Plan of Report on the Struggle Against Famine and Notes During the Debate at the Joint Session of the All-Russia CEC, Moscow Soviet and Trade Unions

Source: LS/v36

[1918, June, no later than 4]

Imperialist war and international causes of **famine**
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----------------in all countries, both belligerent and neutral.
The bourgeoisie everywhere makes itself "comfortable" the people starve
(especially in Germany and Austria, not to mention the ravaged and defeated countries).
Grain monopoly... [since year?]
I Doubling of grain prices by Kerensky (August 1917)
[ Criticism of this by all democratic and socialist press.
/
Famine will come: famine **came**...

1917—1918 YEARS

Civil war of the bourgeoisie
Czechoslovakians; Krasnov (a) Right Socialist-Revolutionaries...
(b) Mensheviks...
Telegram about increasing grain collection?
Telegram from Irkutsk about food dictatorship "Groman's" decision: bowing
to the kulaks... surrendering to them...
"independent procurements"
I ....Experience of Kiev.
I: centralization
II: organization of the hungry, their assistance....................
III: organization of the poor in villages.
Telegram about speculative purchases
Provincial Food Committee in Urals?
"sackman **saved**"??
sackman fragmented, kulak-style, did that which one must learn to do together,
in an organized way!
("bonus" to them
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**development of a system of bonuses**?
**New** historical task, new means of its solution...
"crusade"...................
Food Committee appealed to trade unions
**to factory committees**__
War against kulaks
10 million poods probably
Surpluses 1917 central agricultural
Tambov
Voronezh
Kursk
Oryol
— 54
— 15 million poods.
— 5
— 14
— 14
I against the rich
I
I in cities...
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meat and butter rationed
Socialist-Revolutionary Maximalist pleased with criticism
... "revolutionary phrases"...
Peace of Brest ((**civil war**))
centralization versus * **decentralization** commodity exchange
dissolution of local soviets, "struggle to the left"...
I
widest involvement of workers
I