PERSONNEL AND SECURITY DATA ON THE STATE AUTOMOBILE FACTORY IN J ELOZ

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• Publication Date: February 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Personnel and Security Data on the
State Automobile Factory in Jeloz
ARMY review completed.
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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3 February 1955
AIR
ARMY X NAVY t#x
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, V.S.C. Sees. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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f;a r Automobile Factory in Jelcz.
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1. The state automobile factory in Jelcz (Jeltseb) (N 51-O1, E 17--19)
employed about 1,200 male and 300 female Polish workers who lived in
nearby towns and areas. Approximately 3,000 Polish male political
and criminal convicts were also utilized as workers. They lived
within an enclosure at the factory, The convicts had been sentenced
to a minimum of five years in prisQp for having committed various
crimes against the State.
2. The number of employees in Construction Department II and Vehicle
Repair Department III were not known. Experimental Department I
employed about 359 employees of which approximately 145 were convicts.'*
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3. Apprentices were not employed; however, inexperienced workers were
given employment and learned their jobs while working.
Of the 1,500 employees, about 300 were trained automotive engineers
who had oompleted university schooling. a state 25X1
law was in effect which compelled university graduate engineers., who
had just completed their education, to accept positions in factories
designated by the State. These engineers were compelled to remain
with these factories from two to three years before they could resign
and seek employment nearer their homes and families. An unknown
number of the factory's engineers submitted their resignations after
completing their compul;scry period of work but the resignations were
rejected because of the lack of engineers from the nearby towns. The
factory and military officials showed concern over this situation and
were contemplating such measures as inducting the engineers into
military service in order to keep them.
5. Approximately 600 employees were skilled workers, such as,lathe
operators, machine operators, tinsmiths, painters, carpenters,
maintenance workers, and electricians. The remaining 600 employees
were classified as administrative workers, draftsmen, foremen,
inspectors, and janitors.
6. Approximately 90% of the factory's employees were trained after
World War II and generally lacked the experience and training of
workers who had learned their trades before World War II. The
remaining 10% were considered experienced workers.
7. Convicts were utilized as skilled help and laborers in the roduction
of vehicles because of the short- Re of re lar workers. 25X1
they were occu ationall screened and selee a or
labor at the factory. during May 1954, of the
145 convicts utilized bqxperimena Department I, approximately
30% had completed university training as engineers; 15 to 20% were
Work Shifts
8. Experimental Department I employed one daily .'fight-hour shift, from
0700 to 1500 hours, six days per week. Body (.:r siruction Department II
employed two eight-hour shifts in most of theca- =eotions, and,
occasionally, a third eight-hour shift when production lagged. Vehicle
Repair Department III employed one eight-hour shIC' occasionally
a second eight-hour shift to increase its output. 25X1
Wages
9. Administrative personnel and technical engineers were paid once a
month whereas the workers received their wages on the 10th and 24th
of each month. For wage purposes, the factory personnel were divided
into four groups: production workers, non-production workers, techni-
cal workers, and administrative personnel.
10. The monthly wage scale averaged 1,420 zlotys per factory employee.
However, based on position, qualifications, elassification,and
monthly production output, salaries averaged from a minimum 540 to
a maximum of 3,000 zlotys per month.
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11. Non-production workers were classified into nine groups and their
monthly wages, based on these groups, were as follows:
Group 1 3 - 'Utilities and maintenance personnel, Janitors, a.nd
drivers. From 540 to 630 zlotys.
Group 4 5 Assistants to skilled workers. From 700 to 800 zlotys.
Group 6 - 7 - Skilled craftsmen. From 800 to 1,000 zlotys.
Oro 8 - 9 - Master mechanicss$ craftsmen, and foremen in charge of
groups of workers. Averaged 1,100 zlotys.
12. Wages received by production workers varied because their wages
were computed on the amount of production and on the time they had
been employed in production. If the production workers were not
always utilized in production, but spent some time in maintenance
or modifications.,these work hours were computed in accordance with
the pay scales used for non-production workers. Production workers
normally earned- from 700 to 3,000 zlotys per month.
