The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-07
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 0nndhi told the congress leaders tisnt SI haven't changed since 1920 aand f anything I have become moro firm and determined" in the Rtxuggle to throw of Britsh rule QfsT the soo.OOOOOO people of India.
 Yours is 6 grave responsibility" l" De said to his followers.
 Your decision here affects the whole nation. If "ou have no heart sn your decision say so frankly.
 @After your decision follow with sour heart and soul and do not 9alter."
 The congress tries to represent tlls whole nation-Hindus, MoslemS, &ikhs, Parsees- everyone, including the people of Indian India," he said, apparently in reference to the &C., 00o 900 Moslems who are opposed to Gandhi's call for passive resistance even though they too demand In- dian independence providing an a1l-Moslem state is set up.
 oandhi assailed the stand of Mo- hammed Ali Jinnah, president of the MoSlem league.
 He asserted that, at the start of the struggle, he sought to aid the British as best he could.
 T tried at the start of the strug- gle to get them out of difficulty and danger" he said.
 'The British have the will to win they are brave people.
 ~Their boys would shed their lives for their freedom.
 @They may not, however, win if they do not get free India behind them and their allies.
 If Japan comes here China wiD be finished. Russia already is in diff Hculties.
 "We want to be free to mobilize our country alongside China and Russia"
 Gandhi said that although he wants to go fast in his program he does not always move fast.
 Maybe within week English hearts will melt and our freedom will be recognized" he said. We have offered to become leaders in world federation of free nations"
 For that we must be free. T @T am not visionary but 8ania Ca trader). My trade is In- dian freedom. If you pay the price for that freedom, God willing, 1t will come soon."
 Maulana Azad, president of the Ail11ndia Congress. also spoke and Challenged both Britain and the United Nations to weight the con- kress demand for independence on bWo points:
 l. Would India's immediate ip- dependence jeopardize and pre- 5udice the Allied war effort?
 2-- Would it lead to on internal Chaos and anarchy in India as was predicted in London this week by Sir Stafford Cripps, British envoy 5O last springs ill-fated negotia- Hons at New Delhi?
 "Since we want Indian freedom SO ensure the fullest Indian defense GUT demand is not for the sake of Freedom alone, demand which would be valid in peacetime," said Azad.
 with full responsibility I repeat that a free India would stand be- hind the United Nations in the war against the Axis and would fully cooperate with their (the Allies) troops in this country for defense"
 If India was to be granted her Independence now, Azad said, the present administration of the coun- try would not be affected pending the setting up of provisional Indian government.
 Freedom now would only make avery Indian pay with his life on | the battlefield against aggression. That is the essence of our demand" Gandhi's "quit-India" program, Azad explained. means the trans ference of political power-but not 1 military power-to the Indian people and British, United States and other Allied troops could re- main on Indian soil for the dura- tion of the war.
 He accused Cripps of misrepre- $enting the congress demands and concluded with this plea to the British:
 , "Let us not depend on your pro- EH------------