The American Jewish Congress today called for “vigorous opposition” to a constitutional amendment proposed in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Frank J. Becker, a Republican of Lynbrook, L.I., which would permit religious prayers and Bible reading in public schools. A resolution adopted by the AJC’s governing council, which met here today, characterized Rep. Becker’s campaign as “the most serious challenge to the integrity of the Bill of Rights in American history.”
Rep. Becker is leading a Congressional drive for a petition in the House of Representatives that would compel the House Judiciary Committee to report his proposed amendment to the floor of the House. He has already obtained 160 of the necessary 218 signatures to that petition. The Republican policy committee is supporting his amendment.
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