President Eisenhower and his administration “will constantly move forward toward the goal of human freedom and equality of opportunity for all, without regard to artificial and arbitrary distinctions of ancestry, form of religious worship, or place from which a person or his forbears may have come.”
This statement was made here last night by Maxwell M. Rabb, assistant to Sherman Adams, chief White House aide, in the course of an address he delivered at the plenary session of the National Community Relations Advisory Council which represents six national.” Jewish organizations and 30 Jewish Community Councils engaged in combatting anti-Semitism,
Mr. Rabb read a message of greeting to the conference from President Eisenhower who said in part: “In your interorganizational cooperation you manifest that dedication to common purpose which is the only sure basis for progress toward attaining equality of opportunity for all.”
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