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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
The Political Report of the Central Committee to the XVI Party Congress
ofhe Communist ay Of the Soviet Union

we cultivate, how many months earlier shall
we complete industrial undertakings and rail-
ways, than we had planned-these are the
questions we are thinking of when we speak
If difficulties. Consequently our difficulties
differ from those of, let us say, America or
England, in being difficulties of growth, of
advancement.
And what does this mean? 1t means that
our difficulties contain in themselves the pos
sibility of their solution. 1t means that the
characteristic feature of our difficulties con-
sists of the fact that they themselves furnish
the basis for their solution.
What is the final result of all this?
Above all, the result is that our difficulties
are not trifling and accidental disagree
ments," but difficulties of the class struggle.
Secondly, the result is that our class foes
lie in ambush behind our difficulties, that these
difficulties are complicated by the desperate
resistance of the classes condemned to eXtinc-
ton in our country, by the support given to
these classes from outside, by the existence of
bureaucratic elements in our own institutions
by the lack of faith and Justification in some
strata of our Party.
Thirdly, the result is that the overcoming of
the difficulties requires above all that the at
tacks of the capitalist elements be repulsed,
their resistance broken, and the path Herewith
cleared for a rapid advance.
And finally, the result is that the very char
acter of our difficulties, since these are diff
culties of growth, gives US the possibilities of
repusing our class enemies.
But if these possibilities are to be utilized
and realized and employed to break the re-
sistance of our class enemies and to overcome
the difficulties, only one means can be used;
the organization of the offensive against the
capitalist elements on the whole front, and the
isolation of the opportunist elements in our
own ranks, who disturb our attack, rush in
panic from one extreme to another, and sow
doubt of our victory in the Party. (Applause.)
There is no other means.
Only people who have lost their heads can
seek a solution in the childish formula of
Comrade Bukharin, of the peaceful merging of
capitalist elements in socialism. Our course
OF development does not run, and never has
run, according to Comrade Bukharin's formula
Our development has been, and continues to
be, in accordance with Lenin's formula Of
"Who-whom 2" Shall we defeat and crush
the exploiters, will they defeat and crush
US, the workers and peasants of the Soviet
Union-this is the question: Comrades
Therefore-the organization of the socialist
attack along the whole front-this is the task
that sprang into being for us when we took
up the work for the reconstruction of our
whole national economy.
And it was thus that the Party interpreted
its mission when it organized the offensive
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H. The Increasing Progress of the Building Up of Socialism
and the Inner Situation of the Soviet Union

particular. In industry, already assembled ant
socialized the technical reconstruction finds it
social economic basis ready in all essentials
Here the chief task of reconstruction is to aid
as far possible the process of supplantin'
the capitalist elements IN industry by socialist
In agriculture matters are not so simple. TIL
reconstruction of the technical basis of agri-
culture pursues it need not be said, the samt
aims. But the popularity of our agriculture
lies in the preponderance of the small peasant
farm, unable to make use of the new technics,
this means that reconstruction of the techni-
cal basis of our agriculture is impossible with
out the simultaneous reconstruction of the old
social economic structure, without the combin-
alton of the small farms in large collectives,
without digging up the very roots of capital
ism in agriculture. 1t is easily comprehensive
that these circumstances are bound to compl-
cate our difficulties, and our work in over
coming these difficulties.
Thirdly, it must be taken into account that
our activities towards the socialist reconstruc-
ton of our national economy, tearing apart all
the old ties of capitalism, and turning topsy-
turvey all the forces of the old world, are
bound to arouse the desperate resistance of
these forces. Facts show this to be the case.
The malicious damage committed by the
bourgeois intelligentsia in every branch of our
ILuuSIIS, Tie DEuldI struggle Oh Jl6 kuIdkS
against the collective forms of economics in
the village, the sabotage of the measures of
the Soviet power by the bureaucratic elements
of the apparatus who represent an agency of
the class enemy-these are at the present time
the main forms of the resistance of class be.
coming extinct in our country. 1t is clear that
these circumstances cannot facilitate our work
towards the reconstruction of our national
economy
Fourthly, we must take into account that
the resistance of the class thus dying out in
our country is not carried on isolated from the
outer world, but receives the support of the
capitalists all round. The capitalist surround
ings mean that the Soviet power is encircled
by hostile class forces, ready to give both
moral and material support to the enemies of
the Soviet Union within the country itself,
ready to organize either a financial blockade
or a military intervention as occasion may
offer. 1t has been proved that the acts of
damage committed by our specialists, the anti
Soviet actions of the Kulaks, the attacks made
by arson and Internal machines on our under
takings and buildings, have been subsidized
and instigated from outside The imperialist
world has no wish to see the Soviet Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
BY HARRY CANNES

