The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-16


from the Party a complicated and
systematic work for carrying out the
measures indicated by the Twelfth
Congress regarding the concentration
of industry, appropriate organization
of the apparatus of trade and indus
try, the promotion of agriculture, the
raising of its technical level and it's
adoption to the struggle on the world
market by various means, among
these being the extension Of agricul-
tural credit, etc. These tasks are
confronting the Party in all their full
extent and in the most pressing man
ner. There is no doubt that the
Party will concentrate all its forces
in order to carry them out effec-
lively.
(c) The objective contradictions
presented by the actual stage of the
transitory period and which result
from the simultaneous existence of
the most varied economic forms,
from the prevailing market relations,
from the necessity for the state in
situations to employ capitalistic
forms and methods of work, from the
necessity or relying for support upon
staff which is still stranger to
the proletariat, etc.-these contra
dictions find their expression in a
whole series of negative tendencies,
the fight against which must be plac-
ed on the order of the day. Among
these tendencies there may be men
toned: striking anomalies in the ma
terial situation of Party members,
determined by their varying func-
tions and the so-called "wasteful ex-
penditures'; the growth of connec-
tons with bourgeois elements and the
theological influence of the latter; the
narrowing of the intellectual horizon
by ofiicialdom, which must be distin-
guished from the necessary special.
ization and, arising therefrom, the
weakening of the connections be.
tween the Communists working in
various spheres; the danger of a loss
of the perspectives of socialist con.
struction as whole and of the world
revolution; the danger, already indi.
Gated by the congress, of a New
Economic Policy" degeneration on
the part Of portion of the function
aries who, owing to the nature OF
their activity, come most into con.
tact with bourgeois elements; the
process of bureaucratizing which is
to be noted in the Party apparatus
and, arising therefrom, the threaten
ing danger of the Party losing con
tact with the masses.
2. Party and Working Masses.
The confidence Of the proletarian
masses in the Party has increased
This finds it's expression in the Soviet
elections, in the collapse of the Men
shevist and Social Revolutionary par
ties and in the formation Of body Of
non-party workers who are actively
supporting the Party. At the same
time the active Communist workers
who of course should form the con
Meeting link between the Party and
the non-party masses, are almost en-
tirely absorbed in administrative and
economic work and thereby unavoid
ably lose contact with the work oil
production. The fundamental task
therefore, in this connection is the
recruiting of new party members
from the ranks of workers at the
bench. 1t is the task of the Party
organizations to devote special at
tention to this type of Party worker
to do everything possible in order tc
prevent their being divorced from the
work of production, to help them
raise the cultural level and use every
means to render easier the POSSIBLE
ity for them to take effective part in
all Party affairs. The work of en-
larging the proletarian mainstay OF
the Party must, in the next months
be one Of the most important tasks
Of all Party organizations. The in
iative of certain organizations which
have already developed their activi
ties in this direction must be sup
ported by all industrial organizations
Of our Party. The Party must rem
der easier the influx of new elements
Of industrial workers into the Party
organizations and their promotion
from candidates to Party members
In the same way it is necessary to
give increased attention to the work
among the growing proletarian youth
Regarding the peasantry, among
whom proletarian and semi-prole,
tartan strata are again appearing, il
is necessary to improve. by every
means the qualitative composition OF
the nuclei, to direct their work into
the channel Of cultural and political
activity, in particular to intensity
their work OF helping to spread a
knowledge Of scientific agricultural
methods. and also their work in the
cooperative fierd, in the organization
of agricultural credits, etc. Along
with this the village proletariat les
pecially the committees OF landless
peasants in the Ukraine) must be
given every support, and the probe