A total of $835,000 in cash advance contributions was presented here today by representatives of 80 communities from Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia at a three-state regional conference of the United Jewish Appeal. The conference was addressed by Governor George M. Leader of Pennsylvania and Mayor David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh.
Governor Leader said: “We must make it clear to all the world that the preservation of Israel is the keystone upon which our foreign policy rests in the Near East. We must make it clear that the hand of America is extended in friendship and help and that it will not be withdrawn.” He asked that the United States guarantee Israel’s borders, supply arms as a peace measure and increase aid under the mutual assistance program. Mayor Lawrence said “the present U.S. policy was hazy and wavering. Our basic policy must be to provide American persuasion to bring about true peace in the Middle East.”
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