Evening star., 1928-03-19

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| show in the very structure and tech
nique of everything that chances to
/ be done.
| For instance If 1t chances to be
| coal or a salt mine in Siberia, or the
| Don Basin land God! how bleak and
! windswept are both). at the mouth
of the mine and in connection with the
! internal operating processes Of the
mine are all of those things which
make for the safety and comfort of the
, worker-non-eXplo lamps. system
OF enforced ventilation underground.
electric lights along the paths of the
workers. electric lights at the very bank
head. where the worker stands not with
an old-time pick. but a modern electric
drill. gas mask at his elbow, and at
the back of him a travelling coal pan or
basket into which as fast as he loosens
the coal he scrapeS 1t. and in which 1t
automatically travels along to the watt
ing coal car at the end of the par
ticular spur which happens to be the
subject of the drill at the time. the
particular new spur which the current
drilling is making.
In Special Clothing.
And he is clothed in special clothing
furnished by the government. At the
mine-head to which he may retrun at
the end Of six hours. his days work
done. is not only rest room but a
Russian hot bath into which he can
go and make himself clean. For the
miner at the bank-head, the actual
driller, works only six hours tfrom
mine-head to mine-headp because his
work. as the government sees it, is
especially dangerous. Other men con-
nected with the mine. working say in
the lateral shafts or outside, work
eight hours tat present., as their work
is not so dangerous.
The mine-head worker makes $50
ruoles a month. 25 more than Mr..
Stain or Mr.. Lunacharsky. the head of
the entire educational program of Rus
sia. as opposed TO say from 100 to $50
1oE these others connected with the
easier work. Also all mine workers
but more especially the bank head man.
since his is the greatest risk, are heavily
insured against danger.
In addition, outside. all miners. as
well as all active industrial workers
at this mine, have had built (or there
are nov being built for them. as fast
as present industrial results will permit
little two or three or four room cot
Iages, with a bath, veranda and
Httle garden. And these they can al
ways rent Tor E TO 10 per cent of their
wages. no more. Next. for their local
recreation and entertainment, thev
have also had built land how MANY
nave l not seem really handsome club
buildings, the local club buildings OF
tnelT union craft, which as a rule are
mucn nner than many of the better
gol1 or country clubs in America. Each
oI lneSe contains swimming pool
Do"!lng alley. a billiard room.
LAeaDef. reading room, library. GYM
IlaSium ana restaurant. And for men
ana women, not men alone.
In summer these workers. wherever
rI1gy are IN mines or factories or on
railroads or in Offices. have roon.t.e
vacation with pay at some resort ~
! .tieiE own union. on the Black Sea or
1ne caspian or t7e~ Volga, or where vo,
AM- Aad at the mines, or near their
factory or Office. they have a hospital
asnHarluu, library and all the es1,-
. callona! facilities necessary for their
wives and children.
Approves Of Theory.
nave seen these things. been In the
mines. oatnS, clubs. hospitals. sanf-
1s11uIns. resorts and cottages fnearlv
ali new. and I know what / am taiE-
A4g ABOUT. And taken as a whole and
apalI from some other phases Of the
conmunisfic theory, certainly they
make something OF which I can ana
do approve S''~
Eelaayely this type Of thing extends
20 every factory. Office and form Of
employment IN Russia. railroad workers
shipping workers and clerks. l,,r,7har
workers and their assistants. the drivers
Q! trucks, the carriers Of bundles in
ahsl1ent or Eaku, the workers in oil
.le!os and fish canneries Of 8aku or
oa@oanl or q; the Black or Caspian
or Arctic Seas
For all Of these things come Under
the head OF making the necessary, wor,,
oi man agreeable, doing Justice 10 the
! WORKER. And 10 that extent. and esDe-
! ci&!!y where 1t can be proved to be
economically possible. which the Rus
SLAMS say Il can. / approve. But
! whether as much can be done fer the
peasants Of Russia. Of whom there are
1000. 600, remains TO be seen. For
their problem is very different and i,
Is not yet solved and may not be-. al
though / am not sure. But that CUES
lion Is 100 long and too complicated to
be entered upon just here It can best
u done separately.
Another thing / heartily approve OF
is the Russian system Of education.
only apart from that phase Of it which
SEEKS 70 eliminate from the human
brain or chemism all personal self
interest which now an!mates and acti-
rates IT, do not think that can be
done. And even Il 1t could be CUES
tios It's de&l-ab!ity.
But the educational approach 10
knowledge IN genera! Is so interesting
! and simple and clear that consider
| IL the most intelligent ! have ever seen
! anywhere, By painted signs or blocks
and by word os mouth the child Is
! taught the alphabet and the numerals
! Up 10 10 Or hundred. But from there
| Oh, and In classes or groups Of children
j O! his own years, he receives a coIored
! oc1k Or toy or piece Of wood Or a
! string, or anything you please.
/ A Bite Into Life"
| His ilat. say. Well, what in the thing
! he has In his hand2 Il is u hat What
| Is q hat? What lis 1t for? What is it
/ like2 What lis il made for? Has Il.
| such a thing as color? Has IL such
| thing as weight? Thickness? What Is
! "eignt2 And what is thickness? How
are they measured or seneed2 Does
| the child know what color Is? What
/ makes q color2 What is a. shape?
Has hat a shape? What makes a
! skape2 And nog regarding number
/ Suppose We lay d lot Of hats in d
! row. How many hats are there?
Well. as you SEE, you bite into life
j anywhere. And always as you 60 Al
/ oDce you come upon q thousand prob
lenas jingual, grammatic, arithmetic,
physical. chemical. social. biologic
Naturally, As fast as child can grasp
! an idea or fact, IL grasps 1t. And
! you are not u forget that IL IL learning
j about everything at once as fast as il
/ can And az fast as IL develops a spe~
! eial interest it can learn about that
! and follow II.
There are no such things as formal
/ Special atu6fRs zIfnTaIvh all the tlH.faI