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American Jewish Congress Urges Termination of U.S. Aid to Egypt

January 11, 1965
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Dr. Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress, called on President Johnson today to terminate aid to Egypt unless Egypt” offers firm guarantees that it will stop abusing American friendship while accepting American aid.”

Dr. Prinz made that statement in an address to the AJC’s National Governing Council here. He charged that U.S. “Food for Peace” assistance to Egypt enables the Cairo Government to divert vast sums of money “for reckless military and diplomatic adventures, including military intervention in Yemen and the Congo and military threats against Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Israel.”

At another session of the governing council, the AJC’s policy-making body, Shad Polier, chairman of the council, charged that the United States Government is violating the First Amendment to the Constitution, which sets down the policy of separation of church and state, by channeling Anti-Poverty Program funds to Catholic and other parochial schools.

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