GRAND SCALE OPERATIONS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 393, 27 October 1933, Page 5

GRAND SCALE OPERATIONS

THE SOVIET FLAIR

100,000 Prisons to Con-

struct Canal

NOT HEAVILY GUARDED

Press Association.—C'nn.yrightt. Received Today, 10 ii.ili. Moscow. Oct. 21?

the Soviet's flair for grand scale operations was revealed by the mus ti iiiir- mi' .100,000 co-'viefs and politi.

cat prisoners of both sexes to excavate the mighty mile canal connect^. liifc the river V-' v ! tl) MosCoW to enable the largest ships to anchor almost in sight of the Kremlin. The huge army of workers' houses ami barracks are not heavily" guarded, iii deed the authorities/ explain that the gUat'ds ate there chiefly to prevent pilferage Of materials.

These uilfortitnat.es are sustained in the long job by the hope of a lalrgc .-•cab- amnesty as Was the case when the White Sea canal was finished.