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LEN1N ON THE ROLE OF THE PARTY

'Its Party should be the vanguard Of the
working class. It's membership should comprise
The pick OF the working class. It should embody
The experience OF the finest Stalwarts their revo-
luttonsry spirit their unbounded devotion to the
cause OF the proletariat. But in order to be an
affective vanguard, the Party must be armed
With revolutionary theory with a knowledge
OF the laws Of the movement, OF the laws of
revolution Lacking this the Party is not tit
10 rally the proletariat for the fight, or to take
over the functions Of leadership. The Party is
no true Party II 1t limits its activities to mere
registration Of the suffer1ngs and thoughts Of
ehs reoIetsstsn ynasses, II IL Is content TO be
-rasyec along in the wake OF the Spontaneous
movement" Of the masses, II IL cannot overcome
lie merida s.d the political indifference Of the
masses, y IL cannot rise superior 10 the tran
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masses Frank admission OF an error, discovery
Of its causes, analysis Of the situation in which
it occurred, careful study Of the ways by which
the mistakes can be recognized. That is the
education OF the class and of the masses
"Our adversarieS the enemies OF the Marxists,
are oVerjoyed at our dissensions They will
naturally make the most OF certain passages in
my pamphlet where refer to the mistakes and
shortcomings Of our Party, and will try to ex-
plot these admissions for their own purposes
The Russian Marxists have been in the firing
line SO long that they will disregard such pin
pricks They will, in spite Of them, go on with
the work OF self-criticism. They will continue,
unsparingly to expose their own weaknesses,
which will inevitably disappear as the working
class movement gathers strength"
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sient interests of the proletariat, il it is In
capable Of inspiring the masses with a prole-
tartan class consciousness. The Party should
march at the head Of the working class it should
see farther than the latter, 1t should lead the
proletariat, and not lag in the rear. The par
ties affiliated to the Second International the
advocates Of "khYostism' of "tailism" are the
fuglemen Of bourgeois policy Their leadership
condemns the proletariat TO becoming tool in
the hands Of the bourgeoisie. Only Party
which is conscious Of its function as vanguard
Of the proletsriat, which feels itself able TO in
spire the masses with a proletar1an class con-
sciousness, only such & Party can lead the
workers out Of the narrow path OF trade union
ism and consolidate them into an independents
political force. Such a Parry IS the political
leader OF the working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-08
LENIN ON SELF-CRITICISM

"ksutsky soOVss 8 typdcaI petty bourgeois at
tltude when he expresses the opinion that the
mere Utterance OF slogan makes difference
The history Of bourgeois democracy pricks this
bubble Bourgeois democrats have voiced, and
continue 10 voice. all possible slogans, this being
one OF the ways in which they hu1nbug the peo-
pie. The vital matter is that we should test the
sincerity OF thoee who utter slogans, should
compare their deeds with their words that we
should not be content With idealst and cheap
lack phraSeoIogy, but should find how much
actual class content hes behind the words.
The attitude OF political party towards its
own mistakes is one OF The gurest tests Of its
seriousness, and Of les ability 70 fulfill it's duties
coTar6s its class and towards the laDoring
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-08
Speed-Up and Wage Cuts for
the Jute Workers

ny LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.
TIE naturalization in the manufacture of jute
yarns and products such as burlap, cords, Irvine,
rope, bagging, ETC., has been most marked due
10 che stifs competition with other countries,
notably India The nature Of the raw material
and the product makes speed up an the more In
ss@ss. The industry La confined largely 10 Cab
5csaia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
New York, wisconsin, Pennsylvania
The bale Of jute as it comes from india weighs
400 pounds. This bale is taken by what is known
az q hatcher" who opens the bale and places
Tie heads on a truck. This prepares the jute in
sn.an lots 50 that the next operation can be taken
care OF easily The batchery usually work on a
s1Sss ysss bsss averaging about Is cents am
ansE, lnsH 10 aa.s twsnasmAoeS res~srrs sasa Nm
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The 'Proletarskaya Revoluzia," ;

