The National Parent-Teachers Association adopted a resolution at its recent national convention here denouncing the slaughter of Israeli schoolchildren in the Arab terrorist attack on Maalot. The resolution, unanimously adopted by the 1400 delegates from throughout the U.S. and other countries, called on the National PTA, its state branches and its local units to urge the Congress and President Nixon to sponsor resolutions in the United Nations condemning acts of terrorism in any part of the world.
The resolution, believed to be the first to be passed unanimously at a National PTA convention, also called on local, state and national governments to declare their opposition to the use of terrorism, “whether by individuals or governments, as an instrument for political or social change.” The resolution was offered by a delegate representing an elementary school in San Antonio.
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