The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-02
NEW TRIUMPHS
LOOM IN U.SS.R.
1888 Marks Start of
End 5-Year Plan
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

collective and state farms are al
ready producing the great bulk Of the
grain (77 per cent of the total). cot
ton, sugar beets, etc. Despite the
fierce resistance of the kulak (rich
peasant) elements and despite the
disruptive activities of kulaks still
going on in the collective farms. the
average grain production Is above the
pre-war level and the entire struc-
ture of socialist agriculture has been
tremendously fortified. The out
look is bright for an enormous in
crease in the productivity of rural
economy which will result in a great
increase in the food supply for the
entire population and in the supply
of raw materials for light industry
sufficient to meet the constantly ris-
ing demands of the masses.
Determined to Eliminate Kulaks
Influence
The Soviet proletariat, under the
leadership of the Communist Party
is firmly determined to eliminate the
remnants of kulak influence, bring
ing about a higher development and
the strengthening of the organiza-
ton of the collective and state farms.
While the greatest effort has been
exerted in the upbuilding of heavy
industry, laying the basis for the
further extension of the production
Of goods for immediate use, enor-
mously strengthening the defensive
capacity of the country and raising
the prestige Of the Soviet Union in
ternationally, the Five-Year Plan has
also resulted in the great improve
ment of the material welfare of the
masses, with even greater prospects
for the immediate future. 1t is SUI
ficient to point out the increase in
the output of footwear (no less than
326 per centD in this period, the de-
yelopment of public kitchens and
restaurants which today serve 38,000,-
900 meals daily. The whole Of light
industry has increased 1854 per cent
over 1928 and more than 300 percent
compared with pre-war production.
While a shortage of goods and GER
tain food stuffs still prevails because
of the tremendously increased de-
nland, Que to the great rise in the
living standards and purchasing
power of the masses, the total con-
sumption of goods and food stuffs is
already vastly greater than before
the Revolution.
Fighting against many obstacles
and severe handicaps, the Soviet
masses, under the leadership of the
Communist Party, accomplished this
bold Five-Year Plan in four years,
displaying mass enthusiasm and
heroism of such extraordinary pro-
portions as to defy the understand
ing Of the capitalist world. 1t is
fitting indeed that January l be
proclaimed the day Of the "udarnik,
(member of factory shock brigade,
which does best work., for the udar-
mix is the real hero of the Five-Year
Plan and the guarantee Of the full
fillment Of the second plan.
While the capitalist
world sums up its losses, the Soviet
Union counts its tremendous gains.
While capitalism sees only disaster
ahead, the Soviet Union faces the
new year firm in the certainty OF the
triumph, of Socialism, the success OF
the second Five-Year Plan and the
continuation of the heroic efforts OF
the Soviet masses to achieve still
greater victories that viii raise the
material and cultural level of the
MASSES and build the classics So
ciety On the. flynn foundation OF
sociali ri achieved in the first Five
Year Ran