Indicating the interest the various provinces, organizations, and finan-Dal experts have in the Conference, practically all of them have come to work, armed with definite plans and proposals. The National Economic (Council, the Ministry of Commun cations, the provincial Departments of Finance of Fukien, Kansu, Kiangsi, Anhwei, Shantung, Huan, Chekiang, Chibi, Hupeh, Honan, Kwel-chow, and Charhar, the Directorate of Budgets, Accounts, and Statistics fof the (National Government, and, various financial experts all have a share in providing the conference with a documentary basis to proceed from. This is the first time in China's financial history that provinces and municipalities are re-resented in a national conference.
In one of his speeches to the conference delegates, "Mr. Wang Ching-wel, President of the Executive Yuan, warned them that many of the conferences in the past took lace but the delegates did not con-for; in cases where they conferred, they failed to decide; in cases where they reached decisions, they failed to put the decisions Into effect. Dr. Kung concluded his opening speech by saying that "we must not confine ourselves to words, we must follow them ey action."
Plainer talking than this, there can be none. The people are yearning for "rehabilitation, "recovery, prosperity and are awaiting action with anxiety and hope. When these delegates who have come from all the four corners of the country return to their respective home provinces, we shall then see whether 'OF not this conference is one of Mr.
Wang Ching-wel's description.
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