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Samuel James Velupillai (S. J. V.) Chelvanayakam fonds
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[Yarl Peoples Workers' Union]

File contains correspondence regarding the registration of a new co-op labour society named Yarl Peoples Workers' Union. Includes a letter from the Jaffna District Co-operative Harbour Services Union Ltd. to S. J. V. Chelvanayakam detailing the work of port workers in the Jaffna District, the existing co-operative socieities/ unions and their role in the ship unloading industry, and the untenability of the new Yarl Peoples Workers' Union. 

[Voter's Lists of Colombo]

File contains a letter written by S. J. V. Chelvanayakam requesting the Parliamentary Electoral Registers and Colombo Municipal Council Electoral Lists to be prepared in Tamil, and two letters in response from the Commissioner of Elections and the Commissioner of Parliamentary Elections. 

Volunteers in Indian Army

File contains a copy of the call/ appeal by ITAK asking the Tamil speaking youth to enlist for the proposed Volunteer Force for India and also letters and postcards written by Tamil youth across the country in response to the call. Also includes 2 letters written by Chelvanayakam to B. K. Kapur (High Commissioner for India in Ceylon) providing lists of names for the proposed Volunteer Force. 

[Unidentified correspondence]

File contains fragments (9 pages) of draft letters written by Chelvanayakam to N. M. Perera [?], Secretary to the Defence & External Affairs, and to other unidentified receipents. Also includes a handwritten copy of a letter regarding the appointment of a substitute for a teacher under house arrest. 

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