INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO DELEGATES ATTENDING CONGRESS OF FEDERAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF PCM

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The ' follo?' ing material was prepared by the Political Bureau of the Communist 25X1 X6
Party of T exico (RCM) to familiarize the delegates to the Fifth Ordinary
Congress of the Federal District Committee with the Party line and to make
them aware of the major topics to be discussed at the Congress, The first
two major topics, captioned "International 'situation" and "national situation"
were presented in SO.19492. A translation of the last two topics captioned
"Federal Diet .ct Situation" and "Our Party; is given below. t Comment,
The Fifth Ordinz ry Congress of the Federal District Committee o the aw rtido
Comunista '.exicano originally scheduled to take place in'*exico City on
25-28 November 1948, has been postponed until 17-20 Lecember 1948, primarily
because funos-were not available to pay the expenses of the Congress. . ,Another
important reason for the postponement was the feeling of the members oY ,the
Federal Listrict Committee that the delegates to the Congi sa had not -been
sufficiently. oriented as to the current Party line.
c) TIE FM;rRA' L:1STRICT SITUATION
2. Aa justly analyzed by the Plenary cession of the federal District Committee,
which met in July of this year, the working class and the masses of the
Federal District are those which feel'most sharply the effects of the national
situation, which is the rosult of the bad economic policy of the present regime,
the rising cost of living, the economic intervention of Yankee imperialism,
uncontrolled speculation, the closing down of factories, and other changes.
This situation has become worse with the devaluation of our money, which has
brought about 'a rise in prices and has lowered the buying power of salaries.
3. Popular discontent with this situation has forced the government to take some
measures, such as the creation of the popular (low price) markets. a con-
sider this measure merely a palliative, since the prices in those markets are
not really lower than those in others, The most efficient and basic measure,
which the government should have taken, would be that of planninr and following
strict price control, realizing an immediate lowering of prices with simultaneous
salary raises for all workers. These measures have not been taken beenaae they
would affect the interests and profits of the commercial bourgeoisie and the
monopolists, who have high-placed agents in the government who, naturally,
devote their attention to defending their interests, with no thought for the
interests of the working class and masses of poor people. For example, we
have the case of Liaz Lombardo, a member of the government, who controls the
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transportation monopoly in the Federal District. It has been obvious that,
with regard to bus fares, be has paid no attention to the necessities of
the people; he has not taken into consideration their earning power, bat
has adopted the policy of enriching himself and his monopoly. The justifi-
cation which he presented to the authorities for raising fares was that the
service was improved, but this is nonsense and the service continues to be
bad. The people ought to start a movement to lower the fares. There has
been complicity between the Federal District government and the livestock
owners of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, who are allowed to
raise prices at will, without considering the necessities of the people,, who,
with their small earning power, cannot eat meat, That is how the government-
supported monopolies are; they can speculate with such impunity that they have
intervened even in the so-called Popular Markets to increase the prices of
the articles of greatest consumption.
4, Together with the above accusations, it must be stated that the fight against
the high cost of living has been and is weak and disorganized, blocked by
some groups, and that our Party has not organized the powerful popular move-
ment that the situation demands, It must be made clear that this struggle,
whatever may be the means and m:.thods used, needs, in order to be triumphant,
powerful mobilization to unify the working masses in an organized, disciplined,
and combative form, Chile this organization does not exist, it is impossible
to modify the governmental policy, punish the speculators, block the voracity
of the monopolies and weaken their influence in the government. This movement
must support not only price controls but salary raises.
5. This state of affairs has become more grave due to larger investments by
Yankee capitalists, which create difficult conditions for national industries,
These national industries cannot survive the competition of Yankee companies
and are forced to close down, with the resulting unemployment of thousands of
workers.
