Liu Shaoqi disagrees with the publication of Gao Gang's article because he not only agrees with Deng Zihui 's view, but also has a deeper understanding of it.
In May and June 1951, Liu Shaoqi carefully studied the arguments of the two sides' articles and wrote a long reading note of more than 8,000 words, preparing to hold the fourth plenary meeting of and Gaogang , Deng Zihui's article discussed together.
As the honorary chairman of National Federation of Trade Unions and Liu Shaoqi of the Party Central Committee in charge of trade union work, in this reading note he is not limited to Gao Gang’s article and Deng Zihui’s article on the issue of whether the trade union has specific positions. Starting with the public-private contradiction within the factory, I think:
Although there is no class contradiction in the state-owned factory, there is still “the contradiction between the management of the state-run factory and the workers, which is the public-private contradiction within the state-owned factory. This contradiction is with the capitalists. The class antagonism in the factory is completely different. It is a contradiction that is fundamentally non-hostile and can be reconciled and should be reconciled.
But it is an undeniable, objective, and true contradiction. For a long period of time, we must carefully adjust and deal with the contradictions." The existence of this contradiction determines the necessity of trade union work. "
Therefore, in the current state-owned factories and in the long period of socialism in the future, trade unions are still necessary. Trade union workers and state-run factory managers, on the issue of protecting the entire interests of the working class and the entire people, Their starting point, the status and position they stand on, is or should be the same and consistent.
On these issues concerning the basic interests of the working class, they have a common and consistent stand and starting point. However, When dealing with various individual daily issues related to both parties,They also have their own starting points, each standing on their own contradictory positions and positions to negotiate and mediate these issues, so that they each sign contracts on their own behalf. "(15)
Liu Shaoqi’s article was only a personal reading note, and it was not published at the time. Later, due to Mao Zedong’s statement, this article was not discussed at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. This article caused controversy.
However, the report of Li Lisan, who had the same opinions as Liu Shaoqi, became a target of criticism.
On October 2, Li Lisan, the executive vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, wrote "About Us" Report to Chairman Mao’s opinions on issues that have arisen in the work of the trade union." Li Lisan said in the report:
I think the problem of public-private relations is not only in the current public enterprises, but also in the future socialist period. Policy issues are still a major issue, and it may be inappropriate to deny that the principle of "balancing public and private" can be applied to public enterprises.
Although Li Lisan’s opinion is basically the same as Liu Shaoqi’s opinion, which means that both of them agree. Mao Zedong disagreed with Deng Zihui’s views.
After seeing Li Lisan’s report, Mao Zedong sharply criticized Li Lisan and the All-CPC Party Group for serious mistakes in the trade union work, and severely denied Li Lisan’s views.
After Mao Zedong expressed his opinion, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established the composed of Liu Shaoqi, Li Fuchun, Peng Zhen, Lai Ruoyu, Li Lisan, and Liu Ningyi in November 1951. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is responsible for guiding the party group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. Work.
On December 13, the leadership of the newly established party group secretary meeting held an enlarged meeting of the party group of the wholeBegan to criticize Li Lisan.
On December 20, Li Fuchun, who presided over the meeting, said in the conclusion report of "Disagreements on Trade Union Work" that Li Lisan had "three main mistakes" in union work:
One is to "turn the union into a completely narrow The second is that it “denies the party’s leadership of the trade union”; the third is that “the leadership method is subjective, formal, affairist, and even parental.”
On December 22, the meeting passed the "Resolution on the Work of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions". The resolution puts forward:
The mistake made by Comrade Li Lisan in the work of the trade union is a serious mistake of principle. His narrow economism, denial of party leadership, divorce from reality, and divorce from the masses show the tendency of Social Democracy. This tendency of the Social Democratic Party is completely anti-Marxist-Leninism and is extremely harmful to the workers' movement and the cause of our party.
This controversy over the work policy of the trade union finally ended when Li Lisan was removed from the position of executive vice chairman and party secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. This not only meant Gao Gang’s "victory" in this controversy objectively, but also made Gao Gang see the differences between Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi on certain issues in their work.
Wrong, at the time, it was still a problem of different perceptions in the work.
However, since Mao Zedong was basically in favor of Gao Gang's views in the course of these arguments, Gao Gang also made some remarks in the Northeast Bureau that belittle Liu Shaoqi's prestige and raise his own.
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