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Siberia, Turkestan, the North, etc., were present. Of 173 representatives—123 were communists, 14 sympathisers, 2 mensheviks, 3 anarcho-syndicalists and 31 non party men.
The work was carried on in perfect harmony. Practical problems were set and their possible solution outlined.
Questions concerning the general policy were not considered, for they had already been solved at the two previous Congresses.
Greatest attention was paid to the general problem set before the working classes, viz. the reconstruction of the economic life of the country; the methods of administration were re-examined, The questions of one-man and collegiate management, the participation of the Union in the organisation and management of public communications were considered from a practical standpoint. The Congress decided upon the collegiate form of administration in the centre and provincial departements, however, the principle of individual administration was carried through. The pernicious duality in administration was abolished through the removal of the representatives of the Unions.
Having defined the functions of the administrative board and of the Union and having also set up the administrative apparatus the Congress found it imperative for the Union to improve the administrative organs by instilling in them its best working forces. A series of ratifications relating to the structure of the Union were made which shaped the scheme of organisation of the Union.
The Sections of the Unions, which had entirely lost their significance during their one year's existence were abolished. The principle of a centralised Union was proclaimed; the Union unanimously protested against the
