WORK OF COMMUNIST PARTY ORGANIZATIONS

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• Publication Date: May 22, 1950
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR11
CLASSIFICATION . CONF]D IgONFIDENTIAL
Czechoslovakia DATE OF
INFORMATION 1949 - 1950
Political - Party organizations
Semimonthly periodical
Prague
15 Feb 1950
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING Of ESPIONAGE ACT SO
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE Funkcionar, Vol V, No 3, 1950, fferiodical for officials of Communist
Party of Czechoslovakia, published by Central Committee of the Part.
WORK OF COMMUNIST PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
EXPERIENCES OF BASIC ORGANIZATION INSTRUCTORS
IN USTI NAD LABEM KRAJ
N. Komendova
Organization-Instruction Section
Secretariat of Kral Committee
Comw'mist Party
In a number of organizations there is a tendency to dispose of preparations
for the annual meeting by choosing an election commission and fixing a time limit.
For example, in Local Organization No 2 in Bilina, no election commission was
chosen, the list of candidates was prepared by the old committee, and the pre-
vious officials were nominated again. The list of candidates was not submitted
to the cells for criticism. In Loveckovice (Litomerice Okres), the election com-
mission did not observe the principli6i that only the best members be proposed
for the committee of the organization; Comrades Vavra and Krpalkova, who have
not fulfilled their deliveries, were proposed for the committee.
Some okres committees do not sufficiently realize the importance of in-
structors. As a result, insufficient attention is devoted to instructors; some
organizations have none, and in others, frequently instructors merely transmit
assignments.
In preparation for the annual membership~mOetings, instructors must assist
in drawing up the activity report for the first-.Wt of the meeting. The activity
report is not to be an enumeration of fulfil er,.and unfulfilled tasks, but a
political evaluation of how the organization.has;:~completed the tasks arising
from the decisions of the Ninth Congress. In.many,cases the committees acknowl-
edge previous errors, but they do not consider how to correct them. Such a re-
port cannot be a guide for the work of the new committee which will be elected
at the annual meeting.
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The instructor must be prepared for his tasks. We have a number of good
examples of the cooperation oetween chief instructors of the okres committee and
the instructors of basic organizations.
Comrade Soucek, the chief instructor in Litomerice, plans his work as fol-
lows: The organizations are divided into good, weak, and bad. The okres com-
mittee assigns the be;:. instructors to the worst organizations. The staff of
instructors is also divided according to their ab_l4ty to work independently;
those who prove incepable are gradually removed from their positions and replaced
by comrades graduating from the okres political school. This method is being
applied in Decin Okres.
Contact between the okres committee and the instructors of organizations
is assured at regular meetings, which are usually held every 2 weeks. At the
first meeting, the instructors receive directives for further work; at the
second meeting, an evaluation of their work is carried out.
In Teplice, on 27 January, Chief Instructor Hosek summoned the instructors
of factory organizations to the second meeting. Fifteen comrades were present.
The first point of discussion was the exchange of experiences. If the comrades
had actually exchanged work experiences, it would have been a great contribution.
Mostly, they limited themselves, however, to sketchy reports of the activities
of their respective organizations. It was evident that the instructors had been
poorly prepared. No one spoke of how he was helping the committee prepare the
report for the annual membership meeting, how the cells evaluated their previous
work, or how the election commissions were working. Apart from several instances
of the poor activity of an organization, the discussion was too general, and it
did not show that the instructors actually understood the importance of the an-
nual meetings. Comrade Korda, instructor of the organization in Bystrany, declared
that the election commission chosen that day had already prepared a list of candi-
dates. Such action is much too hasty in an organization which has not been doing
good work.
The chief instructor, who directed the meeting, failed to criticize such
examples and made no note of the reports of the instructors so that he could
submit a report to the okres committee. He reminded the comrades of certain
tasks and evaluated the January meetings, but he'failed to mention preparation
for the annual membership meetings. He cited the bad example of the Tena organi-
zation, but be did not analyze it.
