A bill which would provide for a joint Congressional and technical committee to go to Israel to investigate possibilities for development under point four of President Truman’s “bold new plan will be introduced in the House tomorrow, it was learned today. Authors of the bill are Representatives Jacob K. Javits and Abraham J. Multer, both of New York.
It is expected that the committee would include four members of the House, four Senators, and a number of technical experts. The bill would conform with the program being drawn up by the administration to spend $125,000,000 to promote world prosperity through development of underdeveloped areas. It is anticipated that such men as Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, author of the plan for a Jordan Valley Authority, would be included among technical experts accompanying the Congressional delegation.
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