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that is the path of the development
of bourgeois countries during the
latest period.
The Soviet Union travels along
an entirely different path OF de-
velopment.
Even during the first period, when
the forces of the working class were
still small, and certain restrictions
in the election system were in
evitable, the Soviet order was the
embodiment Of the highest type of
democracy, which means the draw
ing in of broad masses Of the toilers
to participation in state admiaistra-
ton on an unprecedented scale.
While consistently carrying out the
line proclaimed by the program of
our Party and the Soviet Constitu-
ton, we arrive at the abolition of
individual restrictions in the cleo
ton system, whose temporary char
acter Lenin invariably emphasized.
The time has arrived when the
countrys Soviets, for the purpose
of further strengthening the So
Wet system, can pass over to a
complete realization in our life of
all that is best in universal suf-
frage and an equal secret ballot
on the basis of Soviet order. TAP
plause.1 If the bourgeoisie in CAPT.
taliSt countries are forced now to
revile what it has itself written in
it's own textbooks, its own literature
and social sciences, as the highest
achievement of the bourgeois state,
Soviet power, on the other hand,
takes the best features in the devel-
opment of modern states and boldly
embodies them in life. in the inter-
ests of the toilers and against the
exploiters, in the interests of build
ing Socialism. IApplause.]
The Soviets have been and re-
main the basis Of our system. But
all that was best In parlia-
mentarism: namely, direct, equal,
secret election of representatives to
the organs of state administration,
coupled with universal participa-
ton of all toilers, as is demanded
by the Soviet Constitution, must
now be completely carried out in
the Soviet Union.
We thus secure a further devel-
opment in the Soviet system, in the
shape of combining directly elected
local Soviets with direct election
of sort of Soviet parliament in
the republics and a Soviet parlia-
ment of the q. S. S. r.
If in the camp of the bourgeoisie
there no longer exists faith even in
its own democracy, its own parlia-
mentarism, we can understand this
The bourgeois system is already
looking on its grave. On the other
hand, we are certain that not only
the toilers of our country but those
far across the borders of the Soviet
Union will correctly understand the
significance Of the further democ-
ratizstion Of our election system, Of
the complete democracy realized by
j us. No matter what the class enc
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so full are after all reduced to one:
final removal OF the population
from an influence on the state APP
paratus, and complete merging
together of the state with the
powerful organizations of monopo-
listic capital. BY this process the
essence of government is revealed
as bourgeois dictatorship, and 1t
loses the remnants of seeming rep
resentation Of the interests of the
masses. The state is utilized more
and more, one might say, TO the
limit. as a machine for the sup
preston of every protest among the
population Thus it loses its last
authority among all strata Of the
toilers.
This basic line Of development in
modern bourgeois states is the main
feature of the present period, no
matter behind what superstruc-
lures of the fascist type, the I'M
limited power of the capitalists
hides itself. The bourgeois stoops
to anything, to make the state APP
paratus an instrument to preserve
capitalism with its basis of private
property. 1t already has seen that
the old methods of bourgeois de-
mocracy and parliamentariSm are
at present unsuitable. Therefore it
passes to terrorist methods of adj
ministration along its entire front.
But, as Comrade Stain pointed out
at the Seventeenth Party Congress,
this expresses not only the present
weakness of the organizations of
the working class, but also the
weakness of the bourgeoisie itself,
which must resort more and more
to the most hateful methods of adj
ministration. In so far as the bour-
geoisie passes to applying these
hateful methods of administration,
just so much more it arrives at the
exhausting of all its means of pro-
tecting the bourgeois system. This
indicates that the bourgeois class
is already grasping at its last means
Of preservation, and cannot hold
out long.
We citizens of the Soviet Union
live in another world.
The proletarian dictatorship de-
rives its strength from the alliance
of workers and peasants in a new
type of state. This state originated
as a result of the victory of the
working class over the bourgeoisie
for the purpose of the complete
liquidation of the bourgeoisie ano
classes in general. If the bour-
geoisie at present makes desperate
but hopeless attempts to perpetu-
ate classes, the domination of the
minority over the majority, by in
Producing this anti-democratic re-
organization and reform in STATE
apparatus. Soviet power unswerv.
ingly and successfully advances il
the opposite direction, with the ain
of liquidating all classes. all sur
vivals of capitalism in the very con
seriousness of the people. In thu
hands Of the working class, tn,
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AOVNnNC0 EtOA L age EOuEJ
this will put the question forward
of strengthening the living contact
of Soviet organs with the toiling
masses, and will contribute to the
Vitalizing of the entire work of the
Soviets.
The very fact Of passing from
open to secret ballot wildly en-
phasizes the growth of proletarian
democracy In the Soviet Union, and
the striving of the Soviet govern
ment to place the work Of its organs
under a still stronger control by
workers and peasants. If among the
ruling classes, the bourgeois coun-
tries are at present turning to cur
tailment of the electoral system and
the rights of the broad masses are
being replaced by the unlimited
power of handful Of magnates Of
capital, the fact of passing over to
secret ballot in the Soviet Union is
evidence of the fact that Soviet
power derives its strength from the
growth of active participation by
the masses in its entire state adj
ministration, from the strengthen
ing of mass control over the work
of the entire state apparatus, from
top to bottom. [Applause.l
Compare the paths of development
in bourgeois countries and the So
Wet Union. A comparison of the
development of the election system
in the U. S. S. R. tells much. Dur
ing the nineteenth century and at
the beginning of the twentieth CEN
