The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 25, 1924, Page 4

, Page Four BRITISH AGENTS MAKE TROUBLE IN AFGHANISTAN MacDonald’s Imperial- ists Battle for Reaction k (By Rosta News Agency.) PEKING, Aug. 26. (By Mail.) —In view of the interest shown in the local press for the Afghan developments, the Rosta News Service is in a position to com- municate the following: The present ruler of Afghan- istan, Emir Ammanulah Khan, prociaimed his independence from Britain in 1919, when he overthrew his predecessor, who had been a faithful slave of the British. Up to the year of 1919, Afghanistan “was not nationally free, as Britain did not allow that country to have rela tions with the outer world, and the Afghanistan government had to carry on all its foreign affairs thru the British authorities. Friendly Toward Soviet Rule. After proclaiming the independence jot his country in 1919, Ammanulah Khan entered upon negotiations with Soviet Russia, and the latter appoint- ted an ambassador to Kabul, conclud- ed a treaty with and recognized the independence of Afghanistan. Then Britain had to follow suit af- }ter Soviet Russia, namely, she recog- ‘mized the independence of Afghan- istan, concluded a treaty embodying this recognition of independence, and ‘providing for an exchange of diplo- matic representatives between Kabul jand London. | The result was that today the dip- \lomatic corps at.Kabul consists of the representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Great Britain, France, Italy, Persia and Turkey. Quite naturally, however, such a jstrengthening of Afghanistan was not to the liking of certain quarters in Mngland, which in spite of the exist- ‘ence of MacDonald’s “labor” cabinet, ‘were still courting the old Curzon Policy of strangling the countries of _\the Hast and, in particular, Afghan- ‘stan. British Agents Busy. The insurrection which has now been stirred’ against the ruling Emir is directed by British agents, who hhaye put forth an agent of their own as “pretendant” to the Emir’s throne. ed apon this prey tendant is, of course, to nullify all the attempts of the present Emir to es- tablish intercourse with other coun- tries, to render null and void all his internal reforms, and, generally, to bring down Afghanistan to the rank of other vassal states of British India. That would mean then that Afghan- istan would, as before 1919, be a part of India again. It is quite curious, under such con- ditions, that Reuter’s Service, in its desire to conceal the truth, is making no attempt to find the reasons of the actual insurrectional movement against the Emir in the alleged work of would-be Soviet agents. Silly Charge Exploded. Now, as mentioned above, Soviet Russia was the first to support Emir Ammanulah Khan and by her support ‘she ensured the independence of Af. ghanistan, and, truly, there could "scarcely be anyone so naive as to be- ‘lieve that Soviet agents should today ‘be -working for the enthronement at Kabul of a British hireling. | | HOW LARGE IS YOUR SHOVEL? By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT. EST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO. Two building laborers. Each carrying a shovel. * * % C25 And so | looked at the two shovels again. And I looked at the two building laborers again. The laborers were big and strong. Any “full day’s work for a fair day’s pay” em- ployer would hire them without a second thought. * a * * But the shovels did not look that good. They looked extremely odd when compared with usual shovel standards. They were very small. They were distinctly fifty per cet below the size that would receive any Chamber of Commerce ©. K. The little upward curve at each side, which lends itself so aptly to extra large shovesful, was gone. And the emery wheel had conquered at least three inches of their length. * * * a I was reminded of my shovel gang days. Reminded of the rush we used to make for the tool chest when the boss appeared upon the scene with the keys, five minutes before the beginning of the day’s slavery. Those who got there first were rewarded by getting the best shovels. The best shovels were those that had been worn down and had lost weight by long usage. * = * s FOR SHORT SHOVELS! No worker with brains‘ will object to that as a slogan on the job. And “System,” that versatile magazine of business, might as well give up trying to rally the workers around the slogan of “Use Big Shovels and Develop Your Backs.” Develop their profits is, of course, what they mean—if you don’t