A series of broadcast talks expressing various viewpoints regarding the proposals of the Joint Select Committee, upon which the Govern-tment's measure on the future constitution of India is to be based, was opened to-night by Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India.
He maintained that the Govern ment's "Indian policy was one of prudent progress, that it was sup-Jborted by authority and experience and that it offered the only possible course of action. No one, either in [Britain or India, had produced any workable alternative.
Tt was true that in India. a chorus of disapproval had been raised against the committee's recommendations. There was bound to be an outburst lot criticism. No Indian public man could afford to be wholly satisfied
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