Ku qor sii wadida sadarkani - Sanadkii 1937, Smith wuxuu noqday madaxweyne ku xigeen intii lagu gudajiray sameynta Ururka Badda ee Qaranka, kaas oo laftiisu ka tarjumay kor u kaca dhaqdhaqaaqa ururka ka mid ah badmaaxiinta ka dib kiiskii Scottsboro Boys ee 1933 iyo shaqo joojinta xeebta galbeed ee 1934.
(oo uu hogaaminayo Harry Bridges's International Longshoremen's iyo Warehousemen's Union ama ILWU iyo West Coast Marine Cooks iyo Stewards ama MCS), ka dib dhimashadii Ururka Caalamiga ah ee Badmaaxiinta (ISU) iyo hoos u dhaca Shaqaalaha Warshadaha Adduunka (IWW ama "Wobblies") 1920-yadii. Waxaa wax lala yaabo ah, in magaca Smith uu soo baxay sababtoo ah waxaa maxkamad gudaha ah ku xukumay guddi NMU ah oo ku fashilmay inuu taageero shaqo joojinta 1934, laakiin markii dambe wuxuu cadeeyay ururka.