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...
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