The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-08
PART 2 (Conclusion)
Working Conditions.

Under the Soviet system special
stress is laid upon creating labor
conditions which conform to the
highest standards of safety and SAM
yation. In reconstructing factories
and building new ones special atten-
ton is given to such problems as
proper lighting, ventilation, working
clothes, safety devices, and sanitation.
Each enterprise allocates part Of its
budget for safety and sanitation de-
vices; in addition, the national eco
nomic plan provides special funds
each year for this purpose. Thus, the
Soviet Government in 1928-29 spent
54,5o0,000 rubles for safety and SAM
tation in industry, while in 1881
total Of 1874 100000 rubles will be spent
in industry and 100000 rubles in
transportation. AS a result Of these
measures, the number of cases of in
dustrial accidents and disease is de-
Ginning.
The index of fatal industrial acci-
dents in the Soviet Union in 1929 was
lower than that recorded in Germany
or the United States. In Germany the
figure was 0.45 fatal accidents per
1000 fully insured persons; In the
United States, o.; while in the Soviet
Union it was only OPS. The same is
true regarding serious, but not fatal
industrial accidents. In this connec-
ton it may be pointed out that IN
der the Soviet system of recording
industrial accidents not single case
can be overlooked. Since there are no
private insurance companies In the
Soviet Union, there is no tendency
to conceal or minimize industrial ac-
cidents or to shift the burden to the
hospitals.
Social Insurance.
Measures taken In the sphere of
social insurance are as extensive as
those in the sphere of labor protec-
ton. In the Soviet Union social insur-
ance embraces all persons employed
in any branch Of the national econ
omy and covers all forms Of social
risk. 1t also embraces the vast ma
jority Of students.
In the year 1881 a total of ], 234, 200
persons received insurance benefits.
Special provisions are made for tax
ing care Of invalids, orphans, and old
people. For this purpose 306,l00,000
rubles we're allocated for 1929-30 and
371 100000 rul1les for 1881. The Soviet
insurance organizations also partici-
pate in such activities as housing
construction, for which they appro-
priated 331 100000 rubles In 1881;
child nurseries and milk centers, for
which they appropriated $4,000, 900;
llzindergartens and the feeding Of chill
dren, for which they appropriated
20, 900 900; and the training Of skilled
workers, for which they appropriated
1OO,o00,0O0 rubles.
All OF the measures outlined ABOVE
for improving the material welfare Of
the Soviet workers have profoundly
affected the trend Of vital statistics.
The Soviet working class had to over
come extraordinary difficulties: the
sufferings OF the civil war, the ex-
tremely unfavorable production and
housing conditions inherited from
the old regime, the famine and de-
struction which accompanied foreign
intervention. The rapid develop
ment of economic life and the activ-
ity of the masses have overcome these
difficulties and have raised the gen.
eral standard of living conditions.
The death rate among Russian fac
tory workers in the years l91S-l9l6
lwae 60 Der 1000 of both sexes. Since