Show POWER OFFICE NOT WEALTH THE GOAL IN RUSSIA The ambition which under a n differ different different J Jent ent system might find expression In hs acquiring a personal fortune can find findan findan findan an outlet in the Soviet Union Onion only on through advancement In the service of the omnipotent state Instead of the stimulus to accumulate late private wealth the Soviet system offers to men m n who rise high hl h in th the of ot political and Industrial administrators the equally strong stron In Inv Incentive i of power accompanied hy by a standard of living which though thou h I modest mod st by comparison with what a arich arich arich rich man of luxurious tastes can en- en enJoy enjoy Joy In western Europe I and America f Is la still far above the bleak b ak Soviet ii average To a n foreigner forel pr who Is accustomed to think of or the Soviet ruble as lS worth about 2 cents a Soviet high hl h official or captain of ot Industry receives a mod moderate erate crate salary which may seem ridiculously I lon ou ly small but his position Is some some- something something thing like 1110 that of ot nn an army officer In Inmany Inmany I many other countries The sal salary iry Is Indeed small but the perquisites of ot office provide nu ODo numerous compensations An Important Important Important tant post po t In the th Soviet Union carries with It a comfortable apartment the use of a motor car the right to eat ent entIn In a good restaurant at a nominal nomina charge admission to the best rest homes and amI sanatoria a private car j for travel on the railroads and other advantages These things are valuable In Rue fie Russia sla sia Just because there Is such stich a It gen gen- general general eral shortage of what would be rev re- regarded elsewhere el as normal food housing and transportation W. W. W H H. Chamberlin la t Current History |