come off.
A short while later the president
of the company admitted he was
licked and agreed to sign the agree
ment
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Brooklyn lila Men
Back West Coast

Brooklyn, N. Y. June Long
shoremen in a sympathetic move
with West Coast Longsboremen re-
fused to load Luckenback steam
er which has headquarters in San
Francisco. This steamer recently
left Philadelphia and was to have
taken aboard cargo for the west
coast.
Due to refusal of longshoremen
to load this boat. the sailing date
has been cancelled.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
RYAN PUTS OVER STRIKE .SPL II Ting PROGRAM
Seattle's New Mayor Threatens Tero,
Marching On {!

Today cheer five vietoriesl
For today the Voice Of Action out
Published in its plants
Combined with Thursday Noon outIOOki
Truly full size eight columns to a each column
full % inehes);
With second class mailing rights.
And application for the union label will be made at the
next regular meeting of the Allied Trades Council
Militant labors greatest weapon-s press-is longer
a snipers rifle. II is heavy artillery.
Tho whisper Of the old Voice of Action accomplished
much. organized locals modified demonstrations for
relief fought terror strikers politicians
by captas disclosed
within labor workers
wages showed Thousands
meaning told them how organize
fight
Now the whisper is
News of day demands such growth. Unnumbsred
ing LOngshoemen, Iosgers mill workers, fishermen
unemployed, trade unonists, that is heavy
artillery, a Voice that roars.
Workers and friends Of labor who their money to
establish the Voice Of Action its felt that need So
did the Thursday
his the Voice Of Action AID the editorial
did its again materially increasing the Of the
Five victories but clear the road.
The Voice of Action m don league boots and
stride forward a undreamed Of before.
That increased enthusiastic support; hundreds
bundle orders subscription drive success.
Fourteen of made the Voice Of Action
what months a that will
brand the past slow motion.
On with the building a strong working class press in
the Northwest!
1000 copies bundle ORDERS 1000 subscribers
by August first!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Fishers Name
Price Scale

SEATTLE, June 6.-Setting the
price demands for the coming sea-
son, the Fishermen and Cannery
Workers Industrial Union held a
conference here today.
A committee of eleven was
elected which will report the con-
ference to the various ports, and
plan militant action to back up
the following price demands: S5c
for sockeyes both at the Cape and
inside; 40c for silvers up to July
%. and SOC after that date to the
end of the summer season.
Kings. $3.50 over Is lbs, both red
and white alike and all the Kings
weighing less than Is lbs, to be
paid at the rate of silvers. Humps,
15c at the Cape and zoe inside.
Initiative No. n, discussed at
considerable length today will be
further discussed and voted on
June 10 at IL a. m, at 18th N. w.
and Draws Street, Interplay.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08

EATTLE, June 6.-Led by
Harold Brockway, Federal soupline
cooks, dining room helpers and
dishN ,shers walked out unani-
mously Monday, May 2S, in pro-
test against unbelievably bad work
ing conditions.
Brockway. militant chairman OF
.the downtown District Council, I'm
Kemployed Citizens League, was
beaten unconscious twice by police
and scabbing vigilantes for his
courageous efforts In organizing
the strikers into a solid picketing
body.
out of the Federal fedeing station,
2O30 Western Ave-. at high noon,
refusing to return until their de-
mands were met. They demanded:
Five dollars per week mini
mum salary. They had been
getting 81 a week.
A six-hour day and six-day
week. They worked seven to
twelve hours a day, seven days
per week.
They also demanded room
and board, instead of govern
nneHt "rsIief' food they worked
for.
Although the kitchen workers
/ voted unanimously to strike and
walked out with fine spirit, their
efforts would undoubtedly have met
failure at hands of scabbing police
and strikebreaking vigilantes II
Brockway had not Immediately
helped them organize a solid picket
line.
With Brockway as chairman, the
strikers elected a committee to
visit Relief Administrator Ames,
and present strikers demands, with
demands Of the organizing soupline
customers" for three meals a day.
Ames refused to meet the COM
mittee.
Meanwhile, soupllne workers be-
gan gathering for the afternoon
meal entering the building. AS they
drifted in, police asked them to
scab on the strikers. When they
refused. police told them they
couldn't eat. and would be cut off
from shelter.
BY $3.50 more than 1000
workers had gathered about the
building, demanding that seabs
quit working. Broekway, head
ing an elected strike committee,
went to the kitchen entrance to
call out the seabs.
He was seized by police,
dragged inside the building,
beaten unconscious and thrown
into a corner while police fired
tear gas bombs into the crowd
Of defenseIess workers.
Handcuffed, Beaten
One scabbing vigilante, dressed
as a waiter, handcuffed Brockway
CONTINUED on Page q, Column y
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
NRA Opines l4c
Per Hour At Frye
Plant Fair Wages

