CRITICISM OF A KRAJ PARTY ORGANIZATION; PARTY WORK IN CZECHOSLOVAK PRISON-GUARD CORPS

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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CENTRAL INL~1~7J[I~FA~ IG~Y~'I REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Political - Communist Party, or?gan]zatiocl
Sociological - Prison-Guard Corps
HOW
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
PUBLISHED Semimonthly periodical DATE DIST.,3/ Jan 1953
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PUBLISHED Prague NO. OF PAGES 5
DATE
PUBLISHED 28 MaY 1952
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Funkcionar~Vol VII, No 6, 1952.
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CRITICISM OF A.KRAJ PARTY ORGANIZATION;
PARTY WORK IN C ECLCSLOVAa FiIISON?GUARD CORPS
this report consists of two articles dealing w~cu party work
in Czechoslovakia. The articles appeared in the Hungarian periodical
Funkcionar. The first criticizes the Hradec Kralove kraj party
organization and calls for more efficient administration, better use
of the kraj committee apparatus, and stronger party leadership, The
second discusses party work in the Czechoslovak Prison-Guard Corps]
CRITIQUE OF THE HRADEC KRALOVE KRAJ PARTY ORGANIZATION
At the December 1951 session of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak
Communist Party, Gottwald charged all Communists with seeing that the liqui-
dation of enemy agents Is accompanied by the methodical repair of damage
inflicted by traitors and enemies of the party and the working people.
The ton officials of the Hradec vraiove kraj party organization did not
realize fully the meaning of Gottwald's words. The fact that no saboteurs
were discovered in the kraj organization itself made them less vigilant, and
they failed to cppose and abolish certain improper, non-Bolshevik methods
which saboteurs had managed to introduce Into the organization's work.
The work of the kraj organization is stereotyped and mechanical, as
manifeurted in formalistic planning and automatic delegation and acceptance of
pity tasks. This leads to evasion of the proper performance of duties and
to reduced potency and influence of the party in the kraj.
Therefore, the Organizational Secretariat of the party's Central Committee,
as of 25 March 1952, recommends to the Hradec Kralove kraj party committee that
it critically evaluate its current work methods and in improving them concentrate
on the following main objectives:
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Increased Efficiency of Administration
be di The cardedpolicy Iof automaticcielegatd members and acceptance ce all of party duties must
nr?anizations must be convinced. of the correctness ofpthe decisions of the
Central Committee and the government. They must be guided to fight firmly and
fearlessly to overcome any difficulty and to fulfill these decisions.
Fundamental decisions of the kraj committee, together with those of the
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presidium of ithe kraj committee and whole aj entral Committee and the government, must become' a basis for the work of the
decisions of the kraj committee must be clearlydefin drasuthe outcomerof the
committee's negotiations, and not simply approval of the text of reports. This
will raise the level of the meetings of the kraj.comnittee, especially of its
discussions. The presidium of the kraj committee is responsible for implementing
the decisions of the kraj committr-?. It determines the specific goals of the
decisions, assigns them to party agencies and organizations, and supervise,, their
execution. The intensified activity of the members of the kraj committee is to be
assured by regular assignments of actual party tasks, so that their function
will not be limited to mere participation in meetings' of the kraj committee.
In carrying out decisions, the kraj committee operates with activist groups.
However, their sessions must not be held according , or be
limited to meetings of the kraj commi to a fixed schedule
ttee. They must convene whenever the
actual needs of the party administration require.
The presidium of the kraj committee must abandon the formalistic planning
of work and individual programs which impair its efficiency. It must plan its
work on the basis of a sound analysis of the political tasks to be oerfnrmed
in the kraj and in compliance with the decisions of the Central. Committee and
government. The work is not to be set up on the basis of routine coordination
of proposals prepared in the various departments of the kraj committee, but
rather in accordance with the directives of the preai,,ium of the committee.
It assigns the tasks and determines their urgency. The work plan must give
the presidium of the kraj committee freedom to handle whatever Problems come up
in the everyday party work In the kraj.
