The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-13
BETTER SUPPLY
OF FOOD FOR THE
SOVIET WORKERS
New Rule Puts Coop
Store Under Factory
Management
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actually employed in a given factory
will have the privilege of using the
factory store for purchasing food and
goods at low prices.
Numerous articles, letters from
workers, and resolutions of factory
meetings point out the abuses of the
former system of distribution, where
by loafers, drifters and wilful alb
sentees obtained a larger share OF
restricted products than honest, dill
gent workers. ''Izvestia" prints q
cartoon showing loafers shopping
during working hours, filling their
food baskets, while honest workers
coming to cooperative store after work
found sign "All Goods Sold"
Hits WiIful Absentees
In many instances, from twenty to
fifty per cent of persons using the
cooperative store in given factory
had no relation to factory at all.
The new regulation makes diStribu-
ton by the cooperative directly de-
pendent on employment in the given
factory. Wilful absentees will no
longer be able to use factory store
since dismissal of a loafer will auto
matically remove him from the stores
list. Periodic food and goods cards
will be issued by name. Any spe-
culation in cooperative books and
food cards will be prosecuted as O
crime.
The regulation means that the
majority of the workers will be
assured better supply of goods and
shock workers will enjoy greater
advantages than heretofore.
The new decree and regulation are
certain to bring beneficial results,
improving efficiency, and eliminating
waste due to unwarranted absence
and large labor turnover. The labor
turnover during one year shows the
number of workers hired exceeding
the number employed. While the
majority of workers remain at their
posts, the frequent shifting and
drifting of portion of the workers
result in these figures.
New Workers Cause Drifting
However capitalist statements that
every Soviet worker changes employ
ment at least once year is absolutely
erroneous. Drifters and abSentees
come mainly from the influx of rural
elements into industry. These ele-
ments, unaccuStomed to labor dis
cipline, frequently fall prey to Kulak
elements among the fresh factory
elements. A campaign to educate
these elements is being vigorously
pushed. The leadership of the Com
munist Party and workers govern
rTent is determined to pursue an
energetic drive to eliminate waste,
and raise the productivity of labor.
Every effort is being bent toward
further improvement of the material
conditions of the workers, assuring
substantial advantages for shock
workers, increasing and improving
the supply of goods and food stuffs.
The mass of workers appreciates
the beneficial effects of the new
regulation and are taking an ac-
tive part in the fight against lax
labor discipline.
Hail Arc.ic Heroes
MOSCOW, Dec. II (By Cable) -
All sections Of the U. S. S. r. have
hailed the heroes OF the Arctic ex-
petition on the icebreaker, "Sibi-
ruakov'' as achieving the ambitious,
century old dream of Arctic explorers
in effecting the passage of the Arctic
Ocean from the Atlantic to the Paci-
fic In one continuous sailing.
The Soviet expedition, headed by
Prof. o. U. Su1idth, achieved the feat
of crossing from Archangel to Boring
Strait in less than two months, prov
ing the feasibility of regular steam
ship service in the Arctic North. The
details Of the trip make a thrilling
story of heroic deeds and splendid
spirit OF Soviet men of science.
Upon arrival at Moscow, the ex-
petition was greeted with greatest
enthusiasm. The splendid feat has
captured the imagination and fired
the enthusiasm of the Soviet masses.
A large public reception is being or
gained for the members of the ex-
petition.
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