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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Labor Training
School To Start

SEATTLE, Feb. 2l-TO train
leaders for the coming intensi-
fled battles of labor, the Dis
trict Committee of the Com
munist Party announces a full
time training school here start
ing March 3.
A group of 20 students from
all parts of the Northwest Sc
lected by the committee will re-
ceive practical instruction in the
trade union question, principles
of Communism, and fundament-
ais of Communist Party organic
alton.
A dance and entertainment
the first evening of the school
will welcome the students. 1t is
scheduled for Sunday night,
March 8, at the Finnish hall, 9th
and Yesler.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
oARLsBoRG RwPA FIGHTS
FOR 3-POINT PROGRAM

CARLSBORG, Wash, Feb. 81
The Relief Workers Protective
Association here has presented
the following demands to their
VERA heads at Sequim:
Abolition of the forced la.
Dor for commodities program.
Revolving of the rule forcing
workers to report a half hour
before starting time on relief
work.
Due to the raise in commodi-
ties" the demand that our
vouchers be increased to $2.1O per
person. Those of us who are
compelled to live upon the relief
voucher alone have to live upon
a fare that Is undermining our
health"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

SEATTLE, Feb. 20-Presenting
constructive program of united
front participation for labor
and its allied organizations. the
Communist Party District Exec
utive Committee prepared this
week to lay it's proposals before
the Commonwealth Builders cOun-
ty convention, meeting Saturday
and Sunday to outline its new
political program.
The appeal for a united front
follows:
TO THE DELEGATES or THE
COMMONWEALTH b U lid
ERS CONVENTION:
Brothers and Sisters:
You are converting to work
out a program for your organiza-
tion. We wish to call your atten-
ton to the fact that the evils
against which you organized last
fall have become more acute.
The State Legislature and Ma
tional Congress have been in
session for six and eight weeks
respectively. The results can be
summed up both nationally and
in the state as a sharper attack
against organized labor, greater
recognition of company unions,
against workers unemployment
insurance, increased appropria-
lions for war, and a series of leg
islative measures on a state and
national scale to bar any organ
ization which dares to advocate
united militant atcion against
hunger, war, and fascism.
In our state, the introduction
of the OFT bill, the refusal to
repeal the criminal syndiealism
law, introduction OF the anti-in-
termarriage bill are all indica-
lions. that the black reaetionary
forces headed by public enemy
number one, Mr.. Hearst, are mo-
bilizing to take away the rem
nants of free speech and assem-
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
WAGE CUT LICKED
By OREGON WORKERS

MARSHFIELD, Ore, Feb. 81
A smashing victory against wage
cuts was recorded here when q
relief workers committee OF
three, backed by a threat of q
strike, gained restoration of their
50-cent scale over a cut to 42H
cents handed down by relief
heads.
Mr.. Granny Of the Central La
Dor Council, on the grievance
committee, gave full support to
the fight against the cut.
The workers are on the pay
roll OF the State Emergency Re.
lief Administration public pro-
ject.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
.U.C.L. Starts
Expansion
Plan Aims To Build
s. Seattle Locals,
q in Hing Co.

SEATTLE, Feb. PA moment
Gus plan of action for Unem-
plOyed Citizens league locals
and Unemployment Council To-
Gals was presented to the UCL
Central Federation Wednesday
night by its executive board.
United action for higher relief
and union pay on public works
projects, new locals, organization
of men on work relief projects,
a more strongly constructed un-
employment organization, build
ing OF the Voice of ActiOn-these
were cornerstones OF the pro-
gram.
Join United Front
Under the plan all locals will
take immediate steps to unite
with whatever groups exist in
their territory, Commonwealth
Builder units, Teehnocrat clubs,
trade union locals, civic, frater-
nal and church organizations. To-
cal cases of discrimination or Of
insufficient relief, immediate in
creases in all welfare vouchers,
unemployment insurance III II
2S27 and lib 1881 will be the basis
Of Joint activity.
A decision made at last weeks
state Technocrat convention to
cooperate with all other groups
places joint UCLTechnocrat ac-
tion as point one Of the order OF
the day.
The organization drive includes
formation of IS locals in Seattle
ICON. on page 4 col 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Everett Body
.WireSPrOteSt
On OFT Bill
Unanimous Vote Scores
ReactiOnary Attack
On MilitantS
BY L. J. Krattley
Official lila Correspondent