6. Furthermore, the problem of rents and living conditions in general in the
Federal District has become more acute. Rents, instead of being lowered,
have risen to such a degree that half the income of a?family must go to pay
rent., The ceiling on rents is constantly ignored, with the toleration of
the authorities. In addition, there is a threat that the rent ceiling may
be abolished, and this would bring about an alarming situation for the rent-
payers that constitute a majority of the people in the Federal District.
7., Large groups of workers and common people have sought to solve these problems
by forming Proletarian Colonies in various parts of the city. But the rich
men who were the old owners of the land and who have the support of the govern-
ment and the police, have created difficult and grave situations, such as in
the Colonies "201," and "Flores Magon," and even dare to try and throw the
people out of their houses and take away their lots, These reactionary
activities serve only the interests of the old land-owners, who are trying to
recover their lands in order to sell them at fantastic prices and build
residential districts for the rich, In complicity with the wealthy reactionaries,
the Federal District government attends only to the wealthy districts, wing
them the services that basically are paid for by the people4 meanwhile, they
abandon the poor districts and leave them without water, drainage, pavement,
electricity or sanitary conditions. On the other hand, they plan to beautify
the Paseo de is lieforma.
8. The basic necessities of the city are ignored. Public services such as water,
drainage and paving are insufficient and unsuitable to a city of more than two
million people, such as ours, which should not be dirty, dark and uncared for,
as ours is. Nevertheless, completion of public works is announced; public
works whose construction is merely a justification for the thieving of immoral
public officials of the Federal District government.
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The Situation of the Farmers and Indians
9. That is the situation in the city, but it is even more serious in the small
villages of the Federal District and among the Indians. Looking over their
problems, we find the following facts.
10. The population is growing, a fact which has the following effects. Part of
the factories are being moved from the city, and various companies are seeking
advantageous situations by building factories in Xochimilco, Ixtapalaps and
other places. There is also an excess population in farming communities;
these people have no land and thus no economic basis for well-being. At the
same time, greater property divisions have taken place, so that many small
land-owners can no longer live from the produce of their farms and must look
for another way of life under very difficult conditions. As a consequence
of this situation, small industries are springing up, such as the candy
factory of Santa Crus y San Gregorio, but they receive no support from the
government. Ignoring this bad economic situation, monopolists make their
appearance on the scene, the corrupt authorities make irregular demands, and
the bus fares have been raised. In addition, the springs of San Gregorio,
lochimilco, Kisqui c, eta are running dry, due to deforestation and the greater
demands made upon them by the city. As a result, the farms become lose
productive, and the tourist industry, already affected by higher prices, is
further threatened as well as those who make their living from its
11. The farming population of the Federal District is a rich source of tax money,
but this money is spent in beautifying the rich residential districts of
Mexico City, leaving only crumbs for the villages, which are behind the times
and in great need of more public services and improvements. Some of the
villages (of the Federal District) don't even have electricity, although
remote corners of the Republic already have this service.
12. Nevertheless, this region has great possibilities for progress under a govern-
ment that would follow policies for the good of the people. A large part of
the Federal District could be mechanized so that farming would be more
profitable. Electricity is absolutely necessary for the comfort of these
people, for the installation of an irrigation system' depending on the springs
or on wells which can be dug, and for the purpose of stimulating industrialization.
Above all, for humanitarian reasons it is urgent to have service of running
water in the homes of these people. It is possible to make use of land now
considered unproductive by planting certain crops, such as beets being planted
in land that is very nitrous,. A network of wide, well cared for roads should
be constructed between the villages, and the present transportation system
changed. The present transportation system is characterized by high fares,
poor organization,bad and irregular service, and conditions that are both
unsanitary and dangerous for the public. They make daily violations of
traffic laws, with the complicity of the authorities,
13. The ejidos (communal farms) run by bands of politicans belonging to the PRI
also need the attention of the Communist Party. The ejidos of Santa Anita
and Mexicalzingo are in danger of having their lands reduced by offers from
large landowners to annex their lands for colonization. On the other hand,
good technical direction of the ejidos so that maximum production could be
reached, has been abandoned. Because of insufficient production, the
ejidatarios are forced to take outside jobs as laborers or shopkeepers.
