1 Jan S. Prybyla, , “Private Enterprise in Poland under Gomulka,” American Slavic and East European Review, XVII (1958), 316–31CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Central Statistical Office of the Polish People's Republic, Concise Statistical Year Book of the Polish People's Republic, 1960 (Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwa Gospodarcze, 1960). Tables: 7(49), p. 50; 2(44), p. 41; 2(119), p. 113.

3 See Oskar Lange, , tycie Gospodarcze (Warsaw), July 16, 1956.Google Scholar

4 See Gomutka's statements on this problem in his address to the 10th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR), October 24, 1957,

5 Sytuacja w Partii i Kraju, ” Ksiazka i Wiedza (Warsaw, 1957). sPrybyla, op. cit., p. 331. S

6 See Z. Kubicki in Tygodnik Demokratyczny (Warsaw), February 11-17, 1959, and W. Piotrowicz in Tygodnik Demokratyczny, July 30-August 8, 1958.

7 “The period of the great boom [i.e., 1957] in handicraft production coincided with a crisis in the market. The demand was so strong that commodity prices soared violently and speculation thrived.” Trybuna Ludu (Warsaw), May 26, 1958. s

8 The technique of materials allocation is described in a resolution of the Council of Ministers of March 25, 1959, Monitor Polski, No. 33, 1959, Item 150.

9 See Gomulka's address to the 10th Plenum of the Central Committee, PZPR, op. cit.

10 A sharp criticism of the decree on summary jurisdiction of economic crimes is contained in the journal of the Association of Polish Lawyers, Prawo i lycie (Warsaw), November 27, 1960.

11 See Tadeusz Myslik, , “Rzemioslo,” Tygodnik Powszechny (Cracow), November 16, 1958 Google Scholar.

12 See the letter to the editor by K. R., , Polityka (Warsaw), October 11, 1958 Google Scholar.

12 See Trybuna Ludu's interview with Minister Z. Moskwa, December 27, 1957; also, Kurier Polski (Warsaw), August 13, 1958.

14 Resolution adopted on September 19, 1958, reported in Trybuna Ludu, September 29, 1958. At that time 200 private workshops were engaged in production for export. It was estimated that the potential was 3, 000 workshops.

15 The Committee replaced the Ministry of Small Industry and Crafts. See Law of July 2, 1958,

16 Dziennik Ustaw, No. 54, 1958, Item 224, and Trybuna Ludu, July 25, 1958. 16 Dziennik Ustaw, No. 11, 1958, Item 37.

17 Kurier Polski, November 11, 1958. Data supplied by the relevant ministries.

18 Dziennik Ustaw, No. 48, 1957, Item 229; No. 50, 1958, Item 245; No. 1, 1959, Item 5.

19 Dziennik Ustaw, No. 35, 1958, Item 155. Trybuna Ludu, June 28, 1961.

20 The law appears in Dziennik Ustaw, No. 45, 1958, Item 224. The gross earning figures are from Trybuna Robotnicza, April 10, 1958, quoting the Central Board of Social Insurance.

21 This writer's calculation based on tax data in Table 19, pp. 367 and 369 of Rocznik Statystyczny, 1959, and Trybuna Robotnicza, loc. cit.

22 Radio Warsaw, January 21, 1958.

23 Trybuna Ludu, May 26, 1958, and Rada Narodowa, April 15, 1961.

24 Z. Sachnowski in Gios Pracy, November 19/20, 1960, and Z. Szeliga in Sztandar Mtodych, November 17, 1960.

25 Siowo Powszechne (Warsaw), May 17, 1961.

26 Slowo Powszechne, May 25, 1961.

27 Z. Zamencki's interview with Minister Z. Moskwa, Trybuna Ludu, December 27, 1957.

28 Glos Pracy, November 13, 1959.