No one who listened to Mr. C. F. Andrews' broadcast
on India on Tuesday could fail to be considerably dis- turbed by the account he gave of the temper of India in regard to the Select Committee's report, largely, though by no means only, as result of the absence of any reference to Dominion Status. When all allowance is made for Mr. Andrews' close friendship with Mr. Gandhi and other Indian leaders, the essential fact remains that he knows Indians as very few living Englishmen do, and he reached this country from Bombay less than a fortnight ago. I learn from him one interesting fact about Mr. Gandhi's new village-industries campaign. Everyone who joins the new village-reconstruction association has to give an undertaking that so long as he remains a member he will take no part in any civil disobedience campaign. In view of the allegations that Mr. Gandhi has in reality political as well as economic ends to serve in his village campaign that statement is important. * * *
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