SEATTLE, June 6.-The Seattle
local of the International Meat
cutters Union. A F.. of L. body,
was Informed by a Seattle repre-
sentative of the N. r. A. that II
was being unreasonable" when II
protested against the l4c an hour
paid by the Frye Meat Company to
employees, a meatcutter delegate
told the Central Labor Council to-
night.
ut seems to me that lac an hour
Is sufficient" said the New Deal
official. We can not concern our
selves with entertainment of such
unreasonable demands"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
KeLsO Sells 100 .

One hundred papers in day!
This 10 the record W. N. Trap
set in kelso one day last week
when he sold 100 copies Of the
Voice Of Action.
"a could have sold more IL l
had had them," the militant
salesman said. ."
Can you beat this record7
Let US hear about IL.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Firemen Vote To
Not Move Ships
OF Alaska Lines
Sailors Waiver

Seattle, June 8, 1934-HurIing
interests and Joseph p. Ryan, iLA
head, who together succeeded in
putting over a sell out agreement
on the stevedores, firemen late
today refused to accept a pro-
posal to take out Alaska ships.
Sailors however, took q differ
ent stand from their brother ISu
Firemen, Oilers and Watertend-
ers, and turned over to a commit
tee Of three full authority to ar
bitrate the matter.
The Seattle Junior Chmaber OF
Comemrce has been commissioned
to raise $4,000 by today TO COM
plete the Waterfront Employers
strikebreaking war chest" It was
learned Monday from an unlm-
peachable authority.
The funds, of which $4,000 had
already been subscribed Monday.
will be used to purchase machine
guns, tear bombs and TO transport
500 gunner from Chicago to the
waterfront here, 1t Is reported.
Agreement to load all Alaska
ships has just been signed. This
the greatest step yet made 10
smash the coastwise longshore-
mems strike, was taken after
Mayor Smiths threat to open the
port himself, meaning to do so
with police terror and violence.
Temporary terms include loading
at the old wage scale this with the
PROMISE of recognition. Perman-
ent terms have not been made pub
lie.
At this time 1t is necessary for
the longshoremen to take a deter
mined stand and refuse anymore
separate agreements.
To accomplish this, they must
form a rank and file strike commit
tee. form mass picket lines and
draw In all seamen. forcing their
demands into the final settlement.
That all members Of the
Masters, Mates and Pilots
Union be called out on strike
within "a hours was a unani-
nous demand voted Thursday
afternoon by the firemen's sec
ton Of the international Sea-
mems Union.
Rank and File Control
A second motion Of greater
ultimate importance was car
ried, making II mandatory that
all future proposals by union
officials be submitted for con-
sideration by the rank and file.
This second motion is the direct
result of the united front steadily
growing between Marine Workers
Industrial Union members, and
rank and file ISU members.
This was the formal result of
cooperation by both organizations
in the strikers picket line, and
fighting for relief for striking sea-
men.
Workers. reporting to load the
five Alaska ships freed Monday
by Ryan, expected to receive the
81 per hour rate agred upon by
steamship officials but found the
wage was the old IS cents per
hour for increase of which they had
struck.
Some of the longshoremen re-
fused to load for this wage, feel
ing that such concession on their
part would lower the morale of the
solid strike front and fine coopera-
ton built by all organized water
front workers.
Ryan TaIks-Workers Lose
After voting unanimous re-
fusal to handle any further
eargoes for Alaska ships, J. p.
Ryan, at a hurried llA met
ing yesterday, harangued the
strikers for more than two
hours and finally secured work.
CONTINUED on Page 4. Column 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Union History
Next Week

