Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican, told a New York donor luncheon of Hadassah today that the presence of a new Secretary of State (Christian Herter)–“who has demonstrated in the past a most sympathetic interest in a policy of building well-being and peace in the Middle East gives us a particular opportunity for a new policy there.”
A primary aspect of such a policy, he asserted, would be a regional economic plan. Other states, he said, were prepared to cooperate with the United States in financing such a plan. He pointed out that Middle East development required the utilization of the waters of the Jordan River and one plan, which Israel could carry out without the participation of Jordan, would add 15 percent to its agricultural production. He said this plan “should no longer be delayed” and urged that the United States provide loan aid of ten to fifteen million dollars to Israel “to get the plan off the ground.”
Dr. Miriam K. Freund, president of Hadassah, also addressed the gathering and reviewed Hadassah’s work in setting standards of health and medical research in Israel.
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