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The daily worker., 1925-07-15
The Activity of the Central Agitprop Department
of the German Communist Party

tivity passed without that more being
done than placards and posters being
brought out, and attempts being made
by the agitprop to create for itself an
independent printing apparatus, and
to centralize the printing possibilities
already offered by the party printing
offices all over the reicn.
In January, 1924, member Of the
central was appointed to lead the agit-
prop department. The agitprop was
brought into closer contact with the
entire work being done by the party
central and it's organs.
In the course OF the epoch lasting
until December, 1924, the agitprop had
three great tasks to accomplish;
(a) the electoral campaign for the
reichstag election on May A. 1924.
(b) the international campaign
against war in August, 1924.
(c) the electoral campaign for the
recihstag election on December 7, 1924
THESE last two campaigns had to
be carried on in the midst of the
struggles of the German Party against
the experts report, against the Lon
don conference, and against the
Dawes plan. During this year the
agitprop accomplished the task Of
drafting in detail the plans for the
campaign, of transmitting correspond
ing Instructions to the other depart
ments Of the party, of producing the
whole Of the material, and of control
ling the organization and execution of
the campaigns in the party organs
district and local groups). The pol
itical slogans and campaigns leaflets
and appeals, were passed on to the
agitprop department by the political
bureau. The agitprop was affiliated
to the organization bureau; the con-
tact with the collective work of the
party became much closer than dur
ing the first epoch.
The best example of more system
attic and concentrated agitation work
was furnished by the anti-war cam
pain in August, 1924. This was thoro-
ly prepared for weeks beforehand by
the whole party. The central agitprop
issued a detailed plan of campaign,
containing concrete instructions for
every sphere of work Grade unions,
co-operatives, parliaments, women's
secretariat, cultural and sporting
clubs, etcl. This plan of campaign
was introduced by political instruc-
tions given by the political bureau,
organizatory instructions from the or
ganization bureau, and special instruc-
tions from the central agitprop de-
partment. The complete working plan
comprised pamphlet of 80 printed
octave pages, and an edition of 5000
copies was distributed gratis among
the most important party functionar-
les a few weeks before the campaign
opened.
THUS the whole Of the party func-
= tionaries were not only informed
on the political slogans of the cam
paign Cincluding the international
ones, since the political Instructions
issued by the executive were Included
in the pamphlet as appendix), but
were enabled to obtain a comprehen-
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

da conducted by the party in every
department of work
This fundamental definition of the
actual sphere of work. and the posi-
ton of the agitprop department in the
apparatus of the party as political
organ, as an organ of the political bu-
reau, was the most important prere-
quisite for thoro and systematic agi-
rational and propagandist work thru
out the whole party. This form of or
ganization is the only guarantee of a
consistent Capitalization of all agita-
tion and propaganda, ensuring their
political guidance and bringing the in
dividual tasks of the other depart
ments into correct relations with the
plans and principles of the party GEN.
trail. The work of agitation and prop
aganda within the trade unions, CO.
operatives, ETC., must be subordinated
in methods and technics to a central
leadership which sees not only the
narrow limits of agitprop work. The
slogans and aims of this work must
be consistently co-ordinated with
those of the work of the other depart
ments, in accordance with the prin-
ciples laid down by the decisions of
the party central. This Capitalization
is the sole guarantee that the whole
of the forces in the party, the whole
of our means and possibilities of agi-
tation, are concentrated and directed
under the consistent leadership of the
party central towards our ultimate
aims.
THE work falling to the share of the
= agitprop may now be classified
under two main headings, these being
again subdivided into various minor
categories.
The chief department of agitation
comprises the whole of the general
agitation carried on by the party in
every sphere, the organizing of inter-
national and national campaigns, the
organization Of elections, etc., it fur
ther comprises the sub-departments
for press and publishing work, and a
special sub-department for the produce
tion OF the whole of the material re-
quired for the work Of agitation and
The chief department of propaganda
comprises the whole of the education
al work carried on within the party.
in related and sympathizing organic
ations, and in trade unions, co-opera-
tives, etc. This department controls
the editorship of the theoretical or
gan issued by the party central. 1t
possesses a sub-department for ar
chives and libraries. It organizes the
courses of instruction in Leninism
and the educational circles in the
whole party. A further sub-depart-
ment for statistics has recently been
added. This last department not only
collects and publishes important poI-i
itical and economic statistical mater
ial, but complies statistics on the re-
suits of elections, census of the popu.
lation, etc. guI
THE, actual central agitprop depart
4 ment organizes and leads, both
the whole of the general agitation
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
PHILIPPINES RULED ON
BEHALF OF AMERICAN
CAPITAL, WOOD ADMITS

