The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-26

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Perhaps they hope to divert the
misery at home, from the lowering
war clouds and above all from the
vigorous young socialist society, the
Soviet Union, striving forward in
Saven-league boots.
But above their plaintiye whistling
risad the hum Of 145.000 tractors
serving socialized agriculture and the
song Of the Dnieper turning turbines,
the world largest electric station, The
successful completion of the Five
Year Plan in four years is already
assured.
While some uneveness is noticeable
/ in the growth of the various sectors
Of the national economy, with some
of them tagging behind and others
pushing far ahead Of the original
plan, the basic aims of the plan are
more than achieved.
Seize Upon Soviet Bold Self Criticism
Naturally many difficulties newt
ably develop in carrying through
such an ambitious scheme. trans
forming a backward agrarian coun-
try at rate never known in the
capitalist world, into a modern in
dustialized land which is already
taking the first place in Europe "a
country developing net along capital
ist but socialized lnes)
The Soviet press, in accordance
with the policy of the Communist
Party. does not attempt to conceal
these difficulties and rather brings
them to the attention of the workers
and peasants, pointing out the meth
/ DDS of overcoming them, helping the
tagging sectors to catch up and adj
vance with the rest The Soviet press
does not need TO whistle in the dark.
But its bold proletarian salf-criticism
is seized upon by Soviet ill-wishers
who try to spread confusion about
the real results Of the Five-Year Plan
abroad. Articles will follow exanin-
/ ing and exposing the. arguments Of
the Soviet ill-wishers as well as
analyzing the reasons for the diff
culties in certain sectors of Soviet
Economy and the perspectives ahead.
Achievements in Face of Many Odds.
AS the final quarter of the first
/ FiVe-Year Plan approaches, it is in
disputable that the plan viewed as
a whole has proven to be a knockout
success. It's colossal achievements in
TIE face of tremendous odds is a
historic fact - a fact that demon
strates the power Of the workers and
peasants under the leadership Of the
Communist Party, to build a new So
ciety, and shows what millions of So
called average men" are capable of,
once they become fired with new
ideas, in creating socialist life with
freedom for all who toll
with Our Own HANDS"
All this involved a tremendous
struggle. The new society is being
built, as the Soviet workers say, "all
with our own hands, while the
workers are exerting heroic efforts in
order to construct heavy industry, lay
| the necessary technical basis for
higher standards of life, free the
country from any dependence on
capitalist imports and be able to add
And all with our own machines
If any enemy starts war against
| the Soviet Union, the Soviet workers
and peasants are determined to be
prepared to defend their gains. This
| is the essence of what is going on in
1.-THE Soviet Union today.
Building a socialist society under
| these given historical conditions re-
quireS heroisln and endurance Of first
order. it requires also that the worker
temporarily and voluntarily limits his
wants in order to guarantee his and
the country's tomorrow.
/ Wherever one goes, whether in
Moscow, Kharkov or Baku plants. the
workers readily explain for what they
are struggling and sacrificing. and
express their faith in the bright
prospects Of life ahead Their un-
derstanding of the present problems
in constructing a new society. coup
led with their confidence in the fu-
ture, is markedly different from the
pessimism, uncertainty and shoulder
ing revolt that exists in the work
shops and hreadlines beyond the
borders of the Soviet Union
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Statistics.
II is claimed by certain journalists
abroad that the Five-Year Plan is
failure because of the many revisions
of the original plan. It is true that
many revisions have been made and
howl--generally upward.
The plan is not a dead set of sta
tistics but a living reality that is
being constantly adopted and revised
according to developments. The
original plan for example did not in
clude the creation of q metallurgical
base in the East but in the Ural Kuz-
netek this week was produced the
first steel which proved to be Of ex.
ceptionally high quality.
Let critics get what pleasure they
can from such failures"
Another change not foreseen in the
original plan was the complete elm
nation of unemployment in 1882.
Surely over IS million unemployed
in the U. s. A. realize what seri-
GUS failure" this change is. The
original plan expected considerable
reduction of Unemployment but the
| tempo of socialist construction abol-
| iShed all lnennDloved forever some