Foreign News: Felicitations

To R. Palme Dutt, half-Swedish, half-Hindu Communist pundit, who is opposing Leopold S. Amery, Secretary of State for India, in Britain’s general election, came felicitations from an eminent Indian wellwisher. Newly released after three years in jail, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Hindu nationalist, paused briefly in Bombay to wire Dutt luck on his pluck. Dutt’s chances of election: virtually nil.