Chairman Emanuel Celler of the House Judiciary Committee, today called the attention of the House to news reports that the U.S. Air Force has made concessions to Saudi Arabian prejudice against Christianity in addition to tolerating-anti-Jewish discrimination by Saudi Arabia.
In his address on the floor of the House, Rep. Celler read a JTA dispatch, reporting on the situation. He said. “This proves that prejudice cannot be confined. It becomes all pervading. First-Saudi Arabia directed its prejudice against Israel merchants by boycotting them, then discrimination was extended to American citizens of Jewish persuasion, and now it embraces members of the Christian faith.”
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