RECONSTRUCTION PLAN OF THE EAST GERMAN OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION (FERNMELDEBAUAMT) IN EAST BERLIN

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• Publication Date: October 26, 1959
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S-E-C-R-E-T
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Reconstruction Plan of.the East
G ezman Office of Communications
Construction (Fernmeldebauamt)
in East Berlin
kr aua.. ..?.r~'M ,
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
DATE DISTR.y
NO. PAGES 2..
REFERENCES F_
Reconstruction.Plan.of.the East German.Office of-Communications
Construction (Fernmeldebauamt - FBA)
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1965, are included for the developmr.nt of gross production and facilities,
funds, available for the FBA reconstruction plans, FBA labor force totals,fl1
number of personnel. An.increase of 30% in telephone facilities %~ O
1965 (over the 1960 status) is planned, and an increase in industrial
production of 144% during the same period. Tabulations.by year, 1958 -
1. During the Seven-Year Plan, the FBA is to bring about an increase in
2. The FBA reconstruction program. involves
mobile construction. units. Tabulations
during 1960, 1962, and 1963 are given.
Cable maintenance and tests
ing is to be expanded. The
hauled.
a greater use of.vehicles and ,~ ---"
of service trucks to be acquired (-~
are to be emphasized; compressed-air
cable networks are to be.expanded.and
test-.
test-
over
.the industrial RFT (radio and telecommunications equipment production
.enterprises of the Electrotechnical Department of the State Planning
Commission) plants for the utilization of the Department "D" personnel
at assembly sites in the installation of motor selectors, etc.1
Office~of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications) will consult with
The FBA is to be responsible for training administrative personnel and
.for transferring assembly workers to Department "D" of-the FBA; the BPF
(Bezirk Post- and Fe rnmeldeamt - District Post and Telecommunications
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In order to increase work productivity of.the production workers, the
Seifert method is to be introduced throughout the technical departments
of the FBA.
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The most important tasks of communications
During the 7-Year Plan, development in communications will be characterized
by the following important factors:
a) The providing of the required capacities and the creation of operational
conditions necessary for handling the enormously increasing volume of traffic,
for improving the quality of communications and for satisfying to the greatest
extent possible the needs of the economy and of the people, particularly with
respect to telephone connections.
b) The greatest possible increase of labor productivity in order to
handle the growing capacities with an ever decreasing number of personnel, and
in order to accomplish the planned reduction of net costs.
(-jean meide,,ce.u. czmt)
The FBAA(Office of Communications Construction) is to bring about the
increased capacities with an ever decreasing number of personnel through
operational and organizational measures, innovator methods, small-scale
mechanization and well-planned investments.
On the basis of the considerable boon in the national economy, and the
accessibility of telephone connections, an increase of facilities of about
30 percent (1965 over 1960) is calculated. Of this, communications traffic
will account for a growth of more than 26 percent. Primarily because of the
increasing investments, industrial production by 1965 could amount to 144
percent of the 1960 figure.
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Development of Gross Production and Facilities
Total in millions
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
13.1
12.0
10.6
12.5
12.7
13.8
18.0
19.8
The following funds are available for the reconstruction plans of the FBA
within the framework of the 7-Year Plan:
(in thousand DM)
Year
Maintenance
Expansion
Total
1958
500.0
4,600.0
5,100.0
1959
200.0
4,200.0
4,400.0
1960
200.0
3,800.0
4,000.0
1961
200.0
5,600.0
5,800.0
1962
200.0
5,800.0
6,000.0
1963
1,200.0
5,800.0
7,000.0
1964
5,300.0
6,100.0
11,400.0
1965
4,300.0
8,900.0
13,200.0
The number of personnel employed will be as follows:
1958
1,021 persons employed
1959
1,003
--
1960
1,002 "
It
1961
1,000
it
1962
999 "
it
1963
999
1964
998 ~-
~-
1965
998 --
it
Thus 25---]fewer persons will be employed in 1965 than in 1958.
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Work Force / Work Productivity /
Balancing the Work Force
1.