Nevertheless, the meeting had considerable merit. Each instructor had an
opportunity to speak about his work and to request clarification of any matter
which he did not understand. On the basis of comments at this meeting, the com-
rades decided that they would submit reports on their organizations in writing,
and would speak only about important basic problems. They also decided to meet
regularly for training. In addition to political lectures (on the Farty, decisions
of the Ninth Congress, etc.), there will also be technical training (setting norms,
etc.).
In further discussion, the comrades dealt with certain obstacles in the
work of instructors. Comrade Pina emphasized that instructors must be relieved
of other functions. According to Comrade Visek, the main problem is "An inst:uc-
tor will not work effectively until he has support in the okres committee."
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PREPARATION %d ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS OF FACTORY ORGANIZATIONS
Jan Kolar
PPO Section, Kraj Committee
The okres committees of the Party in Ceske Budejovice Kraj have been con-
ducting training courses and conferences of instructors in preparation for the
annual membership meeting. In those okres which have a large number of factory
organizations, training for the factory and local organizations was held sepa-
rately. Most of the okres conducted a one-day course. Experiences from the
conferences of instructors showed how indispensable the training was in prepara-
tion for the annual membership meetings, particularly for newly appointed in-
structors.
Some okres committees (for example, Jindrichuv Hradec) in discussing the
preparations, assigned each member of the Presidium to help an organization pre-
pare a report for the annual membership meeting; these reports served as models
for the training of instructors. In some of our factory organizations (for ex-
ample, Budvar in Ceske Budejovice, the Potex factory organization of the Jednota
Consumers Cooperative in Tabor), teachers and assistants in the Year of Party Educa-
tion are helping to assure proper discussion of the annual report and construc-
tive criticism. In most of the factory organizations, preliminary reports have
been prepared to serve as a basis for discussion in the cells. For the most part,
these reports are prepared by members of the committee of the organization; in
some cases, the committee has delegated this responsibility to a three-member
commission.
Preparations for the annual membership meetings have demonstrated the ne-
cessity for the okres committees to fill their staffs of instructors and to
strive constantly toward increasing the level of their work.
Some factory organizations have had difficulties in assuring attendance at
the annual membership meetings. An example is the Jihoceske Papirny (South
Bohemian Paper Mills) in Loucovice, where the members of the sectional organi-
zations work in three shifts. The problem as to whether the annual membership
meetings could be held on Sunday was considered. It was decided that not even
this day was suitable, because a great majority of the members live at a con-
siderable distance. Therefore, a plan was worked out for all the sectional or-
ganizations whereby nonparty workers reli,ved the Party members so that the
latter could attend the meeting; the Party members relieved the nonparty workers
on the following day.
In the Koh-i-noor factory organization in Ceske Budejovice it was necessary
to take five sectional organizations into consideration in regard to attendance
at their annual membership meetings. Each sectional organization, by agreement
with the factory-wide committee, was assigned a day for the meeting which would
not affect attendance at work and which would suit all members of the organiza-
tion. The factory-wide membership meeting was fixed for Saturday, because many
members, who live at a great distance, would find it difficult to attend a meet-
ing held on Sunday.
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L. aerec
The factory-wide committee of the Textilana firm in Liberec began prepara-
tions for the annual meeting at the beginning of January. The instructors
transferred this task to the committees of the individual sectional organiza-
tions, where members were proposed for the election commissions. The proposal
submitted to the committee was formally approved at the January membership
meeting.
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The factory organization of Elektro-Praga in Straz mad Nisou, Jan Sverma
Factory, has already completed the first part of the annual meeting. The place
where the meeting was held was not heated, which did not contribute to increased
attention. Demonstration of agitation was omitted, and decorations were insuf-
ficient. The time chosen for the meeting was not suitable, so that only 45 per-
cent of the members were present (the factory works in three shifts).
