L E T US B E F I T T I N G L Y C E L E B R A T E T H E G L O R I O U S

A N N I V E R S A R Y ~

In our country the y e a r 1969 m a r k s a noteworthy d a t e - t h e 100th a n n i v e r s a r y of the bir th of Vladimir tPich Lenin.

The name of Lenin is infinitely dea r to each Soviet person , to al l f ighters for f r eedom and happiness of nat ions. This name is r e l a t ed with g rea t revolu t ionary achievements - t h e v ic to ry of file Grea t October Revolution, the r i s e of the national f r eedom movement , the v ic tor ious s t ruggles of the working c lass , of the worke r s against i m p e r i a l i s m , for peace , democracy , and soc ia l i sm.

V. I. Lenin, the g r ea t e s t s u c c e s s o r of the revolu t ionary school of Marx-Enge l s , has gone down in h i s - to ry as a br i l l ian t theoret ic ian , i n sp i r e r , and o rgan i ze r of the p ro l e t a r i a t revolution, as the founder and leader of the Communis t P a r t y of the Soviet Union and of the wor ld ' s f i r s t soc ia l i s t s ta te , as the leader of the world p ro l e t a r i a t . The en t i re life and t i tanic act ivi t ies of Vladimir I lqch are inseparab le f rom the s t ruggle of the working c la s s , f r o m the Communis t P a r t y of the Soviet Union, f r o m the internat ional com- mtmis t and w o r k e r s ' movemen t .

Our par ty , c rea ted and s t rengthened by the g rea t Lenin, has been v ic tor ious and is gaining v ic to r ies because it has inviolably followed his teachings, his behes t s . The total and final v i c to ry of soc i a l i sm and the t rans i t ion to the building of c o m m u n i s m in the Soviet Union, the en t i re glorious five decades of the soc ia l i s t e ra , a r e the rea l embodiment of the ideas of Leninism, the t r iumph of the genera l line of the par ty .

The unity of pa r ty and Lenin is beautiful ly e x p r e s s e d in the well-known v e r s e of Vladimir Mayakovski i :

"The P a r t y and Lenin are twin b ro the r s ,

Who is m o r e valuable than mothe r h i s t o r y ?

We say Lenin, we mean the P a r t y ,

We say the Pa r ty , we mean Lenin."

There fo re , the jubilee of V. I. Lenin is a holiday for our ent i re par ty , a review of our achievements and p r o g r e s s on the pathway m a r k e d out by Lenin.

The belief of our nation in Lenin 's ideas is re f lec ted in the r e m a r k a b l e achievements of the bui lders of communism, in the inviolable unity of pa r ty and people. Workers of cit ies and vi l lages a re en thus ias t ica l - ly rea l iz ing the m e a s u r e s worked out by the 23rd Congress of the CPSU that a re d i rec ted to i nc rea se the eff ic iency of production, the p r o s p e r i t y of the nation, to s t rengthen fu r the r the m o r a l and poli t ical unity of Soviet socie ty . And as always in the f ront ranks of these worke r s m a r c h Soviet bui lders , who a re pe r son i fy - ing Lenin ' s ideas that were founded during the yea r s of the Civil War in the br i l l iant GO~LRO plan.

Everyone knows of the except ional modes ty of Vlad imi r I I 'ch , that he was the foe of any pa rade ballyhoo, of jubilee idle talk.

He said on the eve of the ce lebra t ion of the 4th ann iversa ry of October that the bes t way of c e l e b r a t - ing the a n n i v e r s a r y of the revolut ion was to concentra te attention on its unsolved p a r o b l e m s . Following these behes ts of Lenin, the Central Commit tee of the CPSU in the dec ree ~Prepara t ion for the 100th Anni- v e r s a r y of the Birth of V. I. Lenin" indicated that the bes t way to m a r k the h i s to r i ca l date was to concen- t r a te at tention on the accompl i shmen t of the grandiose plans of economic and cul tural construct ion, of eco- nomic, soc io-pol i t ica l , and ideological t asks se t for th by the 23rd Congress of the CPSU. And the worke r s of our country unders tand this well . The national compet i t ion for the befit t ing ce lebra t ion of the glorious jubilee that is a r i s ing ubiquitously is an expres s ion of boundless love for I I ' ich .

Soviet bui lders a r e f i l led these days with the high asp i ra t ions that have embraced our nation.

