President Johnson’s personal adviser on international security affairs, Walt W. Rostow, met yesterday with Congressmen of the Jewish faith in response to complaints that the Administration’s response to Israel’s military supply requirements has been inadequate, it was learned today. Mr. Rostow met with the Congressmen at the Capitol. He declined to make any commitment of the new Israeli needs that were dramatized by the French suspension of contracted plane deliveries to Israel. The White House official indicated that the matter might be considered in due course. Participants in the meeting emphasized that the United States must take responsibility for the sale of arms, especially aircraft, to Israel, in view of President de Gaulle’s policies. France had been the major supplier of the Israeli aviation needs.
The Congressmen who took part in the meeting were representatives Leonard Farbstein, Benjamin Rosenthal, James Scheuer, Herbert Tenzer, Lester Wolff, all New York Democrats; Joshua Eilberg, Pennsylvania Democrat; Samuel Friedel, Maryland Democrat; Charles Joelson, New Jersey Democrat; and Seymour Halpern, New York Republican. They represented a majority of the Jewish members of Congress.
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