最近,上海、北京一些报刊和出版社倡议实行降低稿酬标准一半左右的办法。我们热烈拥护降低稿酬,并以行动来支持这个倡议。我们深深感到,现在的稿酬太高对社会已经起了不良的影响。特别是自从大跃进以来,我们越加感到高额稿酬不符合我们国家的当前形势。现在广大工农群众干劲冲天,日以继夜的苦战着,自动加班加点,毫不计较个人报酬。他们自动要求取消加班费、奖励金和计件工资制,并豪迈地说:“我们要红旗,不要钞票”,这是多么崇高的共 Recently, some newspapers and publishers in Shanghai and Beijing initiated the proposal of reducing the remuneration standard by about half. We enthusiastically support the reduction of remuneration and take action to support this initiative. We deeply feel that the present remuneration is too high to have a negative impact on society. Since the Great Leap Forward in particular, the more we feel that high remuneration does not fit the current situation in our country. Now that the masses of workers and peasants are energetic and capable of fighting day and night, they work overtime automatically and do not care about personal remuneration. They automatically demanded the cancellation of overtime pay, bonuses and piece-rate paychecks, and boldly said: “We want the red flag, do not want banknotes.” What a lofty sum