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LATEST DOCTPJKK OP LF.NIX. NOT ACCEPTABLE' TO RUSSIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn..—Copyright. Received March 14, 5.5 p.m. Ilelsingfors. March 12. Russian newspapers stale that Lenin, in addressing a Council at Moscow, declared tlie Workmen's Councils were responsible for the bad state of industry, and the only solution was to abolish tin: councils and place the administrative duties in the hands of technical and educated persons, and, finally, work hn;l to be militarised. Freedom of work was only possible in bourgeoise countries. The compulsory measures provoked resistance by the workers, whereupon Zinovioff proposed the abolition of trade unions and the introduction of communistic dictatorship. Another difficulty wiu the steady increase of wages. Trotsky proposed payment by foodstuffs, but the scheme was found unworkable, as the value of money is all decreasing—N.Z. Cable Asia,
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1920, Page 5
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