South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-05
VACATIONS AGAIN
GREET RUSSIANS
AFTER EIGHT YRS.
Industrial Folk, as Well as
'High-Ups, Enjoy Sum
mer Outings.

hlJA OuAiiiEos
MOSCOW. sept 4.-Every body III
Moscow seems 20 seeking vacations.
] want 90 visit he big locomotive
factory outside Moscow. and j learn
that 90 Is shu down for TWO weeks
for the workers vacations. i CAL
On comm.ssar8 for interviews AID
ON told that they have CLOWN ont o.
Berlin b. alrpIane fol mon h's
rest.
Il would not seem 20 strange In
America, where lie has settled into
the summer vacation habit But
these are the first vacations there
have been in Russia for eight years.
This IS the first summer they have
not had either "a war or a famine
on their hands. 10 Is the first sum-
uer when people have dared 20
draw breath
We'll Worn out"
They are pretty well worn out.
lots OF them 70 isn't only Leuin
who goes away 90 the country. whi!1
all the press correspondents chase
interviews about his health and CO.
pcnhagen and HeIsingfors send out
reports that he is murdered. II isn't
only Tehitcherin who takes month
Of in the clean. comfortable cOun-
try districts OF Germany. while the
villa foreign rumors say he has
been discredlted fer his actions at
Genoa and lost his job.
Hundreds Of thousands or re
sponsible workers in Russia have
been working Just as hard. They
are suddenly scattering. 10 the
mountains of the Caucasus. to the
seashores Of Finland. TO the quiet
hotels OF Germany.
A responsible worker" is man
who takes the place in Russia
held by captains of industry in
America Usually ne IS a commit
mist. but not always He ge:s no
more wages than other workers,
often not as much as the skilled
technicians under him. Bill Sha
toff. head OF Naphtha Export and
formerly head OF Siberian railways
told me thai he paid his highest
engineers five times what he got
himself
Bosses" Not Highly Paid.
81 got $50 bucks month and
gave them 75O ] would have paid
anything 7 had 10 for the kind Of
help we needed" But Bill on his
lower wage. was a responsible
worker" He got the fun Of manag-
ing railroads and seeing a country
develop under his hand. That is
some fun. If you have the strength
for it, II is mans sun, nos =
weskling's. Some of our dollar-a-
year men tried Il at Washington.
This summer all the responsible
workers get vacation. They can
go anywhere they like within rea-
son. with all expenses paid. They
need il. too. for though the five
year pull OF building a stable politi-
cal government IS over, the So
year pull OF building a prosperous
economic system is still ahead
The folk who stay in town are
also taking vacation. Every night
the summer theaters are iamned
with people. though the serious
theaters are closed. Roof gardens
are going. boulevards and parks are
crowded, and the sunday trains to
the country are Sc fun that men
and girls sometimes ride on the
couplings between the cars, holding
On by the roof
went last nigga. to summer
theater" 7 don't know where the
money comes from. There are doz-
ems Of summer tceaters like this,
and all are full
Not Art. Just a show.
The performance was merely a
show None OF the high art that
Moscow Is famous for. JusC a New
York or Coney Island type Of COM
edy. These folk weren't 5ut for
uplift. but for relaxation.
Wore .hese theater running last
summer -''' asked commUn 81
member ~ our PARTY
II should say not" ne answered.
.a-5 summer nobody could hava
afforded them. md nobody want
81 them. T. was 100 strenuous. we
had Che famine facing us But this
summer it's the first year Of peace.
so war facirs MS and no famine
either. Lots or work 20 DO. but tho
worst strain relaNes q uttle We
can afford 90 give ourselves little
rest"