Work force: 1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1.1
Total employed (including
apprentices) 1012
1003
1002
1000
999
999
998
998
1.11
Total female employees 175
162
160
160
160
160
160
160
1.2
Production workers 545
530
518
518
518
518
518
518
1.21
Female production workers 42
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
1.3
New enlistment of
apprentices according to
most important trades 41
26
25
30
26
25
25
30
2.
3.2
3.21
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Work productivity
of production
workers
Hour index: 24064
22753
20622
24139
24651
26830
34855
38268
Per person:
2702
2767.
2763
2793
2813
2847
2897
Sources of
required labor:
finished appren-
2
tices
18
-
32
37
24
23
27
4
3.22 college and trade
school graduates 1 2 - - 5 5 5 5
3.23 new enlistment of
youths who left 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
school in the plan
year (or apprentices)
3.24 Total sources of
required labor: 34 17 47 52 44 43 47 44
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The Development of Main Stations
The following development is provided in the 7-Year Plan:
Increase in Average time Accessory Required
Year Number of for erection installation Labor
Main Stations of a main (hours) Force
station,
extension
station
(hours)
1958 4,300
1959 3,000
1960 2,300
1961 3,000
1962 3,500
1963 4,500
1964 4,500
1965 5,600
7 4 74
7 4 68
7 4 65
6.5 4 67
6.5 3.5 66
6 3.5 65.7
3.5 65
5.5 3.5 64
Total value
of sub-
scriber
installa-
tions
(million
DM)
1.4
1.23
1.214
1.232
1.239
1.239
1.238
1.239
In the construction of telephone stations, this development is supposed to
be achieved by the following measures:
Through the well-planned use of vehicles in the construction of
telephone stations, conditions will be established for the reduction of
travel time to a minimum, and thus bring about a considerable increase in
productivity.
Thus future plans for the erection of a main station will call fur an
average of only 6.5 hours for 1960 (instead of 7.0 hours), only 6.0 hours for
1961 and 1962, and for 1963 and 1964, and only 5.5 hours for 1965.
This development applies also for the erection of extension stations,
private extension stations, and tie lines.
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Completely motorized facilities will also be available for the construction
of telephone stations during 1961-1963. Moreover, the introduction of the
adhesive method will considerably reduce the average production period per
unit. The use of percussion boring machines will also contribute to the
increased work productivity.
5 Yard Maintenance
One important factor in further yard maintenance is the decrease of
personnel and maintenance operations per terminal area (use of Seifert method
and maximum material economy).
In the year 1959, each terminal area will still require 82 production hours
and 404.- DM, and 2,970 terminal areas will be maintained.
The goal must be to be able, by 1963, to overhaul one terminal area with
an average of 70 production hours and 330.0 DM. Here too, the figures can be
reduced considerably by the use of percussion drilling machines and the use
of adhesives.
C, Reconstruction of Outside Plant Facilities at Telephone Exchanges
In the period 1961-1965, 60 million DM will be provided for the reconstruction
of outside plant facilities at telephone exchanges; of this amount, 12 million
DM will be alloted to Berlin as follows:
1963 1964 1965
1.0 5.2
5.8
The funds will be spent primarily for the reconstruction of the exchange.
These measures are expected to:
a) bring the exchange into agreement vdth the proscribed attenuation
factor;
b) erep1ace old exchange and network cable, the sheathing of which
is too weak to support compressed-air tests;
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c) change manholes which
1. must remain in traffic lanes (to 60-ton capacity),
2. have poor accessibility;
d) combine several low-capacity cables to high-capacity cables, in
order to avoid enlargement of ducts;
e) make use of combined ductwork; and
f) replace cable lengths under 25 meters.
Brigades of Linemen
The authorized use of trucks (complete mechanization is planned) in the
main areas requires the prompt training of sufficient production personnel as
truck drivers, since these vehicles belong to the permanent equipment of the
work detail.
