Press translations [Japan]. Social Series 0200, 1946-01-26.
Date26 January, 1946
translation numbersocial-0957
call numberDS801 .S84
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SOCIAL SERIES: 200
ITEM 1 TOKUSHIMA War Sufferers' league - Provincial Newspaper Tokushima Shimbun (Tokuahima) - 21 Jan 46. Translator: Y. Akabane.
Summary:
Six months have already elapsed since the city of TOKUSHIMA was exposed to bombing
but the authorities concerned have not been
enthusiastic about the relief of sufferers, which number over 80,000. Construction
of simple dwellings is showing tardy
progress, making it impossible for evacuees in country districts to return to their
beloved city.
In view of the state of affairs, the inauguration meeting of the War sufferers' League
of TOKUSHIMA City was held on 21
January, at the City office, for the purpose of rehabilitating the city by these sufferers
themselves, without relying on the
luke warm measures of the authorities. A large number of sufferers attended the meeting,
at which the following principle,
resolutions and regulations were unanimously approved:
Principle
War-sufferers, numbering seventy million throughout the country, including eighty
thousand in the city of TOKUSHIMA, are now
destitute, having lost all means of feeding, clothing and housing themselves. Although
the Government, prefectural and city
authorities are stressing urgent relief, the practical measures taken so far have
been mostly ineffective, only a few simple
dwellings having been completed in TOKUSHIMA. If this state of affairs is allowed
to continue in future, most of the war
victims will surely die. Accordingly, we must now stand up to construct the foundation
of our livelihood by collective power,
without relying on Government authorities. We are confident in the strong power to
be born of the collective efforts to open a
new life, though individual power may be weak. We here with pledge ourselves to do
our best to accomplish our goal by
establishing the "War-sufferers' League of the City of TOKUSHIMA", with, a view to
sustaining our lives and rehabilitating our
native province.
Resolutions
- 1.The present League shall join the All JAPAN War-sufferers' League.
- 2.The present league shall aid in the following works at once: a. Opening of an investigation department of war-sufferers; b. Opening of a welfare sufferers; c. Opening of a propaganda department for the relief of war sufferers.
- 3.The present League aims at the realization of mutual relief of our fellow countrymen.
Regulations
- 1.The present league has, as its objective, the regeneration or rehabilitation of war sufferers, in compliance with the principle of fellow countrymen's relief.
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- 2.The present league shall be composed of war sufferers in the City of TOKUSHIMA and those in other prefectures.
- 3.The present League has its office in the City of TOKUSHIMA.
- 4.The present League shall execute the following business: a. Business relating to the reconstruction of dwellings for war sufferers; b, Business relating to the rehabilitation of war sufferers; c. Other businesses deemed necessary for the accomplishment of the objectives of the League;
- 5.The present League shall have the following officers; President (1) Vice-President (1); Chief manager (1); Managers (15); Accountant (1); Councillors (25); and some advisors.
- 6.The expenses of the present league shall be borne by the members. Those who cannot afford the expense shall be exempted from paying it.
- 7.A certain number of clerks shall be hired in order to deal with the business of the League.
ITEM 2 Hospitals and Doctors - Tokyo Shimbun - 24. Jan 46. Translator: S, Saketa.
Summary:
The Welfare Ministry sent a notification through the chief of the Health Board to
all the chiefs of the Medical Boards and
every local governor in the Country on 23 January, The notification indicates that
every well-equipped hospital will be
utilized by a licensed physician who has not lost his equipment due to an air-raid.
The Ministry intends that all institutions
of the Medical Aid Association (NIPPON IRYO EIDAN), the hospitals and sanatoriums
under the inspection of the Ministry, and
the superior private institutions should be publicly opened to the physicians. The
number of hospitals burnt down by the air
raids amounts to about 1,100, which had about 50,000 beds.
In conformity with the notification, the general licensed physicians can treat their
patients with operation, X-ray, various
examinations, preparation of medicines, transportation, etc. by mailing use of the
superior equipment of the public
institutions. The Welfare Ministry's intention follows "the medical center" or "open
system" prevailing in the UNITED
STATES.
Owing to the shortage of physicians and dentists, the welfare Ministry has recently
added special articles so as to be able to
license repatriate physicians and dentists from KOREA and FORMOSA, These repatriates
can not be unconditionally licensed, and
they need to pass an examination and selection, which will be carried out by the Ministry.
ITEM 3 Police to Obtain Raise in Pay - Tokyo Shimbun - 24 Jan 46. Translator: S. Sakata.
