A discussion is taking place in the pages of Pravda about how production must be planned and what should be the link between the supplier and the consumer and what is to be considered the main thing in the enterprise's economic activity. An article entitled "Demand, Quslity and the Plan" by M. Kusznetsova writing for the officials of the Bolshevichka Production Association of Moscow appeared in Pravda recently, It had this to cay: "Mrst of 211, a few words about the work of most garment enterprises is now planned. A draft of the new plan is composed prior to the next economic year on the basis of the level achieved. In it the assortment and the gross commodity and market output are set down. The draft is handed over to the garment industry administration of the economic region 's economic coyncil. And it "releases" the ratified plan to the garment workers, Let us say that one such plen prescribed: “In 1964 the Bolshevichka Association must make 100,000 suits of high quality" And high quality suits means expensive suits. They are priced at 140 to 200 rubles. So we assembled the representatives of the trade organisations and told thems "Accept 100,000 suits of high quality" nd the trade crganisations were co:jelled to distribute all 100,000 suits among their stores. As you see the stores found themselves in an unenviable position. Nor was ours any better. The way we obtained the textiles was precisely the same as the way we disposed of our ready made outpute So there we were, delivering to the counters suits that enjoyed no demand made of obsolete fabrics in depressing colours. They gather dust on the shelves, then were sold at reduced prices. The state lost tens of millions of rubles on this, but the summaries and the records showed that the enterprise had fulfilled the plan for accumulations, and the trnde depots sent it money regardless of whether or not the goods had been sold.
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