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Show Fife Friday. March 15, 1957 THE UTAH STATESMAN 6 LOOKING AHEAD THE WORKERS PARADISE Peter F. Hurst, 'president of Aeroquip Corporation, Jackson, Michigan, recently returned from a visit inside Russia. He reports his observations in his companys employees magazine, The Fly? ing A. Facts in his report should be brought to the attention of every employee in America! Communism, as well as Socialism, claims to be "The Workers Party. It directs most of its propaganda shoes . . . 400 rubles or $100. One pair of poor quality womens shoes 250 rubles or ... $62. . for Or he could buy one bicycle 650 rubles, his monthly take home pay. Here are some other items jotted down; by Mr. Hurst: C A PA CITY The success of any way of life must forever depend on the capacity of men, through their tools and through themselves, to meet their commitments. When men are herded and driven, their capacity is small, though their tools be large. When men are free, their capacity is great, even though their took be small When great tools are in the hands of free men, their capacity immeasurable and forever expanding even though their commitments be the greatest on earth, ebing really made to each other. Mens suits . . . 1000 to 1500 And this is the good fortune of Americans at least as we rubles or $250 to $375. stand in each others presence today. (hie yard of rayon material (for dresses) 35 rubles or $8.75. We have the tools, the skills to manipulate them effectively. Twin bed bedroom suite . . . We also have great human purposes to which our capacity is in America toward the wage earn- 9000 rubles or $2475. ers, trying to undermine their freely dedicated. We have no constitutional masters except our Mr. Hurst notes, Obviously, confidence in the American sysfraternity, our partnership in producing great girts for each other. tem, describing Russia, as The a worker hasnt anything left Let each and every one of us be ever mindful of this treWorkers Paradise and boasting after paying for shelter, food and himself clothes for and his family, mendous asset of ours and strive always to keep it 'true to its that under the Socialist I a and level. subsistence bare only earners system the wage, commitment. Our strength and our vitality, our skills and our live better and are ' their own Actually, the working people directive ability, our men and our machines, our conquests of bosses. Mr. Hurst, a keen ob- and that includes agricultural workers, since there are no true nature and the perspective these have given us, all belong in server, didnt find if so. which must endow the spiritual He visited a number of fact- farmers in Soviet Russia are be- this land of ours to freedom manna in shameful ories in Russia, escorted by ing exploited estate of the humblest among us for only then are the rest of us to is which obvious er, anyone from Rusthe guides Intourist, really free. sian travel agency operated by from the Communist world. the government. I presume they To preserve this great capacity in all its forms and expresRich Bureacracy showed us the best, he observes. sions we have but one basic rule to follow. We know it as the And yet, in most cases, what he The high prices of consumer Golden Rule. And golden it is indeed, for it is the charter of our saw was production machinery, goods are due to the extremely industrial techniques far inferior high tares which the government human partnership and the source of all solid achievement. t. E. to Americans. And the Russian levies on products at every stage their of and he processreports, production factory, gives the impression of what we used to ing. What is the Soviet governcall a sweat shop. He talked to ment doing with all the money the factory director in many they take from the people, asks plants, probing into the questions Mr. Hurst. The largest expend-ture- , he reports, goes to buildof wages, employee advancement, etc. and ing maintaining the worlds largest military machine. Next Wares Low comes a tremendous expenditure Although he could see on all to maintain the worlds largest sides evidence of the shabby liv- bureacracy, with millions of ing standards of employees work- functionaries, bigwigs, and small ing in this bosses recieving fantastic salaries Mr. Hursts careful and paradise,in relatively high style, studies on the scene in Russia withliving chauffeur-drivecars furnipermitted him to document their shed by the government, with true plight. Let us analyze the town apartments and country situation. he suggests in his re- homes for the elite. ' An port, javerage well paid Millions are spent on propafactory worker gets about 800 rubles a month for working six ganda, he adds, and other mildays a week . . . or about 198 lions on divices calculated, to make the workers feel they are hours each month. Income taxes and union dues living in a great nation. To this take about 10 per cent. The work- list, says Mr. Hurst, could be er subscribes voluntarily to some added many other subsidies and government bonds equal to about expenditures made by the Soviet to 8 per cent of his pay He has government, all directed which left about 650 rubles to spend. At perpetuating the system the official, rate of exchange works out very well for the benethat is about 162 US. dollars. fit of a few who have emerged as Now, let us see what he can buy the new elite at the expenses of the masses. Soviet Russia a workwith this amount. Necessities High ers paradise? It all depends on A pair of poor quality mens how you look at it, Cbm-muni- st , Gay-Tiff- Socialist-Communi- Reliable Party Male or Female to service a route of CIGAR-ETTmachines. No selling or sjoUcitintg. .Routes are established for operator. Full or part time. Up to $260 per month to start. $1100 to $2200 cash required which is secured. 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