A new appeal that the United States guarantee the security of Israel and sell her defensive arms, coupled with a warning that these measures represent an opportunity which may never come again to build peace in the Middle East was sent to President Eisenhower today by Mrs. Moise S. Cahn, president of the National Council of Jewish Women. She asked that United States action be immediate.
Recalling that it is several months since President Eisenhower announced that the good offices of this country were available to bring about a peace settlement in the Middle East, she stated: “The time has come when our government must commit itself to positive action. The only country which will benefit from further inaction and delay will be the Soviet Union. Peace and security demand clear and forthright action by the United States and her Western allies in order to prevent further Soviet penetration.”
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