To increase further the work productivity and to make fault location easier
and quicker, while improving the work organization at the same time, six
testing bridges will be used in 1960, and an additional six in 1962. This
will free ten linemen in 1960, and ten additional linemen in 1962, for more
important work on the reconstruction program. These measures are of particular
importance, since there is little possibility of hiring new linemen and young
helpers through the introduction of the 10th class of polytechnic instruction
and the extension of the study period. There is a possibility, however, that
the constantly increasing capacity of subscriber installations will result in
a greater number of disturbances, which would require the services of the
linemen who will be relieved from regular work in 1962.
d?' HKE fAuxiliary Cable Detail
The establishing of cable-advancing details is of great importance for
increasing work productivity in the cable-drawing teams. It is assumed that
the amount of cable required will be available, and that these cable-advancing
details will be mechanized.
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The Diesel "Ameise" to be delivered in the fall of this year will be
ye
put at the disposal of this construction team.
Responsible for-organization: Engel
Target date: immediately following the deliver of the truck (Diesel "Ameise")
Responsible for material supply: Feick.
Compressed-air Tests and Manhole Maintenance
In the discussion, emphasis was placed on the reduction of production hours
and unit costs, in regard to compressed-air tests and manhole maintenance
during the 7-Year Plan.
Provisions have been made for the. maintenance of 3,700 cable manholes
plus 8,000 distribution boxes (total 11,700 objects) with an average of four
hours and 26.0 DM per object.
During 1959, compressed-air tests will be run on 1,268 kilometers of
exchange cable (89%) and 176.7 kilometers of network cable (33%). For these
tests, 75 production hours and 332.0 DM are authorized for each kilometer.
For the 7-Year Plan, emphasis must be put on the further reduction of
cost per test, particularly with regard for the introduction of one additional
mobile compressed-air installation and one statiomry compressed-air
installation in the VStW-65 exchange during 1959. The same funds must, in
accordance with regulations, be sufficient to provide a yearly testing of all
(100%) exchange cable, and at least 33% of the network cable.
In order to reduce the probability of breakdown in the cable network, and
to reduce the number of personnel employed, a complete reconstruction of the
available stationary compressed-air installations will be necessary. By the
year 1965, stationary compressed-air installations of the same type as the
one at the VStW-65 exchange must be constructed at the following tandem central
# fVStW = dial central office7
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(for 50 cables) :
VStW-20
VStW-22
VStW-27
VStW-42
VStW-44
VStW-48
VStW-51
VStW-53
VStW-55
VStW-56
VStW-5g
VStw-63
VStW-Friedrichsfelde
VStW-Adlershof
(total: 14 compressed-air
installations)
After 1963 the required investments will be made for replacements.
At the present time, 40 persons are being employed in the compressed-air
testing. The effectiveness of these measures will allow 50% of the personnel
to be released for other work.
Short feed pipes with check valves must be obtained in order to prepare
the cable installations which terminate in VStW-42.
Inside the VStW-42 exchange, the next compressed-air installation will be
set up according to the Lancier system. Preparations will require the procurement
of 1,000 short feed pipes with check valves (for all cables).
Responsible: Atzenroth
Target date for procurement: immediately
Overhead Cable
By 1960 there will still be 95.0 kilometers of overhead cable in Berlin.
There is no intention of providing the usual special funds for the transfer
of overhead cable to underground.
Future work in this area will be in accordance with the following demands:
During the period 1961-1963, the replacement of overhead cable will be
on the same scale as in the period 1959-1960; the rate of replacement will be
increased during the period 1964-1965. This is not to be carried out as a
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princi pal replacement, but rather assumes a high susceptibility to trouble for
the cable (fair-weather cable).
In all other cases, the replacement is to be postponed until the
4th Five-Year Plan.
The GR Cbasic reconstructio7 of of -lines / ines at exchanges must
amount to 17% of the total line network per year in the period 1961-1965.
However, no work is to be done on those lines which are scheduled to be
cabled. The stability of these lines, however, must be guaranteed until the
dismantling is done.
Responsible: Department head C-S (C-south)
Target date: continuous
Central Office Construction
As far as the construction of central offices is concerned, the primary
task lies in the continuance and improvement of the work on toll-dialing traffic
and the erection of two-wire stations (GA).
