The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1931, Page 5

IN TWO SECTIONS (SECTION TWO) NEW YORK, . (Section of the Communist International) ctSseses oe — DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION! The Basis for Superiority of the Soviet System By STALIN, (From his report to the 16th Party Congress held in 1930.) Why is it that the USSR., in spite of its cultural backwardness, in spite of its lack of capital, in spite of its lack of technically ex- perienced economic cadres, is in a State of growing economic expan- sion and has won decisive successes on the front of economic construc- tion, while the foremost capitalist | countries, in spite of their abun- dance of capital, their abundance of technical personnel, and their high- er level of culture, are in a state of growing economic crisis, and are suffering in the sphere of economic development defeat after defeat? The reason is the difference in the economic systems here and un- der the capitalists. The reason is the bankruptcy of the capitalist system of economy. The reason is the advantages of the Soviet system of economy over the capitalist system. < | What is the Soviet system of economy? The Soviet system of economy means that: ' 1) The power of the capitalist class has been overthrown and has been replaced by the power of the working class. 2) The tools and means of pro- duction, the land, factories, works etc., have been taken away from the canitalists and handed over to the working class and to the peas- antry. | 3). The development of produc- tion is subordinated, not the prin- ciple of competition and safeguard- ing of capitalist profit, but to the principle of planned guidance and systematic improvement of the ma- terial and cultural ievel of the toil- ers. 4) The distribution of the nation- al income takes place, not in the interests of enriching the exploit- ing classes and their numerous par- asitic hangers-on, but in the inter- ests of systematically raising the material position of the workers and peasants, and extending So- Cialist production in- town and * country. 5) The systematic improvement of the material position of the toilers and-the ceaseless growth of their requirements (purchasing power), being a constantly growing source of the extension of production, guarantees the working class against crisis of over-production, against the growth of unemploy- ment, etc. : 6) The working class is the mas- ter of the country, working not for the capitalists, but for its own class. What is the capitalist system of economy? 1) Power in the country belongs to the capitalists. 2) The tools and means of pro- duction are concentrated in the hands of the exploiters. 3) Production is subordinated, not to the principle of improving the material position of the toiling masses, but to the principle of safe- guarding high capitalist profits. 4) The distribution of the na- tional income takes place, not in the interests of improving the ma- terial position of the toilers, vut in the interests of safeguarding raaxi- mum profits for the exploiters. 5) Capitalist rationclization and the rapid growth of production, hav- ing the object of safeguarding high profits for the capitalists, come up against the obstacle of the impov- erished condition and the reduction of the material welfare of the mil- lions of toilers, who do not always have the possibility of satisfying their needs even within the timits of the extreme minimum—which ‘in- evitably creates the ground for un- | Over the Capitalist System 6) The working class is an ex- ploited class, working, not for it- self, but for an alien class, the class of exploiters. Such are the advantages of the Soviet system of economy over the capitalist system. Such are the advantages of the Socialist organization of economy over the capitalist organization, This is the reason why we in the U. S, S. R. have @ growing eco- nomic advance, while they, the capi- talists, have a growing economic crisis, This is the reason why, here in the U.S.S.R., the growth of con- the masses constantly outruns the growth of production and stimu- + By L. M. KAGANOVICH “Comrades, this day,” said Com- rade Kaganovich, “is a day of vic- tory for the general line of our Party. Today our country has en- riched itself with two new giants; the new Amo and the Kharkov Tractor Plant. The Moscow district | is being enriched with the new in-. dustrial center, the largest truck. plant in the world. This is why to- day the entire Party o: the work- ing-class in the person of its Central Committee is conveying to you working men and women the lead- ing business éxperts, engineers, te- chnicians, Party members, members of the Comsomoil and of the trade unions its warm Bolshevik, Leninist greetings,” (Stormy applause) “You are a part of the great his- toric proletariat which under the leadership of the solidfied and uni- fied Central Committee of our Party is marching toward the complete: victory of socialism. : “Despite the predictions of men who did not believe in the indus- trialization of the country, despite the predictions of the counter- revolutionary Trotskyism, despite the predictions of kulak-capitula- tion character by the rights you have constructed the larg- est plant in the world. The Central Committee, the Moscow Committee, the Supreme Council of People’s Economy that have given exceptional attention to the plant, the state has expended upon you a great deal of money including the expenditures for foreign equipment. You, through a united collective— THE NEW PLANT OF THE AMO AUTOMOBILE FACTORY IN MOSCOW. sumption (purchasing capacity) of | lates it, while there, under the capi- , talists, on the contrary, the growth | J. STALIN, os — Workers in the Capitalist Countries Rejoice at the Victories of 5-Yr. Plan ;in our country there does not.exist | any demarcation between the lead- ! ership and the executive—through a | united collective have constructed | | this giant of the socialist industry. “In greeting you the Central Com- ‘mittee reminds you that following ' the timely starting of the plant you ‘are still faced with the necessity of overcoming the difficult*es connect- ed with the