BUSINESS ABROAD: Comrade Camera

To check the alarming growth of absenteeism among Czech factory hands, the newspaper Rude Pravo reported last week, the Czechoslovakian Red government has instituted a system of "camera control." Workers have been told to photograph fellow employees coming to work late or leaving early, and all "allegedly sick" co-workers who are found "in their gardens or working elsewhere." The pictures will be posted on factory bulletin boards.

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