The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-18
SOVIET RUSSIA IS AHEAD OF U. S.

- INC 15SClJ inc central workers
Institute. This is devoted to the scien-
tific study of labor, "the effort to fit
the work to the man and the man to
the work" Here experts are Garry
ing out all sorts Of physical and men.
tai experiments to determine fitness
for certain kinds of work, to develop
efficient methods of work, to get rid
of fatigue, and to devise ways of dis
covering individual capacities and in
capacities in men and women work
ers."
Women, as a class, are urged to go
into the factory, not only because
economic conditions force them to,
but because they are considered as
"citizens," side by side with men.
"The wages for men and women are
the same for the same work." al
though as an actual fact they are
usually working on different process
ses in the factories, and there are
special laws relating to them, such
as the limitation Of night work and
the prohibition of certain types of
work considered particularly injuri-
Gus to women.
The desire to substitute the factory
for the home leads to the encourage
ment in every way of the employment
Of married women. Not only are nur-
series provided for the children OF
working mothers but a very generous
arrangement is made for the nursing
Of the babies and the care of the chill
dren when they are sick. A nursing
mother is allowed time off to go and
feed her baby, and when the nursery
is at distance from the factory this
may actually cut as much as two
hours out Of her days work.
Nursing Mothers Welcomed and
Cared For
mo discrimination against mother
is supposed to be permitted by any
factory committee. If a young I'M
married man and nursing mother
were to present themselves for en-
ployment, they would be treated as if
they were equally desirable"
The theory of Soviet Russia, accord
ing to DR.. Hamilton, is that labor, in
dustrial and agricultural, is the foun-
dalton Of the state, and that the life
of the industrial workers should GEN.
ter around the factory just as the life
of the peasant centers around the
farm. Their ideal is to have in con-
nection with each factory, not only
communal houses but also a nursery,
a kindergarten, hospital, an amuse-
ment center and whatever else the
workers need and want"
Textile Factory Has Best Hospital
In Moscow
DR.. Hamilton reports that the best
hospital in Moscow belongs7t to large
textile factory. In another factory
there were wall newspapers" in
abundance, and ain addition to the in
Vulnerable activities of its own work
ers, this factory, together with two
other nearby factories, had under
taken to play big brother to fifty-two
villages in a certain section of the
country near Moscow. This particular
factory in it's effort to increase pro-
duction was working two shifts; one
from to with an hours break at
noon, and the other from to IL, with
no break"
In Russia, ut is accepted that the
workers welfare is far more import
ant than what he produces" states DR..
Hamilton. Consequently, the diff
culties which we encounter in this
country, when we wish to make
through study of a given factory or a
given industry in which we suspect
smoe unusual hazard, are unknown in
Russia. Here the whole question can
be treated as openly and as thorough
ly as if it were problem of pneumo-
MIA or typhoid fever"
An Entirely Different Viewpoint
"Given the fact that industrial medi-
cine is recognized as branch of me-
dical study fully equal in Importance
to any other, that it is engaging the
services of the ablest men and wo-
men in the medical profession, and
that their work is meeting with en-
thusiastic cooperation and with no
obstacle except the lack of money, it
would seem that we are justified in
looking for great things in this field
to come out of Russia"
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