nut of the Canadian elections grows the
spectre of greater conflicts between the two
leading imperialist powers, Great Britain and
the United States. The conservative party,
headed by R. B. Bennett, won a majority in
the House of Commons in the fight for greater
independence of the Canadian exploiters. my
concern" said Bennett the day following the
conservative victory, "is for Canada first
within the British empire" Here is double
edged sword.
BY his Canada first" slogan Bennett means
the Canadian bosses want 20 fill their pockets
first, as against the United States mperialists
And "within the British empire" foreshadows
closer alignment with the British imperialsts
in their struggles against Wall Street en-
misunderstanding the British aid the
Canadian bourgeois to gain greater profits at
the expense of the U. S.
The main issue brought out in the elections
by the capitalist parties, the liberal, conserva-
tive and tabor" was the retaiatory tariff bill,
passed by the Mackenzie King liberal gov
eminent on May LIST, known as the Dunning
May Day Tariff
This tariff was passed by the King liberals.
who had previously shown some preferece for
Wall Street That the tariff was directed mainly
against the United States and in the interest
OF Great Britain was admitted by Premier
King. eve have diverted something like $780,
100000 purchasing power from the United
States to Great Britain" said King in a speech
at Newmarket, Ont, on July 10. He proposed
a closer union with the British empire, and
higher retaliatory tariffs against the United
States. Bennett and the conservatives went
even further. They demanded sharper tariff
against the U. ST. collaboration with the Brit
ish Empire, but more independent position
of the Canadian bourgeoisie.
a, ;c +bo l., Co.
United States. American exports to Canada
amount to about s80o,ooO,OO0 yearly. In 1922
exports to Canada were s515,O00,00O; in 1927
they jumped to $687 ,O0O,0 900 and in 1929, $685.
100000. Then due to the crisis, exports to
Canada began to drop. In the first five months
Of 1880 they were $311 100000, compared with
san, 100000 in the same period of 1929. In
May the tariff act was passed and imports
received Knockout blow.
The Importance of the Canadian markets for
the American mperiaists is shown by a United
Press dispatch from Washington published in
the New York Telegram, July 80. 1t reads:
"The United States now has great markets
in Canada for steel, farm implements, ma.
chinery, automobiles, chemicals, wood, coal
petroleum, raw cotton and cotton manufac-
lures, and many other commodities. In one
year, 1929, exports to Canada were valued at
6s,o570 00 Fl per cent increase. This years
igures so far indicate a decrease which will
at least wipe out the gain"
Lynn W. Meekins, U. S. commercial attache
at Ottowa, in wire to the Department of
Commerce pointed out the havoc the new tariff
would work on American trade. american
producers are greatly interested in the clauses
which give preference to- British Empire
goods" he wired, land raise the duties against
american products. :. Competition between i'm
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are interested in protecting the interests of
Canada
=. sin the same way in trade relations with
in the British Empire, our first concern is ma
turally for Canada, but we are not, for that
reason, any less anxious to advance empire
interests" Thus speaks the Canadian bour-
geoisie.
Bennett made some fake promises about
studying the unemployment problem" Canada
is suffering from the general world crisis, and
is undergoing particularly severe agraran
crisis. Thousands of Canadian poor farmers
are being ruined by the sharp drop in wheat
prices and the huge amount of overproduction.
Automobile production in Canada has dropped
sharply. Building construction is down. Hun
dreds of thousands are unemployed. Both the,
Bennett and King parties favor increased sup
preston of the rising mtancy of the working
class. Bennett will further the fascist policies
against the Communist Party started by the
liberal regime.
On every side the antagonisms of capitalism
are increasing. The war danger is being sharp
ened. The unity of the American and Canadian
workers against the imperialist war danger,
now more than ever, is an imperative necessity.
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Reconstruction of the Party and
Building of New Cadres

