The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26

Around Yalta there are several
hundred rest homes and sanatoria.
In the one where I stayed, Cen1ashko
Sanitorium, formerly first-class no.
| tel costing its wealthy guests $40
| per room day, met working peo-
Pile and specialists from all parts of
the Soviet Union. A miner from
Novo-Sibirsk, who travelled six days
to get there. A woman teacher from
North West Siberia, a cafeteria work
err from the Urals. From Central
Asia, a rk-skinned Monaghan type
in native costume. An actor and his
wife, from Leningrad, an electrical
engineer from Kharkov. Railroad
workers, spinners, Red Army men,
store clerk from Moscow. All shock
brigaders, two-thirds are workers, and
about one-half Party members.
A months stay costs approximately
$50 to 500. Ninety per cent Of the
600 have had all expenses prepaid.
Many had fought through the revo-
luton and civil war, ell have given
their best energies to fulfilling the
Five-Year Plan in -Four. Here they
get their much-needed rest, sea-
bathing, sun and medical treatment,
and plenty of recreation and whole
some, appetizing food. We eat four
meals a day, with o'clock tea
| thrown in for extra, and usually milk
at bedtime. Except for the second
breakfast, this is the usual thing in
all the rest-homes and sanitoria. The
Crimea is rich in fruits and vese-
tables. Every day found the vaca-
tionists visiting local bazaars buying
from the collective farmers there, and
contentedly nibbling apples and
grapes.
Cemashko had a wen-equippsd
clinic, with various types Of water
and electric treatments; also its own
research laboratories where studies in
the effects of various attitudes and
amounts of sun on animals, ard hui
mans were being carried on.
Every few days there were trips for
those wanting to take them to local
points of interest, museums, other
health resorts, and collective farms.
In the evenings there were mass
games and singing, also concerts and
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Besides individual consultations be-
tween doctors and those coming to
stay at the institute, there were reg
ular conferences of all living in
dormitory and the house staff, Here
any complaints were aired, and ques-
tons taken UP.
often in the early hours Of the
morning, we were awakened by sounds
of arriving delegations Of worker-va-
cationists. Debarking from tne ship
in the harbor, they came marching
through the little town, banners fly
ing, singing, and even sometimes
bringing their own brass bands.
IN 1882 million and half workers
1 spent their vacations in the rest
homes at the expense of the state,
while an equal number were taken
care of in rest homes furnished by
the trade unions, the Communist Par
ty and other workers organizations
for the benefit of their members.
Since the working class has now
reached over twenty-five and half
millions, 1t is evident that the num-
Der of places are still far from enough.
Naturally, preference is given to shock
brigaders and the best workers.
Next year will see the construction
Of many more rest homes.
Meanwhile form of vacationing by
taking walking tours and excursions
is growing increasingly popular. The
Proletarian Tourist this year organ
lied trips for hundreds Of workers,
teachers, students, and others, many
of whom had their expenses paid
from the social insurance funds Of
the Soviet Government.
How soon will the South Atlantic
Seaboard and coast of California also
be dotted with rest homes and SAM
toria for workers and their families,
who are enjoying their vacation with
pay?