GRAIN-COLLECTING METHODS AROUSE PEOPLE; UNION LEADERS EXPLOIT WORKERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 269
• Publication Date: October 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CONF~DEI~TIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY
China
DATE OF
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1950
SUBJECT
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Sociological -Forced levies
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GRAIN-COLLECTING METHODS AROUSE PEOPLE
UNION LEADERS EXPLOIT WORKERS
COERCED ZENDING AROUSES RESENTMENT -- Ning-po Yung-Chiang Jih-pao, 27 ,nm 50
In Chang-ship village the cadre leaders received applications from 80-
odd families, fora loan of grain from the peasants' union. The cadres and
the union chairman called several meetings and set up an emergency coauBittee.
A village mass meeting was called, purportedly, "to protest against the US
dropping atom bombs; every head of s family must be present."
When the meeting opened, the_vi,]1age.cadres announced that an emergency
committee was_to be setup and called upon Htimg; Min of the primary school
to explain the meaning of the emergency~comsnittee. Then the cadres nominated
a committee of-ten with Su Te-h~ien ar chairman.
After the meeting adjourned, the cadres called the committee to village
headquarters for a conference. The 9ppeal oP the 80-odd families was
examined. It was decided that some 50 families were qualified to borrow
grain and that 15,000 cattier would be needed. It was demanded that the
committee members set the easmple and lead off in lending grain, and that
the interest on the loam be used for widows and orphans. The cadre members
set down Wang Ch'uan-chling (rich peasant) for 2,000 cattier; Wang Hsi-fu
(rich peasant) for 2,000 cattier; Jen Pin-hui (medium peasant) for 1,000 cat-
tier. At the time, Wang Ch!uan-Chung agreed to 500 cattier, Wang Hsi-fu to
300, and Jen Pin-hui to 100. But the cadres said: "Unless the loans are
made, there will be no sleep." The meeting continued 4 days and 4 nights,
with armed militia Standing'guard at the door. The '.three men were not al-
lowed to leave the room. When the fifth day brought no resultr, the cadres
grew ilxrious, and said: "If you do not lend, you are hindering production;
you are reactionaries; we will prepare s statement and send it to the hsien
goverment . "
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An old lady named Ro, who kept a cake shop in her home, was called to the
"meeting':" She made no promise to lend, so she was locked up for a night.
Her son hearing of this came to protest; he was given several blows with a
gun stock and was told to apologize before the village assembly. The outcome
of all thi3 was that 1,600 cattiea out of the 5,000 assessed were obtained.
The township cadre council rebuked the local cadres for "violating pol-
icy;" but took no suitable action. The local men were much incensed at the
council, saying: "The council did not come to our support, but rather crit-
icized us; so, of course, our campaign did not succeed."
6t present, the flames oY this fire have not been extinguished. The
peasant union head, Lu Shun, daily calls the men concerned for "talks" to
force them to lend the amount of grain called for. He says: "It is a de-
mand of the masses; the whol^ amount must be handed over." The masses now
have veer little .interest in production.
Chinese Editor's Note: The enforced lending program in this village has
seriously hurt production and unlawfully violated human rights. The evil
must be corrected at once. We hope that the higher authorities will look at
it seriously and take needed measures.)
PEDICAB STAND HEARS TAKE GRAFT -- Shanghai Hsin-wen Jih-pao, 23 Jun 50
The pedicab union now has 70,000 members in Shanghai, but through lack
of political consciousness among this heterogeneous mass and lack of experi-
ence and good leadership, CCP policies are not caxried out and popular support
for the Communist Party is lost. For example:
The head of Stand No 13, Branch fto 2, named Huang Ts'un-teh, wanted to
celebrate his 1FUth birthday on 18 April. Several days before, he told?hie
cell leaders that he was going to celebrate hie birthday and that everyone
must bring a present. Labor-capital disputes, securing a license, en3oyment
of welfare provisions, etc., ordinarily are handled through the head of a
stand, The workers, hearing the stand-head was to have a birthday, and see-
ing.that this news was relayed by~his henchmen, dared not fail to send a
gift, even though they were living on the refuse from beans after making bean
curd. Huang Ts'ua-teh, after having his "happy birthday," appeared the next
day wearing a gold ring:
Then there was Haiao Kan, head of Stand No 19, of Branch fto .4. Presum-
ing on his seniority, he xould give stringent orders in front of crowds.
Though rebuked lSy the. union several times, he only grew more harsh. He reck-
lessly collected 1,000 yus.u from each member of his stand forNpaseing the
year. He charged each member applying for vehicle licensee, 1,200 Yuan, and
distributed more then 100 licenses, pocketiaq the entire sum. He vigorously
pushed the sale of national bonds is the present campaign, issuing receipts
in his own name, and kept 19 of them for himself.
These two cases have been handled by ttie union sad in mass meetl.ngs.
Huang xas dismissed, and Hsiao sent up for trial. But conditions are still
far from satisfactory. In as effort to improve matters, the union is estab-
lishing co-ordinating centers. For example, Branch No 2 has 75 stands, which
have now bees orgsaizefl under acne such centers. This is expected to enable
the union to function more effectively.
INCORRIGIBLE TA%-OFFICIAL DISMISSED -- Ning-po Yung-rhiaag Jih-pao, 24 Jiui 50
Wu Shang-ken, employee of the local tax office who refused to reform
after repented warnings, has bees dismissed.
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. CONFl~E~T~AL'
After the liberation, Wu took a short course in economics and was given a
post in the local tax office. Because he joined the revolutionary movement for
selfish .motives, his ingrained habits of the old society persisted i:i spite of
brief trains one in the new ideology, and despite warnings Pram superiors, and
pleadings from comrades.
His convivial contacts with merchants enabled him to use :~!s position to
accept bribes. He even loaned the tax-seal stamp to some merchants for several
days to do their own affixing of evidence of havinE, paid excise.
SMUGGLID GOODS DISCOVERED -- fling-po Yung-Chiang Jih-pao, 24 Jun 50
Under instructions from superiors, excise inspectors are exercising extra
diligence and are meeting :pith results. Inspectors of the Feng-hua office
have uncovered 15,000 cattier oY smuggled salt at nearby points. At Yu-yao,
62 ,jars of smuggled wine have been found. These were confiscated. The Ch'si-
ch'iao tax office, in Chen-has Hsien, has uncovered 28,633 cattier of granu-
lated sugar, and 690 catties of brown, smuggled sugar.
CLAftDESTIIQE SELLIHG OF GOYERI~'iENT GRAT14 -- Ning-po Yung-Chiang Jih-pao,
24 Jun 50
The Cheng-hsing Mill in fling-po had accepted 89,778 catties of public
grain for processing and last April the manager, Sun Fan-chih, secretly sold
it and alisdonded with the proceeds. The court gave hitn 2 months in which to
make restitution. He paid no heed, so .on 14 June 1950, the court sentenced
him to a year's imprisonment and ordered the confiscation of all his property
The mill and its equipment have been assessed.at about two?thirde the sum of
the debt. Sun is still_at-large, and the Yamily is being pressed for the bal-
ance.
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