14. As for politics, the Federal District has become a plaything of national
politics. For example, it was easy for President Miguel Aleman to name as
Delegate from Tlahuao the defeated candidate for the presidency of Tulancingo.
Under this system the authorities are not responsible to the people and if they
choose can embezzle public funds. Since they are not from the district, their
only interest is in seeing how much they can make out of their position and not
in seeing how much they can do for the people. Free municipal governments
were abolished under the pretense of correcting their corruption and working
toward the well-being of the people, but it has been demonstrated that this
measure was anti-democratic and disastrous. There was no reason to rob-the
heart of the country of its revolutionary right to elect municipal governments,
and the Mexican Communist Party must be the people's champion in regaining the
rights of free municipal governments. For this end, it is necessary to inspire
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a strong movement among the people toward realizing progress in the capital
and the villages of the Federal District.
15. The Plenary Session of the Federal District Committee in July cams to the
conclusion that the government of Lie. Fernando Casas Aleman (chief of the
Federal District government) supports monopolies and follows a reactionary
policy, This conclusion was not only correct at the time, but it has since
been confirmed by the developsient of eveatsn
The Situation of the Working Cisee
16. By virtue of the above-mentioned facts, the working class in the Federal
i4strict is the most miserable, because of their starvation wages, and the
unfavorable results of their struggles for salary wages which have been
frustrated by labor authorities. The right to strike is being abolished.
17. The gravest aspect of the labor movement is that it is deeply divided, The
union leaders, with few exceptions, work to divide, not unite, the labor move-
ment, thus exposing themselves to the maneuvers of the enemy and making more
difficult the economic struggles of the workers. This union situation has
reached such a state that there are fights between various unions, as happened
in the bread strike. Strikes are sabotaged by union leaders themselves who
prefer the triumph of management and the "white" (anti-Communist) unions to
that of the workers. The workers must be made to understand that the fight
for salary increases and the betterment of working contracts is.,-especially
in these time, an essential fight, which cannot be given up both for their
own good and the good of the country, They must also understand that to make
successful demands they must present a united front, as did the textile
workers, Unity is absolutely necessary,, and their struggles must be accom-
panied by complete labor solidarity.
18. This labor situation should show improvement shortly. There are indications
that the workers are willing to go over the heads of their corrupt leaders
to carry on the struggle. The manifestation of more than 60,000 workers
against the high cost of living on 21 August shows that the working class of
the Federal District can be led into unity and revolutionary combat, The
solidarity of various unions during the strikes at "La Vulcan," "Sanatorio
Espanol," and "Tubos de Albanal" demonstrates that the division is not desired
by the workers themselves, but is only the result of the actions of their
divisionist leaders, who are corrupt agents of the Borgeo{iie?~
19, The Federal District has a large number of government employees whose miserable
salaries make their situation lamentable. The government violates the Estatuto
Juridico and as far as practice is concerned that law is dead. To complete
the picture, the directors of the Federation de Trabajadores al Servicio del
Estado have assumed the sad role of servile traitors to the interests of their
comrades. In the recent teachers' strike these leaders denied their solidarity?
while the solidarity of the organization "Padres de Familia" was strong. That
strike gained important advantages for the teachers, and is the best demon-
stration of the fact that the only way to make a better life is by a struggle
of the masses, and not by the servile compromises of opportunist leaders.
