V. I. Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12–27 (APRIL 25–MAY 10), 1905


 

8

SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE CONGRESS AGENDA

APRIL 13 (28)

I would have no objection to the proposal of Comrades Mikhailov, Voinov and Zimin.{1} But there is a danger that the Congress will overdo the agenda debate. The agenda at German Social-Democratic congresses runs to 5 or 6 items; we had up to 25 at the Second Congress. There is already a danger of our debate getting out of hand. I propose that we adopt as a basis the agenda with a better breakdown.

Trety ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov, Central Committee publication, Geneva, 1905
Printed from the text of the book

Notes

{1} The proposal put forward by D. S. Postolovsky (Mikhailov), A. V. Lunacharsky (Voinov) and L. B. Krasin (Zimin) was that the Congress agenda should be drawn up under four heads: organisational questions, tactical questions, attitude to other parties and delegates’ reports. This proposal was adopted. In the subsequent discussion and amendment, the agenda was adopted with these main heads: 1) tactical questions; 2) organisational questions; 3) attitude to other parties; 4) work within the Party; 5) delegates’ reports; 6) elections. p. 148

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