Problems Entailed in the Effective Utilization of Labor Resources

"The first productive force of all mankind" - this is how Lenin evaluated the role of working people. Under socialism, where the principle of universal labor is operative and where there are no exploiting classes, the entire able-bodied popuation represents the labor resources of society. Rational utilization of these resources is a most important prerequisite to the fulfillment of the task, set by the 23d Party Congress, of increasing the effectiveness of social production and labor productivity. Under socialism, the objective conditions for this are created as a result of public ownership of the means of production and the planned organization of the economy. However, rational employment is not realized spontaneously.