LENIN ON ORGANIZATION 
of view of Comrade Martov, however, the border 
line of the Party is altogether undefined, for “every 
striker” may ‘declare himself to be a member of 
the Party.” What is the use of this vagueness? 
the wide dispersion of “a name”? On the other 
hand, there is a danger—and that is that it intro- 
duces a disorganizing idea—the confusion of class 
and Party. 
To illustrate the principles we have laid down 
let us cast yet another brief glance at the congress 
debate on the subject of par. 1. Comrade Broucker 
(to Comrade Martov’s satisfaction) spoke in favor 
of my draft, but his alliance with me, unlike the 
alliance of Comrade Akimov with Martov, turns out 
to be based upon a misunderstanding. Comrade 
Broucker is “not in agreement with the whole of 
the statutes or with their whole spirit” and supports 
my draft as a basis of democracy, such as is desired 
by the supporters of the “Rabochie Delo.” Com- 
rade Broucker has not yet learnt to understand that 
in the political struggle it is sometimes necessary 
to choose the lesser evil; Comrade Broucker did 
not realize that it was useless to defend democracy 
as such at a congress like ours. Comrade Akimov 
displayed greater penetration. He placed the ques- 
tion quite correctly when he declared that “Com- 
rades Martov and Lenin are quarrelling as to which 
(formula) will better achieve their common aim.” 
“I and Broucker,” he went on to say, “want to 
choose that which will least achieve that aim. For 
that reason I select that formula of Martov.” Com- 
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