Ku sii qor faqradan - Intii uu ahaa hoggaamiyaha kiniisadda, Hanna waxaa inta badan loo xilsaaray in ay ka caawiso xallinta khilaafaadka shaqada. Sannadkii 1921, waxaa loo magacaabay guddoomiyaha Guddiyada Xalinta Mushaharka ee San Francisco; Hanna wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay guddiyada illaa 1924. Guddoomiyaha gobolka James Rolph ayaa Hanna u magacaabay guddoomiyaha guddiga dhexdhexaadinta gobolka si loo xaliyo shaqo joojintii 1933 ee Corcoran, California. Xilligii shaqo joojintii xeebta galbeed ee 1934
, Madaxweyne Franklin Roosevelt ayaa magacaabay Archbishop Hanna oo ah gudoomiyaha guddiga Longshoremen ee qaranka. Guddiga waxaa loo xilsaaray inay xalliyaan shaqo joojinta iyagoo dhexdhexaadinaya Ururka Caalamiga ah ee Shaqaalaha Dekedda, Ururka Caalamiga ah ee Badmaaxiinta, iyo loo shaqeeyayaashooda.