The producers news., 1932-01-01

nd government are being
mustered for the triumph
ant completion of the plan
in four years by the end of
1882 and for the continu-
ance of the Soviet firm poll
cy of peace, declared Molo-
TOW, chairman of the Coun-
Gil of Peoples Commissars, in
his report to the second session of
the Central Executive Committee
of the Soviet Union held in the
Kremlin on the evening Of Decem-
Der 22nd.
Molot0v's speech was enthuias-
tically received by more than 400
workers, peasants, Red Army and
navy delegates sent by the seven
republics constituting the Soviet
Union, while foreign diplomatic
corps and press correspondents
from many countries turned out IN
full for this session.
On the rostrum were such lead
ing political figures as Kalinin,
Litvinov, Stain, who received a
rising ovation from the assembly
while the presence Of the presi-
dents of the Uzbek, Turlmenistan,
Talk, Ukrainian and other repub-
lies emphasized the international
character of the Soviet Union.
! In his opening speech, Chairman
Petrovsky, President of the Uk-
rainian Republic pointed out that
Soviet industry in strategic
branches such as electric, chemical
and oil had already reached the
level of American, and German
technique while the organization
of agriculture surpasses them.
While the state budget for 1881
reached the big total of twenty
and one-half billion rubles, for the
next year it has been increased to
twenty-seven billion, at the same
time attention is being concentrat-
ed on improving the quality and
decreasing the cost of production
and the training of cadres of skill
ed workers and technicians.
Capitalist Production Drops
Molotov, who was warmly greet.
ed, quoted figures from bourgeon
statisticians demonstrating thai
while Soviet industry was develop
ing at an unequalled tempo, indus
i try in thirty-nine capitalist coun
v tries dropped by 25 per cent sinc'
S, 1928, world trade had fallen to tn,
# level of pre-war. Today only on
e country, the Soviet Union, is abl
W to increase its imports and indus
d try. The socialists theory of OF
> ganized capitalism has been shat
le tered by the facts of the wOrl
l. crisis. The growth of Soviet in
is dustry, as shown by facts, wa
le three billion rubles in 1928 fou
is billion six hundred million in 1891
While wages and the standar
lg of living of the workers unde
e, capitalism has fallen drasticall.
re the wages of Soviet workers thi
he year alone increased 18 per cen
We The Five-Year Plan has alread
lg been over-fulfilled in the basic il
OF dustries, such as machine bull,
a ing, tractor and oil. Each ye;
y the achievements have been grea
er than the plan called for. TT
= first year plan was LOG per Gel
~ achieved; the second year lot p
1 cent and this year 113 per cent,
that the rate of over-fulfilling
- increasing.
~ The Plan called for a capt.
investment of forty-seven billis
Sv rubles, and up to the present thi
ty-three billion has been invests
and next year there will be inves
ed twenty-one billion, so that t
lty final total will be fifty-four b
snt lion, or seven billion above the Q
ler iginal plan, which will be compile
the ed in four years.
e Soviet Workers Forge Ahead.
ted Developments have proved |
rrv yond doubt that Soviet worke
ic- are able not only to build indV
eir trial giants, but are also able
run them, master technique a
wi problems of management. Duri
ion the next year four million ad
.er- tional workers will be drawn II
of industry, making a total of tw,
ing ty-one million or twenty-five
cent above the original plan.
nal In dealing with the shortco
the ings, such as insufficient incre,
in labor productivity, lack of o
sonal responsibility for machine
Molotov pointed out that energt