For this reason, the solution to the present insupportable situation is to
organize, direct and lead the masses in a successful struggle against the high
cost of living; toward gaining better salaries, better work contracts, and
destroying monopolies and imperialism. This mobilization of masses of workers
and farmers, organized into a great democratic front for national liberation,
can lead to success in the fight for national independence and sovereignty,
for effective application of our constitution, for price controls-, for the,
passing of a federal law controlling rents. We can make the government con-
struct great apartment houses for the poor; we can assure the establishment
of proletarian communities with complete public services; we can demand the
attention which the capital needs in order to be an object of pride for all
Mexicans. This mass mobilization can lead to the efficient operation "
government control of the urban transportation system, and to the building of
sanitary markets in the poor district, This mobilization is the means for
gaining an honest,, efficient administration and economic policy; of throwing
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Lisa Fernando Chsas Alemah and other officials responsible for the present
situation out of the Federal District government, replacing them with
honest men who will be responsible to the people and will use tax moneys
not to enrich the monopolist agent':., but to improve the capital and villages
of the Federal District.
20, The working class must achieve labor unity to play its part in improving
the situation described above. A Labor ''rout, by means of solidarity during
labor conflicts, is the base of t'.m great democratic front for national
liberation, It mot not be forgctten that democracy among unions is indis-
pensable in achieving labor unit;r, overthrowing the leaders who have sold
out to management, and forming tie Great Democratic Front for National
Liberation. The unions must ho'd meetings; if their leaders try to sabotage
this democratic idea, the worke?e must overcome their objections, demand
public meetings and mt.ke the leaders comply with the union statutes. The
leaders must do the v;.3-1 of thi. masses; the masses should not be the tools
of the leaders. This iiemocracf in unions will prevent the leaders from
selling out and will lead to he reform of unions and the elimination of
those leaders who have already sold out to the bourgeoisie. Democratic
practices will make, the Mexican working class conscious of their role as
leader of the Mexican people in the struggle for improvements, liberation
from imperialism, ant, organisation of the Great Democratic Front for National
Liberation.
2l, An examination of the progressive political groups of the Federal District
leads to the realization th&t fundamentally the working class should be the
leader in the fight for a p)pular, anti-imperialist program. Its allies
should be the farmer* and Indians of the Federal District, the government
workers, progressive: political parties, small merchants, progressive industrial
companies, and whatever bcurgeois groups, willing to join this front for
national liberation.
Youth Work
22. The Tenth Congrfia (of the Mexican Communist Party) resolved to organize
Communist Youth, Efforts nave been made in the Federal District to form
some groups of young Conmmuists, but the work is going slowly because our
Party in the Federal District has not understood the importance which
organized Youtn has in thu proper functioning of the Party.
23. To change this conception; and attitude, each Cell should organize, as soon
as possible, a Gommmist Youth group; in the district, in the factory, in
the office, or in the school.6ach member of the Party should recruit at
least one young person for the Communist Party. Working rapidly and with
enthusiasr, we ca,. hope to be able to say at the Congress that the Communist
Youth o the Federal Liatrict has been formed and is in the process of con-
solic'ation and de relopment.
Work Among Women
:. Self-criticism of the Party's work among women should lead to a rapid change in
our attitude tovrnrd this activity.
25. In the Federal District there are important groups of women working in
factories, laboratories, offices and schools who have not been won over to
doing the work necessary, along democratic and progressive lines, to improve
their own situation as well as that of the working and farming classes.
26.
Our Party as a whole has underestimated the importance of working among women.
We must try to include all women in our movement to win a program favoring
the working class and masses; for women in particular, a program which gives
them the right to vote,
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The Resolution of the Information Bureau in the Case of Yugoslavia
2`7., Our Party has resolved to support the historic resolution of the Information
Bureau of the Communist Partied In the matter of the Communist Party of
Yugoslavia.
28. This document has exposed the treason of Tito 'e group against the Varxist-
Leninist-Stalinist principles, and against the international proletariat.
It seta a wonderful example for our Party, enabling it to discover its own
weaknesses by criticism and self-criticism, which is the main weapon used by
Comananiste to correct their faults and comply more folly in the great struggle
for national independence, democracy, peace and socialism.
