Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, New York Democrat, called on the United States Department of State this weekend to end arms shipments to Jordan, and to review the nation’s policy of arms aid to all Arab countries. Noting reports that the United States has supplied Patton medium tanks to the Jordanian army, Rep. Rosenthal said that such action stimulates, rather than controls, conflict in the Middle East
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