The '.Proletarskaya Revoluzia," a
historical magazine in the Soviet
Union. published recently an article
by Slutzky. The article of the above
mentioned writer, attempted to
prove" that Comrade Lenin did not
fight Experimentation. Com
rade Stain sent letter of protest
to the editors of the magazine for
publishing an article which distorts
and ISLANDERS the History of the Boil
shevik Party. Comrade Stains let
ter il a crushing answer to those
who distort and peryert Leninism.
His letter exposes those attempts as
contraband Trotskyism. We are re-
printing a section from Comrade
Kaganovich's speech which was de-
livered on the occasion of the tenth
anniversary Of the founding of the
Institute of Red Professors. Com
rade Stalin's letter is printed in full
in the January issue of The Com
munist.
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Plots By the Bushel

The N. Y. Times Of Jan. 4 disclosed q sad
state of affairs in the U. S. Army. If some
workers, however remotely connected with the
labor movement, could do such things, they
would Immediately be the subject for headlines
two inches deep that would alarm everyone to
the menace" of said movement.
In one case, over at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Elsie Smith, the wife of Sergeant Albert Smith,
was found shot through the head amid scenes
.aaSicating a quarreI-and the sergeant is MISC
ing. The other case from Gilroy, California
told of Lieutenant French who had shot him.
self after trying to kill somebody elses wife who
was travelling with him by auto.
OF course, neither the capitalist press nor we
ourselves draw any general conclusions from
these events about the degeneracy Of army offiA
GERS. But, as we said, if workers in the labor
movement had been SO mentioned, there would
be sensational yarns about the red menace"
Surprisingly enough, the New York tabloids
seized upon the first case and made q red
menacee" fairy tale out of it anyhow! Thus the
Evening (Porno) Graphic started out:
Soviet intrigue. Charming Russian women
introducing soldiers into the strange rites OF
love cults" under the headline: Cops Seek
Soviet Cult For Clue in Army Post Killing"
When "cops seek a clue" plots will be found
as plentiful as backberries on Vermont noun
tain in late July But how come? Was Ser
geant Smith, who obviously should be sought -
the murdered of his wife, the Soviet Agent?"
And what strange rites of love cults" can SOLE
ders be introduced to" by Charming Russian
women" that said soldiers have not previously
been introduced to?"
Well that side OF the matter disappeared
along with Sergeant Smith Smith was hardly
mentioned. The cops weren't after him at all
They were seeking Soviet clues" Why? Be-
cause his dead wife was Russian bornI Clearly
a white guard" Russian, because she had asked
priest of the Orthodox Russian Church to ad-
wise her as to whether she should tell her htlss
band her past"
So II there was any Russian" influence on
the frail soldiers Of the o. 8 Army by women, 70
was by CZarists. The degeneracy and strange
love rites" OF these white guard ladies are vel
known, and might well corrupt soldiers or even
sailors. But why drag the Soviet in? Wen,
headlines sell papers.
The next plot we pull out OF the hat. ladies
and gents, appeared in the N. Y Journal
(Hearst) OF Jan s. That hoary hoax, which has
sold so many extra editions "the nnrderous
maniac, Mr.. SIX" writes 10 the Journal-again-
exposing Red bomb plots" and warning thss
all bombs are "instigated In Moscow"
We certainly must compliment both Mr.. "3-x'
and the circulation manager OF the Journal for
such long continued and brilliant collaboration
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R4-.A
Another Lie: Another Spike