MANILA, p. l., July 13.-ln a
statement here MaJ.-Gen. Leonard
Wood, military dictator Of the PHIL
lpplne Islands, declared that the Is
lands should be kept under Amerl-
can domination for the U. s. COM
merclal interests.
"our commercial Interests demand
that we control the gateway to the
orient" Wood said. "The Philip
pines should be made an advance
outpost Of American power in the
Pacific, which In the future will be
the center Of the world conflict"
Woods statement was suppressed
here.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

and the special campaigns Cat pres
ent; for the unity of the trade unions
factory council elections. election to
the presidency. The agitprop draws
UP the plans for these campaigns,
and after these have been approved
by the party central they are sent
$4,000 copies) to the leading party
functionaries. The whole Of the ma
terial required for these campaigns
the party material needed by public
speakers and debaters, for the press
service, and the posters, handbills,
etc, required as agitation material,
are produced and published on the in
structions and under the control of
the central agitprop, in accordance
with the established plan of cam
paign Besides these tasks. the or
ganization of suitable agitprop de-
partments in the districts, local groups
and factory cells, is an urgent neces-
sity, and must be carried out by the
centrals agitprop department. The or
ganization plans for the German agit-
prop, as also the principles to be
pursued in the systematic organiza-
ton of international campaigns, are
submitted to the international agit-
prop conference which will be held in
the middle of March The work of
organization must be made to run
parallel with the giving of instruction
on the method and technics of propa-
ganda and agitation within the func-
tionary corporations and among the
members, by means of instructive
pamphlets, conferences, and courses
of study.
The gigantic apparatus in the hands
of our opponents (press, cinema, the
ater, school, family, army is some
thing with which we cannot in the
least compete as far as quantity is
concerned. If we are to break the in
fuence of this apparatus, this can only
be by enlisting everything and every
body in our service; that is, when
every functionary in the party, every
member and every person in sympa-
thy with the party, ceases to carry on
the work of agitation in a merely ac-
cidental manner, but pursues it in ac-
cordance with a definite plan concen-
trating all forces under one consistent
leadership; when we have learned to
make use Of, and organize the use of
every technical auxiliary means avail
able for agitation (leaflets, posters.
bills, handbills, placards, factory nu-
clei newspapers, theaters, cinemas.
wireless) in such a manner that the
highest degree Of success is ensured.
THE success of these efforts towards
increasing and deepening the in
fuence of the Communist Party is
not so much dependent upon the ma
terial means available, as upon the
degree of organization, the utmost
acme of Capitalization in the whole of |
the work of agitation and propaganda.
Accident is but a feeble ally. 1t is |
the organization of all available pow |
srs, the systematic utilization of all |
available. forces, and the central lead |
ership of agitation, which will enable |
us to defeat our adversaries.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Your Union Meeting
Second Tuesday. July Ia. fs25.

Name OF Local and Place
No. of Meeting.
1873 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1889 MIL
Calumet Joint Labor Council, 5f4
w. tt7th Street.
i4e1 Carpenters, Witten's Han, High
cIsrks, Grocery, SO W. Van Buren,
Street.
800 Engineers (Locomotive), 5o5s Went.
s2s Engineers (LOcomotivs), as47 W.
ss1 electricians, sos S. state ST.
6705 EGG inspectors, 416 NJ. Clark st.
27 Hod Carriers, SIND and La Vergne
15441 Federal Union, so4s w. goth St.
12 Leather Workers, W w. Adams St.
II Leather Workers, TIT w. Adams St.
.s4 Maehinists, 2s4s s, Homan Ave.
275 Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
400 S. HaIsted ST., $3.50 p. m.
1eo Garment Workers, f75 w. Wash
81 sricklsyers, s12 w. Monroe St.
,sss Carpenters !Doihy.ersey ard Sheffield
272 Carpenters, Moose Hall, chiea 90
1896 Carpenters, Springfield and goth.
4o2 Engineers, 1870 w Washington ST.
Hog Carriers z2e e. 18th Street.
Hod Carriers, st4 w. Harrison ST.,
Chicago.
81 Ladies' Garment Workers, s2s W.
Van Buren, St.
1894 Mschinists, 6234 Princeton Ave.
$40 Meat Cutters, i7S W. Washington
81 Meat Cutters, s2os Houston Ave.
1883 Nurses, Funk's Hall, Oak Park.
130 Plumbers, 1907 Ogden Ave.
400 Plumbers, 41f1 w. Madison st.
1i7o Railway Carmen, 1ios7 Michigan
1857 Railway Carmen, 5s24 S. HaIstsd
73e Railway Clerks, Moose Hall, Chi.
eapo Heiphts.
sos Railway Clerks, 5438 S. Halsted st.
s7e Railroad Trainmen, $3.50 w. Madl-
Tesmsters' District Council, 22o s.
Ashland Boulevard.
81 Tile Layers, 100 w. Washington
4i5 Railway Carmen, se17 vineennes
Ave, 1880 .. m.
si4 Railway Clerks, $40 w. Washington
Marine Fire and Oilers, ss7 NJ.
Clark St.
1H Painters, 20 W. Randolph ST.
1so Painters, N. E. cor. California and
1s4 Painters, 64f4 S. HaIsted ST.
1871 Painters. N. w. cor. state and b5th,
276 Painters, 22o w. Oak ST.
o2l Painters, TrumbuII and Ogden Ave.
500 PIasterers, Monroe and Peoria Sta
'21s Railway Clerks, 500 w. Washlna-
Walters, 234 w. Randolph sa.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
BY MAX ENoELs CBsrlln)

