Sen. William Langer; North Dakota Republican, has offered to co-sponsor with Sen. Herbert Lehman, New York Democrat, a resolution seeking an end of State Department appeasement of Arab discrimination against American citizens of the Jewish faith.
Sen. Langer revealed that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would bring Sen. Lehman’s correspondence with the State Department on this issue to the committee’s attention in an effort to remedy the situation. Sen. Paul Douglas, Illinois Democrat, joined with Senators Lehman and Langer in advocating a fight to force the State Department to protect the rights of American Jews.
In a Senate speech, Sen. Lehman told how he was unable to get results from the State Department on complaints about Saudi Arabian discrimination against U.S. servicemen of the Jewish faith. He also referred to Saudi Arabian discrimination against certain American business firms arising from religious bigotry. He told the Senate that he had brought anti-Jewish discrimination by Saudi Arabia to the attention of the State Department “in several communications.” “I have their acknowledgments, but nothing has happened,” he emphasized.
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