The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-05
Organizer, Leader Insprer Of the Workers Revolution

the cultural and political standards
of the rural population.
Closer to the Masses
b. The Russian Communist Party
is drawing ever closer to those who
work in the factories, mills, railroads,
mines, to the proIetariat of manual
labor. The Russian Communist Party
knows that dictatorship of the pro-
letariat means dictatorship of the
producers of wealth over all remnants
Of the old system. The Russian Com.
munist Party, therefore, makes every
effort to increase its ranks by men
and women working at the bench, to
give to such men and women
the most responsible positions
in the party and in the state,
to discourage the entrance into the
party Of elements hailing from the
bourgeois intellectual groups, to adapt
the life of the party to the standards
Of living Of the average factory work
Ier.
There has been a steady and con-
sistent proIetarianlzation Of the party
and the state apparatus. In 1918 the
Central Executive Committee OF the
r. C. P. consisted of Is intellectuals
and / worker; in 1924 it consists of
25 intellectuals and 29 workers. The
Central Committee of $50 members is
Overwhelmingly composed Of workers
In 1923 the percentage of workers in
the Communist Party as a whole was
Al, that of the peasants %, and that
of Office employees, 81. At present
the percentage of workers in the party
is Sc, with 35 per cent actually work
ing in factories and shops. Out of SO
combinations of factories (''trusts,"
l. e. groups Of german factories with
one general management, so are I'M
der the presidency Of members of the
Russian Communist Party, most Of
whom are workers. Out of 43S fac
tories employing 200 workers and
more, 23s have Communist directors
(managers) mostly coming from the
working class. in the textile industry,
20 per cent Of the managers are Com
munists and workers. This In spite
Of the fact that there was scarcity
Of managerial experience even among
the most Revolutionary workers. The
proletarianization Is being carried out
by the party in order that the party
and the state be an adequate express
sion Of the working class not only in
the formulation OF principles and IN
the pursuit Of policies but also In
the composition Of the personnel
The Russian Communist Party
makes It easy for factory workers to
join its Organization. The Russian
Communist Party puts up almost pro
hibitive demands to non-workers who
wish to become members. Recon-
mendation by five members who have
been in good standing for no less than
five years is required for a non-work-
er. The recommendation Of three
members in good standing for three
years, is required for factory workers.
The entrance of workers into the par
ty has now been made easier by in
Producing the recommendation Of a
general meeting of the workers Of the
factory or shop where the aspirant is
employed. The goal put before the
party by its last congress MAY 1924
is one million members Of whom more
than a half are actually working by
hand at the bench.
1t is the conception Of the Russian
Communist Party that a worker by
hand possesses, as a general rule. all
the revolutionary qualities essential
for q proletarian government sur.
rounded BY numerous enemies from
without and compelled to work IN a
petty-bourgeois medium in the coun-
try itself: honesty, courage, endur-
ance, discipline, simplicity. moderate
life. a clear view. an unbiased mind,
and genuine devotion to the inter.