V. I.

Lenin

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To:   V. M. MOLOTOV FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.

To Comrade Molotov for Politbureau members

I have a letter from Solts, who has come out, on the basis of the available experience, against the newspaper

Rabochy . He says it is used only to feed superfluous writers,
without in any sense producing a new type of newspaper or a
different readership. I think it would be more correct to
close down the newspaper, allowing it a short period for
liquidation, and to make use of the released manpower and
facilities to improve the existing newspapers. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
This letter was the result of a protest sent to the Politbureau of the
R.C.P.(B.) C.C. by K. S. Yeremeyev, editor of the newspaper
Rabochy , over the directives issued by the Orgbureau of the
C.C. of March 6, 1922, to have the size of the paper reduced
and its nature, content, etc., changed.

On March 23, the Politbureau confirmed the Orgbureau decision, and instructed the Central Committee’s Department for
Agitation and Propaganda to call a conference with the participation of delegates to the Eleventh Party Congress to discuss
the publication of a popular newspaper for workers.

Rabochy (The Worker) was published by the R.C.P.(B.)
Central Committee from March 1, 1922; beginning with No. 98 of
July 1 it was called Rabochaya Gazeta , and was published until
January 1932.