Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

M0Sc0U Fe0ru1ry 20, copies OF
BY the State Department.
Comrades! In the report of
the Central Committee of the
Party at the goth Congress. in
a number of speeches by dele
gates to the congress quite
a lot has been said about the
cult of the individual and about
its harmful consequences.
After Stains death the Gem
trail Committee of the Party be-
gan to implement a policy Of ex-
planning concisely and consist
emily that it is impermissible
and foreign to the spirit Of
Marxism Leninism to elevate
one person. to transform him
into superman possessing SUPER
natural characteristics akin to-
those Of a god. Such a man
supposedly knows everything.
sees everything, thinks for every
one. can do anything, is infallibleI
In his behavior.
Such a belief about a man.
and specifically about Stain,
was cultivated among us for
many years.
}S The objective of the present
report is not thorough evalua-
ton of Stains life and activity ]
Concerning Stains merits. an
entirely sufficient number of
books, pamphlets and studies
had already been written in his
lifetime. The role of Stain in
the preparation and execution of
the Socialist revolution, in the
Civil War, and in the fight for
the construction of Socialism in
our country is universally
known. Everyone knows this
well. At the present we are
concerned with a question which
has immense importance for the
party now and for the future (. :.
kenin's suspicious ottitu d e.
toword Stolin recalled BY
porty boss.
In addition to the great ac-
complishments of v. I. Lenin for
the victory of the working class
and of the working peasants, for
the victory of our Party and for
the application of the ideas Of
scientific Communism to life, his
acute mind expressed itself also
In this that he detected in Stain
in time those negative character
isticS which resulted later in
grave consequences. Fearing the
future fate of the Party and Of
the Soviet nation, v. I. LeninI
made a completely correct char
acterization of Stain, pointing
out that it was necessary to
consider the question of trans
ferring Stain from the position
of the Secretary General because
of the fact that Stain is excess
sively rude. that he does not
have a proper attitude toward
his comrades, that he is capri
ciouS and abuses his power. i
Stain acted not through per-
guasion, explanation and patient
corporation with people, but by
imposing his concepts and de-
handing absolute submission to
his opinion. Whoever opposed
this concept or tried to prove
his viewpoint, and the correct
ness of his position-was doomed |
to removal from the leading
collective and to subsequent
moral and physical humiliation.
Enemy Of people, concept is
credited to StoIin.
Stain originated the concept
enemy of the people" This
term automatically rendered it'll
unnecessary that the theological
errors of a man or men engaged
in a controversy be proven; this
term made possible the usage of
the most cruel repression, vio-
lating all normS of revolutionary
legality. against anyone who inI
any way disagreed with Stain,
against those who we're only
suspected of hostile intent,
against those who had bad repu-I
tationS.
Lenin's wisdom in dealing with
people was evident in his work
with CadreS.
An entirely different relation
ship with people characterized
Stain. Lenin's tactics-patient
work with people; stubborn and
painstaking education of them;
the ability to induce people to
follow him without using COM
pulsion, but rather through the
theological influence on them of
the whole collective-were en-
tirely foreign to Stain.
Arbitrory' octs Of Red leaders
traced to StoIin's example.
Arbitrary behavior by one per-
son encouraged and permitted
arbitrarinesS in others. Mass
arrests and deportations of many
thousands of people, execution
without trial and without normal
investigation created conditions
of insecurity, fear and even des-
peration.
Lenin used severe methods
only in the most necessary cases,
when the exploiting classes were
still in existence and were vigor-
ously opposing the revolution,
when the struggle for survival
was decidedly assuming the
sharpest forms, even including a
civil war.
Stain, on the other hand, used
extreme methods and mass re-
pressions at a time when the
Revolution was already victorious,
when the Soviet state was
strengthened, when the exploit
ing classes were already liquiated
and Socialist relations were
rooted solidly in all phases Of