Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday July 12 1942

Sevagram 7-7-'42 A. I. S. A. and Kindred Institutions The question of the connection with present politics of the members and the staff of the A. I. S. A. A. I. V. I. A. The Hindustani Talimi Sangha and the kindred institutions was raised at the recent meeting of the A. I. S. A. held in Wardha and is being raised by numerous correspondents. [...] In the midst of this tragedy the evacuation problem had to be immediately settled as the rains are upon us and I am thankful to say that thanks to the sympathetic attitude of the Collector and the military officer in command the evacuation has been postponed for the duration of the rains and the question of compensation will be reconsidered in detail. [...] Are we all-out for democracy for total justice for total peace based on human equality or are the blessings of democracy to be limited to white people only ? The answer tnust be made clearly and quickly."224 HARIJAN July 12 1942 To evade the question to delay the answer is to reply in the negative and the United States must now take the lead. [...] Are we even now attending to the business of refitting tanks at the front and to improvement of their apmament and the modification of their types ? It seems that Lord Beaverbrook has concentrated on quantity to the neglect of quality." The Londoner wrote in his diary the same week: " One reason for Rommel's success in Libya is the efficiency of his organisation for tank repair. [...] A fire broke out in a village in the Nagpur district on the 22nd May and most of the houses of the Harijans and the Kotha of the Brahmana part proprietor of the village were completely gutted.