STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1822, sig. 109-5/50

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- 2 - 2 the shoes of fallen soldiers or Jews were soon disproved by the fact that the participants in the shoe shops could freely choose first-class footwear on the received references. Food supply is essentially regulated, and the workers have gradually agreed that they will have to make fat stamps for the soups they are given monthly, since they prefer to buy the soup and have more of it than when the 8Ogr to be delivered are used in the household. However, for the workers and employees excluded from the purchase of additional cards, this levy represents a great burden, since the amount of fat is already regarded as far too small. Furthermore, there is often a shortage of bread allocations, which are especially complaining about the workers of larger works, who often have an arrival from km 20 - 30 and take bread with them to the workplace. Likewise, there still is a considerable lack of work clothing, rubber and leather footwear and bicycle tires. The latter often hinders the timely installation of workers to the workplaces, which are sometimes even forced to travel 20-30 km on foot because of lack of bus traffic. Various companies have been encouraged to purchase bicycle tyres in bulk, in order to ensure a uniform distribution to the armament workers. The supply of domestic coal and fuels is so poor that the workers cannot even cook their food and the companies are forced to supply fuel from factory supplies to their followers if the mood and thus the production is not to decrease, especially in armament plants. The attitude of the workers to the trade is still positive. Some workers, however, explained that, as far as wages allowed, they had previously had the opportunity to obtain food under the hand, which is now no longer possible. In the field of wage policy, the workers came to the view that wage increases are not as necessary as wage increases.