EvERETr. Wash, Feb. 2l--
The Everett Central Labor Coun-
ell voted unanimously to instruct
its secretary to wire the state leg
islature that the council was OPP
posed to the passage of the OFT
Anti-Communist bill. There was
not one opposition vote.
The members OF the council
realize that this is only the start
OF an attack upon all militant
workers and their organizations
until only the two old reactionary
parties remain on the ballot. So
cialists, Technocrats and Com
monwealth Builders voted in fav-
or of this motion.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Fcw1u SIGNS UP $40

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 81
Outlining the unions purpose
and program to improve living
conditions, Fishermen and Can
merry Workers Industrial Union
members have forced their pro-
grams endorsement by the may
or and officials, then in q house
toulouse campaign, signed up $40
new members.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Bridges Visit
BuildSMariine
Federation
Frisco Strike Leader
Stresses Rank and
File Control

SEATTLE, Feb. 2l-Bad luck
curtailed Harry Bridges visit to
the Northwest this week. The
militant San Francisco lila pres
ident planned to come by plane
but was forced down in Oregon
and had to continue by train.
He arrived in Seattle for a
short conference with gang stew
ards, proceeded to Everett and
had to return home almost at
once.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
iUCL To Olympia
For TranSientS

SEATTLE, Feb. 2I--tKaiserl
Wilhelm, understudy for relief
ear Moore, has told a commit.
tee representing the Downtown
local and the Central Federation
of the Unemployed Citizens
League that young workers who
refuse transfers to forced labor
transient camps will be cut off
soup line relief.
The UCL will send a delega-
tion to Olympia to carry the
fight to VERA headquarters.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

Nathan Il. Alderman. Chairman of
the Portland section of the
League.
Major Miner, who knows his
subject thoroughly, viii discuss
why a Soldier Hates War" He
has in his active years organized
the oregon National Guard, re-
eeived decoration in France. and
now is leading the Northwest
Congress drive AS chairman of the
arrangements committee.
Reverend Akerman will speak
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
SLAVIC CLUB GOES
ON RECORD FOR lib
12S; AGAINST OFT

RENTON, Wash, Feb. 2l-The
Renton Slavic club, composed
mostly of ALL union members,
Joined the fight for unemploy-
ment insurance and against re
dictionary legislation last week,
going on record as favoring HB
1928, Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance bill, and sending
protests against the OFT anti.
Communist bill to the state legis.
lature.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

in analysis Of. World War on the
Paeifie?"
Representing the Seattle See
tion Of the League will be Mer-
win l.. Cole, chairman OF the Sc
attic City Committee.
The meeting starts ut 3 o.
clock. A nominal admission Zee
will be charged.
Robert stephens, member of
the Maehinists' Union, ALL, will
act as chairman of the meeting.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

the interview date. So these vie
tories were won aside from the
main ease-gettlng relief for a
family OF seven, starving In a log
hut In the woods, denied relief
because they were "transients."
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

funds have been criminally mis-
used throughout the state.
Tens Of thousands Of letters
have beset the committee
since its inception stating
cases of graft and discrimina-
ton. A tremendous protest
would arise II Waldron dared
to kill the work Of investiga-
tion.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
REDMOND JoBLEss FIGHT
FOR SICK TRANSPORTATION

REDMOND, Wash, Feb. 21--
Unemployed here have found
they must organize and fight re-
lief heads for such small conces-
sions as carfare and ferry tickets
to get their sick to Harborview
hospital for attention.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
BrOwder Speaks
To SOlOnS on
House Bill 1927

