THE MOBILIZATION OF DOMESTIC RESERVES PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SUPPLY OF MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR TRANSPORTATION.

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• Publication Date: May 31, 1949
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USSR
Transportation Office of the
ovict Military Adniniatration
31 May 1949
rierlin.
The mohiliztttion of darneritic reaervoa pxaye a: important role in
the supply of ~ruiterials required ror transportation. A correct economic
attitude in uaini" these dr ntie regorvet grid davir creme ~sb materials
will (flake it poaaibla to aritisfy tha defatnd of transportation , and in
loin,:; so the greater part of thece demands can be nit frau donestic
sourc(,s, x):rience chows that a gnat amount of inuturial, and partic-
ularly steel, was ascertained as the r'c~sult of tho ~nobiliration program
for domostic reserves in the ;second half of 194E3, Tht~sc~ rusurvee will
make it possible to carry out suecessfu1Ly the set obJnetivea as far as
the maintenance of vehicles and the transportation plan itself are con-
corned,
However, it is evident that the effort taken was insufficient,
Despite the fact that a number of directives were gent out, not enough
attention wad paid to tho mobilization of domestic re5ervea, and con-
tinuous, daily systematio. work was not initiated.
The transportation system has great araounte of material and equip-
ment available, for which there is no need in transportation and which
could be made available to.' other branches of industry in exchange for
needed materials. However, the Supply Department does not take sufficient
action to collect these surplus )materials. A great Mir m* of scrapped
and unusable vehicles are available, which are not made use of suffiw
ciently. There is a lack of the duty-inspired striving for thriftynese
,A) ' r~ '1 t.~,
in age materials. Work on creating a basie for self-production of
spare parts, small metal parts, materials, etc. is carried out at in-
y. r.
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sufficient speed.
In order to organize eyetstnstio and pli,r-nod work for the ~aobiUza-
ft J
tion of domostic raeervee I ,augeet +~I! you !~- carry out the foLLowing
ni(+aaurea in 1949:
A. Ita11wav TranelportaUof.
1. A1'tor consulting with the Tranaportation DCL*rtment ox` the
Soviet Military Adminitration, the traoka of the railroad spurs leading
to former military and dofanee inctnllation, as well ~+s those from
former railroad line and etatione need only infrequently, should be rew
moved and used for maintnnanco of the tracks of the main lines.
2. o kilomotorhoavy4ype tracker should lae removed from
infrequently used linee and exchanged for lighter type tracker The re-
moved tracks should then be used to replace the second tracke of the
main lines.
3. Pieces of rail and aiding, connecting piecee and other materi-
ale used in railroad construction should he collected at railway stations
and other 3torage places so tliey can be welded and proceseed again in
the workshops. The capacity of the rail-welding plants and siding; ahopa
in Berlin, Gotha, and other places, should be increased.
4. Railroad tied should be collected from the lines that have
been removed and a railroad-tie repair plant should be eat up.
5. Bridge Orders and T-bewne from sir etructuree on the
abbndoned lines should be put to uee.
6. In order to cut down on tho cement consumption, cornent should
be replaced by lime in masonry work and in non-support conetructione;
also concrete used for building foundations should be reputed by free
stone and brick masonry.
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The rnanui"acture of ndle from old wire and of rivote iron old
bolts le to be orj aniued.
r'htI t,quiputit t of i inalling and 1ong_ctistanae warning instel-
and the cables on the lines and in the atatione arm to 1* collected
lstione
and ueed for reconstructiofyu.
9. 1ui )ping of central workshops for long-4icit1tnce warning in-
etallationa should ba concluded.
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10Y 3eventY ubnuleto loc xnotiveo ryhould be diawueOmW'Stk and the
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parts anct ~nutorinl i yr!' than chuuld be u-ed Cur loconotivo repuir work.
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11. (ta of 1 July 1949 new standarde of usae for basic raateriale
should be instituted.
12. The csupplomontSry caanuf acture of antall anotal parts and tools
should be organized in central locations, which should snake uae of Est u-
fag re scrap and used parts.
