16 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, February 10, 1950
GUARDED BY SECRECY
. Men's Suits Start at $113
In Expanding Soviet Trade
v (Editor's Note: How about Russian Industry? Is It work
ing? Will it collapse?
Some of the answers to these questions are furnished by
Edmund Stevens, staff correspondent of the Christian Science
' Monitor, who has just concluded a three-year tour of duty
In Moscow. This is the last of four articles digested from
a series of 40 installments written by Stevens after leav-
lag Russia.
The material was made available to the Associated
- Press by the editors of the Monitor, which first published
Stevens' articles.)
" New York, Feb. 10 VP) Soviet industrialization has rolled
ahead with gathering momentum since the war.
. Soviet industry today is far more diversified and better
equipped technically than ever before, says Edmund Stevens,
until recently the Christian Science Monitor's Moscow corres
pondent.
Any realistic approach to un
derstanding Russia must Be Das-
'ed unon recognition that the
Soviet Union is a going con
cera and no mere visionary at-
temDt at Utopia. Stevens warns.
,?The soviet system, he said, will
-not collapse because of unworK
abilitv.
"The lower efficiency stand
dards of Soviet performance arc
to some extent neutralized by
the fact that under the Soviet
coordinated economic planning,
some of the waste and dupli
cation of competitive economy
are eliminated," his report
points out.
'
The unlimited pool of regi
mented labor, plus elimination
of unemployment and crises of
overproduction, has given the
Soviet centralized control sys
,tem an edge on the free econo-
Jany of Capitalism, the reporter
reasserted.
a Today Soviet industry is con
tinuing an eastward shift be
-igun during the war. In the light
-of wartime lessons, cities of in
industry are springing up beyond
Rthe urals in Siberia cities like
Asbest (for asbestos1: Magnito
gorsk, iron and steel; miass,
automotive industry; Krasnot-
urinsk, aluminum, and hosts of
other mining and industrial
towns.
; But today It is Impossible to
- find out just how Soviet in
dustry Is doing.
Stevens concedes the Rus-
li slans scored impressive post
war gains in the reconstruc
tion of war-devastated areas,
In lifting Industrial and agri
cultural production beyond
the prewar peak. But the
only published material on
production is in percenatges
of plan-fulfillment or percent
ages of gains over previous
years.
Since the basic figures on
which those percentages are cal
eulated are a close secret, the
publication of the percentages
simply serves to mystify the
reader. Not only are the Rus
sians secretive about produc
tion of war potential but they
are coy about even such peace
time consumer goods figures as
galoshes and sausages.
There have been recently,
however, frank public admis
sions from high officials indica
ting that the Soviet Union is
running short of oil. This, says
Stevens, explains why the Sov
let government "casts a roving
and covetous eye on foreign
sources of oil" and was chag
rined when its oil concessions
deal with neighboring Iran fell
through.
On the consumer goods front.
Soviet trade, says Stevens, suf
fers from waste and inefficiency
which "stems directly from the
absence in the government trade
system of the commercial com
petitive element."
"No Soviet government trade
organization can go bankrupt
no matter how mismanaged, un
less the government as a whole
goes bankrupt," says Stevens.
"Moreover, by eliminating the
profit motive from trade, the
Soviet trade system tends to
deprive management and sales
personnel of the main incentive
toward greater effort and effici
ency."
For Instance, stores are
stocked without regard for
consumer demand.
"Besides bad management,"
the roporter continues, "petty
grafting Is fairly common In
Soviet retail trade."
Occassionally, there are large
scale scandals. The press in
velghi constantly against all
this.
Stevens gives a picture like
this:
Domestic production of con
sumer goods is expanding stead
ily, but much still must be im
ported, with Czechoslovakia a
prime supplier. Moscow stores
offer a wide chioce of Czech
dresses, priced in the neighbor-,
hood of 350 rubles ($70); rayon
stockings at up to 75 rubles
($13.60) a pair (nylons still
were not on the market); men's
suits starting at 600 rubles
($113); men's shirts at 60 rubles
($11,303 leather shoes up to 400
rubles ($75.20).
Top prices are paid cheerfully
by the higher Income groups.
But they are steep for the white
collar worker, earning from $97
to $198 a month, and still steep
er for the great mass of low-paid
people.
A Soviet-made vacuum clean
cr costs 1,200 rubles ($226); elec
tric refrigerators, the equivalent
of $555 and $1,360. Radios range
from the $47 table model to the
$1,880 consoles.
The Siz automobile is a good
car, says Stevens, though at an
astronomical price. The Siz 110,
a copy of the American Packard
Mann s favorite make is vir
tually a custom-made model and
a high class automobile in every
respect," says Stevens. One of
the mass production cars is the
trim four-cylinder Pobyeda (Vic
tory), 1,600 of which serve as
Moscow taxis. Released in
March, 1947, by the Molotov
plant at Gorky, it costs 18,000
rubles ($3,600).
Grand Chapter Honors
Woodburn Members
Woodburn Mrs. William Mer-
riott (Marjoric), grand chap
lain of the Grand Chapter of
Oregon, Order of the Eastern
Star, was one of the honored
guests at a district meeting of
Camellia Chapter, Rose Croix
chapter and Rose City chapter
in Portland. Also attending the
meeting from Woodburn were
Mrs. Mabel Harper, Mrs. Doris
Stroup, Mrs. Wilma Seely and
Dr. and Mrs. George W. King.
The trip was made In the Mer-
riott car.
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Hubbard Misi Eleanor Trin-
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of the Hubbard Woman's club
extension unit held in the home
of Mrs. Edward Schoor. Miss
Trindle was introduced by the
president, Mrs. A. J. Smith.
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lowed by a business meeting.
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committee chairman, reported
on progress of the cemetery
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ly may contact Dr. deLespi
nasse, she announced. Two dol
lars was voted out for the March
of Dimes.
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H. Miller, Mrs. P. J. Pusch and
Mrs. Arthur Zehner. Refresh
ments were served by the co
hostess, Mrs. Peter Hunt and
Mrs. Harry Moore.
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