MINISTRY OF THE MERCHANT FLEET T/O APPROVAL PROCEDURES

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• Publication Date: May 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE .-AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
This Document contains information affecting tb'? Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 791, of the U.S,Co4e, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of itscor}tents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form 1e prohibited.
Ministry of the Merchant Fleet T/O DATE DISTR.
Approval Procedures
18 May 1953
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REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Reduction, of the T/0's of agencies.
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1. The Ministry of the Merchant Fleet (MMF) used two types of organiza-
tiontables. The first type was that which had to be approved by the
State T/0 Commission (Gosudarstvennaya Shtatnaya Komissiya) and was
used by the Ministry's administrative-executive agencies. The second
type of T/O did not need to be approved by the State T/0 Commission,
and was used by Merchant Fleet agencies employing technical and sea-
going personnel.
2. The State T/O Commission, an administrative organ attached to the
Council of Ministers, was located in Moscow at 26 Kazakova Street.
This commission not only approved the T/0's of all Soviet administra
tine-executive agencies, but also controlled these agencies' financial
expenditures. The commission performed the following functions:
Composition of the list of organizations whose creation and T/Ofs
it must approve,
Composition of the list of official positions on agency T/016
which it must approve.
c. Creation of the nomenclature for the various T/0 positions.
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b Two original c.pies of estimated agency administrative--
exec tive expenses which had been approved by the. governing
organization and certified with its official seal.. The
form of such a document is given below:
Approved
estimate expenses of
:annually..
(Signature of the chief of the governing
organization)
Seal here
,Date here)
(Pull name of the organization here)
No. in
order
Sums assigned
;.Items for one year Remarks
1: ? Base wages
2, Allowances
3. ?Soeia.l.. Security
4. Depreciation of buildings
Postal expenses
6. T..D.Y. `expenses
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Office expenses
Transportation expenses.
Heating, lighting
Emergency fuhds
Other expenses
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(Total here)
(Signatures of:-.chief of the organization
chief of the planning .section
chief bookkeeper)
as :. f ollows :
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o . Two copies of the. number of personnel.emplOyed;..by the
organization on the d iy of reigistNRf 1"On The form 'was
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of Employees
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of (Name of organization
on (Date of registration
go. in Organizational Name of Monthly
Order subdivisions and employee Wage
titles of positions
rAllowances
14
40
Total organizational payroll)
Signatures of : chief of organization
chief., labor and wage'
section
chief, bookkeeper)
A detailed, explanation of each item of expense (actual or
estimated) . "Emergency funds" fee 5b "l?" were for the
salaries of persons who did occasional Wor not performed
by T/0 personnel. "Emergency funds" were paid for the
following expenses :
(1) Minor repair of chairs, tables, keys, etc
(2) Washing of curtains, table cloths, etc..
(3) Hiring of extra stenographers during conferences, etc.
(4) Gardeners' salaries.
(5) Preparations for anniversaries of revolution
"Other expenses" fee 5B "ll" were minor expenses which
could not be foreseen, and w ich did not exceed 2a rubles
for each bill. items included in this category were:
(1) Brooms', pails) whisk brooms, etc.
(2) Newspapers and magazines (as a rule, A single copy of
Pravda and the merchant fleet magazine).
(3) Tickets for duty travel on local river steamers.
(k) Payment for water supply and sewage services`.,
(5) Telephone expenses.
(Allowances for "emergency funds" and other allowances,were
generally not enough to answer the needs. Also, if each item`
in the estimated expense account was not explained in a very
detailed manner, it was deleted.)
e. A list of the officials who were granted personal salaries.
The form for this document was as follows:
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Am estimation of the expenses incurred '?fr r the'~begiinning of
the c' re t l cal year until the day of T/0 registration
With the financial administration. This docu ent. was .signed
by the chief of the organization.and the chief' bookkeeper
All the,abov.e--mentioned documents See. paragraph 57 had to be for-
-warded to the local.f inanoial administration before the date set
for the annual registration, of T/Os . This date was determined
by the financial administrations. 'If the documents were late 'for
registration, the financial administration stopped the' bank
credit of the tardy organization.
Approved organizational T/4s and budgets bore the following
financial administration Ground stamps:
.Registered
(no.. of the registration card)
'
No. of personnel
.with the organization
(Total, payroll) per year
(Signature of the chief of the organizatio
Registered no.
Estimated administra. ve-
executive expenses per gear
($ ignature ,of the head of
the financial administration)
Whet the organizational T/0's and budgets were approved by the
financial administrations, organizations were issued special
registration cards whieb authorized these organizations to with
draw. from banks the amounts of money necessary to the, approved
organizational expenses.
