The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-26
IS NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

Iequallty, freedom and happiness, tC
gether with the highest standard O
. living of which Russian resources ant
, industry were capable. In othe
words, to establish in Russia such
, just and equitable economic system
that each individual Russian would i
necessary sacrifice his life to pre-
serve it for posterity
Russia established production
for use" economy (the essence of so
cialism) and adopted as the first prin
ciple for her guidance in production
and distribution "FROM EACH AC-
CORDING TO HIS ABILITY TO
EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS
With the profit motive" cast on
the dungheap of obsolete incentives"
Russians found still more powerful
incentive of "pride in achievement
to electrify Russian workers, and if
that were insufficient each worker
was brought to the realization that
since he was a shareholder in the
I the total production of Russian indus
try meant corresponding increase
in all the good things of life for him
self and all other Russian people
Utopians? Dreamers? At any rate
the philosophy worked and it begins
to appear from the results attained
that the allied nations could very
handily utilize few such Utopians
and Dreamers to replace political
Iracketeers. But Russia did not de-
pend upon dreams alone Russian
industry took full advantage of every
archaeological process which she could
discover or acquire from foreign tech
nologists to INCREASE her produc-
ton. Here was no thought of destroy
ing useful products to create an arti-
ficial scarcity, thereby increasing
prices Russia had no "pampered
few" no unemployment no WPA and
no NUDE EEL.
Contrast if you will, this type of
economic program with the price sys-
TEN scarcity programs of capitalist
nations, and particularly our own
US.A. under the Nude Eel Recall |
with such pleasure as may be had |
from the recollection in these days |
of rationing the wasteful slaughter of |
cattle, sheep and hogs for the sole
purpose of increasing prices Yes,
there were people who urgently de-
sired that meat in those days, I per-
sonally have seen many of them-
BUT = they didn't have the PRICE,
even as low as prices were at the
time.
Under a production for use" econ
omy those unemployed would have
been working, producing. They would
have had the meat they were then
Unable to buy, and those who under
he Nude Eel were on insufficient (
liets would have had more than their {
price system" budgets would pro- s
ride, and does anyone think there still t
would have been an "over produc-
Jon? Under a production for use'' f
economy there would have been no
leeds of building miles long piles OF :
running discs over them and !,
spraying them with oil to render them I,
would WPA workers have been ;
preading gravel on highways with !
rakes and spoons" at =
to "kid" themselves into the :
'elief they were doing productive :
york." Necessary highways would 9
ave been laid with the most modern :,
echnical machines at the rate of IL :,
0 20 miles per day, conserving about .
90 of our man power (Which seems :,
0 be such a scarce article today. :,
The assinine (there is no other fit :
ing term for it, Nude Eel program of :,
rtificial scarcity price stimulation