The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
STAIN CHEERED
AT FARM MEET
Living Standard Is
Raised for 100000

Living Standard Is
Raised for 10000, 900
MOSCOW, US.SR., Feb. "a (By
Radiogram) Newspapers have given
wide publicity to the speech of Joseph
Stain, delivered at the Congress of
collective farm shock workers on Feb.
10th.
After lengthy and unceasin- ova-
tions by the entire Congress and in
sistent requests by all delegates TO
hear the leader speak, Stain deliver
ed a speech which was in the nature
of conversation with the Congress
delegates, on basic questions OF col
lective farm construction.
Some comrades, said Stain, think
that the transition TO the new COL
lective farm way began three years
ago. This is only partly true. The
construction Of the collective farms
actually started three years ago, but
in order to start this mass transition,
various preliminary conditions we're
needed: The October revolution had
first of all TO be accomplished. land
lords and capitalists driven away, the
land and factories taken from them,
and new industry built.
Socialism Only Path
The transition to the new collec-
tive farm way began already with the
october revolution, but developed
with new force only three years ago,
The economic results of the october
revolution became manifest to the full
extent by that time, and industrial
.izatfet1 moved forward.
There are only two ways Of devel-
opment: the capitalist and the social
list. People who think third way
is possible are deeply mistaken, since
the third way is the same as the sec
ond way, namely, back to capitalism.
The collective farm way Is thus the
only right way for the toiling peas
ants. Stain further said that we
succeeded in helping millions Of the
masses of poor peasants to join col
lectiYe farms where these million
masses, having the use of better land
and newest farming implements, rose
to the level of middle peasants.
Raised TO Well Being
We succeeded in undermining the
situation whereby peasants were d.
Vided into poor peasants and kulakS,
vanquislaed the kulaks and helped the
poor peasants to become masters Of
their own labor. to become middle
peasants. IS - $3.50
No less than twenty million poor
peasants were saved from poverty and
kulak Serfdom and turned into well
provided for people. This is the great
achievement such as the world has
not witnessed, such as no state has
as yet achieved.
Next Step
In order to move on ana finally
consolidate the collective farms we
must make a second step: 1t consists
in raising the collective farmers still
higher. helping all poor and middle
collective farmers to rise TO the level
of well-to-do peasants,
We now have all Facilities for at
tanning this goal. Our machines and
tractors, so far, are not properly used
and our land cultivated not too well.
We have only TO improve the use of
the machines, tractors and cultivation
Of the soil in order to double and
treble the quantity OF the produces
This is fully sufficient in order TO
makes all collective farmers well,to-
do toilers.
Abolish Exploitation
In former days, in order TO become
well-to-do, 1t was necessar yto ex-
plot the neighbofs. Collective farm
ers do not need TO exploit anybody
in order to become we'll to do, be-
sides, it is not easy now to exploit
anybody, since we have no private
ownership Of land anymore.
If we toll honestly for ourselves and
our collective farms, said Stain, we
shall succeed in raising all collective
farmers in the course of two or three
years to the level of we'll to do people
enjoying abundance of products and
leading an entirely cultured life.
We can and shall achieve this at
all costs, said Stain, TO the sound
of loud applause. Members Of the |
Party. said Stain, must not show
themselves overproud Of being Com
munists, must not fence themselves
off from non-Party people or lock
themselves in Party circles, but must |
listen to the voice Of non-Party peo-
pie so as not only to teach the latter,
but learn from them.
Speaking of womens role In the
collective farms, Stain pointed out |
that women are great force In the |
collective farms, He drew attention |
OF the collective farm women to the |
fact that they could take up their |
stand on an equal footing with men |
in the collective farms only.
The young Communists, said Stain,
must study and again study Leninisn. !