Too much burning of electric lights in Moscow homes was the subject of a brusque decree last week. Without explanation the Electric Service Bureau of the Moscow Soviet ordered citizens to reduce domestic consumption of electric current 10% in January, 10% more in February, 15% more in March, 15% more in April.
This "progressive saving," the decree advised, "can be partly accomplished by the use of weaker light bulbs." Paradox": 700 mi. south of Moscow the Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant, star turn of the Five-Year Plan, is able to generate today more current...
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