APPRENTICE S COMMENTS ON SOVROMETAL - RESITA S VOCATIONAL SCHOOL/PLANT INSTALLATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Apprentice's 12onnnents on Sovrometel - Resitacs
Vocational School/Plant Installation
25X1 A PLACE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRED
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Scoala Profeaioana Siderurgiea
" b. Scoa.a Profeeioana Eitlerurgica (Metallurgical Professional School) in Resits,
is loCa.ed at 1/B rat-= w+cr Sto t; in the Lucca Pomosului section. The school
occupies the premises of the old vocation school, which ban been c omma . tel;;
organized aid enlarged.
120 m 120 H-
25 25 m
e aior tree
3. 'Buildingn three an our are the premises of the form Jr vochtional school. They
are ts+o-story 'buildings of elaaeroctaw.
Building one wan bttilt in 19149-5C. It has six floors. On the sixth floor are the
lodgings of the director, comas achers and some female studentn. On the fourth
Tloor are rooms for )m'_e atudei',a. The other flo Ars have clasaroo n.
On the ground floor of built' :gag two are the school's kitchen, canteen and the Sale
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%:cn ll.r r~lx,~t/L75 u~ ICIPJ.s Urrzx/3IC:U ] 31YNc1tif5A'rIO
de Fest1'*?ita??i (3leativ&I ID611). On the two upper floors are dlaasrooms and. room for
school personal, This building was built in 1949-50-
Building fives was caosrploted in 1952. It is a tour-story building with classrooms and
roam for atue?tonte.
$. w8coa3s Ptofesioaaa Siderurgica is under the direction of the former Uzinele de bier si
Domonii Resita (U'I Resiia, Iron Works), now one of the plants within the Soviet-iumenian
Sovromatal complex. Its purpose is to train new cadr'a of young workers for the metal.
lurgical plisatu f ilesita~ The students are trained as mecanici (neohanice) turnatori
(turners), strun~ i (lathe operators), elactricieni (electricians), etc. After grade
tion they ar esaigned to eplropriete dr-,partalents; Sovromrtal-Resita.
qualifying exa inationa. Four yeors of elementary school and worker's origin were suf-
ficient for this. The eraainations ?r~re oral and covered the following subiecta:
Reuoau'-tn languegc, mitImmetics, geography, history and the constitution of the Rumanian
Peop]e'a Reputlic.
6. "'T.se courses bee= 3 Gctaber 51, the cvrrlct lttat extending over three yearn. The general
subjects were: iZ'.irsaia.n : rcW>.uge, khussi an language, history, geography, maths tIea and
gooolvts'y. In a4ldi.tion there were technological subjects, such no general principles of
physics, electricity and mechanics. There was also political education, which placed
the former instrbictions under the title 'Constitution'. There were 25 classes in all.
Three days a week there vere theoretical courses, and three days there was practical
training in the various workshops of the 3o'rometal-Resita. The girls did the sAae
heavy work an tiie toys. at the Sectia Utilaj
Electric of the plant.
"There were about 3,500 to all. of whom 160 ere girls. About 35% were iui.ci?ni
(boarders li'ring in the :school) :!le the others were externi (ll'ving at home).
Ilia I!eringar., 40; eing.:_ey mows Craio .. Professor of mnthene.::ics cz;d hea xa.oter of
the oleos 2?'-17.
Stella Bunn,
Kicolac Buuea,
Ricolnu Sberee,
iiberiu I&=%t,
201 teacher Of I unninn iange:age
23, Stella' e. husbani tes.cner of t;--oeS'L-z%p1iy a :. , ` s cal s ulture.
55, saes`=Tied, tram Bessarabia. Teacher of Russian language. His 25-year
old oo:.t vas a physician at the Sovromete1-Resita enter_rrise.
3&>, mrried ',r th t o C2Liisl en, of Gypsy origin.
A functical Coss'iu1st. Tv.zght '..:chnology.
'30 , intro led w th tun bib; girls. Director of the school succeeding
roert Toni.,,, 105, wuo left in November 1951.
25, :;ln&.e, from Alba ills. :aught nathes,ati_s and -w%a also directerr
of the to'bnicv.l courocs (Director de Studii).
Nicolas H~?_ut, 25, : =-31e; =: oe the C eranoet,ea ram oat. In charge of political educa-
tiau. Heed of the ifiM (Communist youth) organization of the school.
+legwi -1 ULN leader for t'ie whole town of Resitn.
9. "Jul pupilb Of the school were memberre e.;' the UTK, including the gi::t.o. Each Morning
at 7:30 am before cloasee oegeu,. all p, niln had to gather in the courtyard where they
were address--d by the director or (iu>utly) by Aieolne Barest. These apeeehen dealt with
current political and p_rowLganda All pupils bad to year UTK iaiforn nt all
times. This tv-Lice --cnsisto cf bate, a dark grey uniform and a :ap zim'Lar to
that of the So :?iet Azry the left sleeve of. the M un_ifcu^m denote the
following rcnkn:
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% ~. aef :it Grupe. - Chief of a group of 10 boys in a close
Secretar - Ch?.ef of cr_',or l groupu.
Tana_e Garda
Curcubeul.
Floarra de Pietra
Gre lh~Y Rzaboi
`Lisa First Poporulu-
(Young Gua-rd)
(P.s.inhow )
(The Stone-Flower)
(Six. Hours After the War)
(Zi(sn, tne:- Son of the People)
Rerponanbil de Claee - Ch-let of the LIM organlzrtion of the class.
This -vas furuiah=:d by the echaol ire:: of cbevrg*s. They even wore the uniform under
vorking overmllzA in the factory wvcrknkepn. T see overalls ?uerc tanued free by
Sovrunetal.