The following sums are available for the 7-Year Plan period for technical
conversions,:,.including toll-dialing traffic:
(in thousand DM)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
710.0
710.0
710.0
710.0
615.0
545.0
From the above it is clear that Department D will be called on to perform
special tasks in the future, for example expanded construction of central
offices, motor selectors and crossbar switching techniques, and adjustments, etc.
In order to accomplish the task at hand, it is necessary that the
construction of central offices be expanded from 3 to 4 FMB (communications
construction firms), and that FMB-Neumann be expanded from 15 to 18 persons.
The management of the Office for Communications Construction (FBA) will
take the proper measures required for the training of administrative personnel,
the transfer of assembly workers from other departments to Department D, and
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the training of the latter at their new places of work. The BPF (Bezirk
Administration for Postal Affairs and Telecommunications) will consult with
RFT (Radio- and Telecommunications Engineering) on the extent to which
Department D personnel can be assigned to assembly sites for the installation
of motor selectors, etc.
Responsible: (for the direction of personnel) TL
Target date: continuous
Responsible for consultations with RFT: Department F of BPF.
Power Supply
Some of the power supply equipment in the repeater stations is obsolete.
On the basis of future plans, BPF will decide which of these installations are
to be modernized and which are to be replaced by new installations. The basis
for such decision will be whether or not these installations can guarantee
satisfactory operation. Under no circumstances shall installations be replaced
simply because they do not comply with the most modern standards.
Responsible : Department D
Target date: continuous
As a result of the assumption of all the work on the supply of power in all
Bezirks in East Germany after 1960, it is absolutely necessary that a second
FMB (telecommunications construction firm) be established. The personnel for
this new organization must also be taken from other departments through transfer,
qualification, etc.
Department K
Within the framework of the 7-Year Plan and the associated reconstruction
of the plants under the DP (East German Post Office), increased activity on the
part of Department K is to be expected. According to the plan of the MPF
(Ministry of Postal Affairs and Telecommunications), this activity will involve
tests on both subscribers' cable and toll cable.
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a) in local traffic
Expansion and overhaul of the cable network (central office cable,
cable outside central offices, and distribution cable).
Creation of new subscriber units and the conversion of existing
HA Manual central office into GA 5wo-way station (two-wire telephone stations)
When two subscribers are engaging the main line of a party line, it is necessary
that a more rapid interference elimination be accomplished on the lower level.
b) in toll traffic
Expansion of the toll-line-, exchange-, and rural telephone
cable systems. On the nation-wide scale in the GDR, the expansion of the
toll-line cable network will be 60%, according to present plans. Assumption of
management of special networks (KO), maintenance and interference elimination
of others (power, waterways management). Increased work expenditure in the main-
ctenance:. f carrier-frequency cable (change from 40 volts to 60-120 volts and
initiation of coaxial-cable service).
Measures to be taken:
Regarding a) Conversion of the two existing exchange-cable measuring teams
into rapid-repair brigades (thus total of 6 rapid-repair rouble-shoote]
brigades). Assignment of the trouble-shooter teams far distribution-cable
to Department K, after providing them with proper measurement equipment
(BKV, page 32/33). A more rational operation will result from the assignment
of these teams to direction and control by the testing engineer of the
trouble-shooter brigade. Employment of the still unassigned personnel in the
testing of exchange cable. Elimination of check measurements through the
introduction of automatic compressed-air control. Equipping the exchange-cable
measuring teams with better fault-locating equipment (H&B test boards).
The KMK-54 [able test board 57 in its present form does not meet requirements.
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Regarding b) Elimination of the twice daily comprehensive control
measurements (at least twice every 3 hours in the future) through the
procurement of an automatically operating control device. Equipping the
testing teams for toll-line cable with better fault-locating equipment
(H&B units). Introduction of automatically indicating and recording devices
for the considerable AC measurements which must be made in the maintenance ,~of
carrier-frequency and coaxial cable.
The realization of the above measures would not, for the time being,
require an increase of personnel.
Responsible for instrument procurement: TL
Responsible for organization: K
Responsible for assignment of free personnel: KL
Target date: immediately.
