RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700230084-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: April 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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RESPONSIDILITY OF COMMUNITY COUNCILS
FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
The most significant aspects o? the functions of the community and muni^-
ipal councils are outlined in the Statute for OeLB (Oertliche landwirtschaft-
liche Hetrie`~e, local agricultural enterprises) of 20 D1ay 1954.
Although the OeLDs are organizations established by file community or
municipal councils, they are not directly subordinate to these state organs.
The operations of the OeI.Bs ere organized according to the principle of per-
sonal responsibility. Such responsibility makes it imperative that the di-
rector and leading officials of an OeLD have independent authority to take
measures necessary for the operations of the OeLB. No one may interfere with
the execution of operational measures so long as the director of an OeLD
hand hs the problems coni'ronting him with the required prudence. However,
if the director o: an OeLB endangers the fulfillment of the economic plan,
either by intent or by negligence, then the local administrative organs
must take direct acticn i;it.h regard to the OeLD's operations.
Since the OeLDs are organizations established by the community or mu-
nicipal councils, the 1o::a1 administrative organs must exercise direct super-
vision over them. The local administrative organs fulfill their supervisory
duties by being fully informed concerning the business affairs of the OeLHs
and by guiding and assisting in the work of the managements of the OeLBs and
of the trade unions, idhile local administrative organs furnish guidance to
the OeLBs only when they ftnd shortccmings and weaknesses in the letter's
operations, the types of assistance cover a much wider field, as illustrated
below:
1. The manager of an OeL}3 must submit a business report to the com-
munity re?resen?atives concerning the development of the OeLD and concern-
ing difficulties ~~hich may arise in its operations. The community councils
should investigate the underlying causes .'or such difficulties and take reme-
disl c~ion.
2. The :oval administrative organs have the special duty of establish-
ing a frier.~'y relatiorshin betxeen the OeLD, on the one hand, and the co-
operative :nrmers or individual Sarmers, on the other hand. The establish-
ment of friendly relations betwe.n these elements is of decisive importance
f'or the development and strengthening o!' the cooperative sector of agricul-
ture.
3? !'he OeLls are ~, strengthen the cooperative sector of agriculture
by ,joining existing ugricul_ural produr_er cooperatives. This step is very
important, since it will be the basis for the economic and social measures
to be instituted. The local administrative organs must therefore examine
whether the OeI.Bs adhere to the instructions and directives issued by the
government concerning the rights and duties of the workers (wage and salary
agreements, introduction oi' the system of performance wages, enforcement of
enterprise regulations, etc.). These measures greatly facilitate the incor-
poration of the OeLD enterprises into the cooperative sector of agriculture
in the near future.
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