English Translation

48 II. serious measures which are intended to bring about a better relationship with the Empire. If this assumption is confirmed, it is nevertheless possible that difficulties may arise this winter because of the tense situation in the field of food and coal supply. II. It should be reported from the administrative sector that the organisation of the Office for the purpose of streamlining has been given a new degree of integration. Furthermore, the number of higher education offices has been reduced ( now 15 ), taking into account, besides the requirement of the general interest, the need to save human resources, including the need for public administration and economic policy. The northern half of the Iglau Sprachinsel, which was previously part of Bohemia, was merged with the German administrative authority responsible for this language island. The northern part was assigned to the Oberlandratsamt Iglau with parts of the region that had been connected with spatial policy outside the linguistic island. In the economic sector, the abolition of the customs border was the main focus of the Office's work. The adjustment to the price and wage levels of the adjacent areas, as far as the wage level is concerned, caused difficulties due to the removal of the tariff border. The wage level can only be raised at the expense of the economy and its financial power without any retroactive effect on the price level, which has already reached the Reich average. This creates a so unsatisfactory social situation for the employees and workers that, under the pressure of the anti-German influences,