THE LAW OF AMERICA

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12249, 22 September 1925, Page 8

THE LAW OF AMERICA

NO COMMUNISTS MAY ENTER SAKLATVALA NOT EXCEPTED DEFINITE LEGAL OPINION By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter's Telegram. (Received September 21, 11.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 21. Mr J. J. Davis, Secretary for Labour, is advised by the solicitors of the Labour Department that the immigration law of the United States clearly specifies that an alien of the Communist political faith may not lawfully enter or remain in the United States, and that he is subject to exclusion or deportation. The opinion made no mention of tho case of Shapurji Saklatrala, the Communist member of the British Parliament, whose passports were cancelled by Mr Frank W. Kellogg, Secretary of State, but it was made clear that Saklatvala would have been excluded from the United States upon his arrival, even if the State Department had not stopped him in London. MR SAKLATVALA PROTESTS BEFORE A CROWDED AUDIENCE. Reuter's Telegram. (Received September 21, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 20. The Battersea Town Hall was packed to suffocation to hear Mr. Shapurgi Saklatvala, M.P., protest against his exclusion from the United States. Hundreds failed to gain admission.