Chairman Emanuel Celler of the House Judiciary Committee charged today in a House speech that the United States executive department “has entered into a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with Pakistan not to assign any members of the Jewish faith to American diplomatic or other posts in that country.”
He also charged that “similar understandings have been entered into with Arab League countries, and they have been reached as well with Morocco and Afghanistan.” Rep. Celler, a New York Democrat, said the Administration yielded to Moslem bigotry and showed “less backbone than can be found in a chocolate eclair.”
Rep. Lester Holtzman, New York Democrat, also attacked Administration appeasement of Moslem pressure. He told the House that “if we had exercised one-tenth of the determination in keeping the Suez Canal open that we did in getting Israel to withdraw in the Sinai campaign, I am confident Mr. Nasser would not be as cocky as he is.”
Senator Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican, today called on all Government agencies to coordinate their policies with the language used by the Navy in eliminating support of the Arab boycott and blockade. He pointed to the Navy’s reversal as an example to be followed by other Government agencies that, in effect, collaborate with the “illegal” Arab practices. The Arabs refuse to permit any ship that traded with Israel to deliver U.S. goods, even goods donated by the United States.
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