ORGANIZATION OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK GOVERNMENT: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

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The following is the organization of the Ministry of Agriculture and sub-
ordinate units.
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, IN PRAGUE
Minister
Julius Duris.
Cabinet of the Minister
Secretary: Engr Frantisek Vanicek.
Functions: Minister's personal affairs, interviews, inquiries, and reso-
lutions; official business of the minister and of the ministry; matters of a
political character, collaboration with the employees council and with the
United Federation of Czech Farmers; matters concerning lie.. ;son with legislative
boards; cooperation in matters concerning Slovakia with all departments and
sections of the ministry.
Presidium Department
Chief: Tomas Necina, Doctor of laws.
Dep4.y: Dr Frantisek Krumpholc.
Section P/1
Chief: Engr Frantisek Vanicek.
Functions: General matters concerning state and other public employees;
personnel records of all employees of the ministry; general matters or agri-
cultural administration; organization of the central administration of the min-
istry and of its work; participation in solving basic problems concerning the
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orgauization of subordinate offices, institutions, and corporations; appoint-
ment of rep?esentativea in public-lav corporations and of members of adminis-
trative boards, etc., unless they are under the jurisdiction of the individual
departments.
Section P/2
Chief: Frantieek Krumpholc, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Personnel matters (hiring, assignment) promotion, transferring,
granting pensions, canceling service contracts, raising salaries, modifying
personnel status, training expenditures, stopping of pay and seizure of prop-
erty, holidays, support payments for the survivors of deceal7ed employees, etc.)
of the employees of the ministry central office, including employees belonging
to the staff of the Land Reform Organization of the ministry and the employees
of the central office of the State Forests and Farms Enterprise, as well as
employees of the agricultural archives; matters of discipline and qualification;
cooperation in personnel matters of employees of the National Land Fund at-
tached to the Ministry of Agriculture; personnel matters concerning special
agri ultural and food attaches in Czechoslovak diplomatic missions; service
supervision of employees of the central office and of the Ministry; bonuses in
accordance with the government resolution of 24 August 1945 in cooperation
vitt sections P/3 and P/4; personnel matters of the employees of the economic
and technical service of the political administrations and of the United Fed-
eration of Czech Farmers.
Section P/3
Chief: Prokop Rytina, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Personnel matters concerning employees in agricultural re-
search and forest research, employees of the forest supervisory service, of
the Central Administration for Forest and Lumber Management 'ti' the Federation
of Forest Societies, of state regional land-reform offices, and river-control
employees; employees of the Agricultural, Accounting and Administration Insti-
tute, of state institutes for horse breeding, and of agricultural administra-
tions.
When important matters Ere involved, Section P/3 acts in agreement with
Section P/2.
Section P/4
Chief: Position vacant.
Functions: Budget matters and supervision of budget management in other
departments; supervision of the accounting service of the ministry; supervision
of the economic administration and the buildings administration of the minirs-
try; bonuses and assistance; reimbursement for service expenditures in coopea-
tion with the appropriate employees' councils; factory kitchens.
Department l -- Farm Welfare
Chief': Engr Dr Oskar Malis.
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Section I/1 -- planning
Chief: Karel Lamberk.
Functions: Study of agriculture from the economic standpoint, including
its relationship to industry; intensification of soil study from the point of
view of its economic utilization; the science of agricultural production; the
production plan for agriculture (the Commission for Agriculture and Food);
general matters; matters of budget and organization; standardization of agri-
cultural products in collaboration with the various sections of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Ministry of Food; the domestic and foreign market in agri-
cultural products and production tools, from the point of view of the agricul-
tural and food production plans.
Section 1/2 -- Information
Chief: Otakar Hruban, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: TMZ (agricultural information service, i.e., press, radio, mo-
tion pictures, paintings, and exhibitions); organization of agricultural re-
ports in the press and periodicals (organization and basic guidance of press);
clipping service (development of archives for information on domestic and for-
eign agriculture from all viewpoints; speeches, lectures, and meetirgs (rec-
ords, preparation, and organization); publication of the official g..zett? (ed-
iting and administration); general matters; budget and organization matters;
administration of central office for agricultural films and slides; liaison
with foreign countries.
Section 1/3 -- Dissemination of Agricultural Progress
Director: Engr Dr Alois Hrubes.
Functions: Agricultural consultation and experimentation, including popu-
larization programs (model farming, experimental cooperative societies, spe-
cialized literature, exhibitions, courses, lectures, teaching by means of il-
lustrations, films, and slides in collaboration with Section 1/2); practical
training in agriculture and practical schools for this training; technical ag-
ricultural education in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and En-
lightenment; organization of extension courses, economic and technical service
including all special components (agencies); civil agricultural engineers;
budget matters; the general improvement of life in the country in connection
with village construction and local public buildings (houses of culture, li-
braries, etc.); organization of home industry and the protection of natural
beauty and memorials to agricultural people (agricultural museums); agricul-
tural sociology; cultural and educational work of scientific and specialized
institutions; agricultural corporations and organizations; excursions; agri-
cultural libraries; scholarships for study and travel; cultural and educational
liaison with foreign countries; administration of publications of the ministry.
Section I/4 -- Agricultural Research
Chief: Engr Karel Pelak.
Functions: General matters; budget and organization matters, including
those pertaining to the Federation for Agricultural Research; state agricul-
tural research institutions; state agricultural research stations, including
a det ols; installations work (researchon control
rationalization and mechan-
ization) in collaboration witb Sections 1/3, 1/6, and 1/7; supervision of all
nonstate research work; supervision of provincial collective farms and those of
the Unified Federation of Czech Farmers; liaison with research organizations
in other countries.
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Section I/5 -- Organization
Chief: Antonin Fiala, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: General matters; budget matters; Unified Federation of Czech
Farmers (organizational structure, statutes
procedure, systematization, operational and organizational
animal and plant production aatttachand edsto the Unified Federation of Czech Farmers,
(organizational structure, statutes, operational and organizational procedure,
systematization, pay and service regulations).
Section 1/6 -- International Problems of Agriculture and Forestry
Chief: Position vacant.
Functions: International problems or agriculture and forestry; matters
concerning the United Nations and its agricultural and forestry agencies; liai-
son with international trade-union and cooperative organizations and institu-
tions in the economic field of agriculture and forestry in collaboration with
Participating departments of the ministry , insofar as this does not conflict
with the activity of the commercial and political section, Section VII/4, (the
Section's activity overlaps that of other sections, particularly Sections I/1,
1/2, IV/4, and Department VI only so ftr as matters of a special, technical
nature are concerned); matters connected with peace and reparations negotia-
tions; matters concerning agricultural and food attaches of Czechoslovak dip-
lomatic offices.
Section 1/7 -- Welfare of Women and Youth in Agricultural Work
Director: Engr Karel Tucek.
Functions: Matters connected with education and practical cultural and
economic training of women working in agriculture as housewives and mothers'
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matters connected with educational content of housewives, training; measures'
connected with the theoretical and practical training of women, aiming at:
a. Utilization of technical and economic progress in agriculture and in
the agricultural household, making use of modern work methods (such as coopera-
tive laundries, bakeries, kitchens, etc.) and modern production and sales
(preparation of agricultural products for market and cooperative selling of
these prLlucts by the cooperatives, etc.) methods.
b. Improved housing, family and health, and hygiene for nursing mothers
and infants; children's education; medical treatment of ill people; matters
connected with the establishment of consultative offices, homes, medical sta-
tions, etc., in rural areas, as well as consultative and information agencies
for housewives, including press, radio, and film services; general cultural
and social theoretical and practical education of agricultural youth and prep-
aration of youth, in collaboration with youth organizations for
participation in agricultural work; the introduction into school edpractical
ucation of
new principles and attitudes about the position and importance of agriculture
and agricultural work in Czecho"lovakia.
