Plan of Resolution on Economic Measures for Combating the Dislocation

Written before May 25 (June 7), 1917 · First published in 1925 in Lenin Miscellany IV. Printed from the original. · page 434

  1. 1. A collapse is imminent.
  2. 2. Neither a bureaucratic nor a bourgeoissolutionis possible.
  3. 3. Workers’ control must be, first, reallyworking-class (threequarters of thevotesof workers).
  4. 4. [ditto] [ditto] [ditto] [ditto] developed into regulation.
  5. 5; [ditto] [ditto] [ditto] [ditto]extended to all financial operations and the financial side of the business in general.
  6. 6. Salvation from the collapse unquestionably demands that the revolutionary measures should bestartedwith the expropriation of the biggest and big capital.
  7. 7. This is to be continued by revolutionary measures: the organisation of universal labour service through the workers’ militia... (free workers’ service in the militia over and above their 8 hours of work).
  8. 8. Switch of manpower to the production of coal and raw materials and to transport....

+ 6 b i s Organisation of exchange of grain for implements, footwear, clothes....

+ 9. Switch of manpower from bombs to useful products.

+ Economy of resources....

+ Universal labour service must yield the utmost and the strictest economy of resources and manpower.