IGPASC SAYS WOMEN'S LEAGUE TOOK DONATIONS 'MOSTLY' FROM KMT|黨產會:婦聯會收"勞軍捐"240億 多經由國民黨

The IGPAS committee in its initial investigation concluded that the National Women's League collected an estimated NT$24 billion in "patriotic duties" over a 34-year period. Meanwhile, a hearing has been scheduled on Apr 27 to further determine if the League is a KMT affiliated organization. According to the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee, National Women's League of the Republic of China collected an estimated NT$24 billion in "patriotic donations" over a 34-year period from 1955 to 1989. While two-thirds of the money collected went to the Women's League, the remainder went to the Friends of Armed Forces Association. The committee thinks that the Women's League has close ties to the KMT because during the initial stage of its establishment, many government subsidies were transferred to the league by the KMT. ==SHIH CHIN-FANG spokesperson IGPASC== NT$24 billion was calculated based on information collected from the Friends of Armed Forces Association. The committee said that the Women's League and the Friends of Armed Forces Association started to collect 'donations for the military' in 1955 through the government-imposed surcharges on imported components and goods. The surcharge was NT$0.5 for every US$1 worth of imports when the program was launched and was later cut to NT$0.3, NT$0.2, and NT$0.1. In 1988, the program was eliminated. == SHIH CHIN-FANG spokesperson IGPASC== This was not a tax. However, it was not a donation either. An export and import surcharge is not a donation. Cheng Pei-fen, who used to be the league's consultant, said that the money was used to boost the military's morale and build dormitories for the families of the soldiers. Cheng also said that the KMT was unlikely to interfere with the League because even the then-president Chiang Kai-shek did not have a say in it. Chiang's wife Soong Mei-ling, who set up the league, played the main role in leading the League. == CHENG PEI-FEN journalist== Chiang Kai-shek had no control over Soong Mei-ling. Soong had her own ideas. She was pretty conceited. The Women's League was beyond the reach of the KMT. The league was definitely not a KMT-affiliated organization. The committee said that the information does not provide sufficient proof of relations between the League and the KMT. Therefore, the committee decided to hold a public hearing on Apr. 27 to decide whether the league is affiliated to the KMT. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 不當黨產處理委員會針對婦聯會收取的勞軍捐，提出初步調查報告，推估婦聯會從1955年開始共收取勞軍捐，大約新台幣240億，不過婦聯會與國民黨之間關係為何？還有待4/27聽證會進一步聽取各方資訊才能判定。 不當黨產處理委員會針對婦聯會提出初步調查報告，內容指出勞軍捐分配比例是婦聯會三分之二，軍友社三分之一，所以根據軍友社資料推估，婦聯會在1955年至1989年，共收取勞軍捐大約新台幣240億。另外婦聯會成立初期不少政府補助款都是經由國民黨轉交，不當黨產處理委員會認為婦聯會與國民黨有密切關係。 ==不當黨產處理委員會發言人 施錦芳== 婦聯會這樣的資料 數字二百四十多億 所以這個數字是 根據軍友社的資料推估出來 報告也提到勞軍捐是由婦聯會及軍友社，自1955年到1989年，採「附徵」方式收取之生產事業進口外匯勞軍捐款，以及貿易商進口外匯勞軍捐款。比例從一開始外匯結匯1美元就捐新台幣5角，逐步降為3角、2角、1角，到最後停止徵收。 ==不當黨產處理委員會發言人 施錦芳== 這個不是稅啊　這個不是稅 你要說它是一個正式的一個捐 也沒有這樣的一個捐 它叫做進口結匯附徵勞軍款 曾任婦聯會顧問的資深媒體人鄭佩芬表示，當時婦聯會將勞軍捐用像是勞軍活動與興建眷村等用途，不過當時擔任婦聯會理事長的蔣宋美齡的主導性很強，就連前總統蔣中正也不一定能干涉，更何況是國民黨。 ==電訪 鄭佩芬== 蔣介石事實上管不到蔣宋美齡 宋美齡是一個非常有主見 而且算相當自負的人 國民黨真的管不到她 國民黨也動不了他們任何一毛錢 絕對不是附隨組織 事實上不當黨產處理委員會也承認，婦聯會與國民黨的關係為何？目前資料不足，因此不當黨產處理委員會將在4月27日舉行聽證會，希望能獲得更多資訊來做判定。 記者張志雄 陳立峰 台北報導