/w, Access to motorized equipment
The 7-Year Plan provides for the mechanization of all communications areas
of the FBA.
After all trucks have been received, the combined master areas of
departments C-north and C-south are each to be equipped with two telephone
station construction trucks and two ELkw Ze-lectric truck for the VKL Ltrunk
cable. ~
The telecommunications construction areas are to receive the following
trucks, either as additional equipment or as replacements for obsolete or
unsuitable vehicles :
Telephone station construction trucks (Barkas) with driver for two work
groups = 4 persons or one complex brigade or tractor-trailer without driver
for each work group = 2 persons
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1960
1962
1963
C32
1
C21
1
C20
1
C34
1
C 23
1
C30
1
C36
1
C24
1
C31
1
C 31
1
C 34
1
C 35
1 (replacement)
Electric Trucks with production worker as driver
1960
1962 1
963
B 15
2, with trailer
1 (replacement)
B 16
2, with trailer
B 17
2, with trailer
C 20
1.
1 (replacement)
C 21
2
1
C 22
1
1
C 23
1
1
C 24
1
1
C 30
-
1
C 31
-
1 (replacement)
C 32
-
1 (replacement)
C 33
1 (replacement)
-
C 34
2
-
C 37
-
-
D 44
-
1
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In the deliberations of the telecommunications areas on the reconstruction
plans, attention must also be given to the advantageous and rational use of the
new trucks, so that the greatest possible efficiency will be achieved.
Responsible: Departments B to D
Target date: immediately.
Work Productivity
An overall and steady increase in the living standard of all the people in
East Germany presupposes the continuous rise of labor productivity through
mechanization and the use of the newest and most advanced working methods.
The increase of work productivity in communications construction, for
example in the mechanization of the telecommunications areas and associated
saving of travel time, is not always directly reflected in an increase of the
output plan or in the improvement of the results of operations, since, in this
case, work productivity is measured in relation to production hours in accordance
with Plan 52. The conversion of unproductive travel time into periods of
productive work, however, is of utmost importance, since, in these periods,
new values will be created to increase the national wealth.
The 1965 goal for increased work productivity, in relation to production
hours according to Plan 52, is an average norm fulfillment of 160% for wage
earners under the Office for Communications Construction (1959 = 148.1%).
This means a yearly increase of norm fulfillment per master area of 2%.
This goal can be reached, if the work organization is improved and all lost
time is eliminated according to the Seifert method.
The possibility of a greater increase of work productivity in this area,
corresponding to the already mentioned results, is slight. For this reason,
another important item on the agenda of the production consultations regarding
the reconstruction plans must be the improvement of the quality of the work
performed. Particular attention must be paid to the check by the FM OoremanJ.
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One essential factor in the improvement of work productivity is the use
of the Seifert method. This method of revealing periods of lost time and
holdups is therefore to be a subject of discussion in the deliberations of
all areas.under technical foremen. The Seifert method is soon to be introduced
in additional branches of communications construction.
The administration of the Office of Communications Construction is to take
measures to guarantee that the technical departmert s A, B, D, and K be included
among those operating according to the Seifert method.
Responsible: Departments A-K
Target date: continuous
Control: chief A
Measures resulting from suggestions of colleagues
Suitable trailers are required for the transporting of manhole covers.
Such trailers are not available at present. The best type for the purpose is
a two-axel low-slung flat-bed trailer. Negotiations are to be made with the
proper delivery firms for the manufacture of such trailers.
Responsible:. Departments C-N
Target date for the preparatory work: 30 Sep 1959
Cooperation between FSA not further identified and FBA with respect to
line circuits (switch-observation room) must be essentially improved. This
applies particularly in the case of new installation of stations for the
purpose of avoiding delays. Following agreement between the FBA and FSA,
the circuits, after testing, are to be switched free by the switch maintenance
foreman. The arrangement of central interference-elimination stations is to be
checked to see that, in the future, delays will be avoided in the testing of
connections.
Responsible : TL
Target date: immediately.
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For the purpose of improving operations in the construction of telephone
stations, the use of adhesives is to be introduced. The adhesive material to
be delivered must comply with specifications during the assembly. Likewise,
new dowels are to be used in future telephone station construction.
