The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-11

SAAoAo pAAO SOA6CoUlOll LII a QdD-
gerous situation for the defense of the coun-
try at momoent of intervention when not
only arms and ammunition but every loco
motive and every Wagon is of Importance
as means of defense.
I'm particular the delay with regard to re-
pairs and the reconstruction of workshops
for the production of wheels and axels for
locomotives and wagons in the works of the
great metalurgical industry during the course
of the last three or four years was a consid-
cradle hindrance to the repairing of rolling
stock units as the production of these parts
which continued in the factories of the small
metalurgical industry met with difficulties
owing to the poor quality of the metal, and
was unable to meet the growing demands of
the Peoples Commisariat of Ways and Com
munications and the Wagon factories which
are considerably increasing their production.
The same is true of the other individual
parts OF the rolling stock, the springs, the
couplings, ETC., whilst timely solution of this
task by the setting up of special workshops
for the centralized production of axels by roll
ling and forking, of the bandless wheels by
rolling Cor by casting the wheels of steel by
the Griffin SYSTEM and also for the central
- FANNSsANAA
would have made possible the complete de-
velopment of the means of transport, would
have guaranteed the development of Wagon
building and in part of locomotive building
and thanks to the timely centralized methods
of production would have made possible con-
| siderable economies in material.
"The delay in the solution of the tasks
mentioned will bring our railway transport
into chronic state of shortage with regard
to these parts and abolish at an acute
moment Of intervention the possibility of
speedily overcoming this difficulty as a result
of the inevitable increase of demand for these
parts.
1.-THE slowing down of the tempo of devel-
opment in Wagon building, locomotive build
ing and in the building of river steamers is
also OF considerable negative Importance in
the case of an intervention.
e.. Similarly, the development of many
engineering works for the supply of the
chemical industry was held up to the damage
of our defensive capacities in case of war or
intervention. The production of chemical
apparatuseS is made difficult by the UMPIRE
paredness of our metalurgical industry to
produce special sorts of steel, acid resisting
steel, non-rusting steel, steel which is capable
of standing high pressure and high tempera-
lures under the effect of acids The slowing
down of these forms of production creates
extremely unfavorable conditions for SER
les of forms OF production of explosives. ..
g.. Not less behindhand is the develop
ment of the production of lathes, of essential
Importance not only for general production,
but also for defense, for instance for the
manufacture of arms and ammunition, etc. of
which we were able to convince ourselves by
the experience of the world war. Tool max
ing is of similar Importance in this respect
and its development is also very backward
These two branches of industry which are
of essential Importance in case of war or in
tervention, demand the greatest attention,
but in fact they have only received stimula-
ton in their development quite recently. For
instance the plans of four factories, for the
production of lathes were put forward for
confirmation only in 1880. This dalay was
due to the sabotage work with regard to the
setting up of plans for the various branches
of industry.
"A general conclusion may be drawn that
with the close connection of all branches of
the metalurgical industry and in particular
the engineering industry, there is no single
branch which has not suffered as result of
the incorrect organization of the engineer
ing industry and in case of an intervention
the branches supplying military equipment
vii suffer directly as also will work and con-
nections in the hinterland. Statement of
the 3rd of November, 1900
Finally Fvedotov declared in the textile