European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Czechoslovak do not enjoy the abundance that one finds in Austria where Farmers have to be actively discouraged from producing too much. Austrian enjoy a Iha of Prosperity top annual procession in Zader Haus above Tirol Tan resort of Seefeld. Our Freedom when the russians left. The russian occupation was the worst thing thai. Could have happened to  said Dusch Bauer echoing the views of most Freistadtl residents who Arnold enough to remember ii. We lost 10 years. They dismantled whatever they could dismantle things like Lurn Ilura Industrial equipment. And took it Back to the soviet Union. The austrian government was reluctant to invest in Sovil controlled regions the. Bureaucracy was very great. Sines 1955. Austria s economic development has resembled thai of Western ,.czeeriostovakia. By con Rasi introduced a Soviel style planned Economy in 198, the sys pm has remained in place Ever since despite several attempts at Reform. Digging into a plate of roast pork and sauerkraut the czechoslovak National dish mayor Prokopius discussed his plans Tor Kruglov he conceded that some private Enterprise might be a Good idea limited naturally to such services As shoe repair or a Small Cale and strictly controlled. There have lobe certain Ful Osol the game he said making Clear thai the town Council would  assume responsibility Lor such details As prices otherwise Thesa private businessmen might Maka too much Money.". The idea Ihal a free Market might exercise ils own. Discipline driving entrepreneurs who tried to exploit their customers out of business is difficult Tor Prokopius to accept before being elected mayor by unanimous vote of the town Council he was a economic planner supervising the output of local factories. There is no sense of private initiative in Kruglov said Knoll. It s particularly visible Ori the farms. They. Don t have private  Austria the land looks manicured. The landscape is an immaculate Patchwork Quill of Fields. Lar Sand forests. On the czechoslovak Side a sense of disorder lakes Over. Tidiness gives Way to untidiness. Some of Iho land looks As if it has been abandoned. Compared with citizens of other communist countries czechoslovak live Well. Czechoslovakia is Seh Sumicion in food enabling communist leaders to Cla m that they have solved the agricultural problem. But czechoslovak do not enjoy the abundance that one finds in Austria where Farmers have to he actively discouraged from producing too much motivating people to work is relatively easy in Freistadtl where there Are Many dil prent things to spend one s Money on. In Kruglov in is much More of a problem. With consumer goods in relatively Short Supply Many czechoslovak workers prefer a Quiel Trie and plenty of Leisure Lime to High salaries earned through hard work. Ii is sometimes diff cull to get people to work hard acknowledged Stanislaw Trnka manager of a picture Frame factory in Kruglov. There is a certain philosophy Here. People Are satisfied with what Hoy have and do nol automatically strive after  living standards in Czechoslovakia arc not nearly As High As in the Wes bul people Are not expected to work so hard Oil Hor. They or Eland to pay us. And we pretend to  runs a popular joke by Friday evening Kruglov is Hall empty residents desert their modern apartment blocks in Masse Lor weekend collages in the country. Frois Ladt Rosie cols lend to. Stay at Home. Their houses Are More spacious. And the need to escape somehow seems less pressing. To Kruglov an architectural jewel set in a Bend of Iho Vltava River responsibility Lor the Upkeep of to town s 315 listed historic buildings i alls on the stale. In Freistadtl which claims Lobo the second oldest Lown in. Austria the Cost is largely borne by private individuals. When Duschl Aucter was told that Resl oration work accounted for halt of Krumov s $5 million Munici Jal budget he was incredulous. In Freistadtl in is loss than 1 porcini of the town s $8 million budget. Despite the huge sums spent on restoration work,1 much of Kruglov seems Loba in poor repair. In Freistadt it is a Mailer of Pride for individual homeowners to ensure Ihal their properties Ore Well maintained. The historic Center of Kruglov is tailing Down cause there is no private interest in maintaining ii and the stale does not have enough Money said. Knoll. V. In Kruglov Prokopius acknowledged thai some of. Tho town s historic buildings Are in poor condition he blamed a shortage of qualified builders and inadequate restoration work in the 1950s and 60s, when ". Industrialization was a much More pressing problem Lor Czechoslovakia Freistadt s citizens exude a Bourgeois smugness about the immaculate Upkeep of their Lown but they complain about Clouds of poisonous Sulphur they claim. Are blown in their direction from Czechoslovakia by. The. Prevailing northeasterly winds. ,. Our forests Are  said Duschl Kamw. The. Czechs Don t use fillers on their Oil tired Power Stalions and 95 percent of our air pollution comes from Over. There. It s a very serious problem we re thinking of. Paying them to install liners on their Power  Cooky Kruglov and Freistadtl do alter All. Share one characteristic in common. Air pollution is one 2qlrv Century byproduct thai pays no attention to geopolitical Borders however lightly they May be sealed. Sunday november 20. 1988 the stars and stripes. Page .17