In the Sweet Bye & Bye

In the Soviet Union one of the toughest jobs that faces the Communist Party's Agitation and Propaganda section is to keep the people enthusiastic about Five-Year Plans. From Russia came an anecdote which showed how it went:

Addressing a meeting, an Agitprop worker said: "Comrades, this Five-Year Plan will bring to each of you a new house. The next Five-Year Plan will bring to each of you a new car. And the next Five-Year Plan after that will bring to each of you a new airplane."

A worker raised his hand and said: "Comrade, what shall we do with these airplanes? We don't have any use for them."

The answer: "Comrade, you don't understand. Imagine that you live in Moscow, and there are no matches. You hear that in Gorky there are matches. Why, comrade, you take your airplane, you fly to Gorky, and you buy matches."

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