29. In our Party we find resistance to the principles of criticism and self-
criticism., and there are individuals who feel aversion to the principles.
This constitutes a bourgeois influence which is contrary to Marxism.
30. Democratic practice in our organization bas not been and is not understood
and applied correctly in our internal system. There are those who believe
that Democracy signifies liberty to disobey the accords of the Party, liberty
not to follow the Party line, and even to speak against Party leaders and
honest Party members. There are others who believe that Democracy is only
a theory and not a practsoe; that Party members have no rights beyond .ietening
and obeying instructionsz these individuals make bad use of authority when
given positions of leadership. Both these interpretations are deformations of
true Democracy and Democra-Ac Centralism in our Party. Democracy in the
Party is based on discussions; --ontrol of the application of the Party line by
both the leaders and the memos of the Party; criticism and self-criticism
by all; fair division of work among leaders and members; and responsibility
and discipline. We also find it our Party some dictatorial leaders, absence
of cooperation, and in some cases bourgeois arrogance and underestimation of
Party militants.
31,, Dictatorial leadership is evident in individualistic.work done in the application
of tasks and the functioning of committees. This type of leadership shows a
bourgeois, individualist tendency which is not in conformity with the prin-
ciple of collective working, which demands cooperation from all members. Work
should not be individual but collective and the result of Party cooperation, in
order that the tasks should be best fulfilled and results more positive.
32. The above-mentioned resolution (concerning the Yugoslav Communist Party)
also renews our concern for the international proletariat, The Tito group
abandoned the international proletariat in favor of a bourgeois nationalism.
We are not exempt from this deformation of principle in our ranks. In 1943
the degenerate group of Miguel Velaaco turned against the international
proletariat and introduoed nationalist, bourgeois practices. This tendency
was fought energetical'ly' but was not completely radicated in our ranks. We
did not carry out deep discussions and political education to destroy this
influence which is so foreign to Marxism.
33. This tendency continues to damage the Party and is the source of our failures
to apply the principles of the international proletariat. For this reason
our efforts toward solidarity with other parties and peoples that are fighting
oppression are not strong enough" or scarcely exist.
34,, Iabordismo (referr.?ing to Hernan Laborde, ex-Secretary General of the Party,
expelled in 1940) and Brauderismo (referring to Earl Browder) in our ranks
have brought about deformations of Marxism and even of the Leninist methods
of organization..
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350 Now that the Information Bureau has exposed the treason, anti-Soviet an4
anti-Party attitude of the Tito group, we must examine more closely our own
weaknesses and, without fear of criticism and self-criticism, correct these
,weaknesses.
d) OUR PARTY
36. Our Party in the Federal ttetrict has gained an important victory in having
thrown from our ranks the group of Carlos Sanches Cardenas-Alberto Lunbreran-
Priciliano Almeguer and Co., who have gone over to Trotskyism and imperialism.
Although the group still shows signs of life, we have dealt them hard blows.
37. The Party has participated in sow important mass struggles for salary increases,
supporting the strikes of some unions. Ife have organized some mass neetinfre that
have strengthened the Party, such as our Registration .Assembly, the meeting of
painters, the celebration of the Party's anniversary, and other popular demon-
strations.,
38. Recruitment has also increased, with certain Cells accomplishing outstanding
works
39. The reaction of the Party to the problem facing La Vos de Mexico (the Party
organ) has resulted in an important increase in its circu1 tion, compared to
its very low previous circulations
41.
Nervertheless, the Party in the Federal District suffers from an essential
failing, which is its non-proletarr.an composition. This influenced our delay
in expelling the group of traitors which had been in the Party since 1940,
prolonging the Party crisis. This explains in part our lack of contact with
the masses of workers, which has deprived us of their combative spirit without
which we cannot accomplish our ands and follow steadily the Marxist-Leninist-
Stalinist path, For these reasons our Congress must examine the fundamental
task of undertaking recruitment of masses of workers in the important industries.
