The American Legion convention, representing millions of U.S. veterans, today adopted a resolution describing the Near East as a “critical and strategic spot on the world picture” and stating that “we earnestly hope for the peaceful settlement of the serious and historical differences and controversies in this troubled area, as has occurred in the dispute over the Suez Canal and Iranian oil.”
The preamble to the foreign affairs resolution credited “United Nations patrols” for “insuring peace… between Israel and the Arabs.”
A recent congressional move, supported by Secretary of State Dulles, to return confiscated German industrial assets to former Nazis, was opposed. The Legion said: “Believing that the American Veteran has a vested interest in enemy assets seized by the United States and that such assets should continue to be devoted to the purposes provided by the War Claims Act, the American Legion opposes any effort to return these assets to their former owners or their governments.”
The Legion also opposed “any and all further attempts now being made or which may be made to weaken, destroy or repeal the McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act.” The widening of grounds for deportation and denaturalization was advocated.
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