SOCIOLOGICAL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250855-5
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 855
• Publication Date: October 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFOR~7P.TlON FR0141
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Ia order to fhlfill. the workers' eager demand foi cnltvae, variaue groups
YntrrII ne enAtnrnl ciro?.es have been organized nt the Sariwcm Tertile Mill. T>he
qo-aalled g+xidance committee far sash respective cirolel~ has epeciellzed is a
phase of modern culture sad hee been eativel.~ carrJing oat cnl.tnrnl programs is
vhe rorkehope eeoh day. The gnidnaes coomiittee name to Satrodnae to the workers
Che moat p.Tpular, 7pgitimnte~ and np-tic-date cultural progY.ame, and strives to
isoorpornte each pt~ema into the dnfly work.
Tor th!e Te0?~, great care ie taken 1.a aonduotiag srch g~crupe as the li.ternry
circle, w~rtsh 4,ewde to aofeai tixe very pnrpcae of its aaleta>ece when its activities
ar?; pt~n~ ;c,ti3ed, is the mnale cirelo, the cam:.:.tte~, has ergaaized a ehorne, with
a'~'~ew oY ilrapc+aaing the warrkerg' iatereet in magic b7 their active pnrtiaipntion
~f.~eiagiag. l~or the same roneon, the dratlp circle coesnittee eaacnragee itm members
to etege 1te Lwn p].e~a in order to better approc4nte legitimate dramas. l~cr the
,?~:^_ail6 workerm 1= the mill, n separate ~iremn grasp 1-ne been organized.
iLe litsrnry circle, which has 13 mealbere, publishes athrice-monthly organ,
'The Worker," which Se a compilation of the ].iterar- works of tho members. The
music circle's chorus has grown from ~5 at the b3ginning to the present size of
60 meml:ere. This group hcs entertained the ~.i.ll workers four time e, and also
6,OCTC so131ere nt one time, in a public hall during the Pirbt quarter of the year,
One of the eut~gs, "Yicts^ioue May, eulogizes productior. nchievemante and in-
vi.gorates the h..rd-s;aricing :~eaees of Herth gorse. It won tremendous applause
whF+rever sung Sy the chorus.
The 88 members cf the dstroa circle wrote and performed saran plays, including
the plays Inspired by the Chew Is]an3 Incident, entitled "Chew Do," 'Those Who
Long for the Sun," and "Tile Hwalln Mountain." They entertained the mill workers
sir times, and played in :he public halts two times during the first quarter of
the year. The group stages p~.blic perfomnnca on an average of txlco a month, and
has entertained more than 10,^QO people since its cr~anlzaticn. The juvenile
drama group also has bean eucceaeful in its pubL'c perfozmanca of n play called
"Whits Snow and P`npty Bands."
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'Ch.; dance club ~ron fir;~? place in a dancing content last eunanar, The 26
~._ei?s of the group eo far '~r~ve p=rfbrmsd ee~ven timoo in public hal].A and twice
in the u~a?kshops, for more than 12,~~r,^, pa~pxe, Among `d7e numbers psrAormad by
t?;ie stoup, "(hzr Hr!ppinoeef" ~inich e~mbolized the communistic li?a~ end "Tho
Rueeo-goreah Friende`?ip," oron ori.da papLlarit.y, The dancing club also sponsors
social darice'e for a.ll workers seer day ai'tar wcrk for group en34yment. tech
S~.~nday~ all circled sponsor -, r1?ties of rro~ari~s to artsrtain woz?ksre' ftimilies,
A msznlier of the cux.tural guidnnca committee stntad that the mnnggar of the
SaxiWpn Textile NL+11 has proposed the orQ?+nizetion of an a1i-woman9 15-piece orchestra
and a 2J-Discs mandolin ensemble, ~lrea~yy mu9iCCx. instruments are being purcrasad
with khe }iop9 tYaat the a'bpve bands will be organized by the snd of afime 1949. Tn
order to maintain ttae higHest level of artistic tslent and accomplishment in ench
cirlc?' oat~tiandia~g members of the circJ:es are fregitently sent to pxofeseioraZ
tre.ining instftutions and sludge insefcr ne the etuntion permits: For inetr~nca,.
tra dance cl?a$ sent o;ors of i.te members to the fcmoua Choe S~-tsi Dnnce Studio
for 2'monthe: Iz thes rrorkahops~ classical and:~odern music are tnught,
NotwYthstanding a]1 these cul.tuxu~ nctivitiae, t2;o factory's production hie
not bees neglectada The ~.rorkers rage attained x':48,6 Lercent of the production
quota for ,the firs qunrter of tho yearn
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