Vice-President Alben W. Barkley last night lashed out at those who raise the charge of dual loyalty in relation to American Jewry’s support of Israel. Speaking here at an extraordinary conference of the United Jewish Appeal of St. Louis, the Vice-President declared that it is “preposterous to believe that anyone contributing to the development of Israel was being disloyal to the United States.”
Mr. Barkley added that “nobody, Jew or Gentile, can truthfully say that it is disloyal for any American to try to help a little country which is being helped by the very Government of the United States.” He lauded the state of Israel for holding out the “one great opportunity for world peace at a time when the forces of destruction are rising in the world and the armanents race has reached a new peak.”
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