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position; Name of agency of employment, and whether public or private.
   If the subject is a minor employee (as defined by Directive), the Military Government Department Head requesting investigation is required by Special Branch to execute the following certificate: "I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above employee is in 'employment of such minor importance that the incumbent is not placed in a position to endanger Allied interests or commit acts hostile to Allied principles and purposes by reason of  his employment'." The reason for this certificate is that no outside investigation is made on minor employees other than inspection of available records (Police, CIC, Civil Service and nazi party files). 
   When Fragebogen, complete with buck slip, reaches Special Branch, it is assigned a number and the information on the buck slip is transferred to the Action and Work Sheets. 

BLACK MARKET IN LUMBER QUASHED
  A BLACK market of logs and lumber in Regierungsbezirk Hessen was uncovered when investigation showed that civilians had been allowed to purchase high-quality logs without a certificate of needs. The logs were then custom-sawed and stacked, as a form of security. This resulted, of course, in keeping the much-needed lumber off the market. To remedy this situation, the following control measures were taken: Logs are to be sold only to authorized dealers and saw mill owners according to their needs and manufacturing capacities. Approval is to be made by the
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Regierungsbezirk Economic Office. Customsawing has been forbidden altogether, without prior approval for operation from the Economic Office, thus providing that agency with a double check.

DOES LAW 8 KILL PRODUCTION?
   Detachment reports are emphasizing the story sponsored by many German industrialists that the execution of Law No. 8 would result in the complete breakdown of essential production. The experience of Maximilianhütte steel plant at Haidohof is a significant example of what denazification actually does for essential production.
   A thorough denazification of the plant's management in accordance with Law No. 8 was recently carried out, despite the solemn warning by plant officials that the removal of such top personnel would force suspension of the plant's vital steel production. Among those removed from their positions because of Nazi records were the chief engineer and all of the plant superintendents. Management of the plant was turned over to three non-nazis, the chief chemist, a salesman and a laborer. Although there was a drop in production during the following two weeks, the plant continued to operate.
   Today steel production of the Maximilianhütte plant is back to where it was prior to the denazification of its management. Morale among the workers is reported to have improved greatly, and the new non- nazi management has assured Military Government Officers that the plant's steel production will continue to increase.
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