A bill to grant Israel $150,000,000 outside of Mutual Security Funds has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Charles A. Buckley, of New York, who said today that he will do everything within his power to secure passage of the measure, to be known as the “Israel Aid Act of 1952.” The bill was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Rep. Buckley said: “I shall do all in my power, during the present session of Congress, to see to it that the United States grants further economic assistance to the State of Israel in order to aid it in absorbing this large influx of immigration and in developing its natural resources and industries.
“With its security and independence thus strengthened, ” he continued “Israel will become a military, economic, and industrial pillar for the free world in the Middle East, aiding in the maintenance of world peace, security and liberty, and thereby promoting the general welfare and security of the United States and all the world.”
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