13. Administrative personnel received a minimum wage o
600 zl
t
f approxi
mately
o
ys per month. Maximum wage scales were no
t known t
o source.
14. Technical engineers averaged 1,420 zlotys per mont
bonuses resulting from increased roductiob, ns a
avers ed 2
500
h plus ad
rtmental
ditional
directors
,
21ot er month
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15. The convicts were classified into nine groups for
simila
t
pay r
ses
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r
o the non-production workers, but
pay scales were a
roxi
t
,
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ma
ely 15% less than ose
workers
(E
o non-pr
oduction
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xact figures were not known
convicts were
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only about 30% of their wages,
70% was ded
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Worker Morale and Facilities
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16. The workers were not particularly dissati find
working conditions and pay scales. They were presswithed une factory's
production
lagged and they were required to work at least several hours daily
during the latter part of 'the month in order to meet or increase
their monthly production,
17. The best workers were the former convicts, who weip retained as
civilian workers after they had served their risor', sentence at
the factory. The were considered well-trained and
disciplined.
18. Departmental heads, foremen,and master workers were required to
attend factory meetings about three ti
mss a week. These meetings
lasted several hours and were in the nature of either political and/or
factory production discussions. A general workers' meeting was held
at least twice a month where topics similar to those discussed
at the meetings attended by the foremen and master workers were
discussed.
19. Transportation was provided free of charge to the workers residing
in towns and villages distant from the factory. Whenever meetings'
were held, the workers were given free transportation to a central
point from which they had to pay for transportation to their homes.
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20. A workers' hotel which housed about 300 workers was located near
the hotel facilities were extre
l
me
y poor, food was bad,
and
that the room were poorly heated. Hotel rates were
considered reasonable by the workers.
21. The factory had a medical and dental dispensary and probablv
provided free medical and dental care to the workers
Security
prison iUUU 1 rj.a1 guards,
p guards, and one company of Internal Security Corps (1BW
troops comprised the f actorv ~ s security force /
towers, w -
is were conatrcted on top of~ t
the concretebwalla -
ing the factory' surround
s installations. Additional KBW trop s w ousted
at various intervals outside the walls.
sentry was armed with a carbine while on auty. each
23. Members of the nationalized Industrial Guards (Straz Przemyslowa)
were posted at the entrances leading into the factory. Their
primary duty appeared to be limited to the checking of workers'
pauses
Industrial
.
Guard sentries wore dark gray uniforms and
source believed
7 were armed with carbines.
24. Prison guards wearing dark gray uniforms and armed with carbines
were posted at various points inside the walls which surrounded
the convicts' billets. They were also posted at installations
where the convicts worked.
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or Public Security was responsible for security P checks of employyees,
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factory documents, sketches, and drawings of vehicles, as well as
being responsible for sabotage, internal and external security of
the entire factory, and safeguarding the annrtnaylmatply 3,000 convict
wnrlrn '
Military Commission #82
26. Polish Military Commission #82 was attached to the State Automobile
Paetor at
J
y
elcz for the purpose of inspecting the materials and
equipment being utilized in the construction and assembly of
prototypes and vehicles intended for military use to see that they
adhered to the military's technical requirements. In addition,
this military commission accepted the finished prototypes and
assembled vehicles and consigned them to various military units.
Street in Warsaw. , o ees on Nowy Swint
.. a -- .7uvvs.-ultJaUa LAJ Ulle
Motor Transport Branch of Service which had ffi
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28. Military Commission #82 consisted of about 15. Polish military
offioers, Who appeared to have an engineering background but
belonged to various branches of the service. The or affic
was a lieutenant 25X1
this position called for the ran of
00 one a ran o these offioers ran ed from warrant officer
to lieutenant.
29?
Ithe
Motor Transport Branch of Servioe,
Warsaw, oontained a Department #1
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