Objections to grants-in-aid of $50,000,000 to Israel for refugee resettlement were raised in the House of Representatives today when discussion began on the appropriations measure to implement the Mutual Security Act, which was signed yesterday by President Truman.
Rep. Harold D. Cooley, of North Carolina, opposed the grant to Israel which, he said, would provide $14,000 for each refugee family living in Israel. He warned that this would be “only the beginning of a very expensive program” and complained that the program of refugee resettlement on which these funds would be spent had not yet been adequately outlined. Rep. Cooley’s figures were sharply disputed by Rep. Christian Herter of Massachusetts and other members of the House.
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