ECONOMIC - RAW MATERIALS, MINING, CONSUMER GOODS; SCRAP COLLECTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 180
• Publication Date: March 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURrl'r INFORMATION
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CENTRAL INTEtL-{dENeE AGENCY REPORT NOI
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. --
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Economic - Raw materials, mining, consumer
goods; scrap collection
CATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
HOW Daily newspapers DATE DIST. ~~ Mar 1953
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED Bucharest NO. OF PAGES ?
DATE
PUBLISHED 1 Jun - 17 Jul 1952
Teti DOCUMENT CONTAINS IIIPONNATION AFFECTING tilt NATIONAL DIVERSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN TNN MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C., f 1 AND It. AI ANNMOID. ITS TRANSMISSION OR INS REVELATION
OP ITS LONTSNTS IM ANT MARAIS TO AN UNAUTNONIIID PERSON 15 PRO.
NISITID It LAW. RRPROO ACTION or THIS FORM IS PIONISITSO.
umbers in parentheses refer to appended sources)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Summary: By encouraging the use of local raw materials, v.3tes,
and scraps Rumanian industry plans to conserve central stocks of raw
materials and to increase local production of consumer goods, fuel,
construction needs, and other items)
Engineer Alexandra Tolpeghin, Stakhanovite and State Prize winner, declared
in an article published in Vista Sindicala, that. one of the chief means of in-
creasing the supply of consumerslgood.s is the use of internal resources, wastes,
and scraps. The collective of Steagul Rosu in Stalin L ",---t which he is employe
has studied the use of scrap materials since 1919_ At. first., results were poor
and too much time was spent in gathering wastes and scrape.. Consequently, in
the first half of 1951, 11.3? percent of scraps in the plant were used. As a
result of further study and efforts, this rose to 28.65 percent in the second
half of 1951. By making use of these scraps in production, consumer goods were
manufactured and oupplied to stores. A detailed work plan was set up to con-
t.ro;, o ietyend quantity. Goods not otherwise available were thus produced-
Hundreds of thousands of bolts and nuts of various sizes, locks for metal con-
tainers, ferrules for tool handles, chisels, and other items with a total value
of ;,056,200 old lei were produced. it was discovered that new products could
be made from bronze scrap and other material. Thur. there was an increase in
the production of horseshoes, forged sc-ewc, will hooks, staples, hoes, and other
items .
In January 1912, the people Is council of Stalin organized an exhibit of
consumer goods mode from ;.crepe by enterprises of the city in ycbriuny, the
tonnage plan for he ucc - c.:rny was ti percent fulfilled and the value fig-
ures were 28.3 percentfu_tfilled. In Match, this increased to 53,6 percent
overfolfillment, in April 30 percent, in May 39 peresot by value. As a result
of these successes, the use of wood scraps for the possible production of kitchen
tables, children's desks, and other items was irrres',igated., and the use of waste
oils; furnace wastes, and abrasive powders was s+udied.l.1)
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In Stalin Regiune, enterprises of local interest supply large plants with
raw materials, semimanufactured goods, and food. The regiune people's council
organized a conference with managements of large enterprises and those of local
interest to further this collaboration. Large enterprises were encouraged to
support the industrial activities of local plants by giving advice on labor, the
maintenance of records, the introduction of Sovie- methods, and by technical
assistance. Thus, for example, Oltul in Sfantul Cheorghe was assisted by the
Gheorghe-Doja enterprise in the installation of an elevator in the terra cotta
plant. Strungul aided the small Gheorghe Dimitrov enterprise in the manufacture
and repair of various items., The Gabor Aron enterprise in the manufacture and
repair of various items. The Gabor Aron enterprise in Targui-Sscuesc received
support from the CFR (Rumanian Railroads) shop in Stalin.(2)
Local industry in the city of Bacau is making grew, strides forward with
the aid of large plants. In the machine shop of the local 23 August enterprise,
for example, various small parts, motor gaskets, pistons, roller bearings, and
ball bearings for large enterprises are produced,(3)
The Calvgareri artisans' cooperative in Giurgiu surpassed its plan 50 per-
cent and achieved great savings by using sheet-metal scrap?.(.4)
One of the duties of local, organizations is to make maximum use of local
resources for the development of local industry and for the increase of con-
sumer-goods supplies. People's councils of Saveni Paton are carrying out this
task successfully. The repair and building of mills permitted fulfillment of
the food plan 103 percent. The stone quarries in Liveni and Manoleasa produced
171 tons of lime of good quality Straw was used for baking the lime. A fac-
tory was e,~tabltshed for the manufacture of buttons from mussels abundant in the
Prut River, The entire production plan of ;5,000 buttons was fulfilled. A fac-
tory was set up for the production of rope and mate from local resources. Pas-
try and spice rake are locally produced. A brick and tile kiln produced 50,000
pieces at a -.ist of 49,000 lei.
