Senator Herbert H. Lehman has called on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to protest to Saudi Arabia against its boycott of American firms whose ownership it believes to be Jewish. This was revealed today with the release of a letter to this effect by Sen. Lehman.
The U.S. Department of Commerce, which asserts that “the United States does not recognize the boycott,” has urged American businessmen who are asked by Saudi Arabia for certificates that they are not Jewish to report their troubles immediately.
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