The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
BucI1arin Speaks at Russian Party Congress

speaker discussed the question of the
N. r. P, New Economic Policy.
Zinoviev declares war upon all those
who identify the N. e. P. with social
ism. We support such war with all
our forces. Zinoviev declares war
upon all those who confuse the N. e.
P. with socialism. We support that
completely, but the basic difference
remains between us. Zinoviev deals
with the N. E. P. almost exclusively
as retreat. Zinoviev's formulation
is as follows: The N. E. P. is the
broadcast retreat of Leninism. How
did Lenin regard the N. e. p? Lenin
said: The N. e. p. is the greatest
strategical maneuver. 1t includes a.
an element of retreat, (2) a reforma-
ton of forces, 90 an advance along
the reformed front line The limo
view formulation of the N. e. P. is
connected with the disbelief in the
possibility of the building up of So
cialism under technically backward
conditions. We have a slowing up of
the world revolution. From this Com
rade Salutzky concludes that a posi-
bility of degeneration exists Laugh
teri. We deny definitely the conten-
ton that the N. e. P. is only re-
treat and here we stand upon good
feminist standpoint.
THE question of state capitalism is
= closely connected with the cues
ton of N. E. p. Some comrades want
to smudge the correct treatment of
the problem as it stands at present.
Instead of answering the essential
question of the present moment, the
question of 1921 is raised. The Len
ingrad comrades declare that the ac-
cusation that they deny that the state
industry is logical socialist tyne. is
incorrect. They have therefore given
up their earlier attitude and have ac-
cepted the formulation that the state
undertakings are of a logical social
istic type. Zinoviev also is now in ia
vor of this formulation. But in his
book "Leninism" in the chapter on
state industry, there is word about
this. On the contrary, Zinoviev de-
clares expressly that even in our state
trusts, in their labor system and even
in our co-operatives, there are CAPT
talist elements present.
One may not deceive the workers
with well-sounding phrases that that
is socialism. This is the chief point
from Zinoviev's book. Without doubt
we have everywhere elements of cap
italism, but in dealing with the state
industry, why does Zinoviev not men
ton the logical socialistic type of the
undertakings. The speaker then made
a polemic against the Zinovievist in
depreciation of the resolution of Lenin
upon the role and the tasks of the
trade unions under the N. E. P. adopt
ed at the eleventh congress of the
russian (Communist) Party.
Z1noviev contends that Lenin de-
clared in this resolution the state nm.
dertakings to be state capitalism. In
actually the resolution contains no.
thing of the sort. The speaker tires.
sed that zinoviev had not represented
In his book Lenin's opinion upon the
logical socialistic undertakings. Zino-
view had also struggled against the
draft theses Of the speaker upon the
youth for the fourteenth party con-
gress because he, zinoviev, considers
our undertakings as state capitalist.
The other Leningrad comrades also,
for instance, Comrade Jevdokimov
have given no clear answer to the
question as to what our state under
takings are. The party must give the
answer because the whole proletariat
demands it.
THE speaker further dealt with the
L question of the character of state
capitalism. He stressed the fact that