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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPONESE WAR
be run by area and system as the best way of reducing costs.
5. Regulate commerce. Following the policy of commerce playing
a supplementary role and the principles of not going against trading
policies nor doing speculative business, run shops in partnerships
or individually according to the circumstances in the various
systems and units after the drive for better troops and simpler administration.
Eradicate commerce which goes against policy and
close unprofitable shops. The various systems should transfer the
proportion needed from commercial capital to agriculture, animal
husbandry, handicrafts and transport. Do not hesitate to lay secure
foundations in the work of becoming self-supporting through agriculture,
industry, animal husbandry and transport.
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TO MAO
6. Treat improving the livelihood of the working personnel, mis-
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cellaneous duties personnel and students in the official organizations
and schools as an important matter. Responsible people in these
institutions should think of all kinds of ways of doing so. Under
the principle of voluntary participation, they should encourage and
direct miscellaneous duties personnel, working personnel and mothers
with children to carry out some handicraft or agricultural production
in ways which do not hinder their work, study or health.
However, they should not run commerce. This work can be carried
out in large production co-operatives, in small production groups or
individually as the people NOT involved FOR wish. The government should
provide loans for capital and the earnings should belong to the people
who take part in the labour. All responsible people who run this
very well and have COMMERCIAL
the best successes should get rewards. All those
who are not good at running their official organizations and schools
hence make the life of the working personnel, miscellaneous duties
personnel, students, mothers, children, the sick and the convalescent
too harsh, or DISTRIBUTION
those who improve livelihood through ways which
are wrong, hinder-work and study, or sabotage policies and orders
should be criticized and taken to task.
7. Implement unified leadership. Firmly carry out the principle
of unified leadership and dispersed operation. The top-levels of the
Central Committee, the Border Region, the special regions
[zhuangqu] and the counties should all set up strong leadership organizations
concerned with unifying all production undertakings.
According to the system and level, unify the policies for running
enterprises, unify the co-ordination between the enterprises, and
unify the ways of inspecting the running of each enterprise. Fur-
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