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American Labor Offers Six-point Program for Arab-israel Peace

February 13, 1956
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The AFL-CIO suggested a six-point program to achieve Arab-Israel peace, and called for immediate shipments of U.S. munitions to Israel to match Communist weapons flowing to the Arabs. In a statement released at its midwinter conference here, the AFL-CIO Council recommended that the United Nations be the instrumentality to bring about Mideast peace.

The combined labor group, representing virtually all organized workers in the United States, suggested a permanent UN committee of five nations to preserve Mideast peace. It urged sanctions against violators of peace, the calling of a conference of Mideast nations to resolve differences, and the setting up of a special $500,000,000 find to seek nation of the Arab refugee problem. Israel should be the main contributor to the Arab refugee fund, it was recommended.

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