Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I noho a Geer hei mema o te Rōpū Kaunihera o te Hononga o Amerika i te tau 1934. I whai mana hoki a Geer ki te whakauru i a Harry Hay ki te whakahaere i roto i te Rōpū Communist. I te tau 1934, i tautoko a Geer raua ko Hay i te patu kaimahi o te tauranga o San Francisco; te 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
e 83 rā te roa. Ahakoa i wharahia e te tutu, he wikitoria whakahaere, he mea hei tauira mo nga mahi uniana a muri ake nei. I riro a Geer hei kaipānui o te niupepa Communist o te Tai Hauauru "People's World".