The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
BY b. SISKIND.

HOMRADE F1LIPOVA mas been a
" worker for SO years, a fighter
through the civil war and the per-
iod of reconstruction. She was one
of the workers who built the Stain
(Amo) Auto Plant in Moscow, and
is at present working in the same
plant. She said that she is best
qualified to judge which is best,
capitalism or socialism, and she is
right. Hear what she says:
"Under the Gar my children
could not go to school, but after
the revolution, when my hus-
band died, the Soviet government
took my children, it clothed them,
it fed them and scho0led them.
And now my children are edu-
cated-this was all done by the
Soviet government. If fall sick,
I get medical attention, cures all
that I need. This is given me
by the Soviet government"
How Sick Workers Are Treated.
Comrade Fi1latov, "a years old,
born in the village, is a typical
representative of the new workers
being drawn into industries by the
thousands. This worker described
what happened when he fell sick:
'T was sick for little while.
was offered compensation, BUT
refused to take it, because I was
getting my full wages and also
medical treatment free, and this
is our government and our money.
When / got well, was offered
two weeks vacation. / refused
to take it and went to the village
instead. When L was sent to the
Institute, / got sick again for one
and half months. / received
wages for four months and spent
my time in the village. Some
times this amounted to more than
the wages, because this time /
took compensation. Some of the
older workers In our factory, who
are getting pensions are working
as teachers in the factory school
and are receiving more than when
they worked. In case of sick
ness or death in the family and
1 need some extra money, i can
always draw from the Mutual
Aid Fund to the amount of my
wages. The first aid works fine,
but I have not been hurt. My
family can use any hospital Free"
IN every country of the capital
iSt world the workers are put
ting up a desperate struggle to
force some sort of insurance out
of the capitalists. In countries
like Germany and England, where
the workers through years of strug-
gle and organization, have won
some forms of unemployment in
surance from the state, the ruling
class through many cunning tricks
and laws cheat millions Of any
benefit. In Germany, for instance,
out of about 100000 unemployed,
only three million get anything.
One woman told us in Berlin that
her insurance amounts to So marks
per month Qess than S9), out of
which rs marks goes for rent and
10 marks (about $2) remains for
the months food She said that
if her husband or she would get
work even for one hour, their
names would be struck off the list
entirely The same condition exists
under the Macdonald government
in England. The first act OF the
national government, headed by
Macdonald, was to cut benefits.
In the U.S.A.. the richest coun-
try in the world, the working class
is dependent upon cheap charity
and whatever they can through
struggle force out of the local au-
thorities. Life and death struggles
are being conducted, hunger
marches, local demonstrations, etc,
to force some relief out Of the gov
eminent.
ONLY U.S.S.R. HAS
REAL INSURANCE.
Only the workers of the Soviet
Union have been able to establish
a complete system OF social in
surance, covering every field of the
workers lives, operated and ex-
panded by the workers themselves.
The first concern of the workers
state is how to safeguard the lives
of the workers, to keep them
healthy and fit for building So
cialist society. Every year Of the
revolution, therefore, sees q rise in
Vie ampgpt tpYcstad IN social in.