English Translation

h1V - 10 already prepared tariff order is absolutely necessary in the outerwear industry, if there are not to be wage differences and difficulties. The number of workers in the Outerwear industry has dropped by 50% compared to the level of 1939. Part of the workers has been withdrawn by voluntary advertising to the rest of the Reich. In the laundry industry, there is still a shortage of fabrics from the Sudetengau, on which this industry is dependent to a significant extent. This industry works very differently depending on the raw material betrayal of the individual companies. There are companies that still work 48 hours today, but there are also companies that work only 32 hours a week /Klattau/. The protectorate's bodice industry complains about lack of supply from the Sudetengau. the lack of acceptance by the Ministry of Commerce, since the stilts there do not sufficiently confirm the point checks, which entitle to the reference of fabrics from the Sudetengau. The wool felt industry is in a cata- trophic position, since wool and wool combs can no longer be made available for the production of hats. Two companies have partly switched to the production of hair hats, two other companies still work from their holdings in short-time work. The same situation arises for the producers of rerl nut knobs; since the supply of the raw material mother of pearls is only very limited possible, e.g. may even stop. In the rest of the button industry, in most cases, the misalignment of the production of non-ferrous metal cups to iron, and of aluminium-to-zinc rice caps. The artificial button industry / artificial horn, synthetic resin, etc./ receives only 50% of the quantities of plastic processed in 1937.