The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-19


Of short stories based on Fosters ex-
periences in the class struggle.
U.S.S.R. Radiates with BOundless
Enthusiasm
In reply to a question about pres
ent day conditions in the U.S.S.R.
Comrade Foster sails..
The outstanding thing is the
gigantic increase of the prOduetiv-
ity of the collective farmers and
the improvement of their living
and cultural conditions, q stupen-
dOus victory for the Party'S agricul-
tural program and for the revOlu-
ton in general under the leader
ship of the Communist Party,
headed by COmrade Stain.
"The industrial progress in the
U.S.S.R. is no less startling. 1 have
seen in my experience American
cities undergoing 'bOon1s,' but
never saw anything which remotely
compares with the gigantic con-
structiOn of factories, dwellings,
schools, sanitoria, rest homes for
workers, etc, that ore can see all
over the Soviet Union at the pres
ent time.
with improved agriculture and
the rapid growth of industry, living
conditions have advanced tremen-
dOusly. was astOunded to see
Moscow and other cities, so rapid
has been their growth, so enormous
the increase In automobiles and the
improved clothing and food Of the
people. The whole country radiates
with a boundless optimism which
contrasts sharply with the pessi-
mism one sees everywhere in capt.
taliSt countries
But the danger OF imperialist
war " had not completed my
question when Comrade Poster shot
back: 1T is as clear as a pike staff
The antagonisms between the impe-
rialist powers, u. S. and Great Brit
ain, U. S. and Japan and the CAPT.
talist powers generally, driven on BY
the insurmountable world crisis. are
daily approaching great war clash
between groups of these powers; but
the central feature, the most menac-
ing aspect Of the war danger, is the
growing attack on the U.S.S.R, Fas-
cist Germany and the imperialists
OF Japan, with the direct support Of
British imperialism, are preparing tc
open the attack. I am convinced
however, that when they launch the
assault they will get a surprise Of
their lives. Not only will they have
to face the powerful Red Army, but
the revolutionary working class in
their own countries under the leader
ship Of the Communist Parties. They
will be taught a lesson that will dea,
a heavy blow to capitalism all over
the world"
What about the MIRA, Comradt
Foster?" asked as final question
When I left the U.S.A. the Roose-
welt program was just being intro.
duced with fanfare of trumpets anC
the full support of the leaders of the
A. F. of L. and the Socialist Party
Foster replied. 1.-THE Communist
Party and the Trade Union Unity
League, standing alone, said at thu
time that this program would moi
end the crisis, that Roosevlt's at.
tempt to organize capitalist produc.
ton would fail and that it was Ions
step toward faScism. Our Party anc
the revolutionary unions declared
that the NRA. would not raise TIT
living standards Of the workers anc
farmers, but would reduce them tx
still lower levels. The MIRA, WI
pointed out, was a screen behine
which q. S. imperialism was prepar.
ing for war and that it would haster
the further justification and con.
centration of industry and finance.
"The experience Of the last 81,
months has completely justified thi.
analysis. The boosted recovery die
not naterialize; the temporary in.
dustrial upswing was the result o.
pumping inflationary oxygen into the
paralyZed industries; the attempt tt
organize capitalist production, daily
meeting more obstacles, has clearly
demonstrated its bankruptcy. MOI
has the N.R.A. ended unemployment
with its attendant starvation, or sen.
/. w. O. branches. Wonen'S Conn.