The Zionist Organization of America called on the Agricultural Committees of the House and the Senate to use America’s dominant position in food production as leverage to induce the oil producing nations to lower their prices. In a statement submitted to the committees. Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein. ZOA president said “All appeals to the rich. Middle East oil producers to lower their exorbitant price demands are met with cold refusal.”
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