Continued American economic assistance to the State of Israel was advocated here by W. Averill Harriman, Mutual Security Administrator and aspirant for the Democratic presidential nomination, in an interview in the current issue of the Intermountain Jewish News.
Mr. Harriman denounced the McCarran immigration bill as “unfortunate.” He called for a determined fight to eliminate prejudice and discrimination because “we cannot be the leader of democracy in the world unless we practice it at home.” Congress should pass the “appropriate legislation.” Mr. Harriman said, although an F.E.P.C. law is “not the final answer.”
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