The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-25

profit interests are at stake. According to
their own assertions, the capitalists are pri-
marily interested in the fate of the poor work
ers The capitalist leaders in the European
zation campaign of American workers stand
ards thus appear in the role of Americanizers
of Russian workers standards. However, this
contradiction is no contradiction. The Amer
lean capitalists do everything in their power
to Europeanize the American workers stand
ards-reduce them to the lowest level of Euro
pean standards; they also endeavor to Amer
icanize Russian workers tandards-establish
exploitation of the Russian masses on an
American scale and on the basis of European
lied workers standards That is why the
leaders in the capitalist wage-cutting cam
paigns in America whine about the danger to
the American workers standards from the
Soviet successes.
The campaign against the Soviets and for
the mobilization of the American workers for
war against the Soviets produces peculiar CAPT
talist arguments. Typical examples of such
arguments are contained in a recent article en-
titled, Russian Workers Under the Iron
Heel by certain Vincent Vocovich. This
exemplary champion of the workers interests
writes that in the Soviet Union every worker
Is Insured anu Inc WOThGI VI HIS ldlIllIy
receives aid in case of illness, accident, unem-
ployment or death Medical attendance is
free" Not so bad, is it? There is not much
anti-Soviet propaganda in that. No; it is the
misfortune of anti-Soviet poison peddlers that
all the facts speak in favor Of the Soviets. Mr..
Vocovich is vexed by that. He looks for a
way out. He sees a light. He solves his prob
lem by attaching to the above favorable Soviet
facts rotten American conclusion. Says Mr..
Vocovch: "The doctors and hospitals Tin the
Soviet Union) are under government control,
and so the worker must accept whatever
service is given him without being able to
choose his own doctor, or his own hospital"
Just think of it, Mr. American worker when
you, or your wife or baby fall sick and the
doctor you choose refuses to come, or the hos
pital you choose refuses to accept the patient
because yu cannot pay, rejoice anyway; re-
joice because you have the right to choose. It
is true of course, that in the Soviet Union you
would have a real doctor tend to you or to
your sick wife or child, you would gain admis-
sion for the patient into real hospital; but
what is all that compared with your inalien-
able American right to choose any doctor you
please or any hospital you desire even though
you can really get neither doctor nor hospital
because you cannot pay for them.
Mr.. Vocovich is not satisfied with using
arguments that are an insult to- the intelli-
gence of the American workers. He does not
allow the opportunity to pass without also dir
Getting insults against the character of the
Russian workers. Declares Mr.. Vocovich:
Under these social insurance arrangements
lin the Soviet Union) savings are not neces-
SarV and the Soviet worker usually wastes his
money on strong drink. Hence widespread
drunkenness
The moral of Mr.. Vocovich's story is that
I the American capitalists are benefactors of
the workers They starve the workers in I'M