The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01


Application of October Resolution.
This resolution is the sole one
passed by the October Plenary SEES
sion with reference to Democracy.
The October Plenary Session dealt
with various other questions as well,
but these had no reference to Democ-
racy. 1t dealt with some very deli
cate problems, but not with those
pertaining to Democracy.
With regard to Democracy, the
Plenary Session Of the Central and
Of the c. c. c. debated on the fol-
lowing lines. The resolution passed
on this subject was as follows: "The
Plenary Session instructs the Politi-
cal Bureau to take every action re-
quired to accelerate the work of the
commissions appointed by the Politi-
cal Bureau at the September ses-
sions: /. The commission for exam
lining into the disparity between the
agricultural and industrial prices;
2. over the workers wages, and 3.
over the situation within the Party.
The Political Bureau, after work
ing out the measures necessary to
be taken in these matters, is to be-
gin with the immediate execution Of
these measures, and to report on its
activity at the next plenary session
of the Central" Thus the October
plenary session commissioned the
Political Bureau to work out the
resolution.
And we have worked it out, indeed,
we have done more: we have sue
ceeded in having this resolution
(which contains every present ele-
ment of workers democracy within
the Party, and which points out the
actual character of this workers
democracy and how it is to be prac-
tically applied) unanimously adopted
by the Political Bureau and the Pre-
sidium of the C. C. c.
By this action the Party has thus
afforded the guarantee that the
change Of policy which we are ac-
complishing is really being carried
out with mutual agreement, and can
and must be executed with the slight
est possible injury to the Party.
Difficulty of Task.
The carrying out Of such a change
of policy, comrades, is invariably diff
ficult. We have gone with you thru
a large number of such alterations
in tactics sometimes the evolution
has been difficult, and has cost the
Party much, and sometimes it has
been comparatively easy.
We know then when we changed
our course in the trade union ques-
ton, we were obliged to do it in the
midst Of a reciprocal struggle. in the
midst Of a severe combat which drew
the whole Party into discussions OUT
side the actual issue.
And when we undertook the funda-
mental change Of tactics implied by
the NEP, we undertook this with
out internal discussion, without in
ternal struggle, without the forma-
ton of factions. Here, with regard
to the NEP, we performed the evo-
luton unanimously, and it was,
therefore, performed smoothly and
with the least possible detriment.
And what is the question before us
now? We are, and always have
been, in favor of the workers democ-
racy. have not heard single criti-
cism of the formulation of the reso-
luton passed by the Central. Nobody
will assert that the workers democ-
racy is distorted in this resolution,
or that this or that point should be
added.
We do not see any practical pro-
posals for the carrying out of the
real workers democracy. But the
danger exists that we shall find this
evolution difficult of performance,
and that some unsound conditions
may be caused by it.