We don't know who Alexander Nazaroff Is
aside from name appearing over q page review
of two books on the Soviet Union In the N. Y.
Times Of Dec. 81 But we do know that Alex
ander Nazaroff is a liar and the upholder OF
another liar, the latter being Emma c. Pona-
fidine, author of Russia; My Home"
Nothing is easier of course, than for one
White Guardist to approve of the book Of an
other. And, also, OF course, this game is meat
for the NJ Y. Times. This Emma Ponafidine
spreads the anti-Soviet stuff nthickly. And
naturally Alexander Nazaroff praises her, there
fore. "Her narrative is infused with nl1onesty
as Scrupulous and unprecedented as a writer may
achieve" he says.
Well, let's see Just HON honest and scrl-
pllous" she is. OF her book, Nazaroff says:
ignored, too, says Mime. Ponafidine, are the
active preparations which during 1914-16 the
government (of the Car carried on for the
introduction universal education in Russia
1t will certainly sound astonishing TO many
that the last four paragraphs Of the Soviet
universal education law of 1925 are an almost
verbatim copy of the 1915 universal education
bill Of the Duma, by which universal education
was to have become accomplished fact In
Russia by 1922 or 1923-and not by 1898,
In the Soviet plan."
How charming! The Gar and the feudal no
bility and all the Russian capitalists we're hero
ically laboring against the demands Of the mass
es (who obstinately insisted remaining IL
hterate), and were just about to enforce educs-
ton In spite OF the said masses, when along came
those miserable Bolsheviks and set the whole
plan back for ten years! Undoubtedly that was
what they made the revolution for Just to
keep the people ignorant
We regret, however, that perfectly respect
able American college professor, comes along TO
upset this pretty tale And blessed be the name
of Comrade M. x. who called our attention to
it by looking up the following, found in "Educa-
ton and Autocracy in Russia" by Daniel Ben
Leary, Pho, of the University of Buffalo, page
100.
Education during the reign OF Nicholas III
was continuation of that of Alexander III, with
the addition of more attention to elementary
schools under social pressure. But the end Of
the reign left the main problems Of education
Iuisolved except by the usual policy Of conn
promise by the government. The program OF
the Soviet Minister of Education which fol-
lowed Bolshevik success, has no connection
with the official inheritance in the educational
field which the ROmanovS left. 1t was 70 De a.
working out Of the most radical tendencies
which the Gar and his ministry we're most
active in suppressng"
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By L. NJ. KAGANOVTTCH
(organixattonal Secretary Of the Communist
Party Of the Soviet Union

