The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-30
MOSCOW JOYOUS
AS COMMUNIST
CONCLAvE SITS
1000 Delegates There
from Near and Far


MOSCOW, May 29.-Moscow is dec
GRATED and a holiday spirit Is noticea-
Bile everywhere as the Thirteenth Con-
gress of the Russian Communist Par
ty is considering the momentous
questions confronting it.
More than one thousand delegates
from every section of the Soviet Re-
public are on hand to participate in
the sessions which are recognized by
the Communists the world over and
the capitalist governments of every
country to be Of extraordinary impor-
lance.
From East and West.
AT yesterdays sessions the conven-
ton welcomed factory workmen COM
ing from Vladivostock, the Donetz Ba-
sin, Ekaterinaslov, Odessa and the
other industrial cente=s of the repub-
lie. These workers brot wreaths to
lay on the tomb Of Lenin. They pre-
scented the delegates with new red
banners as a mark of working class
solidarity and purpose.
Kamenev reused the delegates and
workingmen to high pitch of en-
thusiasm in his opening address on
the life and work of the departed
leader of the international Communist
movement and the world revolution.
An air of extreme solemnity gripped
the inspired audience which rose in
memory Of Comrade Lenin and stood
motionless for nearly ten minutes in
honor of their dead teacher and
leader.
Workers In shop Clothes.
The sessions Of the Congress are
being held in the famous Hall Of St.
Andrews. The many mirrored walls
and ceilings and the sumptuous can
delabra are all bedecked with black
crepe to commemorate the death Of
Lenin AS the hundreds Of work
ingmen in their shop clothes and the
delegates clad in peasant costume
filled this hall of splendor one could
not but be deeply stirred by this SYM
Dol of the new day in which the work
ing class and peasantry reign supreme
over land on whose territory the
sun never SETS.
The tremendous power Of Com
munism as the liberating force Of the
city and rural masses is dramatized
by the striking contrast.
A presidium of forty-two has been
elected to facilitate the conventions
work. A spirit of unity is manifest
in the ranks Of the delegates. There
does not appear to be trace Of the
effects Of the recent controversy
which was settled with the decisive
victory for the old guard of feminist
co-workers and followers. Among the
prominent members Of the governing
body of the convention are: Zinoviev,
Trotsky, Rykov, Djerjinsky, Kamen-
ov and Krupskaya, the widow of Com
rade Lenin.
Many Important Problems.
The congress is confronted with
numerous complex problems. Mere
ly to mention few of the most press
ing questions one finds the following:
The Communist party is determined
to increase the proportion of its men,
bership which consists of industrial
workers. The executive committee is
planning to launch a new drive for
members in order to reach the mil
lion mark. Ninety per cent of this
million is to come from the ranks of
the city workers, according to the
plan of the leaders of the party. This
is merely part of an elaborate pro-
gram mapped out by the central ex-
ecutive committee to strengthen the
party organization.
Building Up Industry.
Another problem Of serious import
before the delegation is that of
strengthening the Soviet system of
national economy. Soviet Russia has
long road to travel yet before it will
realize the complete Communist pro-
gram for economic reconstruction and
industrial reorganization along Com
munist lines.
The congress will deal especially