Movement to Improve the Life of People A new association called of gas, are interdependent, and a satisfac-
Bale ae ties Y. C, Hu, Mrs. W. P. Kuo and Miss Cora Dong. list coa aes tion, including the problems the development of economic co-opera and the promotion of colonization projects in' China's outlying territories; (b) people's livelihood and living conditions, comprising working conditions, housing, food, clothing, recreation, birth rate and other social problems; under this category are included experiments on workers' villages, people's restaurants, recreation centres, bath houses, day nurseries, health projects, and legal advice given to people who cannot afford to engage lawyers; and (c) education for a better life and livelihood, including mass education, adult education, workers' education, vocational and social education.
Considering that existing libraries and reading rooms are too deep and uninteresting for the masses, it, is proposed to organise special' cultural institutions where radio and visual instruction would play important parts. The new Association, while having a comprehensive" programme is keeping its feet on the ground and proposes to tackle its problems one by one, and to undertake its tasks in a concrete and practical manner. It intends. to maintain its central organisation and stof on a small scale, and to finance its different rejects separately thus devoting funds to specific tasks rather than maintaining an expensive central organisation.
The selection and admission of members is a matter of careful members are required not only to participate actively in the various phases of the Associa tion's activities, but also to conform to a code of life which admonishes (a) a simple personal life, as close as possible to the general standard obtainable for the whole nation, having due regard at the same time to sanitation and health and (b) abstinence uch wasteful practices as lavish feasting and squandering money on weddings, funerals and birthday celebration, which are regarded a8 vulgar, especially at a time when millions of people are literally starving in the country. As a practical guide, under existing conditions, it is prescribed that when members invite one another dinner, it should not cost more than fifty cents per head; when they invite outs lers, the limit is, set at one dollar Among the first things the Association is called upon to undertake is the establishment of a. lost their homes and employment Chapel ug and other devastated reas.
It is planned to enrol in the near future about 1,000 refugees into
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