The presidium of the kraj committee must liquidate the existing practice of
the okreses copying work plans and decisions of the kraj agencies. Instead, it
must encourage initiative in the okres committees in discharging and supporting
party tasks and activating the primary party organizations. At the same time,
the kraj committee must direct the attention of the okreses to the key rvsitions
in their okres, to the key plants, machine-tractor stations, state farms, and the
most important rural organizations.
To stimulate initiative and activity in the okreses and in the primary
organizations, the presidium of the kraj committee must change the pattern its
work. It must adopt fewer general resolutions and assign to the okreses andofto
primary organizations increased numbers of definite projects based on the
decisions of the Central Committee and the government. Such assignments lead to
the development of initiative in party organizations. In long-term projects, the
presidium should always state detailed objectives so that the decisions ao not
lose their effectiveness. Supervision of the implementation of decisions must
be substantially improved. The kraj agencies must not limit their supervision
to administrative checking of the distribution of directives to the okreses.
Okrescommittees and primary organizations must be instructed that in their
reports to the controlling agencies they should not simply list programs carried
out in response to the decisions but should also evaluate the results of the
completed work. All organs and units must learn, under the guidance of the kraj
Tarty administration, the Bolshevik method of supervision, which starts with the
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approval of the decision, consists of a continuous follow-up of its implementa-
tion, and provides continuous assistance in the implementation of the decisions.
Such supervision give;. the party administration an opportunity to evaluate the
individual officials properly to help educate party personae) and to facilitate
the Lorrection of errors.
Better Administration and Efficiency of the Kraj Committee Apparatus
Energetic and efficient administration of the kraj organization requires
better direction and use of the staff of the presidium of the kraj committee.
The staff of the kraj committee must be encouraged to show greater
responsibility in preparing the background material necessary for the work of
the elected officials. This can be accomplished if workers are always thor-
ougoly briefed on the assignments received by the kraj committee 'and if the
leading secretary and the secretaries of the kraj committee effectively assist
the sections in working out specific tasks. The kraj committee staff shows
definite initiative and interest in carrying out assignments, but there is a
complete lack of consistent and purposeful guidance of the kraj committee. The
initiative and the interest of workers have often found their outlet in fruit-
less organizing and preparing of unnecessary documents. This initiative and
interest must be turned in the right direction, to the preparation of better-
quality documents for the use of elected officals, and. to systematic supervision
of the implementation of decisions of the Central Committee and the kraj
committees. The kraj committee staff must in the future devote considerably
more attention to personnel work and to assisting the improvement of'personnel
work in the okres committees.
The political workers of the kraj committee must participate in every-
day party work in the okreses and p-i.mary organizations and particularly must
help increase the efficiency of the okras committees' staffs. Their partici-
pation in daily party work is necessary to enable them to supervise the imple-
mentation of the decisions of the Central Committee and the kraj committee and
to supply them with the practical experience needed for the work of the party
agencies in the kraJ.
The kraj committee staff must bring order into party administration.
The current administration has many shortcomings and. is a poor recommendation
for the staff workers.
There whould be no'ouperfluous and hasty staff meetings; the kraj
committee staff meetings need not be too frequent, but all questions on their
agenda must be tborough).y discussed and explained. This will stimulate the
initiative and self-reliance of individual workers and lead to their political
growth.
Stonger Party Leadership
The kraj party agencies cannot consider satisfactory the guidance they
have rendered the Communists in key positions in the economy, the people's
administration, and the mass organizations. Particularly weak is the support
of Communists in the Kraj Trade-Union Council.
If this situation is to be changed, high officials must follow and
support more extensively the work of Communists in the economy, the state
administration, and the mass organizations.
