THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, May 3, 1963
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Submit Bill to End Foreign Aid to Nasser
Congressmen of Both Houses Mount
Campaign to Amend Assistance Act
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON—An amend-
ment to the Foreign Assistance
Act to ban further aid to the
United Arab Republic because
of UAR acquisition of Soviet
arms and proliferation of the
rocket race introduced by Rep-
resentative Seymour Halpern,
New York Republican, was
Tuesday referred by the speak-
er of the House to the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Halpern, a co-sponsor of the
present Keating-Halpern Am-
endment, introduced the meas-
ure to block further aid to Nas-
ser, pointing out that Nasser
was jeopardizing world peace
through ' a' rocket buildup in-
directly subsidized by $250,-
000,000 in American aid during
1962.
The new Halpern measure,
if approved in the bill as ad-
opted, would declare it "the
sense of Congress that in the
administration of these funds
great attention and considera-
tion should be given to those
countries which share the
view of the United States on
the world crisis and no as-
sistance shall be given to any
country which as a result of
United States assistance di-
verts its own economic re-
sources for the purchase of
equipment from the Sino-So-
viet bloc or engages in the
proliferation of missile weap-
ons systems menacing the
world peace in a manner con-
trary to the expressed policy
of the United States and di-
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rected against the United
States or against other coun-
tries receiving aid under this
act provided that the Presi-
dent does not find such ac-
tion contrary to the National
Security."
Thirteen senators and a num-
ber of members of the House
Tuesday attacked the adminis-
tration's policy of supporting
the United Arab Republic and
indicated they would back a
measure like that submitted
Tuesday in the house by Hal-
pern.
Members of Congress of both
parties, on the occasion of trib-
utes to Israel Independance
Day, broke into open rebellion
against State Department poli-
ces in the Near East. The State
Department was taken to task
for allowing Nasser's Soviet
arms and German missile tech-
nology to be indirectly financed
by increased American aid.
There was criticism of the De-
partments failure to press for
Arab-Israel peace and for ap-
peasement by the administra-
tion policy makers of the UAR,'s
new aggressive tendencies.
Senator Jacob K. Javits,
New Y o r k Republican, led
the two-hour debate in which
assistant Democratic leader
Hubert Humphrey of Minne-
sota conceded that even he
was dissatisfied with conces-
sions to Nasser. Humphrey
made known he would go
along with an amendment like
that filed by Halpern in the
House to place restrictions
on aid to the UAR. -
Javits proposed that to stop
the mounting war danger and
foreclose Communist exploita-
tion, the United States in con-
cert with the United Kingdom,
France and other interested na-
tions should offer to join in a
collective defense agreement
with Israel and any other Mid-
dle East state willing to join
and carry out its obligations —
for the preservation of peace
and security in the Middle
East, guaranteeing military as-
sistance and cooperation to pre-
vent or thwart any effort to al-
ter its boundaries by force."
This agreement was envisag-
ed as to include, if necessary,
any needed to repel aggression
pending m or e comprehensive
system of regional security in
the Middle East area
Such an agreement, said Jay-
its, would be essentially similar
to the mutual defense treaty
of 1952 with the Philippines.
Sen. Ernest Gruening, Alas-
ka Democrat, denounced the
lack of American response to
Nasser's "infiltration and sub-
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v e r s i o n" of neighboring
states. He said that the time
for "noble declarations" was
past and that the Nasser "po-
lice state" must be denied
further American funds. Gru-
fling named various Nazis,
including war criminals, who
are in the UAR working to-
ward the destruction of Is-
rael.
Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, Cali-
fornia Republican, said a state-
ment of policy was inadequate,
citing the need for action to
stem Nasser's proliferation of
missiles as a hazard to world
peace.
Other senators who spoke
out Tuesday against the Nasser
regime 'favoring measures to
safeguard Israeli security and
world peace included Senators
Saltonstall of Massachusetts,
Case of New Jersey, Keating
of New York, Pastore of Rhode
Island, Cooper of Kentucky,
Hart of Michigan, Douglas of
Illinois, Scott and Pennsylvania
and Morse of Oregon.
Sen. John Sherman Cooper
of Kentucky, a Republican who
served as ambassador to India,
voiced doubts about the aiding
of Nasser, even though he had
himself served as a diplomat.
In the House, Halpern
called for an "action pro-
gram to prevent war and in-
troduced legislation to give
effect to demands for sever-
ance of aid to Nasser. He
stressed need for an Israel-
American mutual security .
pact to prevent the "explo-
sion that could- occur if. Jor-
dan collapsed under UAR
terrorist pressures." .
Halpern told the. House that,
lacking a commitment by the
U.S., "I do not see how we
could expect Israel to quietly
await the final blow as Nasser
establishes r o c Ic e t launching
tists and the development o't
offensive weapons. I urge you,
therefore, to clarify our coun-
try's policy regarding the se-
curity of Israel."
Senator Dirksen of Illinois
later joined the other members
of Congress with a warning
against appeasing aggressors in
the Middle East and with an
admonition that another world
war may start there unless the
arming of aggressor nations i_s
stopped.
Proposals in Congress included
one for a UN force to be in-
stalled on the Israel-Egyption
border to avert a crisis.
pads on all of Israel's extended
borders — if Jordan collapses."
He said that, perhaps, in con-
cert with Britain and France,
or through some sub-NATO
structure, "we should offer a
definite iron bound security
guarantee to Israel or any other
Near Eastern state willing to
pursue a - peaceful and non-
aggressive policy."
President Kennedy has been
asked by Congressman Leonard
Farbstein, New York Democrat,
to clarify the administration's
policy regarding the security of
Israel, in a letter to the Presi-
dent made public here Tuesday.
In his letter, Farlistein ex-
pressed to the President his
dissatisfaction with a state-
ment made earlier by W.
Averell Harriman, Under Sec-
retary of State, regarding the
employment of German scien-
tists in Egypt for the de-
velopment of rockets which,
Farbstein had stated, "could
lead to war." Terming Harri-
man's attitude a "hands-off"
policy, Farbstein told the
President that Harriman's ex-
pressed "deep and continuing
interest in the security of
Israel" is cancelled "by the
apparent negative position
taken by him."
Farbstein also pointed out to
the President that the April 17
announcement in Cairo, for the
formation of an Arab Federa-
tion of Egypt, Syria and Iraq,
formally pledge the new federa-
tion to "liberate Palestine."
"I am convinced," the Con-
gressman told the President,
"lest the hands-off approach of
Mr. Harriman lend encourage-
ment to Nasser or be inter-
preted to mean tacit approval
of the hiring of German scien-
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olic weekly, came out strongly
in its current issue in support
of a Fair Sabbath law for New
York City. The stand was con-
sidered a major break in the
previously unyielding Catholic
opposition to any change_s in
Sunday closing laws.
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New York Legislature approv-
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this year.
"The people who stand to
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of rest," the America editorial
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ing law's purpose of keeping
one day a week free of business
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conscientious Jews of what
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