The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-19
Our Achievements in i. s. S. r.
By Fred Ellis

and his horizon is confined to the
limits of the work in which he i'm
mediately participates. In relation
to the total amount of work being
carried on in the Soviet Union, the
individual worker finds himself in
the position of the bricklayer does
not altogether understand the time
illness, the progress and the signifi-
canoe of the laborers, carpenters,
joiners and other groups of workers
who shoulder to shoulder. with him
are working at the same class task
Out of the articles scattered thru
the columns of the daily press it is
not physically possible, there is nc
time,t to form an altogether clear
idea of the course of the work, and
of the total accomplished in the past
months of the year in all spheres OF
toll and creative activity. 1t is alb
solutely necessary for these active
workers to know the minutest de.
tail of everything that has beer
done, that is being done, and that
has to be done in the future, in or
der that he may have before him 9
vivid picture of his struggle, his
work, and of what he has achieved
1t is necessary that he feel himself
one of those living forces which are
building the new state and that this
state cannot be built without the
strongest, most comradely union Of
all individual force into single
stream of collective creative energy
1t is necessary for him to see that
the "holy vessel" of this energy is
borne not by "devils" but by him.
self and his comrades.
WE must strengthen him, awaken
f" his pride, add to his confidence
in himself, show him the full sig
nificance of his so-called petty
everyday work, show him that il
this our land there is no more "pet
ty" activity, that everything that i.
done is done for the sake of the
universal emancipation of mankind
from everything that held them bacl
internal as well as external-fron
becoming free creators of their owl
fate and their own history.
Our present reality is painful
contradictory, confused-all this i!
true. But the whole reality must b.
rendered heroic, and our reality al
ready deserves it in full.
How is reality being rendered
heroic? Exclusively by the exploits
of toll, only by the work purifying
life of it's ignominies, only by fight
ing evil, fighting against SLAYER!
and for freedom. On this principle
on the exploits of toll are built al
those wonderful Herculean Legends
and tales about the heroes of all ma
lions and all ages. Even the saints
$50 far as their "lives" passed int,
the sphere of folk-lore) evel
among the saints" the peopl
honors with it's love not those VIII,
deserted the world and life for tn
sake Of their private salvation" blu
only those who fought the evils O
life in the world, in the midst o
mankind.
Reality can be changed only b.
the revolutionary force of labor, an,
the more intelligent labor is tn
more revolutionary it is. That whicl
is being done in the Soviet Uniol
surpasses lie fantastic exploits o
all fabulous heroes. The work 0
plain people from the bench and tn
pillow, of people who live under pain
full conditions, is truly heroic, bu
the heroes themselves do not realiz
it. They see themselves in a ba
light and therefore they estimat
each other low.
| In our activity there has been Dor
and is growing a real hero, and h
must know that. He will know tina
when we put a looking glass befor
him. Such looking glass will sho,
to the active worker of the revolu
ton and Of culture all his achieve
ments in all fields of science, tech
nique, the arts and customs.
Courtesy Labor Defender)