Mallikarjuna said, "When forming the Samiti, I thought of inviting those persons who could spare time for Baba work and were educated so they could explain things to others. Katta does not know English and, more importantly, has no time. I invited people from all over Andhra. I know Katta Subba Rao is a devout Baba lover and does Baba work in Eluru, but it was not possible to invite every person from Eluru, and at the same time from other places. So a few from each place were invited."
Baba said, "It is all right, if what you say is true. In that case, Katta should bless you!"
Mallikarjuna had spoken in English, which Katta Subba Rao did not understand. He told Baba this, so Baba made Mallikarjuna repeat it in Telugu. T. V. S. Prasad told Baba, "I was there when the Samiti was formed. Everything was thrashed out in detail. I was a witness."
Kutumba Sastri said, "Both of the Subba Raos wish me to say something." [There were two men named Subba Rao.]
One of the gathering interjected, "You have already narrated everything in detail, and they want you to tell it to them."
Sastri was about to proceed when Baba observed:
"I have told the members of the Samiti today that the past should be forgotten. In the future, they should work in an atmosphere of harmony and love. If you have love among yourselves, you will spread my work. Now you are raking up the past which means you are disobeying my first order. I know Katta Subba Rao's love. He loves me very much. He wants to do something for me and my lovers. I give him the freedom to do what he likes, and also to the committee to do what they like."
Addressing Katta, Baba stated:
"If you are not in the committee, then show all that you are able to do my work even though remaining outside the committee. Why find fault with the committee? Why don't you do what you want? The committee was formed to enable you, through its members, to spread Baba's love. It has its work to do. But every individual lover is, himself, a worker too.
"If you do that work, then you can do more than the committee. It all depends on the depth of love with which you do your work. Don't ever think that members of the committee are greater than individual workers. If individual workers are not satisfied with the committee and their bona fides, why should they worry?