The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-16
Russian Communists Make Their Position Clear

ding of fractions (see resolution Of
the Tenth Congress "On Party Unity
and the corresponding resolution of
the Eleventh Congress); the purging
of the Party; the limitation of admis-
sion to Party membership of non
proletarian elements: the laying
down of certain lengths of member
ship as necessary qualifications for
holding certain offices in the Party;
the confirmation of the secretaries by
the superior Party authority (see
Party statute). In view of the un-
avoidableness of maintaining under
the New Economic Policy certain
Limitations in the future also, there
must at the same time, based on the
experience already acquired, particu-
larly by the inferior organizations, be
a re-examination of the fitness of
some of these limitations, for in
stance, Of the right Of the superior au-
thorities to confirm secretaries. In
no circumstances can the right of con
tirming secretaries be converted into
right of practically appointing
them.
4. Immediate Measures for Realizing
Workers Democracy.
In order to prevent the line Of the
Party from being diverted, in order
to realize effectually the workers
democracy and in order to secure for
the entire mass of the Party men,
bers the possibility of Systematically
influencing the direction of the whole
Party policy, the following measures
must in the first place be realized:
(a) Strict observation of the elig-
Utility of functionaries, with the limi-
tations mentioned above; it shall be
regarded as inadmissible to impose
such functionaries against the will of
an organization; in particular, there
must be strict observation of the
eligibility of secretaries to nuclei.
OBJ 1t shall be obligatory to sub
NIT all essential questions of Party
policy, so far as exceptional circum-
stances shall not render this impos-
sible, for discussion by the Party
nuclei and by the Party masses as a
whole; the number of party discus
sion clubs shall be extended; unjus-
tifiable appeal shall not be made to
Party discipline" in the event of it
being the right and the duty of the
members of the Party to discuss ques-
tions in which they are interested
and to adopt decisions regarding
them.
(c) Attention must be paid to the
task of pushing forward new func-
tionaries from the rank and file. in
the first place from among the
workers.
Cd Special attention must be paid
to enabling body of comrades, who
are in close contact with the masses
of the Party, to acquire proper con-
ception Of the policy Of the Party.
(e) Delivering accounts and re-
ports by the Party organs to the
bodies by whom they are elected and
to the broad Party mass.
(f) Increase in the educational
work of the Party, at the same time
carefully avoiding by all means all
bureaucratic tendencies, among the
entire Party mass as well as among
the Communist Youth Leagues and
the women in particular.
(g) Attention must be paid to the
mutual exchange of experience of the
functionaries in the various fields OF
work; compulsory conferences shall
be periodically convened by the Cen
trail Committee, as well as by the pro
vincial gouvernement and district
committees, to be attended by the re-
sponsible functionaries in all fields OF
work.
(h) The information of the Party
members shall be increased by means
of the press and by visits to the va
rious localities by members of the
Central Committee, the Central Con-
troll Committee, the Provincial and
Commencement Committees and by
members of the collegium of the
Commissariats.
(i) In the periodical press the col
umns devoted to Party life must be
increased.
Cd AT the next Party congress
there must be submitted proposal
regarding the convocation of gouv-
ornamental and All-Russian Party
conferences twice year
In order to secure the effective
carrying out of all the measures men
toned above regarding the realization
of workers democracy, there must
be a passing from words to deeds by
proposing to the lowest nuclei, to the
district area and gouvernement Party
conferences, to systematically renew
the Party apparatus from the bottom
upwards at the regular Party cleo
lions, by pushing forward for the re.
sponsible posts such functionaries as
are able effectually TO ensure democ-