A resolution protesting against the “indecision” of the United States to give arms to Israel was adopted here last night at the closing session of the three-days conference of the Pioneer Women, the womens labor Zionist organization of America. The resolution reads:
“As American citizens, we, members of the Women’s Labor Zionist Organization of America, protest the indecision of our government and the equivocation of its responsible leaders. These, we feel, have been as damaging to the American position of leadership in the free world as they are disappointing to those who are concerned for Israel’s survival.
“Today Israel stands alone on the firing line, a small but resolute nation, determined to stand fast against the spread of totalitarianism which would, if unopposed, engulf not only her but the entire free world. Our government has only recently again declared that the preservation of Israelis its firm policy. It must therefore give effective expression to that policy by immediately making available to Israel those arms it has requested for its legitimate self-defense.
“Encircled by hostile, threatening armies equipped with awesome quantities of communist supplied arms; boycotted by all her neighbors and shut off by illegal blockades from the vital sea lanes, Israel today rightfully looks to the democracies for moral and material support. Israel’s continued existence and development is a matter of great concern to the United States. It is a pilot plant of democracy in a feudal, backward part of the world.”
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