Functions also include submitting projects concerning the welfare of women
and youth working in agriculture to the appropriate departments of the Ministry
of Agriculture, as well as to other ministries; editing the magazine Venkovska
Zeno (Country Woman).
When the activity of Section 1/7 touches upon the activity of other de-
partments of the ministry, or those of other ministries, Sect:on 1/7 proceeds
in agreement or in collaboration with these organizations.
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State Agricultural Archives
Chief: Dr Vaclav Cerny.
Functions: The archives are attached to Department I. Archives of the
ministry and of the offices, institutions, corporations , and funds subordinate
to the ministry; archives concerning state forests and farms, and e.subords of
brarytof tsta he ministhistory of ry agriculture and forestry; archives library and li-
De n~mrtment II -- plant and Animal, production
Chief: Engr Dr Emil Kunz.
Group I -- Plant Production
Chief: Engr Dr Emil Kunz.
Deputy: Josef Drexler.
Section II/I/1
Chief: Engr Jaroslav Hruska.
Deputy: Position vacant.
Functions: Planning plant production; commercial policy in collaboration
with Section VII/4; production tools, seed, fertilizers, and phytopathology.
Section 11/1/2
Chief: Engr Ladislav Klus.
Deputy: Engr Frantisek Zeman.
Functions: Cereals, root crops, legumes, oil plants, fiber plants, and
industrial crops (including hops and medicinal plants); collaboration in plan-
ning of obligatory deliveries.
Section 11/1/3
Chief: Josef Drexler.
Deputy: Position vacant.
Functions: Pastures, meadows, fodder, and financial matters.
Section II/I/4
Chief: Engr Stanislav Macoun.
Deputy: Engr Josef Cerny.
Functions: Viticulture, fruit growing, and gardening.
Group II -- Animal Production
Chief: Engr Dr Jiri Naprstek.
Deputy: Engr Jaroslav Pesek.
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section II/II/1
Chief: Position vacant.
Deputy: Engr Dr Karel Koubek, Docent.
Functions: Planning animal prcduction; financial affairs.
Section 11/11/2
Chief: Engr Dr Frantisek Petrasek.
Deputy: Engr Eduard Svozil.
Functions: Raising of cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, and poultry.
Section 11/11/3
Chief: Engr Jaroslav Pesek.
Deputy: Karel Sejkora, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Functions: Horse raising and the supreme administration of state insti-
tutions for horse raising.
Section 1I/1I/4
Chief; Engr Miroslav Kock.
Deputy: Engr Dr Jan Marek.
Functions: Pisciculture and raising small agricultural animals.
Section 11/11/5
Chief: Engr Dr T. huslav Doubek.
Deputy: Position vacant.
Functions: Feeding of agricultural animals and the technology of animal
products.
Section II/II/6
Chief: Vaclav Dolecek, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Deputy: Position vacant.
Functions: Matters connected with the health of animals.
Department IV -- Technical
Chief: Engr Ervin Mates.
Deputy: Engr Ludvik Horak.
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Section IV/1 - Mechanical
Chief: Eduard Polak.
Functions: General matters; budget; rural electrification; mechanization
of agricultural work including norms for and standardization of agricultural
machinery and tools, in collaboration with Section 1/4; making better and more
efficient use of agricultural machinery; distribution of materials (iron,
fuels, ropes, and hand tools); organization of machine stations and collabora-
tion with Department VII in organizing machine cooperatives; disseminating in-
formation on agricultural machinery in collaboration with Sections 1/3 and I/4;
training of personnel to operate agricultural machines and tractors in collabo-
ration with Section 1/3.
Section 1V/2 -- Construction
Chief: Engr Bedrich Rosatka, architect.
Functions: General matters; budget; architectural trends -- draft plans
for rural habitations, houses, and apartments for agricultural workers, agri-
cultural buildings, agricultural cooperative construction, potato storehouses,
fertilizer storehouses, silage equipment; model zoning plans for rural communi-
ties; campaigns to finance construction; equipping of houses and apartments for
agricultural workers; making more efficient use of construction materials in
farm construction work; administration of all installations of the ministry
(proposals and the supervision of construction) in collaboration with the ap-
propriate section of the ministry; construction consultations; training of
specialists for rural construction; dissemination of information about agri-
riculturaloconstructionnin collaboration wh collaboration with Section
Section /I/4a research on ag_
Section N/3 -- Regulation of Water Supply In Agriculture; Reclamation
Chief: Engr Josef Maria Jirousek.
Functions: Technical functions connected with land reclamation to im-
prove the condition of meadows and pastures; protection of agricultural in-
terests in the execution of all water supply and reclamation measures, in
carrying out agricultural water supply regulation measures and measures taken
In rural communities concerning the regulation of the water supply, and in ag-
ricultural research and consultation; protection of agricultural interests in
the improvement of streams and during the construction of reservoirs and water-
ways: collaboration in making up the nationwide water supply plan and the de-
tailed provincial plans, in the organization of the agricultural and technical
public service, and in budget matters connected with this, as well as in the
problems of specialized education; collaboration in the Water Supply Advisory
Commission attached t. the Ministry of Transportation (technical public ad-
ministration); collaboration with Section IV/5 in matters connected with land
consolidation; river control in collaboration with section VI/5; general tech-
nical matters not under cne jurisdiction of other sections.
Section IV/4 -- Agricultur.l Interests in Industrial Production; Planned Man-
agement of Industrial Materials
Director: Dr Antonin Hornik.
Functions: Studying effects of nationalization of the mines and of vari-
ous industrial and f.,xi industry enterprises:
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a. on agriculture in general and from the standpoint of agricultural in-
terests and needs.
b. On the mechanization of agriculture, on agricultural construction and
reclamation, on agricultural industry, etc., especially as concerns selling
prices of the products of nationalized industry, where the farmer is a direct
supplier or consumer of these products and of their industrial waste.
c. On production in the chemical industry of goods for agriculture (such
as synthetic fertilizers), in collaboration with Department III, and on the
production of the fuel necessary for mechanizing agriculture.
d. On the carrying out of rural electrification by power stations. This
is to be done in agreement with Department VII as far as -rationalized electri-
cal power associations are concerned.
Functions also include: planned management of industrial materials, semi-
finished goods, and products for farmers; the allotment of iron and the dis-
tribution of agricultural tools in collaboration with Section IV/l; the allot-
ment of wood and cement for maintenance cork in agriculture; securing the nec-
essary quantity of motor fuels, heating fuels, and oil and distributing these
among farmers; allotments of ropes, tarpaulins for carts, bags, and leather;
UNRRA matters.
Section IV/5
Chief: Engr Jan Hruza.
Deputy: Engr Josef Smola.
Functions: Reorganization of land tenure, including legislative measures
if they are not under the Ministerial Commission for Agrarian Operations.
Ministerial Commission for Agrarian Operations
Chief: Minister of Agriculture.
Deputy: Engr Ludvik Horak.
Deputy's Substitute: Engr Jan Hruza.
Referent of the Ministerial Commission: Dr Frantisek Tvrznik.
Agricultural-Technical Adviser: Engr Josef Smola.
The Commission is attached to Department IV.
Section IV/6 -- Auxiliary Programs for the Development of Agriculture
Chief: Vlastimil Havlicek, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Recruiting workers for agricultural production; equipping and
organizing groups of voluntary workers to help in urgent agricultural work
(spring work, hay moving, harvest and autumn work), in repairing agricultural
machinery and tools, in carrying out electrification and other technical work,
by such means as helping neighbors, assistance from youth, physical training
organizations, and factory employees, by small businessmen, by public employees,
by soldiers, etc.; giving assistance by means of machinery, by draft anima)a
and transportation media, and by equipping, organizing, and dispatching trained
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technical, legal, and medical groups, etc. for carrying out legal and techni-
cal measures connected with the consolidation of agricultural land (for medical
sultations, %-raying, etc.); and other aid
examination of children, health con reconstruction plans of Czecho-
measures necessary for the realization of the
slovak agriculture, unless these measures are under the jurisdiction of other
sections; national competitions in agriculture.
