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the Chamber. Bose was in Lucknow at the time. Soon after the General Manager received a wire from Motilal Nehru recommending that they give Bose a patient hearing and come to an early settlement. 34 Police reports show that civil disobedience movement did not pick up in Jamshedpur and no notice was taken of Congress workers making salt in defiance of the law. In fact the GM informed the ASP of Jamshedpur that the work was going on well and production in some departments was the highest in the history of the company.
The Anjuman-Himayat, an association of Muslims of Jamshedpur, passed a resolution against supporting any political movement. They resolved to support the Government and the company identifying them as their true well-wishers (TJSCO Personnel Department, Record Room F No. 217/20). Pathans were indulging in actively opposing the programmes of the movement by openly selling British cloth to show their support to the Government (TISCO Personnel Department Record Room F No. 370/4/C).