Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1937, Smith pụtara dị ka osote onye isi oche n'oge nhazi nke National Maritime Union, nke n'onwe ya gosipụtara mmụba nke mmụba nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri n'etiti ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na-esote 1933 Scottsboro Boys Case na
1934 West Coast waterfront strike (nke Harry Bridges International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union ma ọ bụ ILWU na West Coast Marine Cooks and Stewards ma ọ bụ MCS), na-esote ọdịda nke International Seamen's Union (ISU) na ọdịda nke ndị ọrụ mmepụta ihe nke ụwa (IWW ma ọ bụ "Wobblies") na 1920s. N'ụzọ na-emegide onwe ya, aha Smith bịara n'ihu n'ihi na otu kọmitii NMU kpere ya ikpe n'ime ụlọ maka na ọ kwadoghị ngagharị iwe nke 1934 mana emesịa kpochapụ ndị otu ahụ.