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 the Gujarati Navajivan which was then a monthly, should be turned into a weekly and edited by me and when I undertook the responsibility, I announced that it would be given up if it proved a loss and that if there were profits, they would be utilized for some public purpose. Navajivan soon became profitable but at the instance of Sheth Jampalalji, Hindi Navajivan was commenced. It too had just begun to pay its way when my arrest took place and the circulation steadily fell. It is now again being issued at a loss. But in spite of these losses the large circulation of Navajivan and other publications enable the management to devote Rs. 50,000 to public work. Swami Anandanand who is managing the Navajivan press has left it entirely to me to allocate the money and as I know no other and better method of utilising it, I propose to devote the sum through the agency of the Provincial Congress Committee to the spread of the spinning wheel and Khadi in Gujarat including Kathiawad. Preference will be given to their spread among poor women and the suppressed classes. It is due to my co-workers that I should inform the public that with some of them the work is a labour of love. Where they receive payment, it is just enough for their wants. The result of such work is before the public. I know that if from the sweeper upward I could secure selfless workers, with the efficient management I have the good fortune to have to-day, it would be possible to show a better surplus.

I should also like to add that if Young India again shows profits, as it did before my imprisonment, they will be distributed for All-India work. If any profits are derived from Hindi Navajivan, they will be devoted to the spread of Hindi.