J.V. Stalin. Collected Works. 1-13 volumes. English edition.

matically reduces the percentage of disfranchised
persons. In Russia at the present time
this percentage is hardly more than two or
three per cent. On the other hand in the not
distant future the cessation of foreign invasion
and the completion of the expropriation
of the expropriators may, under certain conditions,
create a situation in which the proletarian
state power will choose other methods
of suppressing the resistance of the exploiters
and will introduce universal suffrage without
any restrictions." (Lenin : Collected Works,
Russian edition, Vol. XXIV, p. 94.)
That is clear, I think.
Such is the position with regard to the amendments
and addenda to the Draft Constitution of the
U.S.S.R.
VI. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.S.R.
Judging by the results of the nation-wide discussion,
which lasted nearly five months, it may be
presumed that the Draft Constitution will be approved
by the present Congress. (Loud applause and cheers.
All rise.)
In a few days' time the Soviet Union will have a
new, Socialist Constitution, built on the principles
of fully developed Socialist democratism.
It will be an historical document dealing in simple
and concise terms, almost in the style of minutes,
with the facts of the victory of Socialism in the
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