If our country, which formerly ranked as the
most backward country in the world, is today
a country Of Socialism it is thanks to the Boil
Snevist program, to the tactics and organiza-
ton OF the proetariat, TO the program and the
leadership Of our Party; 1t is thanks TO that
persistent fight which the best people, with Lee
min at their head, waged for years against the
Narodniki the legal Marxists the economists,
MerlShevih, IrotzkyisGs and the Right and ir-
reconcilable elements in the Party For this
reason there is no better experience no better
means OF educating our youth in the spirit OF
Marxsn1- Leninisnl than the history OF our Party
This is the reason Why Comrade Stain re-
acted SO sharply to the exceedingly harmful
distortions and big mistakes which had been
committed IN presenting the history Of our
Party.
In his letter TO the editors Of the ''proIetars-
ksya Reyoluzia" he exposed the Trotzkyist SLAM
derous attempt to distort the history of our
Party, TO calun.niate Lenin and to make out
TO the members OF The Parry and the Konso-
mots that Lenin was not BolShevik until the
revolution
What is criminal on the part Of the sorry
historians OF the type OF Slutzky is the en-
deavour 70 represent matters as il up to the re-
Voluton Eenin had underestimated centrisn in
The Second International and not really com
Dated It; that he had supported the so-called
Lett social democrats in the German social de-
TElocraclc parry l.e., Rosa Luxembourg and others
only feebly and in some cases not at all
One Of them, Mironov, who has passed through
the Institute Of Red Professors and also former
ly held the position Of deputy director Of the
Academy FOR Communist Education Ia big acad-
envy with more than 1000 Communists wrote
that the Bolshevik did not oppose Kautsky I'M
til the war, because they considered him to be
an orthodox Marxist
Is there any need to refute these malicious
distortions and falsfications of the history of
Leninism?
One has only to think Of the history OF Lenin's
Tight against Martov, Axelrod, Plechanov, from
the year 1908 UPWARDS, and finally against
Trotzky in order to understand that Ienin
fought like no other against every kind Of ou-
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portunism, including centriSrn, by exposing it
above all in the ranks of his own party, the
Russian social democratic party and thereby at
the same time exposing centrism KautSkyism
in the Second International.
Lenin constantly combated and stignatized
the opportunists who > revolutionary
where other countries are concerned but put lp
no fight against the enemy in their own coun-
try he coFabated the revisionists and conciiators
in his immediate neghborhood and thereby at
the same time exposed revisionisrn, Cancellation
on the whole front of the international revo-
lutionary movement of the proletariat
And this is precisely why Lenin did not I'M
reservedly support the so-called Let's in the
German social democracy. What were the Left
social democrats, Rosa Luxembourg Parvus and
the others? Did they stand just as much to the
Left as Lenin, as the Russian Bolsheviki? Were
they as consistent as Lenin, as the Russian Boil
sheviki? Can one describe them as Bolsheviki?
The most elementary acquaintance with the
facts OF history shows beyond doubt that Lenin,
and the Russian Bolshevih in general were the
only thoroughgoing consistent Marxist LETS in
the whole Of the II International in the pre-
war period; that the Left social democrats in
Germany were not Bolsheviki, that they vacil-
lated the whole time between Bolshevism and
Menshevism and came near the Menshevh and
centrists.
Lenin and the Bolshevik did not always sup
port the Let's in the German social democracy,
including Rosa Luxembourg. Why? Because
Rosa Luxembourg, as Lenin has pointed out and
now also Stain points out on g number Of
fundamental questions on the organizational,
national and colonial sphere, on the question OF
imperialism, the peasant question and on the
question Of the so-called permanent revolution,
disagreed with the BolsheviH and approached
the centrists. She stood nearer to the Trotz-
kyists and Trotzky, who at that time was a real
centrist and founded the centrist August bloc
in the year 1911-12
Trotzky was centrist, and what has become
OF himp His centrism has become counter
revolutionism. Trotzky the former centrist, is
today, just the same as Kautsky, the former
certrist, one Of the most prominent champions
'os the counter Revolutionary bourgeoisie The
censrist Trotzky shared the fate Of the centrist
Kautsky.
Rosa LuxembWg. Of course, has many great
inertia Her name has gone down in history
as q fighter for the emancipation Of the work
ing class, as a fighter who fell at the hands Of
the German social democracy. No orc will
dispute that. Does that mean, however that
we must falsify history By passing over and
maintaining silence regarding the errors OF Rosa
| Luxenabmg and the Left social democrats Of
1ssmssny I'm face a. the demands for historical
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oalng the jute the heads are hard TO separate.
The hatcher has to use hands feet and knees to
separate the heads. His whole body is constantly
In motion for at least nine hours or more n day.
Tho operators Of the softenef machins-the
next step in the manufacturing process-Averags
about 80 cents an hour This work calls Tor
standing in one position an day, using The entire
movement OF tns arms
The next department. caxdtng - has UNDER
gone revolution through naturalization Twen-
ty-tive years ago the average card room was
composed Of slow working small unit machines.
with al operator for each operation and ma
chine Today the machines run at high speed
ith larger automatic and xsmni- automatic units
wInile tste number OF cpssSAux hss esseRseA
whs s0essess6 iwts b AeA % sAe sAsuaaW sse4F
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-29
Catholic Societies
Express Appreciation

Appreciation for the fine support
given by Bismarck and Mandan peo-
pie In making the Easter Monday
charity ball a success was expressed
Tuesday by Mrs. L. H. Carufel, regent
of the local court. Catholic Daughters
Of America, and E. p. Grain, grand
knight Of the Bismarck council,
Knights of Columbus, in behalf Of
their organizations. The ball was
held at the Dome under the joint
auspices Of the two orders.
Much credit for the large turnout
which packed the Dome during the
entire evening Is due to the excellent
work Of the two ticket committees,
headed by Mrs. John r. Fleck and D.
A. Dodds, the officers stated.
The Catholic Daughters will use
their share Of the funds to carry on
the program of charity work which
includes assistance for needy Catho-
lie and Protestant families. The
Knights Of Columbus will add their
sum to the fund maintained for spe-
cial activities.
The Sammy Kontos orchestra play
ed Tor the dancing.
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Hold Funeral Rites
For Arena Resident

Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon for Louis Lindquiet, 90
year-old Arena man who died from
the infirmities Of old age Saturday
following an illness Of two weeks.
He died ct the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. M. Bjerke. at Arena.
A native Of Sweden, Lindquist came
to Arena from Iowa.
Rev. Lars Foss, Arena. officiated at
the funeral which was held at the
Zion Lutheran church. Pallbearers
were D. D. Borkman, Alex Ambers, H.
L. Hanson, B. N. Lem, 8. Severton,
and Seymour Arneson.
Burial will be in the family lot in
the Boxholm, Ia, cemetery.
WHAT YOUR TnNHYir rrYYc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-29
ANNOUNCE DATE FOR
BURLE|CH CONTESTS
Students in County Schools to
Participate in DscIama-
ton Competition

April is is the date set for the
Burleigh county Washington bicen-
tennial defamation contest for chill
dren in rural and consolidated schools,
Miss Marie Huber, superintendent Of
schools, announced Tuesday.
District contests will be held at
Mandan April 9, while state contests
Will be held at Grand Forks In con-
nection with the May Festival at the
university.
Selections may be either in prose or
poetry but no dialect may be used,
Miss Huber said.
Contestants will be divided into
classes with students In the first, sec
ond and third grades in Glass A,
those in the fourth, fifth and sixth
in Glass B, and those In the seventh
and eighth in Glass G. High school
students will be In Glass D.
Selections are to be taken from the
following authors:
Glasses A and B-Alice Carey
James Whitcomb Riley, James w. Fo-
ley. and Eugene Field. Glass C-Rud-
yard Kipling. Samuel w. Foss. James
Russell Lowell, and Henry Van Dyke
High school students must give one
OF four selections. They are; Mr.;
Wrinkle Puts on Skates" by Charles
Dickens; "Laddie," by Evelyn Whit
taker: The Sign of the Cross" by
Wilson Barrett; and How Tom Saw
yer Got His Fence Whitewashed," by
Mark Twain.
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C0NKL|N SPEAKS AT
SESSION OF KIWAN|S
Tells Of Development Of Plans
For North Dakota Capt.
tol Building

Development Of plans for building
the new North Dakota state capitol
were discussed by Fred L. Conklin
member Of the capitol commission, II
an address before the Kiwanis club
Tuesday.
He outlined what had been accom-.
plished since the destruction Of the
old building by tracing the progress
Of the capitol commission bill in the
state legislature and by telling Of the
selection Of architects and the adop-
ton Of the one Of many plans sub
mitted.
Pictures of the proposed new build.
ing together with those of recently
completed capitol buildings in Louis
lana and Nebraska were shown on q
screen by Russell Reed.
The musical feature of the program
was given by Otto Bauer, who gave
two vocal solos. His accompanist was
Mrs. Grace Duryee Morris.
Forrest M. Davis was selected as a
delegate to the International Kiwanis
convention at Detroit In June. Judge
A. G. Burr was named as alternate.
A. D. McKinnon was program
chairman and A. L. Brink presided.
Guests were S. D. Adams and Wes-
ley Mcdowell, Lisbon. and Carl Knut-
son, Robert Rishworth, and Louis Ru-
bin, Bismarck.
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Roads Are Closed
To Heavy Traffic

Recent rains which have softened
road beds In certain sections Of the
state have led to the closing Of sew
eral highways to heavy traffic, state
highway officials announced Tues
day.
Gross weight of vehicles on these
highways will be limited to 5000
pounds.
The following roads are affected:
State Highway No. 28l, formerly
No. 1, from Jamestown to Melville:
u. 8. Highway No. 81. from Grand
Forks to Grandin: State Highway No.
10. from Larimore to Portland; State
Highway No. Z, from Cooperstown to
Cummings: State Highway No. Is,
from Thompson to Aneta: and State
Highway No. 80. from Aneta to Ele-
bon.
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Meetings of Clubs,
Fraternal Groups

The Trinity Study Circle will meet
at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs j. w. Knccht, SOC
Third st.
X X X
The World Wide Guild of the First
Baptist church will meet this evening
at the home of Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud
1923 Mandan st.
X x X
A special meeting of the Women's
Benefit Association will be held at
2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs Louis Benser. 500
Fifteenth st. This is an important
business meeting and all members
are urged to be present.
X X *
The Bismarck Sunshine society will
meet at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. F. E. Nc
Curdy, Ais Ninth st.
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City-C0unty News

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nelson, Wilton
are parents Of son born Monday al
the Bismarck hospital.