As they have their own way, as they more or less dictate, in fact control the government and as they are receiving the support of Gen. ing to Ie things very much their own way. 'The officials are powerless and cannot control them. If a labourer is arrested, the police must.go down on their' knees and ask the unions what is to be done; but if a policeman % assaulted by.a labourer (the police are verily scared at the sight of them) there is no redress. The hands of the police are tied. In the course of a statement to me, a high official said that if the government attempted to suppress the illegal activities of these men there would be a clash and that was a thing which must be avoided as it was undesirable that there should be any killing. The labourers must settle things themselves. The government was trying its best to keep them quiet and in their proper places. If it not for the workers, he said, the government would cease to exist.
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