Re: The merits of Leon Trotsky as railways manager

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Subject: Re: The merits of Leon Trotsky as railways manager
From: Waistline2@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:21:20 EST

In a message dated 12/7/03 8:54:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, swillsqueal@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

At the 17th Party Congress in 1934 there was a
substantial vote against Stalin. At party meetings,
the way you voted was to cross out the name of the
person you did not want elected. Of 1225 votes cast,
there were nearly 300 votes against Stalin. Only 3
people voted against Sergei Kirov, the popular
Communist party boss in Leningrad.

Comment

Winning 925 yes votes out of 1225 votes cast is not a bad thing. Winning 1222 of 1225 is excellent. Does Sergei Kirov have any writings worth reading? Just curious.

Melvin P.

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