V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

REMARKS ON THE REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
ON THE UTILISATION OF MATERIAL RESOURCES
November 30, 1921

Appeals against decisions of the Committee on Utilisation to the Council of Labour and Defence were
rare: probably less than 1%.

The State Planning Commission wants the Committee on Utilisation abolished (which
is supported by the interested People's Commissariats, hoping to escape
control), and not its complete transfer to the State Planning Commission. If it were
transferred completely to the State Planning Commission, only the following objections would remain
*
This refers to the preface to V. I. Lenin's pamphlet "The New Economic Policy and the Tasks of the Political Education Departments (Two Old Articles and a Still Older Postscript)". The preface, written on November 16, 1921, was not printed at that time. It was first published in V. I. Lenin's Collected Works, Vol. XXVII, pp. 88-91.
* * This refers to penalties for false denunciation. The draft decree, amended according to V. I. Lenin's instructions, was approved by the Council of People's Commissars on November 24, 1921.
§ 2 * plus: part of the People's Commissariat for Finance (distribution of currency notes
and the like) must be transferred to the State Planning Commission.
(At present the staff of the Committee on Utilisation is about 500
persons. The approved establishment is 800
persons. Its transfer to the People's Commissariat for Finance would not change this). (The establishment is so drawn up that its
reduction is impossible).
(The Finance Commission,
as a whole, gave
a favourable
opinion, i.e., in favour of this plan.)