13. with the introduction of new fuel usage standards per unit,
improvemernt of the therrnal-technical condition, sand full uaa~fe of louo-
motivos at lvaet five per cent of fuel per unit should be saved.
3.2+ Forty locomotives should be rebuilt for coal-duat burning in
This will reoult in fuel savings and the uee of low-quality coal.
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15.
r In order to study the poesibilities t4e-e V. cy1inder-oi1,
action should be taken to organize the production of emulsified oil in
two of the most important maintenance plants of the Zone, so that in
1950 lubrication by meane of emulsified oil cen be carried through on
a broad ecale.
16. Within two months the possibility bb replace' nonwf'erroue
rnetala by ferrous metals should be clarified and an exchange order work*4
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out.
17? The full utili ation of the foundrsee in the railrod
repair
Plante should be examined and their output ineie rj by improved
work
organs: ation,
lg. Maohinewtoo1e j' not, in use, or unusable, are to be eollec
ted,
repaired, and reconditioned in a centrally located pace io that they
can be put to use again in the tranpor'tutiori departcnent.
19. In order to decroaee the consumption of wood the constr
uc t ion
of wood-drying plants in railroad rdprtir plunta in Pcbdwn bra 1deb
~ urg,
Schoenewaida, 1r~boruwuide, Chernnitz, Zwickau, and Cottbue should be con...
eluded by 1 Aug 1949. Tha wood-drying ,plants in Gotha Jenu Dresden,
andittenbrge+ are to 1~ put into oI)c~rutiori again
20. Fifty prisaonger care, 1200 freight care, and 10rbe
n
care, which have been declared ac obsolete, ehculd be di,-a-,~.?,,~,~, and
the metal and parts should by used -'or railrod-cr repair work
21, The capacity of the plant for the manufacture of small iron
parts in Brandenburg is to be increaevd.
22, Thc~ rolling works of the railroad repair plant iri Dresde
n
should be newly organized for the production of pure and madi ,
um_sized
rolled goods.
23. Regulations for declaring vehicles as obsolete should
be reM
written in order to lengthen their eervioeability,
24. In order to aafeguard the ue~able parts from the
obsolete locomotives and railroad-care special brigadee should be
1 organ-
ized in the maintenance plants and railroad rApnir4ha e. It is st
A ric try
forbidden to turn over the jobs of dis-~rni,r; vehiclee to firm
e or
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orgaMzaatione not o, nneotad with the railroad.
25. ;xioting; itandarde dealinwith he permissible usage of boo..
motive and railroadwcar time in the period botween two turnina and the
pcarmiaaibla tire th1okrnessm for operatiorne should be ex&uninod.
26. Thu or ani ution of work in the workohops for proceeding in..
duotrial crap &trid for th~j i roduction of4 rrna1), iron parts and spare part?
nhould he exa.minad. It should be found out whc,thcr 11ny plans t3xiat in the
proco.~eink; .workohopd.
27. The oquiprnent nocec eary for the ~rurnufacture of small iron parts
for the whole Lone t3hould be concontratvd in the most important loco
motive and railroad-car repair plants, and is not,o be scattered wuong
the smaller repair ehopa.
As E!" result of carrying out the above-mentioned -rdasuree, the fol-
lowing items are to be provided by thu utilization of doane;,tic reservee;
1. Rails
2. Fiohplatea
Railroad ties
4. Nails
5. Switches
6. Quality iron
7. Lead
6. Rivets for steel bridges
9. Telephone cable
10. Telephone wire
11 Parts from disassembled locomotives
a.) parts from the running gear
b.) others
23 000 tone
50 000 tone
900 000 ties
10 tone
1 300 sets
20 tome
7 tone
17 tons
150 kilouetere
10 tone
350 tone
1200 tons
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12. rna11 iron pKrt4 and locolnotiYo taintinwnce
13. Fuel, Raved by economizing
14. E).octrodao
15. Nuts and bolto for railroad-oar repair
16. Naito for railroad-cure
17. Iron i;irdors
B. avi anon.,
tools 300 tornu
X20 000 tone
50 - 6a tone
304 tone
20 t one
520 tone
1. Inventories of aree rnatoriale in the central shipping depot,
the main-office depot, and other onterprisee are to he taken during June
1949, in order to di3tributy thorn correctly to the cow uinerin the ship-
ping syetet.
