V. I.

Lenin

Proposals on The Question of Financing Centrotextil [1]

| Weekly account of the number of cash-offices (departments or enterprises) integrated. Weekly account of amount of produce shipped from each Board and
from each big factory, and distributed among the population. | 1) People’s Bank controls deposits and
payments-integrated cash-office . 2) “ Barter” control of produce shipped and delivered
to consumer. 3) Personal responsibility of former capitalists or
former owners of the enterprises in all boards and centres (under
threat of imprisonment, execution of former capitalists, arrest of
their

families). [2] 4) Instruct the Food Commissariat, in the field of
distribution, which is the weakest field, to give definite practical
assignments to the union of Commercial and Industrial
Employees under the collective responsibility of the whole
union. |

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Notes:
[1]
Its This document was written by Lenin in connection with the
discussion of V. P. Milyutin’s report concerning the financing of
Centrotxtil (Central Committee of the Textile Industry under the S.E.C.) at
a meeting of the C.P.C. on December 14, 1918. Lenin’s proposals were
reflected in the decision which the C.P.C. adopted in this. connection.

[2]
Points 1 and 3 were crossed out by Lenin. A comparison with the text of
the decision as recorded in the minutes gives grounds for presuming that
Lenin did not cross out the points which were accepted by the C.P.C.