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NY 100-18676 "What is necessary to achicve this !new level of understanding! in work among women? It means, first of all, recognizing and applying the Leninist concept that Communist women must 'tthemselves bo part of the mass movement of women.! It mcans the virtual reicase of dozens and dozens of our wmon comrades for work among women for peace and to struggic for waments special demands, "In many Party sections a consciousness oxists that in ordor to make it possible for women to partici- pate genorally in Party activities, tho obstacles to women's full participation must be rccognizod, Party cadres here understand that because under capitalism, care of children is more than often tho solo responsi- bility of women, and not vicwcd as a social responsibil- ity, as is tho case undor Socialism, it is necessary to provide baby sittors to help rolease women for gencral Party work. But oxamination shows that this practico, because of its costlinoss, is not widesproad, Nor is the same approach taken to rolcoase Party women cadre for work among tho masses of women. Coupicd with this a gonoral underestimation of work among womon is cxprossed in the practice of taking practically all of our women comrades out of their natural habitat thus robbing them of their mass contacts in F.T.A'ts and women's organiza- tions while they funetion as general Party actives. "T proposc that this Convention instruct our incoming leadership and National Educational Department to launch such a campaign starting on Intcrnational Women's Day, March 8, 1951, I.W.D. should bo the occasion for widcspread tribute to the role and potontlalitios of tho masses of womon, and to inculcate an undorstanding of the Marxist-Leninist approach to women in socicty, as a duty and rosponsibility of all Communist mon and wmon, One such contribution to this cnd is tho forthcoming volume on tho woman question (a collection of the writings of Marx, Engols, Lenin and Staelin) which will bo published by International Publishors in January, and which should rocoivo wide circulation and study. - yh -