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27 resolution of the Petrograd organization On January 19th the Moscow Com II votes for the Shlapnikoff platform of and against The general meeting of mittee of the party resumed the discussion Ten and for that of Trotsky. The the sailor Communists of the Petrograd on the industrial role of the Trade printing workers voted 43 for Lenin and Naval Base, 299 comrades voted in favor Unions at an extended session at which 23 for Trotsky.
of the resolution and only 19 against. At the secretaries and presidents of the dis Information from the province comes the inter district meeting of the active trict committees participated. All the curin rather slowly but it is evident that the workers of the party on January 16th rents of opinion on this subject were rethe final text of the adress was adopted. Shlapnikoff, Ignatov, Sapronov, Riazanov. following the general meeting at which presented by Zinoviev, Kameneff, Trotsky, prevailing attitude of the party circles is in favor of the platform of Ten.
there were 700 comrades present out of and others. The contest was between the The Kharkov party organization exwhich only 40 voted against. At a meet platform of Ten which received 62 votes, pressed itself in favor of the Trotsky ing of Communists of the North Western and that of Trotsky which received only theses. At a party meeting in Tula on Railway Junction out of 250 comrades 18 votes.
January 25th, there were 272 votes for there were 243 votes for and against.
ihe resolution proposed by Trotsky as On January 21st, there was a general The Communist fractions of the Executive meeting of all the party groups. at which against 537 votes for the Zinoviev resoluBoards of the Trade Unions voted unanimously for the address. And, finally, his platform and was opposed by Comrade Comrade Zinoviev spoke in defense of At Ivanovo Vosnesensk the platform in the Petrograd Party Executive only Trotsky The latter received only one of Trotsky and Bucharin received one member abstained from voting, and all fifth of the votes while all the rest voted votes, while 900 voted for the Lenin platthe rest voted for.
for the Zinoviev platform. In the Ro form. At Tambov the provincial party can, of The figures thus produced goshsky Simonovsky district 233 votes conference voted on the question as folcourse, not be generalized and represent were given for the platfom of Lenin, lows: 47 votes for the Lenin platform only raw material indicating, however, the Zinoviev, etc. while the Trotsky platform and 29 for that of Trotsky and Bucharin.
trend of party opinion in Petrograd, and received 23 votes.
Thus, it is probable that the Russian showing that the overwhelming majority On January 26th at the Sverdloff Com Communist Party at its roth Congress will stands for the point of view advanced by munist University there was a general adopt the point of view of Lenin and the All Russian Central Council of Trade meeting of the Communist group of the Zinoviev on the question of Trade Unions.
Unions.
University at which 1, 200 members and Moscow represents a more varied piccandidates of the party were present. Folture in exact report of the results of the lowing a discussion on the role of the discussion in all the districts. But there Trade Unions, the Trotsky and Bucharin RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONS is already some material at hand from platform obtained 115 votes, the so called which one can judge the attitude of party labor opposition, 91. All the rest voted number of the international organicircles on this question for the platform of Ten, proposed by zations of trade unions have finally exThe Moscow Committee of the ComLenin and others. There were no ab pressed themselves in favor of the Ammunist Party started the controversy at stentions.
sterdam Federation of the Trade Unions.
its session where there was a majority of On January 28th the Communist fracThus, the international secretariat of the against the Petrograd address with tion of the All Russian Central Council chemical workers has definitely shown its absention. At the same time the Moscow of Trade Unions voted on the three platface at its congress in Amsterdam. In the Executive Committee took up a position forms that of Ten, that of Trotzky, and same manner, the secretariat of the buildapproaching that of the Trotsky group.
that of Shlapnikoff. The first received ing workers has self determined itself Then on January 2nd, the Executive Com70 votes, the second 23, and the third 21.
at its plenum in Hamburg.
mittee of the city district discussed the Thus the fraction adopted the platform of question and unanimously adopted the Ten.
All this raises the question of the atmotion proposed by Comrade Ignatov in tidude of the Russian Unions towards favor of the position of the All Russian The controversy was extended to the the yellow international organizations.
Central Council of Trade Unions and of province where it was taken up in con The question is whether they, being the the address of the Petrograd organizations. nection with discussions on the results followers of the social revolution, should On January 12 and 13, there was a meetof the VIII. Congress of the Soviets. join these organizations, or create Red ing of the active workers of the Bauman Here the platform of Ten was accepted organizations to oppose them.
district at which the general trend of by all the district committees with the opinion was in favor of the platform of exception of Podosk.
The All Russian Council of Trade Ten e. the position of Comrades Lenin The discussion in the province of Mos adopted the following decision: Unions, after a discussion of the question, and Zinoviev. The Executive Committee cow is not yet completed, but one may of the Bauman district gave 14 votes for say that the platform of Lenin and Zino The All Russian industrial organizathe platform of Ten and one for the Trotsky platform. But in the Zamoskvo ity, a minority will vote for the Trotsky organization only in so far as the latter viev will receive an overwhelming major tions join the corresponding international retski Committee the votes divided so that theses, while all the other currents will votes were given for the Trotsky plat. hardly get per cent of the vote.
do not express their solidarity with the Amsterdam International and are not afform and for the so called platform of Ten, while at the general meeting of all Within the Trade Unions themselves Amsterdam program.
filiated organizations, which adopted the the members the Trotsky platform receivthe disscusion on their role in industry is cd 74 votes and the platform of Ten, carried on in a very lively manner. At If the international organizations adoptproposed by Comrade Kameneff, received the Congress of miners, the platform of ed the platform of the Amsterdam Interna131 votes. Then comes the Sokolniki Comrade Shlapnikoff made considerable tional after the Russian organization had district where the platform of Ten receiv headway, receiving 61 votes as against joined them, the latter must immediately ed the upper hand, only one fifth of those 137 for the platform of Ten. The Central leave the ranks of that international orgapresesnt voting for the Trotsky platform. Board of the Metal Workers Union gave nization.