Pe a faaauau lenei palakalafa - Ina ua taunuu i San Francisco, o se tasi o uluaʻi tala fou na ia faamaumauina, o le 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
. Na mulimuli ane lomia lana galuega i isi tala i mekasini lauiloa i aso nei e pei o le "Time", "Look", ma le "The Saturday Evening Post". O nisi o ana ata o le Golden Gate International Exposition na lomia i le "Life" i le 1939. I le taimi lava e tasi, na amata ai ona ia aʻoaʻo i le San Francisco State College i le 1936 ma faavaeina ai le matagaluega o ata pue iina i le 1946.