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...Died. Shapurji Saklatvala, 61, son of a rich Bombay Parsi merchant, second Communist to sit in the British House of Commons; of a heart attack; in London...
Thus the Cabinet squelched several persistent committees of British bondholders who have recently petitioned for aid in dunning U. S. States which were once Confederate. A chuckle rippled across the Commons, as the sole Communist M. P., famed Shapurji Saklatvala, a swarthy Indian demanded: "Does not the Under Secretary think this another case where His Majesty's Government ought to send troops of occupation to protect British interests...
...throng burst into "The International," as Laborite George Lansbury, M. P., beat time jovially with his large bowler hat. With him stood the sole British Communist M. P., Shapurji Saklatvala, carrying a large bouquet of red roses for Mme. Rosengolz...
While an attendant was ejecting him, the Commons rang with cries of "Up, Saklatvala!" from laughing members. Shapurji Saklatvala, only Communist in the House of Commons, paid no heed to the alarm...
...received orders in the past from Moscow. The session was then adjourned pending the opening of the formal trial proceedings, and the twelve defendants trooped forth and were promptly hailed as heroes and crusaders by their flag-waving sympathizers. With them walked famed and unique Communist M. P. Shapurji Saklatvala, whom Secretary Kellogg recently barred from the U. S. (TIME, Sept. 28 CABINET). Shapurji had previously supplied bail for several of the accused; attentive, he had harkened to the words of Prosecutor Sir Travers, with intent to make good use of them in stirring up Communist resentment against "British Fascism...