Forum August 29 1948

The truce is thus only a boon to the Jews and not to the Arabs! Reports are already circulating abroad that the Mediator has recommended to the U. N. that the State of Israel should be recognised. [...] The U. N. Commission has asked the countries to observe a cease fire." The Commission has put the agressor and the defender in the same dock. [...] Third is the reluctance on the part of Big Business to go ahead with a rapid programme of Indutrialisation and the reluctance on the part of the Government to adopt a clear-cut and courageous economic policy. [...] It is the old familiar story of a member of a gang of banrobbers who is left to take the rap for a crime which he has not committed while the rest of the gang enjoy the fruits of robbery. [...] One very important point In the speech of the Vice-President Shri Bhawanji A. Khimji at the same meeting is the suggestion to the Government to include accredited representatives of commerce and industry in the Houses of Legislture to advise the Indian ParliFORUM August 29 1948 q111111R.