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In 1924 "Red Putilov' began to build trac-
tors, the total production for the year was
five tractors, which cost 5000 rubles each to
produce. Last year the goal was 5000 trac-
tors, which was surpassed, and the cost went
down to 1000 rubles each. At the end of the
Five-Year Plan, "Red Putilov" was expected to
produce 10000 tractors per year-but already
this year that goal is being surpassed, for 12,-
900 will be produced, with a possibility that the
figure realized may reach as high $4,000.
In the other departments such as machinery,
locomotives, freight cars, construction steel,
etc. great advances are also being made,
Achievements By Workers.
This tempo of socialist construction is due to
the initiative of the workers. More than 5000
workers participate in socialist competition.
There are also 157 brigades, composed of 1900
workers, giving special organized attention to
increasing production. Socialist rivalry is
carried on not only between the various de-
partments, but also between different factories
in the Soviet Union. For example, Red Pu-
tilov' carries on socialist competition with the
Sokol and Colomno factories There is also
individual socialist competition between work
ers. There are more than rs initiative and
inventive groups, embracing hundreds of work
ers.
We must keep in mind that the workers in
"Red Putilov" have the seven-hour day, and
rs per cent of them work under the system
of the uninterrupted working-week, in which
the factory operates every day but the workers
work four days and rest the fifth day. This
is quite contrast to the capitalist rational
ization in the u s., where the blood and life
is squeezed out of the workers. Imagine work
ers in the U. S., for instance getting ten min
utes rest every hour because they work on con-
veyors, This is so in the Soviet Union, and
of course the workers in the most dangerous
departments work only few hours per day
and get extended vacations.
The trade unions participate actively in the
successful building of socialism. The trade
union active in the Putilov works is COM
posed of thousand workers. who besides their
regular functions on commissions, collection of
dues, ETC., lead also in the increasing Of pro-
ductivity cutting down waste, etc. When col
lective agreement is worked out between the
union and management, weeks in advance the
works. meet and discuss all the terms before
it's acceptance. All of the workers and en-
ployes of "Red Putov" are members of the
trade union with the exception of 20 who have
no vote.
Modern Apartment Houses.
In the vicinity of "Red Putilov," the old
shacks that used to house the workers under
Tsarsm have been replaced with the most
modern apartment houses. Many more build
:...,s are in process of construction These CO.
operative houses receive funds from the So
Wet organization. If workers choose to live
in other sections outside this zone they are
reimbursed for their carfare.
Cultural advance proceeds side by side with
the building of socialism. "Red Putilov" has
a special culture fund that is received from the
factory administration, amounting to 10 per
cent Of the total wage fund, and is used for
cultural purposes. Next spring the construc-
ton of new club house will begin, at a cost
of 100000 rubes. The educational circles in
the plant draw in thousands of workers.
The rapid specialization and construction Of