Egypt to Get Aid Despite Senate;
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Calls Israel's Security `Irrellevent" to Bill
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—State tary efforts against the United foreign policy toward particular
Department sources predicted States or any other recipient of countries but it was the Presi-
dent and not Congress who had
last week pertaining to sever-
The adoption of identical to deal with aid problems on a
ance of aid to any country "en- wording
by both Senate and day-to-day basis. He said he
gaging in or preparing for ag- House assured the retention of hoped Congress would "not try
gressive military efforts" would the amendment in the final ver- to legislate in detail about the
not be applied to Egypt, al- sion of the bill. A watered-down application of an aid program
though the amendment's spon- Version offered by the Admin- to a particular country."
sors made clear they had Egypt istration was rejected by a Sen-
Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon
in mind.
ate vote of 46 to 32 against the Democrat, took issue with Sec-
The officials said they were substitute.
retary Rusk's comments. He said
Secretary of State Dean Congress had a duty to check
not convinced that the Nasser
regime was either currently en- Rusk told a press conference on the spending of billions of
gaged in aggression or aggres- he was deeply concerned dollars furnished by the Ameri-
sive preparations as defined by about "the tendency in Con- can taxpayers on such programs
the amendment. They also main- gress to legislate foreign pol- as foreign aid. Chairman Ful-
tained that it was not in the icy as it might apply to spe- bright of the Senate Foreign
national security interest of the dal situations or special coun- Relations Committee supported
United States to sever aid to tries," referring to the Senate Rusk's position. He said "we
amendment pertaining to have put specific restrictions on
Nasser.
Egypt and similar restrictions executive authority—some irrel-
The general prediction from
on aid to specific countries.
evant to the aid bill, like the
these sources was that the
He charged that Congress was amendments on fishing and the
Administration would not im- trying
to legislate the American security of Israel."
plement the amendment be-
that a Senate amendment passed American assistance.
cause it requires the Presi-
dent to act only if he deter-
mines that Egypt is engaged
in or preparing aggression.
They said it was unlikely that
the President would act owing
to the alleged absence of
proof of aggressive behavior
by the UAR and the convic-
tion of American policy mak-
ers that Nasser is growing
friendlier to America. Abrupt
severance of aid to Egypt at
this juncture, said the State
Department sources, would
"throw Nasser into the hands
of Moscow."
The amendment, adopted by
New Argentine President Assures
Jews He Will Fight Anti-Semitism
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — He asked representatives of
President Arturo Illia told an Jewish communities from neigh-
11-man Jewish delegation that boring countries in the delega-
"in government as in my pri- tion to extend his "cordial
vate life before, I sustain the greetings to Jewish communi-
same attitude of condemnation ties in our sister republics."
of anti-Semitism."
The delegation was headed
The delegation members rep- by Dr. Moises Goldman, chair-
resented the seventh plenary man of the executive, who ex-
session of the South American tended greetings and mentioned
executive of the World Jewish the executive's observance of
Congress. They were received the 25th anniversary of Crystal
in a very cordial audience by Night, the event in 1938 when
a Senate vote of 65 to 13, re- the President. President Illia Nazis roamed through cities of
stored to the foreign aid author- promised the Jewish leaders Germany and Austria, setting
ization bill the so-called "Farb- that the doors of the Govern- fire to 191 synagogues and beat-
stein amendment" adopted by ment House would always be ing and killing Jews. The Pres-
the House but eliminated by the open to the Jewish delegation, ident said he remembered the
Senate Foreign Relations Com- though he expressed the hope outrage very well.
mittee. It requires an end to that the occasions for their
Goldman also thanked the
aid, including surplus food, if coming would be only "agree- president for the message he
the President determines a able ones." He stressed that sent to the Rio de Janeiro Con-
country like Egypt is engaged his government would respect ference of Intellectuals called
in or preparing aggressive mili- human rights.
to protest Soviet anti-Semitism
in October. Dr. Isaac Golden-
berg, president of the DAIA,
the central representative body
of Argentine Jews, also spoke
briefly. The meeting was com-
pletely informal and President
Illia made an excellent impres-
sion on the delegation mem-
bers.
* * *
The South American execu-
FINE HEBREW
tive of the World Jewish Con-
gress welcomed the document
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on Catholic - Jewish relations
presented by the Vatican to the
Chrome Case, Leather Band
Ecumenical Council. The state-
17 Jewels
ment expressed hope that the
Council Fathers would give
their approval to this historic
document "as the start of a new
era in the relations between
peoples of different religions."
The WJC statement also paid
STERLING SILVER
moving tribute to the memory
of Pope John XXIII.
MEZUZAHS
The delegates also sent a
cable to Soviet Premier Nikita
On 24" Heavy Chain
Khrushchev over the plight of
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Russian Jewry. They heard re-
ports by representatives of Ar-
gentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Paraguay and Uruguay on the
situations in their respective
Jewish communities. Mark Tur-
kow, secretary of the executive,
reported on the general situa-
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Israeli Development
Ministry to Invest in
Copper Explorations
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — The Israeli
Development Ministry plans to
invest 600,000 pounds ($200,-
000) in exploration for new
copper deposits in the Eilat
area, Minister Joseph Almogi
told the parliamentary econom-
ic committee Wednesday.
He said geologists had indi-
cated there were good prospects
of finding good quality ore
around Eilat, Israel's southern-
most port city, with results ex-
pected to be known within a
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