Summary:
General attention has recently been attracted to the move of the metropolitan police,
who desire to be loved and trusted by
the people through better treatment and democracy in their circle. The "TOKYO Metropolitan
Improvement Commission", consisting
of the chiefs of every board and the sectional chiefs, as veil as Mr. OGAWA, head
of Police Division end Mr. EGUCHI, manager
of Secretarial Board, of Metropolitan Police held meetings almost every day to make
a concrete plan for a threefold raise in
wages. The plan decided upon will be announced in the near future. The following are
Mr. OGAWA's answers to the
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question of improvement and democratization.
The improvement of conditions should be a threefold raise in monthly incomes. As
a raise of the bare salary might cause
repercussions all over the country, the increase will be paid under other names. The
total increase is estimated to amount to
around 250 to 260 million yen. The raise will be carried out after the approval of
the Metropolitan Assembly or the
Metropolitan Council.
The authorities intend to reorganize and promote the "JIKEI-KAI" or "Self-protection
Society" so as to be able to distribute
much more goods to the policemen, but it is feared that the public may misunderstand
the Society.
As to the problem of democratizing the Metropolitan Police, the old system of inspector
and inspected men should be
eliminated. The brains of the superiors must be changed in this respect. The metropolitan
police should be a family in which
the father must be the superintendent general. However, it is agreeable that some
kind of rank system should remain. The
important duty of keeping the peace cannot be carried out merely by yielding to a
system of collective requests. In this
respect, it is undeniable that the police must be conservative. The authorities intend
to reform these points gradually.
It is very sad that a movement like the strike occurred in the Metropolis Police
Department and other police stations because
the authorities, endeavoring to improve conditions, were not adequately informed about
the conditions of the lower ranking
policemen.
ITEM 4 Town Assemblies - Mainichi Shimbun - 24 Jan 46. Translator: D. Inoue.
Summary:
The democratic renovation of the present town assemblies and neighborhood associations
was expected to start on 1 January this
year. However, contrary to our expectation, reports so far received at the Welfare
Section in the TOKYO Metropolitan Office
reveal that of 292 town assemblies, only 41, less than 20 per cent of the number,
have appointed new town chiefs and the rest,
251, have reelected the same persons as before.
Although there remain 1397 towns which have not completed the report of the elections,
the result of a town-to-town survey
shows that only 20 per cent of the total number have been at all changed, and the
rest remain as before. Why has the
renovation attained such poor results?
There are, to be sure, many reasons, responsible for this poor result - chiefly as
follows: 1) The town assembly is still
regarded as a detachment of the Word Office and thus people show no great concern
about it. 2) Those who take charge of the
town business ore the same old persons as ever. 3) There is developing a conspicuous
tendency to leave the present town
organization as it is.
ITEM 5 President of NAGOYA University Electcd - Asahi Shimbun - 25 Jan 46. Translator: T. Ogawa.
Summary:
Due to the resignation of Prof. SHIBUSAWA the former President, an election of a
new President by public vote was held
yesterday at the NAGOYA Imperial University. At a conference of 3 representatives
from each of the science, engineering and
medical departments, Professors TARURA, SHIBATA and SHOGENJI, deans of the medical,
the science and the engineering
deportments respectively were recommended as the candi-
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date. As a result of the voting Professor TAMURA, Harukichi, dean of the medical
department was elected to assume the
presidency.
The new president is 63 years old. He was appointed dean of the NAGOYA Medical University
in 1932. The professor is noted not
only as an authority in dermatology but also as a pioneer in the field of X-rays.
ITEM 6 Crime - Yomiuri-Hochi - 25 Jan 46. Translator: S. Inoue.
Summary:
The Kalpis Manufacturing Company, No. 683, [illegible]ITANO, MITAKA-Machi, under the supervison of Mr.
TAKASHIMA, Beiho, an author, which was plundered again by a gang of over twenty robbers,
driving two trucks. On 23 January,
they broke into the ware-house and stole 50 bales of millet, a wooden suit case containing
kimonos, 12 other suit cases jammed
with foreign clothes, and two packs of bed clothes. Mr. TAKASHIMA told the press as
follows: "I am disheartened to see the
present dangerous state of living. As you see, my dwelling is so far isolated from
the residential center that I had been
careful enough to remove the remaining bales of sugar which had escaped previous theft.
However, I (was) robbed a second time.
The robbers worked for about one hour. They were too many for any personal counter-measures.
There is no other means to cope
with such robberies than to depend upon the police. I hope that the police, taking
such vicious canes into consideration,
adopt urgent measures to prevent a reoccurrence.''
On 24 January a gang of four robbers broke into the house of Mr. TSUTSUI, Ko, at
No. 22, NICHIO-ME, SANNO, O[illegible]ORI-KU, and, threatening him with daggers, they crammed 500 yen in cash, clothes and
shoes into a
rucksack, and excaped.
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