VII-th International Psychotechnical Conference. (Moscow. 8-13/IX 1931)

According to the decisions of the VI th International Psychotechnical Conference in Utrecht, the III th International conference took place here in the USSR. The Congress revealed with sufficient clarity (the main points, however, were clear before) that we do not and cannot have a common language with the majority of delegates who came from capitalist countries. Their psychotechnics- the flesh of the flesh of capitalism - and our Soviet psychotechnics have completely different attitudes and pursue completely different goals. The latter circumstance was revealed two or three days before the formal opening of the congress, when the commissions of the International Psychotechnical Association began to work. The Soviet representatives in the commissions 'made concrete proposals and draft resolutions on the work of the commissions, and that's where the heated debate broke out, and it turned out that it was impossible to find a common one.the language is due to the difference in the basic principles. Prof. Lipman- the actual chairman of several commissions, due to the non-appearance of a number of foreign delegates -immediately took up arms against the attempts of Soviet delegates to justify their proposals with the principles of dialectical materialism. Prof. Lipman stated that he did not come at all to "engage in philosophy", He never agreed to introduce into the draft resolution the wording of the Soviet delegates-about the advantages that the Soviet form of production gives to increase labor productivity and at the same time to combat injuries. In response to the strong arguments of the Soviet delegates, Prof. Lipman was forced to declare: "I personally agree with the opinion of the Soviet delegates, but I do not consider it scientifically justified." It goes without saying that this meant in fact the rejection of the proposals of the Soviet delegation. Therefore, to the resolutions of the majority of the commissions (on taking into account the influence of the human factor on labor productivity, on injuries, on the influence of the social environment, on terminology), the Soviet delegates made their additions to the congress, rejected by the commissions in the case, in the form of declarations.