Press translations [Japan]. Social Series 0121, 1945-12-25.
Date25 December, 1945
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SOCIAL SERIES: 121
ITEM 1 Peasants dissatisfied with rice price - Nagasaki Shimbun - 15 Dec Translator:
GILBERT C.
Summary:
NAGASAKI-Ken Agricultural association has investigated the problem of delivery of
rice and finds the peasants, in general,
unwilling to deliver their allotment, and funds. The peasant says, "This is not the
age of money but of goods. We can get
anything, if we trade rice for clothing, tools, or even fertilizer."
The recent official raise in the price of rice left the peasants cold, for the new
rice price, when compared with the
prohibitive black market prices of all living necessities, is ridiculously low.
The peasant is also embittered against city folk because, during the war, when he
was short of labor and city folk evacuated
to the country, they did not offer him much help.
The Government proposal to deliver part of the allotment, if not in rice, then, in
potatoes, similarly finds little favor with
the conservative peasants. The agricultural association, however, realizes the importance
of rice deliveries and is continuing
its efforts.
ITEM 2 KOCHI Police measures to eradicate crime - Provincial Newpaper Kochi Shimbun
(KOCHI) - 15 Dec 45
Translator: GILBERT C.
Summary:
The KOCHI-Ken Police bureau has decided to strenthen its police force in order to
apprehend criminals and prevent any increase
in crimes. In this connection, the chief of the Criminal police, TAKAGAMO, stated
that the lack of foodstuffs and inflation
has led to a sharp increase in crime.
In KOCHI-Ken crimes consist of all kinds of thefts, assaults and murders. With the
Co-operation of the public and the efforts
of the KOCHI police, most of the culprits could be arrested. Nevertheless, it is to
be presumed that the year's end will see
farther increase in crimes. Public cc-operation in preventing crime consists of closing
door and shatters at night and
refraining from going around with large sums of money.
A recent beat murder case was caused when having in his possession a large sum of
money, a man, went out in a boat with a
person who had nothing. It is now a daily practice for the citizens to ridicule and
heap invectives on officials. Fortunately,
however, there are, still enlightened citizens who are willing to co[illegible]with the police. Because of
such co-operation from a citizen, a very serious case was recently solved in KOCHI-Ski.
SOCIAL SERIES: 121 (Continued)
ITEM 3 SHIMTO Chrines and Buddhist Temples - Provincial Newspaper Chukoku Shimbun
(HIPOSHIMA) - 16 Dec 45
Translator: GILERT C.
Summary:
Decline in public morality and piety must have adverse effects on the economic condition
of SHINTO shrines and Buddhist
temples. An examination into the economic condition of those in HIROSHIMA. Ken shows
that the SHIITO shrines prospered daring
the Chinese Conflict and the Great East ASIA War, but, since HIROSHIMA was destroyed
by the atomic bomb, the SHINTC shrines
have become lonsesome places. With State subsidies stopped by a "gay" directive and
public contributions falling off, the
shrines will have to depend on income from their fields and forests. The SHIMTO priests,
shown of their position as State
officials, will soon have to till their own fields.
As regards Buddiust temples, the greater number of them in HIROSHIMA were destroyed
by the atomic bomb, but those remaining
are prospering, for they are more concerned with the dead than with the livin[illegible].
ITEM 4 American occupation Force to shoot Japanese who do not Stop on Command. - Provincial
Newspaper
Kochi Shimbun (KOCHI) - 17 Dec 45 translator: GILEBT C.
Full Translation:
Occupation Force Directive:
Colonel RENSUX, Commander of the American 19th Regiment, stationed in KOCHI, issued
on 16 December a directive that any
Japanese who is commanded to HOHUDO (TH Presumably 'halt') by an American MP, and
does not stop at one, will be shot. The
population is, there-fore, cautioned to pay special attention to the MP's who are
easily distinguished as they wear a black
armband with white lettering and a white helmet.
ITEM 5 NA[illegible]A[illegible]O Conference on Democratic Education
- Provincial Newspaper Shinamo Mainichi Shimbun (NAGANO) - 17 Dec 45 Translator: AKABAWE
Y.
Summary:
Thu second meeting of the new education investigation conference, to establish a
democratic educational system in NAGANO-Ken,
was held on 16 December. Discussions were actively carried on, especially on questions
relating to educational institutions,
discipline, scientific education, and living conditions of teachers and students.
The betterment of living conditions,
improvement in treatment, and reforming the personnel administraion of teachers were
the principal topics.
Educational systems and instiutions: Opinions were expressed by national school teachers
for making secure their livelihood
through teacher's unions, and for the fundemental reform in the management of the
mutual aid association of the prefectural
education societies, in which young educattis must participat, thus changing the personnel
structure of the JAPAN Educational
Association and its prefectural branches. The opinions of those representing the young
men is night schools were imanimeusly
for the building up of cultural farm villages, and the changing of national schools
to primary schools. They were also in
favor of reorganizing young men's night schools on a compulsory four years system
in order to complete their professional
education.
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SOCIAL SERIES: 121 (Continued)
ITEM 5 (Continued)
According to this latter opinion, graduates from young men night schools are to go
on to universities and, after finishing
universities, return to their respective village offices to work.
Middle school teachers insisted on establishing popular educational research organizations
for teachers and obtaing the right
to make their own administrative decisions. They also insisted replacing productiye
technical education above cultural
education and giving equal qualification to teachers and abolishing the differences
between primary and secondary school
teachers.
Fostering of better relations among teachers and intagonisms and jealousies among
teachers must be removed and replaced by
harmony. The history of social economics, especially the modern histories of the UNITED
STATES and the SOVIET UNION, must be
studied.
Feudalization of democratic influences must be strictly guarded against. Uniformity
of salary is deemed necessary and school
Clique, must be swept away.
Problems concerning the livelihood of both teachers and students were discussed.
In view of its importance, many concrete
opinions were voiced, some of which ere as follows:
According to investigations of national schools in MATSUMOTO, expenses for October
and November, for teachers with a family of
three, amounted to 700 yen. It was therefore suggested that present salaries and allowances
be raised. Half of the salaries
must be paid by cities, towns and villages, and one third of the commondity price
allowances by each state, prefecture, and
city, town or village. The special additional allowances may be left as they are but
family allowances must be increased to
ten yen per family member. Commodity price allowance must be adjusted according to
the rise and fall of prices of essential
commodities. Dwellings ought to be constructed by cities, towns and villages, and
rented to teachers. Daily necessities for
teachers must be supplied by consummer societies, formed from existing mutual aid
associations under the supervision of the
prefectural authorities. One person strongly demanded the early realization of provincial
education, increased production of
foodstuffs by early dismissal of classes each day, cultivation of school farms by
teachers from non-agrarian families, and an
increase in the number of holidays.
Scientific education and student discipline, Opinions were expressed as to the necessity
of stressing the systematic teaching
of science in order that scientific education become the basis of proper observation
and social criticism. There were also
opinions regarding student discipline, which stated that collective and uniform training
is wrong that the students life must
be respected in order to clarify the true spirit of democracy, and that the re-establishment
of political education is
absolutely necessary now that women suffrage has become a reality.
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