The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
r AIMED ENGINEER
L AUDS USSR RULE,
SOVIET AID
Dnieper River Super
visor Speaks in N. Y.

The fair minded student and OBJ
server cannot question the sincerity
of the present leadership of the So
Wet Union and the sooner the world
recognizes this sincerity and acts to-
wards Russia accordingly the sooner
real world peace will be possible,
declared Colonel Hugh L. Cooper, at
the Russian Exposition, 119 West
57th Street, Saturday evening.
Cooper designed the Muscle Shoals
project and is planning and super
vising the construction of a naviga-
ton and hydro-electric project on the
Dneiper River in the South Ukraine,
U. S. S. r. The Soviet Union project
will produce 100000 horsepower, 70
per cent of which will be used for.
industrial expansion in the district,
Cooper told his audience. The cost
will be eighty million dollars.
Greatest Appeal.
"The greatest industrial appeal in
the world is the present appeal of
the Soviets for American technical
SKILL" Cooper said. "This appeal
comes from men at the head OF the
government and all through the sue
cessive strata down to and including
120,000,000 peasants.
"We in the United States are being
called again to do pioneer work in a
place and at a time when we can
accomplish a great practical help for
these needy peoples" he continued.
II have said, Yes, will come and do
my small part of this pioneering
work. just as said Yes thirty years
ago, when l was requested to go to
Brazil and build their first major
water power, where taught staff
of Brazilians not only American engi-
neering methods but how to use
American machinery as WELL"
In summarizing some of the
achievements of the Soviet govern
ment which he observed first hand,
Cooper declared that graft has been
abolished and stable government
has been established.
What U. S. S. r. Has Done.
AS specific accomplishments, Coop
er added the following:
81 know of large American bank
who examined American contracts
with the Soviets involving more than
a quarter Of a billion dollars, and
found not one single instance of graft
or failure to pay as promised
"They have set up homes all over
Russia to care for and educate the
orphan children whose parents died
as result of the war and famine.
About 100 million dollars is being
spent annually in Russia for educa-
tional and welfare work.
Religious worship is free, not
withstanding reports to the contrary.
During my stay ! visited many
churches.
Transportation is safe and well
administered, although it is not so
rapid or luxurious as our own. Even
the difficult Trans Siberian service is
surprisingly good.
"Their city streets are clean and
well lighted by electricity although
the cost of electricity is too great to
permit of it's general use.
"They have established State
Bank on a gold basis.
"Great efforts are being made to
develop their natural resources for
the benefit OF the people as whole"
Deems Taylor, American composer,
will discuss Russian folk music this
afternoon at the exposition, and Dora
Rose, soprano, will sing songs to
which the lecturer will refer. AnGrei
l. Boehm will speak on Cooperatives
in U. S. S. R. this evening. The ex-
position, which will close Wednesday
night, is being sponsored by the So
ciety for Cultural Relations with
Russia and the American Russian
Chamber of Commerce. Admission to
the exhibit, lectures and concerts IL
free to the public.