A Communist attempt to bring about adoption of a resolution against the present Israel Government by the national convention of the Progressive Party failed here last night when the non-Communist delegates blocked it in the resolutions committee. The convention is being attended by 1,100 delegates from 35 states.
Instead of the resolution on Israel suggested by the left-wing delegates, the resolutions committee adopted a statement declaring that “the hopes of the true friends of Israel that the Government would form a democratic republic have been realized.” The statement emphasizes that “Israel stands as an example of true democracy, in a Middle East which is still dominated by treaty-imperialism and feudal rule.”
The defeated left-wing resolution suggested that the Progressive Party, headed by Henry A. Wallace, note that “the true friends of Israel hoped that the new Government would form a democratic republic to serve as an example of true democracy in a Middle East still dominated by treaty-imperialism and feudal rule.” Delegates on the convention floor recognized the differences between both resolutions and the pro-Israel group forced a showdown which led to unqualified praise of the present regims in Israel.
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