At the session of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party, on February 15, 1919, the following resolutions were carried: Taking into account--(1) That the uninterrupted growth of our party during the year of dictatorship has inevitably meant _that there have entered its ranks elements having absolutely nothing in common with Communism_, joining in order to use the authority of the Russian Communist Party for their own personal, selfish aims; (2) That these elements, taking cover under the flag of Communism, are by their acts discrediting in the eyes of the people the prestige and glorious name of our Proletarian Party; (3) That _the so-called “Communists of our days” by their outrageous behavior are arousing discontent and bitter feeling in the people_, thus creating a favorable soil for counter-revolutionary agitation--taking all this into account, the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party declares: (_a_) That the party congress about to be held should call on all party organizations to check up in the strictest manner all members of the party and cleanse its ranks of elements foreign to the party; (_b_) that one must carry on a decisive struggle against those elements whose acts create a counter-revolutionary state of mind; (_c_) that one must make every effort to raise the moral level of members of the Russian Communist Party and educate them in the spirit of true Proletarian Communism; (_d_) that one must direct all efforts toward strengthening party discipline and establishing strict control by the party over all its members in all fields of Party-Soviet activity.