Parliament Member Denies Accusing Fellows MPs of Pro-Israel Stand
NEW YORK (JTA)—A Labor
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 26, 1969-11
At London Airport, Mrs. McKay ver but asked not to be identified, an Israel lobby in the House of
member of the British Parliament d escribed
denies' that she had accused Jew- to her as the remarks attributed Mrs. McKay claimed that Ameri- Commons which imprisons the
"a low provocative lie" cans were not getting a true pic- Prime Minister, I-think (Mrs. Mc-
ish fellow-member of forcing. the
Look Sharp —
Labor government to take a pro- and "utter balderdash." She ad- ture of the Middle East conflictqle. Kay) does a great disservice to
mitted
that
she said there were 63 cause the American press was her own point of view." Mrs. Mc-
Be Sharp —
Israel stand in the Mid East con- he ish Labor
NI Ps In Parliament
flict or that she had questioned (there are actually 34) but claimed "controlled" and the U.S. Con- Kay is a public relations consult-
In New Fall Fashions
gress had to pay attention to "Zi- ant who has frequently champi-
their loyalty to Britain.
she did not question their loyalty onist pressure." oned the Arab cause in Parlia-
from
But the remarks attributed to or
ask whether they represented
Rev. Klotzle confirmed that this ment. She joined the Labor Party
Mrs. Margaret McKay, 58-year old Britain or Israel.
statement had been made. He said in 1932 and has held various posi-
MP from Clapham, were eon-
The Labor government's party the question of Britain's attitude tions in the trade union movement
firmed by the chairman of the whip, Robert Mellish described was raised by a member of the since 1928.)
HARVARD ROW MALL
group she addressed here recent. Mrs. McKay as a "prejudiced
Friends of Jerusalem who won-
ly and by others present at the woman," and said she would be
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dered why the Labor government ' An idea that is not dangerous is
meeting.
asked to explain her alleged re-
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Rev. Dana Klotzle, chairman of marks when she returned to Brit- had not taken a "firmer stand" unworthy of being called an idea
the Interfaith Committee for Slid air after a four-week speaking toward Israel inasmuch as it en- at all.—Oscar Wilde.
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joyed a Parliamentary majority. —
dle East Peace and Development. tour in the U.S. Ile said her alio- At that point Mrs. McKay men-
told JTA that Mrs. McKay said cations were "grossly untrue."
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tioned 63 Jewish MPs and said
there were 63 Jewish MI's in the
The furor over Mrs. McKay
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Labor Party delegation who were arose after the United Press re- Prime Minister Wilson "had to
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"150 per cent Zionist" and that ported her remarks at what was
Rev. Klotzle described Mrs. Mc-
Prime Minister Harold Wilson was suposedly a closed meeting of the
Kay as a person deeply concerned
forced to yield to their pressure Interfaith Committee at the Church with the plight of Arab refugees.
because of his slim'majority of 8o ('enter for the United Nations here.
He said she was invited to address
in the House of Commons.
The meeting was attended by
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Rev. Klotzle also confirmed
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MPs were 'representing Israel
and the rabidly anti-Israel
gestions for a solution to the refu-
or representing Britain." lie con -
Friends of Jerusalem, an orga-
gee problem rather than to indulge
firmed further that the Laborite
nization linked with the ultra-
in polemics. He described her as
had used the phrase "screaming
Orthodox Naturei Karta.
"very emotional."
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