Our motto, "On To The Factories," remains valid. To fulfill the Party program
and historic purposes end to :liquidate once and for all the internal crisis
which has hindered us, that is the urgent task,
At the same time, let us realize that the fulfillment of this purpose is also
demanded of us by the working ::lass, which needs our cooperation because our
Party is a guarantee of success to them in their economic demands and for the
reform that will eliminate advv:nturers and corrupt leaders from the union move-
ment,
42, For all these reasons, our work of recruitment and penetration in the factories,
long planned, should be exam'ned in the self-critical spirit in order to find
the best ways and means of ftvifiiling our task. Resiatt.nce to this recruitment
and penetration of the facto-.tea must be energetically liquidated; and the
sectarian tendencies that disrupt the work must be abolished. Revolutionary
vigilance does not impede "Me recruitment of thousands of workers, and we say
to those who are worried a'sout guarding the Party from enemy penetration without
mass recruitment, that their stop to think. Having maintained great v1g3.lanoe
in the Party has not freed us from traitors. Only a great Party of masses,
powerful and active in thy: fulfillment of all its purposes, with our permanent
revolutionary vigilance, .hill permit us to eliminate the traitors and destroy
them. This is difficult for a small Party, which is out of touch with the
working class.
43. Another essential and fvndaraental preoccupation of our Party is the efficient
functioning of the CeL:t, For this reason we must bring to light, by means
of self-criticism, the causes that prevent correct Cell functioning. Vany
Cells have the vicious practice of making the work heavy and boring, especially
for new members who prefer to deserts Meetings are too long, the discussions
interminable and rape-.itious concerning the Party line, and when action is finally
taken it is too late.. The meetings are unintereating politically; control and
division of work is deficient; there is no organized, collective work;-leadership
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is dictatorial. The Celle are not live, dynamic organisms, well organized
.and costbative. They do not have planned, democratic action, but,, on the
contrary, they are passive,buressamd% unsnthusiastio, and only tend to
demoralize the Party. These faults moat be corrected-for the growth of
t to Party and its closer contact with labor.
44. #nother fact to be criticized is that we have not taken advantage of the
discontent of the masses toward the present regime, toward governmental
corruption, the devaluation of the peso, the high cost of living and the
monopolists' agents, which is manifested in the growing amount of strikes.
Since we have not taken advantage of the people's feeling against Yankee
imperialism and repression, our Party has not participated in the people's
struggle, at least not as it should, in a position of leadership. This
revolutionary feeling of the masses offers opportunities for growing eympattg-
toward our Party, toward the Soviet Union, socialism and Coemnunism, in spite
of the anti-Communist and anti-Soviet signs. This discontent gives us a
great opportunity for developing the Partyo The passivity of our Part is most
to be condemned because it leaves an open field for those expelled adventurers,
Campo, laborde, Sanchez Cardenas and other traitors, to take advantage of the
situation and, by means of ideological confusion, to corrupt the masses in order
to serve the interests of Trotskyism and their master, imperialism. As a
concrete case, Campo has managed to insinuate himself into the formation of
the new labor "central," and as a result our Party has been scorned and a
series of anti-democratic accords have been taken. The workers do not agree
with these accords and do not give their support. Thus these traitors favor
the schemes of the imperialists who are blocking the creation of the new
"central."
45. The recruitment of the masses, penetration of factories and contact with the
daily struggles of the workers will serve as a base for correcting our lack
of responsibility, discipline, organization and accomplishment. It will
serve as a basis for the construction of a Party that is well organized,
combative, and disciplined from the rank and file to the leaders. The plans
formed by the Party in 1940 for the organization and development of the Party
are still in effect and must be practioed. The present situation of the
working class and people of Mexico demands that each one of us be responsible
and disciplined.
