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Telegram to all Provincial Committees for General Labor Service, all Provincial Departments of Accounting and Distribution of Labor Force.

A copy to the Provincial Departments of the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspection.

January 12. Order No. 108. In addition to our telegrams No. 3172/1277 of December 6 and 3356/1424 of December 14, take note of our unswerving execution. On the basis of the resolution of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars of November 24, 1920, all contracts concluded by state institutions, enterprises of all kinds and counterparties for the production of various works by a contract method are canceled on January 1 so that, starting from this period, the work is performed by the relevant institution or enterprise in an economic way, and without exception, the entire labor force employed in the contracting enterprise was transferred to the states of the institution or enterprise (with the exception of contracting enterprises, the continuation of whose work is permitted by the Commission of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars on the liquidation of the counter‐agency, which will be specifically reported to the Provincial Departments of the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspection). Immediately upon receipt of this, instruct all institutions and enterprises of the province using the contracting method of work to submit, within 7 days, a petition to the Provincial Committees for General Labor Service for the inclusion in their staff of the labor force assigned to the contracting enterprise, which must be precisely indicated in quantity , professions and place of work. To consider applications, immediately form a commission at the Provincial Committee on General Labor Service under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Provincial Committee on General Labor Service or the Head of the Provincial Department of Labor Force Registration and Distribution, consisting of representatives of the Provincial Department of the relevant Trade Union, Provincial Department of Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspection, Provincial Council of National Economy and, with the right of an advisory vote, an interested state body. The commissions to consider the applications separately for each enterprise, strictly comparing the states represented with the credentials available in the Provincial Committees for General Labor Service on the basis of our telegram No. 3356/1424, in order to verify the completeness of the data received. The consideration should be based on the possibility for a government institution, an enterprise to fully utilize the transferred labor, in particular food and housing conditions and the availability of tools.

With regard to personnel serving several contract works belonging to different bodies, transfer to a state body, but on the basis of the greatest importance of the work and the priority of the services provided to each of the works, applying, if necessary, compulsory combination of jobs. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. turned out to be each of the works, applying, if necessary, compulsory combination. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. turned out to be each of the works, applying, if necessary, compulsory combination. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. applying, if necessary, compulsory parttime job. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. applying, if necessary, compulsory part‐time job. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. In cases of the need for redistribution, make such a decision of the commission with immediate reporting in each case to the Central Department of Accounting and Distribution of the Labor Force, with an exact indication of the profession and the number of redistributed, the name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4. name and genus, as well as the location of the enterprises between which the redistribution was made. Finish all the work within two weeks, report the results. Henceforth, with regard to contract work and the state bodies for which they are performed, act in the sense of supplying labor in coordination with the Workers ʹand Peasantsʹ Inspectorate, strictly adhere to instructions that will be published in the coming days. No. 97/4.

Signed:

Anikst, Deputy Chairman of the Main Committee for General Labor

Service and Member of the Board of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Labor.

Appendix 3.

On the registration of the counter‐agent personnel of Soviet and public institutions and enterprises.

1.                   To oblige all Soviet and public enterprises and institutions using counter‐agents, authorized and other types of contract labor for the production of various household works (restoration, construction, procurement, etc.), within 2 weeks from the date of publication of this resolution to submit information in the form of personal lists both on the counter‐agents employed by them, and on the technical and service personnel and workers working with them at contracting enterprises.

2.                   Information on the categories of persons specified in clause 1 must be submitted, in accordance with clause 3 of this resolution, by enterprises, starting from the presence of states that were available on November 15, 1920. Lists should contain the following columns: 1) surname, first name and middle name; 2) age; 3) the main specialty; 4) what work is being done and how long; 5) place of permanent residence; 6) the number of personnel employed by this counter‐agent (technical, service, workers).

3.                   Registration lists should be drawn up in 2 copies, of which one by the responsible head of the enterprise is sent to the provincial body of the department for which the work is being carried out, and the other, together with payrolls for November 15 and December 1, to the Provincial Department of accounting and distribution of labor. The executive local railway bodies submit the registration lists to the nearest Provincial Labor Registration and Distribution Department.

Note. Counteragents listed directly behind the central economic bodies are registered by the latter in the order specified in paragraphs. 2, 3. One copy of the registration lists should be sent to the Central Department of the registration and distribution of labor of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Labor.

4.                   All persons registered are considered to be mobilized at the place of work and remain in their places until the special order of the General Committee on General Labor Service.

5.                   For incorrect reporting of credentials or for harboring persons subject to registration, the responsible heads of state institutions and contractors are responsible as for harboring military deserters, and persons registered as for military desertion.

Signed:

Deputy Chairman of the Main Committee for General Labor Service Anikst