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High Cost Of
Soviet Shoddy
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).
Shoddy goods turned out by
Soviet factories last year cost
the Soviet State £285,000,000,
Moscow Radio said yesterday.
The Soviet Finance Minis-
ter (Mr. Zverev) in his- Bud-
get speech severely criticised
several Soviet Ministries for
inefficiency.
Mr. Zverev said that more
than half of the Soviet's coal
pits last year failed to fulfil
"labour productivity tasks."
Some pits, trusts, and combines
had not even reached prewar
level of Drodüction.
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