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

SeSblOu OIL the FOuJlCal bureau OF the
Central Committee and Of the Pre-
sidium Of the Central Control Com
mission held on December 5th,. 1923,
in accordance with the decisions of
the Plenary October Session Of the
Central Committee and the Central
Control Commission.
|. The Party During the New
Economic Policy.
(a). The New Economic Policy,
which has caused a growth Of the
productive forces, has proved itself
to be a necessary stage on the long
protracted transition road from capt
talism to socialism. 1t has contribute
ed to the revival of national eco.
Monies in general and of the state
industry, the state commerce and OF
the co-operatives in particular. We
have witnessed a gradual increase in
the rate of wages, a return of quail
fed proletarians to the towns, rails.
ing of the level of culture among the
broad proletarian masses and in par.
ticular, the formation of new ranks
of proletarian and peasant intellec.
tuals, thanks to the systematic in.
structions impaired to the workers
and peasants in the higher educa.
tional establishments.
(b). The Twelfth Congress of the
Party, while taking note of the re
vival Of the economic life of the
country has, at the same time already
pointed out the necessity of estimat
ing every stage of the economic de-
velo3ment from the point of view OF
socialist construction. The dictator.
ship of the proletariat, which can
not be consolidated and developed
without an increase in the material
prosperity, could not even have main
tanned itself, if this increase in ma
terial prosperity had created pre-
ponderance of private capital over
state capital.
Economic Coordination Necessary.
The extraordinary difficulties with
which the economics of the country
are meeting at the present moment
are mainly expressed in the fact that
the products of our state industry dc
not find sufficient market. If dur.
ing the last year the disposal of our
products has met with ever-increas.
ing difficulties, this to a very great
extent is attributable to the extra
ordinarily high cost of production, to
the exceedingly high trading ex
penses and, in addition, to the un
justifiable methods of an exaggerated
computation of prices at the expense
Of the consumer. The underlying
causes Of these difficulties are the dis
parity and the lack of coordination
Of the various elements in the state
economics, both between themselves
individually and between themselves
as whole and the market, the ir
rational or insufficiently rational es
Enlistment of industrial and com
mercial undertakings and the conduct
Of their operations, in particular the
inability of our still bureaucratic
commercial and cooperative organi
cations to reach the rural markets
The central task remains, as here
tofore, the linking up of the state
industry with the peasants agricul
ture, l. O., in the first place the es
Enlistment of proper proportions
between the productivity of our state
industry on the one hand and the
requirements and extent of our main
ly rural market on the other. This
task can be carried out to the extent
to which the linking up of the va
rious factors and elements Of the
state industry between themselves is
appropriately and Systematically &C
complished.
In view of the foregoing the whole
Party must arrive at the conclusion
that the continued economic revival
which will enable us to overcome the
existing crisis within the more OF
less near future, will serve the cause
of socialist construction only insofar
as we learn to coordinate the ele.
ments of the state economics in
their relation to each other and to
the market generally.
I Danger Of Degeneration.
From this there arises the unique
Importance of the "Gosplan" of the
economic staff Of the socialist state
and of all the organizations for car
rying out planned economics in the
provinces. 1t is necessary to secure
effectually for them the position in
dictated by the resolution of the
Twelfth Congress.
The measures adopted in recent
times in order to reduce the prices
of manufactured goods and to pro
mote the export of grain, have al
ready led to a certain recovery in
the trade turnover and to an increase
in the price of grain. The struggle