If the activity of Section IV/6 overlaps that of other departments of the
ministry,, or of other ministries, this section performs its functions in agree-
ment or in collaboration with them.
Department V -- Legal and Social
Chief: Tomas Soukup, Doctor of Laws.
Deputy: Rudolf Beckmann, Doctor of Lave.
Section V/1 -- Legislative and Legal
Chief: Rudolf Beckmann, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Protection of agricultural property; protection of useful ag-
ricultural animals; legislative matters; legal matters not assigned to other
sections; legal matters concerning forestry and hunting; legal matters con-
nected with timber management.
Section V/2 -- Social Affairs
Chief: Imrich Silly, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Social and housing welfare of agricultural workers; working
conditions, and questions of agricultural wages; raising the economic and so-
cial levels of rural people; assistance programs, natural disasters, and the
social welfare of farmers in general, including appropriate legislative meas-
ures; matters of social insurance, as well as matters connected with insurance
against fire and hail, and insurance of farm animals.
Department VI -- Forestry
Chief: Engr Karel Setin.'k.
Deputy: Engr Josef Danha.
Section VI/l -- Study, Planning, and Organization
Chief: Engr Bedrich Rychly.
Functions: Studies of forestry, forestry planning, forestry and hunting
statistics (collaboration in basic matters with Section VII/4); organization
of the public forestry service, forestry funds, uniforms and motor vehicles
for subordinate offices, and matters connected with finances and budgets.
Section VI/2 -- Forestry Policy, Supervision of Forests, and Forestry Research
Chief: Engr Josef Danha.
Functions: Forestry policy, supervision of forests, forest reform, dis-
semination of information on forests and hunting, international forestry mat-
ters, practical examination of foresters, forest police matters; national com-
petitions, research in forestry, experimentation and exhibitions, forest in-
stallations, and nurseries of forest research institutes; collaboration with
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the Ministry of Education and Enlightenment in matters connected with
of forestry and with natural monuments; schools .legislative collaboration with Department and standardization matters under the Jurisdiction of Dep V in
VI. apartment
Section VI/3 - Creation, Protection, Evaluation, Equipping, and Administration
of Forests
Chief: Eagr Josef Kloucek.
Functions: Establishing, restoring, cultivating, evaluating, and pro-
tecting forests; expert administration of small forests; keeping records of
confiscated forest properties; the science of forest administration; forest
seeds and seedlings.
Section VI/k - Cutting and Sales of Timber; Forestry Workers
Chief: Dr Norbert Frejka.
Functions: Cutting, production, mariceting, and sale of timber; wood in-
dustry, foreign trade, transportation of timber, mechanization and rationali-
zation in forestry, forestry workers.
Section VI/5 -- Forest Soil Conservation (River Control)
Chief: Engr Dr Zdenek Valek, Docent.
Functions: Measures to maintain and steadily increase the influence of
forests on the climate and on the water supply; river control and utilization
of mountain streams; forestry conservation of soils and river banks.
Section VI/6 - Hunting
Chief: Position vacant; directed by the Department Chief.
Functions: Hunting policy; raising and hunting of animals, authorization
of hunting societies, supporting and promoting hunting; hunting dogs, guns,
and ammunition.
Department VII -- Cooperative and Economic
Chief: Josef Jonas; (temporarily directed by E. Marik).
Deputy: Engr Jaroslav Kopec.
Section VII/l -- Machine and Production Cooperatives
Chief: Josef Balik, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Cooperative societies for crop production, stables, agricul-
tural credits, forests, fishing, beekeeping, stockbreeding, laundries, water
supply, machinery, ele^tric power stations and cultural centers; their estab-
lishment, organization, and administration; cooperative training and education
of personnel for the above cooperatives.
Section VII/2 - Grazing Cooperatives
Chief: Jaroslav Fadrhonc.
Functions: Grazing cooperatives, their organization and management; su-
pervision of their activity; training and schooling of skilled personnel for
these cooperatives.
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Section VII/3 - Crop Purchase, Selling, and Distribution Cooperatives and Co-
operative Industry
Chief: Jan Sedlak, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: General cooperative and legal questions; supervision of co-
operative federations; supervision of the cooperative sale of products and an-
imals; organized distribution of animals for breeding and slaughter; coopera-
tive societies for agricultural industry; dairy cooperatives; distribution of
dairy products.
Section VII/4 - Economics and Commercial Policy
Chief: Engr Jaroelav Kopec.
Office A
Director: Engr Dr Petr Rastokin.
Functions: Agricultural statistics and accounting; financial and
transportation matters.
Director: Engr Antonin Slanina.
Functions: Matters connected with sales and prices of agricultural
products and other economic questions.
Office C
Director: Dr Imrich Sitar.
Functions: Commercial policy and customs matters.
Department VIII - General Directorate of the State Forests and Farms
Chief: Engr Frantisek Hrncir.
Deputy: Engr Dr Frantisek Hamernik.
Secretariat
Director: Engr Otakar Polak.
Group VIII/I -- Planning
Chief: Engr Miroslav Nemec, Planning DLactor.
Section VIII/I/l - Calculations
Chief: Engr Ladislav Smrcek.
Functions: Enterprise statistics, operational calculations, state budget,
and savings.
Section VIII/I/2 - Forest Planning
Chief: Engr Miroslav Nemec.
Functions: Short-term and long-term plans for forestry and associated en-
terprises.
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Section VIII/I/3 -- Agricultural Planning
Chief: Engr Frantisek Jirsik.
Functions; Short-term and long-term plans for agriculture and associated
enterprises.
Group VIII/II - Personnel and Legal
Chief: Jaroslav Kryatufek, Doctor of Laws.
Section VIII/II/l -- Personnel
Chief: Vaclav V1t, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: General and specific personnel matt.ra; pensions and social
insurance; and sponsorship matters.
Section VIII/II/2 -- Legal
Chief: Josef Samohel, Doctor of Lave.
Functions: Legal matters of the State Forests and Farms Enterprise; tax-
ation and fee matters.
Group VIII/III -- Economic and Technical Control
Chief: Engr Frantisek Sedivy.
Section VIII/III/1 -- Social Affairs
Chief: Position vacant.
Functions: Social matters concerning personnel as a whole and individ-
'ala; liaison with employee organizations.
Section VIII/III/2 -- Technical Services
Chief: Engr Vladimir Nachtigal.
Functions: Control of the activity of the technical services of the State
Forests and Farms Enterprise.
Section VIII/III/3 -- Forest Management
Chief: Engr Jiri Zikmund.
Functions: Control of operations and of management in state forests and
in associated enterprises.
Section VIII/III/4 -- Management of Agricultural Land
Chief: Engr Karel Sklenicka.
Functions: Control of operations and management on the state farms and
in associated enterprises.
Group VIII/IV -- Central Administration for Forestry Research and Instruction
Chief: Engr Jan Jager.
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Section VIII/IV/1 -- Rationalization of Labor
Chief: Engr Josef Kozdera.
Function; Studying, evaluating
for economical management of , and establishing appropriate measures
agement. the State Forests and Farms Enterprise; labor man-
Section VIII/IV/2 -- Production
Chief: Engr Jaroslav Tichy. evaluatin
stablishing
uction suingFservicedirectivesgand dire;ctiyesaforeeconomical utilization ofethesprod-
ucts of the state forests.
Section VIII/IV/3 -- Organization
Chief: Position vacant.
Functions: Studying, evaluating, and establishing the requirements for
rational management of forest labor in research, in surveying, in photogram-
metry, in cartography, and in evaluation of forests; issuing service orders
and directives connected with these matters.
