PREPARATION •1 n previous occasions, and there is good reason to fear great ev1 o . ff af h I . that it may defeat ·the best e orts . td e r~v 1 o utJ.on. d h The working class consists of the m ustna_ wate earn<;fSan f \ e agricultural toilers. But th: work:er 1 s reqm_re t ehser 1 v1ce~ o 1 t de f · nal elements of the mdustna organiser, t e e ectnca an pro ess10 ' h . 1 . 1· t h . t' . t mechanical engineer, the tee mca spec1a 1s, t e sc1en 1st, mven ?r, chemist, the educator, doctor, and s_urgeonf. !n sh 1 ort 1 , the prol~tarh1at b- Jutely needs the aid of certain pro ess1ona e ements wit out a so · 1 b . 'bi hose co-operation no productive a our 1s poss1 e, w Most of those profe~sional men in real~ty also belong t? the pro)etariat. They are the mtellect1;1alproletariat, the proletariat ~f ~r~m. It is clear that it makes no difference whether one earns his hvmg with his hands or with his head. As a matter of fact, no work is done only with the hands or only with the brain. The application of both is required in every kind of effort. The carpenter, for instance must estimate, measure, and figure in the course of his task : he must use both hand and brain. Similarly the architect must think out his plan before it can be drawn on paper and put to practical u&e. "But only Jabour can produce," your friend objects; " brain work is not productive." Wrong, my friend. Neither manual labour nor brain work can produce anything alone. It requires both, working together, to create something. The bricklayer and mason can't build the factory without the architect's plans, nor can the architect erect a bridge without the iron and steel. Neither can produce alone. But both together can accomplish wonders. F~rthermore, do not fall into the error of believing that only productive _labour counts. There is much work that is not directly produ~tive, but which is useful, and even absolutely necessary to our-~x1stence and comfort, and therefore just as important as productive labour. Take the roalroad engineer and conductor, for instanc-e. They .ar:dnot _produc~rs, but they ~re essential factors in the system of prd uction. Without· the ra1lroads ·and other means· of transport ·an · • d . .bco~umcation we could manage neither production nor 1stn ution. . . _ Production a d d' 'b • . • pole. Th n 1stn :1tion are the two _romt~ of the same life ·needed f eh labour required ·for the one 1s as ·important as that or t e other. . -What I 'd -which, tho~,u above applies to_numerous ph~ses of hum<1;neffort in the ma ·lt themselves not directly productiv,e, play a vital part ni O ·pro_cesseos f our-economic and social life. · The man 59 B bhote G ro B1a11co
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