New Britain herald., 1924-04-18
LABOR DRAFTING
 PROVES A SUCCESS
Bulgaria's Experiment in Getting
 Man Power Is a Success

Sofia. April 1S.-The third year o
 Bulgaria's experiment in conscripting
 man-power for purposes of production
 instead of military service is ending
 with large profit to the state. it i: shown by figures just submitted.
 The conscription of labor of every kind on a national scale was intro- duced and put into effect by Alexander Stanboulisky in April, 1921. Its pur- poses. as defined by act of parlia ment, were to utilize the labor power of the state for public purposes. to inculcate Tn all citizens the duty of doing sery- ice to the state, and to elevate the status of physical labor.
 All departments of the public serv- ice, with some forms of enterprise generally regarded as private, were included in the field of operations Of the first ''cass," or conscription Of laborers instead Of soldiers. Among them was road building. railroad con- struction, aqueducts, canals. irriga- ton, production of building materials. including lumber and bricks. tailor ing, shoemaking, fisheries, mining. telegraph and telephone construction. forestry, livestock raising, vegetable gfareding and fruit raising.
 The labor eonseripts. or 'trudo- walks" IS they are designated, are also available for fighting fires. floods, epidcmics (by sanitatioD and public calamities Of all sorts that can be comhated by physical effort, rein forced by technical skill.
 The law as originally passed, ap- piled to females of the age eorre- spending to the military age" Of men, but as the provision for female labor proved ineffective 1t was discon- tnued.
 Under the stambonllsky rogime the conscript army, about 30,o00 men in the first year, operated. in the opinion Of experts, as the principal force re- maining to Bulgaria under the treaty Of Neuilly of maintaining national dis cipline. the principal manifestation of which in all the other Balkan states is obligatory military service.
 When the Tsankolf government took over the machinery of state last June, il was seen by the now admin istration thataas carried out by the Stamboulisky regime. the national conscription of labor was inenieicntly conducted. IL was immediately reeog- niZed, however as valuable asset If more capably managed, and tho sys- tcmatic improvement Of the labor army was immediately taken inahand. .
 The leakages were gradully stopped ! and the improvement of the service ] on those lines IS continuing as the be- i ginning of it's fourth year approaches. 1
 The practical application of con- script labor to public improvements of i many kinds was shown recently hy the introduction in parliament of bills appropriating money and num- i bers of'nnits of labor to enterprises . Tor the public benefit in various parts of the country.
 One of these bills provided for S,00n,000 ieva and l.500 conscript la- borcrs for the construction of wa ter supply system near Ploydiy.
 In the preliminary report issue last month, fl is shown that Bulgarias army or labor after earning all its expenses and paying for all Its raw materials. has nctted prof In all departments of i77,5247I9 1evB.
 The "trudovaks' arc uniformed in dark gray with puttces of the same .oor. and gray visored cap. The only thing approaching military exercise in heir daily life is the setting-up excr- .ises.
 All youth of the age corresponding Q the military arc subject to con- in the army of labor.