Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le 1937, na tulaʻi mai ai Smith o se sui peresitene i le taimi o le faavaeina o le National Maritime Union, lea na atagia mai ai le faateleina o le auai o le aufaipisinisi i le auvaa i le 1933 Scottsboro Boys Case ma le
1934 West Coast waterfront strike (taʻitaʻia e Harry Bridges's International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union poʻo le ILWU ma le West Coast Marine Cooks and Stewards poʻo le MCS), ina ua maeʻa le faʻaumatiaga o le International Seamen's Union (ISU) ma le paʻu o le Industrial Workers of the World (IWW poʻo le "Wobblies") i le 1920s. O le mea e faateʻia ai, na taʻua ai le igoa o Smit, ona sa faamasinoina o ia e se komiti a le NMU ona o lona lē lagolagoina o le faigaʻai i le 1934, ae na ia taʻutino mai mulimuli ane e lē o iai ni soligatulafono a le iuni.