STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1465, sig. 109-4/1219

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=8= and last but not least, in order to order the household with the available raw materials. Thus, the Central Association of Craftsmen was already able to carry out work for the craft. In the management measures, the work possibilities and their workplaces were secured for the craftsmen. In the case of the management of iron and steel, wood, leather and textiles, the Central Association, in agreement with the central organizations of trade and industry, endeavours to secure the necessary quantities for craftsmen. His legal position requires him to be involved in the design of social and economic legislation, as well as in taxation and insurance. In the final monetary and customs integration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia into the Great German Economic Area, the association actively participated in the conclusion of the necessary market rules and thus protected itself from the trade in this area. Future tasks: In addition to the economic care of the manual members and their businesses, the central association is already paying the greatest attention to the problem of the craft young people. In spite of the essential tasks of the present in the formation of the association, the approaches to a generous reform of the commercial school system have already been created, which are examined in accordance with all the guidelines of the experience and adapted to the needs of the time. In both theoretical and practical training and in accordance with the new working methods, the future apprentice must leave the master's workshops in such a way as to guarantee the best possible guarantee for a good young skilled worker.