Responsible for procurement : Atzenroth
Target date: 1 August 1959
Future installation of communications equipment in buildings made up of
prefabricated concrete sections will involve difficulty with respect to boring
through the walls and ceilings. The proper boring tools with sufficient hardness
are lacking; the drilling machines now available are not satisfactory.
The proper electrical drilling machines must be procured; they nut be
operated without body contact. Satisfactory drill bits must also be procured.
Responsible: DStL 7/-
Target date for procurement with assistance of AfM /Office of Machine
Building 27: immediately.
It was discovered that, as a result of construction alterations, for
example Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse, garage areas cannot be utilized at present.
This condition must be alrbviated. In addition, the possibility of building
tow-shelters as rain shelters for trucks must be exploited more in the future.
Garages with structural alterations must be able to be used again as
garages. The construction of tow-shelters at individual support points is to
be investigated, and the building work started.
Responsible : chief of FBA
Target date: 31 Oct 1959.
Within the FBA, mutual aid has often been successful in dealing with
production difficulties which have arisen. In order to guarantee Socialist
assistance within the FBA, departments A-D. K and 7/- are to organize joint
work groups for the purpose of eliminating any difficulties which might arise.
Responsible: chief, A/FBA
Target date: immediately.
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The improvement of work dis cipline is a definite prerequisite for any
improvement in work productivity and quality in communications construction.
A large part is played by a change of mental attitude on the part of the
assembly workers. Ccmnpetition is a further means of improving the quality
of work, the morale of the workers, and the work productivity.
The administrative personnel of FBA must contribute more than before to the
improvement of work discipline in a Socialistic sense and through suitable
organizational measures.
Responsible : A-K
Target date: continuous
Control: chief, A
General information for all areas
Experiences of recent years have shown that the division of annual leave
by quarters in the amounts 7%, 39%, 42%, and 12%, respectively, is extremely
unfavorable to the execution of the plan and thus to the fulfillment of the
quarterly plan.
More uniform production in all branches of industry is a necessary
prerequisite to a steady and consistent development of the national economy.
Even FBA depends on the production of delivering firms and the communications
traffic needs of society. For this reason, the production process must not be
allowed to retard greatly in certain quarters (I and IV), but must be uniform.
The consultations regarding the 7-Year Plan must therefore include a
discussion of a redistribution of annual leave in the quarter-year periods,
based on the following suggestion:
I. II. III. IV.
15% 30% 35% 20%
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In this matter it must be remembered that each year, during the first and
fourth quarters, the FDGB offers favorable possibilities for vacations and
recreation.
Responsible : FM
Target date: immediately
Control: department chiefs, A-D
Qualification
In the production consultations and work discussions of the master areas
and offices, suggestions along the following lines are expected in regard to
the year 1960 and the 7-Year Plan period:
1. Training of testing technicians toward qualification as engineers.
Required preparatory work will incur course work at the public secondary school
in mathematics, electrical engineering, and social science.
2. Training of workers toward qualification as foremen (masters).
3. Announcement of courses for preparation toward qualification as
communications assemblyman (upon successful completion of examination).
4. Training of personnel as truck drivers. (Younger persons in TB, TSb,
FAbtL and FM could be trained as drivers, so that they could drive themselves
on any necessary inspection trips and thus dispense with the now necessary
engagement of a special driver.)
5. Participation in evening courses in cable soldering and welding;
participation in evening courses in telephone station construction and
communications engineering.
6. Announcement of participation in union courses, etc.
Responsible : Departments L and KL
Target date: continuous
Control: TL
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Measures for the Improvement of Work Safety, Health, and Social and Cultural
Facilities
The improvement of work safety and health conditions is another way to
increase work productivity. Good conditions at workers' stations, good medical
care, protection against accidents, regular plant inspections by the safety
inspector and plant physician, and the delivery of proper fire-fighting equipment
all guarantee satisfactory working conditions.
The monthly safety orientation lectures must be supervised. The checking
of individual work stations by the safety inspector must be guaranteed according
to the control plan. The delivery of satisfactory fire-fighting equipment must
be checked by quality control.
