Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1937, Smith akabuda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri panguva yekuumbwa kweNational Maritime Union, iyo pachayo yakaratidza kuwedzera kwekubatana kwevashandi vehondo pakati pevashandi vengarava mushure me1933 Scottsboro Boys Case uye
1934 West Coast waterfront strike (inotungamirwa naHarry Bridges's International Longshoremen's uye Warehousemen's Union kana ILWU uye West Coast Marine Cooks uye Stewards kana MCS), zvichitevera kufa kweInternational Seamen's Union (ISU) uye kuderera kweVashandi veNyika (IWW kana "Wobblies") muma1920. Nenzira inosetsa, zita raSmith rakabuda pachena nemhaka yokuti akatongwa mukati nekomiti yeNMU nokuda kwokukundikana kutsigira kurova kwa1934 asi gare gare akachenesa sangano.