THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO-YEAR CANDIDATES AS MEMBERS OF THE CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY

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• Publication Date: September 7, 1950
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27 Apr 1950
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO-YEAR CANDIDATES
AS MEMBERS OF THE CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY
Candidates whose one-year waiting period has expired have been trans-..
(erred to the status of members in accordance with the regulations concerning
individual verification of candidates on completion of their waiting period
beginning April 1949.
The deadline for candidates with a 2-year waiting period is now at hand.
Experiences with the transfer of one-year candidates indicated that the entire
procedure was often excessively prolonged; this must not be repeated. The
secretariat of the Central Committee has issued new regulations for the
transfer of candidates to the status of members, adapted to the organizational
statutes; these regulations were accepted by the Ninth Party Congress.,
After the expiration of his waiting period, a candidate must request
of the organization that he be accepted as a m?mber; his request must be.
made on the established form, on which he will write his own biography, and
on which his guarantors will justify their recommendation that he be accepted.
The organization must devote constant attention to candidates to see
thr.t they become good members of the Party. The regulations for the acceptance
of candidates as members must be discussed in the basic organizations.
INDIVIDUAL VERIFICATION OF CANDIDATES UPON THEIR ACCEPTANCE
AS MEMBERS OF THE PARTY
Regulations of the Secretariat of the Central Committee
of 18 April 1950
The waiting period is now ending for candidates who were transferred
to the status of candidates for 2 years at the time of the checkup in 1948,
and for those who original one-year waiting period was extended for one year.
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The organizational statutes adopted by the Nintit Congress dictate regarding
the acceptance of candidates as members as follows:
A member of the Party is acceptea from the ranks of candidates after
the expiration of his waiting period, if he shows that he is worthy of being
a member.
A candidate who wished to become a member shall request acceptance from
the committee of his basic organization. He shall give the committee his
membership application with an attached biography, signed by two members
of the Party as guarantors.
The guarantors, who must have been Party members for at east 2 years,
assume responsitility for the fact that the candidate recommended by them,
whom they have known well for at least one year, is worthy of being a member
cf the Party.
the committee's proposal for the acceptance or rejection of a candidate who
has applied for membership. The membership meeting will discuss each candi-
date and vote on his acceptance. After the decision of the membership meeting,
if rejected) to the okres committee, with the reasons for its decision.
The okres committee confirms the acceptance of a candidate as a member.
The presidium shall discuss each application separately; it may raise objections
whether all requirements have been fulfilled, and shall forward it to the
Central Committee. The acceptance of members who have held positions in other
political parties must be confirmed by the kraj committee. The acceptance
Membership in the Party is reckoned from the day on which the candi-
date was accepted as a member at the membership meeting.
The political maturity, devotion to the Party, and personal characteristics
of each candidate must be carefully examined; in the case of candidates of
factory organizations, it must be determined whether he manifests himself
as a Communist even in his place of residence.
It must be determined how-he has acquainted himself with the principles,
policy, and organization statutes of the Party; how he has performer the
duties assigned to him by the organizational statutes; whether he is working
in the organization and attending the membership meetings; whether he is
participating in the Year of Party Education and how he grasps the course
materials; whether he pays his dues regularly; whether he regularly reads the
Party press and persuades those around him of the correctness of Party policy;
how he has performed the tasks assigned to him by the organization, or how
he has worked in official positions entrusted to him ',such as assistant to
a cell leader, member of the commission of the national committee); and
how he has worked in non-Party organizations.
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It is especially important to determine how a candidate has fulfilled
his constructive tasks, how he is distinguishing himself in his work, and
how he is participating in Socialist competition and the shock-worker move-
ment. In the case of a candidate from the renks of farmers, it is especially
necessary to judge his attitude toward the Unified Agricultural Cooperatives,
and whether he fulfills his obligations to the state in an exemplary manner.
Candidates from the ranks of small businessmen and office workers 'ust be
checked especially thoroughly.
Each candidate must be discussed at the committee meeting and the member-
ship meeting. The committee must prepare its proposal carefully. The cLair-
man of?the organization submits a repcrt both at the committee meeting and
at the membership meeting. Therefore, he must know the candidate personally,
and must carefully examine his application, biography, and all other documents.
The candidate shall submit a carefully filled out application for member-
ship signed by two guarantors, with a detailed biography. The application
will be made on the new form, which the organization will obtain from the
okres secretariat.
