A resolution expressing gratification with the generous assistance consistently granted by the United States to Israel through the Mutual Security program, as well as with the fact that this form of aid is being continued for the 1960 fiscal year in the same amount of $7, 500, 000 as in 1959, was adopted here today at the closing session of the four-day national convention of Hadassah.
The convention adopted a budget of $9. 335,000 for the Hadassah’s 1959-60 programs in Israel and the United States and re-elected Dr. Miriam K. Freund to a fourth term as president,
The convention called on the United States delegation to the United Nations to “publicly condemn” the United Arab Republic for barring Israeli shipping from the Suez Canal “and to exert its influence to the end that the United Nations will exercise the full weight of its moral and legal authority to reverse the illegal, dangerous and defiant attempt of the Government of the United Arab Republic to restrict free passage through the Canal. “
The resolution also stated that Hadassah was “convinced that unilateral action by any state in disregard of the principles of international law cannot be countenanced by the community of nations, and that specifically, the principle of free and open transit for the peaceful commerce of all nations is essential to the lawful conduct of international affairs.””
Another resolution noted that the Arab League nations “far from desisting in their economic boycott of Israel and their secondary boycott of American firms doing business with Israel, are intensifying their efforts in this direction.” The resolution urged the United States Government “to resist all efforts made by other governments to introduce discrimination against American citizens on racial or religious grounds, and to refrain from entering into any treaties or executive agreements which sanction these discriminatory practices.”
The convention voted to establish a Hadassah Insurance Plan in the nature of an endowment fund for future expansion. The delegates were told that the plan was first introduced in the Los Angeles area earlier this year. In the first few months. 500 Hadassah members in the area enrolled in the plan. which enables Hadassah members to obtain $1,000 insurance policies designating Hadassah as the irrevocable beneficiary at a low premium rate.
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