Section VIII/IV/4 -- Technical
Chief: Engr Borivoj Sobenovsky.
Functions: Studying, evaluating, id establishing the technical and pro-
ductive requirements for operational buildings and mechanical equipment in
forest management; issuing service orders and directives connected with these
matters.
Group VIII/V -- Central Agricultural Administration for Research, Production,
and Training
Chief: Dr Frantisek Ham.rnik.
Section VIII/V/1 -- Agricultural Management
Chief: Engr Frantisek Svoboda.
Functions: General matters connected with crop and animal production;
administration of activity for the improvement and propagation of plants, the
improvement of meadows and pastures, of fruit and grape cultivation, of horse,
cattle, and hog raising, and of raising of poultry and small livestock; ar-
tificial insemination of cattle and horses; issr1.ng service orders and di-
rectives in these matters.
Section VIII/V/2 -- Pisciculture
Chief: Cestmir Panek.
Functions: Administration and improvement of pisciculture and fishing ir.
the State Forests and Farms Enterprise; issuing service orders and directives
in these matters.
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Section VIII/V/3 -- Industrial
Chief: Engr Frantisek Strmiska.
Functions: Directing, examining, and perfecting production in the enter-
prises associated with agriculture; issuing service orders and directives in
these matters.
Chief: Engr Jan Novak.
Functions: Wholesale purchasing of operational materials and equipment,
and distribution of agricultural products.
Department IX -- Land Reform (Reorganization of Land Tenure)
Chief: Engr Dr Jiri Kotatko.
Deputies: Dr Josef Meixner; Dr Josef Renner.
Group R: (Re-examination of the First Land Reform)
Chief: Dr Josef Machacka.
Deputy: Arnost Sabina.
Section R/1 - Legal Re-examination
Chief: Jaroslav Michl, Doctor of Laws.
Section R/2 - Re-examination of Land Allotment
Chief: Engr Frantisek Havelka.
Deputy: Engr Dr Jan Svec.
Section R/3 -- Economic and Financial Inspection
Chief: Josef Meixner, Doctor of Laws.
Deputy: Dr Frantisek Konecnik.
Section R/4 - Personnel Inspection
Chief: Engr Karel Vyhnalek.
Deputy: Rudolf Cisar.
Section R/5 -- Inspection - Completion of the First Land Reform
Chief: Engr Karel Sulc.
Deputy: Engr Frantiaek Rakovic.
Group Z: (Completion of the Confiscation and Resettlement Program)
Chief: Viktor Vyskocil.
Deputy: Engr Vaclav Hradec.
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Section Z/1 -- Completion of Confiscation
Chief: Petr Dvorak, Doctor of Laws.
Deputy: Olga Krizova, Doctor of Laws.
Section Z/2 -- Completion of Resettlement
Chief: 2ngr Jaroslav Vyleta.
Deputy: Engr Vladimir Kratky.
Commission for Agriculture and Iand Reform in Bratislava
Commissioner
Michal Faltan, Doctor of Laws.
Secretariat
Chief: Eugen Palasty, Doctor of Laws.
Functions: Matters connected with commissioner's personal contacts; mat-
ters of public appearances; the commissioner's official travels; liaison with
legislative boards and governmental organizations; interviews and resolutions;
press conferences; consultations with trade unions; tasks performed accortling
to the commissioner's special instructions; economic and legal matters con-
cerning the secretariat; general matters connected with administration and or-
ganization; giving notification of decisions made by superior authorities;
press office; giving information to the daily press according to the cemnie-
sioner's instructions; following the daily press i>a collaboration with Section
A/III/2; clipping service; editorial office of the Commission for Agriculture
and Land Reform.
DIVISION A -- AGRICULTURE
Chief: Stefan Fisera, Doctor of Laws, court counselor.
FunctionE: Establishing general directives in agricultural policy; fol-
lowing economic matters connected with agricultural production; coordinating
the activity of the departments of the division; representing the commissioner
within the jurisdiction of the division; collaboration in coordinating the
activity of divisions A and B.
Department A -- Presidium
Chief: Eugen Englis, legal referent.
Functions: Presidium direction; 1-:son between the presidium and other
offices of the commission; representing the presidium; administrative matters
of basic significance; program matters; instructions for hiring employees; en-
trusting functions to the chiefs of departments and sections; basic decisions
in budget matters; representing the division chief; coordination of worst in
various sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
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Section A/Presidium/l -- Organization
Section A/Presidium/2 Personnel
Section A/Presidium/3 -- Budget
Section A/Presidium/4 -- Legislative
Department A/I -- Crop Production
Chief: Pavel Hutta, graduate agronomist.
Functions: Direction of the department, liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; estab-
lishing the general trend of crop production; coordination of work in various
sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/I/l General Matter.
Section A/I/2 -- Agricultural Land and Protection of Plants
Section A/I/3 -- Seed, Seedlings, and Crops
Section A/I/4 -- Fruit, Vegetable, and Grape Graving
Department A/II -_ Animal Production
Chief: Position vacant; acting director: Engr Jan Mozola, departmental
counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; es-
tablishing the general direction of animal production; coordination of work
in various sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/II/l General Matters
Section A/II/2 Horse Raising
Section A/II/3 -- Cattle
Section A/II/4 -- Hogs, Sheep, and Goats
Section A/II/5 -- Small-Animal Raising and Fishing
Section A/II/6 -- Pastures and Meadows
Department A/III -- Agricultural Enlightenment
Chief: Position vacant; acting director: Engr Ignac Bella, graduate
agronomist, government counselor, state professor at agricultural schools.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; es-
tablishing the general direction of agricul.tural enlightenment; coordination
of work in various sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of
referents.
Section A/III/l -- General Matters
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Section A/III/2 -- Enlightenment
Section A/III/3 -- Agricultural Schools
Section A/III/4 -- Enterprises
Section A/III/5 -- Agricultural Research
Section A/III/6 -- Accounting
Department A/IV -- Veterinary Medicine
Chief: Samuel Adamat, Doctor of Medicine, senior departmental counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; estab-
ishing the general direction of the state veterinary service; coordination of
,ork in various sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of ref-
erents.
