The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-11


5 Dearborn police, assisted Dy
Murphy's Detroit police.
I shall never forget this bloody day
when hungry men we're given bullets
instead Of bread. was shown the
spot at Leningrad, when I was there,
where hundreds Of workers we're shot
at in front Of the Cars winter palace,
for demanding the same thing
BREAD.
But these murderous attacks on the
working class is thing of the past
in this land now. This very working
class that was kept in poverty and
ignorance for centuries now is the
ruling class in Soviet Russia. And
one must be in this country to viz
ualize it. I have been in this coun-
try about three weeks now and I can
hardly believe myself when I step into
the factory
No Shiny seryicemen around, no
slave driving bosses ordering you
around. giving one all kinds Of hell
and humiliation. None of that nerve
wreckihg speed-up and continual fear
OF being sent home or fired and
above all. when worker comes to
this factory he stays here all day I
and works all week.
He is I OF sent home after a couple
Of house nor does he work Gay of
two week because there is no work,
like thousands of us have been doing
at Ford's. There is no depression here
at Mini Novgorod auto plant nor
anywhere else in the Soviet Union.
On the contrary there is more work
than they have skilled workers for.
Everybody that wants to work is
busy. Everywhere one goes, one ses
tremendous activity. Factories, mills,
mines, new railroads, new homes for
the workers. All kinds Of buildings.
Yes, new hospitals, sanitariums and
rest homes for the workers. Sure,
we have these things in America, but
for whom? For the rich, for those
that hire the workers and get profits
and dividends from their labor.
A Pleasure to Work
I will say few words about this
gigantic factory where I am working.
1t is indeed pleasure to. work in a
real modern factory like this one:
plenty Of light, and space between
the machines and work benches.
Every machine brand new and shiny.
On the walls are big red banners
and posters and huge picture of
Lenin or Stain. In a corner of the
building is what they call here a
"Lenin Corner" partition or a room
where the workers meet after work
ing hours or during lunch time I'VE
have an hour for this). Here they
can buy pamphlets or read papers or
hold important union meetings. Near
ly all the workers belong to the unien
here.
The Union
The union here is an important
institution. What it says, goes. If
certain working condition is bad,
the HoTkers affected take the mat
ter up here and the administration
sees to it that it is changed or they
must give satisfactory reason why
1t cannot be done Immediately At
these union meetings not only the
question of wages and working con-
ditions are taken up, but also mat
ters pertaining to production, eff
ciency safety, etc. 1t probably sounds
strange to an American workers to
discuss efficiency and more produc-
ton at union meeting. when these
matters mean nothing but more sla-
very to him and bigger profits for
the boss. Not so in this country.
where there are no capitalists. More
production means more wages, less
hours a day and better living condi-
tons in general
This auto plant only works seven
hours a day and five DAYS a week
and everybody lays off on the sixth
day. Smoking is allowed here and
everybody smokes except where gas
oline or volitile paints, etc, are used.
There are shower baths with hot ana
cold water upstairs and big dinner
hall for each department where a
dinner or tea can be gotten any time.
Women Workers
There are many women working
here and they get the same pay as
man for doing the same work. Not
like in capitalist America where they
hire women because they work cheap
er. There are women toe! and dive
makers, mostly students The work.
ers get two weeks vacation with full
pay every year. Every day see new
faces or miss others only to find out
that they have just returned from
their vacation or have Just gone on
their vacation. II worker is sick,
all he has to do is to bring doc
tors certificate and he does not lose
any wages for the time he was off.
J. RUsHToN.