198 LABOUR IN MADRAS To B. P. Wadia, Esq., President. the Madras Labour Union. Beloved Sir, We, the Members of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Workshop Union, on the eve of your departure to England to plead the cause of the poor Indian Labourers before the British Democracy, beg to approach you with the request that you may be pleased to use your greatest influence to improve the conditions of the poor labourers in India, with which you are thoroughly acquainted. We request you to represent us before the Labour Party Conference, the Trade Union Congress, the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress and the Secretary to the Labour Party, and enlist their sympathies to our cause. We pray God that He may afford you a safe and happy voyage to England, a successful stay there, and an early return to our midst. We remain, Yours affectionately, THE MEMBERS OF THE M. & S. M. Ry. WORKSHOP UNION. Madras, 7th May, 1919.