The committee of a factory organization shall request an opinion about
each candidate from the local organization in which he is registered. If
the candidate's waiting pe.?iod was assigned in an organization other than
the one deciding whether to accept him as a member, it is also necessary to
request an opinion and explanation from his former organization.
In addition to the candidate, his guarantors, his cell leader, the
leading party member of any non-Party organization in which the candidate
may work, and the instructor of the organization will be summoned to the
committee meeting discussing the candidate`s application. The opinions of
the local or former organization will also be discussed at this meeting.
The chairman of the organization shall submit a report on the candidate,
particularly on how he has fulfilled his obligations. This report shall
be thoroughly prepared in advanced. The members of the committee, the cell
leader, and the instructor of the organization have the right to ask the candi-
date questions so.that they may be able to judge his political maturi `v, his
attitude toward the Party, and whether he has fulfilled his construct.ve tasks
and the tasks assigned to him by the organization.
The guarantors shall indicate how long they have known the propoedd;:aandi-
date, and shall give their reasons for recommending his acceptance as a member.
The instructor will make sure that the committees proposal for the membership
meeting gives a correct evaluation of the candidate's work and maturity.
At the membership meeting, after some preliminary remarks emphasizing
the importance of deciding on admi-,ion of candidates, the chairman of the
organization shall present all data concerning the candidate; a brief bio-
graphy, why he applied for membership in the Party, how he has fulfilled his
obligations during the waiting period, any opinion from the candidate's local
or former organization, and the proposal prepared by the co:jmittee.
The candidate must self-critically judge how he has fulfilled his obliga-
tions during the waiting period. After his self-criticism, all those present
have the right to ask questions., evaluate t. candidate critically, and make
comments on the committee`s proposal. The candidate must answer the questions
himself.
After the debate on the committee's proposal, the chairman shall call for
a vote on the proposal, augmented. by the comments made during the debate. If
the organization finds that the candidate has not fulfillea his obligations
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and has not displayed sufficient interest, he will be crossed off the list of
candidates or, in serious cases, expelled.
The waiting period may be extended. for a year in the case of those candi-
dates who have a good attitude toward the Party but who do not yet completely
understand Party policy, those who, for serious resons, have not fulfilled
some of their assigned tasks, and those whose political level is not yet up
to the demands placed on Party members. The waiting periods shall be extended
only for those candidates who give promise of fulfilling all conditions for
membership within the additional time allowed.
A candidate may appeal the decision of the membership meeting to a higher
echelon of the Party.
If the membership meeting decides that a candidate k. hall. be ,r_cpe17t,L or
that his name be crossed. off the list, the clerk of the organization shall re-
port this to the okres committee on the form "Report of Changes," to which he
shall attach an abstract of the minutes of the meeting as well as the candi-
date's credentials. He shall also report tc the okres committee if a candi-
date's waiting perict has been extended.
If the membership meeting decides to accept a candidate as a member,
the clerk of the organization shall fill out the candidates application with
the opinion of the organization resulting from the committee meeting and the
membership meeting. The chairman of the organization shall sign it, confirm
it by stamp, and send it to the okres committee.
The presidium of the okres committee is required to discuss all applica-
tions of candidates which it receives and to decide whether to approve them.
The cadre secretary submits the proposals. For processing the proposals, he
may bring in from the factories proven Party officials who have been approved
by the presidium of the okres committee; these officials examine the applica-
tions in detail.' The secretariat of the okres committee then forwards the ap-
proved applications to the kraj committee.
The kraj committee, which examines the membership applications of candi-
dates, must know exactly the status of the candidates and the number accepted
according to organizations end okreses, The chief of the cadre section sub-
mits a list of candidates who are to be accepted as members to the presidium
of the kraj committee with a comment, Proven Party officials, approved by
the presidium of the kraj committee, may be brought in to examine the appli-
cations.
After an application is examined, the kraj committee shall send it to
the records b??anch of tt.: central secretariat. Here the insert for the cre-
dentials confirming the acceptance of the candidate as a member will be pre-
pared when the special commission designated by the secretariat of the Cen-
tral Committee examines the application.
The Central Committee shall send the prepared insert for the member-
ship credentials to the chairman of the basic organization, via the kraj
and okres committees; the chairman shall give it to the member at the mem-
bership meeting.
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