The Arab leaders were urged here today to give up old myths and “think the unthinkable” in terms a of peaceful settlement with Israel. This call, to apply to the Middle East Sen, Fulbright’s appeal on re-thinking relations between the Great Powers, was voiced in the House of Representatives by Congressman James Roosevelt, of California; He was among 22 members of the House from both parties who rose to greet Israel on her 16th Independence Day, and urge an end to Arab hostility against the Jewish State, On the Senate side, six of the most prominent members from both par-ties made similar speeches.
The United States should offer “a collective defense agreement to Israel and any other Middle Eastern state willing to accept the obligation of maintaining peace, ” and should also make a “renewed effort for direct Arab-Israeli peace talks, ” Senator Hugh Scott, of Pennsylvania, urged in a speech on the floor of the Senate.
The Senator linked his address to Israel’s 16th anniversary of independence, and listed “the above two step, declaring that, unless the U. S.A. takes concrete action to assure peace in the Middle East, there will be no peace. He noted with satisfaction that the morning prayer in the Senate was delivered at the opening of today’s session by Rabbi Miltion Rich-man, of Maddison Avenue Temple, Scranton, Pa.
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