fury bourgeois democracy and par
liamentarism were developing. Di-
rect, equal and secret ballot were
the main political slogan of the
bourgeois parties in the best years
Of their development. The con-
fidence of the growing bourgeoisie.
in it's forces, its confidence in the
ability of bourgeois power to subject
the masses as if in accordance with
their own will, with the will of their
voters, found expression in the dem
ocratization of the election system.
During the past two decades the
situation has changed radically
Many have no longer their former
confidence in the strength of the
capitalist order. Worry for the NOR
row is growing among the bourgeois
masses. No one thinks any longer
of widening bourgeois democratic
rights, or even Of preserving them
Everywhere ridicule is heaped on
the universal, equal, direct, secret
ballot system Fascisrn, irreconcil-
ably hostile even to bourgeois de-
mocracy, to bourgeois parliament
tarism, is widely coming into fash
ion, both in the policies of bourgeois
administration and in the theory of
the state.
No confidence in the masses o.
the people! Such is the slogan o.
the ruling ciiques of the bourgeoisit
and their fascist agencies. From
bourgeois parlismentarism to bare,
faced terrorist rule by capital ovel
the toilers. under a fascist flag
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mics say of the Soviet Union, the
growth in the forces of the prole-
tartan state, its confidence of vic
tory, are revealed both in small and
large matters, both in individual
state reforms and in the changes
in the election system which are
now proposed, LApplsuse.l
From the opposition between the
paths OF development of bourgeois
countries and the Soviet Union, our
enemies as well as our friends will
make each their own conclusions.
We shall understand If in the
country Of the bourgeoisie, not only
angry prophecies but also voices of
admiration will be heard with re-
gard to the boldness of our party.
which unfolds the banner of prole-
tartan democracy to its limit. We
shall also understand if in the
camp of our friends we see a new
surge of energy and faith in the
cause of Communism. [Stormy ap-
plauSe.l
With all the difference existing
between the individual capitalist
states, the basis of these states is
the same. Bourgeois private prop
erty, which ensures the rule of cap
ital over the masses of the workers
and peasants, is the basis of these
states. Through the course Of cap
italist development, this property is
being concentrated in the hands of
an ever smaller number of people,
in the hands of individual capital
ist monopolists. An ever greater
mass of the population is doomed
to position of wage slavery, of
semi pauperism, particularly in the
countryside. The contradictions in
the capitalist system are sharpen
ing, and Russia's revolutionary exit
from the capitalist system in the
October, 1917, days proved even
then that the system is cracked, Is
heading towards catastrophe.
The historical consciousness of
the position of contemporary CAPT
talism is already not alien even to
the acknowledged leaders Of the
capitalist state.
It is easy, however, to guess that
the leaders of bourgeois society are
unable to make conclusions consis-
tent in any way from their own
statements, inasmuch as for the
whole bourgeois camp private prop
erty in the means of production is
always Sacred and inviolate." AL
efforts of bourgeois governments
directed towards utilizing the state
machinery to protect this property
that is to protect the riches Of the
bourgeoisie against each and every
attempt" on the part of the toll
ers. In the meantime, the preser-
walton Of private property is in
separately linked with economic cri-
sis, disaster, Unemployment, pov.
erty in the countryside, and ar
ever increasing sharpening Of socia
contradictions.
All reforms of the bourgeois
state of which the latest period va
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state apparatus has been made to
serve the construction of a classics
Socialist society," the elimination Of
every obstruction along this road.
The state as a special kind Of appa-
rstus was created many centuries
ago; but only the workers and
peasants power transformed it from
an instrument of domination Of the
minority over the majority into an
instrument Of the majority over the
exploiting minority. With such an
instrument as the Soviet state in
its hands, and demonstrating true
revolutionary vigilance in regard to
the class enemy whose hatred in
the face of our successes knows no
bounds, the working class of the
U. S. s. R., together with the col
lective farm peasantry, will attain
complete victory.
Along what road the development
of the Soviet state is proceeding is
best seen at present, when our
Party is putting forward certain
changes in the Soviet constitution.
This path is the developing of
proletarian, Soviet democracy to
the limit. The Soviet state has
already served the peoples of the
U. S. S. R. in many ways in their
liberation from the power of the
capitalists, the landlords, the ku-
laks, and in the cause of raising the
material and cultural well-being Of
the toilers, but the Soviet state has
not yet accomplished its task COM
pletely. 1t still must help in many
ways to strengthen Socialist prop
erty, to improve the life OF workers
and peasants, and at the necessary
moment-to defend with all its
forces the borders of the Soviet
Union against the foreign enemy.
IStormy applause
In the Soviet state the workers
in the city, the toilers in the coun-
| trySide, are for the first time in
history merged into one family
into one family of builders OF So
cialism. In this rests the power of
the Soviet system based on the de-
velopment of proletarian democ-
racy. This alliance of workers and
peasants, under the leadership OF
our Party, began the performance
of miracles, miracles to every one
Had not the working class of our
country received powerful support
for the proletarian revolution from
the peasantry, no Soviet Union
would be in existence now. Only
this support insured for the revolt
ing proletariat victory in the Oc-
tober Revolution and the transfer
nation OF our Union into the lanc
of Socialism. We must also no
forget the lessons of peasant upris-
ings of the past. Think of how
many peasant uprisings we're de.
feated by the landlords and thu
bourgeoisie, how many peasant
persisted in the revolutionary strug
gle for their liberation from thei
masters oppression, Never, no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-09
WOmen's Day Farley
Called in Los Angeles

