44 SOCIAL SCIENTIST 16 Mathr^humn ^8 October 1935. 1 7 The Hindu, ^3 August 1935. 18 Mathrubhumi^ 20 ^ovember 1935. 1 8 A-'faihrub'humi, 25 February 1936 and 4 March 1936. 120 m^HMu, 9 March 1936. 21 KA Keral^eyan, interview, ibid. A K Poduval, Keralthile Karshaka Prasthanthinte Oru La^hucfiarithrarn, (A phort History of the Peasant Movement in Kerala) Prabhat Book House^ Tr?vandrum 1962, pp,23-24. 22 Poduval, Ibid., p 24. 88 the Hindu, ifejune 1936. 84 • Mathrtibhumi, 4 November 1936 gives a detailed account of the conference. 86 Mathhtbhumi, 31 March 1937 for text of speech. 8 8 Mahruhhumi, )il?id. 27. ^athritjbfiumi^ 26 May 19^7; the conference passed resolutions greeting the fighting peasantry of Bihar, Punjab, U P and Bengal. 28 Mathrubhumi, 12 May 1937 for text of Namboodiripad's speech. a a A v Kunhambu, Interview, op.cit. 80 Prabna^tham^ 23 January 1939, A Kameswara presided over this conference. 81 Mathrubhumi 12 June 1937. 82 The Hin^u, 15 June 193b: Conferences of unemployed were held in Eranjoli, Parap- puram, Kodiyeri and other places. 8a For descriptipn'ofthejatha, see A K Gopalan, In the Cause of the People, Orient Longman, Madras 19^3, pp 61-84. 8^ Mathrubhumi, 24 September 1936 and 15 October 1936. 8^ Mathrubhumi 12 December 1935. 88 Mathrubhumi, 27 February 1976: a "grants wefek^ was observed in February. 87 Mathrubhumi, 29 October 1937. 88 E M S Namboodiripad, second part of autobiography serialized in Deshabhimani Weekly, vol 3, no 19, 1971. Serial entitled "The Politics of Teachers" Movement.'^ 89 Mathrilbhumi, 21 September 1937. Before this rally another big demonstration was held to greet the newly appointed labour minister V V Giri. Namboodiripad, Deshabhifnarii Weekly, VOl 3, no 18. 40 Mathrubhumi, 22 September 1937. 4 * The weavers' strike took place in four weaving mills, the demand being increase of wages from 10 pies to one anna per yard of cloth. The strike involved 400 weavers. Fortnightly Reports, F No 18/1/37 Pol. (Tamil Nadu Archives). 4 2 Mathrubhumi, Tl April 1937. 4 8 The Hindu, 1 September 1934 for membership of 1934; Mathrubhumi, 7 November 1937 for membership of 1936 and 1937. 4 4 Mathrubhumi, 9 January 1936. 48 Mathrubhumi, 14 January 1936. 4 6 Mafhruhhumi, ibid. Narayanan Nair withdrew his resignation after the resolution was passed. E M S Namboodiripad and A K Gopalan were not present at the meeting, they withdrew their resignations later. 47 The Hindu, 4 August 1936. 48 The Hindu, 9 July 1936. 48 Mathrubhumi, 1 December 1936. 6 ® Mathrubhumi, 1 December 1936.