LENIN ON ORGANIZATION 
of its practical experience, the control of the execu- 
tion of the decisions of the Party and the rectifica- 
tion of any errors, etc., being conducted not by 
discussions in groups organizing themselves on 
some “platform,” etc., but by discussions among 
the entire membership of the Party. For this pur- 
pose the Congress prescribes the publication of a 
regular “Discussion Sheet” and special selections. 
Every member expressing criticism must take into 
consideration the position of the Party surrounded 
by enemies and must also by direct participation 
in Soviet and Party work, strive to rectify the errors 
of the Party by actual deeds. 
5. While instructing the Central Committee to 
carry out the complete abolition of all fractionism, 
the Congress at the same time declares that all 
proposals with regard to questions particularly at- 
tracting the attention of the members of the Party 
such as purging the Party of non-proletarian and 
unreliable elements, combating bureaucracy, the 
development of democracy and initiative of the 
workers, etc, must be examined with the closest 
attention and tested in practical work. All mem- 
bers of the Party must know that the Party does 
not carry out all the necessary measures with 
regard to these questions because of various ob- 
stacles, and that while resolutely refuting all 
unbusinesslike and fractional criticism, the Party 
will unceasingly continue, by testing new methods, 
to combat bureaucracy, to extend democracy and 
initiative, to expose and expel from the Party all 
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