Section A/IV/1 -- Organization
Section A/IV/2 -- Infection
Section A/IV/3 -- Preventive Measures and Medical Treatment
Section A/IV/4 -- Hygiene of Food of Animal Origin
'Section A/lV/5 -- Transporting and Trading Animals
Section A/IV/6 -- Raising and Insurance of Domestic Animals
Department A/J -- Economic and Legal Matters
Chief: van Tomcani, Doctor of Laws, senior departmental counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; follow-
ing economic policy in agriculture; coordination of work in various sections
and offices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/V/l -- General Matters
Section A/V!2 -- Cooperatives
Section A/V/3 -- Social Matters
Section A/V/4 -- Coordination of Labor
Section A/V/5 -- Economic
Section A/V/6 -- Agricultural Law
Section A/V/7 -- Water Rights and Water Police
Section A/V/8 -- Planning
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Department A/VI -- Regulation of the Water Supply and Cultural and Technical
Matters
Chief: Frantisek Lednar, departmental counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; conduct
of water-supply policy; coordination of work in various sections and offices;
conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/VI/l -- General Matters
Section A/VI/2 -- Regulation of Rivers
Section A/VI/3 -- River Control
Section A/VI/4 -- P-clamation
Section A/VI/5 -- Water Sup jr .and Sewage Systems
Section A/VI/6 -- Water Law
Department A/VII -- Forest Supervision; Forestry and Timber,
Chief: Engr Dr Ludevit Macko, ministerial counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; estab-
lishing basic directives in forest policy; coordination of work in various
sections and offices, and conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/VII/1 -- General Matters
Section A/VII/2 -- Forestry and Timber Pc'.icy
Section A/VII/3 -- Taxation
Section A/VII/4 -- Forest Protection
Section A/VII/5 -- State Administration of Forests
Department A/VIII -- General Directorate of State Forests
Chief: Prof Engr Dr Frantisek Papanek, government counselor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; general
management of the State Forests Enterprise; coordination of work in various
sections and offices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/VIII/la -- Organization
Section A/VIII/lb -- Personnel
Section A/VIII/lc -- Social
Section A/VIII/2 -- Study
Section A/VIII/3 -- Cultivation and Protection of Forests
Section A/VIII/4 -- Forest Exploitation
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Section A/VIII/5 -- Pastures
Section A/VIII/6 -- Taxation
Section A/VIII/7 -- Forest Transportation
Section A/VIII/8 -- Construction
Section A/VIII/9 -- Legal Matters
Section A/VIII/lO -- Central Sales Outlet of the State Forests
Section A,/VIII/11 -- Accounting Office of the General Directorate of State
Forests
Section A/VIII/12 -- Woodworking Factories of the State Forests
Department A/IX -- General Directorate of State Property
Chief: Engr Stefan Vysocansky, senior economic cou?.selor.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; gen-
eral management of the State Property Enterprise; coordination of work in
various sections and offices, and conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section A/IX/1 -- Organization and Personnel
Section A/IX/2 -- General Inspection of Agriculture
Section A/IX/3 -- Plant Production
Section A/IX/4 -- Animal Production
Section A/IX/5 -- Construction and Mechanical Matters
Section A/IX/6 -- Commercial Matters
Section A/IX/7 -- Legal Matters
Section A/IX/8 -- Accounting Office of the General Directorate of State Prop-
erty
Department A/X -- Agricultural Construction and Machinery
Chief: Position vacant.
Functions: Management of the department; liaison between the department
and other offices of the commission; representation of the department; estab-
lishing the general direction of agricultural construction and mechanical mat-
ters: coordination of work in various sections and offices; conducting internal
conferences of referents.
Sect'un A/X/l -- General Matters
Section A/X/2 -- Construction
Section A/X/3 -- Mechanical
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Accounting Office of Division A
Chief: Jozef Luther, senior accounting secretary.
Economic Administration of Division A
Chief: Position vacant.
Acting Director: Frantisek Zlatnansky.
Office Administration
Chief: Position vacant.
Acting Director: Jan Repta.
Offices Subordinate to Division A
State Institutions for Horse Raising
1. State Stud Farm in Topolcianky
2. State Stud Farm in Novy Tekov
3. State Stud Farm in Bitra
4. State Stud Farm in Presov
Agricultural Schools
1. State Agricultural College in Kosice
2. State Agricultural College in Rakovice
3. State Forestry College in Banska Stiavnica
4. State Lumbering and Sawmilling College in Zarovuica
5. State Water-Supply College in Kosice
6. State Wine-Growing College in Bratislava
7. State Lumbering and Sawmilling College in Liptovsky Hradok
8. State Agricultural School in Banovce nad Bebravou
9. State Agricultural School in Beladice
10. State Agricultural School in Brezno nad Hronom
11. State Agricultural School in Eberhart
12. State Agricultural School in Holic
13. State Agricultural School in Komarno
14. State Agricultural School in Turcianeky Svaty Martin
15. State Agricultural School in Michalovice?
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16. State Agricultural School in Nitra
17. State Agricultural School in Sabinov
18. State Agricultural School in Rimavska Sobota
19. State Agricultural School in Trnava
20. State Agricultural School in Vranov nad Toplou
21. State Agricultural School in Zablatice
22. State School for Viticulture in Modra
23. State School for Agriculture and Stock Raising in Raztoky
24. State School for Agriculture and Fruit Growing in Chalmova
25. State School for Agriculture and Fruit Growing in Myjava
26. State School for Agriculture and Fruit Growing in Sala nad Vahom
27. State School for Agriculture and Fodder Production in Spisska Nova
28. Specialized State School for Agriculture and Stock Raising in Orav-
sky Podzamok
29. Specialized State Agricultural School in Ni.e Aeato ned Vahom
30. State School of Mines in Liptovsky Rradok
31. State School of Mircc in.IIuuenne
32. State School of Mines in Jelsava
33. State Farmers' School in Barca
34. State Farmers' School in Hrechovo
35. State Farmers' School in Komarno
36. State Farmers' School in Nove Mesto nad Vahom
37. State Farmers' School in Skalica
38. State Farmers' School in Velicna
39. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Schools in 8a$ovany
40. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Schools in Banska Bystrica
41. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Schools in Kosice
42. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Senools in Piestany
43. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Schools in Spisska Nova Ves
44. Inspectorate of People's Agricultural Schools in Trencin
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Agricultural Research
1. State Agricultural Research Institutes in Bratislava
2. State Agricultural Research Institutes in Kosice
3. State Agricultural Research Institutes in Spisska Nova Ves
4. State Forestry Research Institutes in Baneka Stiavnica
5. Zootechnical State Research Institute for Slovakia in Bratislava;
Institute for Sheep Raising and Wool Production in Turcianaky Svaty Martin
6. State Fish and Hydrobiological Research Institute in Liptovsky Hradok
7. State Research Institute for Agricult.re in Liptovsky Hradok
8. State Agricultural Research Station in Brezno nad Hrcncmm
9. State Agricultural Research Station in Kralove pri Senci
10. State Agricultural Research Station in Turciansky Svaty Martin
11. State Agricultural Research Station in Oravsky Podzamok
12. State Agricultural Research Station in Sabinov
13. State Agricultural Research Station in Rimavska Sobota
14. State Agricultural Res.-rch Station in Zvolen
15. State Experimental Station for Viticulture in Male Torona
16. State Experimental Station for Viticulture in Pezinok
17. State Experimental Station for Viticulture in Skalica
18. State Research Station for Tobacco and Peppers in Komarno
19. State Research and Improvement Station in Levocske Luky
20. State Forestry Research Station in Liptovsky Kradok
21. State Nursery for Fruit Growing in Devinska Nova Ves
22. State Nursery for Fruit Graving in Prievidza
23. State Nursery for Fruit Growing in Trencin
State Veterina-?y Diagnostic Institute in Bratislava
Water Supply and Cultural and Technical Service
1. State Office for Water Rights and Hydrotechnology in Banska Bystrica
2. State Office for Water Rights and Hydrotechnology in Kosice
3. State Office for Water Rights and Rydrotechnology in Trencin
4. State Water-Supply Construction Office in Banaka B;retrica
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5. State Water-Supply Construction Office in Bratislava
6. State Water-Supply Construction Office in Kosice
7. State Water-Supply Construction Office in Zilina
State Forests Enterprise
1. State Forests Directorate in Banska Bystrica
2. State Forests Directorate in Zvolen
3. State Forests Directorate in Liptovsky Hradok
4. State Forests Directorate in Kosice
5. State Forests Directorate in Oravsky Podzamok
6. State Forests Directorate in Revuca
7. State Forests Directorate in Piestany
8. Woodworking Plr?--its of the State Forests in Bratislava
9. Directorate of Seed-Growing Farms of the State Forests in Liptovsky
Hradok
State Property Enterprise
1. Administration of state properties: Aleksince, Balvany, Diosek, Pusty
Fedymes, Handlova, Holic, Velka Ida, Velka Lomnica, Slovensky Mader, Velky Me-
der, Petrzalka, Oravsky Podzamok, Lednicke Rovne, Spacince, Viglae, Zlatna na
Ostrove, and Zeliezovice.
2. State Property Genetics Station in Diosek.
Some of the economic and technical functions are performed by the Chamber
of Agriculture, Bratislava, and 43 regional offices of the Cha.aber of Agricul-
ture.