know. * * * * i Christopher Columbus was one of history's early realists. First he saw land. Then he saw the Indians. Then he said: “What is our meat will be their poison.” Bringing this down to this date and this occasion means this: A short shovel on the job is the worker's meat and the bosses’ ‘The Campaign Fund Campaign joison. P * * * * BUT HOLD! It's the vice versa we are interested in. And this reads thusly: A LARGE SHOVEL IN THE PARTY WORK IS THE WORKER'S MEAT AND THE BOSSES’ POISON! For, altho we stand as one man against shoveling profits into the. bosses’ pockets, we also FIRMLY stand for the use of the LARGEST shovels in undermining the capi- talist system. * * Cee A LARGE shovel for EVERY party worker in this task! Go to your job with only a shovel handle, if you dare. But come to the party work with * * AND CARE FOR THIS MUST. There is a wonderful this offensive. Every member must be conscripted. a LARGE shovel if you care. * * ELECTION CAMPAIGN WE amount of digging possible in The end of the campaign must see us much more favorably en- trenched than today finds us. * WILL YOU HELP DIG? THEN SELL THE CAMPAIGN FUND STAMPS! CIRCULATE THE CONTRIBUTION LISTS! REGISTER THE SIZE OF YOUR SHOVEL! IN WITH THE DOLLARS! GITLOW IN DETROIT ON SUNDAY (Continued from Page 1.) criticize the collaboration of the work- ers with a middle class politician like the Wisconsin senator and to urge in- stead class conscious party of in- distr... workers and working farm- ers. Opens Michigan Drive. 4 The Gitlow meeting will formally open the Communist campaign in Michigan, the eighth state in which | Communist candidates have qualified to bid for power at the polls. Admission to the meeting will be 25 cents. The Arena Gardens are on Woodward avenue at Hendrie avenue. Gitlow, who is from New York, was one of the first Communists to be ar- rested in 1919, and was the first in the News For the Worker EVERY DAY Each step in the march of Labor the world over is pic- ‘| tured accurately for those who work for a living. IN THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN Every move of each candidate is analyzed from the | workingman’s viewpoint in the pages of THE DAILY WORKER Best writers and artists in | NEWS DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Street ..... STORIES Including Poems, book reviews, Workers’ Correspondence and Comics for Children complete “The National Labor Daily.” SUBSCRIBE Rates: (Outside of Chicago)—$6.00 per year, $3.50 six months, $2.00 three months. , Send in this blank and be sure to get it every day. soe LOT soe Enclosed fd $..sscerssssseeresesveersseeesssey CARTOONS mos, subscription. State. been | United States to be placed on trial for Communism. In 1910, he joined the socialist party. In 1917, on an to conscription, he was elected as a socialist to the New York state legis- lature for one year. In 1918, he was the only parliamentary representa- tive of the left wing of the socialist | party. % Leading Communist. Gitlow, with other leading left | wingers, including John Reed, led the |fight for affiliation to the Communist International. In 1919, he was sen- tenced to serve 10 years because of his connection with the left wing manifesto appearing in the Revolu- tionary Age, with which he and the late John Reed, who died in Moscow, were associated. Gitlow served three years of this sentence and is now out on bond pending an apepal. He is under indictment in New York state on another charge and is under in- dictment in Michigan. He served as a member of the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Com- munist Labor Party. Later he served as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party and Workers Party when the Commu- nist Party combined with it. He is expected to deal harshly with the facts of “Teapot Dome” govern- ment, labor injunctions, the open shop strikebreaker policies, present unemployment and coming war. Git- low is recognized as one of the most powerful speakers of the movement. | } Gaston On the Run, CONCORD, N. C., Sept. 24.—Gaston B. Means, who was represented in a court action in Washington today as owing the government $267,000 for in- come taxes, has turned up here, He visited friends and relatives, His wife and son have been in Concord several days. He arived last night. “Ma” Fights For Job. AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 24.