Forum September 21 1952

The revolt of the Bombay Congress against Mararji voicing the views of the merchants' chambers both on the issue of the withdrawal of food subsidy and the impsition of Multi-Point Sales Tax showed which way the Party would swing as against the Government. [...] The needs of the nation and the circumstances of the coutry demand that Nehru should make the Congress an organ of fighters for a common purpose. [...] It is recognised" he said "that in any inquiry concerning the structure and the functioning of the Press in the country there must be an examination of the working conditions of journalists but the Commission should avoid the inquiry being turned principally into an invetigation of their matter. [...] The working conditions salaries and emolument of journalists largly fall within the sphere of the work of the Labour Ministry and a sense of proportion must be maintained in integrating an inquiry into the working condtions of the journalists with the general purpose of the Commision." Among the reported terms of reference for the Comission the service condition of the working jour [...] Subsequent to the merger of the State with the Indian Union the Devaswom Board was constituted and the control and management of the temples were entrusted to this body.