46. We must not forget our policy of forming alliances, an demanded for the
construction of the Great Democratic Front for National Liberation, and
following this policy we must remember the agreement reached in the last
Plenary Session of the Federal District Committee to form an alliance with
the Partido Popular and the Partido Revolucionario Institutional in the
Federal District, so that we may work together to benefit the working class
and people of the Federal District.
47, We Communists must not forget that our penetration of factories, closer
contact with the masses, participation in their etrugples and efforts to
lead them will bring a large number of recruits to the Warty, especially
laborers and other men of the people. This will bring greater prestige
for the Party and every one of its members, enabling us to follow completely
the policy of our Party.
our Finances
48o The task of the war promoters was to sabotage anything that meant Party
progress and development. Therefore; in our Party there was created an
erroneous idea for settling its finances on the basis of aid from the
bourgeoisie, officials, and politicians, as opposed to the revolutionary
idea of resorting to the aid of the masses. Time other ideas, vague and
opportunist, arose, and they are still reflected in a large number of
Communists who do not pay their dues. The p ,.yeant of their dues is a
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political task and a task-of organization, which today more than ever is
becoming urgent. The nonpayment of dues shows to what degree of laxity
in our discipline and Communist responsibility we have arrived. This
situation is so alarming and disastrous that it must cease quickly,
everyone paying his ordinary and extraordinary dues without fail, since we
Communists are responsible for and primarily interested in supporting our
Party. If we do not do this, we shall be helping the enemies of the Party,
of the working class, and of the people of Mexico, wbile they do not hesitate
to spend their mi.1lions for their own propaganda in order to buy traitors,
to debase and attack the Soviet Union, to subjugate Mexico, and to start a
new ware It is necessary and urgent to understand that our Party and the
revolution need much, much money, which will owe from the cooperation of
the laborers and masses and above all from our payment of dues - never from
the bourgeoisie or the Government and even lase from our enemies. In order
that the Party may be independent and intransigent before its enemies, let us
all pay our dues and bring to our party all the resources that the laborers
and manses can generously give.
La Voz de Mexico
49, The Party, in order to exist and be strengthened, as well as to serve better
the cause of the working class and of Mexico, needs to rely on its newspaper.
The Trotskyiteek, expelled agents of imperialism, the "latifundistas," the
clergy, the bourgeoisie, all enemies, are attempting to hurt the Mexican
Communist Party, among other ways by preventing it from relying on its news-
paper. This is the concrete result of the robberies, of the sale of the
machines and of the lose of many credits achieved by those expelled, from
Laborde to Sanchez Cardenas, attaining finally the tacit disappearance of
the newspaper. We must answer this by maintaining the newspaper, assuring
that it is issued every week, increasing its sales and subscriptions, giving
it all possible assistance, and above all getting it into the factories,
making it a necessity of the working class and of our people, making it the
newspaper of the masses, paying for it and paying well. In order that the
Party may exist, let us support and circulate La Voz do Mexico In order
to organize our Party better, let us support La Tog de Mexico In order to
serve the working class better, let us circulate La Voz. Let us support and
publish La Voz to serve Mexico better. Let us support and circulate La Voz
in order to strike the enemy harder. To liquidate enemy agents, let us
support and circulate La Dos de Mexico.