—With a formal reiteration of her campaign pledge that if elected, her husband, impeacher governor James BH, Fergu- son, would be nothing more than a spectator, Mrs. Miriam “Ma” Fer- guson was in the court room of Dis- trict Judge George Calhoun today for the second day's proceedings in the injunction suit to prevent her candi- dacy for governor in the November elections. anti-war platform and in opposition} THE DAILY WORKER 'U. S, PREPARING EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FOR CHINA Chang Defeats Wu Pei Fu Forces in Battle VALLEJO, Cal., Sept. 24.—Dispatch to San Diego of four marine officers and four gunnery sergeants together with orders to prepare the transport Argonne for sea duty, were interpret- ed today in naval circles at Mare- Island as indicating that an expedi- tionary force may be sent to China by the United States at an early date. *e * Chang Licks Wu. SHANGHAI, Sept. 24, — General Chang’s army is reported to have cap- tured a town in the northern part of 'Chihli province and several of Wu's ‘soldiers, with considerable quantities of ammunition including six field guns, 2,000 rifles and other stores. Tokio dispatches state that Chang has agreed to recognize the Soviet government of Russia. Party Activities Of - Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS. Thursday, Sept. 25. Class in Trade Union Tactics and Con- duct, 722 Blue Island Ave. lith Ward Italian, 2439 S, Oakley Blvd. nee Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. . &.,/ Cicero and Su- Scandinavian Lake View, 3206 N. Wil- ton St. . Friday, Sept. 26. * Scand. South Chicago, 641 E. 61st St. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. Every Thursday. Maplewood Branch, 2733 Hirsch. Blvd. D. E. Earley’s class in Three Schools of Thought. Every Friday. “Tlyitch” (Russian), 1902 W. Division Street. Rosa Luxemburg, 1910 W. Roosevelt Road. John Reed, 1224 S. Albany,Ave. West Side, 3322 Douglas Blvd. Educa- tional meeting. Hersch Lekert, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. The History of American Labor Movement, M. Backal. Karl Liebknecht Branch, 1500 Sedg- wick St. The Branch and Its Tasks. Saturday, Sept. 27. Classy Communist Cabaret, Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Dancing, re- freshments, Y. W. L. orchestra. Admis- sion 25c. Children’s Group Leaders’ Class, 321 W. Avers Avenue. Leaders of all Com- munist Junior Groups and those inter- YORK CITY. PARTY ACTIVITIES OPEN AIR MEETINGS IN NEW YORK Friday, Sept. 26. Rutgers ie Fishbein, I. Glass, S. A. Pollack. + 10th Street-and Second Ave.—L. Lore, C. Brodsky and M. Milland. 110th St. and 5th _Ave.—J. Jampolsky, J. Marshall and R. Saltzman, in Yiddish. 106th St. and Madison Avenue—J. 5. Poyntz, B. Sparer and L. Landy, in Yid- dish. 138th St. and Brook Ave.—Joe!Padgug, nd L. A. Baum. 136th St. and Brook Ave.—H. Tauben- shlag and Mrs. Nevins, in Yiddish. BROOKLYN, N, Y. Friday, Sept. 26. Ten Eyck and Union Ave.—Ben Levy and Chas. Mitchell. Graham and Varet Sts.—S. Nesin, 8. Gordon, in Yiddish. ‘ Hopkinson and Pitkin Ave—F. War- shevsky and Chas. Krumbein. Stone and Pitkin Ave.—M. Undjus, A. Trachtenberg and Jewish speaker. 13th Ave. and 42nd Street—Geo. Sis- kind, M. Plason, L. Zinn. 25th St. and Mermaid Ave.—J. Brahdy, Schalachter, in Yiddish. Saturday, Sept. 27, 38th Street and 8th Ave.—Geo. Primoff and Greek speaker, : 79th Street and Ist Ave.—A. Markoff and others. 110th St. and 5th Ave.—J, Stachel and N. Wilkes. 149th St. and Bergen Ave.—G. Siskind and D. Benjamin. Brooklyn. Grand St. Extension—J. Brahdy and S. Nesin. Stone and Pitkin Ave.—Ben Lifschitz and 8, Felshin. Union Hill, N. Je Morgan and Bergenline Ave.—William W. Weinstone. Detroit Carpenters Are Holding Series of Propaganda Meets By WILLIAM REYNOLDS, _ DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 24.—A radi- cal departure from usual trade union procedure has been initiated by the| Carpenters’ District Council of De- troit by the holding of the first of a series of propaganda meetings last Sunday at the Labor Temple. The experience gained during the organization campaign during the spring and summer of this year has taught those active in the organiza ‘tion that more trade union spirit and class consciousness is necessary among carpenters if the outsider is to be organized and if the rank and file within the Brotherhodd is to function in a way to strengthen the union as @ weapon against the employer. It is the intention of the committee in charge to get trade union speak: ers of recognized ability to deal with the various phases of organizational work, the elements ‘of working class strength, and the immediate and fu- ture aims of the trade union move- ment. The meetings are held at the Labor Temple, 274 Bast High 8t., at 2.30 on the third Sunday of each month. Union and non-union carpen- ters are urged to attend, Others are elcome, Admission is free. Next mecting—Sunday, Ootober 19, 1924. CARNEY FLOORS SOCIALIST-LABOR PARTY NOMINEE IN DEBATE WITH WELL-DIRECTED SHOTS OF LOGIC By J. S. WILSON (Special to The Daily Worker) Pe SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15 (By Mail.)