V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the C.P.C. [1]

The Commissariat for Labour is authorised to take extraordinary measures in order, by agreement with the trade unions and
under the indisputable control of the Commissariat for Food, to mobilise
the greatest possible number of public-spirited, organised and
class-conscious workers to help the rural poor in their struggle against
the rich kulaks and to mercilessly suppress profiteering in grain and
attempts to infringe the grain monopoly.

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Notes:
[1]
This draft decision was adopted by the C.P.C. on May 9, 1918, during
the discussion of a decree granting extraordinary powers to the People’s
Commissariat for Food.