The labor world., 1922-03-04

are no longer to be considered "the
basis of the, proletarian dictator
ship" but are now reduced to "a
subordinate position: as agents of
that same Dictatorship" Could there
be a palmer confession Of. the truth
Of the accusation made by the lead
ing German ,Communi~ :s. (Dittman
and Crispien) that .Sovietfsm IS not
a dictatorship Of the sproletariat,. but
a dictatorship over the. proletariat? =?
Levine. points out that the: signip-
canoe Of the document, is due to its
publication on the eve OF the Genoa
conference and that "the new polls;
is expected to create favorable labor
conditions for foreign investors. ~
Certainly it. Is had: to see> how any
slave-driving, capitalistfcs concession
the subsection, OF his contemplated
labor supply is concerned. ~, Z
Z Status OF the; Workers.
!. The: present position. OF the Rus
sian worker is we'll summed up in
':The Russian Economist after sew
eraf HUNDREDS quotations from Boil
sheylst official3documents thorough
" gu Discriminating the truth of the
conclusions reached. In.the light >of
the Bolshevist reports and: news
papers,: the status: OF the Russian
laborer,: according TO these "Bolste-
Visit authorities; issas follows:
! He must give: up his freedom Of
noveme ent ). and !. is: actually tied up
to; his factory or: workshop =. =
2. ."He' must give. UP his freedom. in
choosinga, employment: and work
where he lis ordered to- iby5 the. au-
thorities and; on the: job; to- which he
is put. ~ ..:+ '->..rE >, - :
."ae hasi,to, do. entirely without
any POLITICAL rights and political
freedom. =. =, - t. =. :. -.
!. 7.,-::.;' No Freedom There; !: r..
:: He has no right Of organizing free
meetings or Of publishing independ-.
eat papers: he does not: dare Is be-
long TO, a political party, except the.
Com rnuntsti;: be eaIinnt organize
UNi6ns, except On the prtnci PIE die
tated' from the central authority: Y .
:; ::s:"He cannot participate In q strike:
Tor which nd ii liable to be shot; hA
cannot even express his disgust with
the measures adopted: by the author
tiles. being: liable In such case to- be-
thrown into the goals Of the Extra
ordinary Commissions.
I'm spite Of the dictatorship=o OF the
proletariat the workman is entirely
handed over to the whim Of the au-
tocratic, But often ignorant; individ-
,ual MANAGERS who:/as specialists"
political mmittees,,' and some
times: as simply independent con-
tractors; have him. at their mercy to
a. much greater degree, than Il was
the case even under the ''bougeois"
regime: Finally, the workman. whose
energy is exhausted by uhderteed-
ing, is called to display q higher ef-
ficiehcy under: quite: abnornal con-
di tions.: Es:.:" ''.'
-::''The results Of such a policy are
self evident. The productivity Of
the workman lie; catastrophically de-
clining, this bringing about a COM
plete ruin Of 4 Russian. !, industry.
Factories are idle; transport threat
ems to give way ii. the nearest. fu-
;ture; coal mines and oil wells are
flooded: 1nagnificent buildings. and
equipments OF. large concerns are
gradually decaying. II, Russian In
dustry IS still alive, it. exists cnly in
the form OF small concerns. and OF
home-industry, removed Ito varions
provincial &C corners, far from the cen-
tral authorities.'' ....,..
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