Memorandum on Food, Dress, Re= idence and Trade 'The following translation has been made from' the "Sinwanpao" of Aug. 13 and deals with matters which apparently have been overlooked by the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang at their Fifth Plenary Congress in Nanking:
Maishal Feng Vu-hsiang was to have presented a lengthy written statement to the Plenary Congress outlining his views regarding military, civil and party affairs, but owing to the mass of matters which has come in and which has to be dealt with, he decided only to refer to the people's welfare, which he sunimarized in four characters (I, Shik, Chay Heng—meaning dress, food, residence and trade), He was strongly of opinion that living should be brought down to the lowest possible standard in order to accommodate the poor people. his statement, Marshal Feng says:
military affairs are being wound up and the era of political training has been entered into. In accoxdance with the second article of the late President's plans for recon struction, the first step so far as reconstruction goes is to eave for the people's welfare. Steps must be taken to solve such problems as dress, food, residence and trades.
The people during the past years have suffered as a result of the constant internecine warfare and, if we want them to understand the Kuomintang, then the Kuomintang should first try to relieve them of their sufferings. These problems should be settled within the earliest possible period and the standard of living should be brought down te the lowest possible level.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.