V. I.

Lenin

November 7, 1920

Comrade Lenin said in his speech that the victory we had
won was the most important of all. The international bourgeoisie had
prevented us from engaging. in productive labour, and all our energies in
the course of three years had been engaged in war with them. Now we must
win a victory on the home front. The bourgeoisie had diverted us from this
work. Comrade Lenin spoke about the questions to be dealt with at the
coming congress of Soviets—the questions of transport, agriculture, and so on. He said that all enthusiasm
and discipline were to be switched over to the work of peaceful
construction and the participation of the rank and file in this job was to
be secured.

In addition, red tape and officialism had to be combated. Here, too, we
had to win a victory, and there was only one way of doing that-by
developing the consciousness and activity of the working masses
themselves. In conclusion Comrade Lenin expressed the conviction that we
would win a victory over cold and hunger.

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