The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-17
Structure Of the Russian Communist Party

the party members and mainly of
young members and candidates who
are engaged as bench workers. The
activities of such workers must be in
creased as well as their knowledge,
sense of unity; their education, their
qualifications; their work must be
submitted to the supervision and
guidance Of the entire factory nue.
leus.
ed The general party nucleus is
brought into closer contact with the
departmental nuclei and with the in
dustry as a whole, because the meet
ings Of the departmental nuclei dis
cuss various. topics taken directly out
of the workers industrial life."
(Resolution Of Kamvniki Rayon
Bureau.
The resolution proceeds to point
out some shortcomings in the work
Of the department nuclei included in
the rayon and to make recommended
items for the lettering of their work.
A few points from the resolution
which illuminate the functions and
activities of the departmental nuclei
are given here. The secretaries Of
department nuclei are instructed not
TO treat administrators or foremen
with favoritism. The work must be
planned, and the duties must be di-
vided up among the members, special
attention being paid to drawing wo-
men into the work. Candidates to
the party must not be admitted to
the bureau of the departmental nue.
leus, only full party members being
eligible.
Every often closed meetings of de-
partmental nuclei are arranged and
this is in the way of drawing into the
work non-party active workers" The
bureau and the general meetings of
the departmental nuclei must merely
take notice" or approve" by pass
ing resolutions, they must not have
formal attitude toward questions de-
bated but must really work their
problems out. Industrial and admin
istrative questions must also be dis
cussed by the general meetings of
the departmental nuclei. The depart
ment nuclei must guard against
showing tendencies toward becoming
guild organizations and against iso-
lation from the general factory nue.
leus.
Petty guardianship in the suppress
sing Of every initiative and activity
must be avoided" One case is point
ed out where this guardianship went
to the extent of the general factory
nucleus making up a sterotyped or
der Of the day for all department
nuclei which tended to decrease the
interest of the members in these
meetings. Rports on the department
tai nuclei must be read at the bureau
meetings Of the general factory nue.
leus. The factory nucleus must give
definite instructions to the depart
mental nuclei, not merely giving the
instruction for the working out OF a
plan" or to "take notice"
The resolution concludes, "The au-
thority of the department nuclei
must be asserted, thus aiming that
the departmental nucleus should put
before itself the same tasks as the
general factory nucleus; the first do
ing it on department scale, and the
latter, Of course, on the scale of
factory life as whole" This para
graph is quoted from the resolution
Of the 18th party conference).
In the Moscow River Textile fac
tory, the three months plan of work
for March, April and May, 1927, in
cludes (point - statement on de-
partmental nuclei. It is planned, ITO
reorganize the departmental nuclei
in connection with the trasfer Of
number Of comrades from the
bleaching to the weaving department
and to organize nucleus in the
machine and business departments"
A number of purely local problems
relating to factory nuclei are then
dealt with. A great deal Of atten-
ton has been paid to the depart
mental nuclei by the Russian G. p.