STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1775, sig. 109-5/3

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- 23 - the number of trunks thrown by snow and windbreaks last winter has proved to be considerably greater in the case of in-depth sighting than was originally the case; the clean-up work is progressing in the absence of tangible work and recently in the use of Slovak forest workers. The use of war prisoners is also planned. Many domestic workers, who were previously under service obligations, had to be released for field work, as far as agricultural workers or small farmers are concerned, after the harvest is completed, with a return of these people and an increased speed of work is to be expected,Hinderning for the timber removal should be the allegedly too deep-weaved fuel wages, therefore many truck owners refuse to take over hauling supplies, Also the partly catastrophic condition of the forest roads brings with it many difficulties, Ortlich is reported a star-kes appearance of the nun. The planning of the timber cover, which will amount to 15% of the normal harvest, has already begun in order to ensure that the timber requirements for the coming marketing year are met in good time. Labour input, the economic and thus the employment situation in the period under review have taken the expected upward trend and the number of job seekers has reached the lowest level ever at about 1400o. The number of unemployed people has also fallen appreciably. Many districts show hardly any significant numbers of job-seekers at all, e.g. The number of unemployed, including the number of short-time workers