President of National Council of Jewish Women Scores Nixon for Cambodian Involvement

President Nixon’s unilateral decision to send American troops into Cambodia, acting neither on the request nor with the consent of the Cambodian government, was deplored by the National Council of Jewish Women. Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner of Detroit, president of the NCJW. stated that the President’s decision, arrived at without the benefit of Congressional participation, is in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions. It is difficult to “comprehend why as crucial a decision as this should have been made without the involvement of Congress.” Mrs. Weiner stated. By “sending troops into Cambodia, the President has gone completely counter to his assurances to the people of the U.S. and the world that he would de-escalate hostilities in southeast Asia. Carrying the conflict into Cambodia intensifies the danger of world conflagration. Further, it can only widen the already painful division of opinion among the American people and can dismay our friends around the world,” she concluded.