Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Geer ki te Rōpū Kaunihera o te United States 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 rāua ko Hay i tētahi pakanga kaimahi o te tauranga o San Francisco;
Ko te 1934 West Coast waterfront strike i roa mo nga ra 83. 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".