Congressman Leonard Farbstein of New York conferred today with Secretary of State Dean Rusk about the question of Arab discrimination against American Jews.
Rep. Farbstein, who spent 30 minutes with Mr. Rusk talking about such things as Jordan’s refusal to admit American Jews, said he emphasized to the Secretary that such actions place “American Jews in the position of second class citizens.” The New York lawmaker pointed out to Secretary Rusk that the position taken by Jordan and other Arab countries “are in violation of the Mutual Security Act.” Mr. Farbstein said he came away from his conference with the impression that the Secretary of State had listened “sympathetically” to his complaints. The meeting was held at the invitation of Mr. Rusk.
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