—The Workers Party Hall at 225 Valencia Street was filled to capacity tonight to listen to a debate between V. L. Reynolds, Socialist Labor Party candidate for vice-president-of the United States, and Jack Carney, editor of Labor Unity, on the question: “Resolved, that the workers should support F. T. Johns, Socialist Labor can- didate for president, as again#& William Z. Foster, Workers Party candidate for president.” speakers. The proceeds were equally divided between the Workers Party and the socialist labor party. Reynolds’ Argument. Reynolds said that every revolution came because the methods of produc- tion changed. Changes in industry came gradually, and changes in political in- stitutiens (government included) re- mained stationary until the evils aris- ing from the friction between the new methods of production and the old methods of control were insupport- able. Then there was a crisis—a revolution. That was the first basic principle of revolution. The second was, that the new society was always constructed out of the material avail- able. That was why Russia used the Soviets. All the Russians understood the Soviets—but, unfortunately there were no Soviets in America! Who ever saw an American peasant? But America had her own material for revolution in every industry in the United States—material prepared by the very processes of industry—the material of the industrial unions in each industry in the United States. It was the business of the American workers to get into the unions—even the company unions—and organize their strength in such a way that they could stay inside each industry even when the employers told them to get out—or, if the employers put them out, to have the organized strength to go back in and run the industries for their own benefit. When the workers really wanted a change of system—then they would bring that change about. Radicals did not amount’ to anything—they were merely flies that had crawled out of the dung heap of the old so- cialist party. Wm. Z. Foster was merely a pie artist who had beer first an I. W. W. fighting the A. F. of L., then an-organizer for the A. F. of L., and then again in the economic ranks of the Workers Party. Foster was either a crook or a fool—and, for his part, Reynolds prefered a crook toan honest fool. You could tell a crook by his eyes now and then—but an honest fool led the millions to the slaughter—like Eugene Debs had done with the workers of this coun- try. ‘MICH (Continue d from Page 1.) delude the workers into the belief that they had a voice in the affairs of the government. However, their experience in recent years has be- gun to disillustion millions of work- ers who now recognize the govern- ment as the form of the dictator- ship of the ruling class. In the state of Michigan, of course the same struggle goes on. Michigan Rich State. Among these United States which compose the wealthiest nation in the world, Michigan is oné of the best endowed with the resources which form the basis of modern life. The copper and iron ranges of ‘the Upper Peninsula, the vast water power thruout the state, with highly developed industry and agriculture, form the material basis for a full and happy life for every useful | worker. This wealth—ore, water power, forests, mills and mines,—have passed rapidly into the hands of a few wealthy overlords. The owners agree that the workers shall pro- due only when a profit can be real- ized. Not long ago the Michigan nation- al guard was used against the cop- per miners ‘in the Upper Penin- sula, Not only striking miners~but wives and children were shot to death. Recently the state and county authorities of Berrien County joined with the federal department of justice and the Wm. J. Burns pri- vate ective agency in raiding a peaceful meeting of Communistic working men and women in Bridge- man, Michigan, and trying to bury them alive in jail for ten years un- der the criminal syndicalism law, passed at the demand of the em- ployers’ associations. The state used the so-called state constabu- lary, the most militarized