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 81
Speaking for the impoverished
millions of workers and farmers
in the richest country in the
world" Earl Browder, General
Secretary Of the Communist Par
ty of America, last week pre-
sented the demands of Americas
producers for genuine unemploy-
ment insurance, to the House
Committee on Labor.
Browders speech follows:
The bill under consideration.
HR 2S27. -the-unqqaIified sup
port of the Communist Party.
This bill embodies the principles
which alone can provide any
measure of social insurance" for
the workers, and thereby, also
alleviate the condition of i'm
poverished farmers, professional
and middle class people.
1t is noteworthy that among all
political parties, the Communist
Party alone has a clear, definite,
unequivocal position on this
question.
Enemies of the Workers Bill
have failed to present their ar
guments against it, relying rath-
er upon an attempt to smother
it with silence. To make this
more plausible, there has beas1'
trotted out, as the main aIUerna-
tive to the Administration pro-
gram, the Utopian Townsend
Plan" which provides an ideal
straw man for administration
supporters to knock down. But,
as many workers have told this
committee, the only real alter
native to the administration's
Wagner-Lewis bill is HR 1927,
the Workers Bill.
Enemies of Bill
The enemies OF real unemplOy-
ment insurance have, however,
prepared carefully to attack the
bill should it come up for vote
in the Congress. They would be
acting more in good faith IL they
presented their arguments to
this committee. Their absence
thus far, makes it necessary to
answer them without having in
hand the definite text of their
arguments.
1t is known that the main ar
gument against the Workers
Bill is that it costs too much,
that the country cannot afford to
pay such a tremendous sum as
would be called for. This argu-
ment ignores the fact that the
country must pay the full costs
of unemployment, that there is
no way to avoid it. The only ques-
ton is, what part of the popula-
tion shall pay, those who now
pay with the lives of their women
and children, the price of degrad-
alton and misery, or the rich
who still evade payment, whose
profits are going UP while mass
starvation increases, who alone
can pay in any currency except
the life-blood of the country.
I'VE Love Our Country"
We Communists are accused OF
being enemies of our country. of
being a menace that demands in
the language of Hearst and Lib
erty magazine, uncerimonious
hanging, shoot first and investi-
gate afterward," or in the more
decorous proposals Of the spokes-
men for the McCormack-Dick-
stein Committee, the legal prohf-
bition OF the Communist Party.
Allow me to denounee all these
current ISLANDERS against the Com
munist Party. We Communists
yield to no one in our love for our
country. 1t is because we love our
ICON. on page col. p
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Washington Birthday Dance

A dance and a one-act play
Eviction" is slated for the Fin
nish hall, 9th and Yesler, Wash
ington's Birthday, beginning at
8 p. m. Given under auspices of
the Young Communist League.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
UNIONS FIGHT MOVE T0BAR COMMUNIST PARTY
Army Major To Be Chief
Speaker Against Fascism

Seattle Feb q The first large rally of the Northwest
tour sponsored by the American League Against War
cm opens Sunday night the Eagles Aere Room Sth and
Union This tour the opening gun of the campaign build
the coming Northwest Congress- for April 6 in Seattle
On the feature list Major l.. A. Miner distinguished
in military circles by hs 30year service record Reverend
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22

A l7-year-old daughter shot
and critically wounded herself
with a gun, feeling there would
be more to eat with her gone.
Eleven new members have
joined the RWPU after seeing
in action that organization wins.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Girl Tries Suicide When
Family Faces Starvation

ANAOORTES, Wash, Feb 2l-How effective the Relief
raising living standards
when the committee arranged for in
without telling the investigators what
specific neighbOrhOOd they would take action
relief got the neighborhood and full
for before
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
Continued Pressure
Urged on Todd Bill

