SOVIET INDUSTRY
IN A STATE OF CHAOS. SKILLED TECHNICIANS NEEDED (Trco Association—Hy Telegraph—Copyright I LONDON, March 9. The Riga correspondent ol The fim-s savs: 11 The industrial peace movement inEngland is one of the dangerous recent developments, and ruthless war must be declared on it,” declares a resolution if the Soviet International Executive. “ English Communists must strive their utmost to gain control of strike machinery.” Meanwhile the Soviet’s Supreme Economic Council, representing the Stateowned industries, has conferred with the Central Council of Trade Unions hi an effort to establish its own peace. For the first time industrial conflict has been openly avowed. M. Tomsky, a trade union leader, admitted that this first attempt at a joint conference had been a failure, but he scolded his golleagu,;s for defending their own petty interests instead of viewing the dispute from a national standpoint. “ The chaos in the Soviety industry is due to the scarcity of skilled technicians,’’ he said. “ Unless we impo.t foreign engineers we cannot get along.”— The Times.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20355, 12 March 1928, Page 9
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