Continuance of American grant aid to Israel is definitely recommended by the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a draft report on the Mutual Security Act, it was learned authoritatively here today. The Committee will meet tomorrow to approve the report.
Congressman Barrett O’Hara, Illinois Democrat, said today that the report “definitely pins down the Administration to continuing special assistance to Israel at the current level in the new program.” The special assistance granted to Israel in the current fiscal year amounts to $7,500,000.
The Administration originally planned to discontinue this type of aid to Israel in 1960. After members of both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voiced opposition to this intention, Undersecretary of State C. Douglas Dillon expressed willingness to reconsider the decision, and to restore the grant aid.
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