DIVISION ^, -- LAND REFORM
Chief: Frantisek Lednar, departmental counselor
Functions: Establishing general directives for land reform; coordination
of activity of the departments of the division; representation of the commis-
sioner within the jurisdiction of the division; collaboration in coordinating
the activity of Divisions A and B.
Department B -- Presidium
Chief: Pavel Popadak, Doctor of Laws, departmental counselor.
Functions: Representing the division chief; presidium management; liai-
son between the division and other offices of the commission; representing the
Presidium Department; matters of basic administrative significance; matters
concerning programs; basic matters connected with employees' service condi-
tions, and basic matters with regard to the budget; representing the division
chief; coordination of work in various sections and offices; conducting in-
ternal conferences of referents.
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Section B (Presidium) 1 -- Personnel
Section B (Presidium) 2 -- Organization, Legislation, and Budget
Office B (Presidium) -- Press and Information
Department B/I -- Legal
Chief: Karol Rychnavsky, departmental counselor.
Functions: Organization of the department; assignment and directing of
functions; supervision and control of the department's activity; approval of
the department's equipment; coordination of work in various sections and of-
fices; conducting interne' conferences of referents.
Department B/II -- Financial
Chief: Michal Sahulcik, Doctor of Laws, senior departmertal counselor.
Functions: Organization of the department; assignment and direction of
functions; supervision an3 control of the department's activity; approval of
the department's equipment; coordination of work in various sections and of-
fices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section B/II/l -- C..ntrol and Financial Policy Matters
Section B/II/2 -- Financial Matters Related to the Old Land Reform
Section B/II/3 -- Financial Matters Connected with the New Land Reform
Department B/III -- Allotments and Technical Matters
Chief: iad+ei;;. Ehotta, aeuior ministerial commissar.
Functions: Organization of the department; isigning and directing its
functions; supervision and control of the department's activity; approval of
the department's equipment; coordination of work in various sections and of-
fices; conducting internal conferences of referents.
Section B/III/l -- Agricultural Allotments and Evaluations
Section B/III/2 -- Forestry Allotments and Evaluations
Section B/III/3 -- Land Survey
Section B/III/4 -- Bookkeeping
Section B/III/5 -- Statistics
Accounting Office of Division B
Chief: Pavel Drahos, senior accounting secretary.
Economic Administration of Division B
Chief: Jan Gazovic.
Office Administration of Division B
Chief: Stefan Jasso.
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State regional offices for land reform in Piestany, Hove Zamky, Levice,
Lucenee, Zvolen, and Kosice.
Working groups for land reform in Pezinok, Galante, Humenne, Kezmarok,
Koaarno, Kosice, Levice, Lucenec, Turciansky Svaty Martin, Michalovice, litre,
Piestany, Presov, Topolcany, Trencin, Spieska Nova Ves, Hove Zamky, and Zvolen.
National Land Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture, in Prima ue
A. Central Office
Chairman: Josef Smrkovsky, member of Parliament.
First Vice-Chairman: Engr Vaclav Rillich.
Second Vice-Chairman: Josef Fait.
Secretary General: Dr Frantisek Machat.
Chairman's Office
Manager: Dr Otto Svab.
Functions: Matters reserved to the chairman, to both vice-chairmen, and
to the secretary general.
Department I -- Presidium
Chief: Engr Josef Pieter.
Deputy: Dr Ladislav Prochazka.
Section I/l
Chief: Dr Otto Svab.
Functions: Organizational and administrative matters; inspection o2
branches.
Chief: Dr Ladislav Prochazka.
Functions: Employees' personnel matters.
Section 1/3
Chief: Frantisek Votlucka, attorney.
Functions: Budget matters.
Section I/4
Chief: Josef Fadrhonc.
Functions: Records, investigations, and statistics.
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Auxiliary Offices
Chief: Vojtech Kouda.
Economic Administration
Under Section 1/3.
Department II -- Financial and Legal
Chief: Frantisek Bures, Doctor of Laws.
Deputy: Bohumil Vacha.
Section II/1
Chief: Dr Antonin Zatloukal.
Functions: Administration and utilization of the financial resources of
the fund.
Section 11/2
Chief: Bohumil Vacha.
Functions: Granting credits; security for credits.
Section 11/3
Chief: Dr Ludvik Caha.
,unctlcnn; Gene: l legal and 1-Elalative matters.
Section II/4
Chief: Dr Jindrich Fritz.
Functions: Libraries and related legal matters.
Section 11/5
Chief: Engr Alois Kucera.
Functions- Care of former employees of confiscated agricultural proper-
ties, and other matters of a social character.
Department III -- Economic and Forestry
Chief: Engr Vojtech Polanaky.
Deputy: Engr Alois Velek.
Section III/1
Chief: Engr Alos Velek.
Functions: Payments for allotted lands; agricultural law.
Section 111/2
Chief: Engr Jaroslav Cvrcek.
Functions: Economic administrative matters and matters of national ad-
ministration.
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Chief; Karel Konopasek.
Functions: Matters of economic control and management on unassigned con-
fiscated land.
Section III/4
Chief: Engr Alois Koller.
Functions: Matters of forest management (reimbursements and management).
Section 111/5
Chief; Dr Otto Placht.
Functions: Matters connected with confiscated castles and palaces.
Section 111/6
Chief: Engr Vaclav Rillich.
Functions: Affairs of mountain-grazing cooperatives (economic and con-
structional).
Department IV -- Technical
Chief: Engr Karel Volicer.
Deputy: Engr Alois Pejchota.
Section IV/l
Uhief: Engr Ladislav Patera.
Functions: Preliminary and survey work.
Section IV/2
Chief: Engr Alois Pejchota.
Functions: Execution of land surveys (contracting, control, and settling
of accounts).
Section IV/3
Chief: Engr Josef Stadler.
Functions: Inspection of land survey reports from the point of view of
land allotments and preparation of technical reports for entering assigned real
estate on the land register.
Section IV/4
Functions: General matters connected with construction, water supply,
and insurance.
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Accounting Office
Chief: Bohumil Tomis.
Deputy: Jaroelav Zach.
Section 1
Chief: Karel Vyletalek.
Functions: Personnel overhead expenses.
Section 2
Chief: Ladislav Stencl.
Functions: Materiel overhead expenses.
Section 3
Chief: Vilem Novy.
Functions: Budget.
Section 4
Chief: Jaroslav Zach.
Functions: Expenditures connected with land reform.
Section 5
Chief: Antonin Truksa.
Functions: national administrations.
B. Branches and Offices of the National Land Fund of the Ministry of Agri-
culture
In Bohemia
1. Branch in Ceske Budejovice
Chief: Eng Ladislav Hladovec.
Administrative okreses affiliated with this branch: Ceske Bude-
jovice, Cesky Krumlov, Kaplice, Prachatice, and Tyn nad Vltavou.
Branch Offices
Tabor -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Kamenice nad Lipou,
Milevsko, and Pelhrimov.
Jindrichuv Hradec -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Jindrichuv
Hradec and Trebon.
Strakonice -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Blatna, Pisek,
Strakonice, and Susice.
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Affiliated administrative okreaes: Dobruaka, Dvur Kralove nad
Labem, Horice, Hradec Kralove, Jaromer, Nachcd, Novy Bydzov, Rychnov nad Knez-
nou, and Zamberk.
Trutnov -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Broumov, Nova Paka,
TrutnoN, Vrchlabi, and Jilemnice.
Affiliated administrative okresee: As, Cheb, Jachymov, Kraelice,
Karlovy Vary, Loket, Marianske Lazne, Nejdek, Sokolov, Tepla, and Zlutice.
4. Branch in Liberec.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Frydlant v Cechach, Jablonec
ned Niaou, Jablonne v Podjestedi, Jicin, Liberec, Liberec/Rural, Rumburk, Mni-
chovo Hradiste, Semily, Sluknov, Turnov, and Varnsdorf.