TUE activity Of the central agit-
4 prop OF the German @. p. has
passed thru three epochs since first
coming into existence each epoch
representing a definite stage Of de-
volopinent
The first epoch comprises the time
which the department was founded:
August, 1929, till December, 1928; the
second epoch extends from January
until December, 1924; the third from
January, 1926 until now.
In August. 1923. II was decided to
form a special agitprop department
for the Capitalization of the whole of
our agitational and propagandist work.
At the time of the founding OF the
agitprop no definite working plans had
however been made; the limits of the
field of activity had not yet been
drawn. The vaguest ideas circulated
as to the extent of work, and especial
ly as to the coordination of work with
the various departments of the party.
Questions OF method and technics
were dealt with solely by means Of
small discussions on special examples
(the organization OF a meeting or dem
onstration, debates on the method of
educational work in the party)- The
essential difference between propa-
ganda and agitation was not even
clear to the leaders Of the party.
ONE example of the defective organ
" ization and deficient knowledge
of the essential character Of agitprop
work may be seen in the fact that al
tho the party publishers were subor-
dinate to the agitprop in every branch
of their work, the other departments
of the party central Grade unions. CO.
operatives, land propaganda, ETC., }
we're not co-ordinated to the agitprop
in any way. And 1t was not until No
vember, 1923, that the whole of the
printing orders received by these agit-
prop departments were carried out by
the central agitprop. The agitprop
was however responsible for the tech
nical side only (make-up, printing,
etc). Material for agitation was pro-
duced in large numbers. Leaflets ran
into editions of millions, and pamph-
let's such as Civil War" Hooked
Cross or Soviet Star" were issued in
editions Of 100000 each, almost all of
which were sold, as the prices had
been rendered exceedingly low by the
imitation. A systematic use Of the ma
terial did however not take place.
In the first epoch OF agitprop work
it was not yet possible to achieve any
substantial progress in the centraIiza-
ton of our whole agitation and propa-
ganda. The agitprop was affiliated to
the organization bureau; the political
bureau issued handbills without prev
ious consultation with the agitprop,
published appeals, and carried on
every description of this kind Of pol
itical work quite independent Of the
agitprop.
THIS lack Of system was not
= changed by the events in October,
and the first months of agitprup ac-
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 13.-Fi.
nal decree confirming revocation of
the Elks Hill naval reserve oil leases
by the government to e. L. Doheny
was handed down in the U. S. district
court here by Judge P. J. Mccormack.
The Pan-American petroleum compa-
ny, a Standard Oil subsidiary, is or
dered to pay for oil used, and for
court costs.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Belgian Capitalists Come Here

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 1S.-The
Belgium debt funding commission
which viii visit the United States in
August was named ny the cabinet.
Those who will maks'fthe trip are
former Premier Theunis, Emil
Tranquil. banker. and Felician Cattier,
aise . capitalist ifr
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
SLAVES I
Toll IN OPEN
SHOP HELL HOLE
Aluminium Trust Hates
RedS-SmGshes Unions
BY EUGENE GROSS
(Worker Correspondent)

