ORGANIZATION OF THE BASIC PARTY ORGANIZATION AND PARTY TRAINING IN THE PZPR

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• Publication Date: May 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Op~ganization ofr,the Basic Party OrganJ,,- DATE DISTR.
'nation and Panty Training in the PZPR
A'S My 1953
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1. According to the decree of the Organizational Bureau.of the PZPR (Polish
United Workers' Party) the Basic Party Organization (POP) should not include
more than 100 members. In factories and institutions havving: a greater number
of Party members, there is a Factory Council. The POP is an indepeladent
.organization headed by an executive committee composed of five to seven members
and directed by two secretaries. In the larger factories the POP is subordinate
to the Factory Council; in the small factories where the number of Party members
,.does not exceed 100, the POP is subordinated to the county PZPR committee in
large cities or to,the town PZPR committee in smaller towns.
?:Z. Since the POP is not in a position to control all production problems it is divided
into single organizational deparments (organ,izacje oddzialowe)0 This
department includes those Party members who are employed in the same production
department and is subordinate .the POP, being a part of it. In factories
where there are two or three shifts there exist alternating organizations
(organizacje zmianowe) consisting of employees working the same shift.
3. In April 1951 the Organizational Bureau of the Party created a new cell,
the so-called Party group (grupy Partyjne), headed by a chairman who is obliged
to be informed of all problems in his group. The group consists of all those
".members who work in the same.department of production or administration, and it
is the task of the Party group to organize the labor competition, to maintain
the socialist labor discipline, to see to the quality of production, and to
influence the non Party members.
fir. The POP recruits new members, trains them, and is entitled to suggest new ideas
and personnel changes in the factory. The following sub'ofdinate groups are part,
of the POP: speakers, agitators, liaison group between the town and the country,
political schooling,rself-schooling, A 'POP meeting is held at least once a
month to discuss various political and production problems, proposals and
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future plans. The POP works closely with the trade unions, youth organizations
and other related groups. It is intered-ted in the political and cultural
as well as tie religious activities surrounding it;'for example, it sends
some of its members to church to hear the sermon and report on it.- According to
a decree of the Organizational Bureau of the Party, each Party member must
belong to the POP, and therefore the PIP was established in all committees
and Party organizations ,in towns and in villages as well.
5.. In August,1950, a 10-month training course was introduced in the Party.. The'
political schooling is controlled by a special department of schooling (wydz'ial
szkolenia) which publishes a "schooling library" of its-own. The Party tries.,t.q
induce each member to take the course. The Party schooling of the first (lowest)
degree includes all candidates and members of the Party. The course lasts 10 months
and has the following program: ideological foundations of the PZPR; statutes of -the
PZPE;,the lift of ;Stalin; and the Polish Six-Year Plan. The` organizational'
department arranges this first course. The lecturers are members of the county
committee and have to be approved. P.* the 'Party authorities. After this introductory
'course, the Party member has to-'attend the second degree course.
6. The intermediary course lasts two years zn , deals 'witl `tha-a 1 ra..-t,h the 'I.
following subjects: the basic teaching of dialectical materialism; the basic doctrines
of Marxian political. economy; history of the labor movement in Poland; the Party;
and''the strategy and tactics in the struggle of the classes. This course; includes
only Party members and it is the-first secretary of the POP who is responsible for it.
7. Another training course is the so-called private schooling which lasts two years
and includes only Party members. This program includes the study of: the history
of the Soviet Bolshevik Party; the-history of materialistic traditions in, philosophy;
dialectic materialism; dialectic methods and historical materialism; and political
economy. It-is the so-called ".aparatczyky" (prominent members of the Party?
apparatus, higher administrative personnel and Party activists) who are obliged
to take this course. All of these courses are controlled by thevoivodship. PZPR'
committee and the Marxist Didactical Center (Marksistowskie Osrc.dek Didaktyczpy').
--8. Aside from these coursesthe following party schools exists
a. County Party School (Partyjne Szkoly Powiatowe), which is controlled by'the
county' PZPR,committee. The students in this school imust be Party members and must
have passe the Party intermediary course. The County Party School 'course lasts'
six..monthe? with a 10-hour day. The program of this 'school corresponds to that
of 'the intermediary saurseexcept'that the natural sciences are given a social-
political oharacte'.. The students live in dormitories and receive leave of absence
from their place o< employment and receive their normal wages during that time,
b. The Voivodship Party School (Wojewodzkie Szkoly Partyjne) are organized and'
controlled by the voivodship PZPR committee. The students here must be graduates
of the County- Party School. The course" lasts one, year and the students; live In
dormitories and receive a state- scholarship of 315 to 650 zloty, depending on the
size of the student ? s family. The students have a 10-hour day and special emphasis
is placed on practical work,;`suoh as giving lectures,. working in various Party
departments',.. visiting factories, eta. The.phrggram corresponds-to that of a college.
The purpose of the voivodahip school is to train Party activists, seoreta,r?ie's and'
instructors.
;c. The Central School of the PZPR is located on Kosciuszko Street in Lodz, in the
building of the former German gymnasium. The director of the school is Celina
Bud;ynaka. The course lasts two years. The school has 400 students who receive
a state scholarship and live in the dormitories. The teachers are mostly university
professors,
d. The Schooling Center of the Central Committee of the PZPR is located in
Waraeiw. To be eligible, a student must be either a graduate'of the Central Party'
'School or of a university. The course lasts one year and the school has 100"students.
The program corresponds to that of a universityls. The teachers 'are leading figures
of the Party and university teachers. Graduates receive a masters' degree.
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e. The Schooling Center of the Marxist Scientific Cadres (Centralny Osrodek
Szkolenia Marksistovskich Kadr Naukowych). is also located in Warsaw. Only
those who have graduated from a university or other higher school, and professors
of higher schools are admitted to the school. The six-month course trains the
scientific cadres of the Party. The teachers are well-known political personages
such as Professors Adam, Schaff, Chalasinski, Minc,and others,
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