Trans la ted f r o m Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Grmltov, No. 1, pp. 1-2, J a n u a r y - F e b r u a r y , 1969.

The col lect ives of all construct ion organizat ions and en t e rp r i s e s of our country have taken upon them- selves inc reased pledges to shor ten construct ion per iods , cut down costs , and improve construct ion quality, and t h e y a r e s t ruggling for the i r fu l f i l lment and overful f i l lment .

As an espec ia l ly honorable t ask the Soviet bui lders have undertaken the construct ion of m e m o r i a l com- plexes in Ul 'yanovsk and Shushenkii, s t r iv ing to provide excel lent quali ty in these h i s to r i ca l edif ices .

In recognit ion of the centennial of V. I. Lenin ' s bir th, Goss t ro i USSR, the Central Commit tee of the Trade Union of Construction Workers , the Scientific and Technical Society of the Construction Industry, and the Union of Archi tects of the USSR have decided to conduct in 1969 an All-Union rev iew-compet i t ion for the best quali ty of construct ion in the construct ion, a s sembly , planning, and r e s e a r c h organizat ions working in the construct ion field. This competi t ion will p romote mobil izat ion of all bui lders for the fulf i lment of the tasks se t forth by the 23rd Congress of the CPSU.

The dec ree of the Central Commit tee of the CPSU indicates that p repa ra t ion fo r the centennial of V. L Lenin ' s b i r th is an a l l -pa r ty , a l l -nat ion ma t t e r . Espec ia l ly impor tan t t asks face our p r e s s , which should provide a l l - a round coverage of the s t ruggle of the pa r ty and Soviet people for the rea l iza t ion of Lenin ' s be - hes t s , should thoroughly revea l the impor tance of the Marx i s t -Len in i s t teachings for construct ion of soc ia l - i sm and communi sm in our country, and should elucidate widely the course of the national competi t ion in honor of this g rea t date. The board of Goss t ro i USSR has passed a spec ia l resolut ion which obliges all publication agencies within the jurisdict ion of Goss t ro i to cover b roadly the m e a s u r e s that a re being under - taken to p r epa re for the ce lebra t ion of the 100th a n n i v e r s a r y of V. L Lenin ' s b i r th , the course of the soc ia l - i s t compet i t ion for the p re - schedu led and high-qual i ty fulf i l lment of the quotas and pledges taken by col lec- t ives of r e s e a r c h , planning, construct ion, and a s s e m b l y organizat ions and e n t e r p r i s e s , and the m o s t urgent p rob l ems re la ted with acce le ra t ion of sc ient i f ic and tectmical p r o g r e s s in the construct ion i ndus~y .

The journal "Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Grtmtov," which is 10 y e a r s old in 1969, has endeavored during its ent i re ex is tence to p romote the acce le ra t ion of technical p r o g r e s s in construct ion by the extensive elucidation of the ach ievements of Soviet and foreign construct ion p rac t i ce and to a s s i s t the i r introduction into production. This yea r the journal is faced with espec ia l ly respons ib le t a s k s - a i d to Soviet foundation engineers in o rde r to m a r k worthi ly the 100th a n n i v e r s a r y of the b i r thday of V. I. Lenin.

Fulfil l ing the resolut ion of Goss t ro i USSR, the journal "Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mckhanika Gruntov n in t roduces a spec ia l sect ion which will show what the col lect ives of scientif ic , planning, and product ion o r - ganizat ions a r e doing to ce lebra te the centennial of V. I. Len in ' s b i r th . We also p ropose to tel l about the m o s t urgent p rob l ems of the sc ience and p rac t i ce of foundation engineer ing r e l a t ed with acce le ra t ion of technical p r o g r e s s in construct ion. We invite our r e a d e r s to tell about the i r l abor gifts to the glor ious jubilee.

There is no doubt that Soviet foundation engineers will make their contribution in commemora t ion of this g rea t date and thus worthi ly answer the call of the Central Commit tee of the CPSU contained in the de- c ree concerning p repa ra t ion for the 100th ann ive r sa ry of V. I. Lenin ' s b i r thday: ~We will hencefor th work and l ive in the Lenin manner , c rea t ing a beautiful m e m o r i a l to Vlad imir I I ' i c h - a building of communism, a magnif icant and befit t ing rea l iza t ion of his i m m o r t a l ideas . ~