The American Jewish Congress today called upon the U. S. National Commission for UNESCO to urge the international agency to refuse to submit to Jordan’s demand that UNESCO personnel of the Jewish faith be excluded from that Middle East kingdom.
Judge Justine Wise Polier, chairman of the executive committee of the American Jewish Congress, in a letter to Dr. Willard Givens, chairman of the Commission, noted that UNESCO had reprinted Jordan’s demand in an official circular and that “apparently there has been no protest or response to this decision by UNESCO or any UNESCO spokesmen.” In her communication to the U. S. Commission, which is an official government agency within the State Department, Judge Polier noted that the restrictions imposed by Jordan apply to all persons of the Jewish faith and are not limited to Israeli citizens.
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