The daily worker., 1932-01-23
WORKERS. CORRESPONDENCE
Soviet Railroad Workers Write
Village and City Construction
Moscow, U. S. S. r.

Your letter, in which you describe
your conditions of life, your work
and struggles under the heel of capt.
talsn, was read at our meeting of
the Comsomols (Young Communist
League) organization, of the Moscow
First Kursk railway station. You tell
us, comrades, about your poor wages,
that are being cut, about the length
ening Of the working day.
The unprecedented economic crisis
In your country and all over the
capitalist world embraces every in
dustry and trade; the factories, mills
and agriculture. You state in your
letters that the workers in your coun-
try are anxious to get any work to
keep the body alive, but with no
results. Thousands of workers are
dying Of starvation in the streets of
your cities. In conclusion you ask
us, comrades, to write to you about
our conditions Of life, work and about
the general conditions in the Soviet
Union.
Reconstruction of Villages.
Now we will tell you something of
the conditions in the U. S. S. r. We
are now experiencing the reconstruct
ton of our country From prir1i-
tive, uncultured land, we are trans
forming our country into a progres-
sive, industrial country. The Soviet
Union is becoming the most extern
sively developed agricultural coun-
try in the world We are transform
ing our country from state of feud-
alism and small peasant holdings to
a country of collective farms. In
this process of collectiviZation we are
liquidating the kulaks as a class
From the middle and poor peasants
we are creating new social element
This is one of the victories gained
in the socialist reconstruction of the
village.
Now we will tell you little about
the railroad transportation and what
we are accomplishing. In this year,
in transportation we are reaching
the fulfillment of the Five Year
Plan. In the technical re-equipment
Of transport we have gained num-
Der of successes. We have built new
railway lines, but far from enough to
satisfy the demands made by the
construction of socialism. The growth
Of socialist economy makes it neces-
sary that the problem of transpor-
tation be solved once for all. The
only way to take care of the trans
portation problem is to transform It
on an electricaI-technical basis, as
the best means of transportation.
Role of Comsomols.
What is the role OF the feminist
Comsomols, its practical activity in
this work and how do we help the
Communist Party in the fulfillrnent
Of plans? In all this work, the Com
somolS share an equal responsibility
with the Party. We In our depart
ment have organized socialist compe-
tttion in our work, helping the diff
ferent shock brigadeS in speeding up
work. We organize circles for the
new comsomols. We teach our chill
dren not to worship God, but on the
contrary, we fight against religious
dore because we are convinced that
belief in God is a bluff and our class
enemies are using it against us. We
educate our youth in an international
Communist spirit. The Comsomols
are independently repairing locomo-
tives in our free time and gratis as
present to the proletarian October
celebration.
The october Revolution oyerthrew
the rule of the landowners and capi-
talists and the bourgeois dictatorship,
and set up a proletarian dictator
ship. The october Revolution de-
prived the capitalists of their power
and wealth. But that does not yet
mean that we are out of danger, be-
cause the capitalist world is still on
the watch, looking for chance to
smash our plans.
The capitalist world is preparing
war against the 81 let Union, and
our reply is that we are always ready
for the fight.
Comrades, write to us and we will
always answer you.
The Comsomol Organization of
the Moscow Kursk Railway.