Russian Invasion

Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik, Secretary since 1930 of the Ail-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, is a big man in his home country, a great man for telling Soviet workmen a thing or two. Sole survivor of the Central Council purge of 1937, he has since expounded the line at home that the more Russia becomes socialized the more energy workers should spend on cultural and political activities, the less agitation on hours and wages.

Last December Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik went to Britain with 13 of the comrade trade unionists who listen so well at home. They inspected munitions plants, factories and shipyards, everywhere cheered by British workmen, everywhere given the fullest cooperation. Winding up his tour last week Comrade Shvernik said the British workers were fine but the British system not so good. He charged that there was "an incorrect attitude in some factories regarding the initiative of working men and women on their rationalizing proposals; unwillingness to listen to the voice of working men and women and their shop stewards; and even, in individual factories, a limiting of the level of output."

This off his chest, Comrade Shvernik and his 13 comrade commandos prepared for the trip home, pleased that their invasion of Britain had been so well received.

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