Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson today invited the Synagogue Council of America, national coordinating agency of the three branches of religious Judaism, to nominate a member of a national advisory committee to the Secretary on enforcement of the recently passed humane slaughter law.
Addressed to Rabbi Theodore L. Adams, president of the SCA, the invitation noted that the law provided that one member of the advisory body shall be a representative of a religious organization. Other committee members will represent livestock raisers, industry and labor in the meat packing industry, humane societies, the government and the general public.
The Synagogue Council executive board will meet tomorrow night to consider the invitation. Mr. Benson’s letter requested a reply by September 29.
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