The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-13

IN a speech delivered on the Esd of June before
L economic experts and industrial leaders in
the Soviet Union, comrade Stain dealt with the
most important problems of the present stage
of the socialist constructive work This speech
was exploited by the whole Of the bourgeois
and social democratic press in a violent cam
paign against the socialist constructive work in
the Soviet Union,
The capitalist and social-democratic press re-
acted in a similar fashion to another famous
speech of comrade Stain, Our successes are
going to our heads" in which he dealt with the
errors which had been made in the work for
the collectiWzation of agriculture. This speech
was also exploited as a basis for the joyful pro-
clamation that Communism has suffered bank
ruptcy in agriculture The Communists are COM
PEELED to return to the old and effective methods
of capitalist agricultural" 1t was not long, how
ever, before the capitalist world was made to
realize that the bolsheYist struggle against er-
rors and exaggerations as accompanying phe-
nomena of the constructive work, was nothing
but means of pursuing that same constructive
work on a still higher plane to its logical con-
clusion And in the meantime the capitalist
world has been compelled to admit that the
organization of 1875 million private poor and
middle peasant farms in the collective agricul-
tural undertakings represents decisive victory
for the socialist constructive, work on the agri-
cultural field. In just the same fashion the
bourgeois and social-democratic press will soon
be brought to realize that Stains recent criti-
cisnl of the errors and eXaggerations which have
occurred in Soviet industrial construction repre-
SCENTS nothing but a basis for further drive
forward on the part of socialism in the Soviet
economic system in general and in Soviet in
dustry in particular.
The significance of the capitalist and social
democratic campaign in connection with Stains
latest speech is very transparent. The Hoover
plan for a moratorium has, as can already be
SEEN not resulted in any considerable relief for
capitalism Not only do broad masses Of the
working class and of the petty bourgeoisie feel
insecure and regard the capitalist system with
growing mistrust, but even in leading economic
circles of the ruling classes confidence IN the
capitalist system has been roughly shaken and
the hope of overcoming the world economic
crisis has suffered heavy blow. This can be
seen nowhere more clearly than in the reaction
OF the Stock Exchange to the economic hap
penings since the announcement Of the Hoover
plan.
on the othr hand nothing has been able TO
prevent the growth of the confidence of the
broad masses Of the toilers In all countries In
the socialist constructive work being carried out
in the Soviet Union, and at the same time the
consequent growth of the confidence of the mas
ses In their own powers. This situation makes
it urgently necessary for the ruling classes that
this confidence in the work of socialist con-
struction should be undermined, and that in
stead confidence should be whipped up in the
future prospects of the capitalist system This
Is the significance Of the campaign inspired by
the capitalist ministries in the capitalist and
social democratic press in connection udth the
recent speech of comrade Stain.
The conclusions drawn by the capter-e o-d
cial-democratic press. which of courea rs
publish the text of Stains speech, or even quote
he most important passages from it but IN