Unable to check Mr.. Cayton-s
statement that the vicious Todd
Jim crow bill has been definitely
and finally killed in the House
of Representatives Public Nor
ais Committee, we quote the lat
est word from our Olympia cor
respondent, Robert Drake:
although protesting disinter-
est In the bin when questioned
publicly, Rep. Todd privately
pressed on the committee head
to pass the bill down to the floor.
He admitted that he had intend
ed to introduce the bill by re-
quest but refused to name the
person or persons who had re-
quested the introduction.
las it now stands the chance
of killing the bill will undOubt-
eddy depend upon the continual
tion of a wide mass protest to
the Public Morals Committee"
After all, the wire of Repre-.
sentative Strickland to the Voice
of Action said will be killed In
committee. We recommend re-
doubled protest as safe guar
antee that victories won to date
in the campaign to smash the
Todd bill are not lOst.-Editors.
BY Revels Clayton
SEATTLE, Feb. 2l-Due to the
mass protest of working class Or
CARNATIONS, liberals, intellectu-
ais and Negro people, the anti
intermarriage bill introduced in
to the state legislature by Dem
Ocratic Representative Todd, has
been killed in committee.
The protest movement around
the bill has been growing rapid
ly, HUNDREDS of workers organiZa-
tions, United Farmers Leagues,
liberals, Negro clubs and organ
izations responded to the call of
the League of Struggle for Ne
gro Rights and the Citizens Com
mittee for mass protest.
According to representatives
at Olympia, a protest move
ment was developing on even
a national scale as kilograms
from workers organizations
throughout the East and
from noted educators and SCI
entists of national reputation,
were being received daily.
Editor Brings News
The news of the victory was
wrested from the Negro and Ia
Dor hating reaetiOnaries at Olym-
pia came to the mass meeting
that was being held by the cit
liens committee in the African
Methodist church, through Low
ell Wake field, editor of the Voice
of Action, who presented tele-
gram that he had received from
the legislatures Public Morals
Committee, stating that the bill
would be killed.
Wakefield stated in his adj
dress that it was not an accident
that the telegram came to the
Voice of Action, but that it clear
ly showed what a force the milit-
ant white workers, liberals and
intellectuals had been in the
fight to smash the bill.
Applaud Solidarity
His remarks were enthusiastic
ally received by the Negro peo-
pie and white workers who were
assembled and standing vote OF
thanks was given to the Voice of
Action, it's editor and the white
workers who had showed such
solidarity in support of the Ne
gro people.
ICON. on page 4 col. 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-22
By L. J. Krattley
Official lila Correspondent

EVERETT, Wash, Feb. 81
A surprise visit was paid by Har-
ry Bridges to the Everett local
international Longshoremen's As
ISOLATION during their regular
meeting. Bridges was accompan.
led by a Seattle delegation in
Guiding Art Wills, the member
elected to represent the Puget
Sound district for the purpose Of
drawing up q waterfront fedora
tiOn.
For Better Conditions
All routine business was sus-
pended in order to enable the
members to hear Brother Bridges
who gave an outline of the condi-
tions in the port of San Francis
co, showing the equalization of
work, and the betterment of
the working conditions of the
longshOremen in that port.
The general strike was sold
out because of the lack of rank
and file delegates to the Cen
trail Labor Council, although full
ly 80 per cent OF the membership
of the different locals were in ia
vor of aiding the lOngshoremen
during the recent strike. but
through the old reactionary and
conservative leadership the strike
was unsuccessful.
Most Important-FederationI
The most important thing con-
fronting the longshoremen and
the other waterfront workers is
the necessity of a Marine FEEDER
alton. The Importance of the ne
cessity of a federation was stress
ed by Bridges, who showed the
important role it played during
the recent strike, also the i'm
pOrtance of all agreements expir-
ing on the same date.
Bridges pointed out the neees-
sity of the workers organizing the
federation on a rank and file
basis with leaders who represent
the rank and file instead of the
old reactiOnary and conservative
leadership similar to Casey,
Sharrenberg, Dirty Deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
AIMING AT GENERALS
v. P. l., With Extra Week, Looks
to Game With Confidence.

BLACKSBURG, Va, October IL
Virginia Techs eleven, idle this week,
is looking with confidence to its game
with Washington and Lee at Bluefeld,
w. Va, next week.
The game will be the thirty fourth
between the two institutions in a
colorful series that ranks among the
oldest in rivalries in Dixie.
Ever since the first week Of practice
the Techmen have had the game with
the Generals In mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
VERSATILE CADETS
AND TERPS OPPOSE
Many Maryland and V. M. I
Grid Regulars Shine in One
or Two Other Sports.

