The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-26
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program. Iney were answered: why, you were
in power for over half year and did not realize
your program; why do you complain if someone
else has realized it?
But someone may ask, why did the Bolsheviks
take the socialistrevolutionary program and not
their own? Lenin has given the answer many
times The s. r. program was the program of
the peasants themselves. 1t was the nationalist
ton of the land-as in the Bolshevik program
But peculiar feature in the peasants program
was the "egual use of the land" that is the land
was to be distributed on the basis of the mem
bers of the family. 1t is primitive method and
does not adapt itself to the conditions of modern
economy. But the peasants had to learn this
through experience. A new land law was passed
in 1922, on the basis of the experiences gained
In it is set forth how land can be acquired
First the large soviet farms and the cooperative
farms. Then the land of the peasants The land
departments of the soviets under the direction of
the commissariat of agriculture solve the land
problems.
correct approach to the peasants has been
the main problem of the soviet government The
greatest crises of the revolution have arisen from
it. But the Bolsheviks have solved them and
maintained their unity with the peasants Even
the big peasants were in the beginning for the
October revolution. They had been the leaders
of the village from early times and hoped to get
in many cases they took it. since they controlled
many soviets But soon the class struggle broke
out In the country the poor and middle peasants
began to claim their rights A decree authorized
the committees of the poor to settle the land 0ues
ton when the soviets of the rich peasants refused
to carry out the land law At the party con-
ventiOn of 1919, Lenin made his famous speech
about the middle peasants, who had become the
central figures in the country. The union be-
tween the workers tho moo So41fe
the fight against the old regime and strengthened
In the civil war against the white armies, was
again confirmed through the n. E. P.-The New
Economic Policy which gave the peasants vast
freedom of initiative. Their self-goyernment
through the soviets has since taken great strides
forward. And again at the last convention the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union had to face
the peasant problem: how further to strengthen
the alliance between the workers and the poor
and middle peasantry, and what stand to take
towards the growing up of wealthy farmers who
because of the rapid development of productive
forces, are becoming eager to get the control in
the soviets and in the cooperatves at the expense
of the poor farmers. The immediate future will
show that the party has succeeded in solving even
this problem. #ASra gRh
How about the realization of socialism? Was
this not the immediate purpose of the soviet gov
eminent? No. Lenin had already during the
hefehsKy regime, showed that the first question
to be solved was the question of power. The
ground must be cleared. Then it would be pos
sibe to start the building up of something new
socialism, Immediately the banks were national
lied, centralized around a government bank
Great trusts and industrial enterprises were also
nationalized. But in most cases only workers
control was established in private enterprises.
The capitalists were asked to go ahead with pro.
duction But they were not willing to yield-their
power Lenin tells how the soviet power took
such moderate steps as to monopolize advertis
ing Tor the soviet papers (private papers were
also allowed to be published) But the capital
lists refused to consider such petty things: they
wanted to have the question of power decided
first and they started civil war. And only after
three or four years were they willing to live as
DISTINGUISHED class AMI recognize the control