Dela i ljudi

He wanted to stay a little longer, because "the Bolsheviks prove themselves gentlemen", writes the American engineer after spending weeks on a Soviet construction site. Never again the competition of the systems was presented so peacefully and whimsically: Here the "shock worker" is a mere translation problem and the American's suggestions for increasing efficiency are considered helpful, as the whole "catching up and overtaking America" is just an uncorrupt sporting exercise.