U.S. Zionists Urge Immediate Congressional Probe of Arms Shipment

Sharp criticism of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for permitting the shipment of another transport of arms to Saudi Arabia was voiced in a statement issued to the press today by Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist Council, which represents all Zionist groups in this country. He called for an immediate Congressional investigation of the action.

“The shipment of another large cargo of arms to Saudi Arabia exposes once more the hollowness and moral inconsistency of our State Department’s policy in the Middle East,” Rabbi Miller said in his statement. “The newest shipment stands out in stark contradiction to the refusal of our Secretary of State to grant defensive arms to Israel on the pretext of preventing an arms race in the Middle East and on the alleged ground that the United States is not a traditional supplier of arms to that area. It is now more than ever clear that his concern over an arms race applies only when defensive weapons to Israel are concerned, while in the case of the Arab states, which have vowed to destroy Israel, no such consideration is valid.

“The shipment of the newest cargo of arms from an obscure port under cloak of secrecy underscores the immorality of this transaction and makes crystal clear that the so called policy of “impartiality” of our State Department is only a facade behind which Mr. Dulles continues to appease Arab military dictators and feudal kings. The Congress of the United States should immediately investigate this latest arms shipment to Saudi Arabia, both in the interests of the preservation of peace and the maintenance of the high traditions of American policy of justice and fair play.

“The U. S. Congress should also take note of the fact that the newest consignment of arms stands in sharp contrast to the peace mission of U. N. General Secretary Dag Hammarskjold which the United States itself initiated.”