1('. "Working Hours for the ntude.uth at the Sovrometa workshops were 7:00 AM - 3:00 Psi.
For the work r-trTeirmed th? pupi.l.c were paid
.0C {Lei per month (new currency) during the first year,
200 Lei N H 1
second year,
and 300 Lei .' " third year.
These wages were pc-.id only to three etad.ents who lived at home. All others, no matter
to which year or grade they belonged, received only 251e per month; the rest was
apparently deducted for their: upkeep at the school.
"Political education at the Metallurgical School was =onducted on the basis of in-
structions issued by the C! and the In %. There were no standard textbooks or manuals.
The Marxist-Leninitat propaganda was directed mainly against then Church and religion,
tc wipe out all the st lentd' traditional biases. Nicolae Beret, Un4 chief, declared
often in his. anti-Church lecturers: 'You shouldn't attend church services, because the
church has nothing to off_..r to you. In the USSp there is, of course, complete freedom
of religion, but only old weaen (babele) go to church. They have nothing else to do.
Yo. 6o ter,: "~f he - era :.c~~1dr: t =Noels their tine on such idiocies but concentrate
on iacrer sirig production and raising their cultural lexel througl Commmist i.deologien.'
Beret often explained the origin of rain, lightn.i, hander, the rormtion of earth
and other natural phenomena. Each lecture enueei.. ?aus see, all :his'mae made by
nature, not by Geri.'. lusaan decency and morals were never touched upon, despite the
many thefts, extensive alcoholism and promiscuity song the students. During cff duty
hours studentz co,.,IA do; whatever they wanted. IIobody restricted them.
12. "The school had a library and reading room where Eu. mean public ttone were available.
c g the '9centeia', Viate. Sinalcala','Sceanteia Tineretului', 'L:rpt.atcrul Banataar.'.
'Blamura Bosle','Geazeta Techniciranului, and also various Soviet p=opaganda publi~r_.tions.
At the Festival Hall and the Mess Canteen political meetings and social parties were
held ai:soat every Saturday evening or' Sunday afternoon. Communist propaganda film were
presented fro.a time to time. Stud4nts could attend free of charge the movies at the
Cana Muncitoreasca (Workers' House) on thy. Republicei Square in Resits
following Soviet films:
the story of a farmer killed by the son
of a 'kulak' who opposed the setting up
of a kolkhoa in the village;
of a worker of the Resits workshops who
attemp,.:n sabotage or behalf of a foreign
(western) potrer.
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13, The Sovrcmetal-Resia Plant
"Bach pupil was issued, is ,.edition to hi.s identification card and hia MM membership
card, a special pass entitling him to enter the premises of the Sovrometal plant. One
aide of this pass showed a picture of the bearer. made at the photo-laboratory' of
8ovrometal. The reverse aide gave his full name, date and place of birth, address,
profession, the name of the gection where he was resigned to -work, the date of issue
and the signature of the issuing official. Across the picture was printed a large
'E', meaning Kiev (pupil), to distinguish the bearer from a regular worker. This
pass had to be carried at all'times and -as checked at the main gate and at several
other check points within the plant.
14. the Utilaj Electric Section, located near
the Bala Noun of the Sovrometal p , a roll
call was meld by the chief foreman Oho entered the ns of absent pupilr in a special.
bolt. The pupils were studying the basic principles of electricity. They w--re assigned
mostly to simple repairs on various machines. They had no norms to fulfil...:..
15. "Francis Venk, 65, Maest.-~u-Electrician (chief foreman of the Section), was
a fanatical Comounist, was an excellent wrrker despite his age. His
name continously appeared on the 'Tabloul Evidentiatilor' (a kind of honor roll). Fe
was an expert lathe operator. Conservation of electric power was rewarded by the
best worker receiving a triangular flag fr:a the Labor Union, bearing the C(8! emblem.
To make such individual evaluation of power savings poasible, each lathe was equipped with a
KWH-mater.
16. -Almost all machines in the Electric Section were new, either Czechoslovak or Hungarian.
The Czech machines came frog the HAS factory; the Hungarian from the Rakosi Works in
Caepel. Their b*sic construction was good. They were praztical is use and easy to
handle, but they wee not made of good steel and many par`..: were of low quality. Con-
sequently, the) often broke down and required extensive repairs.
17 'The main of-ices of the Sovrometal iu Resits are located in the villa belonging to the
former owner of the plant, Max Auschnit, who now lives in the M, The present Rum niun
r,irector of the Sovr'ometal in Bonita is Diki Munteanu. He replaced Carol Loneear. after the
latter's transfer to the Ministry of Commerce Bucharest.
13. "The Ens eava River, which flaws through Recita, was completely canalized in 1950-51 whoa
the barzava and Here Rivers were joined to form a powerful waterfall to provide power for
the electric power plant constructed.a Taliug. This power plant, located about 9 km.
from Renita, supplier electricity to all workshop:,- and establishments of the Sovrmetel.
19. "At the Hain Ote1iz i1or Specials (Special Steel Section) four '_arge Siemens-Martin steel
fuzzmaces veie installed in 1950-51. These furnaces replaced the old Piat furnaces
mich were dismantled. Each of the new furnaces pro es about seven-eight tons of
steel in 24 hours. These furnaces were constructed under the direction of a German
engineer, Albert Wahlrich, rho came from the Soviet Zone of Germany. The inatallatiof
had not been completed in answer 1951, when Engineer Wahlrich died suddenly from
poisoning. lie was buried in Resita, but later his body was returned to Germany. It
was rumored that either Western agents or z umanian pea tlaans killed Wah3rich. The en-
suing investigation failed to turn up any positive evidence, tart the incident was
officially termed 'sabotage'.
20. "Another kind of rebotage occurred in January 1952 at the No 2 Si