Communist Party of India memorandum — "Our Plan of Work"

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production and safeguarding their own interests, that the two are inter-
dependent. We show them how it is possible in the conditions of to-day to
settle the grievances through negotiations and that strike action must be
{ms. insertion: absolutely} the last weapon of the working class when there is no alternative left at all

        The Government circles don't seem to realise the gravity of the situat-
ion but seem to go by the age-old prejudice that we are out to organise
trouble. Local C.I.D. is collecting the names and addresses of our worker
comrades, our Trade Union agitators are being arrested on a fairly large
scale, the Unions led by us are discriminated against; permission is con-
sistently refused to hold Trade Union meetings. This policy does not avert
the strike-wave, but only makes its results more disastrous. We have
suffered enough in our life not to get provoked. We will always do our best
to keep production going while simultaneously safeguarding workers' interests.
We have done it so far and despite greater difficulties and a worse situation
we will persist in our endeavours, because this way lies the true interest
of our class and of our nation.

        What we endeavour to explain here is that with our production policy
given and our established reputation as being the best and most influential
Trade Union workers in the country, the attempt to hinder our Trade Union
activities leads unwittingly straight to a blow-up of the production front.

OUR PLAN OF WORK

        Release Gandhiji and the Congress leaders campaign: we are organising it
as the first step towards ending the present tragic state of affairs and
pave the path for a settlement between the British and the Indian people.

        Food Campaign: we are organising People's Food Committees and on an
all-party basis so that the people may get food and spontaneous food riots
may not break out. Through these committees we will offer the organised
cooperation of the people to the local administration for getting food
supplies, for distribution, etc. Through these Committees we unite all
sections of the people and isolate the hoarder as trading on people's hunger
and thus rally them to track down his hidden stocks. Through these Com-
mittees we work to get food and fight food riots.

        Production Conferences: in every working class area we will popularise
our production policy under the slogan "The battle for Production is the
measure of workers' own patriotism" and formulate the immediate demands of
the workers which are absolutely essential to enable them to keep up prod-
uction. We will also offer [struck-over word] concrete and constructive suggestions
that will help to INCREASE production.

        Grow More Food Campaign: The Government campaign conducted through
the official machine has become a "Hand over more food grains" racket rather
than anything else, threats of confiscation of crops are advanced, wild
rumours are set afloat, prices are manipulated to cheat the peasant of a
fair price. Through the Kisan Sabhas we will conduct an intensive pro-
paganda drive to propagate the necessity for growing more food as the
expression of the peasant's best [struck-over word] patriotism, we will formulate
concrete and practical plans for growing more food. We will seek the
co-operation of the local authorities to get fallow land, takavi loans,
implements and manure, etc., and also in marketing the produce. We have
already tried the experiment in a small way in some Andhra and Malabar
villages and it has produced very good results. If the local Governments
adopt a helpful attitude we could initiate a mighty constructive campaign
in the countryside in all the districts where we have Kisan Sabhas.

OUR DEMANDS.

1.      RELEASE ALL OUR DETENU COMRADES BOTH OF PRE-LEGALITY PERIOD AND POST-