English Translation

3a QOpSESSSQO0QE L fung. The chairman of the two examination committees, namely the Oberlandrat and its alternate, will therefore be given the task of assessing 8oo German dictations and 8o0 transfers from the Czech to the German over the next few months, and of examining 800 examiners each 15 minutes to three. In the light of the experience gained in this area, it seems, moreover, that the profession of civil servant is gradually becoming a defect. Recently, a number of younger employees of my office were given the opportunity to enter the middle or senior civil service career. Most of the employees refused, on the grounds that after the war in economic life they hoped to find a better paid and more acceptable accommodation. I believe that this development also contributes to a certain derogatory opinion, which spreads over the necessarily confined civil servant in a narrow circle of the people. This chapter also includes the fact that the German press in the Protectorate today passes the official presence of a Superior Council at some event sometimes silently, while 1 - 2 years ago in the same press the person of the Oberlandrats was considered rather superfluous with split-length CVs, picture publication 06762 etc. Such developments are of course noticeable by the German and Czech populations. The political stance of the German population in the district was impeccable in the month under review. Although there are many faults and flaws attached to the native Germans, they are nevertheless commendable in one point: complaining and applying meagreness are among the very rare exceptions. Moreover, it must be acknowledged that the moral level of Germanism has improved since 2 l/2 years. This fact is primarily the persistent work of the party and its divisions, in order to: