Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin 1926 United Kingdom general yajin aiki
, da kuma yajin aikin ma'adinai wanda ya biyo baya, Smith ya shirya yawon shakatawa na karafa, inda ya yi magana tare da dan wasan kwaikwayo Billy Burton. Duk da haka, wannan ba shi da kyau tare da wasu 'yan kungiya, waɗanda suka ji cewa ya kamata ya kasance da hannu a cikin harkokin kasuwanci a cikin gundumar. Kodayake ya dawo, ya tafi wani ɗan gajeren tafiya na wayar da kan jama'a game da Rasha a watan Nuwamba. Ta hanyar waɗannan ayyukan, ya rabu da yawancin zartarwa na ƙungiyar sa, musamman, sakataren dama Tom Gowdridge, wanda ya ƙarfafa masu hakar ma'adinai su koma aiki.