police’ force in the state. State constabu- laries are created. in industrial states for use in strikes, because the local police, recruited from among the friends anf relatives of the workers, often refuse to act against strikers. The Workers Party of Michigan urges all workers to keep these facts in mind, Child Labor Evil. The Workers Party also calls at- tention to child labor in Michigan, especially in the sugar beet fields. When they should be in school lit- tle children are out from dawn un- til night in the beet fields, toiling to help their parents earn money for food and ‘shelter. The connec- tion of the old parties with child la- GAN COMMUNISTS'ON BALLOT bor is jllustrated in the case of | igan I ainlaS William Ross Knudsen was in the chair and introduced the p ween Carney Replies. Jack Carney, who was receiv: with great applause, regretted the in troduction of personalities, and de- fended Wm. Z, Foster against the charges made, There was no man in the labor movement in America whose record was better or more inspiring than that of Foster. His work in or- ganizing the steel workers at Gary, Ind., and in the Trade Union Educa- tional League was known too well to need any explanation. Reynolds’ speech reminded Carney of the Irish- man who hit himself on the head every morning with a sledge ham- mer—it was very pleasant when he quit. When the Dawes’ report is put into operation in Germany and the factories of this country are closed while the German workers are mak- ing the things the American are now producing—and the Americans are out of work, the S. L. P. will probably read a pamphlet, and J. Pierpont Morgan will invite all the American workers to go back into the factories! If anybody believed that the workers could go back into a factory after they were locked out—well, let them try to get a meal in a cheap hotel under such conditions! Whoever tells the workers of America that the capi- talist class will give up the wealth of the world without a struggle is either a crook or a fool! (Cheers!) “ The Workers Party says that it is neces- sary to organize along industrial and political lines, and then when the col- lapse comes the working class will be able to take control by its industrial power, protected by their organized power. All those who know how the capitalist class will shoot down and murder members of the working class when they ask for crumbs from the rich table of life, will know that the workers will have to use force to overthrow the present order of socie- ty. The Workers Party is organizing that force, industrially and politically, and when the climax comes, the mem- bers of the Workers Party will be standing on their feet fighting for the new_order while the members of the S. L. P. will_be sitting on the dung hill referred to, with pamphlets in their hands and dunce caps on their |heads! Charles B. Warren, author of the republican party platform. He is the millionaire proprietor of extens- ive beet fields where children toil. While he was ambassador in Mex- ico the importation of Mexican beet field workers was continued for the purpose of lowering living condi- tions and therefore wages in Michi- gan. Michigan is an open shop, or Am- erican plan, state. The unions are relatively weak, factory unions be- ing practically non-existent. This condition is reflected in the high rate of profits, especially in the au- tomobile industry, which is alter- nately at boom and panic;—witness the complete stoppage of 1921 and the present. crisis. Unemployment is bound to be particularly frequent and acute in this state where the automobile industry is concentrated, because the speed up system which makes for such conditions has reached the highest degree in the automotive industry. To wipe out these conditions thé system that is responsible for them must be abolished. That is the mis- sion of the working class. Warns Against LaFolletteism. The Workers Party particularly warns the workers against relying on the delusion of LaFolletteism. Unfortunately, the old leadership of the organized labor movement is leading the workers to LaFollette. He favors the present capitalist sys- tem. The’ Workers Party is organizing politically for victory over capital- ism. It calls upon all workers to join its ranks. It calls on all work- ers to support its candidates. The Workers Party of Michigan in addition to the national demands has adopted the following state planks: 1, Revision of the Workmen's Compensation Law to provide for compensation to the injured amount- ing to their regular wage. Occupa- tional, diseases to be treated the same as accidents. 