The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
News from the u S. S. r.

chairman of the delegation, spoke of
his first impressions. "On arrival in
the U.S.S.R.," he said, "all of US felt
that tremendous restoration process
is going on here. This process par
ticularly impressed itself considering
that we have come here through Po-
land where poverty and sluggishness
is felt everywhere"
Statement of American Worker
and Employee ExcursiOnists.
The American workers participating
in the excursion declared before leav-
ing that an investigation of the in
dustrial life of the U.S.S.R. convinced
the excursionists that the workers of
the U.S.S.R. feel that they are the
masters Of the factories and that they
have learned to combine general
State interests with their personal
needs.
Trip of Group of Members of the
British Labor Party.
An excursion of left wing members
Of the British Labor Party arrived on
August 18th in Kiev. The excursion
consists of five people under the
leadership of 7. Paris, director of the
London Labor College.
From Kew the delegation will 90
abroad. In an interview with press
correspondent, the delegates declared
that on their return to England they
will do all in their power to strength
en- the united front of the workers of
British and the U.S.S.R.
German Workers Come to Crimea.
The second group OF German work
ers arrived in Lenngrad en- route to
Crimean sanatOna. There are Al in
the group.
French Pioneers in Moscow.
A French Pioneer group arrived on
August 18th in Moscow. The men,
bers of the delegation are workers
children from various districts of
France
On the 18th the delegation left for
Kazan from whence it will go to
Ural
The National Seamen's Congress.
From the report at the National
Seamen's Congress it follows that in
1918 the tonnage carried by water
transport was 8,133,000, and that in
1926 1t was 33,438,000 tons. This is
SO per cent of the pre-war level. Thus
water transport lags behind railway
communication which will reach the
prewar level this year. 1t was de-
cided to assign 81 million roubles for
the charging of the river fleet. In
1926 the tonnage carried by the
SOvtOrgflot increased IL per cent COM
pared with 1925.
Members of the American Labor
Delegation spoke at the Congress.
Arrival of German Sport Delegation
in Leningrad.
On August 9th a group of II Ger
man worker sportsmen arrived at
Leningrad. There are two women in
the group. There are in the group
the best sportsmen of the Berlin dis
trict: 6 tennis players, light athletes,
racers, rowers, etc. They will partici-
pate in competitions in Moscow and
Leningrad.
The sportsmen said that the Lu-
cerne Sport international wanted to
prevent their coming here, but how
ever were unsuccessful. The delega-
ton will be here three or four weeks.
A Boating Expedition From
Moscow to Baku.
A great Moscow Baku boating ex-
petition started on the Moscow River
on August 18th. Two boats with Is
people make up the expedition. The
expedition will use cars and sails for
a distance of 1920 kilometres, includ-
ing over 700 kilometres from Aus
trakhan to Baku on the rough Caspian
Sea.
Red Army Sport Meets.
On August 18th, in the presence of
larger crowds, including foreign
military attaches, the Red Army sport
competitions officially began. The
competitions will last six days.
Eleven hundred Red soldiers, sailors
and officers will participate.
All-Russian SpOrtsmen's Field Day.
About 1000 sportsmen will take &C.
tive part in the All-Russian sports
mems celebrations on August goth
18th. Moscow will have the biggest
representation.
The Supreme Council fol hysical
Culture has sent invitations to the
most prominent workers sport organ
izations of Europe. Delegations are
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