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members representing all the provinces should be created and the work begun. In the first instance the Committee members representing the different provinces should visit every Jain centre in their respective provinces, educate the people on the aims and ideals of the association and enrol members. The association should also have substantial fund, so that the work may go on regularly and without difficulty.
II. The All-India Jain Association. We are not for changing the name of the Association into the Jain Literature Society and confine the work of the association only to the publication of the Jain Literature. This work is already being carried on in several places by several individuals and institutions belonging to the three sects of the Jains. Every Jain knows that our late lamented leader Mr. J. L. Jaini has left by will his property for the preservation and publication of Jain Literature especially in English. And we are glad to note that the Central Jain Publishing House at Lucknow has taken up this work under the supervision of Pandit Ajit Prasadji. So there is no necessity for having a separate Association exclusively for publishing Jain Literature. This work can be kept as one of the items in the programme of the All-India Jain Association,
We refuse to believe that the failure of the All-India Jain Association to work properly was due to its programme which contained such items as the propagation of religion, educational and social reforms. Since we are as much interested in the welfare and progress of the Jain Community and propagation of Jain Religion, as anybody else, we hope to be excused for being frank and straightforward in expressing our views. We would attribute the failure to the following causes:
1 The office of the Association was no where. 2. The office-bearers were so only in name.
3. The aims and objects of the Association were not clear and well-defined. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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