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Show BERLIN WORKERS WANT HIGHER PAY AND SHORT HOURS By The Associated Press. BERLIN, Wednesday, Nov. 7. Inquiry among leading industrialists today drew I admission that many of the larires'. plants in Berlin already are m sterna tirully ter- run zed by working forces, whu a re demanding de-manding e.urh', t.tnt wiuc in-Teases, Shorter hr';rs and other con'-esslonn cal-:cd cal-:cd ultimately to force employers to :ri:. d" n. T'.c t-iMjiica.Tda or" 1 r. Karl I .P-h-: --ill f.i" dire ! responsible U- .. u.-wi p.-.lion ,f ivo big pi.inU, A.iich were boldly seized by the workingmen and are now operated under their control. At tho Piechatzok Crane works and tho Im-perator Im-perator Motor company plant, ju ;he northern part of the city, factory hands, with the aid of soldiers, threw out the management. Funds and books of both firms were seized and a Red Guard soldier sol-dier placed In charge of t lie vault, hut; the manager of the Imperator Motor com- : pnnv. scenting trouble, had already transferred trans-ferred tho firm's bank balance. |