The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
MAY DAY AT MACNTTOCORSK

swers back: ALWAYS READY"
Watching this demonstration
which lacks all suggestion Of cheap
exhibitionism, with ears tuned to-
the strains Of brass bands and the {
steady beat Of marching feet. one
catches notes struck of the hoh-
day key. A locomotive whistles on
the mountain 10 the left; q train
load Of crushed ore is ready 10 de-
Seend to the blast furnace. The ore
crushers rumble family in the dis
lance; they dig into the mountain
OF magnetic ore estimated h last
for 40 to 10 years. The blowing Of
gas pipes and the signals Of the
skip hoist, mingle with the beat of
marching workers feet. The blast
furnace, a colt in years. IS snorting
and blowing, charging into the
mountain Of ore; it has q genera
ton to smelt il down to pig iron
and fabricated steel One feels the
throb Of tremendous forces let
loose on this prsirie-like parade
ground. The ore will be smelted bv.
the power Of the toiling masses who
march by in this seemingly mex
haustible stream Of humanity.
World ProIetarist
On the evening Of May First, the
foreign workers and specialists !
gather with Russian comrades to
celebrate International MAY Day.
They gather in large banquet hall.
where picked fish and cold meats
are spread out beside bottles Of
beers and light wines. The evening
iS one Of noise making; yet withsl
a few speeches are made and heard.
An Italian specialist speaks in
Italian. Although none could I'm
derstand more than two words Of
what he said, these two words were
enough to understand what he
meant. He denounced the "Fas- "
ciato" fiercely and pleaded for the
"Proletariata" When the speech was
translated into English and German
and Russian all were treasured that
the ideas Of Fascism and Commu-
nism are sufficiently opposed and
international to have meanings
above barriers Of language and
country.
A German worker speaks, an
American, Russian, all give g.
tosat to International May Day and
wish long life to the World Prole-
tariat. They point out that workers
abroad were not free to celebrate as. .
we do today; that the working class
there Is still under the heel of capt.
talism; while here, the proletariat,
is creating a new society, a new in
dustrial order. Notes Of warning are
struck off. Wreekers had been dis
covered amidst those engaged in So
cialist construction. They charged
all to be on their guard against the .
enemy abroad and within tie gates:
to be vigilant against those who
would destroy the creations of the.
proletariat. The banquet ends; the
music strikes up; the guests dance
in hilarious fun-making.
On to New Work
Three Of us go out into the cool
night air. MAY LIST is over. Il IS
twelve o'clock. We walk towards the
glow Of the blast furnace. A guard
halts us. We are without passes.
The Russian comrade speaks to the
guard; We pass on. At the furnace,
the gas exhausts thunder, deafening
the ears. One cannot hear a human
voice shouted within three inches of.
the ear. The molten stream of
metal is pouring from the belly of
the plugged giant, a stream of
molten iron so hot it burns through
steel columns. iron rails, concrete
blocks; anything but fire clay it ig-
mites and reduces to ashes. The
furnace has been working all day, It ,
does not sleep at night, nor do the
guardians of the workers land
An official comes in. He lifts
telephone receiver and informs r
headquarters; To-day, May LIST, the
first shift poured 476 tons Of pig
iron and the second shift poured
625 tons" over 1000 tons of pig
iron poured while the workers we're
on their holidays. While they rested
and celebrated, the blast furnace was
busy smelling, smelling q mountain
of ore, and the o. G. P. U. watched
how many tons it melted. We are
dismissed The blast furnace steans
and smokes, blows and flames. Cob !
bles up carloads of ore and pours
out stream of molten iron. When
all four units are in operation It
will melt in one year enough pig
iron to lay railroad track around
the world or more track than ex-
listed in all Russia before the Revo-
luton.