its efforts is perhaps to be found only in those new
factories which are being built up to the most advanced 
standards due to its expert advice. As a
result of the disarmament and the Four Year Plan
programs which have been responsible for the construction 
of many new plants, the number of such
"improved" factories has steadily increased.
 
 With regard to one of the aspects of the office's 
work, namely, accident prevention, the opinion 
of an American engineer doing business in Germany 
is perhaps interesting. He stated that, generally 
speaking, the standard in this regard was well
below the American. He attributed this not so much
to a lack of effort in Germany, inasmuch as the movement 
is being promoted here, as to the fact that in
the United States employers take the greatest pains
to install safety devices in view of the exceedingly 
high damage costs awarded by American courts to
injured workers.