V. I.

Lenin

Proposals to F. E. Dzerzhinsky’s Conclusions on the State of Transport [1]

§ 1. Greater attention to be paid to devising measures, etc.

2—4 The Orgbureau in co-operation with Comrade Rudzutak to
deal with these questions urgently.

5— Elaborate and carry out administratively.

6— Measures for improving transport and ensuring closer contact
between the Party apparatus and the railways.

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Notes:
[1]
The Central Committee plenum considered the question of the state of
transport on August 8, 1921, and endorsed the conclusions of
F. E. Dzerzhinsky with the amendments proposed by Lenin.

Point I of the conclusions referred to the need for all
Party and administrative bodies to devise measures for improving and
assisting transport.

Points 2-11-called for reinforcement of the apparatus of the Com-missariat for Railways with top-level executives, the Issue of a
circular to all Guhernia Cornrtuttees of the R.C.P.(B,) concern-ing the
state of transport, and the organization of a transport subdepartment in
the C.C.’s Organisation and Instruction Department to take charge of Party
work on the railways.

Point 5 of the conclusions called for all transport servicing enterprises being turned over to the People’s Commissariat for
Railways.