STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 332, sig. 109-4/76

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-13- 17 gardeners. Ryba and his circle are shut down. 4.) Zlin must be put down the craft. The discussions I conducted with the German representative of the Bata works Dr. Miesbach did not convince me that this has grown his task. He has been completely batatized in the best intention. 5.) There can only be one master in Moravian Slovakia. 6.) Moravian Slovakia to Moravian Slovaks! Every Czech official and employee should be replaced as far as possible by a Moravian Slovak. In the case of the Republic of Slovakia, the Czech authorities and employees should not be allowed to take part. Aenters, communities, schools, and pferries are the most important means of influence. The new tendency of the Národni Souručenstvi to use priests as local leaders must be brought to a halt. 7.) Also the influences of the mutually fighting professional folklorists such as Pospišil, Ulechla, Husek, Václavik must be pushed back. They make the situation even more confused. 8.) The main reason for dissatisfaction lies in the economic conditions. The Slovak, as in most of the stables of the German peasants, is very much contaminated with the tied economy. It should be more considerate of the small peasant conditions. Farmers complain that the best dairy cows are pulled out of the barn. The newly released cereal prices have not improved compared to the previous year; the farmer is deprived of the ability to help himself in other pastures. It is impossible for him, for example, to cultivate see-wine. At the purchase of the fork no fixed prices apply, they cost Bie to 7oo.- K. Expensive feed nittel. However, the delivery takes place at pest prices which do not cover the feed costs. Therefore, the sgh wine keeping has practically ceased. Theeer condition slowly spreads also to other products. Mt a word, the farmers suffer from the price scissors and are