The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-27
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intensifcation Of production with the
present means, In addition 10 the
building of new plants.
Another problem which called forth
lively discussion was the housing
problem. The housing problem is per
haps the most troublesome Of all.
AS in the other countries there was
little building going on during the
war. Then the revolution and the
period Of civil war certainly per-
mitted no building operations. Since
the beginning of the reconstruction
period very little building has been
done because the government puts the
greatest part Of the surplus every
year into industry, recognizing that
industry must be established first Of
all as quicALy as possi0le. OF course,
chs housing problem was tackled
promptly and radically by the nation
hliSation Of all the dwelling houses
and the equitable distribution of all
the space, generally In the proper
ton Of one room for one person. How
ever the rapid growth Of all the in
6ustries has once again made the
housing problem acute, in the case Of
the metal industry to sucn an extent
that It Is likely to retard the con-
tinued growth of the industry. The
congress worked out a building pro-
gram.
Protection Of labor, sanitation, and
wages were also discussed. The con-
gress expressed its satisfaction with
the progress made in all these fields.
The wages were only recently in
ereased, and a new increase Is ex-
pected again next year. The policy
Of all government industriesis to de-
vote portion of the profits of the
industry to increasing the wages of
the workers Of that industry.
5000 Of Workers unlonlxed.
More than 800 Of all the workers in
the metal industry are members Of
the union. The engineers, physicists
and chemists employed in the in
dustry are also members of the I'M
ion. They have a section which deals
specially with scientific and research
problems. A representative Of this
section made an interesting report to
the congress. The union conducts a
good deal of educational work among
its members, and now is going to
establish special courses for the train
ing Of nearly q hundred thousand
new qualified workers which the in
dustry will need in the coming year.
The metal workers were interested
not only in the problems of the in
dustry, and in their own problems, but
also in the problems of the Soviet
Union as a whole, as we'll as in the
international political situation, par
ticularly as it affected the working
class. They listened with rapt atten-
ton to a speech by zinoyiev on the
world political situation, a speech,
which was a mastery analysis of the
Locarno pact, the governmental crises
in France, and Poland, the situation
in China, the Communist Party vic
tories in the elections in Czecho-Slo-
vakia, and in the municipal elections
in Germany, and also on the victory
Of the British labor party in the mu-
nicipal elections in London. When
he finished his speech, the entire con-
gress rose, appiauded loudly and then
sang the International
The congress paid a great tribute
to Kalinin, the president of the I'm
ion Socialist of Soviet Republics.
Kalinin is member of the metal
workers union, being a lathe hand,
and having only less than ten years
ago worked at his trade in Petrograd
and Reval. He is fifty years old and
while the congress was in session, it
sent him a resolution Of greeting. The
next day, he came in person to thank
the delegates. His reception is be-
yond description. No wonder. His
address was so full of sincere idealism
expressed in homely phrases, he was
so obviously a man of the workers
that one can at once understand the
great love that both the workers and
the peasants have for bear him.
Japan Workers Delegation.
An account Of the congress Of the
metal workers is not complete without
the story Of the delegation from the
Japanese metal workers, the first
Japanese workers delegation to come
to Russia, and their reception. This
story deserves, and is reserved for, a
special article.