'That Government assistance be granted for. the rehabilitation of Various cultural organisations Shanghai, which were ruined by the Bariabous Japanese. ie amber ment last February, is urged by t Shanghai City. Chamber' of Com merce on behalf of the Publishers' Guild ina petition to the Executive the destruction of the Commercial Press, the premier publishing house of China, the Oriental Library, and, other ' properties of members of the Guild, the extent of damage is estimated' at over $20 "millions, the petition states, It is requested that the Ministry] of Finance be instructed to appropriate $500,000 monthly "out of funds available through the extension of the period of amortization, of domestic loans; and that claims be made on the Japanese Government for payment of indemnities. Kuo Min,
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