W.E.A talks on INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 19, 20 November 1931, Page 8

W.E.A talks on INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

By the REV

W. G.

MONCKTON

MA:

OSS OED EE EE OED OED OED 1 lh nn a y | Synopsis No. 2-The Russian Five Year Plan, To be Broadcast from 1YA on Tuesday, December 1, at 7.30 p.m. VENTS in Russia after the Revolution. The collapse of the factories. The attitude of the peasants toward Communism. Economic conditions in Russia following the war. The New Economic Policy. Growth of private trade. The attitude of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. The great electrification scheme. Failure of this scheme. Attempt to increase the output of metals. . The attempt unsuccessful. Russia facing bankruptcy and starvation. Unsuccessful attempts by Russia to float foreign loans. Russia compelled to create capital for herself. Efforts to gain enthusiastic support for the Plan. Propaganda throughout Russia to stimulate the enthusiasm of the workérs. The Plan launched. The original estimates. Competition between factories. Various opinions of different observers. Are the workers slaves? Growth of population in Russia. The lack of skilled workers. Will the Plan succeed? The great expense involved and the great strain imposed on the workers. Efforts to make a Four Year instead of a Five Year Plan. The interest of the Plan to students of the attitude . of the worker to the machine. The following questions are suggested for disctission:1. Was the economic collapse of Russia due mainly to the War or to the Revolution? 2. What substitute could be suggested for the Five Year Plan? 3. Can you arouse public enthusiasm to save a country from economic collapse as readily as you can save a country from danger of invasion? If not, why not? 4. How does the Russian nature differ from the Anglo-Saxon? OSS 0 Sa Sa Sa SO 0 S00 0 SS SS SSD. F000 G00 0 0 0) SS 0 0 0 SO SO