Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Sanadkii 1929, Lambert wuxuu ku biiray xisbiga shuuciga ee California. Waxay u adeegtay xoghayaha ururka gobolka ilaa bartamihii 1940-meeyadii. Doorkan muhiimka ah, Lambert wuxuu ahaa "kaliyaliyaliyaha labaad ee CP-ga gobolka". Lambert wuxuu ka qayb qaatay shaqo joojin weyn horaantii 1930-meeyadii, oo ay ku jiraan San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike ee 1933 iyo San Francisco General Strike ee 1934
Waxaad Intii lagu guda jiray Shaqo joojinta Guud, iyada ayaa la xiray, iyada iyo dhaqdhaqaaqa shuuciga ah ee Ida Rothstein, oo lagu eedeeyay inay yihiin kuwa ku xadgudba; labada haweenba waa la siidaayay. Lambert wuxuu sidoo kale ka qeyb qaatay siyaasada maxalliga ah, isagoo u tartamay San Francisco Board of Supervisors sanadkii 1931 iyo 1933 isagoo ahaa musharaxa rasmiga ah ee Xisbiga Shuuciga ah, wuxuuna ku guuleystay 10,815 cod doorashadii 1933. Labada doorasho, Lambert waxay ahayd haweeneyda kaliya ee musharaxa ah.