ECONOMIC

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250750-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 750
• Publication Date: September 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC EPOR"i
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COON rRY Polaad
SUBJECT Economic
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw
DATE
PUBLISHED 23 Aug 1949
LANGUAGE Polish
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SOURCE TrDunaLudu, No 231.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1949
DATE DIST.,X Sep 1949
. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The PM (State Building Contractors for Transportation) embraces five large
and basically independent economic units very imp'taat to the developwoat of
the national econAtay.
Their task is to build new railroad lines, develop junctions, build and
repair roads, insure efficient operation. or the transportation system by
establiahiig well equipped varkehope, regulate rivers, build tanks, dame, water-
ways and canals, electrify railroads, etc.
The Six Year Plan of the PPRS is very impresaive. The aritiwsted inc,.ease
in production Is greater than 1ri Elm,! other branch of indus;.ry. Compared with
1949, the percentage of growth is 654, while in the ocher branches of produc-
tion it reaches only 300.
To accomplish this task, each PPRK enterprise suet becesao a strong econuU c
unit. The problem of reorganization needed for their development must there-
fore be considered.
Thu reorganization of the PPRK compriees th1. following:
1. Strict specialization among enterprises tad specialization of functions
within each unit;
2. Total centralization in the assignment of work to various enterprises;
3. Decentrali-ation of operations.
Thiq w`11 partially solve the problem of *r? 1. k of trained worknre since the
the workers of.each enlterprioe will ba.cArrying out. only. one,definad.operatioa. It will
unite the PPRK into one efficient economic organization. Each of the five unite
will have its own production plan and will *_e in a better position t& control
the execution of the plan.
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1" L._ 1'1_b; ub;,u 1, iQ l.ilu,ue:.d: a ..i udw ?mileOaa Lines will be
built, the Warsaw and the Gorny Slask functions will be rebuilt and developed,
more than 3,000 ki.ometere of roads will be resurfaced, 1,200 kilometers of
railroad lines will be electrified, bridges, ports, and airfields All be re-
built, river beds will be regulated, etc.
Since one of the basic requirements of the plan is increased mechanization
of production, the first and most Important requisite for achievement is the
acquisition of a force of well trained workers and technicians familiar with
modern methods.
In construction and assembly, the value of annual production per worker in
19~15 will be increased 57 percent over 1949; in the production of gravel and
crushed atone it will increase 30 percent.
Increased output and the almost complete changeover to piecework (85 - 90
percent) will result in an average increaeeof 40 percent in wages.
Training courses for workers in all trades will be organized with special
attrition to the type of work performed by each group. In addition, a force of
workers must be organized on a permanent basis, not seasonal or casual as was the
case previously. Considering the peculiar character of the PP-M work (many weeks
and even months spent away from home) it is imperative to create satisfactory
conditions for the workers in the work areas. Living quarters must be considered,
along with special attractions to compensate for the separation from the family.
The construction season should be extended from 200 days to at least 250 days a
yesx, and year-round employment should be provided. In all divisions, the social
program should be developed.
The last and indispensible requisite for maintaining a steady, well-trained,
and well paid force is mass shop compat.tlon.' The beatrind most capable workers
should be advanced to supervisory gobs with less hesitation than was the case
previously.
The supply problem is equally important. Since the work of PPRK Is dispersed
throughout the country, the fo_lowing procedure should bs used: heavy materials
should not be roatcsd through the bases ovt should be sort directly to the build-
ing site; local materials found In the area should be -1-A tc the beat d'ent
expansive and scarce materials should bb replac3d with subetituteb which are equally
effective.
The ratio of installed machinery to labor force will increase in the atx-year,
period from 0.38 horsepower per worker in 1949 to 0.75 horsepower per worker In
1955. W1t3. caapiete mechanization, the PPRK will be converted from a service
enterprise
Mast imxr;rtent to the c-_iapijcion of the plan Ise the mobilization of the 16,G00
workers. ?".h1. number will increase almost fourfold within the six-year period.
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