The daily worker., 1931-11-10
TNSTALLMENT L
By a. BURON.

IN THESE DAYS of the 14th Anniversary Of
l the great october Revolution, the eyes of the
international proletariat are turned towards the
Soviet Union where the working class, under the
leadership of Lenins Party, successfully carried
out construction OF Socialist economy LI-H
Phoenix rising out Of ashes are gigantic power
plants being erected all over the country The
Moscow and Kharkov tractor plants have al
ready been set in motion; next comes the Mag
netestroy Kusnetzstroy, Beresnikov and Babrl-
kov (trusts) the powerful Nijni-Novgorod auto
plant and other giants of industry which Will
double the number of those already working at
full speed for the Soviet Socialist industry The
very appearance of the land of the Soviets is
gradually undergoing a marked transformation
from an agricultural country into an industrial.
The working class is rapidly growing, thus
STRENGTHENING the very basis of the Soviet Gov
ernment.
Very noticeable too is the rapid change in the
villages which are striding ahead towards so
cialist reconstruction. In the basic districts OF
grain and raw material output, the liquidation
OF the kulak as a class has almost been COM
pleted Sixty per cent of poor and middle peas
ants have joined the collective farms; thus
such peasants become Of great Importance in the
village and serve as a mighty pillar for the
Soviet system.
socialism is striding forward with assurance and
faith While in the capitalist countries the crisis
and unemployment are on the increase, banks
are bursting like bubbles factories and shops are
closing down. fear and anxiety for the morrow
are growing, when poverty and hunger are
knocking at every workers door, at the same
time in the U. S. S. r., on the contrary socialist
construction. is in full speed, the welfare OF the
toiiers is improving considerably, millions of
people are enthusiastically inspired by their crea-
tive work.
On the background of the deepening crisis in
the capitalist countries with their corrupt rotten
system, the more striking is the contrast, the
irreconcilable contradiction between two worlds,
two Systems-the system of capitalist oppression
and imperialism and the system of socialist
restoration The broad masses of workers, op-
pressed and colonial nations, are looking up with
increasing hope to the Soviet Union, at the same
time vaging more persistent and militant fight
for their own national and social liberation.
Capitalism is driven into blind alley; un-
employment is growing and threatening like an
avalanche. Already the number of unemployed
has reached 100000 Germany counts 5000,000
England 100000 and in the u S., the bulwark
of capitalism-there the number has grown to
100000 All the hopes and optimistic views
for the return of prosperity, for brighter pros
ground of mass unemployment stands out the
only country in the whole world where unem-
ployment has been completely and successfully
eliminated result of gigantic construction
Moreover, a shortage of labor brought about
the problem of industrial cadres. While the
number of workers in the u S. has decreased
1855 per cent, in the U. S. S. r. on the other
hand the working class had grown for the last
year only 20 per cent.
In 1928 in the U. S. S. r. 1850 600 workers
were employed in various industries. Already at
the end of 1880 their number grew to 1926, 900.
According to the Five Year Plan the number of
workers engaged in the completion of the Five
Year Plan was estimated at t5,76O000, whereas
already at the present time the proletarian army
of workers has grown to the number of 100000,
thus surprising the figure indicated by the Five
Year Plan.
The working class in the capitalist countries
at the present time serves as target for an
other furious general attack of the bourgeoise
As loyal ally to the bourgeois class in its cam
paign against the workers, we see the scab lead
ers of the reformst trade unions by whose as
sistance the brutal wage cuts and lowering of
the standard of living of the working class were
carried through. Along these lines does the
bourgeoisie look for an outlet from the deadlock
of the capitalist crisis.
In this international general attack OF the
capitalists against the working class, the bour-
seoisie Of the U. 8. plays the most active lead
ing role, carrying out the plan of robbery of
wage cuts with grim determination and per-