English Translation

18 that the permanent reduction of the nutritional base, combined with a tendency to extend working hours, also good-willed workers, is adversely affected by the constant weakening of the resistance of the body. Workers of the Skoda works, as well as the BMB workshops in Pilsen, repeatedly stated that they could not do the work they demanded, because they lack the necessary powers due to the lack of nutrition. This fact, and even more the introduction of extended working hours, has greatly reduced the worker's joy in working, since they claim that they are no longer able to maintain the prescribed working speed in working hours beyond the eighth working hour. It was found that the performance of the workers in the ninth and tenth hours of work was no longer in full value; these findings were made not only among factory workers, but also among workers exposed to the weather. The following example shows how an appropriate food allowance was able to restore the old performance or the will to perform: In the case of forest workers in Moldovan theine (Bez. Budweis), after the last reduction in the food ration, a significant reduction in their work performance was recorded. Thus, one working part finished only four more than eight fixed meters a day. Due to food supplements, the output increased rapidly and today reaches an average of seven to eight fixed metres. In particular, the restrictions on the sale of beer and smoke goods are strongly criticised. It is claimed that the Czech worker, who is mainly used to the daily consumption of beer in heavy industry