Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Getting at the Bottom Of Ramors Of Difficul-
ties Betweeu SoOiet Officials and Foreign
Technical Men, an american Newspaper
Woman, NooO IN Russia, Gi0es First
ReaIPictuye Of Obstacles Of Red Tape end
of Communism Thai Had to Be Nef IN
Building the Gigantic Aufomobile City.

engineers who are helping carry cut industrial
ization.
Like poor old Rcbi1zs0n Crusoe when they
need a tool they 1nRxe to make It. Hzmners, :
saws pineers wrenclaes, crowbars, wheelbarIows,
sewer pipe wood steel and concrete sash must
be turned out on the job Even nails are dss-
perately scarce, aaid tar paper Is obtained by
pitching ordinary paper.
Some differences in engineering views and
methods betwsen the Russians and americans
were inevitable for 1t Is clash Of two worlds
THE Russian, with its primitive methods and
traditional bureaucracy combined with the
new social and political philosophy, against the
American with its excellent technique and
highly trainsd organization spirit
The American specialists pictured the Rus
sian situation as very different from what it is,
the Russians say. They did not know the diff
culties of a country which is expanding rapidly.
Some Americans said tine Russians thought 1t
sufficient to press button to get material to
ret anything they wanted. That's fine in the
United States. The place is full Of buttons.
La the Soviet Union there is none.
Bat, replies the american in evaporation
these buttons represent q quarter of century
Of efacicncy OF industrial progress in our coun-
tTya These Russians get the american push
lamp They do not look behind the button,
appreciate the hard work, the brains, the con-
structive endanROr which haxe gone to make
the wel-oiled machinery function.
111GSe 4Eu85AAA5 tu1A1k Nf1ey Can DuliQ y ma
chime with Slogans and produce automobiles
win . ciaMrti
CTEFMEN DYBETZ, cllief of work for Avto-
- stsoi e6ase stnae Antomobfle Construction
Trust says:
81 has hssn dlnacnlt d0r american engineers
TO adapt Sllemse1xes to Russian PSYCHOLOGY and
conditions. Russia has 10 have American spe-
cia1ists F0r autDmDbile construction, for ma
chinery and metaIlurgy--we must hire indi-
vidual foreign specialists and work right with
them.
The American engineer, TO work successfully
In Russia must be part of the Soviet 'oFganiza-
ton, working in Soviet offices alongside Soviet
engineers To be really useful, he must be
ready at any moment to be shifted TO any Job
where he is needed. You can't move n firm
from job to job
And Bryant says:
When the Soviet Union purchases q plan
from . firm which has had 10 go through hard
experience 10 attain its reputation, such q IaFm
Is bound to send over competent force to han
die the project II dozens OF individuals are
hired they may be competent men, but they are
not accustomed to working together. They
don't mesh A firm sends out q complete unit
which functions like loot bah team"
c. r. Appleton is one american engineer who
has completely won the hearts OF the Eellssiaus
Applet0n. In fact, would make an excellent ng-
IIFe for q good old melOdranatic movie of the
brave american in wild Russia.
lie is q big, loose j0inted, adfsble glad hand
ing soul, with @ million dollars worth OF pa
thence and good nature In his frank, blue eyes