The Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees today voted jointly and unanimously to conduct a complete review of American policy in the Middle East over the last 11 years. The vote was 30 to 0.
The probe will include a review of the U. S. attitude toward Zionism, the role of America in the emergence of Israel, and other matters contributing toward the present situation. Senate GOP leader William Knowland, of California, and Sen. Alexander Wiley, ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said the White House and State Department had no objection to the undertaking.
At the same time, the House of Representatives today approved a rule to exclude all amendments from President Eisenhower’s Middle East resolution, such as a provision dealing with the Arab-Israel dispute. The rule was favored by 262 and opposed by 146 members. The Representatives thus were presented with the choice of either supporting or tabling the Eisenhower resolution as it was originally presented by the Administration.
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