SOVIET SHIP IN U.S.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 4 April 1934, Page 9

SOVIET SHIP IN U.S.

First for Seventeen Years FACILITIES FOR THE CREW By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright NEW YORK, April 2. The first Soviet ship to arrive in American waters for 17 years is the 10,000-ton vessel Kim, which brought here a cargo of chalk, mica, cement, nickel, Fuller’s earth and Caucasian wine. The crew have the same food and accommodation on the upper deck as the officers, with a club-room fitted with a radio, a piano and a library and other facilities for education and entertainment.

Tho disciplinary system provides that the captain is answerable to the crew. When on the high seas he is in charge, but in port he may be hailed before a workers’ council. A large bulletin board affords opportunities for the crew to post suggestions regarding the conduct of the ship and also pro tests against the captain’s orders.

Although the crew numbers only 37 the ship carriers a doctor and two stewardesses, but the wireless operator alone speaks English. On a red banner extending across the club room is the sign in English, German and Russian: ‘‘Ahead to the World Revolution!” t