The American Council for Judaism urged Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today to ignore the conference of 17 major Jewish organizations which has asked the United States to sell military supplies to Israel. The delegation met with Mr. Dulles for 45 minutes and later the group spent time in the office of the Near Eastern Division of the State Department.
Clarance L. Coleman, Jr., ACJ president, said he cautioned Mr. Dulles that “should an American policy eventuate, based upon Zionist partisan interests which are committed to Israel and should that policy prove injurious to the long term interests of our beloved country, serious consequences for American Jews might follow; consequences which we are convinced American Jews are not prepared to risk in behalf of a foreign state.
Asked if he was satisfied with Mr. Dulles’ response, Mr. Coleman said “no comment.” When asked about Mr. Dulles’ reaction, he said be was not free to quote it.
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