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The presidium of the kraj committee must give Communists in ke
a greater opportunity to discuss their work. It should, for example
invite top workers, both Y Positions
, often
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asarst these comrades in solving and governmental decisions pres"
in its mesings tae se ng issues and problems, T on cotton and to
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mining, and other the state administration, a'nd theima building,
organiza-
The need for assistance to comrades in the trade unions seems to be
especially pressing. The kraj committee should make this work the subject of
special consideration and prepare effective directives to improve trade-union
work in the area, Effective support is to be achieved through
organizations ani through reinforcing the personnel in the administration Kral Trade-Union Council party factory
of the
Communists in key positions must be encouraged to discharge fully'
assignments made by the central bodies, and to show more res
their work along with increased Ponsibilit the
party and state discipline. Y for
org?nizTeorale of committee staff in the support rsniz with the ultldkb be increased. nc The kraj committeetaffnmusti~nce of mass
c mass organizations and together with . th m submit to
theiP rty administratio quesonob on political organization and
r by the elected body. Political
The kraj committee must make better use of all the instruments at its
disposal to assert fully the party leadership in the kraJ, end to
implementation of the decisions of the Central Committee and the government
all sectors of the provide for
political, economic, and cultural life of the kraj.
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The organizational secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of Czechoslovakia has asked all kraj committees to use this document for
their information and for improving their work methods.
PARTY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK PRISON-GUARD CORPS
Com=nist Party organizations
Prison -Guard Co eta being established within the
rps (Sbor Vezenske Straze), Czechoslovak
Party's Central Committ in accordance
with a
ee. At the meetingq of these organizations
members receive instructions regarding directives for theorganizat atpions work,
tired by the y orgaliz Committee in the Prison-Guard Corps Head
tePoints to of the Communist part quarte Centrs is Committee
organization an instructor who assists Tha The Central Committee
conveys the instructions and directives of the Centr Cin ca
to the Ca orlf
entral Co osmmittee,nan.re.y
orts
submits the CentraleCoon the organization's activit
tjes, znt,..0
Committee monthly reports y The za
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Progress of the Year of Party mmbe on
p, n teet s ?n ul
submits plena of action . Training' on membership, on meeti
Central Committee tion,letc On controversial problems nt contacts thl.+s,
members from the y The Central Committee also d
, It ecides a cta the
organizations' decisions, and confirms acceptance of newt the
members into the party, as well as expulsions.
kraj heather tars' Prison-Guard Corps party units are to be established in the
by the kra) committee3penitentiaries and kraj prisons. They will be a
the roster. The , committees will also appoint the i.nstrucctors8tkeep
of organization memberships, and handle issuing and accounting keep
of the
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organizationd'dues stamps. The organizations will submit to the committee monthly reports on their activity. Ap of the Members ers3
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organizations, decisions will be decided directly bysthe. kpraj otommitt eom In
cases of controversial problems, the organizations will aply the Cen*ral
Committee.
The.perty organizations in okras prisons are administered by the okres
Party committees. When there are less than three members, including candidates,
the primary organization is the organization of the kraj Prison-Guard Corps
headquarters, which fullows the members' party work and scrutinizes their
activity. Their, roster is kept by the kreJ committee.
Party organs and organizations of the Prison-Guard Corps are not
subordinate to the political sections. The latter sections perform political
duties in the Prison-Guard'Corps and are required to assist the organizations
in.their activities. The work of the political sections originates in the
directives of the Central Committee and is regulated by government de-isions
and orders of the Minister of Justice and of the Commander of the'Prison-Guard
Corps. The objective of the political sections in the Prison-Guard Corps is to
rally all their members around the President of the Republic, the government,
and the party.
The political sections are to lead all members of the Prison-Guard Cores
in the full implementation of party and government decisions,'and to educate
them in the spirit of Marxist-Leninist teachings, socialist patriotism, and
prol,tarian internationalism. They are to guide the members of the Prison-Guard
Corps to show alertness and watchfulness, conscientious discipline, exemplary
performance of duties, loyalty to their service oath, and high morale. The
political sections are to encourage the members of the Prison-Guard Corps to
reinforce and support at all times the commanders' authority, They are
respcasible also for the direction of classes and. 6cboole established to advance
the service and the political readiness of the embers of the Prison-Guard
Corps. They are to help interpret Important goveinrert directives and party
measures to the working people, to stabilize the people's democratic legal
system, and advance the socialist education of workers.
Elections of new committees will be held in all party unLts of the Prison-
Guard Corps, in compliance with the decision of the Political Secretariat of
the party's Central Committee..
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