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5. The problem of increasing the produc-
tivity of labor. Without a systematic intensifl-
cation of the productivity of labor, in industry
and agriculture, we cannot fulfil the tasks of
reconstruction, and not only are we unable
to overtake and outstrip the most advanced
capitalist countries, but we cannot even main
tain our own independent existence Hence the
problem of the increase of labor productivity
is of paramount Importance to US.
The measures taken by the Party for the
solution of this problem extend in three direc-
tions: the systematic improvement of the ma
terial situation in the industrial and agrlcul-
turai undertakings, and finally, the organiza-
ton of socialist competition and of the shock
brigades. And all this on the basis of perfected
technics and rational organization of labor
1t is our task to develop further the mass
campaign for the carrying out of these meas
ures.
6. The problem of supplies. In this problem
we must include the question of providing ade-
quate supplies of the necessary products to the
workers in town and country, the adoption of
the cooperative apparatus to the needs of the
workers and peasants, the systematic raising
of the real wages of the workers, the lowering
of the prices of industrial goods and agricul-
tural products. l have already referred to the
faults of the consumers cooperative societies.
These faults must be rectified and policy OF
reducing prices pursued. With respect to the
shortage of goods goods famine), we are now
in position to extend the material basis
of our light industry, and to increase the out
put of goods for the mass consumption of the
towns. The situation is more difficult with
regard to the supplies of meat, milk, and vege-
tables This difficulty can, unfortunately, not
be liquidated within a few months. At least
year is required After the lapse of a year,
the Soviet farms and collective agricultural
undertakings organized for this purpose will
afford us the possibility of guaranteed ample
supplies of meat, milk products, and vege-
tables. What does the securing of supplies
of these products mean, since we have already
in our hands reserves of grain, manufactured
articles, the building of workmens dwellings,
and the cheap communal institutions? 1t means
that we control the whole of the decisive fac
tors determining the household and the real
wages of the workers. 1t means the guarantee
that the wages of the workers will rise rapidly
and finally.
1t is our task to develop the work of all our
organizations in this direction.
Z. The problem of credits and the circula-
ton of money. The rational organization of
our credit service and the purposeful disposal
of our money reserves are of serious impor
lance for the development of our national
economy The measures taken by the Party
for the solution of this problem extend in two
directions: The concentration of all short-term
credits in the State Bank and the organization
of non-cash transactions in the socialized sec
tor By these means the State Bank becomes
a national apparatus for the control of pro-
duction and the distribution of products, and