| Summary: | Extracts from Polish underground publications compiled and translated into English by the RFE Polish Publication Unit for broadcasting purposes. Introductions to most articles are provided by RFE staff, and items are compiled in issues based mainly on theme and date.
Enterprise Network Communique[from: Wola, no. 8(174) (24 February 1986)]The Network of Leading Enterprises (which comprises major plants such as the foundries and mines) was founded by Solidarity and reactivated by underground Solidarity in December 1983. It studies various selected problems concerning workers and the economy in general. The most recent communique, dated 28 January 1986, appeared in a number of underground publications, including this Warsaw weekly, and deals with the Network's monitoring of cost of living increases. For the method of calculation, see the interview in "Tygodnik Mazowsze" included as item 2 in this issue. It should be noted that since the end of January there have been at least two more official price increases for basic foodstuffs, gas, electricity, and services.
We Must Know the Poverty Threshold[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 160 (27 February 1986)]In an interview with a representative of the network to which major factories and mines in Poland belong, the leading weekly of underground Solidarity finds out about the degree and extent of poverty in Poland.
Why Fiction Has Faults[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 158 (13 February 1986)]This article continues a discussion on the future, desirable course of Polish economy. The first articles were extremely long, and the article below, as well as the one from Wola that follows, sum them up and point out the flaws in their arguments.
My Two Cents' Worth in the Discussion: What Is the Market to Be Like? / by Liberał[from: Wola, no. 6(172) (10 February 1986)]This is another contribution (by the pseudonymous "Liberal") to the discussion on the future of the economy in Poland.
Money[from: CDN - Clos Wolnego Robotnika, no. 139 (11 January 1986) and CDN - Clos Wolnego Robotnika, no. 140 (18 January 1986)]Part I of this article says that the authorities have on occasion accused members of the Polish opposition of embezzlement, while they themselves have been guilty of the misappropriation of public funds. Part II of the article then describes the capital expenditure of the underground and how underground publishing is financed. The article appeared in consecutive issues of the Warsaw weekly published by the Interfactory Workers' Committee of Solidarity.
Haggling over the Plan / by Marko[from: Wola, no. 2(168) (13 January 1986)]In an article signed "Marko," the Warsaw underground weekly describes some of the reasons why those who control a centralized economy find it difficult to make decisions; the data supplied to central planners from below, it says, are doctored by the local managements to suit their purposes.
It Might Disclose the Shortcomings of the System[from: Wiadomosci Bieżące - Ku Niepodleglości, no. 156 (8-28 February 1986)]The Church-sponsored Agricultural Fund to aid private farmers in Poland has been prevented from investing its available capital. This article appeared in the Wrocław publication published by Fighting Solidarity; it summarizes the authorities' fundamental objections to the fund.
Let's Not Be Magyarized![from: Robotnik, no. 97 (1 December 1985)]The biweekly publication of the Interfactory Workers' Committee of Solidarity publishes a warning not to put too much faith in the Hungarian economic model, in which relative prosperity is achieved at a great social cost.
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