State Department Intercession Defeats Anti-Nasser
Foreign Aid Amendment in House of Representatives

WASHINGTON (JTA)—A last-
minute appeal by Secretary of
State Dean Rusk and other factors
combined on Sept. 3 to defeat an
amendment to the foreign aid bill
pending in the House of Represen-
tatives, which would have forced
mandatory severance of further
"food for peace" assistance to
Egypt.
Defeat for the drive came with .
adoption of a compromise measure,
a substitute amendment offered
by Rep. James Roosevelt, Califor-
nia Democrat, with Administration
support. The Roosevelt substitute
won by a teller vote of 117 to 113.!
The original amendment was
proposed by Rep. Oliver Bolton,
Ohio Republican, who felt the time
had come to cut off further Amer-
ican surplus commodities to' the
Nasser regime, because of Nas-
ser's actions undermining regional
peace and stability. However, Sec-
retary Rusk said in a letter to
Congress that it would be "unfor-
tunate" if the amendment were
adopted. He said that the national
security of the United States would
suffer if the President's discre-
tionary authority were restricted.

Gross, Iowa Republican, said the
Roosevelt substitute was "virtually
meaningless." He said that, if any
sanctions at all were to be applied
to Nasser, the substitute had to be
defeated. Rep. Ryan said there
was no evidence that the State De-
partment did anything to imple-
ment previous anti- aggression
clauses affecting Nasser.
Rep. Charles Joelson, New Jer-
sey Democrat, took a leading role
in the fight against the Bolton
amendment.

The Roosevelt • substitute, as
adopted, called on the President
to make a determination that any
nation receiving PL-480 "food
for peace" aid was not an ag-
gressor in a military sense
against any country having dip-
lomatic relations with the United
States, and does not use any
fundS obtained from the United
States for purposes inimical to
the United States foreign policy.
It did not specifically name
Egypt.
Rep. Roosevelt said the advan-

tage of the substitute was that it
"does not single out or name any
nation" and would not "tie the
hands of the president." Later, he
explained privately that he pre-
pared his substitute after the Sec-
retary of State's appeal and be-
cause he feared the Bolton anti-
Nasser move would be eliminat-
ed in the coming joint HouseSen-
ate conference on the bill, because
it went too far. He thought his
own anti-aggression clause would
be retained. and serve as the best
available restraint of Nasser under
the circumstances.
Representatives Leonard Farb-
stein, Benjamin S. Rosenthal. and
William Fitts !Ryan—all New York
Democrats — argued against the
Roosevelt substitute. They con-
tended that Nasser had gotten
away with too much and that the
only effective move was a manda-
tory aid severance measure like
the Bolton amendment.
Rep. Farbstein argued in the

House that the Roosevelt meas-
ure was no different from a
provision in last year's foreign
aid bill, which the State Depart-
ment has failed to implement.
He said that Nasser has been
guilty of many abuses and
threats to peace, :--but nothing
had been done to end American

aid.

Rep. Rosenthal, opposing the
Roosevelt move, said that "by no
torturing of language can •the
United Arab Republic be called
a friendly nation." Rep. H. R.

The debate created an unusual
situation which found two Con-
gressmen of Jewish faith, Rep.
Abraham• 'Muller and Charles
Joelson, both Democrats, defend-
ing continued aid to the Nas-
ser regime, while other Con-
gressmen of Jewish faith had
supported the Bolton amend-
ment.

.Rep. Multer of New York urged
the continuance of aid to Egypt for
"humanitarian reasons" and said:
"Let's not tie the hands of the
President." He insisted that con-
tinued U.S. aid to Nasser lessened
the chances of aggression by Egypt.
Rep. Joelson of New Jersey said
the issue of continuing aid to
Egypt pertained to compassion and
"feeding hungry children." He
stressed that "Israel is strong and
can defend itself' regardless of
continued American assistance to
Nasser.
Rep. Farbstein, New York Demo-
crat, said that Nasser was "an-
other Hitler" and that, through
continued aid, "we prop up the
Nasser regime." He pointed out
how the aid program enabled Nas-
ser to acquire Soviet weapons and
threaten neighbors. He said that
the State Department has ignored
the anti-aggression amendment he
sponsored last year. and that there
was now no alternative but to
support the Bolton amendment
because Nasser had become a "con-
duit for Soviet arms."
Rep. Seymour Halpern, New

off economic assistance to Egypt,
despite Nasser's aggressive be-
havior. He said that aid to Egypt
financed aggression, and cited

reports that North Viet Nam ob-
tained surplus Soviet-built tor-

ser was actually developing
atomic weapons jeapordizing Is-
rael. She said it was no good to
subsidize those whose activity un-
dermines the American position,
Charges were made by Rep. Bol- and cited Nasser's pressure to
ton that continued American aid force U. S. abandonment of North
not only permitted Nasser to divert African air bases. She said that
funds to build up missile capacity previous expressiclns of congress
for use against Israel, but also to on aid to Nasser had been imple-
create the threat of nuclear capa- mented by the Executive Depart-
bility which Nasser would use ment*.
against Israel and Arabs friendly
to the West. He charged that the
American policy was to "placate
THE
Nasser. -
Rep. William Fitts Ryan, New
York Democrat, said that Ameri-
° can aid was being used by Nasser
takes pleasure in announcing the appointment
to prepare for aggression against
Israel and for development of arms
industries. He said that members
of Congress had urged anti-Nasser
action, but that nothing had been
AS SALES REPRESENTATIVE
done. He also charged that German
scientists were developing missiles
for Egypt. and that this was in-
directly financed by resources pro-
vided under U. S. aid.
Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, New
York Democrat, said that Egypt
was not a friendly country, and

York Republican, said that the .
Administration had failed to cut

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FRANKFURT (JTA)—Dr. Fritz
Bauer:the Hesse public prosecutor,
disclosed that a number of anti-
Semitic outrages had been referred

to his office in recent months. He
said each case was 'being investi-
gated. The incidents included dese-
cration of Jewish cemeteries and
daubing of swastikas on syna-
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pedo boats through Egypt. Rep,
Cornelius Gallagher, New Jer-
sey Democrat, said that the Bol-
ton amendment would under-
mine the American position in
the Near East. and Israel's se-
curity. He said it would weaken
American influence in Cairo.

The Bolton amendment drew
therefore not entitled to assistance
under the definition and spirit of support from Rep. E. Ross Adair
the legislation. He pointed out how "of Indiana and Donald Rumsfield
Nasser exploited the aid to under- of Illinois, both. Republicans. Rep.
D. R. Matthews, Florida Democrat,
mine peace.
opposed the amendment, stating
Rep. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
that it was not a q u estion of it
Republican. mother of Congress-
being a pro-Israel or anti-Israel
man Oliver Balton, supported her
son's amendment, stating that. Nas- issue.

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