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July 1s.-The
q. S. Aluminium company, owned by
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
has a small plant in Fairfield, Conn.
1t employs about $50 workers, most
Of them foreigners. The pay for the
unskilled workers-and about 75 per
cent are unskilled-is from thirty
eight to fifty cents per hour. The plant
works a. hours per week. because the
work we are doing is so hard that we
are hardly able to do It even for
eight hours.
"ThIs Is an Open Shop, and Not a
Card shop"
If you look at the shop rules, that
hang on every wall, you will see the
above line that says mot card shop"
Yhis line wants to tell the worker that
this is an open shop and not a union
shop.
And the conditions in the shop prove
to you that it is not a card shop.
They are afraid of radicalism so much
that during the election campaign
someone wrote on the walls a few
words about radicalism, and when the
manager saw them, he became very
frightened and instructed every fore
man to find out who the bolsheviki
were, and told him to discharge that
worker right away. But they were
unlucky and they could not find out
who it was.
Work Faster
When the whistle blows in the morn
ing. you have to be at your place, and
you can't stop work before IL o'clock.
If you stop a few minutes before, the
foreman goes to you and tells you that
there isn't any washing time. They
have a bonus" system.
Every afternoon, the timekeeper
goes from one worker to the other
and writes up how much work he has
done, how many pieces, and the num-
Der OF the work.
The report goes up to the production
Office, where the white-collar slaves
figure out how much-or how little
is coming to the worker. OF course
the worker is only getting few per-
cent OF his over production and the
big part of it goes into the pocket of
the company or into the pocket of
Melons fat trust.
Another thing the company is doing
with its bonus system is to separate
the workers. One is afraid that the
other one might take away his good
bonus job and so he gets angry at
him And so one worker becomes the
enemy OF the other; instead of hating
the company they hate each other.
~ ToIling Like Animals
n tkhe foundry the work is very
hard Especially during the hot sum-
mer days when they work in under
shirts. The shirt gets all wet from
the sweat of the slave. went in
their department to get a drink of
water and / stood aside and watched
how they carried the hot aluminium
and they were tired and half dead.
1 was thinking that if this army of
slsves are going to wake up to their
present condition. then the MELONS
and the rest of the stockholders are
not going to suck the workers blood
any longer.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Arralon 8 In Plckwick coIIapse

BOSTON, Mass, July 13.-Three OF
the nine men who have been indicted
in the collapse Of the Pickwick Club,
where "A persons were killed, have
been arraigned. They are George
Funk. an architect, Timothy ]. Barry,
president of the club, and Hyman
Bloomberg, lessee of the building. All
pleaded not guilty.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Coolidge Saves at Workers Expense

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, July 13.-
President Coolidge has brot the me-
chanics from the yacht Mayfiower to
his summer home to repair his plumb
inR He stands and watches them
work. This is part OF Coolidge's
economy program"
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Soviet Demands Investigation.

MOSCOW, July Ia The Soviet
government has demanded Of the Pol
ish government the formation of a
commission to Investigate the burn
ing of a Soviet border guard station
BY Polish EoldierA.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

A s result of this excellent organ
a izatory preparation, the cam
paign was exceedingly successful, al
tho we were obliged to state in our
final report to the E. c. c. l. that
serious defect in the organization of
the camnaign consisted Of the fact
that coordination was still INSULT
ciently developed with respect to the
work of the different party organs"
We give below a further table show
ing the material provided for the
reichstag election on December 4,
1924
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Native Sins of the
Golden West

BY MIRIAM ALLEN De FORD
Rabbits and Babbitry in caIifor-
nia-"the land Of honey, fruit and
fairly good wine"-and a strikino
picture Of 100 per cent suppression
and imprisonment of workers. a
keen and splendidly written ac-
count.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
N. .. c. Makes Million per Month.

NEW YORK, July 13-The National
Biscuit company reports a net profit
of SS,735,664 after all expenses and
taxes were paid, for the quarter
ended June 30.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Left Wing Advances
in the Needle Trades

BY EAHL R. BROWDER
Revolt Of the rank and file
against reaction-struqple against
employers and traitorous offfciaIs-
a picture Of bitter fight waped in
an important field Of battle.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

sive survey of the work falling to their
share in their capacity as trade union
cooperative, or other functionary and
of the work which their fellow func-
tionaries were called upon to perform.
This coherent formulation of the
whole plan Of the campaign prepared
the way for the highest possible de-
gree Of coordination in the co-opera-
tion among the different organs of the
party. Special instructions were also
given for the most important branches
of agitation (press, meeting cam
paigns, organization of demonstrations
etc.
The central agitprop published the
following agitation material for this
campaign;
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Party Trade Union
Fractions

BY VIM. z. FOSTER
A timely contribution on one OF
the most important phases Of
present American Communist
development.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Contradictions of I'm
perialist Capitalism
BY NJ. BUCHARIN

y - I0NVINIlTIN
An analysis of the development
Of lmperiaIist capitalisn1-brllliant
and the greatest Importance to
thorough Communist understand
ing.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
Bayonets In War and
Peace

