| Show U. U us u.s. S. S Orders Vast NipS Nip Social Reform By JOHN R. R HENRY TOKYO Oct 11 INS INS Sweeping Sweeping r revision vision of the entire Japanese social and economic structure was ordered Thursday by Gen Douglas MacArthur in a point five-point program laid down iown for Premier Baron Kijuro new cabinet The supreme allied commander received at his Tokyo headquarters late this afternoon and outlined a reach far ing pro program g ram for Japan to achieve the Potsdam objectives MacArthur emphasized the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing points during the historic Interview 1 Women must be emancipated through the voting franchise 2 Labor should hould be encouraged to unionize 3 Jap Japans Japan's ns n's educational system must be liberalized 4 Governmental inquisition systems must be abolished d along g with the practice of imprisoning p persons persons' rs ni for political re reasons ons 5 The ri nations nation's economic ays- ays t iU iri St be r revised d to prevent mon monopolistic control of industries 11 outlining t the tha measures he suggested MacArthur told hara haIa the Japanese constitution fI unquestionably que would have to be liberalized Some of the points stressed ed by byMa Ma MacArthur A thur h had d been publicly advocated advocated ad ad- vacated previously by by including the enfranchisement of women A cabinet t meeting preceding visit with the thc general had ordered an extraordinary diet session for early December to enact women's suffrage an action never before considered by the Japanese government During the course of ot conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion in their first meeting MacArthur MacArthur Mac Mac- Arthur also told of the necessity for vigorous and prompt action to alleviate food food housing and find clothing shortages shortages' in war- war torn Nippon Swift home fro front t. t action must be taken MacArthur declared to prevent pre disease e and mass starvation starvation starvation tion through the coming winter The coming w winter will be fla crIticaL critical critical cal caL MacArthur thur asserted and the only way to meet its difficulties difficulties l- l ties Is Li by full employment in useful useful use use- ful fiJi work of ot everyone Th The general told the premier U the e traditional Japanese social order will be corrected and that the people people peo pea plo must be freed of of all f forms forma o of gov governmental secret inquisition and regimentation n. n In the implementation of ot these thee requirements and to accomplish the purposes purpose thereby intended MacArthur said I expect you to See Page 3 Column 1 I S. S Demands Demands Reform ReformS Of bc Nip asp S c System Continued from Page Pago On One Oue reforms Inthe In InS inthe tutu the following S the the modal odaI order o ost of f Japan as rapidly ii they can be assimilated st JJ One Emancipation Emancipation of th the of Japan through or nen that that being being- Ing members o othe of the body bey politic they may bring In to Japan Japans a IL new concept of govern govern- dent directly subservient to the fell being of the home I Encourage Unions of the r TWo Encouragement ro o Encouragement of labor that labor that It may maybe Ii be clothed with euch lIuch dignity aa as aaSi influential voice Si will jIB permit it an of Li safeguarding the working man manfrom manfrom exploitation and abuse and andr from tram yelling hi Ma his living standard to a ani r with th institution of ni higher g her level measures as may be su uch correct evils which now t to i na ry y exist In child labor practices I Opening Opening of ot schools to liberal education that education that the themay theople theople pieta ore ople may shape hape their future pro progress gress i from rum factual tactual knowledge and benefit from an understanding g of the system under which th the ge e government b becomes omes the servant t rather than the master of th the e people Four Four Abolition Abolition of systems which through secret Inquisition and abuse have held the people inconstant in inconstant constant fear substituting fear substituting there there- for a system of justice designed to afford the people protection against despotic arbitrary and unjust methods Five Five Democratization Democratization of or Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese economic institutions to the end that monopolistic Industrial controls be revised through development development development devel devel- of methods which tend to widen distribution of ot Income and ownership of ot the means of production production tion ion and trade Orders Election The first business meeting of the cabinet also ordered the diet liet to meet in ordnary session late ate In December to dissolve itself and set a general election for anew a anew anew new diet for late in January Th This government action and the move toward accomplishment nt of suffrage for women constituted the he most moat concrete steps taken by the he government toward the reforming reformIng reforming reform- reform Ing of ot Japan Arrangements for tor visit with MacArthur were made after Tokyo had seen its first com com- demonstration 1 started b by some lome 1000 waving flag marchers who paraded through the streets street shouting Down with the empe banzai banzai MacArthur Reports of rice riots were brought to Tokyo by Gov Coy of Yamaguchi prefecture In southwestern southwestern southwestern south south- western Honshu as a wave o of strikes continued to spread In th the e Hokkaido coal mines mine aggravating the nations nation's already serious fuel fue shortage e. e Riots for Food who pr presented his resignation resignation nation to the imperial government said farmers in his district were rioting over rice Japans Japan's basic baste food staple Similar disturbances resulting from the food shortage e were reported to have erupted in Kyushu southernmost of the home islands Administration buildings of the coal mines in Hokkaido were burned down as violence flared in the weel old old strike of Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- rean workers who refuse to do any further work for the Japanese e. e Several company officials were re reported reported reported re- re ported injured In the blaze Several thousand Koreans were on strike and some Borne Chinese mine workers at were ready to join the Koreans In their demands for augmented rations improved living conditions and a promise to expedite their Police and riot squads were dispatched to the mine area areas to check possible scale large-scale violence Meanwhile Gen MacArthur authorized authorized au au- I new government government government govern govern- ment to resume limited and strictly strictly strictly strict strict- ly controlled foreign commerce in order that prostrate Nippon may mav import critically cri needed d food clothing and other essential com com- Limits Bu Buying MacArthurs MacArthur's directive emphasized emphasized emphasized sized that the conquered nation will be allowed to buy only those items she cannot herself produce in quantities sufficient to stave off oft mass suffering through the coming winter The rising pressure of political antagonisms and economic stress had its effect on some members of the house of representatives of the imperial diet Nine legislators legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors turned in their resignations but speaker of the house Toshio Shimada refused to accept them because he feared the action would influence other members to q quit It All nine who sought to resign according to the newspaper r A Asahi ahi said they wanted to do so so because they considered themselves re responsible responsible responsible re- re for Japans Japan's defeat Among them were Ikezaki Ikezaki Ike- Ike zaki uki widely known commentator and Dr Masamichi an authority on political philosophy |
