Ambiguous Answer

Last week, in the cool hills of Simla, the man who could make or break the British plan for an independent Indian government spoke 2,500 cautious words. Mohamed Ali Jinnah criticized the plan, but notably refrained from calling on his Moslem followers to resist it.

It looked as if Jinnah, who had threatened civil war unless he achieved Pakistan, was unsure of his loosely knit following. His statement passed the ball to India's 92 million Moslems.

Meanwhile, as dusty winds howled in from the plains to cool off sweltering Delhi, the Congress Party Working Committee repaired each day to Mohandas Gandhi's spruced-up quarters in the Untouchable sweepers' district. The Congress had not yet publicly endorsed the British proposals, but its activity indicated that it was ready to take part in the interim government provided for in the plan.

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