and the unsatisfactory composition of the lead
ing cadres. Therefore, the forthcoming
Party Convention must most emphaticay
raise the question of the necessity of rapidly
and boldly filling the leading cadres, by bring
ing in new forces which have grown up during
the course of the recent big proetarian strug-
giles. :"
This letter of the Comintern places the or
ganizational tasks of our Party very clearly.
We must place main emphasis in our Party
building task on the factory The thesis adopt
ed at the Seventh Convention sets our task
to organize minimum of 40 per cent of Party
into shop nuclei, and along with this we must
build our revolutionary unions.
Problem of Building New Cadres.
In the light of the c. /. letter and decision
of the Seventh National Convention, and in
facing the task of building our Party upon
mass basis, the question of developing new
cadres is of vital Importance. According to
the letter "chief cause of the delay has been
the numerical weakness and the unsatisfactory
composition of the leading cadres" Without
developing new forces it is impossible to build
the Party on the basis of shop nuclei and to
create a strong, well functioning apparatus,
and without functicning apparatus the Party
campaigns cannot be carried out and the Party
cannot be connected with the masses therefore
in every district committee of the Party.
Often comrades have the tendency to solve
the question of new cadres merely by request
ing the Central Committee to send them "ad
ditional forces" $50 many colonizers," etc.
The Central Committee is faced with these
kinds of requests continually. The Central
Committee is doing what is humanity possible
to help every district by sending all available
forces to them and is trying to distribute
Party forces evenly, but comrades in the dis
tricts must understand that the Central Com
mittee is not in position to fulfill all of these
demands for new forces and even if it could.
this would not solve the problem.
Comrades, there are no new forces until
we create them, unless we, in connection with
Party mass work, bring forth and develop
new proletarian comrades into responsible
functionaries of the Party. This is the best
way to solve this problem. Therefore, the
Central Committee instructs every district
committee to Immediately set themselves to
this task Of developing new cadres. How is
this to be done? Shop nuclei must become our
reservoir from where we continually draw new
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(Contsnued)

(C0Ht5fEUedJ
T. Difficulties of Growth, Struggle of the
Classes, and Offensive of Socialism on the
Whole Front
| have spoken of our achievements in the
development of our national economy. | have
spoken of our achievements in the sphere of
industry, of agriculture, of the reconstruction
of the whole of our national economy on the
basis of socialism. And last | spoke of our
achievements in the task of improving the
material situation of the workers and peasants
1t would however be an error TO suppose that
these achievements have been won quietly
and easily" so to speak in the natural course
of events, without any special efforts or exer-
ton of will, or without struggles and convul-
sions. In reality we have gained these achieve
ments in the course of a determined struggle
against, difficulties, and have undergone many
serious and lengthy struggle in the over
coming of these difficulties.
These difficulties are discussed among US
by everybody But not everybody seriously
considers the nature of the difficulties And
yet the problem of the character of the diff
culties is of the utmost Importance. Hence
the question arises: What are the character
istic features of our difficulties, what hostile
forces are concealed behind them, and how are
we to overcome these?
la characterization of our difficulties
must take into consideration at least the fol-
lowing circumstances.
First we must take into account that our
present difficulties are those of the reconstruc-
struction period. What does this mean? 1t
means that they differ fundamentally from the
difficulties Of the restoration period of our
economy. During the reservation period the
work in hand consisted of utilizing the old
works and factories to the utmost, and in
aiding agriculture on its old basis. But now
it is matter of reconstructing both industry
and agriculture from top to bottom by means
of changing their technical basis, and furnish
ing them with modern technical equipment.
This means that we are confronted with the
task of rebuilding the whole technical basis
Of our national economy. And this demands
fresh reliable investments in national economy,
and fresh and experienced cadres of workers
capable of utilizing the achievements of up
to-date technics, and of carrying them further.
Secondly, it must be taken into account that
the reconstruction of national economy in our
country is not confined to a rebuilding of its
technical basis, but on the contrary involves
at the same time reorganization of social
economic relations. l refer to agriculture in
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BY Fl. PURO.


in its letter May 10 to the Central Commit
tee of our Party, Politsecretariat of the Com
munist international says: SAT the forth
coming Party Convention, considerable atten-
ton must be paid to the question of strength
ening the Party organizationally. The left.
ward swing Of the broad proletarian masses,
and, in connection with this, the rapidly grow
ing influence of the Party among the masses,
raises the question very sharply of the or
ganizational strengthening of the Party as
the most important prerequisite for the fur
Their development of the Party"
This letter of the C. l. Politsecretariat was
discussed at length at the Seventh Convention
of our Party.
Keynote at the Party Convention was: Into
the shops, into the masses. The convention set
as one of the main tasks of the Party the
building of our Party on the basis of shop
nuclei and the building of tn revolutionary
unions.
The above mentioned letter states further
that, "the chief cause of the delay, and the
unsatisfactory work on the reconstruction of
the Party on the basis of factory nuclei at
the present moment when the Party has a cor
rest political line, is the numerical weakness
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capitalist countries. When difficulties are
spoken of in the United States difficulties of
decay are referred to, for America is passing
through crisis at the present time, crisis OF
economic decline. When difficulties are
spoken of in England they are difficulties of
stagnation, since for several years England's
economy has stagnated, that is, it's forward
movement stagnates. But when we speak of
our difficulties, we are not referring to either
a decline or a stagnation of our development
but to the growth of our powers, their upsurge
the forward movement of our economy. How
many points shall we advance by a certain
term, to what extent shall we increase produc-
ton, how many hectares of land shall
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furnishing, and attaining a position enabling
to overtake and out-dstance the advanced
apitalist countries. Therefore it aids the
orces of the old world in the Soviet Union. 1t
again comprehensive that this circumstance
90 cannot serve to facilitate our reconstruc-
i've work.
The characterization of our difficulties
would however not be complete without due
consideration of still another circumstance
This relates to the special nature of these diff
ulties 1t relates to the fact that our diff
;uties are not those of decay or stagnation,
but of growth, of progress, of forward move
ment. This means that our difficulties are
different from those of the
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Garvey Leadership and the C. P.

