In outlining the basic policy for education reform, SCAP directed that dissemination of militaristic and ultra-nationalistic ideology and all military education and drill be discontinued. Originally, reports on all twenty-eight branches were required, but with improved conditions, supervision and reports for fourteen of the branches were discontinued by April 1948.55. The Labor Sub-section kept in close touch with the situation and watched the effect of the new policy on the wage picture. With only one-fifth of the land in Japan arable, it was important that all tillable land be cultivated. To minimize Occupation demands upon the exhausted Japanese economy, special lists were prepared enumerating the items which could not be procured without specific approval from the controlling headquarters involved. Before a request for an article could be submitted, the design and other physical aspects of the required item were ascertained. Occupation mission, and those needed to sustain a minimum economy under policy directives of ESS. The Tokyo branch of the Yokohama District Office supervised the over-all operation of the Special Procurement Board. In January 1947 the Third Military Railway Service assumed control of the procurement of all necessary rail service, right-of-way, and related facilities. His service medals include The Africa Star with a clasp marked 8th Army; The 1939-45 Star; The Italy Star; The France and Germany star; and The 1939-45 War Medal. Many of these local appropriations were justified; in view of this fact SCAP ruled that all hand receipts in the possession of Japanese nationals dated prior to April 1946 would be honored on a confirming procurement demand.58. this mission have been incorporated in the Japanese educational program. Disposition of Military Government Units, January 1946. charged with the implementation of SCAP directives. Japan's Emperor and the New Democracy, PLATE NO. Prices in laundry and dry cleaning establishments were fixed and the Japanese police were prodded into forcing Japanese merchants to observe the official price scale. the complete conversion of the Japanese industry to the war effort. Manufacturing and Industry: During the early phases of the Occupation the basic mission of the Manufacturing and Industry Sub-section was to initiate procedures for the early resumption of production and distribution of commodities and services necessary to meet Occupation needs and a subsistence requirement for the Japanese, and to make an inventory of the industrial machinery earmarked for reparations to the Allied nations.