Beginning with the next issue
Of the Voice Of Action, The Ma
tionaI Executive Committee Of
the National Lumber Workers
Union will publish a series Of ar
tieIes on the History Of the Ma
tional Lumber Workers Union.
This 10 the first material Of this
nature to be published by our
union. II this series serves its
purpose, we will be able to ex-
pand and strengthen our union.
More lumber workers will join.
Learn the history Of our union.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08

nounced by Alan Max, chairman of
the afternoons program. Among the
other speakers were Petrovich,
striking seaman and active in the
Marine Workers Industrial Union;
Wakefield, editor of the Voice of
Action; and RAPPORT, district organ
izer of the Communist Party.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Support Strike

The Voice Of Action calls upon
all workers and working class
organizations, and all sympa-
thizers to support the striking
Longshoremsn.
Fill out the blank on Page Z
and send Il with your donation
to the LA Strike COMMITTEES,
2too Western Ave. Seattle.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
|BROCKWA
BEATEN BY
VIGILANTES
Soupline Strike Leader
Arrested, Charged
With RiOting

More than 100 Of the 200 soup
line workers at the Federal food
depot, 203o Western Ave., who
struck for better working con-
ditions May 20, are still out and
miIitantly fighting for their
rights.
Seabbing police and visilantes
are unloading the grocery and
since the strike was called.
meat deliveries as they have been
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
LEADER OF
.UJNEMPLOY-
ED CHOSEN
Struggle for Workers
Needs Basis of
Campaign

Seattle, Wn. - Declaring that
thousands of Washington people
will turn from the burst Democratic
bubble of MIRA promises to the
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
MEAT STRIKE

Seattle, Wn. June GA 10 per
cent wage increase granted June 4.
averted a threatened strike of 500
meat cutters, according to an an
nouncement made by Joseph s.
Hoffman, business agent of the
union local.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Next Week

EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE
TO GET THE PAPER OUT THE
NEW PRESS DAY THURS.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-06-08
Why Late?

DUE TO DIFFICULTIES install
ING OUR PLANT THIS ISSUE is
OFF THE PRESS SUNDAY.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
HOEMAKER
FACES JURY
IN ASSAULT
Taximan Says Representative
Struck Him in Eye and
Sought to "HuSh It Up"

Representative Francis H.
Shoemaker (F.-L.) of Mime
sofa, went on trial before Judge
Gus A. Schuldt and a jury in
Police Court today on charges
of assaulting Charles Newman,
a taxi driver, on the night Of
March 5.
The high spot of the opening
testimony by Mr.. Newman was
the allegation that a Traffic Bu-
reau patrolman, identified only as
"Overstreet," called on the cab
driver at his home in the 1000
block Georgia Ave. and asked him
to settle the case out of court
and, the plaintiff declared, the
patrolman said he had been sent
by Representative Shoemaker.
Showed His Car
Mr.. Newman recited the now
well-known story of what he al
leges happened at the intersection
of New Jersey and Rhole Island
Avenues. He declared Representa-
tive Shoemaker, driving behind
him, became impatient and used
his automobile to shove Mr.. New
man and his cab across the inter
section.
Mr.. Newman finally stopped
and argued with Shoemaker, he
said, and the latter cursed him,
calling him a number and va
riety of names, before declaring:
'I'm a Congressman"
Whereupon, the witness swore
Representative Shoemaker struck
him in the eye and departed with
out further identifying himself
The cab driver got back into his
cab and followed the other man
to Ninth and U Streets, where the
argument continued.
Said He Was "Afraid"
On cross-examination. at the
hands of Representative Clarence
Cannon Cd of Missouri. who is
defending his colleague, Mr..
Newman said he was afraid
when he discovered his alleged
assailant was a Congressman be-
cause, he said, he didn't think a
Congressman would act like
that"
Mr.. Cannon brought out that
Mr.. Newman was born in Rus
sia and has been in this coun-
try 81 years and has been driv-
ing cab for eight.
The next witness was Patrol
man Joseph Cook. who was on
duty directing traffic at Ninth
and U Streets when Mr.. Newman
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
HIS CHARGES
Silly SAYS
SPEAKER
BuIWinkIe, 0'Connor, and Lea
Slated as PrObers; Other
Selections Deferred
BY international News Service

