To the Biitor of the Nowri-Cura Dany News Sut—Wesreny Isuaprrawr's letter in today's issue of the "NCDN," prompts me to address him thus does not behave you, Weston Inuaurrawy, fo criticize' municipal departments, such as the P.W.D., until you are acquainted with the code under which they work. You would hesitate to criticize a football referee or. the conductor of the Municipal Orchestra without an inti ie] mate knowledge of the subject.
"ur special benefit 1 will enunciate one of the P.W.D's "axioms" which is: "If an unauthorized structure is not on the records it does not exist." So you now see how unjust your criticism of this department has been, You may invite the PAW.D. to inspect an unauthorized structure (0 prove lity existences; but, even then, the chances are Uiat should it be removed it will never have existed.
As an example 1 will give you the case of a particular friend of mine who lost a lot of his belongings in a concrete building in the Eastern District during the recent hostilities, Mis claim for Joss on the Japanese was temporarily disallowed by his, consul on the grounds of the bulld ing never having existed, This information was supplied by the P.W.D.
writing in spite of the fact that a. signed statement by a responsible person was in the consul's possession, ud, also, in spite of the fact that the walls' of the building still exist.
Weany, Shanghai, Mar. 28, Was an Opportunity Missed?
10 Balitor of the "Nonmu-Curtwa Day News" about the lost opportunity with reference to the lack of foresight on the part of the S. M. C, officials correct. May It not be revealed that August, 1937, certain persons approached 'OE. with the proposition that the Western Area should be "so administered" and that 0, K. gave 4 silent consent It is now not too late to remind the S. M, C. high hats of their alle around responsibilities, Are they Ing. to spend ay usual their week ends in "recreation" or in curnest prayer and "planning" as they should in this unprecedented wartime Shanghai, Mar, 29,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.