Rep. William D. Hathaway, Maine Dem., introduced a resolution today advocating adoption by the House of the sense of Congress measure passed by the Senate last December to aid construction of three huge nuclear desalination plants in the Middle East. The first to be built was envisaged for Israel.
The Hathaway resolution is identical to the Senate measure introduced by Sen. Howard Baker, Rep., Tennessee. Rep. Hathaway said the nuclear desalination would promote Arab-Israel peace. He declared that “The United States and the European countries have incurred and are continuing to incur great financial losses because of the Middle East situation.” He told the House that desalting plants would make for agricultural and industrial growth that would facilitate solution of the Arab refugee problem and promote regional peace.
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