Speaker Henry T. Rainey
Of the House, announcing that
he is selecting with unusual
care the committee to inves-
tigate charges Of DR.. William
A. Writ against the "brain
trust" today delayed appoint
ment Of members.
Returning during the night
from the funeral of the late Rep
resentative Pou in North Caro-
lima, Representative Rainey ex.
planned that he had not had time
to consider names suggested for
the committee.
Calls Charges Silly
Representative Rainey asserted
that the Gary educator cannot
name any one in the Administers
ton who is seeking to overthrow
the Government. He added:
'Tf Writ names Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace and other
key figures in the recovery pro-
gram, the investigation ought
to stop Immediately. We are
not going to open up the whole
recovery program in investisa-
tion. If he names Wallace,
Hugh S. johnson, and others
in charge Of recovery measures,
1 predict the investigation will
stop right there.
'<He can't name a man who
is fOmenting revolution. 1t is
too silly for words"
Opposes Contempt Charge
Representative Rainey said DR.
Writ would not be cited for con.
tempt with my consent" if ne de
clined to name the brain trusters
he said told him that President
Roosevelt is "only the Kerensky
of this revolution" Representa-
tive Rain-H added:
1--WE won't dignity it that
much with my consent"
The speaker has selected Repre-
sentative Alfred L. Bulwinkle, OF
North Carolina. as chairman o1
the committee. Representative
O'Connor, of New York. and Rep.
resentative Lea, of California, are
expected to be the other Demo
cratic members.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
MARY CHA FMS.
DOUGS STILL
CROYDON, England, April 4
U.N.S.).-"Miss PickfOrd is a
charming person."

CROYDON, England, April 4
U.N.S.).-"Miss PickfOrd is a
charming person"
Douglas Fairbanks so told In
ternational News Service today
as he stepped from an airplane
in which he had flown from
Paris.
Then he smiled the famous
Fairbanks smile, talked about his
film plans, and declined further
to discuss reports of a pending
reconciliation with Mary Pickford,
who has filed suit for divorce
from him in Los Angeles, or the
possibility that Miss Pickford
might come to London to meet
him:
About his plans for film work
and for the huge ranch he is
developing near San Diego, CAL,
the American film star spoke
freely and with enthusiasm. He
revealed he intends to go to the
United States in June to see how
work on Rancho Zorro" the
Spanisil-type hacienda" he in
tends to make his future home,
is progressing.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
WE'D,
JOE JUDGE |RED

Catherine Judge, pretty blonde
18-year-old daughter of Joe Judge.
famous ball player, first baseman
for the Griffmen for II years,
eloped to Annapolis on March IA
and married John Mackall, 23-
year-old Government employe, il
was revealed today.
Joe and Mrs. Judge are con.
sidering having the marriage an
nulled, the bride admitted. but
added she will not stand for any
such action.
She and Mr.. Mackall have
known each other for three years
and have been secretly engaged
for several months.
The couple were married at
st. Mary's Church. Annapolis, by
the Rev. Father Thomas G. Nc.
Partland.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
EMPLOYEES CT 7
BACK PAY

