Rep. Laurence Curtis, a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, urged here today that the Federal Government “take vigorous steps to protect American citizens against discrimination” by foreign governments. He referred to bias practiced against American Jews by Arab states in general and, specifically, by Saudi Arabia, pointing out that “a certain country” is not permitting the entry of “persons of a certain minority group.”
“There is ample evidence” in the hands of the Government, the Congressman charged, showing such discrimination. He alleged that even an American plane carrying a Congressional delegation might not be permitted to land “in one Arab country until assurance had been given that no person of a certain minority group would be included in the visiting party.”
Congressman Curtis, a Republican, is a candidate for the United States Senate, seeking election to the Senate seat formerly held by President Kennedy. He is opposed by Edward M. Kennedy, President Kennedy’s youngest brother, and by George Cabot Lodge, former Assistant United States Secretary of Labor, who is a son of Henry Cabot Lodge, former head of the United States delegation to the United Nations.
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