2. A graduated state income tax to apply on all incomes over $5,000 a year, ‘ 3, Enactment of legislation pro- hibiting the eviction of unemployed for non-payment of rent. 4, Employment of union labor on all public buildings and public works, 5 5. Abolition of the state constabu- tani sateen 6, Repeal: of the criminal syndi- calism act. 7. Prohibition by law of the sale of any prison-made goods in Mich- 4 tm = Thursday, September 25, 1924 a at ik S POLICE SAVE LAFOLLITTES FROM “DAILY” Steel Trust Cops Chase Communist Newsies By MORRIS SCHINDLER (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 23. —lIf there is anyone who is’ so naive as to claim that we would have freedom of expression if LaFollette were elected; perish the thot. DAILY WORKER _newsies stationed in front of a theatre in which a LaFollette meeting was being held, soon found a captain of police, a uniformed policeman, a detective and later a patrol wagon confronting them. » “Lady” Doesn’t Like “Daily.” No sooner that the newsies begut selling papers when an aristocratic society ladf came rushing out shout ing: “I'll not have you selling these papers in front of our meeting. I wouldn’t have it. If you don’t im- mediately leave I'll have you arrest- ed.” One: of the newsies then informed her that the street was a public high: way and that she could proceed tc have them arrested as they did not intend to leave. After this incident a number of men that had listened te the conversation bought copies of the paper. This “lady,” it was later learned, was chairman of the meeting. Send for Police. After the boys had been selling newspapers for a few minutes, a uni- formed policeman and a detective seized a paper and held one of the newsies. After reading the paper for a while he released the boy. A few minutes later a captain ar- rived, and as the newsies began sell- ing again as soon as the policeman released them, ordered the police to again stop the sale of the DAILY WORKER and went into the theatre to talk to those in charge of the meeting. Leaders Fear Publicity. Several members of the committee urged arrest while one of the promin- ent leaders realizing that an arrest would give the LaFollette movement a black eye, as both newsies were well known union members, he told e captain to drive the newsies away but-not to arrest them: >. Be-Jewelled Society for LaFollette, At the Wheeler meeting a few days previously the same incident occur- red. These meetings are largely at- tended by be-furred and be-jewelled society ladies and diamond studded men, and as one of the newsies said after the meeting, “It is a crime to sell the DAILY WORKER to this crowd.” Our Candidates f FOSTER’S DATES PORTLAND, Ore.—I. 0. O. F. Aud! torium, 10th and Salmon St., Sunday, September 28th, 8:00 p. m. BERKELEY, Cal.—High School Au ditorium, Tuesday, September 30th, 8:00 p. m. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—California Hall, Turk and Larkin Sts. Wednes day, October, ist, 8:00 p. m. LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Friday, Octo ber 3rd, 8:00 p. m. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. — Unity Hall, 138 So. 2 East, Sunday, October 5th, 8:00 p. m. DENVER, Colo.—Auditorium, Curtis and 14th St. Tuesday, October 7th, 8:00 p. m. GITLOW’S DATES. Toledo, Ohio, ‘Labor Temple Audi- torium, Michigan St. and Jefferson, Friday, September 26, 8 p, m. Youngstown, Ohio, Moose Temple, 226 W. Boadman St., Saturday, Sep- tember 27, 8 p. m. Detroit, Mich, Arena Gardens, ‘Woodward and Hendrie, Sunday, Sep- tember 28, 2 p. m. Grand Rapids, Mich., St. Cecelia Auditorium, Ransom Ave. near Ful- ton St. Hast, Monday, September 29, 7:30 p. m. Muskegon, Mich., Tuesday, Septem- ber 30, 8 p. m. South Bend, Ind., Carpenters’ Hall, 315 S. Michigan St., Wednesday, Oc- tober 1, 8 p. m. Gary, Ind, Turner Hall, 14th and Washington St, Thursday, October , 8 p.m. Milwaukee, Wis., Sunday, October 5. Duluth, Minn, Shrine Auditorium, 2nd Ave., » 8 p, m. Superior, Wis., Tuesday, October 7, + St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Octo ber 8, , Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday, Octo ber 9. Chicago, Ill, Sunday, October 12. Omaha, Neb., Monday, October 14. 7 eal City, Mo., Tuesday, October St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, October “Zeigler, Ill, Thursday, October 16. “Springfield, Il, Friday, October 17. New York, N. Y., Sunday, October W. st St., Monday, October ay