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    "ocrText": "to 1932 KATAYAMA was first secretary and later chief secretary of the Executive\nCommittee of the Social Democratic Party; from 1932 until expelled in 1940 he was a\nmember of the executive committee of the Socialist Masses Party. Representing first\nthe Social Democrats and then the Social Masses Party, he was elected to the House\nof Representatives of the Diet in 1930, 1936, 1937 and was an unsuccessful candidate\nin 1932 and 1942. After Japan's surrender, KATAYAMA became secretary general of\nthe Social Democratic Party and since September 1946, chairman of the party's Central\nExecutive Committee. He has represented his party in the Diet's lower house since\nthe April 1946 elections. The Socialists' plurality position in the House of Representa-\ntives as a result of the 1947 elections gave KATAYAMA the appointment as premier\nand he succeeded in organizing a three-party coalition which lasted from June 1947\nto February 1948.\nA veteran Socialist and labor leader, KATAYAMA is Japan's first Christian Premier\nand one of the more able leaders on the present national scene. Having to hold\ntogether a party composed of groups with differing viewpoints, his basic economic\nand political philosophy is best explained in his own statement that: \"the Socialist\nParty will walk the middle road of socialism, without turning to the right or the left.\"\nHe has long been noted as a champion of underprivileged groups, particularly women\nand children. Although neither a bold nor great leader, KATAYAMA's personal\nhonesty, sincerity, and integrity is attested to by even his political opponents.\nYOSHIDA Shigeru.\nYOSHIDA Shigeru, President of the Democratic Liberal Party and ex-Premier,\nwas born 22 September 1878 into a family named TAKEUCHI. Later he was adopted\nby the Yoshida family. He married a daughter of Count MAKINO, former Lord Keeper\nof the Privy Seal, which fact undoubtedly advanced YOSHIDA's career. He gradu-\nated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1906 and entered the Foreign Office the same\nyear. His diplomatic career included service in China, Manchuria, Korea, England,\nand Italy. From 1928 to 1930 he was Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. This was\nfollowed by two years as Ambassador to Italy, a term as Ambassador-at-large in Europe\nand America, and from 1936 to 1939 the Ambassadorship to Great Britain. YOSHIDA\nwas appointed Inspector of Education in 1944 after five years of retirement from public\nlife. It is reported that he was imprisoned for a month in 1945 for pro-peace senti-\nments. Following Japan's surrender he held the Foreign Ministry in the Higashi-\nKuni and the Shidehara Cabinets. From May 1946 until June 1947 he served con-\ncurrently as Premier and Foreign Minister. YOSHIDA, a leading figure in the Liberal\nParty, became party President in June 1946 and was appointed to the same office when\nthe Democratic-Liberal Party was formed in March 1948 as a successor to the Liberal\nParty.\nYOSHIDA has long been noted in Japan for his pro-British sentiments and to a\nlesser extent for his interest in the US. Although he appears to have aided Japan's\naggression in the Asiatic mainland while in the diplomatic service, he became persona\nnon grata to the military because of his strong attachment to Britain and his relation-\nSECRET\nD-2"
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