A Senate-House Conference committee approved yesterday the Mutual Security aid bill which included a resolution authorizing the President to withhold such aid from the United Arab Republic, if the Suez blockade against Israel is continued.
The clause, approved in the Senate over the strong protests of Senator J. W.Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also had been approved by the House.Since the Senate and House versions–which were sparked by the UAR boycott of the Suez Canal to Israel shipping–were identical, they were not subject to consideration at the conference.
The conference report was scheduled to go back to the House and, if accepted there, will then go to the Senate.Both Sen. Fulbright and Rep. Thomas E, Morgan of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, have promised to seek speedy final passage.
Leaders of six American Jewish organizations have expressed “deep resentment” at charges made by Sen.Fulbright in the course of Senate debate on the foreign aid bill last week. Their sentiments were expressed in a letter to the Senator, signed by: Jewish War Veterans of U.S.A.; Union of orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Jewish Labor Committee; United Synagogue of America; and American Jewish Congress.
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