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IL The Increasing Progress of the BuldngUp of Socialism
and the Inner Situation of the Soviet Union.

including the milIs-amounted to 8641 pre-war
roubles, or, 102.5Gt of the pre-war level, in the
next year, 1929 this had risen to 122 per
cent, in 192S-1929 to 1925 per cent and in the
present year-to judge by the course taken by
the development of industry-we shall reach at
at least 100 per cent of the pre-war level
We have to record an enormously rapid
growth of the production of industry as a
whole.
b. In 1862 at the time of the Fifteenth
Party Congress, the goods traffic on the whole
of our railways totalled SIT milliard ton kilo-
metres, or 1877 per cent of the pre-war level
in the following year-1927- 2S-this rose to
1912 per cent, in 1928-29 to 1924 per cent and
will increase in the current year-according to
present data-to at least 1913 per cent of the
pre-war level With respect to the new railway
lines these have been extended in the period
under report-since 1927-28-from 10000 to
$4,000 kilometres, equivalent to 1867 per cent
Of the pre-war level.
q If the status of the trade turnover in the
country in 1926-27 is taken at 100 81 mliard
roubles), we find the increased turnover to
amount to 1246 per cent in 1929, to 1904
per cent in 1928-29, and may estimate-to
judge by all data--that this will rise in the
current year, 1929-30, to POP per cent, or double
the turnover of 1926-27.
d. If the balances of all our credit institu-
tons on October 1, 1927 is taken at 100 (9173
million roubles), we find the increase up to
October 1, 1928 to amount to 141 per cent, and
up to October l, 1929 to POLL per cent, or dou-
bic the amount of 1927
e If the state budget of 1926-27 is taken
at 100 (6371 million roubles), the increase by
1929 is 1855 per cent, by 1928-29 1857 per
cent, and by 1929-30 2044 per cent; this means
that the budget of 1926-27 has been doubled
(12,605 million roubles).
10 sum up, we may place on record the fol-
lowing survey of the increase of the national
income in the period of this report (the I'M
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The Political Report Of the Central Committee the XVI Party Congress
Of the Communist ay Of the Soviet Union


rs per cent for industry and "a per cent for
agriculture.
This unfavorable situation in agriculture isl
caused in part by the small peasant type of
agriculture, producing few goods. 1t is OBJ
Vious that this situation will change to cer-l
tain extent, in proportion as agriculture adapts)
itself to the Soviet and collective farm system,
and in proportion as it increases it's production
of goods.
@ But the development of industry in gen
eral gives complete idea of the tempo oil
characterization. In order to gain this COM
plete idea, the dynanlics of the relative pro-
portions of heavy and light industry must be
ascertained. Here the cearest sign of the
growth of industralzation is the steady in
crease in the share taken by the production
OF the means Of production (heavy Industry
in the total production of industry. In 1927
1928 the share falling to the production of
industry was 272 per cent, and the share fall
ing to the production of articles of consumption
72.8 per cent; in 1928-1929 the share of the
production of the means of production had risen
to 28.7 per cent as compared with 713 per
cent; in 1929-1930 the share taken by the
production of the means of production will in
crease, to judge by all data, to 327 per cent
as compared with a 67.3 per cent production
Of articles Of consumption.
If we do not take the whole of industry, but
Nliiy We plduuGQ Industry COQLrOHeQ DV the4
Plan of the Supreme National Economic Coun-
ell, embracing all the leading branches of in
dustry, we find here the proportions of the
production Of the means of production and oil
articles Of consumption even more favorable, |
In the planned industries the share falling toD
the production of the means of production inI
1927-1928 amounted to APT per cent as COM
pared with 57.3 per cent; in 192S-1929 to ID 81
per cent as compared with 55.4 per cent, and
in 1929-1930, as may be estimated from the
data, the proportion will be at least 48 per-
cent as compared with 81 per cent.
The development of our national economys
is going forward towards industrialization. TO-
wards the consolidation and development of
our own heavy industry.
This means that we have already laid the
foundation Of our economic Independence ourl
heavy industry, and shall now continue to build.
ITO Be Continued)
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By l.. P.
Preparing for War