the Communist Party joined the revolutionary
movement not because of their hatred of a
system which degrades and Expresses them
but because in the Communist Party where
race prejudice invites expulsion ''they can
dance with white girls"
The Negro World insnuates that the Com
munists are insincree in their demands for full
political and social equality for the Negro
masses, and warns the Negro masses to ere
member what has happened to the Jews in
Russia" For the purpose of its lying argu-
ment, the Negro World could not have chosen
worse illustration. For what has happened
to the Jews in Russia is precisely this: that
while under the czarist capitalist system they
were bounded, slaughtered and oppressed. to-
day, under Communism they are enjoying full
equality with other Russian workers, particu-
larly to the full in the government and in the
gigantic achievements of the socialist construc-
ton which is changing the face of the country
and enrching the cultural and economic life
of the masses.
The right of self-determination is one of the
cardinal principles of the program of the Com
munist international, and just as in Soviet
Russia Communist regime extends this right
to all minorities, so in the United States the
American section of the Communist Intnerna-
tional wages aggressive struggle for the right
OF the Negro masses to have their own gov
eminent in those sections of the country where
they form the majority of the population as
they do in many parts of the South.
The Negro World resents the charge against
the Garvey leadership of being tools of the
capitalists, yet in this editorial it deliberately
plays the game of the bosses by advising Ne
gro workers to isolate themselves from the
rest OF the working class. This is the OBJ
Jective OF the capitalists and the aim and pur-
pose OF the imperialist theology of racial hatred
and separation. The Negro World viciously
peddles the cheap SANDERS of the Fish Com
mittee against the revolutionary Negro work.
ers. And it conveniently forgets the collabora-
ton of Garvey leaders with the capitalist po-
lice in the murder of Alfred Levy, a Negro
revolutionary worker of Harlem.
Nor does it repudiate in any way the treach-
erous and slavish advice given to the Negro
masses of Jamaica by Marcus Garvey in his
"Blackman" of June 2S that in their struggle
against oppression they "would not dare to
accept and foster something that was tabooed
by the mother country" This is the same as
telling the Negro masses they cannot struggle
against oppression. This is spreading with a
vengeance the illusion that the depressing i'm
perialist is the mother country of the op-
pressed!
With such examples before them the Negro
masses are increasingly recognizing the fulfil
ity and treachery of the Negro petty bourgeois
leaders and are turning to the Communist
Party as the Party of the Negro and white
masses the Party of revolutionary struggle
against iraperialist oppression, lynch terror,
unemployment and war. And not all the lies
of the Negro misleaders can stop the leftward
move Of the l,egro masses
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forces. But in order that we may be able
to do this, the district committee must under
take to pay very close attention to the work
of every comrade in the shop nuclei, and all
those comrades who in their work in the shop
nuclei have distinguished themselves as active
and responsible comrades, must be promoted
for higher and more responsible Party work.
Responsible work in each unit of the Party
must be divided. BY division of work there is
possibility of developing new forces For in
stance, comrade, in the shop nucleus in charge
of distributing leaflets and shop papers, who
has successfully discharged this important duty
during a certain period of time, has certainly
shown capabilities for organization work and
should be promoted. Comrades, who have
shown success in editing good shop papers, are
capable of agitprop work, and other comrades
who have distinguished themselves in organ
izing shop nuclei, shop committees, new unions,
unemployed councils, etc., are the ones who
should be pushed and promoted for higher
and more responsible Party work. Special at
tention must be paid to teaching comrades
how to extend Party influence amongst the
masses, how to mobilize masses Of workers to
support and take part in the mass campaigns
Of the Party
(To Be Continued