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The various reception songs were sung in different languages. Mr. P. N. Rajbhoj, General Secretary of the Federation, presented the working report of the previous year. Mr. S. B. Jadhav, General Secretary, Reception Committee, read out the messages sent for the Conference, which included the messages from Mr. C. D. Deshmukh ICS, Governor, Reserve Bank of India ; Dr. Alben Disoza, Mayor of Mumbai; Mr. Modak, City Engineer, Sir Rustam Masani, National Warfront; Mr. Madan, ICS ; Mr. Tauntan, ICS ; advisor Governor of Mumbai; Sir Kawsaji Jahangir, Mr. Bala Saheb Kher, Former Chief Secretary, Mumbai region ; Mr. Sekhiya, Former Minister of Assam; Mr. K. A. P. Vishwanathan of ‘Madras Justice Party’ ; Mr. Prandatt of Kanpur ; Mr. Velankar of Mumbai Bar ; Mane and Mr. Manilal Parmar of Baroda etc.
On this occasion various conferences like ‘Women Conference’ under the chairpersonship of Mrs. Meenambai Shivraj, ‘Mumbai Municipal Workers Federation’, ‘Student Federation’ under the chairmanship of Mr. Pyarelal Talib, ‘Samta Sainik Dal’ Conference under the presidentship of Mr. J. H. Subbaya were organised. In these conferences various delegates expressed the nature of atrocities committed on them by the touchables.
The historical address by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was delivered on Sunday, 6th May 1945 for which about one and half lakh people were present.” [1]
( Dr. B.R. Ambedkar prepared the speech for this Conference which was then published under the title the ‘Communal Deadlock and a Way to Solve it.’ We are giving one para from the speech.—Editors.)
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in his speech proposed the Scheme for upliftment of the Aboriginal Tribes is as follows :
“It will be obvious that my proposals do not cover the Aboriginal Tribes although they are larger in number than the Sikhs, Anglo Indians, Indian Christians and Parsees. I may
1 : The text of the Speech is published in “Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches” Vol. 1, Pp. 355-379.