Liquidation of the -ar Promoters
509 There can be no tolerance for the bank of political adventurers that our Party
has been expelling successively since 1940,. The harm that they have done to
the working class.and to our Party is so great that their crime cannot be
pardoned or viewed with complacency. Class hatred has to be concentrated
.against these bandits working for Yankee imperialism, We must destroy them
politically in the organizations of masses; prevent their penetration of these
organizations,ummak them as agents of Yankee imperialism, as despicable
Trotckyites, as traitors to the working class and to the people of Mexico,
But we must understand that the way to attain success in this task is chiefly,
as said before, to carry out the work and recruiting of masses, with whom we
shall liquidate them. Also for the same purpose, we must not forget or
abandon the revolutionary vigilance which will prevent the direct or indirect
penetration of this kind,
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Self-Criti aism
51, In our Party we must develop criticism, especially self-criticism. The
criticism made up to the present time leads to nothing. We must understand
that its objective is to remove faults and their causes with a serene and
fraternal spirit and a desire to bring out truths. We must be ready to
expose that which is anti-Marxist, anti-Leninist, anti-Stalinist, opportunist,
sectarian, false, erroneous,, or anti-Party; that which prevents us from
working separately as a Party and as militants. But criticism and self-
criticism are not complete with this. It is necessary to take measures to
uphold everything positive in the Party and its members and to correct their
errors. But even so, criticism and self-criticism are not complete and
fruitful. It is necessary to show with actions that the positive is being
stimulated toward improvement and the erroneous is being corrected,, and that
the Party is constantly being developed. Otherwise we shall fall into
charlatanry.
52, On the other band, the method of criticism and self-criticism must take care
that the fraternity of the Party shall not be broken but rather affirmed
with discussions that are frank, open, serene, affectionate and always
respectful as far as possible, Criticism and self-criticism must cultivate
the virtues and values of our Party and of each of its members. They must
not lead us to negative results, to disillusions, to demoralizations, but
must construct, raise more and more our morale as fighters, enliven our
enthusiasm, increase our faith ir,and our affection for the Party and fow
ourselves. In our Party there is no room for hypocritical fraternity or
political duplicity, or for small bourgeois susceptibility. These things
must be banished from our ranks as foreign to Communism.
53. The Congress must investigate the responsibility of the Federal District
Committee. There is no doubt that this Committee has accomplished important
activities and has led our Party to some victories. But also there is
absolutely no doubt that its work hap had and does have many serious deficiencies,
that it does not do collective work, that the work has fallen back chiefly
on two of its members, that some of its members have abandoned the commissions
that have been given them in an irresponsible way, that the Committee of
the Federal District as a whole has neglected many tasks and has not had a
good control of the working Plans that It has assigned to the Cells,
540 The Congress must appoint a stable, well-organized executive board which
will do combative work and encourage the work of the Cells; that will treat
these organizations better,, helping them in their difficulties and help
develop the Party. it must be clear that the faults and errors pointed out
in this report are chiefly the responsibility of the Federal District
Committee,
55, Likewise, the Congress should maintain two or three professional cadres as an
indispensable basis for handling the work of this Committee. These cadres
should devote all their activity to the work of the Party,
Education and Cadres
56. As for education, the Federal District Committee has developed some activities
of positive political value. However, not only has it been insufficient but,
for a while, nothing has been accomplished and the education of the Party is
practically abandoned, The best comprehension of our political line,, the
assimilation of the new members, and the assimilation of the principles of
Marxism, Leninism and Stalinism, require effective attention.
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57, The Cadres of the Party mast be developed and plaoed in the work in which
they are needed most and where their qualities as militants can best be
used. The Cadres must be educated with the spirit of fidelity to the prin-
ciples of 1arxiam, Leninism and Stalinism, of 2oyalty to the working clove
and to our Party, and of discipline and responsibility more than auythinge
We must take care that our Cadres stand out as Cadres of asses, as effective
organizers and directors of the masses, as good agitators and propagandists,
trained in the daily experience of these masses.
58o It is opportune to paint .out that one of the things that made it difficult
for the Committee of the Federal District to work and to act collectively
was the lack ofti;adres responsible for forming its oommtesions, which are
being integrated and disintegrated constantly or have never succeeded in
becoming integrated. In view of the great tasks that are being planned for
the Party in the Federal District, the formation of Cadres is an i=wdiate
_ task of prime importance,in which we need the initiative of the Party and of
each comrade, who must be interested in joinint* a Cadre in order to serve
better our Party, the working class, and the people of the Federal District,,
Proletariat of All Countries, Unite
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