Complex sentence: Fang's propaganda machine attempted to ease the situation with statements saying that dancing girls should be redirecting their talents to reconstructing the country and eliminating the Communist bandits and attempts to turn the selected dance halls that were actually closed into cafeterias employing the former taxi dancers.
Split into simpler sentences: Fang's propaganda machine attempted to ease the situation with statements saying that dancing girls should be redirecting their talents to reconstructing the country and eliminating the Communist bandits. He also made attempts to turn the selected dance halls that were actually closed into cafeterias employing the former taxi dancers.