ing at the Urat Polytechnical Institute. Now the co l l ec t ive headed by V. Snegirev is the best in the mi l l . In 1962

his shift produced about one and a half thousand tons of steel over plan. Among the steel workers of this shift, c o m -

pet i t ion for the honor of the plant 's t rademark developed extensively. Scrap was reduced by 30~ in comparison with

1961, On November 16, 1962 the co l l ec t ive of the shift was awarded the es teemed t i t l e of Col lec t ive of Communist

Labor.

In striving for early ful f i l lment of the plan for 1962, the mi l l organizat ion pledged at the beginning of the year to produce 2000 t of steel over plan. The p ledge was made good after f ive months. In honor of the forthcoming ho l - iday, Metallurgists ' Day, thes tee lworkers took on a new o b l i g a t i o n - t o produce 500 t of me ta l more in addit ion to

that previously pledged.

Having fulf i l led the t en -month plan ahead of schedule as well as the pledges assumed in honor of the 45th anniversary of the Great October, the mi l l organizat ion decided to continue the acce le ra ted pace to the end of the

year and produce 6000 t of steel in addi t ion to the plan.

The steel workers of the mi l l kept their word. The country received 6772 t of meta l over plan.

MORE A C T I V E P A R T I C I P A T I O N IN I N D U S T R I A L M A N A G E M E N T

( S o m e R e s u l t s o f t h e W o r k o f t h e C o n t i n u o u s l y A c t i v e I n d u s t -

r i a l C o u n c i l s )

A. S u k h a n o v

Secretary of the Presidium of the Continuously Act ive Industrial Council

of the Plant Chelyabinsk Meta l lu rg ica l Plant Translated from Metal lurg, No. 4, pp. 6-7, April, 1963

At the Chelyabinsk Meta l lu rg ica l Plant the continuously ac t ive industrial council was created in February 1958

in conformity with the resolution of the December (1957) Plenum of the Central Commi t t ee of the CPSU. In the past f ive years we have acquired a cer tain amount of exper ience which we should l ike to share. The counci l has begun to invest igate industr ial managemen t more closely and take a more ac t ive part in the economic l i fe of the plant. The

structure of the counci l i tself has changed somewhat. Pract ice indica ted that in the a l l - p l a n t counci l i t was inexped- ient to e lec t a large number of members ; therefore, at the present t ime the continuously ac t ive industrial counci l of the plant has 157 members of whom the main portion are workers (102 people) , and the rest are eng inee r ing- t ech- n ica l workers and employees. Industrial councils numbering 1588 members have also been created in the chief mil ls

of the plant .

The work of the a l l - p l a n t counci l is planned on the basis of a half year. The plan is discussed in the presidium and is then ra t i f ied in a session of the ptant t rade union commi t t ee . In preparing a question we compose a memoran- dum which is endorsed in a session of the presidium where a board consisting of members of the presidium and the i n - dustrial counci l is approved. The questions under preparat ion are sometimes discussed in the mi l l councils and are then brought to discussion in the a l l - p l a n t counci l where the observations and suggestions made in the mil ls are taken into account. In five years of work 21 sessions of the a l l - p l an t industrial council have been held in which were dis- cussed such questions as "Tasks of the Plant Organizat ion in Improving the Quali ty of Production and Reduction of Scrap," ~On measures to Lower the Norm for Input of Raw Materials , Fuel, Refractories~ and Accessory Materials , N ~Preservation, Storage, and Ut i l iza t ion of Meta l l i c Waste at the Plant," " The State of Technologica l Discipl ine in the Open-Hear th and Electr ic Steel Mills ," "Reasons for Nonfulf i l lment of the Plan for Orders, ~ "On Measures to En- sure the Rhythmic Operation of Rolling Mills, ~ "On Introduction of New Techniques and Measures for Mechaniza t ion in Shops in the Depar tment of the Chief Mechanic ," "Mechanizat ion of Transport and Track Work in the Railway

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Regular session of the presidium of the continuously active industrial council of the plant.

Section," etc. A total of more than 500 proposals were adopted by the all-plant industrial council of which 90%have been carried out and the rest are in the process of being realized.

Orders of the director or ordinances from the chief plant engineer are published on all suggestions, and there- after supervision of their realization is accomplished not only by members of the presidium of the industrial council, but by cl-,iefs of the corresponding departments and plant specialists. Moreover, the presidium worked out a check list for execution of proposals composed of presidium members and responsible persons designated in the particular order. The proposals adopted contribute to the plant's fulfillment of the plan, improve production technology, and save mon- ey. Thus, thanks to the proposal of the superintendant of the refractories laboratory, Lande, on the multiple-stage as- sembiy of the lining of steel-pouring ladles which was adopted in a meeting of June 1959 and put into effect there- after, the consumption of fireclay brick was reduced, the period of service of the ladle lining was extended, and 70 to 90 thousand rubies were saved.

As a result of the proposals carried out by the industrial council in combatting waste, losses from waste during the first half of 1960 were reduced by 17.8% compared to the first half of 1959. In March 1960 while discussing the question of saving nonferrous metals, proposals were adopted to change from sliding bearings to roller bearings, re- place the bronze sprayer plates of the TETs coolers with porcelain ones, etc.

The following instance shows how quickly the resolutions of the council made themselves felt in economy. The charge input per ton of nonferrous metal cast in February (before the session) was 1228 kg, and in June it was 1150 kg, i.e., 78 kg of charge per ton were saved, Consumption of brass in June decreased throughout the plant by 168.6 kg, providing a saving of 1157 rubles.

The industrial council assisted in achieving a reduction in the input of metal charge per ton of steel in e lec- tric steel mills.

On the basis of a decision of the all-plant continuously, active industrial council, the collect ive of the rail mill introduced electr ic-arc welding of rail joints over an extent of one test kilometer. This measure permitted curtail- meat of part of the operations involved in maintaining the upper structure of the track and also strengthened its con- struction. The saving on maintaining one kilometer of track amounted to 800 rubles. Due to the economical eff icac- ity of the measure, electr ic-arc welding of rail joints is being continued.

By the mill 's efforts a universal track machine (MSSh-1) was constructed for replacing sleepers and other heavy- labor tasks.

The all-plant counci l works in constant contact with the mills; this provides for better working-out of proposals wift~ greater participation of the workers. It sometimes happens that the mill councils run into problems beyond their competency; they then turn to the presidium of the all-plarit council which in its session investigates the questions raised by the mill councils and makes a decision. For example, the TETs industrial council in March 1963 considered a ~Plan to Automate Feeding Boilers of the First Line. Replacement of the Feeding Pipes with Pumps in the First Line." These measures were held up due to poor financing and the lack of materials. The presidium of the plant industrial

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council upheld the decision of the mil l council and presented a petition to the plant director and the sovnarkhoz. The

mi l l received the necessary monetary and material means to real ize the program.

It may be stated with assurance that if the plant trade union committee, the district trade union soviet, and the

trade union central commit tee will lend genuine assistance to the continuously active industrial councils of the plants, they wilt become one of the most active forms of participation of a large number of workers in the economical and

industrial life of the establishments.

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