BY WIN. F. KRUSE
The use Of bayonets on the
workers in strusgle-from the
records OF the war department. An
exposure Of documentary evidence
substantiating every charge Of
violence against workers.
with photographs Of the militia
in strike action)
The daily worker., 1925-07-15

Rush that Campaign ends
July II
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
China and the Anti
Irnperialist Struggle
Bv MAX SHACHTMAN

A birds eye view OF China in the
past-and as the present victim
Of world imperiaIisn1, A striking
pen picture with photography by
the editor Of the Young Worker.
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
The New America
the American Empire

BY JAY LOVES ONE
"The tenacIes Of the American
Imperial Octopus have been fast
ened on nearly every section Of the
earth" says the author -. in this
interesting history of the Develop
ment Of the U. S. into world en-
plre.
with Photography
The daily worker., 1925-07-15
The Longest Pro-
cession in History

A word picture from Soviet Rus.
sia on a great day-written bv an
American and enouoh to thrill
every wor<sr.
JednosÌc Polek = Unity of Polish women. [volume] (Cleveland, O. [Ohio]) 1923-current, 1925-06-02

MATKL POLK

Zadanie matki Polk jest tax zacne szlachetne, ze
zaIey ocenic zdoiaa tyko zupenosci k6rzy wys
sail persi matek te biogie prawdziwe nieskal
neJ mltosci matczynej i posWiecenia Twerdzenie zc
matk wszystkich narodowosci posadaja welka mifosc
posWecenia dla swych dziec lecz mati Polki jedyne
posladaja niezwyk}y urok dar nadprzyrodzony wpoe-
MA Wana dusze dziecka poIskiego mifosc dla krau
rOdZlnnego posWlecene beZ granc, odWage mestWo Cd
nepametnych czas6w przeto matk Poki stawa4y zawo
dy porowno mezczyznami i pomaga}y wychowywac dza-
tive ma praWych zacnych obywateli obywateki. z ta-
kch czyn6w naszych przodk6w dumni jestesmy po
dzlen Wzorujemy sic ma ich przykadach.
w Ameryce jest nieco odmienne zapatrywanie ma
punkcie WychoWania naszego m4odego pokoIenia ME
Wiadomo dla jakej przyczyny nasaduemy tutesze me
tody WychoWana naszym zespole. Me przytaczamy
tego faktu da tel przyczyny, azeby czambu potepC
zasady WychoWania przer6znych zaneszkafych
woscl ecz pragnemy yko zaznaczyc ze swetym naszym
oboWlazkem jako matek poskich jest plne baczene
metody poniekad uzne niezgadzajace sic naszym po-
]eclem NaJsamprzod m yjako matki Poki odzedziczy-
smy naszyc przodkach wprawdze prosty spos6b wy
chowanla lecz opary uczcwych reIignych zasadach
system WychoWanla amerykaflskego, jest nieZupeny
ME ugruntoWany
Staboska nasza jest w4asne przyswajanie rzeczy
cych bez nalezyego zastanoWena rowniez uwielbanie
rzeczy nam obcych wrogich, ktore polryte bichtem
zmerzaja do Wszelkch Shadow uczuc rdzennie
poIskich 10 jest wsnie ten kardynalny b}ad, kt6rego
korzystaja nasi wrogowie, chcacy wydrzec pownno
bye ola mas najwiekszym skarbem perfa regja naro-
doWosc Ia zbyt predko stramy sic zamery ykanzowac
SODle lekceWdZacO naleclfOScl neprZyJaZne
Wroge ME zastanaWiajac sic bizej mad skutkam tego
neWiasciwego postepoWana.
Bynajmniej ME jest naszym zamiarem krytykowanie
sZkof amerykanskch sposobu wychowania przeciwnie
co dobre, pekne WZniose ideane sobe
lecz co wroge religj narodowosci tego unikajmy.
Posiadamy neziczone mn6swo szkof poskich katoIic
kc kore pod kleroWnictwem siosr nauczycelek pros
perua znakomcie Obowazkem naszym popierac te szko
4y boWem tundamenalne zasady WARY cn6t obywatel-
skch otrzymuje dziatwa tn zrodzona Puszczene
samopas dzecka wp4ywy Iekcewazenia wyzei wymie-
nonych zale doproWadzaja m4odzez poska zrodzona
ma bezdroza, manekn6W ME wiedzacych CO poczac
DO jakego celu zdazac.