English Translation

16a 4 of course the full 8.-K, since as stated above, so far nothing was paid by the small farmers at all. If this situation is objectively assessed, it must be admitted that this arrangement is a very favourable solution for agriculture in the Protectorate, especially since the effective and understanding involvement of the Supreme Prei- zation and the insightful attitude of the Ministry of Finance in agriculture gave a gift in a form which can only be justified by the eminent social importance of the accident insurance reform in agriculture. The fact that the remaining amount of 8.-K per hectare, even in the case of the current price structure in agriculture, can be borne without hesitation is not only due to the fact that an amount of this amount has been described as acceptable in an official meeting with the heads of the Land Association of Agriculture and Forestry in Moravia, but also because the minimum contribution for the statutory accident insurance of 9.- K per hectare is levied in the Sudetengau, whose agriculture has to work under much less favourable conditions. The amount of 8.-K per hectare, however, appears to be quite appropriate, even as a minimum, if this contribution is to be paid against the benefits. which are imposed on the accident insurance institutions by No velle Coll. l/lg44 and, moreover, if it is considered that not only the employees, but, as mentioned above, the farmers, whose spouses and family members are themselves insured, and indeed with such amounts, which in fact guarantee a sufficient compensation in the event of an accident. It should not be forgotten that, in the final realization of the full accident insurance of agriculture and forestry, the institutions would subsequently compensate for accidents which, since they do not concern agricultural machinery, have not been able to be dealt with by the institutions since l.l.l944. To my no small astonishment and regret, however, in spite of this at least really advantageous resolution, whose urgency from the general economic and social point of view cannot be overlooked either by Section I of the State Ministry, on the occasion of a discussion held at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour on 28.9.1944, the question with your competent staff is stated that 0 a 56115