RUMANIAN PARTY ORGANS STIMULATE PRODUCTION

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• Publication Date: April 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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RUMANIAN PARTY ORGANS STIMULATE PRODUCTION
The Hunedoera region, and especially the Jiul River Valley, is extremely
rich in natural resources. Production in this area is important for the entire
RPR (Rumanian People's Republic). Therefore, porty organs must dtvate special
care to the organization of education and production there. The Jiul Valley
has important coal mines, the Brad nonferrous metals combine, the Teliu and
Ghelar iron mines, bog iron-ore deposits, the CSN (Hunedoara Steel Combine),
the Victoria Plant in Calan, the chemical plant in Zlatna, the metallurgical
plant in Cngir, railroads, timber exploitation enterprises, light industries
such as ceramics, textiles, hides, shoes, preserves, and other economic activi-
ties.
The valley is the most important coal basin of the entire RPR. Its re-
serves total more than 2,700,000,000 tons of coal. It will contribute approxi-
mately 80 percent of the. 8,533,000 tons of coal to be produced by 1955. Washed
coal and semicoke will be produced to operate the new chemical plant in Hune-
doara? Mining is undergoing development and expansion in Lupeni, Petrila,
Aninoasa, Lonea, Uricani, and Vulcan. Mines in Lonea, Jiet, Uricani, and Vul-
can,are being reopened. The Five-Year Plan provides for investments ten times
as great as those of 1950. By 1955, cutting, mining, and mine and surface
transport will be 85 to 100 percent mechanized.
The CSH produces thousands of tons of iron, steel, and. rolled steel daily.
The Five-Year Plan provides that by 1955 the production of iron ore in the RPR
will rise to 800.000 tons, steel will increase to 1,252,000 tons, and tooled
steel to 828,000 tons. The CSH will furnish a large part of this. For the
first time in its history, the plant is operating at full capacity. In 1950,
production by CSH was four times as great as in any previous year.
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The steel industry In the valley is undergoing further expansion. Within
a short time, the Hunedoara Steel Combine viii place in operation a new furnace
based on a Soviet model. Another furnace is under construction at the Victoria
Plant in Calan. Technical improvements and mechanization are being adopted on
a wider scale. Fuel for this expansion will be provided by increased produc-
tion of coke. The 700,000 tons to be produced in 1955 will be eight times as
much as in 1930.
The Brad Combine holds a place of prime importance in the nonferrous
mining and processing industries. Electrification and industrialization of
the country necessitate greater quantities of nonferrous metals. In 1955,
the production of copper, lead, and zinc will reach 283 percent of the 1950
figure. Greater investments by the government of the RPR and expanded aid by
the USSR will permit fuller exploitation of nonferrous deposits in the Jiul
region. Production by the Brad Combine in 1950 va' ten times that of 1949.
In 1951, production is expected to be 20 times as great.
The Cugir plant has begun mass production of machine tools never before
manufactured in the RPR, as, for example: mechanical picks, lathes, shaping
machines, polishing machine, Hegelrtein machines, internal polishing machines,
universal grinders, and other precision equipment.
The complexity of the Hunedoara region, with its mining, metal, and
chemical processing, places it in the forefront of the campaign to indus-
trialize the country. Therefore, the party organs o_`' the area will have im-
portant duties connected with the increased economic development. The party
committee of the region of Hunedoara, the rayon and city committees, as well
as party committees and primary party organizations within enterprises will
be occupied principally with the problems of organization and mobilization of
workers for plan fulfillment. They must carry on political and organiza-
tional work to stimulate worker= to greater efforts and they must carry out
the orders and directive= of the party and of the government.
The campaign for the fulfillment of the Five-Year Plan was opened in the
Hunedoars region by ~,rldespreai and thorough explanations of the objectives and
tasks o' the 1951 plan and the rive-fear Plan in the region. The regional
committee of the pp-ty devo'ed special attention to the application of direc-
t-ivesof the Centrtl Committee of the party in this regard. The regional com-
mittee prepared activity :ampaigns for the party organizations within its
jurid.iction, for labor unions, and for the UTM (Union of Working Youth),
down to the lowest production unit of each enterprise. These campaigns were
organized to inform every worker, engineer, and technician of his duties and
of the importance of these duties within the framework of the plan, as well
as in the struggle for peace.
The direct purpose of the education of the worker and the dissemination
of political information was the stimulation of the interest of the corking
population in quantitative and qualitative fulfillment of quotas ahead of
schedule. Party organization- cal le' on individuals for pledges to fulfill norms
ahead of schedule. Thu--, at the beginning of the first quarter of 1951, there
were 3,853 pledges for exceeding the norm at, the CSH, 2,415 at Sovromcarbune,
4,038 at the Brad Combine. Ae a -direct rtsult of the pledges obtained by the
party, the first-quarter plan of the CSH was completed ahead of schedule.
Furnaces were working on the quota for the second quarter as early as 20 March
1951. At Teliu and Ghelar, mining for the second quarter began on 22 March
1951. The team of one miner, Alic Stefan, began work for the second quarter
at the beginning of March.
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The campaign to collect pledges, the first step in the party campaign,
was successful in other enterprises. P call was made by Sovrommetal of Resita
and by Steagul Roau in Stalin for the :,lfillment of the 1951 plan in 11 months.
The majority of the enterprises of the Hunedoara region responded. They
pledged economies of 69,695,405 lei and to exceed the plan by 261,610,000 lei,
in Lonor of 8 May 1951. Economies of 72,998,157 lei and exceeding of the plan
y 396,356,530 lei resulted. Twenty-two enterprises and mines fulfilled first
quarter 1951 plans ahead of schedule. The CSH fulfilled first quarter 1951
plans as follows: furnaces, 115 percent; the Siemens Martin smelter, 106 per-
cent; and the rolled steel mill, 112 percent. The Vulcan and Aninoasa mines
surpassed their plans. The Victoria plant in Calan achieved 107 percent of
its plan, and the Brad Comb: e achieved 182 percent for lead, 128,4 for zinc,
and 104.1 for complex ore. At Ghe.sr, extraction of iron are uid bog iron ore
was 117 percent, and at Teliu, 3' percent, The Cugir factories achieved 112.9
percent and the CFR (Rumanian Railroad Shop) at Slmeria, 119.3 percent.
The n'xnter of pledge in the first quarter of ;951 increased over the
same period in 1950. At the CSH, the number increased by +,264, at the Brad
Combine, by 4,962, at Victoria, by 1,284, and at Slmeria, by 1,lP,4, At Sov-
romcarbune, 10i546 workers were induced to pledge to surpass their quotas.
In order to assure success fo- plans of the party and of the adminis-
tration of the Hunedea:a region, the regional party committee called for
permanent vigilance from party organ!zers and tht masses. The regiona! party
committee also nailed cn per-.y organs and organizations for r basic and
thorough work of organization, snp_rvizicr., and control to insire a continued
rise in political and craanizationai effeo:lveness.
The regional party committee defined ins own tasks as follows: systematic
supervision and leadership of the =truggie t?; fulfill the plan; thorough study
, political, and organ.tzational problems in rayons, branches, and
industrial enterprises in the region; the preparation and application of
directives leading to the overcoming of diffir.ultiea; and the fulfillment and
exceeding of its assigned task.. MorF? IfIcnl-? th- tasks ?
~ =p_ec_.vre: analysis
of the activities o. rayo__cmm: a?r_= in regard ?c economic problems, stimula-
tion of competitions, do sotralnetio^ of Soviet experience, training of new pro-
fessional personnel, .apes-v. i;.r of production disciplin_, strengthening of
party life in primary patty ergani:ati>n~ vtthin enterprises, improvement of
propaganda and agitation -;m rater :nT.en.