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The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10

Dear Mr.. Wynn:
While walking along the railroad
tracks happened 10 look to one
side and there saw three men
sleeping on piles OF coal. which had
been taken from freight cars the
day before. what DO you make
out OF that7
Yours truly.
\. GINEER.
Answer: They were probably lay
Ing In their winter coal
Dear Mr.. Wynn:
I've been Invited 10 20 swimming
In body OF water where heard
there were a lot OF sharks. Rather
than be called a coward have de
cided 10 accept the invitation. Can
you tell me what 20 do II a shark
grabs me by the legl
Yours truly,
IKE y. FLOAT
Answer: By all means let him
have H. Never argue with shark.
Dear Mr.. Wynn:
| asked woman where her
brother was and she said he was
out West mining. ! asked her what
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
nother5CookBook
VARIOUS GOOD THINGS

a SALAD may be made from SO
many different food comblna-
tons that one need never be at a
loss for one. An apple. a few dates.
q slice 81 mild onion, viii make a
most tasty combination. A slice of
tomato. topped With chopped onion
and celery. or chopped cucumber
and onion. a biz % chopped green
pepper and any dressing at hand
wiii make another.
Arrange alternate slices % or
auEe and tomato on lettuce. sprinkle
with finely chopped celery and
serve with french dressing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
.ESTION BOX
BY ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool

he was mining and she said min
lng his own business" Don't you
think she was freshl
Yours truly.
BUDA PEST.
Answer: II her statement Is true.
her brother Is one OF the worlds
wonders.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Please explain what Is meant by
The Minimum wage"7
Truly yours.
CAL. s. THENNICKS.
Answer: The minimum wage Is
the money you get for going" TO
work. II you want more money.
why then OF course. you have to
work after you get to where you
are going"
Dear Mr. Wynn:
visited a night club. in New
York. and the thing that puzzled me
was how they tell the guests from
the walters, as they both wear eve
ming clothes?
Truly yours.
HERR TONNICK.
Answer: That Is very simple.
The walters stay sober.
q. the Associated Newspapers
WSu Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
.iM@Gg
WHAT'S IN A NAME

Recruiting Officer-What's your
name?
Solomon Isaac O'Brien
Goldman.
Recruiting officer What's the
O'Brien for?
Applicant-For protection.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Coffee sounls

scald one cupful of milk with one
tablespoonful ~ coffee and strain.
Add four and one-half tablespoon.
fuls of lnploca. a dash ~ salt. add
cook until the gaploca j. clear.
stirring frequently Now add one
third ~ a cupful % sugar. cool.
add three beaten egg yolks and
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Ancient Sumerian Statues Sholcn in Chicago

In - miles Of BaEdad. Iraq. Ren-
ovation Of the shrine Of the god
% Abu. Lord of Fertility. AT Tell
Asmar. some time between 300
aud 2So0 u c.. saved a large nun
Der ~ the statues Because they
had been consecrated they could
not be thrown away or sold. and
50 they were buried under the
door of the shrine. 10 remain IN.
tll the expedition found them.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10

THESE Sumerlan statues 5.upo
Il years old. exhibiting consider.
able artistic competence. have
been placed 10 the museum - the
Oriental Institute of the unlver.
SITS % Chicago. They are part %
a hoard % sacred images without
parallel among knowu Bahylouian
works az art and Were discovered
by the lraq expedition % the Ori.
entail institute. under the Geld d.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Vain Regret

"What a change! The old lane
replaced by a wide road. and there,
Henry. just where we used to meet
when courting, they've actually
placed a traffic signal"
81 wish that red light had been
showing then. Maria :"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Woodrow Wilson Library

Woodrow Wilson Library
The Woodrow Wilson memorlG
library, formerly the League on
Nations association library, was
reorganized in May. 1929, and is
housed In the Woodrow Wilson
foundation. West Fortieth street.
New York city.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
His 'Dear" Wife

Ad In a Vienna paper: "My dear
wife, Frau Is lost. To any
one who finds her and keeps her, I
Will give a reward of one thousand
marks"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Honeymoon Divinity.

