The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-12
By a Worker Correspondent

KISLOBODSK, u. S. S. R.-This
is an answer through the Daily
Worker to several letters I received
as a result of my article in the
Daily of March %.
The letters we're from workers in
many parts OF U. S. A. who were
disguised with life under capitalism
in America. Some of these letters
were from workers who are not
connected with any labor or radical
movement because they addressed
me Dear Sir etc. This fact indi-
Gates that even the so-called back
ward American worker is getting
wise to the humbug schemes of
capitalism and its leaders and look
ing toward the land of Leninism for
the way out of the economic jungle
of capitalism.
The letters ask questions about
wages, hours of work, cost of living,
what kind of apartments, system of
wage payment etc.
For good to excellent lath and
milling machine hands the pay is
from 200 to $50 rubles per month
and in some cases more, depending
on the industry and locality, some
good to excellent die makers receive
from 400 to 800 rubles per month.
Almost all wages a re paid on the
piece work basis, most work is Spe-
cialized, Almost all industries work
7 hours per day, with days work
and l day off in every six day period,
All workers receive Is consecutive
days vacation every year with pay,
More responsible workers receive
one month vacation every year with
pay. There is no lost pay through
sickness. We receive full pay for
every day, we lose upon doctors
instructions, with doctors services
and medicine free.
7 am writing this letter in
sanitarium in Kislobodsk, a noun
tain mineral water health resort.
7 was not feeling well, went to the
doctor who examined me together
with two other doctors. The doc
tors recommended to the union that
I be sent to this resort for rest and
treatment and in about three weeks
time our trade union secretary
handed me a paper which was a
pass for one month for this sani-
tarium with train fare included, In
addition received my wages for the
full month. If there is any worker
in America who ever received so
much from his employer have
never known one.
worked in America 30 years for
all kinds Of employers and I never
had such humane treatment as
receive here and I am no exception.
1t is the rule and the law of the
land where the workers rule.
In regards to cost of living, food
stuff, clothing, fuel, rent, etc. The
cost of foodstuffs with the excep-
ton of bread is high compared with
the American prices; the same with
clothing but prices are now coming
down They are to be 40 per cent
less in 1887. The high prices are
due to socialist accumulation that is
the high prices do not go into the
pockets of coupon clippers as profit,
but instead of individual accumula-
ton for the present we are building
thousands of new factories and
plants which are socially owned
for the welfare of all, the people,
hence we are for the time being
consuming less individually in order
to lay a firm foundation in modern
means of production that we may
in few years consume more and
all we want without fear of exhaust
ing our individual or collective
supply of necessities and Injuries.
In fact, this year we are receiving
more of all kinds of goods and food
stuffs. Our stores are supplied with
foods and other goods. I am having
two new suits of clothes made to
order. There is much improvement