The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-06

trict with 100000 workers. 1t was here, in 1928.
in a metal factory called 1.-THE Red Elector,"
that socialist competition was first begun on the
initiative of the workers themselves Today the
Leningrad District reports "a Red factories that
have fulfilled and even over-fulfed their pro-
duction program for the Second Year of the
Five-Year Plan, and the district as whole has
carried through the plan of 40 per cent in
crease in general industrial output for the year.
In these achievements, socialist competition
played major role With what giant strides
this form of seh-actiyity of the masses has de-
veloped may be seen by the following fact: In
October, 1929, the Leningrad district had organ
lied 800 shock brigades involving twelve and a
half thousand workers; in March, 1880, over
100000 workers were participating in 10000 shock
brigades, vying with one another for the in
crease of production, the elimination of waste,
the decrease in the fluctuation of labor-all
united in the determination to fulfill the Five
Year Plan in four years.
In the Putilov Plant
Go through the Putilov plant, producing trac-
tors locomotives, turbines-that revolutionary
fortress of the Leningrad proletariat, foremost
leader in the struggles of 1905, in the October
revolution of 1917, and now in the construction
of socialist industry. In 1e2s-29 this plant pro-
duced $500 tractors in 1929-3O 10000 tractors,
and now it is preparing to produce $4,000 trac-
tors in the third year Of the Five-Year Plan
OF its $4,000 workers, 10000 are organized in
shock brigades In the locomotive production
division, a chain brigade has been formed. and
at its head production brigader directs the
work, coordinating the activity of the depart
ment shock brigades, spirited, efficient
Or visit the shoe factory. "Skorochod," the
largest in the Soviet Union, employing $4,000
workers, which in 1918 produced 1000 pairs of
shoes daily in 1929-30, 395o0 pairs daily. and
IN the third year of the Five-Year Plan. will rro
duce 46,6o0 pairs OF shoes per day In every de-
partment the shock brigades are the active lead
ers IN production. Each day sees new recruits
Tor revolutionary competition In the month of
september alone, answering the call of the Gen.
trai Committee of the Communist Party. $50
new shock brlgades were organized. The
Schorohod' will complete the Five-Year Plan
IN four years-the shock brigades will lead the
way.
The Karl Marx" Towing Brigade.
striking illustration of the collective ar.
uvi'y OF the masses is given by the steam tlr-
pine factory. Karl Marx" This is one Of the
Red Banner factories of Leninrrad q, 49, 60.
ranks for the Five-Year Plan. When tho NATAL
factory Pneumatic" slowed down its nroduc-
ton schedule, and began seriously to lao be-
hind the decision was made to attach the "Kar,
MARX factory to 1t as a towing brigade Some
OF che pest shock brigades of the Karl Mary
were sent to the Pneumatic" Joint meetings
were neid OF workers from both factories. an
iueoiosicai campaign developed with active
hari Marx workers in the forefront AS re-
SUI, the workers Of the Pneumatic" we're stirred
70 tnelr hgnest effort, and on October lst. v.c,e
apie 10 announce proudly that they. too had
fulfilled their rrohurtic,, rlar