Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Smith akaberekerwa muOldham uye akashanda mudunhu reEngland remachira reLancashire. Mugadziri wesimbi ane unyanzvi, aiva chikamu cheShop Stewards Movement iyo yaipikisa kugadzirwa kwezvombo zveHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Achirwisana nehondo, akaenda kujeri nokuda kwokuramba kunyorwa pasinei zvapo nokusunungurwa kwavarume vane unyanzvi hwake hwokurwa. Pashure pokupinda mukuramwa basa kukuru kwakabudirira muna 1926
, Smith nomudzimai wake Dora vakatamira kuCanada mugore rimwe chetero. Muna 1928, vakatamirazve kuUnited States, vachigara muDetroit.