HARD WORKER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 282, 27 November 1937, Page 19

HARD WORKER.

NAZI APPRENTICE.

FI'HI.'F, OF IMPORT ANT I-

BKRLIN. The "apprentice" has become an imp ii nit 11 _ 111 .• in N.i/i Germany. The till powi-ilul Labour Front is training linn wall great cure to enable him to succeed the skilled labourer of pre-war training. Figure of a bygone day, when apprentices worked for little or no pay in order to i-co.ine full Hedged workmen, the apprentice has been recreated l»ec.iii-e ~i .i serious, shortage of .-killed WiiikciH. lie must, work harder than 11in elders diil to learn his trade, because he li;i-* less time. Labour service, military on- ill on, enrolment in Na/.i i.r»,nii«iiti"n« such n.s the Shut/. StafTci (hiiMilpii k.'d Hitler guards) or Storm Troop* curtail his learning hour*.

.\ Ccrinmi apprentice generally serves n t iin of -i\ 111<>i>11 1«-* or a year before receiving pay. His employer uses him for every type of work he wishes in exchange lor board. Tn order to avoid thi»> 1111' ■•n 11 rative period, young Germans in recent years have paid out money which was accepted instead of their physical labour.

A re.cut decree put a stop to this practice. Aspirants to skilled labour jobs now must serve their term. In addition. Ihe decree stipulates that every industrial employer must hire apprentices at once.

Factories have been ordered to open special Hi-hooU and laboratories for the training of apprentices. The old-time "mci-der." whose glory was sung so brilliantly in Wagner's "Meistorsingers." is held responsible for their trninititf. The apprentice* nitwt pass rigorous examination* before they may work as

"gesellen" or full fledged workers. After year-) of practice and success the "jfiwelle" in turn may become, a "nwi <ter."

Where formerly apprentices had a hard time finding musters willing to teai-li litem, the low birth rate of war and post-war yearn thinned the ranks of applicants. That made it all the more necessary for tho Nazi labour front to see to it that the depleted generation be composed of efficient young men worthy of keeping up the hi ah traditions of their "guilds."

Employers who fail to reach the educational requirements of the Labour Front may be deprived of the right to train apprentices. This is almost eqtrv valent to being placed on a black list.

The apprentice regulation!* apply to nil industrial and commercial enterprises.