English Translation

DEVELOPING! No II 4 a - 5200/42 Prague, 2nd March 1942 6 About the Head of Division II, T7 Mr Under-Secretary of State to the Secretary of State in the Czerninpalais Subject: Situation report of the State Authority of Prague. Proceedings: Letter to the Under-State Secretary of 15.1.1942 - St.S.V F - 1b/41. As regards the report by the Prague State Authority, I take the following position from the point of view of labour input: the need for agriculture for labour was partly quite considerable during the period of harvest, in particular to a large extent auxiliary workers were required; these forces could usually be provided by service obligations. According to the reports of the employment offices, the collection of the harvest has been delayed by the lack of labour in different places, although the employment services in districts where the procurement of agricultural workers made special difficulties had organized the "village assistance" (Community assistance for all villagers). The difficult situation of agriculture has its origin, especially in the delicate lack of agricultural permanent labour. Despite intensive efforts by the labour offices, the failure of permanent workers from Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine has not yet been met, although in some employment offices it has already been possible to provide a large scale service. However, after the introduction of the workbook, it is only possible to change jobs with the agreement of the employment office. If the report of the National Authority of Prague speaks of a permanent departure of qualified agricultural workers, it is likely that these will be only those forces which, from other occupations, will be transferred to agriculture by the employment offices during the harvest period.