"Wages, prices and social legislation in the Soviet Union/by Lief Bjork;translated from Swedish by M. A. Michael"

This book gives.details of certain aspects of Soviet Social legislation, In particular that governing terms and conditions of employment: describes the tasks and duties of the trade organizations, the regulations governing wages and social benefits, taxation, rents, prices of goods, etc., and reproduces various statistics taken from official Soviet sources. The subject matter is all based on material published in Russia and on conversations and observations made by the author on his visits to Moscow as interpreter for the Swedish T.U.C. delegation and from others who have lived In the U.S.S.R. The book gives a fairly compre-
hensive picture of the legal status and position of the employees- and in some cases of the directors of undertakings-as It Is In theory. It Is absolutely objective and contains no propaganda for or against the regime. This material is not to be found
anywhere else outside Russian sources, and this Is therefore an essential book for all students of world affairs, politics and law.