The Washington herald., 1920-07-19
DECLARES RED
RULE WILL FAIL.
Soviet Government VIII
Gradually Disappear,
Says Rykov.
TO. MERGE WTTHUNIONS
Supreme Council President
Believes Class Struggle
Already Over.
(Washington HeraId-Cross Atlantic
Seryfcc-Specia1 Cable Dispateh)

Cwashington HeraId-Cress Atlantic
servfee-SpeeisI Cable Dispsteh)
Reval, Russia, July 19-Bykov,
the president of the supreme coun-
Gil Of public economy. believes that
the Soviet government will grad
ually disappear and the economic
council will become the center OF
the whole state organism, lit and
the trade unions, which will then
be the purely productive unions. or
ganizing the actual producers in
each branch"
Then you think that as your
further plans develop. with the
creation Of more and more indus
trial centers. with special produc-
tive populations concentrated round
them, the councils of the trade
unions will tend to become identical
with the Soviets elected in the same
districts by the same Industrial
units?"
Merge with Unions.
Precisely" said Rykov, "and in
that way the Soviets, useful during
the period of transition as an In
strument of struggle and dictator
ship. will be merged with the
unions" zone important factor. a.
Lenine pointed out when consider
ing the same question, is here left
out of count, namely the political
development OF the enormous agri-
cultural as opposed to Industrial
population).
But if this merging of political
Soviets with productive unions oc-
ours, the questions that concern
people will cease to be political
questions, but will be purely Ques-
tions of economies"
Disappearance of Parties.
Certainly. And we shall see the
disappearance OF political parties.
That process is already apparent. In
the present huge trade union con-
ference there are only sixty Men
sheviks. The Communists arc swai-
lowing one party after another.
Those who were not drawn over to
us during the period of struggle
are now joining US during the pro-
cess of building, and we find that
our differences now are not poll
tical at all but concerned only with
the practical details Of construc-
ton" He illustrated this by point
ing out the present constitution OF
the supreme council of public
economy.
There are under IL hfty-three de-
partments or centers (textile, soap.
wool, timber. fax. etc.). each con-
trolled by a college" of three or
more persons. There are 232 mem
/ bers of these colleges or boards in
/ all. and of them eighty-three are
workmen. seventy-nine are engi-
neers. one is a former director. nifty
are from the clerical stafr and nine
/ teen unclsssified. Politically rs
are Communists. los arc of no party
at all. and twelve arc or non-com-
munist parties.
Communists Cease to Exist.
He continued: Further. in fol-
! lowing the other parties, the Com
munists themselves will cease to
exist as a political party. Think
only that youths coming to their
ma nhood during this year in Rus
sia and in the future will not be
| able to confirm from their own ex-
perience the reasoning Of Karl
Marx. because they will have had
no experience Of a capitalist coun-
try. What car they MAKE OF the
class struggle?
The class struggle here Is al
ready over. and the distinctions OF
class have already gone altogether.
In the old days, members of our
party were men who had read, or
tried to read, Marks Capital who
knew the Communist Manifesto by
heart. and were occupied in con-
tinual criticism OF the basis OF cap
italist society. Look at the new
members OF our party. Marx is
quite unnecessary to them They
join us, not for struggle in the in
terest of an oppressed class but
simply because they understand our
aims in constructive work. And as
this process continues we old social
democrats shall disappear, and our
places will be filled by people Of
| entirely different character grown