TRAINING SCHOOLS OF THE RUMANIAN WORKERS PARTY

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 29, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Training Schools of the Rumanian
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Information on training schools given below covers the period before and
immediately after the fusion of the Social-Democratic Party (Rad ceanu
faction) with the Rumanian Communist Party to form the Rumanian workers Party.
It is not believed that the training program has been materially altered by
this change in the Partygs name.
1. Cadre schools have been established in cities, important industrial centers,
or are located so as to serve specific regions of the country. There are
four cadre schools in Bucharest, one for each administrative area of the city.
Party cells recommend students for these schools. The course of study lasts
from three to four months, the students attending classes from two to four
hours daily. Students may work .chile attending school,, securing leave of
absence from their places of employment when necessary. The course of study
includes work in the history of the CPSU (b), principles of Marxism, Communist
Party structure and organization, and the duties of party members.
2. Special schools are organized to train party members for specific tasks, such
as the execution of the agrarian reform or participation in electoral cam-
paigns. The course of study lasts about ten days. Party cells each send one
to three students. Usually from forty to fifty students are enrolled at one
time in a special school. I
3. The Stefan Gheorghiu Communist University, which trains Party leaders and
xnctionaries, is located in the old building of the Ministry of anterior at
the corner of Calea Victories and Strada General Marna in Bucharest. The course
of study lasts one year. Candidates are chosen by the Cadre Section of the
Party on recommendation of Party cells and the cadre schools, who nominate
their best students. Other students are selected from among individuals active
in higher organs of the Party who have shown the attributes of leadership.
Between two and three hundred students attend the University yearly. Most of
the students are from Bucharest and reside at home while pursuing their studies;
students from the provinces are given board and lodging at the University
building. Students who were previously employed are paid their regular salaries
by their old employers while attending school. Party functionaries likewise
continue to receive their Party stipends. The Director of the University is
Barbu Lazarearcu. Courses and lectures are given by members of the Secretariat
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of the Party, the editors of Scanteia, selected professors from the University
of Bucharest, and such CoLmist ir,Gellectuals as Mircea Bala.nescu and Barbu
Zaharescu. A'course in problems of the Party is taught by Nicola. Gold-
berger. one Rain, whose true name is Uigenstein, deliver?s a series of
lectures on the Oanti-#mperialist struggle". Gheorghe Ghorghiu-Dej lectures
on economics; Teoharie Georgescu, Minister of Interior, discusses state or-
ganization and administration; and Emil Bodn araq, Minister of National Defense,
talks on military strategy and tactics.
L&. The Institute of Universal Culture, a secret training school,, is located in
the building formerly occupigd by the Japanese Legation, on Boulevard facia
in Bucharest. This Institute trains its students for a diplomatic career.
Students, who are selected by the Cadre Section of the Party and paid wrhi.l
attending school, ,are veteran Communists who have proved their faithfulness
to the Party. The course of study lasts six months, classes being held
from six to ten hours daily; thestudent body numbers eighty. Among the
faculty are Emil Bodnaraa, Teoharie Georgescu and Ana Pauker.
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