NOBODY can today conceal the fact that the
~ American imperialists are preparing for
war. No matter what phrases are being used,
or names given to the war plans of the bosses.
no one can fail to see the feverish prepa-
rations. The war department has already
worked out detailed plan of how 10000 fac
tories will be drawn into the war machinery;
how the railroads will efficiently cooperate in
transportation of troops and munitions, and how
every available force will be militarized and
put on war level. The fiery debates in the
u S. senate on the naval disarmament" treaty
of ,MacD Donald and Hoover clearly point to the
inevitabilty of war.
Defend the Soviet Union!
Particularly is evident the war attack upon
the Soviet Union. The bourgeoisie makes
secret of the fact that the success of socialist
construction in the U. S. S. r. is a challenge to
the world capitalist system. The New York
Evening World in an editorial of July 10 clearly
states: "Unquestionably the Russian expert
ment, now in it's thirteenth year, constitutes
challenge to our own system" AS the Soviet
Union grows stronger and the capitalist con-
tradctions develop more sharply, the war dam
ger between the imperialist powers and espe-
cially the war against the Soviet Union be-
comes a concrete reality"
All Around Preparations
The imperialist war preparations do not only
include direct military preparations; 1deologlcal
and political preparation is part of their war
program. Since the working class is the one
who will have to bear the burden of the war,
therefore it has to be prepared to perform its
role very efficiently and noothy This pro-
gram therefore calls for feverish patriotic
propaganda. The bosses will try to make
the workers believe that the war is not only
their patriotic duty, but is also solution of
all their ills. The aim of capitalism is to
make the workers think that the is in
their interest, that it is their war.
Union, the theological and political mobi- ation
of the masses is even more important. The
peace policy of the proetarian state is too well
known to the toilers of the world to make
believe that the Soviet Union is preparing to
attack others. At the same time the achieve
ment of the Russian workers under the leader
ship of the Communist Party, the growth of
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socialism, is winning the admiration of the
workers of the entire world.
How They Do II
How is this theological preparation being car
ried out? The aim of the Fish investigation
committee is to prove that the Soviet Govern
ment is directly involved in plots against the
U. S. government; that the Soviet Union is
maintaining" it's secret service agents who are
continuously undermining the U. S. govern
ment; that the Soviet Government is "financ-
ing" strikes and labor struggles against capt.
talism. Every struggle of the American work.
ers, every sign of resistance to the attack of
the bosses, every sign of discomfort of the work
ers with the exploitation of the capitalist class,
is being purposely interpreted as being ZEN
couraged, financed and guided" by Moscow.
This is running like red thread through the
entire proceedings of the Fish investigation
Every testimony of the picked and coached wit
nesses who are giving expert" opinion to the
Fish committee, aims to prove that. The chair
man, Mr.. Fish, will ask the witness: Don't
you think this is directed by Moscow" and
the witness will answer: Certainly, by Mos
cow" On the basis of this demagogy and
lies, the capitalist class and all it's agencies
will appeal to the patriotic feelings of the
masses, will claim that foreign country is
interfering with the u. s. internal affairs,
that the Soviet Union is trying to conquer the
United States for itself, ETC. . BY these
means the bosses aim to antagonze the Ameri-
can workers against the Soviet Union, and pre-
pare the workers for war.
Fascist A. F. of L.
The fascist representatives of the American
Federation of Labor go even to the extent to
claim that the Soviet Government is cooper
ating with the capitalist class of America in
crushing the A. F. of L. This will be presented
to the American workers in such form as to
make them think that the decline of the A.
f. of l.. is not due to the very policies of the
organization but to the "subversive" activities
of Moscow. To this is also being added, the
cry of "cheap Russian coal" and Convict lum-
ber." The fascist A. F. of L. uses these means
to make the miners and the lumber workers
believe that all the evils come not from the
strike-breaking policy of the A. F. of L., but
from Moscow.
With the same purpose they raise the ques-
tion of Freedom of religious worship,a which,
according to the testimony of the Jesuit spy
Father Walsh it is the supreme duty of the
American workers to defend. The same applies
to their cries of saving Russia for democracy"
and defeat the Communist war on humanity"
Since all proof" points out that Moscow is
the source of all strikes, struggles of the
workers against the bosses, demands of chill
dren for free lunches, ETC., therefore the Fish
investigation committee comes to the conclu
sion beforehand, that:
IF we find that paid agents of a govern
ment which we do not recognize, are consis-
tently carrying on efforts to demoralize the
American workers in our industries and to
undermine the rising generation through in
sidous propaganda in our educational nsti-
tutions, then appropriate action will be taken
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that one of its so-called crime reporters also
was murdered and had very shady past The
other papers thereupon did lot of bluffing
to the tune of bring on your evidence" but
they have been more careful what they saw
about the Tribune since
Harmless Talk.
The headlines and news about the case are
now very earnestly concentrating on the theme
find the murderer of Lingle." All of which
is very harmless The writer was told by an
old newspaper man that certainly the muir
derer is known and that in all likelihood has
been done in himself.
Lingle was big shot as a politician and
racketeer. He was the Tribune's city hall
tlxer." 1t was he who manipulated the in
stallatlon of the late police administration
headed by Commissioner Russell, ousted when
his intimate friendship with Lingle could not
be hushed Chief of Detectives Siege. avid
red hunter who has personally beat up count
less members of the Communist Party and
sympathzers of the movements it leads, was
retired for the same reason.
Just mere corner of the canvas that covers
the sinking mess known as Chicago politics
was lifted when Lingle was killed.
They dare not tell the story. The news
papers now realize that they bit off more tbans
they could chew when they flew at each others
throats for few days following the killing.
Ihere was the gravest danger that not onlvS
they but the interests whose mouthpieces thew
are would be dragged in. There was the fear
that the connection between the bankers and
city hall might be uncovered There was also
the danger that the connection between the
bankers and the racketeers, whose miIIionsS
the former keep lucratively on deposit, would
leak through
But hanging like shadow over everything
is Chleago's unemployed army. The bosses
and therefore their underlings, the newspapers
and politicians, are getting panicky. The red
batting campaign that has its counterpart in
every other city in the country where there
is an attempt to organize the jobless, is in
full cry. The politicians do their bit by order
ing the coppers to smash heads. The news
papers job is to play up the prosperity hokum
and ridlcule or ignore altogether the organized
activities of the unemployed
This is no time for undertaking. You can't
afford to tell what you know when what Won
know will make still more angry an already
desperate and enraged working class The
Linele case will finally be hushed. But a
half-mllion unemployed workers and hundreds
of thousands of employed workers subject n
FREQUENT lay-offs and wage cuts cannot be
hushed.
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pass on to the inner situation in the Soviet
Union.
AS opposed to the capitalist countries, in
which economic crisis and growing unempoy-
ment prevail, the inner situation of our country
shows an increasing progress of national eco
nomy and a progressive diminuton of unem-
ployment. The tempo of big industrial develop
ment has been accelerated. Heavy industry has
been strengthened. The socialist sector of in
dustry has considerably increased. In agricul-
ture a fresh force has grown up--the Soviet
and collective farms. Two years ago we had
crisis in grain production, and were chiefly de-
pendent on the small producers for grain sup
plies, but now the centre of gravity has been
moved to the Soviet and collective farms,
whilst the grain crisis may be regarded as es-
sentially solved. The main masses of the peas
antry have now finally turned towards the
collective farms. The resistance of the kulaks
has diminished. The inner situation in the So
Wet Union is more firmly established
This is the general outline of the inner stu
alton of the Soviet Union at the present mo-
ment.
Let us examine the actual figures:
/. The Growth of National Economy
AS Whole.
al In 1926-27, that IS, at the time OF the
Fifteenth Party Congress, we had gross pro
duction in the whole of our agriculture -incud-
ing forestry, fishing, etc.--of 1870 million
pre-war roubles or 106.6co of the pre-war level
in the following year, 1929 we had 1920,
in 1928-29 109.1fe, and in the present year
1929-30 we shall reach, to judge by the develop
ment of agriculture, at least 113 to 1149o of
the pre-war level.
We observe an uninterrupted, although COM
paratively slow, growth of agricultural produc-
ton as whole.
In 1926-27, at the time Of the Fifteenth
Party Congress, the gross production of al
industry--both small and large industry, and
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to stamp out such propaganda and drive out
or deport all Soviet representatives"

