The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10

is racr. During the two and half
years they came nearer to the work
ing masses, and this also cannot be
denied. They have catered ror their
material interests; they have them
selves become greater mass bodies,
and there lies the achievement of the
labor movement. Our trade unions
have made great progress also in
their educational work. They have
set up 1000 clubs. This is truly pro-
letarian work, instead of pratt1e about
proletarian culture. The trade unions
should continue to work in this line.
But as regards industry, as regards
direct participation of the trade I'M
ions in managing industry, we have,
in my opinion, Jagged behind during
these two years. The production cir
cles now being set up are of course,
very promising. But this is not
enough. The trade unions do not
make use of their industrial rights to
the extent that Lenin's resolutions
have entitled them to, resolutions
adopted unanimously. The trade I'M
ions were absorbed in other tasks. OF
course, it is good that they had full
filed them, but we are now entering
new phase. The trade unions should
engage more closely than before in
industry, in the drawing up Of the
production programs, in forming the
administrations in fixing prices, etc.
In all this the trade unions should
take an active part, and they should
raise productivity of labor to the
highest possible degree. Only thus
can the issue with the peasantry be
solved.
The Problem Of the Commanders in
the Real Sense of the Word.
It appears to me that in this con-
nection the problem Of commanders
in the real sense of the word again
arises. am not speaking here of
the commanders in the red army. l
speak of the teacher who also belongs
among the commanders. I am speak
ing here of the production command
ers. The trade unions have begun
to promote the production personnel
from among their ranks, have begun
to remove the sham specialists, In or
der to replace them by their own peo-
pie and support the truly honest and
real specialists. The question OF com
manders In the broad sense Of the
word, never stood as clearly as now.
1t now stands broadly in relation to
the peasantry, In relation to land I'm
provement in the village, IN relation
to culture, etc., ETC., in every sphere
in which our life is developing. We
cannot pass over this question. which
is one Of the essential questions Of
our internal policy. This gave rise
to the new attitude to the teachers.
This is no mere unprincipied f1irta-
ton, but a new historical situation.
A similar attitude is necessary all
along the line.
The production commanders, both
the lower and middle should be sought
primarily from amongst your own
ranks, and this question should be
IoShACu IL aAA oCAAOuouCocs ANOW IldI
the country is warming up, when the
alarm over bread and butter has been
forgotten. when new political ana eco
nomic questions are being raised,
when new relations between the work
ers and the peasantry are clearly de-
veloping, that represents a possible
menace (they are not necessarily a
menace If the proper measures are
taken), under such a situation the
several hundred thousand men thru
out the country who make up the
commanding personnel in the broad
sense of the word. should be ideoio-
gically organized by us, should be
ideologically with us. so that we could
be responsible for them. This should
become an object engaging the con-
slant attention of the party and the
trade unions. do not know how this
matter will turn out In reality, in
practice. but any way, 1t stands as a
political problem intimately affecting