The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-19
STRESS GROWING
WEALTH OF POOR
PEASANT IN USSR
Report at Party Meet
Hits Opposition
Especial Cable to Daily workerl

MOSCOW, Dec. 18,--The middle
peasantry in the Soviet Union is
growing only because of the increas-
ing prosperity of the poor peasant,
declared Molotov in his report on
rural economy at the Fifteenth Con-
gress Of the All Union Communist
Party. Molotov's report severely
criticized the Opposition's views on
The peasant question as contrary to
the New Economic Policy. "Seven
years Of the N. r. p" he said, "have
shown the direction of the Party to
be correct"
In his report, Molotov produced the
following data regarding the position
of the peasantry. The middle and
poorer layers of the farmers occupy
149 million hectares of land as op-
posed to the 66 million hectares be-
fore the revolution. The boss peas
ants, however, have four million hec-
tares compared to the IS million pre-
viously possessed by them. /
Growing Prosperity.
The characteristic feature of the
actual processes of differentiation Of
the peasantry il, that the middle
group of the peasantry is not de-
ereasing as is happening in capital
ist society, but on the contrary, is
increasing on account of the diminu-
ton of the poor group, whose smaller
part is being proletarianized, and
whose larger part is growing into
the middle group.
The series of data presented re-
garding the condition Of the boss
peasant layer indicates that although
during recent years this group has
grown, their influence, however, re-
mains insignificant.
More Specialization.
Molotov continued to point out the
correctness of the policy pursued by
the Soviet Union, which aims to limit
the growth of capitalist elements.
Molotov emphasized that the funda-
mental task of the Communist Party
must be to find the right economic
ways to effect transition from small
individual holding economy to large
collectivism-ec economy.
That such transition is necessary,
he continued, is ever more deeply
penetrating the consciousness of the
peasant masses, who have, in recent
years, attained considerable successes
in the field of cooperative movements.
By Appropriations
! Socialist industry is coming to the
peasants assistance in this respect.
Collective economies in agricultural
communes, "cartels," ETC., show that
every year they are playing higher
role, and further attest that the sup
post of construction of big socialized
peasant economy is necessary.
Seven hundred million roubles will
1be apportioned towards financing
rural economy in 1928, while five
years Of an industrialization plan,
provides even larger investments in
rural economy.
Correct Policy.
"Seven years of the New Economic
Policy have shown that the direction
in which the Party entered is cor
rect" Molokov said. "The N E. P.
and union with the peasantry-these
principles must remain unshakable.
"The Opposition sees in the N. E.
/ p only retreat. This is calumny
and failure to understand the Len
I mist line. AS early as the Eleventh
Party Congress, Lenin said no more
retreat, and since then the Party has
been marching forward, strengthening
! the socialist elements throughout the
national economy.
Hits Opposition.
"The Party has struggled and will
continue to struggle against the views
which hold that it is impossible to
build Socialist villages with middle
group peasants. Undoubtedly there
is a growth in the elements of big
public economy on hand, ard the
Party must in every way promote this
movement, without, however, using
any means of compulsion. The funda-
mental method should be, to carry
conviction and encouragement on the
part Of the prolctarian state"
In concluding his speech, Molotov
discussed conditions, assuring the con-
gress of the successful realization Of
such policy, and stressing the i'm
mense Importance of raising the Gull
tural level of the peasant population,
he exposed the next stages Of prac-
teal work to be carried on in the vii
lagos.
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