JULIAN MARCHLEWSKI STATE COTTON MILL IN LODZ

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SSCRXT
SUBJECT Julian Marchlewski State Cotton Mill
in Lodz.
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT I
DATE DISTR. 9 August 1954
NO. OF PAGES 4
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Julian. M .rchlew,skt State 0 otton Mill (Panstwowe Zaklad.y Przemyslu Bawel-
nianego im~ 1"'ili.ana Marchle:i ski.ego -P.Z.P.B. #2) is to .ated on ul. Ogrodowa
16 in Lodz. The administrative structure of the mill is as follows:
a. Works Council
b. Party secretary and.P.O,P. (Pod.stawowa Organizacja Partyjna)
co Administration Section
d. Personnel Section
e. Planning Section
f. Purchasing Section
g. Accounting Section
h. Bookkeeping Section.
2. Prior to 1945 the mill was a privately owned plant, belonging to.one Poznanski (fnu).
In 1945 it was taken over by the Polish government. It is the second largest'
plant of its kind., in Lodz; the largest is the "WidzewskA Manufaktura" which is
known as P.Z.P.B. No. 1..
The Julian Marchlewski State Cotton Mill produces different types of d6tton
fabrics. The cotton is imported from the "USSR and the major part of the pro-
duction is also exported to the USSR. Only a small quantity is sold on the
domestic market. The mill has the following transportation e&r}s at its disposal:
three .locomotives, twelve tracks, and seven tractors. It also uses the State
Motor Transport 'Panstwows. Komunikacja Samochodowa-PKS) facilities and the railroad.
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4. Themill has its own pow+eretation producing 6100 kilowatts. There are two
steam turbines installed., one AEG turbine with a ..capacity of 2500 kilowatt
and. BBC turbine wit. a.capacity of 3600 kilowatts. Water idssupplied`in part
directly from the town*s .water works and-in part from water tanks on the premises
which are filled..with the aid of asmall steam operated pump with a.capacity of
hp. Gas is supplied by the town's gasworks and coal is delivered from.Slask.
1400 (Silesia)
5. The mill employs..about,12.,000 persons including 1000 technical and administrative
employees. Therkers.are required to.work in three shifts: 0600 - 1400 hours.,
1400- 2200 hours., 2200 - 0600 hours.
Herbert, fnu, the chief. m
The compound.is patrolled by, members of an Industrial-Guard detachment. Guards
are also posted at the entries,to the factory, halls. Building #16.(see sketch)
is guarded by a special.KBW detachment. and.aurrounded.by a fence. The seourr.ty
of the work is assured by the so-called-' botnicza...Oehrona Pracy" directed against
.sabotage.
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gates and doormen's shacks.
1. This gate is also used by visitors who are issued special passes here
authorizing them to enter the compound.
2. Qya,te for workers only ,.
Entrance to the kipdergarden for the children of the workers,
4. Five-story, concrete building 1+0x200x25 meters, accommodates the spinning mill
and weaving plant.
'Fwo.story, concrete. building, former manor-house of the Poznanski family,
now partly used as administration building for the mill and partly occupied
by the Voivodship National Council (Wojewodzka Rada Narodowa).
6. d%rdel
7,8 9. Two story, concrete building, 20x75x10 meters used as weaving plants.
10. plpe-story, concrete building, 20x150x6 meters, used as mechanical workshop.
11912. Water tanks.
13. Water tower.
11+. 4lectric transformer, 8x15x8 meters, built in 1952.
15. Boiler plant, 50x14Ox20 meters, with three boilers with the following capacitieso
a. 140 tons ofsteam per hour.
b. 15 tons of steam per hour.
c. 15 tons of steam per hour.
The reconstruction of the building was.completed in 1952.
16. Four-story, concrete building, 30x200x20 meters, containing the chemical
_2 laboratory and therefore, guarded by the KBW (Internal Security Corps).
In addition this building is surrounded by a fence topped with barbed wire.
It is rumored that.this laboratory works.for the military,
17. Power station, 50x50x16 meters.
18. One-story, concrete building, 20x90x5 meters, used for cotton storage.
19. One-story., concrete building., dyeing plant.
20. Water pumping station..
21. Water tank.
22. Compressor plant for the water pumps.
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