The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-21

old forms of oppression. The land
that belonged to the landlords and
priests was turned over to the peas
ants. Since the revolution many new
industries connected with the numer-
Gus raw materials found in this dis
trict have been opened. A whole net
work of schools, universities and
scientific institutions have been es-
tablished throughout the entire re-
gion.
While before the revolution there
were all told only IA schools, now
there are $50 elementary schools and
43 high schools, the total number
of students in these schools amount
ing to 10000. All Of the students are
the children of workers and collec-
tive farmers (97 per cent of the peas
antry in this republic being in col
lective farms. In addition there are
a whole series of high educational
institutions where teachers, special
lists, technicians and scientists are
being trained in order to meet the
demands of the Republic.
The End of IIIiteracy.
The policy of the Soviet govern
ment is to entirely root the nation
alities in the Soviet government ap-
paratus and local industries and to
secure the leadership in their hands.
So far this has not been entirely
realized, due to the backwardness Of
the nationalities OF this Republic
arising from the terrible oppression
under the car. The class struggle in
this sphere has been and continues
to be very bitter. The counter revo-
lutionary elements spread various ru-
mors in order to influence and
brighten the masses from doing away
with their backwardness.
Some of the rumors that were cir
culated were as follows. If the Ka-
berdeens and Balkars were to send
their children to school then they
would lose them. for the BolsheViks
intended to make soap of them, OF
that they would be sent to China, etc
The resistance of the class enemy
however, was not limited only to
this. Teachers were at times attacked
and some even killed. Despite all this
increasing numbers of Kabardeens
and Balkars are eagerly availing
themselves of the opportunities to
raise their education and do away
with the backardness, that dark heri-
tage of Czarism.
Showing the Way to u. S. Negro
Masses.
BY the fifteenth anniversary of the
October Revolution there will be nc
illiterates in this Balkan
Autonomous Republic At the begin
ming of the second Five-Year Plar
the seven year grade of compulsory
education will be completely estab-
lished, and by the end of the Sec
ond F'ive-Year Plan the nine years
of compulsory school will be fully
realized.
The second Five-Year Plan will
also mark tremendous increase in
industry and complete mechanization
of agriculture. The toiling masses of
this republic are marching shoulder
to shoulder with the toiling masses
of the whole Soviet Union in the
building of socialism.
Thus while in the capitalist world
the exploitation and oppression OF
the colonial and national minorities
are becoming sharper, in the Soviet
Union the living and cultural con-
ditions Of the toiling masses that
prior to the October Revolution con-
stituted the colonies of czarisn, i'm
prove and reach ever higher levels.
The jim-crowed, segregated and
lynched Negro masses in the United
States can see in this republic how
the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union has solved the national ques-
ton. This can be taken as an ex-
ample of how the Communist Party
of the United States which is or
ganizing the Negro and white masses
for common struggle against the
boss class, is also fighting for sim
liar solution of the national ques-
ton as applying to the Negro masses,
that is equal rights for Negroes and
selfdetermination for the Negro
masses, in the Black Belt.