English Translation

1! Division of the supervising department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour no longer prescribes raw materials, so that the continuing operations today and in the near future are therefore only occupied with the printing of the still available raw materials. This situation cannot be improved in the foreseeable future and a further reduction, which already amounts to 80% of the number of machines, will therefore have to be achieved in the shortest possible time, since a supply of raw materials for the remaining 20% of the printing machines is no longer possible. Since the textile printing plants have a large consumption of coal and the coal supply situation is already extremely strained, it is also necessary for this reason to limit the volume of textile printing, even if production is important for export. In addition to these cases, Pirma M.B.Neumann's Sons - Union in Königinhof a/Elbe adds that this farm is one of the least well-working coal-producing farms and is the least advanced in technical terms compared to those intended for the provisional continuation of operations. In particular, this company does not yet have all the facilities necessary for the treatment of sensitive artificial silk and cell wool tissue. The technical equipment for the high refinement of this type of tissue is still completely lacking. Therefore there is no guarantee that the modern textile raw materials will undergo the treatment which is possible and necessary according to the latest state of the art in the equipment. In this situation it was impossible to exclude the textile printing of the mentioned company from the set-aside. However, in view of the fact that it is an old German company, all the bodies involved have endeavoured to make this company much easier. It has been taken to ensure that Neumann's Söhne Union can resell its printed products on its own behalf, which it has paid for at another company in the village. By