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REPORT TO THE SECOND NATIONAL CONGRESS
this work solely through the activities of a few Soviet functionaries
is liable to cause the danger of lowering the struggling spirit of the
masses.
(2) When belongings other than land of the landlords and surplus
draught animals and farming implements of the kulaks are confiscated,
the greater part of them must be shared by the poor mass.
It is bad to have them only shared by a few for it will lower the
struggling spirit of the masses, on the one hand, and favor the opposition
of the exploiters, on the other.
(3) The partition of the land should be completed in the shortest
possible period. Unless it is demanded by a considerable mass of
the peasants, re-partition is not a good policy, for otherwise the mili-
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tancy of the peasant masses to promote agricultural production may
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be destroyed and the exploiters may take advantage of it to hinder
the development of the struggle.
(4) The aim of the inspection movement is to disclose the exploiters,
but not to disturb the exploited. So the inspection should
not be made from house to house and from one piece of land to another.
It should be done through the mobilization of broad masses.
(5) Those counter-revolutionary elements who work to hinder
the partition and inspection movements should be seriously dealt
with. They should be severely punished by mass judgement or
through mass concurrence NOT to serve FOR imprisonment or even to face
death penalty. This is necessary for otherwise the agrarian revolution
will be handicapped.
(6) Class struggle COMMERCIAL
should be promoted while clashes between
families and localities should be avoided. The landlords and kulaks
are always thinking of displacing class struggle with family or local
struggle.
(7) The development DISTRIBUTION
of the agrarian revolution depends upon
the class-consciousness and organizational strength of the basic
masses in the villages. The Soviet functionaries must have, therefore,
broad and deep propaganda in the villages and work to strengthen
the organizations of farming employees and poor peasants.
The aim of the agrarian revolution is not only to solve the land
problem of the peasants but also to promote them to increase the
productivity of their land. Because of the adequate leadership of
the Soviet, and the initiative of the peasant masses themselves, the
agricultural production has been restored in most places and in some
places it is even increased.
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