in 1924, he pressured de graaff again, this time after the government of the british raj announced measures to combat the popular movement of workers and peasants in india. after going without much notable action for about 4 years, he came up again, this time against prime minister charles ruijs de beerenbrouck about the violent clashes between police and workers following a strike in a zinc oxide factory in maastricht. then, the next year, he interpellated against minister of justice, jan donner, on communists' homes being searched, and then in 1931, against donner again, this time on the banning of "the tribune" from public reading rooms and from station bookshops.