The policies emphasized six points:
1. The Government's efforts would be redoubled to remove the harmful effects of the trend of increasing prices, 2. Special attention would be paid to preventing any ill effects from the enforcement of the mobilization programme.
3. The Government. would take adequate and effective measures to forestall price increases in such daily necessities as rice, cereals, bean paste, charcoal, matches, fish and soy beans.
4. Measures would be taken to prevent an increase in wages and salaries, fearing that this might result in inflation.
5. Special measures would be adopted to alleviate any possible sutlering as a consequence of ther programme to restrict increases in wages and salaries.
6. The Government would re-examine the machinery for the enforcement of Government price policies, The "Government yesterday informed the Price Control Commission that it expected to order 10 per cent. price neductions in low-glade salt for home consumption. By the lowering of wholesale salt prices to effect reductions in retail prices, the Government Monopoly Bureau will lose approximately Y.4,500,000 a year in revenue. This loss will be made up, however, by the recent increase in tobacco prices.—Domei.
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