1

Lenin joins Glebov's opinion regarding the illegitimacy of the votes of the Tver and Riga committees{140} and proposes to consider organizations as existing not from the moment of their publication of proclamations, but from the moment of their ratification by the Central Committee. Furthermore, he points out that Martov's resolution must be rid of the reference to the moment of the congress. The number of votes by which unions will be represented at the congress is determined by their bylaws. So long as their bylaws have not been ratified, one should reckon as it was at the second congress. For example, the Caucasian Union{141} should be granted six votes.

2

In substance, we agree with comrade Martov regarding the right of the 9 committees to vote on the congress. The Baku committee, in my opinion, should not be given a separate vote, since it is part of the Caucasian Union. It is necessary to make inquiries regarding all five unions and then adopt the corresponding decisions.

3

I would, in substance, have nothing against comrade Martov's proposal, but this would be formally incorrect{142}. The congress has not ratified them, and consequently, the rule must be applied to them that they may cast a vote for or against the congress only after a year. There is all the less reason to speak of this, as that year has already almost elapsed. With respect to the Caucasian Union, however, we must be very cautious: we would inflict a mortal blow upon it if, instead of the previous six votes, we gave it only two votes. Furthermore, it seems to me that comrade Martov, in proposing to equate unions with committees, has confused two points (d and e) of § 3 of the bylaws. Thus, I propose to defer the question of the Caucasian Union and to make inquiries through the Central Committee.

4

I join comrade Martov's opinion regarding the Caucasian Union{143}. Then there is yet another juridical question of how to count the votes of the Soviet in the general calculation of votes necessary for convening the congress. In my opinion, two interpretations may be correct: either, in determining the necessary number of organizations, one should make the calculation by not including in the total sum of votes belonging to all organizations the five votes of the Soviet and then count the Soviet's votes each individually, or else simply take half of the existing number of organizations, without the Soviet, and consider that half of organizations the required norm for this case. I believe that it will be most correct if the votes of the Soviet are counted each individually.