Responsible : ASI
Target date: continuous
Control: chief, A
The following measures are either planned or carried cut by the master
(foreman) areas, offices, or shops:
a) Health
Franzoesische Strasse:
1960
Improvement of illumination in rooms 104,
200, 201, 202 and renovation of the rooms
(provided according to FSA in the plan).
The outside wall of the washroom in the
Wuest foreman area is to be insulated.
Hot-water tank to be installed.
C 35
1960
two wash basins needed
Woehlerstrasse
1960
hot-water tank for platform III
C 34
1959
The FSA washroom has been damaged by the
installation of a hot-water tank (from
FBA). FSA demands immediate repair.
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1960
Woehlerstrasse
1961
b) Working conditions
C 25
1959
Department B
1960
1961
1963
1960
C 23
1960
C 21
23
1960
25
26
A wooden cabinet is needed for a
self-supporting lavatory basin
The fire-escape is to be made safe for use.
a second team of linemen like that of
FM C 25, so that the linemen will have a
sufficient head start on the yard
maintenance men (possibly combined group);
one crew bus for 20 passengers and one
crew truck for material and instruments
are required;
2 crew trucks for material and instruments;
1 crew truck for material and instruments;
one electric truck required;
one electric truck required; driver works
with crew;
reclassification of construction planing,
of the line, and possibly even of the
circuit monitoring, considered urgent;
Woehlerstrasse 1962 stairways and elevators to be painted;
c) Cultural and social
Department C-south 1960 windows still have to be painted and
trimmed in certain buildings and in the
typing room of the master areas;
K and Woehlerstrasse 1959/60 these large buildings require, for
ceremonial occasions, the necessary
equipment to provide coffee for 50 persons
in Department K, and for 100 persons in
Department D;
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K 1963
1960
Woehlerstrasse 1961
C 35 1960
C 30 1960
C 31 1960
C 37 1960
C 30 1960
K 1960/61
Franzoesische Strasse
C 21
C 25
C 31
one two-burner electric stave
10 containers, each for 3 liters of tea
one radio set
one bulletin board
one bulletin board
two desks
one desk
one desk
two pictures for wall
In honor of the tenth anniversary of the German Democratic Republic,
the associates in most of the foreman areas and offices have pledged themselves
to special obligations.
The intent ion is not only to fulfill the 1959 plan ahead of schedule, and
to overfulfill it, but also to support the 7-Year Plan of our government.
Pledges
C 21 The associates in these areas have given their pledge to paint
C 25
C 26 their own hand trucks and lineman trucks and to keep them in repair.
C 26 The girls in the typing pool are willing to clean their own office
in order to make up for the lack of charwomen.
Dept At Eberswalder Strasse the typists have saved about 500.0 DM
C-North
by putting up their own window curtains. Other areas at C-N are to
follow'.this good example.
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Dept
C-South
A Socialistic work group has been formed by the three
employees of the Engineers School for Heavy Machine Building and
Electrical Engineering and comrades Breul, Raddatz and Heinze of
FBA for the purpose of constructive cooperation in the area of
suggestions and inventions.
FM Wuest This area has pledged itself, in honor of the 10th
anniversary, to paint and varnish the furniture in the B-10
employees' room and in the lamp maintenance room.
All hands promise to give special care to the tools,
protective clothing, uniforms, and to achieve 80% fulfillment of
the annual plan by the 10th anniversary of the GDR.
B 10 From these areas, 11 employees have announced that they will
B 12
C 32 participate in youth competitions.
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A statistical analysis of the submitted pledges on the occasion of the
10th Anniversary of the GDR shows the following:
All points in the above outline for the 7-Year Plan are to be discussed
in detail in the production consultations and operations discussions, and the
results of these discussions, together with any additional pertinent information
regarding these points, are to be recorded in the minutes.
In this reconstruction plan, the measures and methods are established,
by means of which the individual problems can be treated and solved.
This reconstruction plan is not in final, fixed form; it will be
expanded continuously through suggestions and improvements
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