The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-21
BY G. LELEVITcH.

ence which was attended by over $50
delegates from all parts of the U. s..
S. r. was highly interesting literary
and social event.
Only after the seizure of state pow
er is it possible for the proletariat to
turn it's attention to cultural construc-
ton in the true sense of these words
and to create its own well-developed
bellies lettres. However, some ele-
ments of its classical culture the pro-
letariat creates long time before it
has become the ruling class. "The
world labor movement" wrote Lenin
as far back as 1913, Creates and con-
tinually develops the international
culture of the proletariat.'
THE proletariat of the Soviet Re-
/ publics is confronted with the
gigantic problem of cultural revoiu-
tion," which was so wildly outlined
by Lenin. The liquidation of litter
acy, the enormous development of the
social-political and general-culture
consciousness of very large sections
Of the population, the radical revolu
ton in the technique of production,
the introduction of the cooperative
system among small producers. The
reorganization of social conditions
and the emancipation of women, the
ceaseless struggle with bourgeois and
petty-bourgeois theology. partly reviv.
ed by the introduction of the N. E. P,
the complete re-education not only of
the consciousness but of the senti-
ments of the working classes-such
are the monstrously difficult tasks
which must be solved if the U. S. S. r.
is to become a Communist country.
The role of bellies lettres, which ex-
ercises an enormous influence on the
subconscious life of people, has gain
ed in Importance under these condi
tions.
n the influence Of literature made
n itself more and more felt, the
literary creativeness of the working
class received an impetus. Old pro-
letarian writer's made new and very
valuable contributions, for instance,
the novel of Seragomvitch, 1.-THE Iron
Hood" New talent made its appear
ance; the poet Bozymensky, who from
being the best poet of the Young Com,
munist League, rapidly developed into
a true poet of Bolshevism; the young
proletarian songster of the country
side, Ivan Doronin, the talented pro,
letarian bellies lettres writes: Fedor
Glatkov, Yuri Libidensky and many
others became justly prominent in
modern literature. A considerable
number of new proletarian literary
groups came into being: "The Young
Guard 'The Spring of Labor" "Con-
struction," and last but not least the
leading group, october"
n MASS literary movement of un-
n heard of dimensions came into
being at the same time. The workers
correspondents movement became
not only a powerful source of jour
nalistic proletarian forces, but also
powerful reservoir from which pro
letarian bellies lettres derives its
forces. The masses have a great
desire for artistic creativeness,
and the district factory and workshop
club, Red army young Communist
worker correspondents literary-artis-
tic circles have given shape and form
to this desire. The astoundingly rap
i'd development Of these proletarian
literary and artistic elements must be
credited. 1t Is not unusual for a
workers correspondent, whose only
achievements hitherto were few Sec
ond-rate poems, contributed to the
factory newspaper, to become in
very short space Of time a contribut-
or to big gubernia newspaper, and
soon after contributor to the weekly
periodical, progressing gradually un-
til we meet his name In about six
months time in the columns of "fat"
journals, and in twelve months time
we see him already established as a
well-known poet occupying a promin-
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