V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the C.P.C. on Staff Salaries in Government Offices [1]

The Council of People’s Commissars decrees that the rates
of pay recognised by the Government Office Staffs Commission and accepted
by the All-Russia Convention of Junior Employees of Government Institutions
shall be recognised as a norm to be guided by.

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Notes:
[1]
This draft was written by Lenin in connection with the discussion at a
meeting of the C.P.C. held on December 13 (26), 1917, of a report on the
work of the Conciliation Board setup by the C.P.C. on December 11 (24) to
examine the question of rates of pay for employees of government offices;
the draft was endorsed with a slightly modified wording. On the strength of
this decree the C.P.C. circulated an order to all the People’s
Commissariats establishing as from November 1 (14), 1917, new increased
rates of pay for these employees; the People’s Commissars were directed to
introduce immediately the necessary changes in the salary estimates for
1918.