Nanking, Sept. 9.
The Nanking Government's new retrenchment programme "has drought forth lengthy comments in the press as well as among the public here.
'The proposal is to reduce the Personnel in. various ministries by 0 per cent. thereby enabling. them to give full' pay to those employees who are retained, The official organ, the "Central Daily News," this morning lauds the Government for its effort to get rid of superfluous members of the stof, 'The independent "Chung Kuo sib Pao," on the other hand, ina lead~ Sng' article, takes the side of the pelty officials who have been dismissed. Tt supports the. new system of retrenchment but is of the opinion that many high offclals "drawing Jarge "salaries "obtained their posi: tions purely as a result of political influence and should be dismissed. It adds that at present only petty clerks have so far been dismissed and many of them will soon be in desperate straits.—Reuter.
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