to stamp out such propaganda and drive out
or deport all Soviet representatives"
This, therefore, is not an investigation, but
a perfection of war plans.
However, the bourgeoisie knows very well
that their war plans will not be met without
resistance from the working class. The work.
ing class has still fresh in it's memory the re-
suits of the last world war. Therefore, in order
to mobilize the American workers, they must
inject such issues to cover up their real i'm
perialist war plans. The second factor that
stands in the way of imperalist war prepare
lions is the existence of the Communist Inter-
national fighting imperialist war on the basis
Of a revolutionary program. This is precisely
what distinguishes the present pre-war period
from the past pre-war period 1t must be rec
ognized that the working class is not passive
onlooker of the imperialist war: on the con-
trary, it's revolutionary action will determine the
outcome of the war. The political preparations
of the working class and the fighting capacity
of the Communist Party is decisive factor in
giving the proletarian answer to imperialist
war.
In order that the bourgeoisie shall be able
to go through with its war preparations, and,
more so, in order to assure its victory, it must
maintain an unaffected rear of the battlefront
The bourgeosie must have the assurance that
the working class will not only remain neutral
but will actively cooperate with it in executing
its war plans. Because of this the working
class must be defeated and kept in check
however, to defeat the working class, it is first
of all necessary to decapitate its revolutionary
leadership the Communist Party. This is
precisely the aim of the Fish investigation
committee, planning and executing a very in
tegral part Of the imperialist war preparations.
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The average annual increase in the three years
under report is therefore Is per cent.
When it is taken into account that the aver
age annual increase of national income in such
countries as the United States, England, Ger
many, ETC., is not more than 8 to per cent,
it must be admitted that the national income
of the Soviet Union is increasing at record
speed.
2. The Successes of Industrazation
In our country the growth of national eco
Monies does not proceed on anarchist lines,
but runs in definite direction, in the direc-
ton of industrialization with the aim of in
creasing the specific weight Of industry in the
total system Of our national economy, with the
aim of converting our country from an agrarian
into an industrial country.
a. The dynamics of the proportions of all
industry and all agriculture, seen from the
standpoint of the specific weight of industry
in the gross production of the whole national
economy, are as follows for the period under
report: Before the war the share taken by in
dustry in the gross production Of the national
economy Of our country amounted to 42.1 per
cent, the share of agriculture to 57.9 per cent;
in 1928 the share of industry was 45.2 per
cent, that Of agriculture 54.8 per cent; in 1928
1929 the share of industry was 48.7 per cent,
that of agriculture 513 per cent; in 1929-1930
the share of industry to estimate by all
data will amount to no less than So per
cent, whilst the share falling to agriculture
will be AZ per cent
This means that the specific weight of in
dustry is already beginning to preponderate
over agriculture, and that we are on the eve
Of the conversion Of the country from an agra
rian land into an industrial one. (Applause)
b. We find an even more decided preponder-
ance in favor of industry when we regard the
matter from the standpoint of the specific
weight of industry in the goods production of
our national economy. In 1926-1927 the share
taken by industry in the goods production Of
our national economy amounted to 68.8 per
cent, the share Of agriculture to 31.2 per cent;
for 1927-192S the corresponding figures are
71.2 per cent for industry and 288 per cent
for agriculture; for 1928-1929, 72.4 per cent
for industry and 276 per cent for agriculture;
and for 1929-1930 according to all data -
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held. The Party and the Auto Workers Union
will make clear to the workers the lessons of
this strike and utilize it as an accelerator
both in the mobilization of the forces of the
Party and the union, and the actual develop
ment Of the struggles of the workers. The
Flint strike bears out in every manner, the
line and perspectives of the 7th Convention of
our Party To the extent that we understand
and apply this line will we build our mass or
CARNATIONS and the Party.
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Llngle Case and Unemployment

