scrollBata had 65,000 employees (42,000 in Czechoslovakia, 23,000 abroad); a member of the company’s management Hugo Vavrecka held the office of Minister of the Czechoslovak Government (September-November 1938); Dominik Cipera, a member of the company’s management, became Minister of Public Works of the Czech-Slovak Government (December 1938)
New factory in Liptovsky Mikulas
New business branch – river transport (Bata canal)
In Zlin started a higher vocational education institute – Tomasov – as a school for corporate managers (1938-1940)