2. The result of the technical examination of sunken ahipe on
the inland waterwaye of the Zone are to be examined, with the objoctive
of diemantiing all ships that are hoyond repair and of making use of
the material thue obtained.
3. In order to economize on thin shoet~rnetals, the Directorate
General for Shipping should be called upon to design a new type of boat,
made of wood, to be used for repair work and for transportatio:- purposes.
Deadline should be set. at June 1949?
4? During July and August all electric welding work involved in
the repair and reconstruction of ships should be changed, so that elea-
trodea manufactured in our own shops from industrial scrap can be used.
5. During June a cU,r cove >hould be worked out concerning the
use of ship's engines and stea;n on; ides, in order to save fuel and lu-
bricants, and to determine the bunk r installations to be used for fuel
storage.
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Aa a result of carrying out the ahova-mentlondci ;neasureo in the
shipping system of the Zone, the following iteiue should be saved by the
end of 1949 by the uae of danestic rea~orveat
1.
Thin sheet-matala
15 tone
2.
Cove.fred eluctrodea
3.5 tone
3.
!Uack coal
200 tone
4.
Briquettes
1 000 tone
5.
pie8t+1 i'ual
95 tone
6.
C.
Lubrication oil
Vnrioue rn-itals t`ralj disnEtntled ut~ipe
Road Trarneportaton,.
32 tone
105 tone
1.
Amortization caL.~acities of inutcor-vehicle, t,lrce 8houid be t :oaeed
by more frequent rd improved maintenance work and by the use 1 ~oll.t
rubber tires for elow.-inovinvehicles.
2. The use of bearing metFCle in ~naintenanee work on motor vehicles
should be decrea8ed by improving the technique of ca8tin, and by ini--
Y;iLirng t1 e u~e of tlriri-walled bearing bushings.
3. The uce of rolled non-ferroue metals is to be reduced by using
salvaged material (from disassembled obsolete vehicles) and by replac-
ing non-ferrous metals by ferrous metals and other substitute materials.
4. The dieassemblL'c' of obsolete vehicles is to be organized and
matcrials and spare parts for repair work are to be collected.
5. Allocation of steel for steel bridge conetruction is to be organ-
ized by raising deotroyed bridges and by salvaging material from bridges
which are beyond repair.
6. Bitumen for the maintenance of road surfaces should be obtained
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from thA bitumen surfaces of airfieldo and by organizing the plants pro-
dunintar frccn by-products of the brown coal induutry.
Ai a result of curryint; out those meaeuree r'or road transportation,
the followinc natoriala 1'or roads and bridges ehoule bu obtuined from
domestic raeorvoe:
1.
Ijoarinmtal
42 tone
2.
Rolled non-ferroue ~nt~tal products
27 tone
3?
Soctional t,teel
400 tone
4.
Motor vuhicle ;iparo parts
9 800 tone
Stool for hridpon
3 000 tone
6,
Ritumen
16 000 tons
D.
rlvnerai.
. 1. A list of non-liquid ~nat.vrials and spare parts, for oach
branch of transportation separately, should be made up by 15 June 1949?
2. 3ugnestione conc?;rning all non-liquid matari.tla and spare
parts should be made to the Foreign ".'rude Administration and the Domestic
R?servos Adninistration,outlining the necessary imports of such materials
from foreign countries and the Western Zone and the redistrihution of a
maximum amount of them within the Zone so they can be used in othor
branches of industry.
The inventory of these -natoriala should be concluder' by 1~Nov 1949?
