The national administrative committee of B’nai B’rith, concluding a two-day meeting here, unanimously adopted a resolution last night warning the Western Powers that their failure to sell defensive weapons to the State of Israel could “conceivably and unnecessarily involve the Western Powers themselves in military action.” The resolution noted that “security guarantees against aggression are important, but they are no substitute for a restoration of military balance.”
The resolution declared that the “off again-on again” shipment of tanks to Saudi Arabia “tragically highlights the present absence of a forthright and courageous policy to restore calm and bring about peace in the Middle East. “It warned that” repetition of such incidents can only bring about a further decline in the stature of the Western Powers when it comes to solving one of the most troublesome and critical problems confronting the world today.”
In a message to the meeting, Governor William C. Stratton of Illinois declared that “means must be found to insure Israel’s continued peaceful existence. Evil forces that are attempting to stamp out democracy anywhere in the world must be curbed.”
The meeting also voted to welcome President Eisenhower’s recommendations for amending the McCarran Walter Immigration Act of 1952 as “a step forward in the direction of removing inequities” and urged “the further step of reexamining the entire national origins quota system.”
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