00; for engineering 225 ig all other industries 327. mereased misery and re- @ discontent among the , three times as many » days were lost through Hin 1944 as compared itwi48. Mr. Quorban em- ly served notice on the ‘rs and the government @. AITUG “is determined re decent living condi- For all workers, never iewhat opposing forces whe ranged against them.” fention decisions ~ main- he unity of all parties. iain political resolutions ii that: “The release of Kl leaders forms the key wp present political situa- abor has repeatedly de- -@ that the deadlock be- whe Congress and Muslim ube ended and that a na- government really repre- @-e of the people be im- aly installed so that our sources and manpower bi utilized in the democra- se of defeating Japan.” S47 in April this year, In- f; peasants held the ninth of the All-India Kisan tin the small village of xona, in famine-torn Ben- India’s Millions Forge Ahead gal. Six hundred and forty delegates present represented every province in India. Fra- ternal delegates represented the British, American and Burmese people. Despite the fact that disruptive forces, including the former president of the AIKS who only a few days previously resigned, had spread anti-Com- munist yarns about the Kisan Sabha among the people, 100,- 000 peasants gathered at the kisan nagar (peasant city), a temporary miniature city erect- . ed for the purpose. Literally thousands of peasants walked from as far as 60 to 90 miles. Hindu and Muslim peasants gave 70 acres of their precious arable land for the conference grounds in the plowing season. They donated bamboo poles for the construction of the kisan nager. The donors carried them on their backs for miles for their cattle had perished in the famine and epidemics. Peasants took corrugated tin sheets from their own roofs and carried them as far distant as 30 miles to Netrakona. The people of Netrakona sub-division donated 5,000 rupees and 100 maud (one maud equals 82.28 pounds) of rice to feed the guest peas- ants. - e HE session was a tremen- dous success. The achieve- ments of the AIKS were re- viewed. Its membership had increased from 500,000 to 800,- 000 within a year, which makes it the third strongest organiza- tion—after the Congress and League—in the country. The Andhra provincial Kisan Sab- ha reported the most outstand- ing achievements. The peasants through the Kisan Sabha have won ‘the legal right to cultivate the landlord’s fallow land. Peasants of 2,000 villages saved their -tenaricy rights despite adverse decisions of the High Court. The peasant youth en masse dug a nine mile long Continued irrigation canal watering .an entire arid belt. They repaired dozens of irrigation tanks. The Andhra Kisan «Sabha secured 140,000 rupees worth of manure and 50 percent of iron imple- ments for the peasants and thus saved them from going to the black market. All this was ac- complished under the inspiring leadership of a Communist pea- sant leader Sundarayya, who was recently arrested for mak- ing a patriotic May Day speech. The Bengal Kisan Sabha re- claimed nearly 100,000 acres of arable land and the peasants of Andhra and Bengal increas- ed rice production by two and a half million mauds. A communal] kitchen fed the people. Qn'a single day it ser- ved over 21,000 meals. Volun- teer doctors and medical units moved in a month previous to the session to attend to sani- tary and medical arrangements. A special hospital was set up and people of surrounding vil- THERES NO SIGN OF ANY MORE JAPS BUT | BE CAREFUL, MEN ! IN THE PACIFIC, AN Sin tHe PA ON AN ISLE _“AMERICAN LANDING —— PARTY HAS TAKEN OVER. ” FEDERATED PRESS:20- HI-YA, DLDIERS! <2 JOUNNIE JONES ~4;7ANK to. FY TIGER 65O THE JAPS GOT HER!! 1) EVEN L HEARD OF MILA--THE MOST FAMOLIS GUERRILLA LEADER OF ‘EM ALL/ I WUZ HOPIN’ SHE'D STIL GE AKOUND =: WE PLUG COME Out: BUT NO TRICKS OR ¥ FOUND A COUPLE OF STRAYS, sir! W WAS LOST OFF THIS SEAMAN.. MY SHIP ISLAND! . JOHUNNIE JONES, NAME? ] SIR! I'M A MERCHANT L WAS RESCUED BYFILIPINO GUERRILLAS AND PED THEM PUT THE KIGBOSH O/THE JAPS WHO HELD THE ISL}.- THE NIPS FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO US [- AND KILLED EVERY-R, Boppy GuT TIGER JOE AND ME..i. FEDERATED PRESS-27- _ slavery: and had become a free lages vaccinated to prevent epi- demics. The AIKS work gave self confidence to the people. A peasant who had helped build the hospital said, “I sup- ervised the construction my- self ...I can do it for my own village in two days with the help of a few boys. Then no- body will die.” Cultural squads from all over the country de- picted new consciousness grow- ing in the villages. A marvel- ous man sized statue of mud stood at the entrance to the grounds. It represented a Hjang tribe peasant who had broken the bonds of feudal master of . his) own. destiny through organization. Thous- ands visited this exhibition. A peasant remarked: “He is our real. God.” @ : Se HE AIKS resolution urged the release of Congress lead- ers and stated that “popular government is urgently needed to check the further deteriora- tion of economic conditions of the people, to put an end to the present inefficient regime of bureaucracy, ‘hoarding and black marketing.” ‘Congress- League unity was urgéd. Giv- ing a lie to those who charged that AIKS was Communist- controlled, the session _appealedssss==—= ¥ the Copsrin the Kisan Sab- 2 na “and help organize the peas- ants. The peasant was asked to. grow more food. Messages : of fraternal greetings and. soli- darity were sent to the Chinese and Soviet people. : P. GC. Joshi, together with prominent Congress and Lea- gue leaders, was present as a guest. He revealed that one third of the Communist mem- 4 bers came itrém the peasant ranks. He paid tribute to the unbreakable unity of Hindu and Muslim peasants forged by the AIKS and the great role played by women in the vari- ous peasant leagues. “When the kisan movement has been able to rouse even the backward wo- men of the village,’ he said, “No power on the earth can. erush it; it will be victorious.” j HE growing political. con->| sciousness and strength of 7 the people, demonstrated at the two sessions, is the silver lin- ing on the Indian horizon. No amount of imperialist window dressing and halfway measures short of a national government;\_ —__viction ser had s hundr red for I SEE... SHE WAGGA VERY BRAVE GIRL! WELL.«.CAN YOU AND TIGER GO FOR SOME GRUB? LATER {1M OFF TO SEA AGAIN! FAREWELL, TLL MISS SOUNNIE! YOU oe! KEEP UP TIGER JOE , THE GOOD Has SPOKEN: FIGHT FOR can solve the basic problems of { the masses. They direly need food, medicine and above all freedom. They are dedicated to : win them. g ' The gains made through vie- tory over fascism and the per— spectives opened at San Fran- cisco stand jeopardized if the people of ‘the United Nations fail to help find a democratic solution in India. Do the demo- cratic people of America ac cept their responsibility ? SATURDAY, JULY 21, 194 a or _% )