Boil one cupful % honey. tive
cupfuls OF sugar. one half cupful OF
orange juice until II forms a soft
bali In cold water. or when I,
reaches go +. on the candy ther.
momeier Remove from the fre
and pour over TWO siffly beaten
egg whites Beat until thick. add
two cupfuIa of chopped ralslns and
20 marshmallows shredded. Cut
Into squares before Il hardens.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
Crab Hornay

Pour three tablcspoonfuls Of
lemon Juice over one-half pound Of
crab meat. Melt four tablespoon
fuls OF butter In a saucepan. add
the crab meat, one teaspoonful Of
salt, two chopped red peppers and
a dash Of white pepper Cook for
20 minutes
e Western Newspaper Union
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10

DANNY MEADOW MOUSE
- pecped nut from under the
tanEle ~ matted grass back toward
the smiling Pool plunser the o.
prey was rising higher and higher
ia the air and there vas nothing
in bis great claws II was clear
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10

fold In the stin1y beaten whites
Pour into creased oakIng dish
and bake In hot water In a moder.
ate oven for one hour. Serve with
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-10
DANNY CROSSES THE
LAUGHING BROOK

ioHk long enough and hard enuuwh
1uau always nnd a way
= reach the place or Eef she fhlnE
Yuurs hoping that you maT.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Welfare Probe
Cuts DOUn Relief

CENTRALTA, Wash, Feb. IA
The much rumOred welfare inves-
tlgatiOn has amounted to naught
so far as any good for the work.
ers is concerned. The jobs were
all pulled off and people were
again given a reduced amount of
grocery vouchers to live upon.
Again the groups of people
are daily crowding the welfare
building waiting hours to be serv-
ed. The sewing room is closed and
almost every other department is
showing a determination to give
as little relief as possible.
This should be a lesson to the
workers of Centralia and Lewis
county that when the boss puts
out a rumor that there will be
an investigation, what they mean
is that they are going o make
life little tougher for the I'M
der-dog, and take up a little
slack that is found.
The only way the workers have
ever got more relief or wages on
the job, or wood or coal or fuel,
is by organizing, using mass press.
ure, and making the boss and the
welfare agents see that If they
are going to get along that they
are going to have to relieve the
miserable conditions that exist.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
PROTESTS FORCED WORK
FOR MATTRESSES

Port Angeles, Wash.
Dear Editor:
Recently | got two mattresses
from the VERA. Nothing was
said about working for them at
the time.
But when l went to the office
again | was asked to carry sugar
in for the VERA to help pay
for these mattresses. l told them
that our delegates to the Unem-
ployment Insurance Congress in
Olympia were told by Mr.. Ernst
than no one would be forced to
work for commodities.
After some arguing, Young,
who has charge of the cOmmOdi-
ties, said, "All right, but you
probably will not be eligible for
any more commodities" 1 in
formed him that l would take
that up with Mr.. Enrst through
our organization, the Relief
Workers Protective Association.
On last Wednesday night at a
meeting attended by about 45
workers congTegated to hear the
report of our delegates to the
Olympia congress, a County Com
mittee of Action was formed. l
was elected secretary and in
structed to write letter to Mr..
Ernst presenting our demands
and demanding an answer from
him in regard to forced labor and
commodities.
| was also instructed to send O
letter to the Voice of Action,
which was endorsed by this body
as our official organ, and to the
local Call to Action, organ OF the
Communist Party.
A copy of the letter is enclosed.
Hope you can find space in the
Voice of Action for this letter to
Ernst which without publicity
will mean nothing.
Al Dayman.
P. s. Enclosed find five subs.
The Committees letter to Mr..
Ernst follows:
Dear Sir:
We have the report of our
delegates to the Unemployment
Insurance Congress held in Olym-
pia. They report that you defin-
itely stated that no one would be
forced to work for commodities
and also admitted that we are
entitled to recognition of our
committees at the welfare boards.
The VERA office here is de-
handing work for commodities
with the threat that unless we
work for them we become inelig-
ible for more in the future. Our
committees are denied reeogni-
ton and have been arrested for
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
BY ReVels CaYton

Only when one takes into con-
sideration the ruling class drive
to fascisize America and in turn
the growing resistance being Of
fered this drive by the toiling
masses and broad sections of the
farmer and middle class popu-
latiOn, is it possible to under
stand the full significance of the
Anti-Interracial bill that has
been introduced in the Wash
ingtOn State Legislature.
The attack on minority groups
is proceeding hand in hand with
the economic assault on the liv-
ing standards of the workers and
the drive to deprive the latter
of the last remnants of their DEM
Ocratic rights.
Big Business Move
American big business wishes
to instill racial prejudices and
hatred in, the minds of the white
workers in order to make them
forget who their real OppressOrs
are.
In Germany the capitalists hir-
ed the bloody Hitler to perform
this task. After Hitler had laid
the base for the terrOriZatiOn
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15

