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

Abridged Report Of Sta Speech Delivered Meeting the Pnnm OF the Cno
Committee and Central Control Commission of Communist Party Soviet Union

consisted in creating the absolutely neceS-
sary technical and economic prerequisites
in the country for increasing to the ut
most the defensive capacity of the coun-
try which viii guarantee any and every
attempt at a warlike attack from outside
being decisiyely repulSed.
What determines this main task of the
Five-Year Plan?
The necessity of hquidating the tech
nical-econoinic backwardneSS of the So
Wet Union, which condemns it to an in
significant existence, the necessity of cree
ating such precondtions in the country
as will enable it not only to catch up to
but in time also to outstrip in technical
and economic respect the most advanced
capitalist countries.
\ AM Of the opinion that the Soviet Pow
L er cannot maintain itself long on the
basis of a backward industry; that only
an up-to-date big industry, which is not
only not behind but in time can outstrip
the industry of the capitalist countries,
can serve as a secure foundation of the
Soviet Power.
I am OF the opinion that the Soviet
Power cannot base itself for long on two
contradictory foundations-on a socialist
big industry which destroys the capitalist
elements, and on a small individual peas
ant economy which gives rise to capitalist
elements.
1 am OF the opinion that as long as out
Of tSe small peasant economy there has
not been created the foundation of big
production, as long as the small peasant
farms are not united in big collective
farms, the danger of a restoration of cap
sfa1icp1 in Snuiaf TIpipfa an11crif1ftpC
the most actual danger of all possible dam
gers.
Lenin said:
sAs result of the revolution, Russia
has within a few months caught up to
the most advanced countries as regards
its political structure. That is not much.
The war is memorable, it ruthlessly puts
the alternative; either catch up to the
most advanced countries and surpaSs
them economically, or perish
Lenin said:
$50 long as we live in small peas
ant country, there exists in Russia q
firIner economic foundation for capital
ism than for Communism. Only
when the country is electrified, when in
dustry agriculture and transport ac-
quire the technical foundation OF mod
ern big industry, only then shall we be
able finally to triumph
These words of Lanin became those
fundamental views of the Party which
led to the elaboration of the Five-Year
Plan to the determining of the main task
of the Five Year Plan.
The chief part of the Five-Year Plan
consisted Of the heavy industry, with its
vital nerve, machine construction. For
only the heavy industry is able to recon-
struct the whole of industry, as well as
transport and agriculture and put them
on their legs. We had to begin with heavy
industry in realizing the Five-Year Plan.
In this respect also we have the instruc-
tons of Lenin:
eve also need heavy industry -.
We cannot build up an industry with
out heavy industry, and without Il + we
shall go under as an independent coun-
try"
But the reconstruction ana the deyeI-
opment of the heavy industry especially
in such a backward and not rich country
as was our country at the commencement
OF the Five-Year Plan, constitutes very
hard task, for as is known, heavy industry
requires tremendous f iancial means and
the existence OF Certain minimum of
experienced techniee. forces, without
which heavy industry is altogether im-
possible. Was the Party aware of this
and did it take this into account? Yes,
the Party was aware of this 1t was not
only aware of this but proclaimed it out
loud. The Party knew how the heavy in
dustry had been established In England,
Germany and America. 1t knew that in
these countries the heavy industry had
been built up either with the aid of big
loans or by robbing other countries, or by
both these means. The Party knew that
these courses are not open to our coun-
try. What did it reckon on? 1t reckoned
on the forces in our own country. 1t bore
in mind that we, in possession of the So
Wet Power. supported by the Nationalist
ton of the land, industry, transport, the
banks and trade, can carry out strict
regime of economy in order to raise the
means which are necessary for the re-
construction and development of heavy in-