Declaring “Next year in Jerusalem,” Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine confirmed last night that he will visit Israel next month “to see for myself what President Truman once called the remarkable progress made by the new State of Israel, progress which reveals the beauty and wisdom of that dream of redemption, progress from which America herself might learn.” The legislator, the unsuccessful 1968 Democratic Presidential candidate, spoke to an audience of 500 members of this city’s Jewish community attending the Israel Bond Organization dinner where he was awarded the organization’s Harry S. Truman Commendation Award. Muskie had been reported planning to kick off his 1972 Presidential bid with a visit to the Jewish State. “Amidst a constant hazard of battle,” he said last night, “Israel has continued working to fulfill a dream of redemption.” Muskie is a supporter of American military aid to Israel. A message from former President Truman praising him was read at the ceremonies here.
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