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. g.
The second conference in prepara-
ton for International Women's
Day will be held here at the Cul-
tural Center, $50 South Spring
Street, it was announced today.
At the first conference held on
Jan Is, resolutions we're passed
condemning the Criminal Syndical-
ism Law, war and fsscism and a
resolution pledging whole-hearted
support to the Workers Unennploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill,
H. R. 1927 All organizations have
been urged to send delegates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-09
Soviet Sailors Thrill
World By Daring Rescue

MOSCOW, Feb (By Wireless) -
Soviet sailors risked their lives in
the rescue of the crew of the Nor
wegian steamer Fro, wrecked near
Aalesund on the rocky Norwegian
coast at dawn Monday. The Soviet
steamer, Sacco, bound from Hull
with cargo for Murmansk, received
SOS. calls by radio, and despite a
heavy storm set out Immediately by
direction of the captain Of the yes
sci for the distressed vessel. During
a heavy storm and blizzard, the Fro
had struck rock, developing a list.
Enormous waves swept the steamer,
making it impossible to lower boats.
The steamer was thrown on its side,
leaving the crew to swing on ropes.
At the risk Of their lives, the Soviet
sailors lowered boats, approached
the Fro and rescued the crew.
The rescued men received medical
aid on board the sacco and rapidly
recovered.
The Sacco was built in Baltic ship
yards in 1928 at the same time as a
similar ship, the timber carrier Van
setti.
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The number of bondholders of So
Wet loans has increased from 8,000,-
0O0 to 100000; the number of de-
positors in savings banks has
reached $4,000, 900.
Comrade Grinko dealt in detail
with the role of the Soviet state
loans, giving many letters of work
ers and collective farmers showing
the enormous faith which the toll
ing masses have in Soviet loans.
The Soviet Union has built pow
erful financial basis for Socialist
construction. The budget of the
U. s. S. r. is the budget of VIC
toriouS construction of Socialist
economy and culture.
This is clearly seen from every
figure of the budget of 1895. This
budget, adopted by the government,
and presented for confirmation of
the session, amounts to 65.7 billion
rubles income, compared to 40
billions in 1884. Expenditures are
set at $50 billions.
In the U. S. S. R. there is no
place for parasitic, non-productive
expenditures in the budget. Every
ruble is spent for the benefit Of the
toilers.
Dealing with the increase in ex-
penditure in the budget for various
branches of national economy, con-
struction and for culture, Grinko
devoted special place to the ques-
ton of increasing the expenditure
Tor the defense of the country.
Defense Budget
In the 1885 budget there is pro
vided SIS billion rubles for the needs
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l9Hurt as Ship
Sinks a Ferry

