Full-scale Construction Research Articles

The Role of Prices in Regulating Demand and Supply of Consumer Goods

Under socialism the most important means of achieving the necessary proportionality between demand and supply is the continuous expansion and improvement of production in conformity with the needs of the working people. In establishing and maintaining this proportionality, the correct use of the law of value and the price mechanism is also of great importance. In fixing the prices of consumer goods according to plan, the socialist state has the opportunity of affecting both the output or supply of commodities as well as the demand for them through the instrument of prices. This conscious utilization of the instrument of prices in the development of the socialist economy increases particularly during the period of full-scale communist construction.

Abolition of the Differences Between Mental and Physical Labor in the Period of Full-Scale Construction of Communism

The triumph of the Great October Socialist Revolution, which abolished private ownership of the means of production and the monopoly of education enjoyed by the former exploiting classes, eliminated the antagonistic nature of the contradiction between mental and physical labor.

The Wholesale Price of the Enterprise and Profitability

The new Program of the CPSU poses certain problems: strengthening cost accounting, observing the strictest economy and thrift, reducing production costs and raising profitability in the period of full-scale communist construction.

Abolition of the Differences between Mental and Physical Labor in the Period of Full-Scale Construction of Communism

The triumph of the Great October Socialist Revolution, which abolished private ownership of the means of production and the monopoly of education enjoyed by the former exploiting classes, eliminated the antagonistic nature of the contradiction between mental and physical labor.

The Problems in Introducing Mathematics and Electronic Computers in Planning

The Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union stresses that, in the period of full-scale communist construction and creation of the material and technical basis of communism, the application of science becomes the decisive factor conditioning great growth in the productive forces of society, and that maximum acceleration of scientific and technological progress is a highly important national task. Creation of the material and technical basis of communism requires constant improvement of economic guidance.

Development of Social Consumption Funds During the Period of Full-Scale Communist Construction

Among the theoretical problems connected with the transition from socialism to communism, the question of the prospects of development and role of the public consumption funds occupies an important place. Social consumption funds represent one of the categories of the socialist economy. (1) Their origin and development are connected with the development and consolidation of the socialist mode of production. In essence, they are an expression of the elements of communist relationships which begin to take shape under socialism.

On Cost Autonomy in Kolkhozes

The XXI Congress of the CPSU has adopted a majestic program for the full-scale construction of Communist society. Huge tasks have fallen to socialist agriculture. lhring the forthcoming seven-year period, the volume of gross agricultural production will increase 1.7 times. This growth will be achieved through a considerable intensification of labor productivity and reduction of production Costs. If the expenditure of labor and money per unit product is to be reduced, enterprises will have to be run prudently, all capabilities and reserves of production will have to be exploited as wisely as possible and strict economies will have to be observed. In this regard, a most important lever is the application of cost accounting management on kolkhozes.

A New Electrical Research Laboratory

The outstanding features of this laboratory are the power and surge testing facilities. Power laboratory energy for testing is supplied at 138 kv from a high-capacity utility system. A main transformer designed for short-circuit testing duty provides test voltages ranging from 1.5 kv for 18 kv and currents up to 25,000 amperes rms. Use of additional transformers widens this range. Test initiation can be timed accurately for any desired point on the 60-cycle voltage wave. The power test bus is so arranged that connections can be extended to energize and test full-scale line construction on the unimproved acreage of the laboratory site. The surge laboratory is equipped with five surge generators capable of producing high-voltage surges up to 3,000,000 volts and high-current surges of over 100,000 amperes. The surge generators can be used individually or together for multiple surge phenomena. For combined power and surge testing of lightning protective equipment, surges of predetermined characteristics are applied to equipment energized from the power laboratory test bus. The mechanical laboratory includes universal testing machines equipped with load-deflection graphic recorders, and facilities for full-scale testing of line hardware and structures. Created for the development of electrical and mechanical products for both electric power utility and wire communication systems, the laboratory is an integrated operation, with research, development, building of prototypes, and testing, all at one location.