English Translation

Minister Kalfus then made further remarks about the achievements of the Czech industry in the billions for the German war economy. By Verkenzgninister K a m e n i c k ý the question of civil servants' salaries was raised. He put himself on the point of view that the pure profit of the Böhm.-Mähr. If it were otherwise possible for him to pay the employees of the Protectorate and the officials the compensation between their current salary and that of the Reich employees. The food situation was also discussed in the same dissatisfied tone.The proteltorate should have borrowed 1 5 wagons of grain from Reich in the previous year, but would today be able to return these 15 wagons and much more.The supply of sugar produced by the Protektorate to the rest of the Reich area should be called "immens". Minister M o r a v e'c was visibly impressed by the ministerial discussion, which had an unmistakable defaitistic tone. He said the following: "Bolshevism is accused of expropriating the Ku-laken and making the Germans industrial or agricultural workers the same thing. In this way one works for the enemy. Make them propaganda! Everything is being bolshevized."It is perfectly clear to him that the Stimmung, especially among the Czech peasantry, must reach a zero point in this way.The system of forced administrations, which Hrubý drew attention to, would also be considered unfortunate. It was no longer an exception that 30 or 40 farms were subject to a compulsory administrator who, in the course of 3 months, had a very short time to look at one of the farms under his supervision. Something similar was in favour of the action of the seizures; Moravec X b.w.