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66 LABOUR IN MADRAS quest you to give him all the particulars that he will want from you. He will be present here from 10 o'clock in the morning. That is the first point. The second point is this. You will be glad to hear that we have organised to-day what we will call M. L. U. Employo ment Bureau. To-morrow morning at about 10 o'clock certain printed forms will be ready. I request you to fill up those forms with the information we want, and those of you who want employment elsewhere will give all the information ; we will see what we can do to give you employment. When all these forms are filled up we may be able to dispatch a number of workers to various parts of the country, for, we are making arrangements with various people who are owners of mills in Bombay and elsewhere and we will be able to find the necessary employment for men thrown out so unjustly by the Carnatic and Buckingham Mills. Next I want you to pass this resolution at this meeting to-day so that we may appeal to the generous instincts of the public of this city. I have drawn up this resolution with the help of our friends : "In view of the suffering to which the labourers are being put at the present time by reason of high prices and want of employment the Madras Labour Union appeals to the public to assist in organising the M. L. U. Relief Fund.” (Cheers.) That is the formal work that we have before us to-day. Now I want to speak to you on the general situation as it stands this afternoon. It has been given out first by Sir Clement Simpson in an interview with the reporter to the Hindu and later in Anglo-Indian organs, the Madras Times and the Madras Mail that some of