Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-03-15
In Answer to the
"COmmonwealth Builder"

The Commonwealth Builder, official
Obi organ, last week made serious charges
against the Voice of Action.
The accusations: That we did not re-
port the Commonwealth convention ac-
curately; that our headline, Communists,
Commonwealth Builders Unite Against
RooSevelt'S $50 Wage" was particularly
misleading; that we were contradictory in
stating editorially ca that certain plankS
still remain in the Obi program ininical
to the best interests of the working class,
and ~ that the Commonwealth Build
ers have adopted the program of the Voice
OF Action; that the Voice of Action stole
the mailing lists of the Commonwealth
Builder.
Every news article in the March list
Voice of Action 1.-THE issue in question:
was written by fully accredited delegate
to the Commonwealth Builders ConVen-
ton, checked for accuracy with other dele
gates.
The headline on Communist I'M
lty against the Roosevelt wage" was but
pure statement of fact, highlighting one
of the most vital actions of the state con-
yention. A letter from the Communist
Party to the convention asked united ac-
ton on this point and on four others of
immediate importance (See Feb. % Voice
OF Action for text of letter.. The fight
against the Roosevelt wage and for union
wages on relief work was one of the points
favorably voted by the entire convention.
And the incoming state Board of Directors
was instructed to appoint committee of
three to work out concrete combined act
ivity on the issue with the Communists.
The minutes of the convention record this
act of unity-one of the most progressive
features of the convention.
AS for the supposed contradiction.
we did not say the Voice of Action and
Obi programs are now identical, but that
the forward-looking militant plankS of the
Obi convention were the program for
which the Voice of Action has been fight
ing for two years.
The story about stealing mailing
list is an attempt to becloud real issues.
The Voice of Actions unShakeable integ-
rity has been tested in hundred battles
for labor The Voice of Action has stolen
nothing. No member of its staff has ever
seen the files or mailing records of the
Commonwealth Builder.
1t is true that the Voice of Action sent
sample copies to many Commonwealth
Builders. And it is true that the Voice of
Action has seldom been so well received and
SO highly praised by any group. The Voice
of Actions March issue printed more
news of the convention than was carried
by any other newspaper. ut was the only
paper to record the vital unity decisions of
Tie convention.) The Voice of Actions Of
fer of cooperation with the Obi was unan-
imouSly applauded. Only four days after
the Voice of Action was published did the
Stevenson political machines slanderouS
propaganda invent inaccuracies.
Despite the efforts of politicians to
disrupt the growing united movement in
the Northwest against the OFT Bill, against
criminal syndicalism, for the rights of la
bor the Voice of Action will not swerve
from its policy of constructive criticism of
the Obi and whole-hearted support to the
positive planks adopted by its convention.
Our paper is and will remain open to the
members of the Commonwealth Builders.
II will continue to fight their battles for
higher wages, against starvation relief.