... did not. One of the main problems Palchinsky saw was the focus put on output and technology rather than on the welfare of the worker. Palchinsky's focus on the worker was not due only to his desire to help the plight of the worker, but was due more to his belief that a happy worker is better motivated to work harder. He used this belief in his organization of seaports in Eastern Europe. He proved that by improving the overall conditions of a worker's life that production would vastly increase. The Soviet Union used propaganda and forced labor to try to motivate the workers; however, later these methods became ineffective. One favorite phrase in Russia became, "We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us." This phrase represents the cynical attitude the workers had in the late twentieth century. Production in industry and agriculture were down even though very ...

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