Branch Office
Ceska Lips -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Ceska Lips and Dubs.
5. Branch in Pardubice
Acting Chief: Engr Frantisek Syrinek.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Chrud.m, Litomysl, Pardubice,
Policka, Usti nad C,l.ici, Vyaoke Myto.
Branch Office
Havlickuv Brod -- Affiliated administrative okresea: Caslav, Hav-
lickuv Brod, Humpolec, Chotebor, and Ledec nad Sazavou.
6. Branch in Plzen
Chief: Vaclav Henzlik.
Affiliated administrat'-ve okreces: Domazlice, Horsovsky Tyn, Kla-
tovy, Kralovice, Flana u Marianskych Lazni, Plzen, Plzen/Rural, Prestice, Roky-
cany, Stribro, and Tachov.
Affiliated administrative okreaea: Benesov u Prahy, Beroun,
Brandys nad labem, Cesky Brod, Horovice, Jilove, Kladno, Kolin, Kralupy nad
Vitavou, Kutna Hors, Melnik, Mlada Boleslav, Nymburk, Podebrady, Prague, Prague/
Rural-South, Prague/Rural-North, Pribram, Rakovnik, Ricany, Sedlcany, Slany, and
Vlasim.
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Chief: Engr Jan Nora.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Bilina, Dec in, Duchcov, Cho-
mutov, Kadan, Louny, Most, Podborany, Teplice, Usti ned Labem, and Vejprty.
Branch Offices
Litomerice -- Affiliated administrative okreeee: Litomerice and
Roudnice nad Labem.
Zatec -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Sedan, Louny, Podborany,
and Zatec.
In Moravia
9. Branch in Brno
Chief: Engr Karel Perna.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Boekovice, Brno, Brno/Rural,
Hustopece, Moravaka Trebova, Nove Mesto na Morave, Tisnov, Trebic, Vyskov, and
Velke Mezirici.
10. Branch in Ostrava
Chief: H. Cron, Graduate Agronomist.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Bilovec, Cesky Tesin, Frystat,
Hlucin, Mistak, Ostrava, Opava, Opava Rural, Novy Jicin.
Branch Offices
Jesenik -- Affiliated administrative okres: Jesenik
Krnov -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Bruntal and Krnov
11. Branch in Olomouc
Chief: Engr Bohumir Kluka.
Affiliated administrative okreses: Hranice, Kromeriz, Litovel,
Moravsky Beroun, Olomouc, Olomouc/Rural, Prostejov, Prerov, and Moravsky Stern-
berk.
Branch Office
Sumperk -- Affiliated administrative okreses: Rymarov, Sumperk, and
Zabreh na Morave.
12. Branch in Uherske Hradiste
Chief: Josef Barnet.
sky Brod, Affiliated
Hradiste, administrative
Valasske Mezirici, Vsetin,li and Elin. t~y3ov, Uher
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Affiliated administrative okreees: Moravske Budejovice, Moravsky
Krumlov, Mikulov, and Znojmo.
State Agricultural Research Institutes, Prague
The main office includes the following:
1. Central Administration
2. Institute for Soil Science, with an office for studying peat
3. Institute for Plant Cultivation and Plant Improvement
4. Institute for Plant Feeding
5. Institute for Plant Protection
6. Fruit and Viticulture Institute
7. Institute for Stock Raising
8. Institute for Feeding Livestock, which also analyzes mill products
9. Fodder Institute
10. Dairy Institute
11. Institute for Agricultural Microbiology
State Fish and Hydrobiological Research Institute, Prague
State Agricultural Research Institute, Dol u Libcic nad Vltavou
State Potato Research Institutes in Havlickuv Brod
1. Institute for Cultivation and Utilization of Potatoes
2. Distillation Institute
3. Institute for Dehydration and Starch Production
4. Institute for Plant Protection
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State Horticultural Research Institutes in Pruhonice
1. Institute for Horticulture
2. Institute for Fruit Growing
3. Institute for Vegetable Growing
State Flax-Research Institute, Temenice U Sumpt.rka
State Experimental Vineyard, Budnany u Karlstejna
State Fish and Hydroblological Research Station, Doksy
State Flax-Research Station, Domaninek, Post Office Bystrice nod Pernetejnem
State Agricultural Research Station, Prostejov
State Research Station for Hop Growing, Rakovnik
State Experimental Stud Farm, Slatinany u Chrudime
State Potato-Researeb Station, Valecov; Post Office, Okrouhlice
State Fruit and Viticulture Nursery, Velke Pavlovice
State Fish and Hydrobiological Research Station, Vodnany
State Agricultural Research Stations: Caelav, Dokeany, Horice v Podkrkonosi,
Jicin, Libejovice u Netolic, Liblice u Ceskeho Brodu, Klatovy, Olomouc,
Opava, Pruhonice u Prahy, Tabor, and Vysoke nod Jizerou
Soil-Testing Station of the Institute for Plant Feeding, Prague
Soil-Testing Station II, Brno
Soil-Testing Station IV, Brno ?^
Soil-Testing Station V, Prague
Soil-Testing Station VI, Tabor
Soil-Testing Station VII, Pardubice
Soil-Testing Station IX, Caslav
Soil-Testing Station X, Olomouc
Soil-Testing Station XI, Rakovnik
State Agricultural Experimental Installations: Dokeany u Roudnice nod Labem,
Pruknice u E?aby, Prunerov, Zahradky u Ceske Lipy, and Velke Zernoseky
State Experimental Station for Fish-Pond Management, Msec u Kledna
State Experimental Farm of the Research Station for Hop Growing, Destnice u
Zatce
State Experimental Farm of the Flax-Research Station, Domaninek; Post Office,
Bystrice nod Pernetynem
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State Experimental Farms of the Agricultural Research Station: Horice v Po(lkr-
konosi, Jicin, Libejovice u Retolic, and Liblice u Ceekeho Brodu
State Experimental Farms, Pobled u Havlickova Brodu and Rokytnice v Orlickyeh
horach
State Experimental Farm of the Potato-Research Station, Valecov; Poet Office
Okrouhlice
Forestry Research Institutes, Prague
a. Section for Hunting and Forest Protection
b. Section for Tree Feeding
c. Section for Forest Policy and Administration
d. Section for Forest Exploitation and Wocd Technology
Forestry Research Institutes, Section for Forest Culture and Forest Biology,
Brno
Forestry Research Institutes, Section for Forest Economics, Brno
Research Station for Forest Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Brno
State Experimental Station for Animal Husbandry in KLadruby
Stud Farms in Kladruby, Nemosice u Pardubic, and Pisek
Colt Farm in Nave Dvory; Post Office Pisek
Horse-Breeding Farms in Tlumacov (Moravia) and Napajela ;Moravia)
Agricultural Accounting and Administrative Institute, Prague/Dejvice; Branch
for Moravia in Brno
Provincial Commission for Agrarian Operations, Brno
First Local Commissar for Agrarian Operations, Brno
Second Local Commissar for Agrarian Operations, Brno
Third Local Commissar for Agrarian Operations, Brno
fourth?] Local Commissar for Agrarian Operations, Olomouc
Fifth Local Commissariat for Agrarian Operations, Upava
Local Commissars for Agrarian Operations: Prague, Gaalav, Pisek, Tabor, and
Znojmo
Provincial Commission for Agrarian Operations, Prague
Central Agricultural Office for Films and Slides, Prague
State Research Farm, Hermanuv Mestec
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Central Flax Federation, Prague
Prague Produce Exchange, Prague
Disaster Fund, Brno
Produce Exchange, Brno
Syndicate for Improvement, Cultivation, and Processing of Peppers, and Paprika
Commerce, Brno
Federation of Hop Growers for the Roudnice Region, Roudnice nad Labem
Hop-Registration Office, Trsice na Morave
Provincial Association of Hop Growers for Moravia, Trsice
Union of Hop Growers, Zatec
Central Office for Forestry and Lumbering, Prague
Federation of Forestry Societ es, Prague
Federation for Liquidated Agriculture and Forestry, Prague
United Federation of Czech Farmers, Prague
National Land Fund, Prague
State Regional Offices for Land Reform: Prague Brno, Ceske Budejovice, Hradec
Kralove, Olomouc, and Plzen
Public Law Corporations Under the Supervision of the Ministry of A
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the exchange building, where all the administrative activity of the exchange
is also centered.
