Two separate resolutions which would give immediate concern to the Arab-Israel problem were introduced in the Senate yesterday as substitutes for President Eisenhower’s Middle East doctrine.
Senator Mike Mansfield, Montana Democrat, proposed a resolution which would call upon the President to present an economic program to facilitate a settlement of the Arab-Israel and Suez disputes. It would also direct the President to urge the United Nations General Assembly to establish a commission to regulate the arms traffic in the area. Furthermore the Mansfield resolution would utilize the United Nations Emergency Force to maintain an Arab-Israel truce.
Criticizing the Administration’s Middle East plan as limited, Sen. Mansfield said that any new military and economic aid programs in the Middle East are “stopgap” unless they relate to easing the difficulties between Israel and the Arab states and attempting to solve the other basic problems of the area.
Senator William Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat, proposed a resolution which would commit the United States to strive for reduction in tensions between Israel and the Arab states, for free passage to all nations through the Suez Canal, and for long-range economic development programs in the area. The Fulbright proposal would also seek the continued intervention of the United Nations police forces between Israel and Egypt until an Arab-Israel peace has been concluded.
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