LENIN ON ORGANIZATION 
ity to carry on Social Democratic work in the 
factory, directly from the committee. Every mem- 
ber of the factory committee must regard himself 
as an agent of the committee, obliged to subor- 
dinate himself to the orders of the committee and 
to adhere to all the “laws and customs” of that 
“army on active service” which he hag joined and 
which in time of war he has no right to abandon 
without the consent of his superior. The com- 
position of the factory committee is therefore a 
matter of extreme importance. One of the main 
cares of the committee should be’ that the sub- 
committees be properly organized. I imagine the 
thing somewhat as follows: the committee charges 
certain of its members (plus, let us say, certain 
workers who for some reason or other cannot join 
the committee, but who may be very useful on 
account of their experience, knowledge of people, 
good sense and connections) to organize factory 
sub-committees everywhere. The commission will 
consult with the district delegates, arrange meet- 
ings, carefully examine the candidates for mem- 
bership of the factory sub-committees, submit them 
to close cross-examination, if possible subject them 
to a test, endeavoring themselves to interview and 
directly examine as large a number as possible of 
candidates to the sub-committee of the factory in 
question and will finally submit a certain list of 
members for each factory group for the approval 
of the committee, or propose that authority be given 
to a certain worker to set up, indicate, or select a 
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