Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Smith na Oldham ma rụọ ọrụ n'ógbè ndị na-emepụta ákwà na Lancashire nke England. Ọ bụ aka ochie n'ọrụ igwe, ọ bụ akụkụ nke Shop Stewards Movement nke megidere imepụta ngwa agha maka Agha Worldwa Mbụ. N'ịbụ onye na-emegide agha ahụ, ọ gara mkpọrọ n'ihi na ọ na-emegide idebanye aha n'agbanyeghi na ndị ikom nwere nkà ya na-aghaghị ịlụ ọgụ. Mgbe o sonyere n'ọchịchị dara ada
N'afọ 1926, Smith na nwunye ya Dora kwagara Canada n'otu afọ ahụ. Na 1928, ha kwagara United States ọzọ, biri na Detroit.