demanding hearings with local
VERA officials.
Therefore at a meeting of as
workers assembled in Port An.
geles, Feb. 6 (employed and I'M
employed) / was instructed to
write you demanding a definite
statement on these two griev-
ances.
We resent the attempt of the
VERA to make us serfs barter
ing our labor for commodities and
demand our rights as workers to
work at trade union wages, under
trade union conditions, for cash
with which We have the inteIli-
gence to buy the commodities we
need.
An early reply will be appre-
ciated.
County Committee of Action.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Anti MtermdrTiage Bill
LsAttempt OSmdsh Unity

and murder of the Jews and ulti-
mately carried out his butchery
of "nOn-Aryans," it was a simple
matter for him to turn loose VIC
lence against the entire working
class.
This is what is. behind the
Washington anti intermarriage
bill: the move to raise a barrier
between the white and Negro
workers, so as to prevent the
achievement of working class
unity.
Must Act.
The attacts on the living stand
ards of the workers by oppres-
sive legislation cannot be sepa-
rated from the attack upon the
Negro people of the state. Every
working class and liberal organ
izatiOn must realize and act to
smash the anti-intermarriage
measure.
Pass resolutions, sent letters
to the chairman of the Commit
tee on Public Morals demanding
that Bill No. 30l be killed. Watch
for the date when the public
hearing will be held in Olympia
and elect a delegate from your
organization to be present.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Veterans Get $3.50 for Lunches on Forced
Labor; Bosses Get $1127 for Gas and Oil

PORTLAND, Ore. Fe b. 12-
"NOet one veteran to cOncentra-
tion camps!" is the slogan raised
by the Veterans Union, militant
rank and file outfit here, in the
fight against the Fascist practice
of relief Gals of forcing single
jobless veterans into State Elmer
gency Relief Administration re-
lief camps.
A commitetee from the organ
iZatiOn, composed of Frank oks-
Bro, Richard Lovelace and Ed.
Medved recently carried the cas-
es of Frank McGourdy and Rich
ard Bundick to the ce of State
Relief Administrator Goudy.
Both McGourdy and Bundick
are overseas veterans, wounded
in action, and registered voters
of Multnomah County. For two
months they were getting the
soupline relief dished out to sing
lie jobless veterans. Rec e n thy
they were cut off the sOupline
and ordered to the concentra-
tion camp. Ttey refused to go,
declaring thate tehe camps were
un-American, and took their cases
up with the Veterans Union.
Goudy received the committee.
He was asked if he didn't have the
authority to order the veterans
relief unit 1.-THE American Red
Cross to issue relief to the men,:
Yes, he answered. He again an
swered in the affirmative tn e
question as to whether or not he
was touched by the knowledge
that the men were suffering pri-
walton aes to hetherques-wues-s:
vateion aend hunger.
The committee then asked him
why he did not order the Red
Cross to issue relief to the men.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
jim CROW.
TODD BILL.
FOUGHT BY
Negro Organizations
White Groups, Join
To Smash lib 3Ol

SEATTLE, Feb. 1.-THE intro
duction of the anti-interraeial
marriage bill by Representative
Dorian +. Todd of King County
has brought forth "a storm of pro-
test from the Negro people and
organizations representing white
workers, liberal and religious
groups.
A broad citizens committee has
ben established to which the
League OF Struggle for Negro
Rights, the National Association
for the Advancement of COlOred
people. Negro and white church
es, the South End Progressive
club, the Communist Party and
numerous clubs, lodges and wO-
mems societies are giving full
support.
The citizens committee has
mapped program of militant
mass action, calling upon all
organizations and individuals to
pass resolutions, send kilograms
and write letters to the head of
the Public Morals Committee,
State House, Olympia, and to
their representatives and senat-
OrS calling upon them to kill the
bill; and to call mass meeting
Friday, Feb. Is, at the African
Methodist church, 18th and Mad
isOn, to which representatives
of all groups opposed to the bill
are being asked to attend.
The committee is urging all
organizations to Immediately
elect and provide transportation
for delegates to Olympia at the
time of the open hearing before
the Public Morals Committee.
This will cost approximately $l.50
per delegate if cars can be Sc
cured.
At the last meeting of the CON-
mittee Mike Smith, Common
wealth Builder and representa-
tive from the 31st district, and
Harold Dunleavy were present
and urged the committee to
start a real protest campaign as
the best method of killing the
bill.
Revels Cayton, N. Il. Green and
Mr.. Drake were elected as a
committee to extend invitations
to the various groups through
out the city to attend the mass
meeting.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Epidemic Starts
CentraLia Drive
For Medical Aid