realization of the full ciples of great Lenin, are capable of seeing the positive side, but we also are capable of seeing the difficul- ties. After the starting of the plant you will have to overcome many | difficulties, You will have to roll | up your sleeves and in October ful- | fill the given plan.” (Stormy ap- plause) “Our country in greeting you, is expecting trucks, the members of the collective is expecting them. The fields and the city are expecting them. The tire economy of the people is expecting trucks. “You are accepting the name of Comrade Stalin. You are taking upon yourselves immense reponsibi- lity. With this you pledge your- selves to work in a Stalinist manner. You must work in a clear-cut man- ner. You must work taking into ac- count the interests of the entire proletarian state.” (Stormy® ap- plause) “The Bolsheviks are the bearers of the new technique. We, under the leadership of the Party, have smash- ed the generals, have smashed the white guards, have reconstructed industry, are reconstructing it, are | millions in our production of auto- | changing the face of our socialist | mobiles. (Stormy applause). | der of consumption of the masses (pur- chasing capacity) never keeps pace with the growth of production, and constantly lags behind it, again and again condemning production to crisis. | This is the reason why they, the capitalists, consider it quite normal in a time of crisis to destroy the “surplus” of commodities and burn “excess” agricultural produce, in order to keep up high prices and | ensure high profits, while here in | the U. S. S. R. those guilty of such crimes would he sent to a lunatic asylum (applause). “This is the rcason why there, un- the capitalists, the workers strike and demonstrate, organizing | a revolutionary struggle against the existing capitalist government, | while here in-the U.S.S.R.- we have | capacity of the plant. We, the dis- } country. Under the leadership of | the Party the working-class gives} j mew models of technique. “Comrade Stalin has given out a new slogan! ‘Master the technique!’ | And tomorrow, starting to work in a | new plant, you must attend to it ‘and dilgently begin to take posses- | | sion of the technique of the new} equipment and treat it with love, to / preserve and to guard the machin- ery. Remember it was built by the working-class to take the place of | many small factories of the old te- | chnique of the capitalist Riabu- shinsky. That every Riabushinsky ; who was threatening the workers | | with the ‘bony hand of hunger.’ The workers upon his bones, upon the bones of the Russian bourgeoisie and landowners have erected this giant. (Stormy applause) “The news about the starting of your plant will fly over the entire world. Let our comrades rejoice, those who are groaning under the yoke of capitalism. Let our enemies know that Amo is not the last but the first in the turn of giants which we are building and will build. (Ap- plause), By them in the much praised America the production of automobiles is sharply contracting. In April, 1929, they built in the United States of America 620,000 automobiles. In August, 1929, 416,- 000. In August of 1930, 224,000; in August, 1931, 70,000. From 620,000 to 70,000! We are going in the op? posite direction; we are beginning from hundreds and will reach to ut down the picture of the great labor come petition of the millions of workers and peasants, ready to lay down their lives for the Soviet Govern- ment. This is the reason for the sta- bility and firmness of the internal situation in the U.S.S.R., the insta- bility and the unsteadiness of the internal situation in the capitalist | countries, It must be admitted that a sys- tem of economy which does not know what to do with its “surplus” output, and can only burn it, at a time when the masses are in the grip of want and unemployment, hunger and misery—such a system of economy passes the death sene- tence on itself. The last few years were a period of testing in practice, a period of examination for the two opposite systems of economy, Soviet and capitalist. During these years there were more than sufficient prophe- sies about the “destruction” and “collapse” of the Soviet system. There was still more talk and glori- fication of the “prosperity” of capi- talism. And what happened? These years have once again shown that the capitalist system of economy if a bankrupt system, and that the | Soviet system of economy possessef such advantages as not a single bourgeois state can dare to dream of, be it ever so “democratic,” “pop: ular,” etc In his speech at the Conference of the C. P. S. U. in May, 1921 Lenin said: “Today we exercise our main in- fluence on the international revolu- tion by our economic policy. Al eyes are turned on the Soviet Rus- sian Republic, all the toilers in all countries of the world, without any exception and without any exag- geration. This been achieved. The capitalists can’t hush upor hide any- talists cannot hush up or hide any- thing, and, therefore, they are on the watch most of all for our econ- omic mistakes and our weaknesses, It is to this arena that the struggle has been shifted on a world scale. Shall we solve this problem? If so, we shali win on an international scale, for certain and for good.” Tt must be recognized that our Party is successfully carrying out the task set by Lenin. K. VOROSHILOV . Former metal worker—now head of the Red Army and Navy. The ultimate aim of the Com- munist International, to replace world capitalist economy by a world system of Communism. Communist society, the basis for which has been prepared by the whole course of historical devel- opment, is mankind’s only way out, for it alone can abolish the contradictions of the capitalist system which threaten to de- grade afid destroy the human race. (From the Program of the Communist International, Published by the Workers Lib- rary- Publishers.) ~®. \ PE teens | avoidable crises of oyerproduction, In capitalist America plants sh ee eet ae ae! ehesertadae dally, In the Soviet Union new industrial giants are rapidly cw we ? iN ~ ~4 LT ah ee tM R ¥ eu vee nion 2 Hail the 14th Anniversary of the Victorious Soviet U