The British today adopted a number of resolutions bearing on domestic and foreign affairs, including one calling on the U.S. Government to use its good offices to bring about an Arab-Israel peace. The resolution urged the United States to use its influence to persuade the Arab nations to end all boycotts and blockades against Israel. It also asked a continuation of financial aid to the Jewish State.
Other resolutions commended President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the “support” they gave to the development of a program for international human rights; deplored the failure of the Senate to ratify the Genocide Convention; opposed the Bricker Resolution; urged revision of the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act, denounced Communist anti-Semitism, and urged the protection and advancement of civil rights and civil liberties in the United States.
The convention also adopted resolutions calling for state laws throughout the country designed to eliminate racial and religious discrimination in education, employment, housing and public accommodations. One resolution declared that university students and educational administrators had demonstrated their opposition to the “quota system whereby minority groups have been limited for admittance to schools of higher education.” It added that the colleges had been helped “to clean their own house more effectively in those states which have enacted fair education practices laws.”
Election of vice-presidents and executive committee members took place today. Those elected as vice-presidents include Max J. Schneider, of New York City. I. W. Garek, Columbus; William M. Gerber, Philadelphia; David Blumberg, Los Angeles; Dr. Maurice A. Goldberg, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin I. Morris, Chicago, and John Horwitz, Oklahoma City.
Executive committee members elected include Abe Glovsky, Belmont, Mass.; Sidney Kusworm. Dayton, Ohio; Samuel A. Weiss, Pittsburgh; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco; Dr. William A. Wexler, Savannah, Ga.; Dr. Abe Greenberg, Omaha; David White, Houston; Mrs Albert Woldman, Cleveland; Mrs. Arthur M. Laufman, Chicago, and Mrs. Maurice Turner, Los Angeles.
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