CENTRALIA, Wash, Feb. IA
An epidemic of measles has
spread throughout CentTalia and
Chehalis and some of the Chehal-
is schools are closed temporarily.
This brings to mind of the coun-
ty commissioners what the Relief
Workers Protective Association
has been telling them for some
time-that there has been, and
now is, no medical program for
the unemployed of Lewis county.
Ben Raymond of Centralia is
circulating a petition asking for
a program by which every unem-
plOyed person may have a doctor
of his own choosing when he is
sick. Raymond has secured hun
dreds of names on this petition
and now he is asking that some
other workers join him and help
him circulate the petition in 9th
er parts of the county where he
is unable to go.
RaymOnd's address is 2lO Dera-
way, Centralia. All those wishing
to help put over this program
are asked to get in contact with
Raymond and assist in circulat-
ing the petition and join his del
egation.
Forward to a civilized medical
program in Lewis County for The
unemployed
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15

discovered tehat Jane Doyle, Ex-
ecutive Secretary af the Portland
Chapter, Red Cross, has been do
ing strange things with the fund
which is supposed to provide re-
lief for unemployable veterans.
A few of the items for which
vouchers were filed are:
$408.09 paid for lunches on
forced labor vegetable garden
and wood-camp projects, paid
to the Alder Market and the In
dependent grocers in one
month; $1127.78 for gas, oil, re-
pairs, etc., on cars for the forced
labor garden and wood projects,
for one month, paid to the
Cummings Tire Co.; S1471.72 ex-
penses and payroll on forced la
Dor project for two weeks lin
January.
A voucher for $25 parking lot
rent, paid to the Portland Saw
ings and Trust Co. for a three
weeks period, was another item.
These are just a few of the
channels in which veteran relief
funds are finding their way, while
hungry veterans are being denied
relief. In typical high-handed Red
Cross manner, the funds for hun
CRY veterans are being used to
finance forced labor projects.
Mother" Scabherds
Both the spirit and letter of
the law providing the INDECENT
fund are being flagrantly violated
by the Great oMther," which al
so attempted to serve as a strike
breaking agency during the long
shoremen's strike. displaying
signs in the veterans relief head
quarters calling for scabs. The
veterans froced the signs down af-
ter only few hours.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
DIR. RowNTREE FAvoRS
HUNGER

Following is copy of the let
ter sent DR.. Jennie ROWntree of
the University of Washington De
partment of Home Economics,
written by a former student, now
a Public Health Nurse:
Seattle, Wash.
DR.. Jennie I. ROwntree,
University of Washington,
Seattle.
Dear DR.. ROwntree:
/ once attended series of
your lectures and | admired your
mastery of your subject-nutIi-
ton. | also admired you. a charm
ing, intelligent person.
Not so long ago | was talking
to a. VERA Investigator and l
said among other things, that no
one could live safely and decent
ly on $1.10 week. To refute ME
she stated that DR.. ROwntree
says an adult can live on $l.00 a
week!
80 Silver Pieces?
am wondering, no am doubt
ing, if you ever collected your 80
pieces of silver for so betraying
your professional integrity. No
amount of justification of your,
or your co-defendants- the WE
RA-can alter this fact: That you
have spent a good many years
studying not only foods, but
clothing, shelter, and all that
goes to make a decent, pleasant
living. You have spent hours and
hours teaching young women to
look upon those things rs neces-
sary and right.
Now with all your superior
knowledge, you place your seal of
acceptance upon the misera BILE,
horrible, relief"
It is bad enough for these no.
bodies-the VERA workers
to parrot-like repeat to their
clients" that $1.10 is enough to
live on when butter is 40 cents
pound. But for you to agree!
You know just exactly what It
costs to live, and you also must
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Workers. Correspondence

