Congressmen Ask Firm U. S. Action on Bias by Arabs
Council of Churches Defended by ADL
Unequivocal support for the Force manual.
In a letter to Defense Secre-
National
Council of Churches as
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The ment agencies that, in effect, knowingly permit religious dis-
tary Thomas Gates, ADL na-
an
unimpeachable
and
patriotic
Eisenhower Administration was collaborate with the "illegal" crimination in the ICA but was
tional chairman Henry Edward
under sharp and heavy criticism Arab practices. The Arabs re- unable to categorically deny organization, was unanimously Schultz declared that the
voted
by
the
national
executive
in the House of Representatives fuse to permit any ship that that such a new arrangement
League was amazed at the
for its stand on the Arab boy- traded with Israel to deliver is now in force regarding as- committee of the Anti-Defama- charge "that the National Coun-
tion League of Bnai Brith,
cott of Israel and foi "appease- U.S. goods, even goods do- signments to Pakistan. He in-
cil of Churches, representing
dicated that he would attempt which expressed concern over 40 million Americans, has been
ment" of the Arab states on nated by the United States.
against
the
recent
allegations
Rep. Farbstein, a member of to have any discriminatory pol-
infiltrated by Communism."
behalf of that boycott.
church group made in an Air
Reps. James Roosevelt, Leon- the House Foreign Affairs Com- icy, formal or informal, re-
ard Farbstein, Emanuel Celler mittee, told the House that he scinded. He added, however,
and Lester Holtzman, all Demo- has not yet received answers that the United States could not
crats, denounced the Adminis- to questions he put to the always
"force" nations like Pak-
chs . istan to accept American Jews
tration and urged it to take "a State Department regarding
members of U.S. economic
firm and moral stand" on such crimination by Pakistan and as missions.
other Moslem states against
Arab activities.
Finance Minister M. Shoaib
Representatives Roosevelt Americans of Jewish faith.
of Pakistan sought to deny that
In a telegram to James Rid- Pakistan recently asked the
and Farbstein asked that Unit-
Sates
ed States aid funds be withheld dleberger, director of the U.S.
o Unite
m t to cease assign
Ax d-
r i c a n personnel of
from nations that practice boy- International Cooperation •
ing A e
faith to that Moslem
cott and discrimination. Roose- ministration, Rep. Halpern de- Jewish
velt assailed "appeasement" of manded "full particulars" on nation.
the reported Pakistani restric-
Speaking at the National
the Moslem states.
Two RepubliCans joined in i dons against ICA's Jewish em press Club, Shoaib appealed for
the wholesale criticism of the ' ployes. He urged the ICA to "even more generous" eco-
Administration. Rep. Sey- reject any such discrimination, nomic aid from the United
mour Halpern said he was terming it "nothing short of States. Asked about Pakistan's
planning to ask a full Con- outrageous" that Pakistan has attempt to eliminate Jews from
gressional probe of U.S. pol- received several hundred mil- the U.S. aid mission in Pakis-
icy concerning reported Pak- lion dollars of U. S. aid and tan, he denied that Pakistan
istan discrimination against seeks to establish religious dis- discriminated in any manner.
American Jews. He charged crimination among Americans
that the United States Inter- implementing the aid program. Germans Now Said
national Cooperation Admin- He called to the attention of
istrat on was in q wring into Mr. Riddleberger that Pakistan to be Dealing Openly
. of as- with Hitler Facts
the religion of individual em- i s seeking a large share
ployes, as disclosed exclu- sistance from American tax-
A prominent West German
sively by the Jewish Tele- payers in the coming fiscal
author and political figure said
year.
graphic Agency.
Rep. Celler, chairman of the that the recent spate of relig-
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New House Judiciary Committee, ious vandalism and neo-Nazism
York Republican, called on charged in a House speech that in West Germany has forced
all Government agencies to the United States executive de- the German • people to deal di-
coordinate their policies with partment "has entered into a rectly and openly with the facts
the language used by the `gentleman's agreement' with of the Hitler period instead of
Navy in dropping its support Pakistan not to assign any repressing them.
of the Arab blockade. He members of the Jewish faith to
Mrs. Annedore Leber, a lead-
pointed to the Navy's re- American diplomatic or other er of the German Social Demo-
versal as an example to be posts in that country."
cratic Party, told the American
followed by other Govern-
. He . also. charged that "simi- Jewish Committee that "the fact
lar understandings have been that the recent excesses were
entered into with Arab League mainly committed by young peo-
countries, and they have been ple" has changed the attitude of
reached as well with Morocco many parents who were former-
COAL & OIL -CO. and Afghanistan." Rep. Celler 1Y "against telling the new
said that the Administration generation too much about the
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WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Di-
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of the United States Inter-
national Cooperation Adminis-
tration told the House Foreign
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