Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday May 5 1946

" When passions rise high and panic and mass hysteria lay hold of the people it is up to the man of prayer to keep his head above the storm and refuse to sink to the level of the brute. [...] The Government will have the option of purchasing one-third of their milk supply for the needy people of the locality and in the neighbouhood if required. [...] " The only way to prevent the spread of the disease is to segregate the lepers. [...] S. N. [ The more I study the food crisis the more convinced I feel that people are being starved not for want of food but for want of the co-operative effort of the expert and a national Government at the Centre bent upon meeting the crisis and inspiring the masses with confidence. [...] This institution should demonstrate to the whole world the heights to which Harijans can rise if they are freed from the incubus of untouchability and conversely the sacrilege and inhumanity of the institution of untouchability itself.