The Social Justice Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, an organization representing the Conservative rabbis in America, has communicated to the House Military Affairs Committee its request that no vote on post-war conscription proposals be taken until representatives of synagogues, churches and other organizations have presented their views at open hearings, it was announced today by Dr. Robert Gordis, president of the Assembly.
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