The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-28

this However, this Is not the main point.
The main point is that despite our flis-
takes and deficiencies. whose existence
is denied by no one, we have achieved
such considerable successes that the en~
thusiasm of the workers OF the world
has been aroused, that we have won 8
victory which is so important as to be of
world historical significance.
What are the main forces which se-
cured us this historical victory despite
everything. Above all it was the activity,
the self sacrifice, the enthusiasm and the
initiative of the million masses of the
workers and collectivized peasants who
developed tremendous energy and en-
thuSiaSm together with our engineers and
technical experts in socialist competition
and the shock brigade movement. It
cannot be denied that without this most
important factor we could never have
reached our aim. could never have adj
vanced a step.
Secondly, there is the firm leadership
provided by the party and the Soviet
government who appealed to the masses
to advance and overcame all difficulties
met with on the way.
And finally there was the special value
and the advantages of the Soviet eco
nomic system which contains tremendous
possibilities capable OF overcoming all diff
ficulties met with.
These are the three most important
factors which secured the historical VIC
tory of the Soviet Union in its great
struggle.
General conclusions; /. The results OF
the first Five-Year Plan refute the state
ments of the bourgeois and social demo-
cratic politicians that the Fiye-Year ran
was fantastic and unrealizable dream
The results show that in fact the Five
Year Plan has already been carried out.
2. The results of the Five-Year Plan
have destroyed the old dogma Of the
bourgeoisie according to which the work
ing class is able to destroy only and not
build up anything new. The results of
the FiveYear Plan show that the work
ing class is able not only to destroy the
old, but also to build up the new
8. The results OF the Five-Year Plan
have destroyed the social democratic the
DRY that it is impossible to build up So
cialism in one country alone. The results
of the Five-Year Plan show that ii IS
quite possible to build up q socialist order
of society in one country alone, for the
economic basis of such socialist order
OF society has already been laid i'll the
Soviet Union.
l. The results OF the Five-Year Plan
refuted the Statements of the bourgeois
economists that the capitalist economic
system is the best possible system ana
that all other economic systems would be
unable to stand the stern examination
put by the difficulties of economic devel-
opment. The results of the Five-Year
Plan have shown that the capitalist COO
nonlic system is insolvent and brol- /,
that it has already passed It's Irine & ID
must now make way for another, higher
form of system, the socialist Soviet sys-
tenn, the only system which has nothing
to fear from crises and which is able to
overcome difficulties which are insoluble
for capitalism
5. And finally, the results of the Five
Year Plan show that the Communist
Party is inyincible when it is thoroughly
aware of the direction in which 1t Is pro-
ceeding and when it is not afraid Of
difficulties"
Storms of protracted applause. The
assembled audience hOnors Stain by
rising to its feet.)