in Manoleasa. Adasen-,, Avramer_i. Borzesti, Hanestti, Vlasinesti, and
Vorniceni, hog and fowl. :ataing has been introduced. Land owned by people's
councils and industrial enterprises in Ungureni, Manoleasa, Savent, and Avramenl
were used to plant 2t hectares of barley, u of oac 3 of corn, 23 of hemp, 3 of
sorghum. and 4 of green vegetables Fishponds wore stocked in Avrameni, Hanesti.,
Dragu.eni, and Manoleasa. In Saveni, a soap of good quality was locally produced
from oil residues mixed with 22 percent bentunit.e.(5)
Jr Dranagesti, Turnu-Magurele, and other raions in the vicinity, seven brick
kilns were set up to prepare local materials for constructions (6) A cooper-
ative in Braniste, Galati Raton, began production of baskets from willow
withes.('7) In Ineu Raton, Arnd Iegiune, agrillaceous earth was uzed in the
production of paint. Seven carload, ot? the material were exploited in Agrisul
Mare. jr, Duda, seven ca'loade of clay were dF'_ivered to local enterprises for
the production of refractory brick. In Selus, a pona covering 80 hectares was
stocked with fi=h.l81 V
The 1 Mar artisans' coc;eraiive In liusi marn:fac
in one month from ieatt,e: craj-.(9)
The ii Tunle forestry e.oc!cin?r in ?:ozno". F:otti fienrrt. Raton, established
a section for the use. of wool scap;; and. w~!t?te even lathes and other wood-
working m chine were Get up to produce hou:ehol.a objects and toys. The
Fiunedcarr, construction er.terpri:r SOT. up a ;i,.p to prnd'ite raiCs. work tables,
took,, mallets. and other itemc from scrape. In roe P.ogresui metallurgical
Plant, atTernpts were made to use waster For -xnmple, rn,3ineer Cornel Vasoiu
pledged production of 5OO k:'_ogtams of washers from scraps to overcome the lack
of wvanrrs in the plant. Worker', of CFF :?et up a special shop
for the use of scrap metal. U?ing th!:: mater:o:r':cn+.z oubo and C. Anghel
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produced 15 worktables, 180 workbenches, and 30 saw blades having a total value
of 5,000 lei ,(I LO) The Buftea weaving mill developed e machine whi._.h utilizes cot-
ton wastes. (11.)
Local mining industries are of special importance to the national economy.
They produce materials from local sources outside central state supply channels.
They have been counted on to furnish numerous factories with local brown coal and
lignite and thus save wood and petroleum. Large sums of money have been invested
in an effort to expand the supply of fuels to factories from local sources. These
mines of local interest are under the Ministry of Communal Administration and Local
Lfaather than under the Ministry of Coal Industries 7.
However, this sector has been unsati.sfac.tory. Factories have suffered be-
cause local mines have not delivered the planned quantities of fuel. To deter-
mine the nature of the difficulties involved. the Ministry of Communal Administra-
tion and Local. Industry organized a meeting at the Borecc mine in Mures Regiuie
with chiefs of local mines. It wa., lest ncrl that some of the small mines, such as
the ilieni mine in Sfent.ul Gheorghe Rnion, Stalin Fegtune, Were successful At
this particular mine, the Soviet. Golovin method was applied. Four shift` of miners
working 2l+ hours a day fulfilled the mire 127 percent., The production plan was also
overfilled at the Cuce-sti mine in liorezu Raicm The Rovinar nine in T.argu-diu
Raton began exploitation of new lignite faces.
On the other hand, errors were very common. Chiefs of mines showed lack
of initiative and did not familiarize themselves with party laws and directives..
The lack or control permitted hostile elements to work their way into mines in
Valea Muechii and Ursadul, Oradea f+egiune. Some raion enterprises failed to sup-
port the .local mining effort. Th^ Vasile Resits enterprise in Raton Muscel, for
example, misappropriated machinery which the ministry had destined for the Boteni
mine. The Betas Rsion People's Council foiled to provide transport for coal from
local mines. The Ministry of Communal Administration and Local industry, was
also at fault by its failure to provide mine timbers. toots, and protective cloth-
ing. L^rwn -Negresti and Aliceni in Baia Mare Regiune did nothing to open new
drifts..
Engineer 1ekel (fnu), chief of the Sorest mine. ne""e- went underground. He
failed to mechanize the mine and tc raise the standard of living or professional
standard. Thcre was a difference of 1.0r:n tons of coal between the amount of
coal on hand rind the record. Subenginerr Gu.1.(-a (fnu), chief of the Mehalia mine,
prevented the extraction of thousands of tone of brown coal by failing to repair
an electric pump necessary for draining the mire. At the Boteni and Bandea
mines in tluscel. Ration, the meaning of F. i? consumption is t:n,tnown Stakhano-
vites are not supported at Sorest, Bolen.t, and Tlieni. Competitions are mere
formalities at Boteni and Bandea. Engineer N.orwath (fnu) placed an internal
combustion engine in the Tauti stoat in Bain Mare Ruon. 'his is not permitted
by safety regulations.
Local mine have foiled to fulfil, plaits :-ir: have thus placed difficulties
on the factories which depend upon them i r ioe `. ?2 i
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Romania Libera,
28 Jun 52
6.
Ibid., 26 Jun 52
7.
Viata Sindicala,
12 Jul 52
8.
Scanteia, 15 Jun
52
9-
Viata Sindicala,
4 Jul 52
10. Romania Libera, 7 Jun 52
11. Viata Capitalei, 16 Jun 52
12. Romania Libera, 9 Jul 52
CONE 1DEN7: L&L
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