THE lid is being clamped down on the cele-
brated Jake" Jingle case. The series of
revelations on the interconnections between
newspapers, Doodle politics and racketeering
which for time followed thick and fast after
the assassination of the Tribune report er-rack-
eteer, has come to an end. With half-million
jobless walking the streets, a senatorial cleo
ton approaching and the very acute danger
that in the mud-slinging fest too much would
be told, there is now clumsy scramble to
cover up. The zeal to do injury to competitor
which actuated what newspaper dirt was
dragged into the light of day is outweighed
by discrete forethought as to the damaging
effect of letting the "public" know too much.
Lingle.
The investigation of the murder of Lingle,
a reporter for the "World's Greatest News
paper" with an income of $65,0OO year, has
become game of hide and seek The assistant
prosecutor, Rathbun, who is in charge of the
case was '1oaned" to the prosecuting attorneys
office by the dead racketeer's employer, the
Tribune. In the ordinary days work, Rathbun
is head of the Tribune legal staff. He is on
the job to hide what he can. He is succeeding.
But the other papers, envious of the Tri-
bune's million circulation are making it hard
for Mr.. Rathhun. They know all the inside
dope and are publishing just enough to make
the Tribune mad. They are, however, care
full not to print too much. They have skeletons
in their own closets. The Tribune has warned
them that these skeletons will be hauled out.
And to show them it meant business busted
off few.
The Tribune got st. Louis reporter to
come to town and interview Col. Robert Nc
Cormick, its publisher. This reporter said he
could submit evidence to show that a number
of reporters on certain other papers in Chi
cago were engaged in racketeering One of
them had horse racket Another col
lected five cents on every sack of cement sold
in Chicago. Another went South with gambling
profits. He also reminded the Daily News
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altered prices of 1926-27 being taken as stan
dardl. The data issued by the State Planning
Commission show the national income in 1926
81 to have been 23,127 million roubles; in 1927
% 1886 million roubles, an increase of 9.8
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per cent; in 192S-29 1886 million roubes, an
increase of 1926 per cent; in 1929-30 the ma
tional income, to judge by the data, will rise
to no less than $4,000 million roubles, the in
crease during the past year being 20 per cent.
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This is the first of series Of articles on
the Fish "InUestigation" Committee a0tich
aoM be published in the Daily Worker.
These articles acM expose the real meaning
of this Investigation" Editor.
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Your Class!

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Demonstrate against war and
unemployment on August 1sti
u m n d that expenditures
planned for ornaments be turned
over for the relief of the unem.
ployed,
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What the Fish Investigation
Revealed

socialism, is winning the admiration of the
workers of the entire world.