The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-25

mat the young people can best ASST
initiate the teachings of Lenin--they
are the best adapted to lead forward
those who are backward and waver-
ing.
YOUTH
STUDY LENINISM'
1t is true that they have not the
necessary knowledge. But knowledge
can be gained. If the young people
have not got it today, they will have
it tomorrow. Therefore, their chief
task is to study Leninism-to study
it assiduously. Young Communist
comrades, study Bolshevism, and lead
forward the irreSolute and wavering
Talk less, work more, and then your
cause will make progress. (Applsuse.)
A few words on the individual pea
SAINT farmers. Little mention has
| been made of them here. But this
Goes not mean that they have ceased
to exist. The individual peasants do
exist, and cannot be simply struck Of
| the bill, for they are our collective
! farmers Of tomorrow.
! am aware that q section Of tho
/ individual peasants has finally de-
I generated and gone over TO specula-
ton, This is probably the reason why
our collective farms are exceedingly
careful when considering applications
| for admission to the collectiyes, and
frequently refuse admission. II need
not be said that they are perfectly
fright in this and no objection can be
raised to 1t, But there is another
great section Of the individual pea
SAINTS, who do not speculate, but earn
their bread by honest work. These
individual farmers are perhaps not
averse to joining the collectiYes. They
are, however, prevented on the one
hand by their uncertainty as 10 the
collective system being the right one.
and on the other hand by the bitter
| feeling existing among the collective
peasants against the individual pea
SAINT farms. OF course we must un-
| derStand the point Of view OF the
collective peasant, and put ourselves
| in his place. For years he has been
derided and Sneered at by the indi-
vidual peasant. But derision and
sneers are not of primary Importance.
/ 1lCdhClS WIZ Scl44AAOs Ab1 SNk - oAASCA g.
and cannot place the interests Of the
collective farm before their own feel
ings, are not good leaders. If you
want to be leaders. then you must
forget that this or that individual
peasant has offended you,
Two years ago I received q letter
from q farmers widow on the volgs
She complained that she was not ad-
mitted to the collective farm, and
asked for my support. inquired Of
the collective farm, and received a
reply that the widow could not be
admitted 10 the collective, because
she had insulted the meeting Of the
collective farmers. What had acSu-
Tally occurred? A meeting had been
held at which the collective farmers
Icalled upon the individual peasants
to join the collective, and this widow
lhad refused to join, using very yul-
gar insult. 1t need not be said that
Iher action was entirely wrong in thus
Insulting the meeting. But should she
be refused admission to the collective
farm after she has seen her mistake
and acknowledged 1t year later2 I
am of the opinion that she should
not be refused, and wrote to this
effect to the collective. The widow
was then admitted. And what hap
pened? Now she is working on this
farm, and not in the hindmost ranks,
but in the foremost. (Applause)