The principal mistakes of the comrades were due to the fact that they did
not thoroughly analyze why they failed to fulfill certain tasks. This is the
fault not only of the factory organization but of the okres committee; the in-
structor of the okres committee did not adequately assist the members of the
factory organization In compiling the report. In such a matter it is not suf-
ficient to visit one committee meeting and then abandon the comrades to their
fate.
It was ascertained that the sectional organizations had not been working;
the factory-wide committee had been doing their work for them. The committee
did not pay attention to the cell leaders, and failed to instruct them in their
work; therefore, it lost touch with the members. It did not direct the work of
Communists in the trade unions, in the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, and in the
factory Sokol unit. It struggled with all problems but failed to master them.
It concentrated merely on problems of production, which it succeeded in solving,
but it omitted the education of members, patronage activity, etc.
The annual meeting was a mirror which sharply indicated where the Party
members of Elektro-Praga had committed errors. It is now necessary that the
basic decisions adopted at the annual meeting be worked out in detail and in-
corporated into the working plan, which will )e submitted to the members at
the second part of the annual membership meeting.
COOPERATION AND UNIFIED ADMINISTRATION IN LIBEREC
Lux, Chief Secretary, and
Petr, Chief of Administration
Secretariat of Okres Committee
Communist Party
Until the end of August 1949, work at the Secretariat of the Okres Com-
mittee in Liberec was handled in about the same way as at all the other okres
secretariats of the Party. This means that each political official had an ad-
ministrative worker who handled the mail of the section.
Under the old system of distribution of workers, we had reached a point
where we could not peiiurm all our tasks systematically, and we did not wish to
satisfy ourselves with the constant makeshift of brigades. Therefore, we estab-
lished a joint-administrative section for the entire secretariat, including the
records and the economic section. This section handles written work and records
for the entire secretariat; one woman works exclusively for the chief secretary
and the cadre secretary. Thus, in a very short time, we have eliminated backlogs,
and have begun to handle administrative work transferred by the individual secre-
taries to the chief of the administrative section on a daily basis.
The comrade charged with management of the joint-administrative section
participates in all conferences of workers of the secretariat, and is in con-
stant liaison with the chief secretary. The administrative section also keeps
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statistical summaries concerning meetings and the fulfillment of tasks by basic
organizations, as well as all other necessary data. Thus, we have been able to
dispatch rapidly all kinds of mail, although we choose this method of communi-
cation with organizations only in urgent cases. We try to maintain close liaison
with the organizations through the medium of the instructors of the okres com-
mittee. We now have one less administrative worker than formerly, and our opera-
tions are more flexible.
To expedite handling of mail, we introduced a system of affixing printed ad-
dresses on envelopes. For monthly reports and other correspondence concerning
organizations, we are now using special cards, arranged alphabetically according
to organizations, instead of loose-leaf notebooks. We also have special printed
forms for records of various activities. .
We are attempting to arrange conferences and meetings throughout the okres
according to a plan. During the first week of the month, membership and com-
mittee meetings are held in all organizations on every weekday, except Friday
which is reserved in our kraj for studying by the members. Committee meetings
are held in the second week except on Wednesday and Thursday, when there are
conferences of instructors of basic organizations in districts, conferences of
culture-propaganda vice-chairmen and referents, 4nd a conference in Liberec of
chief district instructors. In the third week, in addition to the committee
meetings, there are conferences of officials in the districts and joint commit-
tee meetings in the districts of Liberec. In the fourth week, in addition to
committee meetings, there are meetings of instructors in the districts and a
conference of chief district instructors in Liberec. Instruction of teachers
of the Year of Party Education is held in the districts in the fourth week on
Monday and Tuesday. A meeting of the Presidium of the okres committee and a con-
ference of workers in the secretariat are held regularly every Wednesday; a meet=
ing of the okres committee is held regularly on the last Saturday of the month.
The new administrative arrangement at the secretariat has already proved
itself. We hope that in the future we shall be able to perform our duties even
better.
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