Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday January 25 1942

Inexpedient to Divide House Aud yet why is it that I stand before you to plead with you to accept the resolution and not even to divide the house ? The reason is that the resolution reflects the Congress mind. [...] It is no longer open to the Government and the Congress critics to say that the Congress has banged the door to negotiation on the impossible or unpolitical ground of non-violence. [...] The Committee would especially recommend to the villagers the growing of food crops at least to cover the needs of the village and appeal to the grain dealers not to hold up stores for profit but to release them for consumption at fair prices. [...] Gandhiji's mind was almost nr:ade up before he returned to Sevagram that the first impulse was wrong and that there should be no attempt to divide the A. I. C. C. Rather than leave it to any of the members of the Working Committee to give the lead to the house Gandhiji himself in a speech packed with argument commended the resolution on the very ground of non-violence. [...] If there are such No-changers they cannot quarrel with the agreement ( with the Swarajists ). For it is but a method of finding out the number of unbending and unbendable No-changers — No-changers whose love will stand the severest test and whose faith in the triple constructive programme will if necessary outlast the faithlessness of the rest of India." The only difference is that the program