Gov. Marvin Mandel of Maryland said here today that he thought the Rogers Plan “as a plan is practically dead in the U.S.” He said the administration had no wish to pursue it and was instead dedicated to bringing about direct negotiations between the parties. He indicated that he expected Secretary of State William P. Rogers to be replaced during President Nixon’s second term.
The Democratic Governor, who is chairman of the National Governors Conference, is visiting Israel as the head of a 105-member group of United Jewish Appeal contributors from Maryland, including Baltimore Mayor Donald Schaeffer. Yesterday, Mandel dedicated a road from Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev to a Tel Aviv University observatory nearby which was built by the Jewish National Fund with a $250,000 donation from contributors in Maryland. Mandel will dedicate a JNF forest in his name tomorrow and is scheduled to meet with Premier Golda Meir and other Israeli leaders.
Mandel, former chairman of the Democratic Governors Conference, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an interview today that he did not believe that Israeli statements prior to the U.S. Presidential elections, which seemed to favor Nixon’s re-elections, constituted undue interference. He said he detected no resentment of Israel among Democratic Party leaders and did not anticipate that the Democratic majority in Congress would stand in the way of legislation aimed at aiding Israel.
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