The Time Budget and Measures to Improve the Living Conditions of the Working People

The Communist Party and the Soviet government are manifesting great concern for the well-being of the people. The target figures for the development of the economy of the USSR for 1959 to 1965 state that the real incomes of workers, office workers and collective farmers are to rise by an average of 40% per worker during the seven-year period. Measures have been outlined and are already being carried out to improve the cultural and living standards servicing of the population. As compared to the preceding seven years, the sale of refrigerators, washing machines and equipment, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, electric floor polishers, electric irons and other household equipment easing the woman's tasks in the home will multiply several-fold.