Functions: The object of the Produce Exchange is to simplify, facilitate,
and improve domestic and international trade in agricultural crops, products,
and other goods which can be negotiated on various exchanges b? permission of
the various ministries. The exchange arranges meetings of those engaged in
agricultural production, processing, and trade in agricultural crops, lumber,
flax, fruit, vegetables, eggs, fats, as well as in auxiliary activities such
as insurance, transportation, warehousing, etc. The exchange establishes com-
mercial procedures for these goods and publishes the prices of these goods in
its bulletin. It arbitrates disputes resulting from this type of trade. It
issues expert opinions with regard to these goods. It approves tentative
prices for the calculation of taxes on agricultural real estate. Finally, the
exchange protects the professional interests of its members.
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Produce Exchange in Brno
Functions. Same as those of the Produce Exchange in Prague.
Subdivisions: Produce Exchange (group trading); Arbitration Court; Ex-
pert Appraisal Commission; Standardization Commission. Usance Commission. Ex-
change (Price) Commission.
Disaster Fund, in Brno
Functions: The fund was established by decree of 7 December 1939, for
the purpose of refunding the land tax and giving support to farmers whose prop-
erty was damaged by natural disasters in the Czech Provinces. Farmerb are to
submit their applications on special forms. These applications are to be con-
sidered and approved by the disaster commissions and by the appropriate section
of the Unified Federation of Czech Farmers, then finally approved by the admin-
istrative committee of the Disaster Fund. The administrative committee, ap-
pointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, is composed of three members. The func-
tions of the administrative committee are now being performed by Dr Josef Ko-
larik, whose deputy is Engr Bedrich Sedlar.
The senior official of the Disaster Fund in Brno is Dr Vaclav Slosar.
Union of Hop Growers of the Zatec Region in Zatec
Function?: The Union of Hop Growers has been established in order to pro-
tect the interests of hop raisers, to train these hop raisers in hop culture,
and to improve hop cultivation in general. Its jurisdiction comprises 14 po-
litical okreses. It carries out registration of hops in obeces where they are
produced, keeps records of hop areas and hop harvests, takes care of sales of
Zatec hops, provides market information and information on hop harvests and
phytopathology, and publishes books on hop culture.
Organization: The union consists of a presidium, a committee, - regional
control commission, and editorial and administrative office of the pt.iodicul
Cesky Chmelar (Czech Eop Grower). It has a commission for providing pickers;
a lumbering rommission for providing stakes for hop plantations; a commission
of specialists in hop growing for technical questions of hop growing; a wire
commission for providing wires, hooks, and cables, and a hops cadastre (land
register of hop plantations).
The union performs its functions through its agents, who reside in 320
obeces of the Zatec region. The union also has a regional control commission
and a local cortrol commission.
Affiliated with the union is the Registering Office in Zatec, which reg-
isters various kinds of hope.
Provincial Association of Ho Growers for Moravia in Trsice Moravia
This is an organization of Moravian hop growers.
Functions: Same as those of the Union of Hop Growers in Zatec.
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Central Office for Forest, and Lumber, in Prague
Functions: Management of wood according to law.
Federation oP Forest Associations in Pra e
tioneTie e federation is a legal person in civil law. Through its administra-expert cordance wi hothe fore t law,{ oin forestry n estates of as u pn to expert forest manager in ot-
have their own manager. The jurisdiction of the federation includes hthe whole not
of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia.
The owners of the above-mentioned forests, the area of which totals at
present about 650,000 hectares, are obliged to organize in forest associations,
which in turn are legal persons in civil law. The areas of jurisdiction and
the central offices of the forest associations are established by a decree of
the Ministry of Agriculture, according to which 121 52187 forest associations
have been established. These are at the same time forest administrations, 183
of which are in Bohemia and 38 in Moravia and Silesia.
Functions: The Federation of Forest Associations does all work requiring
expert forestry training for the member-owners of forests, through its forest
administrations of forest associations, especially:
1. The preparation of pla:is for forest exploitation and afforestation,
and supervision of their proper execution, 'or establishing their own forest
nurseries and organizing forest seed gathering.
P. The organization of forest work, marking areas for lumber exploita-
tion, and supervision of felling, production, measurement, and sorting of lum-
ber.
3. The registration of felled lumber.
ucL64. Giving advice on selling lumber and evaluation of other forest prod-
.
5. Caring for forest soil productivity, preventing destructive forest
exploitation, carrying out necessary measures for improving forest management
and for protecting forests.
6. Furnishing expert opinions in matters of forest and lumber economy to
the member-owners of forests.
Forest managers of the federation may prepare forest management plans for
members of forest associations in their service area, which associations will
pay their expenses for travel and materials.
Through its agencies, the federation tries to improve the management of
forests to promote the economic welfare of its members. It is also in charge
of information and advisory activities.
The agencies of the federation are entrusted with several public tasks.
They perform special tasks for the National Land Fund. Forest protection is
carrizd out by the owners of forests themselves. To pay the expenses of the
expert forest service, the federation collects from the member-owners of for-
ests annual fees which are fixed according to regulations of the Ministry of
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Agriculture, and which the federation manages. The federation does not engage
in any commerce or enterprise, either at its own expense or at the expense of
other persons. The federation is under the supervision of the Ministry of Ag-
riculture, the Ministry of Finance, and the Supreme Accounting Control Office.
Central Office of the Federation: Engineer Ryeka Forest Counselor, is
acting chairman of the federation. The following sections have been estab-
lished; organization, personnel, forest expert, management, and accounting.
United Federation of Czech Farmers in pre
The federation is a public-law corporation unifying all farmers in order
to represent their interests, and is to collaborate in executing programs to
improve agricultural production and the lives of farmers, as well as in fill-
ing the role of a public agricultural service.
Central Preparatory Committee -- Directors
Chairman: Josef Nepomucky, Deputy to the National Assembly.
Vice-Chairmen: Josef Zedrobilek; Josef Taticek.
Secretary General: Josef Zlesak.
Presidium, Prague
General Secretariat
Financial and Administrative Department
Section for Organization
Press Section
Administration of Farms of the Federation
Personnel Section
Legal Department, Prague
Land Reform Department, Prague
Cooperatives Department, Prague
Social Department, Prague
Housewives' Section, Prague
Animal Products Department, Prague
Vegetable Products Department, Prague
Forestry Department, Prague
Technical Department, Prague
Agricultural Chemistry Institute, Prague
Institute for Seed Testing, Prague
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Regional Offices of the Federation
Benesov u Prahy, Ceske Budejovice, Domazlice, Bavlickuv Brod, Hradec Kra-
love, Jicin, Karlovy Vary, Klatovy, Kolin, Liberec, Litomerice, Litomyel,
Mlada Boleslav, Pardubice, Pieek, Plzen, Prague, Rychnov nod Kneznou, Tabor,
Teplice, Zatec, Brno, Jihlava, Olomouc, Zlin, Znojmo, and Opava.
Branch Office of the Federation in Brno
United Federation of Slovak Farmers in Bratislava
The Central Office consists of a ten-man committee.
Secretary General: Doctor Reudek.
Organization: In Slovakia, farmers are already organized in 62 of the
79 political okreses.
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