The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 12, 1926, Page 7

[Supplies ot THE DAILY SATURDAY, The Worker of the Soviet Second Section: This Magazine Section Appears Every Saturday In The DAILY WORKER. ALEX. BITTELMAN, Editor. WORKER. a Sn nS JUNE 12, 1926 <p 290 Union--The Master of His Country and the Creator of a New Social Order ne ape a¢ British Conservatives ‘VEN the British conservatives, the party of Baldwin and Cham- berlain, are beginning to see the Soviet Union in its true light. This is clearly manifested by the report on the present state of the Soviet Union submitted to the Conservative Party of Great Britain by four conservative members of parliament on their return from a tour of investigation in Russia. Is it an objective, impartial report? Of course, not. The sign- ers of the report—Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. R. Moore, Robert Booth- ‘by, Frank Nelson and Captain R: E.. Bourne—are members of the Conservative Party of Great Britain. That means something. “It means that these men have approached the Soviet Union in a certain frame of mind and have proceeded to examine ifs conditions from a certain point of view. And what is that?. It is the frame of mind and the point of view of people who are irreconcilably opposed to the present order of things in the Soviet Union. It is the attitude of capitalist-imperial- ists who are filled with the most venomous hatred towards the first Workers’ and Peasants’ Republic—the beacon light of the world struggle against capitalist oppression of the workers, the farmers and the oppresséd colonial slaves. Compelied to Recognize Part of the Truth. A® D yet, despite their hatred and opposition to the Soviet Union, despité their year long efforts to break and destroy the historic achievements of the toilers of Russia, the British capitalists are - finally compelled to recognize the truth about the Soviet Union. At least,-part of:the truth. And what is it? We will quote verbatim some of the the report. . . First, as°to the stability of the Soviet Government. This is.an important question. Because there is not a single capitalist govern- ment in the world, with the exception of the government of the United States, that feels itself either secure or stable. Stability in the governmental affairs of the capitalist world is a thing of the past. It has vanished with the first artillery shot that was fired in the late imperialist war. Now, what about the stability of the Soviet Government? e On this the report says: There can be no doubt whatsoever that the present gov- ernment of Russia is stable and has come to stay. On that point all opinions worth considering are unanimous. Of how many present-day capitalist governments could the Brit- ish conservative delegation say the same? Could that be said of the German, or the French or even the English government? Not in the face of what is taking place in those countries. See what has happened only recently. In Germany, the downfall of Luther, then no government at all, then a makeshift arrangement of such a flimsy nature as will surely go to pieces with the first statements contained in ‘ RE 4 es CS pee ee nie ge ' ait Sime pire * ; ao Be zx juaall Are Seeing the Light™ *° blow of political winds. In France things are even worse. There governments are changing so fast that it would take a moving pic- ture camera to keep a record of them. And as to the British gov- ernment? Why, the best sign of its “stability” is the general strike which, tho betrayed by the reactionary labor leaders, is a good in- dication of what is yet to come. : But the Soviet government, the government of workers and peas- ants is stable and has come to stay. So says the party of Baldwin and Chamberlain. ~ Revolution Improves Condition of Masses. O much for the stability of the government. Now, what about the conditions and mode of life of the masses? This is an important stibject, too. In view of the undisputable fact that the standard of living of the masses all over the world, the United States not ex- cepted, is continually going down and their conditions of life becom- ing worse, it is important for the workers and farmers to know that in the Soviet Union a process is -taking place in exactly the opposite direction. The standard of living of the workers and: peas- ants in the Soviet Union is continually improving. To substantiate this once more, we quote the report of the British conservatives, It says: The information supplied to us by many sources indi- cate the bulk of the worker and peasants are better off since the revolution than before. What other country in the world can boast of a thing like that? None, not even the United States, the richest and most powerful capitalist country in the world. ‘ Since the Bolshevist revolution means approximately since after the imperialist war, and since that time real wages in the cap- italist countries have gone down, hours of work lengthened, speed- up systems intensified and conditions of labor generally worsened. This is true of every capitalist country in the world. And about the United States, the only thing that can be said is that here the standard of living of the workers has not been lowered as much as in the European capitalist countries due to the upward swing of American imperialism with its policy of buying off and corrupting certain sections of the labor aristocracy. But in the Soviet Union the exact opposite is taking place. Since the November revolution in 1917, which established a government of workers and peasants, the toiling masses are better off than they were before undér the rule of the czar, the landlords, and the cap- italists. This is what Baldwin’s delegation is compelled to admit. And on the general economic and cultural conditions of the masses in the Soviet Union, the report says: All workers, including soldiers, are daily given a pro- portion of the free seats in the theatres, concerts and cine- (Continued on page 2) h