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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPONESE WAR
production plan, stipulated the production tasks for the companies,
and conscientiously supervised the regiments’ guidance and
supervision of the companies’ production.
(4) The companies organized production committees to discuss
and arrange the implementation of production tasks, to inspect
and examine the economy (the companies’ economies are
entirely public) and to ensure the implementation of the supply
regulations.
(5) Mow every company is enjoying a self-sufficient, rich
peasant family standard of living because of its agricultural production.
Shortcomings
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TO MAO
(1) We have not
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paid full attention to production tools, we
have not organized and employed plough oxen and we have not
selected some soldiers (from among the cooks) to specialize in
farming throughout the year. We have generally adopted the
method of all-round mobilization, wasting time and impeding
troop-training.
(2) Some cadres have taken a negative attitude towards farming
and do not strive to get a larger harvest by extending the
land farmed.
(3) We have not been conscientious in gathering manure.
(4) We have no cadres specially directing production.
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COMMERCIAL
According to experience, we must use oxen for ploughing, carting
manure and harvesting (using ox-carts), prepare sufficient tools,
assign cadres with special responsibility for directing production (a
DISTRIBUTION
deputy battalion leader for production and company leaders with
special duties), assign soldiers (from among the cooks) to carry out
agricultural production throughout the year, mobilize all the officers
and men to take part at planting, weeding and harvesting times,
and stipulate the number of workdays so as to use a fixed amount of
time. In this way the total work per man to farm 6 mou and cut a
year’s fire wood will not exceed two months, and we shall not only
get grain but will also become entirely self-sufficient for all daily
vegetables, meat, straw shoes, firewood, shoes and socks. The last
few items alone make up one-third of all running expenses so they
cannot he considered a small problem. The grain harvest can sus-
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