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 CUP -
Nineteen persons were injured when
the Reading Railway ferryboat Cape
May, and the tanker London Corp,
collided in the Delaware River to-
day.
The freighter struck the ferry
amidships on the port side, ripping
a hole 20 feet long in the passenger
compartment.
The master of the freighter held
the nose of his craft in the ferry's
side until tugs came alongside.
The Ferry settled in the water
and rescue boats removed passen-
gers.
Those injured were taken TO
Cooper Hospital, Camden.
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sailors we're threatened with certain
death, the Soviet timbership has
tened to the rescue. According to
this captain. the Soviet sailors dis
played wonderful bravery and self
sacrifice.
The Norwegian Telegraph Agency
in its report also stresses the heroism
Of the sailors Of the Soviet steamer.
Soviet seamen performed excellent
work under conditions of darkness
and storm, says the report.
The population Of Norway has
shown great interest in this event.
Having landed the rescued men at
the nearest port, the Sacco con-
tinued its voyage to the North.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-09
Vets Post Makes Drive

CHICAGO, H., Feb. S-Al1 ex-
servicemen in the Chicago area who
have served in any armed forces are
being urged to join Post 1877 of the
American League Of Ex-servicemen,
which meets here every Tuesday
night at 1888 West Washington
Boulevard. Post 1877 Is now under
taking a membership drive and has
urged all ex-servicemen to attend
the regular meetings.
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OSLO-All papers here give de-
tails of the rescue Of the crew of
Norwegian steamer Fro by Soviet
sailors. The Morgenbladet publishes
a long interview with the captain Of
the wrecked ship. At critical mo-
ment, he said, when the Norwegian
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Council of the Union, and the Coun-
Gil Of Nationalities for the election
Of leading organs of the Central
Executive Committee Of the U. S.
S. R. and the government of the
Soviet Union.
Both chambers unanimously elect
ed presidium of the Council of the
Union and Council Of Nationalities,
a chairman of the Central Executive
Committee of the U. S. S. r., Coun-
Gil of Peoples Commissars of the
U. 8. S. r., Constitution Commits
sion, and chairman of the Budget
Commission Of the Central Execu-
tive Committee Of the U.S.SR.
Comrade Unshhcht was elected
secretary of the Council of the
Union, and Comrade Khatskevich
was elected Secretary Of the Coun-
Gil Of Nationalities.
Budget Report
Both chambers made a decision
to listen to the report of Conrade
Grinko, Peoples Commissar of FL
nance on the state budget Of the
q. 8. s. R. for 1895 at q joint ses-
sion. Comrade Kalinin opened the
Joint session Of the Council of the
Union snd Council of Nationalities
Comrade Yenukidze stated that ac-
cording to the constitution Of the
U. S. S. r.. the presidium of the
Central Executive Committee is to
be formed of three parts: The
presidium of the Council of the
Nationalities, nine persons; and an
other nine elected at a joint meet
ing Of both chambers.
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IncOneSOars.
No Deficit.
BudgetShows
Soviet Income Rise r.
Fold; U.S.A. Staggers
10 Billions in Debt
Exclusive to the Daily worker

MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (By Cable).-
Accompanied by loud and continu-
GUS applause, Comrade Joseph
Stain was elected chairman Of
the Constitution Commission at the
Seventh Soviet Congress. The Con-
stitution Commission is making
amendments to the Constitution
providing for greater extension Of
proletarian democracy in the Soviet
Union.
Among the unanimously elected
members of the Constitution Com
mission are chairmen of the Cen
trail Executive Committee and
Council Of Peoples Commisssrs Of
all the Republics of the Soviet
Union, Bubnov, Litvinov, Akulov,
Krylenko, Bukharin, stassova, Ra-
dek, Unschlict, etc.
The elections of the government
organs has been completed. Com
rade Kalinin called on Grinko, Peo-
plies Commissar Of Finance, to pre-
sent his report on the state budget
of the o. s. S. R.
Financial Policy
In an exhaustive speech, Comrade
Grinko dealt in detail with the
principles of Soviet financial policy
and the character of the Soviet
budget. The Soviet financial sys-
TEN, its peculiarities and its sue
cesses on the ruins of the capitalist
money system, has served for many
years as an object of special atten-
ton of many bourgeois economists.
Not understanding the basis of
the plan of socialist economy, con-
fused on questions of the gold back
ing Of currency, they repeatedly
prophesied the downfall" of So
Wet finances. The Soviet Union,
Grinko pointed out, has real sue
cesses in the sphere of organization
of its monetary system, and is
steadily strengthening Soviet cur
rency.
During four years the income OF
the state and local budgets of the
U. S. S. r, increased from 1914
billion rubles to 53.7 billion rubles;
that is, four and half times.
The Soviet state budget has no
deficit. During the last four years,
excess income of the state budget
of the U. S. S. r. over expenditures
comprised rs billion rubles.
Which capitalist country can
boast such successes2 During the
same four years the budget deficits
in England were $4,000 million
pounds; Germany, 22,5O4 million
marks; U. S. A., 1o845 million
dollars
The basis of the growth of the
budget resources Of the proletarian
state is the steady growth of the
output and turnover of commodi-
ties year by year, the increase Of
the materials for the welfare of the
masses.
Construction Funds
The inflow of the funds of the
population into socialist construc-
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Workers Extend Soviet Democracy as Socialism Triumph

Continued From Page Four
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Construction Funds

The inflow of the funds of the
population into socialist construc-
ton has tremendously increased.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-09-05
PUBLIC SALE

WE WILL OFFER at public auc-
ton on Tuesday, Sept. II, beginning
at one p. M, at the farm known as
the John Mccall farm, in Deerfield
township, one-half mile south Of
Deerfield church, the following prop
erty: Horses: One pair geldings,
and years old, sound and good
workers. Cattle: 13 head dairy
cows, from to 8 years old, all
bred and all milking; head Jersey
heifer calves; 2 yearling heifers;
Jersey bull calf; Jersey bull, 2 yrs.
old Sheep: 13 ewes and s lambs.
Hogs: Brood SOW, 10 shoats. SUI
perior grain drill; farm wagon:
cream eparator-Economy King,
No. 16; disc harrow; culti-packer;
hay tedder; steel harrow; hay rake;
Ford motor with pulley; ensilage
cutter; feed grinder; heating stove;
brooder stove; 20 tons mixed hay;
12 tons bean hay; s tons alfalfa
hay Terms made known on day of
SALE The farm of 1913 acres will
be offered for sale on the same day.
FRANK H. KUNTZ, c.. w. AN
DERSON. Clyde McElfresh, Auc-
tiOneer
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-09-05

/ WILL OFFER at public auction
on Saturday, Sept. Z, beginning at
p. M, at the Daniel Barkhurst farm
on Wolf creek, one and a half
miles west of Todds, the following
property: Bay horse, yrs. old,
weight 1850 lbs., sound and we'll
broke; bay horse, yrs. old, weight
140O, good worker; Hereford COW,
8 yrs. old, with calf at side; Jer-
sey COW, yrs. old, due to freshen
soon; Jersey COW, 5 yrs. old, to
freshen Sept 80; Jersey cow, 6
yrs. old, to freshen in October; Jer-
sey bull, / yr. old; Guernsey heif-
er, 10 months old; spotted Poland
China sow, due to farrow before
day of sale; set of heavy work har-
ness; Irish collars; heavy Weber
wagon Deering moving machine;
Oliver Chilled breaking plow; NAL
ia 2-horse cultivator; 1-hOrse Hoos-
ier corn drill, with fertilizer attach
ment; 1926 Model T Ford roadster;
set of platform scales, 900 ID ca
pacity; Wilson kitchen cabinet;
square cupboard; cross-cut saw;
tool chest; some small tools; NOW
clover hay; 2 ten-gal. jars; other
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms of sale: All under SIS, cash;
all over that sum six months time
with $50 interest, with approved
security.-MRS. CARRIE ABEL.
Clyde McElfresh, Auctioneer. 29a3