PRODUCTION AND MORALE DETERIORATE IN SHANGHAI TEXTILE FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600330139-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 139
• Publication Date: July 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD HO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic - I,ebor-management relations
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Shanghai
DATE
PUBLISHED 1 Apr 1950
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
PRODUCTION AND MORALE DETERIORATE
IN SHANGHAI. TERTILE FACTORY
Shanghai -- Since the China Textile Factory No 12 in Shanghai was taken
over, there has been a record of definite success during the process of
reorganization. But owing to lack of unity in the basic staff leadership
in the administration and in the labor union, labor discipline in the fac-
tory has deteriorated and has reduced the prodv~tion capacity.
After the recent resumption of work in the factory, the workers' morale
has deteriorated a great deal from what it used to be before 6 February 1950.
As for labor discipline, some workers stay idle or take naps instead of doing
conscientious work. Workers and foremen take turns napping, posting lookouts
to give warning if people approach. Another serious condition in the factory
is the frequent cases of theft. Thus far the factory has lost more than
200 skeins of foreign yarn, 20 hose-discharge units, 100 oil bottles, 35
canvas begs, 6 pairs of woolen underwear, and workers' bonus totaling one
million yuan. Another condition prevailing is wastefulness. Good yarn is
used for wiping hands and thrown away later. Some workers use rolls of
coarse yarn as pillows, and the yarn becomes useless after having been slept
on two or three times.
Faced with such serious conditions, the management and the union aid
not know how to motivate the strength of the masses to prevent such conditions.
They tiled past methods of control and prohibition with disheartening results.
For example, to prevent idleness and theft, they posted inspectors, but the
stealing and idleness continued unchecked. Now they are trying to unite
their efforts to find solutions and rectify the existing mistakes, such as
lack of mutual assistance, complacency, and inability to educate the workers.
By utilizing a fundamental self-criticism metho3, they are trying to raise
the mass a step above its present foundation, restore labor discipline, and
increase production.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ?REPORT
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HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong; Canton; Stockholm
DATE
PUBLISHED 17 - 23 Jun 1950
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INFORMATION 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
COMbIUNISTS CONTINUE RR REPAIRS,
BEGIN CHUNGKING TO CH'ENG-TU LINE
REPAIRS SECTION OF T'UNG-P'U RR -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 18 Jun 50
Peiping, 17 June -- Repairs on 128 kilometers of Tung-p'u railroad line,
from Ta-t'ung to Shuo Hsien in 5hansl Province, were completed on 31 May 1950?
With the completion of this cork, the only remaining unrepairsd section on
this line is from Shuo Hsien south to Yuan-ping, a distance of 104 kilometers.
BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF CHUNGKING--CH'ENG-TU RR -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao,
21 Jun 50
Chungking, 20 June (Hain-hua) -- Construction of the railroad betwe?=n
Chungking and Ch"eng-tu began on 16 Jung 1950. The work i.s being carried out
jointly by the Ministry of Railroads of the Central People's government and
the Transportation Department of the Northwest Military Control Commission.
The line is 530 kilometers long; of this, the construction of 125 kilometers
from Chungking to Chu-yang-ch'i in Chiang-Ch'ing Hsien will be completed in
1950 and the remainder in 951.
Building of this line has been contemplated for the past 40 years, but
the work was never done. However, the Central People's government, disregard-
ing their present financial difficulties, appropriated a large sum of money
for the completion of this line.
CANTON RR BUREAU GETS KMT MATERIALS -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 20 Jun 50
Hong Kong -- The Canton Railroad Bureau is sending freight cars to Hong
Kong to haul away railroad materials which formerly belonged to the National-
ists. According to a reliable source, more than 1,000 tons out of 6,000 tons
of railroad materials at?Chi.en-eha-Chu station had been moved to Canton as of
13 June, There were about 20 freight cars at this station, loading bridging
material, which were to have 7.eft for Canton yesterday evening.
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According to the man in charge of transportation, all these materials are
being distributed to the Canton-Hankew and Heng-yang--KUe~t.-lin lines. He also
said that most of the important materials, with the exception of about ten
large bridge beams, are expected to be shipped out by the end of June. The
ten bridge beams will be transported by ship i~f suitable flatcars are not im-
COMPLETES PING-BRAN BRIDGE -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-Pao, 17 Jun 50
Construction of the Ping-ahan bridge, the largest highway, bridge on the
gui-yang--Swatow highway in the East River district of Kwangtung Province, was
completed on 6 June. The bridge is of steel construction and is 239 meters
long. A total of 19,597 army engineers, technicians, and civilians worked one
month and 26 days to complete the work.
REVEALS NEW SOVIET-CHINESE TRAIN CONNECTION -- Stockholm Ny Dag, 23 Jun 50
Peiping -- A new train connection has been opened between China and the
USSR. This new connection makes it possible for a person to travel from Man-
chouli in northwestern Manchuria to Moscow in 6-2 days. The new train connec-
tion, which was interrupted in 1931 when the Japanese occupied Manchuria,
shortens the trip from Hong Kong to~Moscow to about 14 days.
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