T EXTINCTION, Va, october IT,
- When the v. M. I. Cadets and
Maryland Terrapins clash on Alumni
Field Saturday. stars in eight sports
besides foot ball will get into action.
Both teams boast of versatile perform
ers, though Bernie Buscher, Mary
land end, is the only four-letter man.
He sports q monogram in foot ball,
basket ball. base ball and lacrosse.
Jim Farley, v. M. rs brilliant guard;
Vic Willis, Maryland's feet inches
of end, and Bill Guckeyson, Terp
back, all are three-letter men.
Last year Farley and Guckeyson
divided honors when they met twice
in the discuss throw. At the South
ern Conference meet Guckeyson
starred with the javelin while Farley
was winning runner-up honors in the
shotput.
Willis, son Of the former major
league hurler, and Billy Robertson,
v. M. rs sophomore sensation, are
star base ball catchers. Robertson
continues to do the pitching in foot
ball, while Willis shifts to the catch
ing end.
Two fine swimmers may have a
chance to do their stuff if it's a muddy
day. Dick Dodson, v. M. rs 154-
pound quarterback, holds two local
dash records, and Ed Minion, Mary
lands fine guard, is an excellent tank
man besides playing lacrosse.
Carl Stalfort, one of Maryland's
tackles is a heavyweight boxer, while
Dave Kane, v. NJ rs left end, is a
middleweight fist finger.
Bill Shomo, v. M. I. end, captained
last years freshman basket ball team,
and he will be joined on this years
varsity squad by three flrst-string
backs, Robertson, Wayt Clark and Jim
Beard. Maryland's cage stars are
Buscher, Bellandorka, Coleman Head
ley and Guckeyson. Headley's ability
in track is offset by the fact that Mar
lin Bair, Cadet back, besides his
track letter won the base ball cap
taincy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
FROM THE PRESS BOX
albany Revels in Crazy Losing Orgy
on Grid as Knox, Hobart Falter, Win.
BY JOHN LARDNER.
n n OWING UP from nowhere and
M stealing q lap on the field.
VI the little Oregon College of

n \ OWING UP from nowhere and
M stealing q lap on the field.
W. the little oregon College of
= Albany presbyterian and
co-educational) took the lead last Fri
day In the race for losing honors in
foot ball.
Her sudden squirt put her out in the
clear. beyond pursuit, and there IS
nothing to stop her now from march
ing on TO an all-time record for con-
secutive defeats-2s.
Knox College, holder of the
record, was caught mapping.
Hobart, runner-up to Knox In last
years derby. is hopelessly out of the
race.
Both these schools, made over
confident by success in the past, were
trapped into victories this season and
will have to begin all over again if
they want to catch Albany in her mad
dash for the title.
Schopenhauer Makes EN- Fight.
A TEAM that will be beaten can be
beaten. Knox and Hobart forgot
this fighting maxim, but little Albany
never lost sight of it for a moment.
They say that her coach reads pas
sages from Schopenhauer to the boys
between the halves to spur them on
to new heights Of pessimism. Eddie
Guest and little Orphan Annie are
barred from the training table
Tn ShOrf m etnpo hoe hany, laf
turned.
At the beginning of the season, the
friends and alumni of Knox College,
known in fable as old Siwash, were
riding the crest Of a great defeat wave
and looking forward with high hope
to the future. The losing streak was
fixed at ~ games. Hobart, Knox's
grim and traditional rival in the East,
had losing streak that was Just as
long, but nowhere near as impressive
1t takes real stamina to lose
to the sort Of teams that Knox
was losing to.
So the sons Of the Old Gold and
Purple felt pretty good about the sit
uation when Knox lined up against
Principal at the start Of this season.
The telegraph wires had flashed to
them the joyful news that Hobart,
quitting cold, had been buried under
a crushing victory, defeating school
called Holbrook by So to o.
They had it coming to them" said
the happy sons of Knox. They over
matched themselves. Nobody in the
world could lose to a team like Hol-
brook"
Reassured about their most dan
gerous rival. they settled back in
their seats to watch the ball game
with Principal. Imagine their horror
when the Knox team, violating every
rule and tradition, proceeded to
win it.
1t was like q stab in the back.
The work and effort of three