Evening star., 1951-09-09
Czech Reds Designate
Head Of New Drive 10
Spur Industry Output

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Havalka. He will have the job
of mobilizing and prodding Czec-
hoSlovakia'S reluctant white collar
workers, civil servants and crafts
men to plug up serious manpower
shortages in mining and heavy
industry.
Pokorny is Named.
Vaclac Pokorny was named head
of the new ministry for fuel and
power and DR.. Jan Bilek has
charge of the new ministry of
foundrieS and ore mines.
Czechoslovakia's Red govern
has several vice-primiers and each
usually heads some ministry. No
special ministry has been an
nounced yet for the Russian
trained Vice-Premier Slansky.
The British Foreign Office has
kept keen watch on the Prague
developments and made some
comments through a spokesman.
1t was particularly interested in
how Slansky was moved about.
After his removal from the party
post Thursday, the title of secre-
tary general was abolished and the
duties were taken over by Presi-
dent Gottwald, another Moscow
trained Red. SlanSky was reported
to be slated for another import
ant post-apparently the vice.
premiership he got.
Parallel Is Seen.
SlanSky long has been one of |
Moscow'S most trusted agents and
as vice-premier might still be a |
big red ruler.
A British Foreign Office source
thought there might be a parallel
in the case of former Russian for
eign minister VyacheSlav Molotov.
Molotov emerged stronger than
ever as a continuing vice premier |
after being replaced in the Moscow
foreign Office by Andrei VishinSky.
The CzechoSlovak shakeup be-
gan Thursday. The central COM
mittee of the communist party |
removed Slansky'S job, set up a
seven-man political secretariat,
and started the reorganization of
industry.
Gottwald heads the inner coun-
Gil Politburo, and Slansky is a
member.
Karel Cepicka, 42-year -old de-
fense minister, also is one of the
inner seven. He is a fanatic Com
muniSt and Son-in-law of Gott-
wald. He broke the power of the
Roman Catholic church in Czecho-
Slovakia when he was justice min /
lister and first minister for church
affairs; he purged the army and
rebuilt it Russian style.
Balicek was put on the central
committee and in the inner coun-
Gil but has been relieved as chair
man of the 14-man commission
running stubborn Slovakia prov
ince-with thanks for his work
there.
Others on Council.
Besides Gottwald, Balicek, Ce-
picka and Slansky, the inner
council includes Premier zapo-
tocky, Foreign Minister Vilem So
roxy and Jaromir Dolansky, Min
lister of State Planning, who
mapped out the industrial shake
up for the party session.
The cabinet in special session
Friday decreed the shakeup in
industry. The five new ministries
that grew out of the single abol-
ished heavy industry ministry are:
Fuel and power. foundries and
ore mines, chemicals. heavy en-
gineering and general engineer
ing.
Announcing the new setup un-
der the state control ministry,
Prague radio said:
I'm this way an efficient state
control will be established to reveal
determinedly and with full author
ity the causes of shortcomings and
prosecute the real offenders.
Factors in Shortage.
"The jurisdiction of the ministry
of state control will include all
sectors of the economy: all ma
tional, cooperative and other eco
nomic and administrative organs
as well as private persons dispos-
ing of means of production"
The manpower shortage has re-
suited fro ma combination of three
factors: stepping up the flve-year
plan to increase production for
Russian completion of the removal
of millions of Sudeten Germans
from Czechoslovakia, and the sui
len attitude of Czechoslovak work.
ers who resent being prodded to
produce for the hated SovietS.
SlanSky is still the mystery man
in the series of moves. The Prague
press intinated that he might be
in disgrace. 1t said the red central
committee had became conscious
of the warning experience of the
traitors Otto Sling, Maria Sver-
nova and Vlado Clements"
Three Were Arrested.
All three were arrested several
months ago on suspicion of favor
ing an Independent brand of COM
munism, like Tito's in Yugoslavia.
Slansky was sick when they were
arrested. Clements was foreign