know that you with your know
ledge of comparative food val
ues could live on less than the
average individual who has
hazy ideas, if any, of Galleries,
carbohydrates, vitamins and
minerals.
| just want you to know that
you, whom | once admired, as a
fine person, | now despise! You
are one of the host of intellectu-
ais who sell their talents to a de-
cadent ruling class-and you sell
so cheap! | expect you have TAX
en- salary cuts!
| can no longer envy your edu-
cation; it failed to give you any
sympathy for humanity. | can't
respect your intelligence, divOrc-
ed from integrity; nor delight in
your chram, which lacks courage.
What is left? A nice shiny, empty
reflector for the VIM. Randolph
Hearsts!
Your Little Rut is Warm.
What could you do? All you in
tellectual snObs? You could say,
No, | won't place my seal of ac-
ceptance on such an American
standard of living as this. If
that is how you propose to care
for the helpless in Washington,
do so; but do it without my ap-
proval."
You could even take lead in
raising this standard of living"
You could-you would, if you
dared. But no. Your little rut is
warm and comfy. What if apples
rot in Yakima; oranges cover the
ground in San BernardinO, and
thousands of little pigs float
down the Mississippi? You don't
have to see workers, poorly cloth
lined up for their tin plates of
stew - gobbled standing. You
don't have to go down below First
Avenue and see men rummaging
through garbage cans. You don't
have to see workers, poorly colth-
ed and insufficiently fed, doing
machine work with pick and
shovel.
hope when you go to your
classes; when you make nice
speeches to nice groups of smil-
ing attentive faces, you will
think that I am there, behind
a smiling attentive face, sneer-
ing at you! Your poise and as
surance may be slightly shaken
to know that I am in many
places, behind many smiling
faces.
Sincerely,
"A Public Health Nurse.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Program Urges Demand
For OFT Bill Veto
From Governor

TACOMA, Feb. 1.-The So
eialist Party OF Tacoma in a
city-wide convention last week
voted to enter the united front
against war and fascism. This
action was the result of a joint
conference between representa-
tives of the Communist and So
c.alist Parties. -Four thousand
leaflets calling for delegates
were jointly signed by both or
carnations.
Fifty delegates met In Tacoma
Sunday i'm answer to the call of
the Tacoma branch of the Amer
lean League Against War and
Fascism. The purpose of the
meeting was to review the pro-
gram and accomplishments of
the League and to prepare for
establishment of a Tacoma City
Central Committee.
The main resolution called for
two important actions; |. All del
egates should report findings on
the conference, and request per-
manent representatives on the
City Central Committee. 2 All
participating groups should be
urged to demand the governors
veto of the OFT bill.
Credentials presented includ-
ed: Four ALL unions; three
church youth groups; two locals
of the Grange; one post, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars; two politi-
cal parties; five unemployed
groups; two educational socie-
ties; one Parent Teachers organ
ization; one language club, and
three fraternal societies.
Resolutions introduced includ-
ed: Endorsement of the option
al ROTC bill in Olympia; demand
for repeal OF the Washington
criminal syndicalism law; censor
ship of the villifying campaign
against the USSSR, to be com
muted t. President Roosevelt.
A combinations committee of
IA was set up to carry on the con-
struction of the City Central Com
mittee.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Tacoma Socialist Party Joins United Front Against War and Fasc
SPECIAL NEWS FOR THE
e. FISHERMEN e

ASTORIA, Ore, Feb. l4--ln the
recent convention of the Pacific
Coast Fisheries Union held here,
a resolution OF protest against
the continued Imprisonment of
Tom Mooney. valiant working
class fighter who has been held
ON framed charges in San Quen-
ten prison for Is years, introduce
ed by rank and file members was
tabled without any action being
taken due to the objection of the
machine which still exists in con-
troll even though Suoja IL no long
er business agent,
Rank and file members OF the
union who know Tom Moneys
history as a great working class
fighter, are especially indignant
over this action. A constant Strug.
gle for rank and file control, OBJ
jections to Suoja's sell-Out poll
cies and an exposure of these
policies forced the Ousting of
Suoja. and the election Of a now
business agent.
However, only a continued
struggle for rank and file control
and for the principles of united
front of all fishermen regardless
of union or political afiliation
will smash the remnants of Suo-
jas wrong policies.
When this is done the Pacific
Coast Fisheries Union will be.
come a real militant leader in
the fight for better fish prices
and better conditions for the
fishermen.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Pioneers Dance

SEATTLE, Feb. 14-A Young
Pioneers program and dance
will be given Sunday night at
the Finnish hall, 9th and Yesler,
sponsored by the Finnish
Working WOmens club and
the Seattle Youth club. Pro-
ceeds will be used to refurnish
the Young Pioneer Summer
camp.
Prize for children giving the
best program number will be a
Pioneer banner, which will be
kept by the winning group I'M
til competed for at the next
competition.
The public is cordially invit-
ed.