CRITICIZE MACHINE INDUSTRY; ACTIVATE RAILROAD X-RAY CAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400102-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 102
• Publication Date: June 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD C':O.
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Economic - Mach'_ne industry
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Budapest
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 W 30 Apr 1951
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GATE D'ST. ~q Jun 1951
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CRITICIZE MACHINE INDUSTRY;
ACTIVATE i;AILROAD X-RAY CAR
MACHINE INDUSTRY FAIIS TO MEET QUARTER PLAN -- Budapest, Szabad Nep, 30 Apr 51
The Hungarian National Statistical Office has announced that the machine
industry has failed to meet its plan for the first quarter of 1951.
The newspaper Szabad 1Ve~ held a conference recently to discover the
causes of the failure. Stakhanovites, plant party secretaries, directors of
enterprises, engineers, production managers, and trade-union officials were
invited to attend,
Practically all present agreed that in many cases the failure was due to
the activities of "enemies." The enemies who sabotage production are mostly
right wing Social Democrats.
Grave mistakes wepe reported in p^oduction schedules: certain machine
parts are produced ahead o~ time because work on them. assures 'the workers a
good income, while unpopslar items essential to the fulfillme~nt:of the plan
are neglected. Some criticized the long wait for tools, plans, and materials,
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and the- fact that the workers' suggestions are ;,~ ~c:::.io~..6r.~....-
The conferees concluded that in many cases, higher executives do not dele-
gate authority p-operly. The director of an enterprise may issue. orders in a
shop without the knowledge oP the production manager. A production manager
cannot be held responsible for his work if he ie uninformed. Production mana-
gers have no authority to discipline the workers. This often leads to very
poor discipline.
Mistakes can often be traced to faulty planning. The planners are often
unfamiliar with plant conditions, and their plans are impossible to carry out.
.Quality control and inspection are poor. Defective products pass unde-
tected through several inspections.
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Production is uneven. At the beginning of the month there is little
work, while toward the end of the month the management tries to make up 1'or
the lag by overtime and other costly methods.
When plans are changed during production, the quantity of waste becomes
very large. Thousands of machine parts suddenly become useless because the
plans have been changed,
Raw materials are not delivered an time, and this holds up production.
The quality of raw materials is often poor, and time must be spent on re-
pairs and preparation.
In certain cases, the ministry supervising the industry over-organizes,
while at other times it is negligent. The ministry often requires too such
anministrative and statistical work.
Technical personnel should be relieved completely of administrative
work, Sometimes they are absent from the shops for days because they are
burdened with administrative details.
The labor unions were not mentioned during the mee+,ing at all. This
shows that the workers do not really undersi:and the role of labor unions.
PUTS IN SERVICE FIRST MOBILE X-RAY LABORATORY -- Budapest, Nepszava,
26 Apr 51
The Hungarian State Railroads have put in service the first mobile
X~ray laboratory. The laboratory was developed at a coat of 2 million
forints and ie mounted on a railroad car. The laboratory is taken to re-
pair shops, where it '_s used to inspect parts.
Except for the USSR, Hungary ie the only country in Europe which owns
a mobile laboratory of this type.
Considering the size of the parts to be inspected, the X-ray pictures
have to be taken out3ide the car. The car contains a darkroom, a control
cabin, and sleeping accommodations for its crew of four. In order to Rro-
tect the crew against the effects of X-rays, the sides, floor, and ceiling
of the darkroom and. control cabin are lined with a lead coating 5. milli-
meters thick. The X-ray machine operates at a voltage of 250,000 volts and
is capable of penetrating iron and steel plates 15-20 millimeters thick.
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