'lin Hackney Streets Employees of the Japan Air Transport Ca. have presented the management a petition holding poor personnel management and over-use of machines as the main cause for the "frequent aerial accidents which have occurred lately."
"Measures, the employees urge, should be taken to prevent further accidents. They also demand: 1. Wage increases. 2. Larger retirement allowances. 3. Increased compensation for injuries and fatalities, The petitioners attribute the alleged over-use of machines to the "sudden increase of air routes."
Among their demands is one for the establishment of a committee to investigate accidents.—Reuter, GrNrmAL Chen Cheng, Chairman of the Hupeh Provincial Government, will shortly succeed General Ho Ying-chin as Minister of War, while the latter will be appointed Chairman of the Kweichow Provincial Government, to replace Mr. Wu Ting-chang, says a Chungking report to the "Wen Wei Pao." General Wei Yun-sung will be appointed Chairman of the Kwangsi Provincial Government to replace Mr. Huang Shu-chu, who will become Minister of the Interior. An official announcement to this effect will be-made shortly by the National Government, the report adds,
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