V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v52; en:CW/CW45;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TO A. I. RYKOV, M. P. TOMSKY,
A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV
April 2, 1921

Comrade Schmidt, People’s Commissariat for Labour
Trotsky, People’s Commissariat for Military Affairs
Tsyurupa, People’s Commissariat for Food
Rykov, Supreme Economic Council
Tomsky, All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unions
Comrade Shlyapnikov, as initiator of this proposal

I request you to call a conference of the above-named People’s Commissars (+ Chairman of the All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unions) or persons specially authorised by them, on the question of improving the condition of factories and plants by reducing the number of mouths to feed and of workers (peasants, mobilised army men, etc.) who are on the payroll but are not productively employed; the food supply should be maintained for a certain period at the previous level for each enterprise, in order to raise labour productivity.

The time-limit for the work of the conference should be short, namely, it is desirable that the results be submitted to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee on Tuesday, April 5, 1921, in the morning (by 12 noon).

The conference to be convened by Comrade Schmidt. 189

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)