was held. Political positions In 1957, Saund criticized the United States for its policy of "buying kings and protecting oil" in the Middle East while ignoring the people. He stated that the British had done a similar policy in India and were "tossed out of India". He stated that the same thing would happen to the United States if it continued the policy. He praised President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his stand against the United Kingdom, France, and Israel during the Suez Crisis. He criticized the United States Department of State for giving a more elaborate welcome to Queen Elizabeth II than any Asian leader. He defended the United States during the Little Rock Crisis while on tour in Japan stating that "thirty-five out of the forty-eight states of the Union there was no discrimination against Negroes in schools or public places". Electoral history See also List of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress List of Asian American jurists References Works cited External links Dalip Singh Saund materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) The Dalip Singh Saund web site from the family archives 1899 births 1973 deaths 20th-century American politicians American politicians of Indian descent American people of Punjabi descent American Sikhs Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) California politicians of Indian descent Indian-American history Indian emigrants to the United States Members of the United States Congress of Indian descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Asian-American members of the United States House of Representatives Naturalized citizens of the United States People from Imperial County, California Punjabi people University of California, Berkeley alumni University of the Punjab alumni 20th-century Indian mathematicians American justices of the peace Ramgarhia people