The T/O of administrative organizations were periodically reduced.
on the following occassions:
a.. When the State T/O Commission.ordered a general staff
reduction, . Reductions, 'of this type were usually addressed
to. a `ministry, , and demanded a reduction of five per cent
in each of the ministry's organizations Determinations
of which personnel were to be eliminated was. left to the
discretion of the ministryb
b. When ordered by the local financial administrations.
Inspectors of financial administrations could decide, to eliminate
T/0 positions
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p. . When ;a T/0 position re,iaed vacant for one or two years..
Reductions this type were automatic in accordance with.4
decree of the USSR Council of Minister's dated 15 September 1,946.
d. If production of the current year was less than that.of the
previous year.
10. Violations of T/0 provisions (false statements about finances and
personnel use, etc.) were severely punished. First violations
were punished by a fine of 1,500- 2,000 rubles; repeated violations
by chiefs and. chief bookkeepers were punished by prosecution
in court.
11. The following admistr?ative organizations were' not subject to T/0
registration:
a.
Ministry.of the Armed Forces
b..
Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of 'State Security,(MVD. and MGB)
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Party and Komsomol committees
d.
Executive committees of workers, soviets
e.
Ministry of' Justice courts a ,nd attorney general offices*
The above-mentioned organizations. issued their own T/Os bypassing-
the approval of the State T/O Commission. Control of T/O
provisions. was performed within.each organization.-
12.. The appointment of persons to the following positions in the
administrative organizations (as was true of all USSR organizations)
had to be. individually approved by the State T/0 Commission':
a. Chiefs and deputy chiefs of M organizations, divisions.,
directorates, and groups
b . Chief engineers and engineers
o. Senior technicians and technicians
d. Senior inspectors and inspectors
e. Senior planners and planners
g. Bookkeepers
h. Accountants
i. Cashiers
J. Office clerks
k. Secretaries, stenographers, typists
1. Senior merchandise experts and merchandise experts
Agents
n. Warehouse personnel
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q... Charwomen
r. Messengers
a. Watchmen
Chauffeurs of passengear . vehiclee
o. Adze nistration chiefs -(vkhoz )
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t. Dispatchers in all. organizations. except, port and shipping
agencies
u. Senior tariff experts and tariff experts
V. Inspectors
13. There. were certain types of T/0 positions within the Mesebaflt
Fleet Ministry which, although subject to the approval of the
State T/O Commission fee paragraph ], were exe t from
registration with the financial ad*inistrations See paragraph.
A list of these T/0 designations follows;
In the steamship companies
(1) Steams and diesel mechanics
(2) Parts-designers who were paid by the piece
(3) "Deviators" jii 7 (personnel who corrected compass
deviation). and "radio-'navigators" (personnel'who
navigated by use of radio)
(4) Seagoing personnel
(5) Political section personnel
(6) Work checkers
(7) Receptionists
(8)" ."Operators" (all personnel not specifically listed on
the T/0,: but who were, used as a pool from which T/0, positions
were-filled-as heeded`.
(9) Personnel of the tlaermo-technical teams
(10). Personnel working on the costs of ;production
(11) Truck drivers
(12). Laborers
.Instructors
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b. In ports and agenoies, ,the T/O positions listed, above flee 137,
except instinct ?, ~u ax ., yoa,ri s' s .gzla:ti5', were.alsra
exempt. .rrom regi,atration with the financial administrations,
as were the following'p?sitions:
'(1) Dispatcher personnel
(2) Managers and cashiers or freight warehouses
.(3) Chief of R.R stations
(a) Chiefs and technicians of trans-loading sections
(5) Crane operators and mechanics
C. Ih directorates of maritime routes T/O positions listed
.above See 121~], except those of work 'checkers, receptionists,
and parts designer's, were exempt from registration as' were the
following positions:
(1)
Chiefs, engineers,, and technicians of depth-exploration
sect.ions
.(2) Chiefs, engineers, and technicians of canal route
sections
(3) Signal light section personnel.
(4) Boatswains and sailors stationed on shore
(5) oarsmen
(6) Water-level checkers
d. In the industrial enterprises - in addition-to the production
cost checkers and-truck drivers mentioned previously 2A7,
the following,T/O positions were exempt from registry ion
with financial administrations:
(1) Workshop personnel
.(2) Fleet.and dock sections personnel
(3) Crane operators
(4) Engineers and technicians working on the stafldardization
of work norms
(5) Timekeepers
(6) Power stations mechanics
14. The appointment of personnel to certain MMF positions did no.t
require.the approval of the State T/a, Commission, -although the
remainder of the standard T/6 approval `procedures ffgee.para aphs.
given elew.
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a. Housing project personnel
b. Personnel of the communication services (wireless stations,,
radio offices, and radio and ;telephone workshops)
a.. Building construction personnel.
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3 any had to be followed. Personnel in this ;ca egory are
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