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 required to work even on Sundays may only suspend work after obtaining previous leave. I do not hesitate to recommend these two sugges- tions for adoption by public servants. For though it is unquestionably the right thing for them not to take part in political discussion and .gatherings, in my opinion they have an undoubted riorht to express, upon vital matters, their feelings in the very limited manner herein suggested.

(iii) Public meetings should be held on that day in parts of India, not excluding villages, at which resoultions praying for the with- drawal of the two measures should be passed.

If my advice is deemed worthy of acceptance, the responsibility will lie in the first instance, on the various Satyagraha Associations, for undertaking the necessary work of organisation, but all other associations will, I hope, join hands in making this demonstration a success.

��SATYAGRAHA DAY IN MADRAS

Under the auspices of Madras Satyagraha Sabha, a public meeting was held at the Triplicane Beach on 30th March to explain the message of Mr. M. K. Gandhi for the observance of the Satyagraha Day :

I am sorry that I shall not be with you for this evening's meeting, as I must take the train for Bezwada in order to keep my engagement with our Andhra friends. But before my departure, I would like to reduce to writing my impressions of the tour through the southern part of the Presidency, which I have just

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