1046 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
be a member of the governing body during the last one year, there is no representative of the employees from India on the governing body. That is the only degeneration of the position, if it can be called a degeneration. So far as the Government is concerned, the High Commissioner is a member of the governing body. I cannot say anything about other coloured peoples but certainly India has been throughout a member of the governing body both from the Government side and from the employees side.
Sjt. N. V. Gadgil : Is it not a fact that certain changes have been recommended in the constitution of the governing body and they have been laid on the table of the House ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That is a matter which will come up for discussion in connection with a Resolution I propose to move.
Diwan Chaman Lall : When is the Honourable Member moving it?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : In the course of this Session.
Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : Now that there is a proposal to abolish the League of Nations, is there a proposal to have direct contribution to the I.L.O. from the Indian exchequer ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I cannot say. That will be a matter for the I.L.O. to decide.
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*** Strikes in Central and Provincial Government** Presses
- Prof. N. G. Ranga : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) for how long the strike in the Government of India Press at New Delhi has been going on;
(b) the grievances and demands of the workers which were brought to the notice of Government.
(c) when these demands were brought before Government and what action was taken thereon to satisfy the legitimate needs of the workers ;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1946, 3rd April 1946, p. 3443.