English Translation

2t -2- Kolin: Up to now, the appeals in various companies have been made extremely indifferently. So far, neither positive nor negative statements have been voiced about this. The managers have been instructed to report confidentially about the course of the company appeals to a central office in Prague (industry association?). Pleas in Deutsch-Brod, after the Redé, presented the wishes of the workers. When the speaker finally said goodbye, his greeting was answered by the members of the Works Committee only very coolly and repellently. Brno: Die am 13.10. In the Skoda works of Adamsthal, company appeals, in which 3500 people participated, ran without interference. The speaker Emanuel Smerda from Lösch read the speech. The workers were visibly impressed. The factory management had previously announced that no debate should be raised and no criticism of the speech should be practiced. On October 14th the company appeal took place at the Waniek plant in Brno, where Hrdlička spoke about the company's radio. Although the workers and employees had come together in collectivities, contact with the speaker was missing again. The workers behaved calmly. On different faces, it could be observed that one wanted to make some comment about the remarks, but that one dared not say his opinion. The employees who had come together in a special room, talked partly during the speech, laughed and joked and showed no interest at all. A German employee who spoke to himself.