The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-17
ALL U.SS.R. EYES
ON FARM MEET
1,400 Shock Troopers
Meet in Moscow
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and carrying out the full program
Of the Spring sowing are the main
subject of the conference. The same
problems are engeging the attention
of all public agencies in the Soviet
Union-Government bodies and fac
tories engaged in the production OF
agricultural machinery crd spare
parts, transport, etc. A '1t9Fous
campaign of energetic, system Ntic
preparation for the Spring sowing
including greater vigilance against
kulak disrupters, bids fair to accom-
plish the Spring schedule, assuring
great increase in the productivity
of agriculture and putting the COL
lective farms and State farms on a
sounder basis.
The opening OF the conference was
most impressive and colorful, as wit
messed by your correspondent, The
huge auditorium was filled with
sturdy men and women from the viii
lagos. The delegates are sitting by
regions and national republics with q
wide variety of racial features and
garb blending into one family of
Soviet nations.
Ovation For Rugged Heroes
The presidium was elected from
shock brigadiers of the leading col
lective farms. A tremendous ovation
greeted these rugged heroes of labor
as men and women, in high felt boots
and rough and tumble work clothes,
they marched up to the stage taking
their seats besides Stain, Molotov,
Kalinin and other Soviet leaders
whose appearance earlier brought
cut a burst of enthusiasm. Kagano-
vich. presiding, opened the session
with ringing speech, pointing out
the Importance of the occasion,
sketching the tremendous gains in
the reconstruction of rural economy
and stressing the next tasks pro-
posed. The speaker was frequently
interrupted by bursts Of applause,
swaying the delegates by his apt ut
terances forcefully delivered. He de-
clared, in part:
1--WE now have tens of thousands
of collective farms, hundreds of
thousands of heroic collective farm
shock troopers, This first gather
ing of collective farm shock troop
ers is striking expression of our
victories. This conference will re-
suit in further stu greater streng-
thening of the union of workers
and the collective peasantry, still
greater strengthening the ties of
friendship between the leading col
lective farm shock troopers of the
Socialist fields, and the leading
worker shock brigadiers of Social
list industry"
Moscow Greets Meet
The friendly ties of the Soviet pro-
letariat and the collective farms
peasantry was splendidly demonstra-
ted by the appearance of q delsga-
ton of Moscow shock brigadiers
marching upon the stage with the
banners Of their plants. One after
another they greeted their fellow
shock brigadiers in the Socialist
fields, appealing for the utmost as
sistance in carrying out the full pro-
gram of rural upbuilding. AS a token
OF the firm solidarity and friendship
OF the workers, the delegations
brought gifts to the delegates from
the Socialist fields, including samples
of their products. These comprised
electric appliances, among which a
huge protector from the Electrozavod
plant was conspicuous, suggesting the
impression of the proletariat light
| ing up the way 10 Socialism. The
delegation from the Trekhgoyny tex
tile factory brought various textiles
of fine quality and attractive pat
terms. The whole thing was tremen-
dously impressive.
TCL and Red Army
The Young Communist League
brigade marching up TO the stage and
arranging themselves In strict form
alton as the speaker welcomed the
| delegates was another high point.
There was indescribable enthusiasm
when the delegations from the Red
Army units marched up the aisles to
the strains of revolutionary music.
Bugles sounding from opposite ends
OF the theatre followed and accen-
tuated the command to march out
as the spokesman for the Red Army
concluded his address of greetings,
Then one shock trooper after another
mounted the speakers stand to re-
port on conditions in the individual
collective farms. These reports were
impressive, showing high degree of
productivity and prosperity in the
collective farms under the proper
Bolshevist management, demonstrate
ing the great advantages of the col
lective form over individual farming
and pointing the way to other COL
lective farms.