A number of countries, including Israel, were charged today with irregularities in distribution of surplus American agricultural comnodities by a spokesman for the United States Government. He alleged that in Israel there is evidence of “pilferage and widespread diversions to commercial markets through illegal sales and exchanges.”
The spokesman was Roger Stewart, liaison officer between the U.S. International Cooperation Administration and Department of Agriculture, Mr. Stewart made the charges in testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee. The charges unfolded in the course of testimony by the executive department spokesman on the program to give U.S. surplus commodities to needy populations abroad. He submitted a list of beneficiary nations in which problems were encountered, Israel was named in this category. The subcommittee decided to make the list public:
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