Chapter 33 Resolutely stop the "communist style" and other violations of law and discipline

(March 23, 1960) Party committees of all provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, all ministries and commissions at the central level, and all party groups: Please read this document [1] and forward it to the county-level party committee.The problems found in Shandong must be found in all provinces, cities, and autonomous regions, but they are more or less the same.The problem is serious and cannot be dealt with.In some counties and communes, the Zhengzhou Resolution[2] of March last year was forgotten, and the stipulations on the eighteen issues of the Shanghai Conference last April[3] were also forgotten. up.Some commune workers are very arrogant, have no disciplinary views, and dare not to approve from their superiors.In addition, there are three winds: corruption, waste, and bureaucracy, which explode again and endanger the people.What is the law of value, equivalent exchange, they ignore it.All of the above are done at the commune level.How big is the scope, not too big, not too small.Whether or not one tenth of the communes are making such nonsense needs to be found out.The central government believes that most communes are prudent, fair, and disciplined, and only a small number of them are messing around.Not all the staff of this small commune are fooling around, only some of them are fooling around.For these people, they should be dealt with appropriately according to the situation.Education is the priority, and punishment is the supplement.For those who are the most nonsense, we will resolutely remove them and replace them with new ones.For the handling of the level adjustment, the accounts must be settled, and all refunds are not allowed.The big corrupt criminals must be brought to justice.Why did some county committees fail to pay attention to these problems? They have seriously lost their duties, and they must pay attention to corrections in the future.For a small number of county committees that really can't do it, they should be resolutely removed and replaced with new ones.Comrades, please understand that this is a long-standing problem and an objective existence.The emergence of these bad things is inevitable and unavoidable. They are remnants of the bad habits of the old society, and can only be overcome through long-term education work.Therefore, rectification is required every year, and six-level cadre meetings are held twice a year.The situation in the whole country is very good, and good people and good deeds must account for more than nine tenths.These good people and good deeds should be commended.For those comrades who have committed minor mistakes and are willing to correct themselves, we should use educational methods to help them correct their mistakes and continue to do their jobs.Those we advocate resolutely removing or bringing to justice refer to those people who made serious mistakes and caused great public outrage.People who are really incapable of working and unable to continue must also be resolutely replaced.

central March 23, 1960 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Refers to the second issue of "Conference Situation" compiled and printed by the Secretariat of the Sixth-Level Cadre Conference in Shandong Province.The main issues reflected in this briefing are: 1. About the transition issue.There are mainly the following situations: 1.Some commune cadres are eager to transition, some plan to "go to communal ownership" next year, and some plan to "make transition after autumn"; 2.The poor team looks forward to the transition, the rich team is afraid of the transition, and the production is not active; 3.The basis for the transition and the policy boundaries of some issues are unclear.2. There are economic issues concerning the development of society.Regarding the one leveling and two transfers, communal cadres and team cadres have different views.For example, the team cadres criticized the commune for increasing supplies for free, but the commune cadres were resentful and worried about settling accounts.Three, cadres' style of work.In some counties, there are false reports and exaggerations; in some places, a large amount of production funds and materials are used to build non-productive constructions such as auditoriums, office buildings, and hotels; there are eating, drinking, waste and corruption among cadres.

[2] Refers to the "Zhengzhou Meeting Minutes" formed and issued at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held in Zhengzhou from February 27 to March 5, 1959.See note [6] on page 30 of this volume. [3] Refers to the minutes of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held in Shanghai from March 25 to April 1, 1959, "Eighteen Questions Concerning the People's Commune."This summary was approved in principle at the Seventh Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee held in Shanghai from April 2nd to 5th of the same year.The minutes set out several principled provisions on the management system of the people's communes, and further clarified that the ownership of the people's communes is basically the ownership of the production team; and the provisions in the "Zhengzhou Meeting Minutes" about the adjustment of property and property during the process of the people's communes are generally not counted. If the county commune transfers the labor and assets of the production team, or the commune team transfers the personal property of the members, it must be cleaned up, returned in full, or compensated at a discounted price.

[4] One level and two tunes, see note [1] on page 33 of this volume.