Employees of the War Depart
ment yesterday received back pay
retroactive to February of this
year, authorized under the indie,
pendent offices supply bill.
They were the first of the Gov.
eminent workers to receive pay.
ment and were paid in cash.
Tomorrow approximately 1000
employees of the Navy Department
will receive the money due them.
Other Federal departments and
offices are still indefinite about
the time payment will be made.
The majority hope to be able to
pay off by the end of this week
or the first of next.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
Raymond Belmont,
HOrsennn. Stricken

WINCHESTER, Va. April 4
Raymond Belmont, son of the
late August Belmont. Of New
York, clubman and owner of a
large horse breeding farm at Mid
dleburg, is critically i'll of pneu
monia at his estate, Belray. He
was stricken five days ago and
has grown steadily worse. His
temperature last night was 1O5
A specialist and three nurses ar
rived from washington yesterday
and he was at once placed IN an
oxygen tent.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
Three Army Filters
SQUed by 'ChuteS

SUNBURY, Pa, April 4 G.N.SO.
Uninjured as they "bailed out"
three Army fliers were grounded
today, their bombing plane a mass
of burned wreckage. The avi-
ators took to their parachutes
last night when one of the motors
Of the ship they were transport
ing from Mitchell Field, L. l., to
Cleveland failed. The fliers were
Lieut.. Don H. Baxter, Lieut.. N.
H. Crumley, and Private William
Letart.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
$4,000 LOngshOremen
Will Settle Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4
Q.N.S0. - Settlement of the
threatened walkout of $4,000 Pa
cific Coast longshoremen was
virtually completed today by the
impartial mediation board ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt.
DR.. Henry Grady, of the Univer-
sity of California, who acted as
chairman of the board, an
nounced ship owners had agreed
to recognize the International
Longshoremen's Association, with
certain qualifications.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
BILL HIT.
BY PROFESSOR
BY International News Service

by international news SeFVlce
The Wagner bill for a perma-
nent National Labor Board would
repeat all the worst effects Of
the prohibition law" James T.
Young, professor in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, declared to-
day before the Senate Labor Com
mittee. He added:
"It is remarkable that this
new legislation is being seriously
considered only a few months
after prohibition was repealed"
Drastic penalties against failure
to comply with decisions Of the
proposed board were compared by
Young with the penal provisions
of the old Jones "five-and-ten"
law.
The bill also was opposed by
L. L. Raleisen, secretary of the
industrial division of the Brook
lyn IN. " Chamber of Com
mprcn
The Washington times., 1934-04-04

One of the three was wounded
in that shooting, for blood
stains were found in an auto
mobile left behind. Capture of
Green and the woman, tenta;
lively identified as Evelyn
F'rechetti, Dillinger's sweetheart,
led authorities to believe that
it was Dillinger himself who was
struck by a bullet, for neither
bore any sign of previous
wounds.
Raiding squads of police and
Department of Justice agents
today were seeking another pos
Sible hideout where Dillinger
might have sought protection.
Green was shot when he and
the woman attempted to flee the
trap set for them.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
3 Men Executed
For Attacking Girl

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 4
Q.NSO. - Three colored men,
convicted of attacking a Mem
phis girl and shooting her com.
pan1on, were executed in the
electric chair at the State prison
here today. Confronted by the
girl victim in their death cells a
few minutes before they were led
to the chair, Percy Smith, 20,
confessed the crime, but his COM
panlonS, Jasper Graham. 20, and
Frank Mays, 80, died protesting
innocence.
The Washington times., 1934-04-04
Flynn to Ignore
Pettv Liquor Cases

BALTIMORE, April 4.-Ber
nard j. Flynn. United States Dis
trict Attorney here, will turn a
"cold shoulder" on petty viola
tions of the State liquor laws
that come to him masqueraded
as infractions of the Internal
Revenue statutes. Mr.. Flynn an
nounced his stand when he was
asked to prosecute colored
woman who had been arrested
when police found a small guam
tity of corn whiskey in her res
taurarit.