,. A suggestion outlining a change to fixed standards of values
for inventories of materials and spare parts should be prepared for the
Directorate of Railroads and Inland Waterways by 1 July 1919. On the
basic of these measures, it ie suggested to you that you work out con-
crete statemente (objectives) for the Railroad Directorate, the Inland
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e Directorate, and other offices concerned. et a date for a
WL tgrway
monthly report on the realization of the tasks in such a tnanner that
thebe reports will be in our hando by tho 7th of the following ;uonth at
ate-st. In connoatinn with theoo written reports, you should 1,ave
the 1
cea with the heads of the Directorate of tho itailroade and 9t
contemn
ectoratc~ of Inland ti1aterwaye and with the toehniuiana who work
the Dir
an those proble-ns. Appoint poraona in the General Direetoratee who will
l rrspurtsibl? xor aarryinc, out the work of mobilizhg domee-'
btu peraonaly
rea~jrvee. Inform ate oi' the concrete su(eatione and tueke that you
tic
worked out in order to carry out these -neasurea, not lator than
Have
15 June 191+9?
(23 July 1949 ~. 5 )
Chief of Transportation Office of the
Sovi"t Military Administration
Uiroctor General
Signature t Ewudeki (German trans-
litdration from the Russian)
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The July yields ounnot be eetabliohed until ehortlt before the
middle of the month, and therefore could not be enclolied.
At presort t,ho paople.Owned steel !'otindriot~ produca upproxiintateiy
l: 000 tcane of east, steel yaarly.
The fine reported on alone produces about 7 - a 000 tone
The Occupying Power plane to iilcrou io this futtout~t to 60 000 tune II
for thn ~)oople"owno(i ;)teal foundries for tho year 1950. Now piuntu ;aro
boinfr s?t up and other branches of industry will bo convertod. That is,
thoy are Quppoecl to be convr)rtodl
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Cast 1v for nnlitor unit37toFie1dotjO, 61 6
76 ~Sountings for right and left tleadliL hte 20-0217/8 at 2.70 205.20
83 Mountin
11 II It
q draw apringa 19-019/0110 " 3.75 311.25
19 6411-bearing housings 14-0628 " 3.10 56.90
22 Connecting flange? 19.'0113 " 0.90 19.80
3R3 t(an(lla s'ar hnod 20642 " 0,14 53,62
Total b k 6
Caen, itoe1 for -nilitt ry ~anit_ 07275 to Fio1dE~rnr~t Noy t5205 Mudllroee
6365 Lure track links ottoragl]with teeth, 154 671 kg, at 44.60
28 6
Machine factor for 61963 to16149 Koeni swuotorhauuen.
375 Lifting jacka 3-ton 0180
39 Draw Fears 1.5 tone 0181
6 Draw gears 3 tons, 0182
100 Engine side-hoods M 736011
15 and left mountings M 7360-13
414 Fenders, 1025 mm long, M 7360-17
1058 Socket and hub wrenches and hexagonal
at 60.25
219.--
285.--
38.45
2.15
11.90
22 593.75
6 541.-.-
1 710.-
3 345.-
32.25
4 926.60
epannere, total 3 6.2q
339.Q
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11itto for 61963 to 74815 Ke t~chendorf .
96 ;nine aido-hoods U 7360-11
at :38.45
3
671.20
173 Right renders 2432 a
13.40
2
318.20
25 Hoods U 736042
37.50
937.50
83 1U:IIt and lot't roller ahie1dA 21000/2
10.10
838.30
106 Fond ird, 1270 mm long, Pd 736047
5.10
540.60
994 Itiht ncl left alaurntinga M 7360-13
2,15
2
137.10
Ditto for 61963 to ! 5.'05 Muel.lroae.
400 Rollere with rule u 2 K 11-06
1475 Brakeehoee 10-163
150
500
10-019-3
10-017-3
70 C;wings 18002 n 3
500 Levara 28-1341-3
25 Front fenders, right and left, 00200
100 Starter bases 01-2-282
39 Rocking levers, repaired,
Rapaire to Derutra Cast iron.
7750 Brake drums 400/3103015/2541/215
7750 Brake drums 400/3104015/2541/432
Packing material, 15 500
12
129 812,5Q
at
22.50
9
000.--
4.a6
7
168.50
6.54
981.--
4.c36
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130.
62.--
4
340.--
2.31
1
155.--
40.74
1
018.50
34.76
3
476.-.-
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