ARAB AGITATORS MEDDLE IN U.S. POLITICS

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August 15, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
1745. It provided that all new roads should
be built to the nearest boat landing.
In a way, that is what the Department of
Transportation is all about. We do not rec-
ommend that all your roads be constructed
in such a way as to connect with other sys-
tems of transportation. But we are at least
as aware today as North Carolina's colonial
governors were in the 18th Century of the
necessity for coordinating transportation
systems from running off in all directions.
International trade, especially, requires the
coordination of transportation systems. I
hope your interest in international trade
indicates an interest also in the tasks of co-
ordination and cooperation which the De-
partment of Transportation has begun.
(Mr. GONZALEZ (at the request of Mr.
BEVILL) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
[Mr. GONZALEZ' remarks will appear
hereafter in the Appendix.]
(Mr. GONZALEZ (at the request of Mr.
BEVILL) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
[Mr. GONZALEZ' remarks will appear
hereafter in the Appendix.]
(Mr. GONZALEZ (at the request of Mr.
BEVILL) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
[Mr. GONZALEZ' remarks will appear
hereafter in the Appendix.]
THE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM AND
ITS VALUE AS AN ANTIRIOT
WEAPON
(Mr. ST GERMAIN (at the request of
Mr. BEVILL) was granted permission to
extend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. ST GERMAIN. Mr. Speaker, the
recent controversy over the causes un-
derlying the civil disorders which have
erupted throughout our country is reason
for grave concern on the part of Con-
gress. Some have suggested that our na-
tional antipoverty effort is at fault. To my
mind, this charge is spurious at best and
tends to weaken and discredit one of our
most successful domestic programs.
In my own State of Rhode Island in
the city of Providence, the antipoverty
agency, Progress for Providence, Inc.,
played an active and truly significant
role in helping to squelch civil disorder
and was publicly recognized for its ef-
forts toward averting a major outbreak
by the highly esteemed mayor of Provi-
dence, Joseph A. Doorley, Jr.
However, the work of the antipoverty
agencies with respect to civil disorder is
not restricted to a temporary policing
action. Sargent Shriver, Director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity, has
made it abundantly clear that the pur-
pose of his agency is to prevent riots by
eliminating their long-range causes and
not to foment them by provocative ac-
tions on the part of antipoverty workers.
In that regard, I have recently come into
possession of an instruction dated July
20, 1967, which Mr. Shriver sent to all
OEO regional directors. I would like to
place it in the RECORD for the informa-
tion of my colleagues. I would also like
to insert into the RECORD an excerpt from
the Providence Journal containing a
tribute to the staff of Progress for Provi-
dence for their assistance in the restora-
tion of law and order during recent dis-
turbances.
The material referred to above follows:
MAYOR PAYS SPECIAL TRIBUTE
Mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr., at the request
of a group of South Providence citizens, paid
special tribute yesterday to a group of city
employees and community leaders for their
continuous work in South Providence and for
assisting in the restoration of law and order
after the disturbances in that area last week.
In a prepared press release, the mayor said
that he had a two-hour meeting yesterday
with a group of South Providence citizens to
discuss housing, employment and human re-
lations.
A representative group of the force which
assisted the Providence Police Department
during the disorders attended the meeting,
Mayor Doorley said, and made a number of
comments and suggestions "concerning the
state of affairs in South Providence today."
Those to whom the mayor paid special
tribute are the detached workers and staff of
Progress for Providence, Inc., Cleo Lachapelle,
director of community service for Progress
for Providence; the Rev. Herbert O. Edwards,
executive director; Carl Smith and the en-
tire staff of the Providence Human Relations
Commission; the Rev. Henry Shelton, direc-
tor of the Inner City Apostolate of the Dio-
cese of Providence; the Rev. Alan Mason,
John F. Cicilline, the mayor's administrative
assistant, and the many other volunteers
who assisted in restoring law and order In
the city last week.
TWX TO ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Please get this message out at once to all
CAPS in your region and be sure that all
CAP employees are made fully aware of its
contents. Message follows:
"Recent cases of violent protest and riots
have led to unfounded and irresponsible
charges that anti-poverty programs and of-
ficials have caused such violence. You and I
know that the over-all anti-poverty program
has turned out to be probably the best anti-
riot weapon ever devised. Through all OEO
programs we have provided the disadvan-
taged and previously inarticulate citizens of
many communities an opportunity for self-
help and for self-expression. We have started
to eliminate the basic causes for unrest and
impatience. In numerous cases, local anti-
poverty officials have been particularly help-
ful in stopping or minimizing violence in
situations where tempers had almost reached
the breaking point. Over and over again, we
have stressed the firm policy of the Office of
Economic Opportunity not to permit the use
of Federal funds for any activities that are
contrary to law or are partisan in nature-
policy has been violated, we have acted forth- thus making possible the Israeli air victory
rightly in correcting the situation and in over Nasser's hosts. The wire ended with a
reprimanding or punishing the offender. Soon demand that the President "extricate the
after the enactment of the 1966 amendments United States Middle East policy from the
to the Economic Opportunity Act, you were tentacles of the Zionist political octopus,"
sent an explanation of the new "anti-riot" A similar telegram was sent to Senate For-
provision adopted by the Congress. On June eign Relations Chairman "William J. Full-
8, 1967, CAP Director Theodore Berry issued bright" (his name was misspelled in the
CAP Memorandum No. 65 as a reminder of press release) and a number of other Sen-
this anti-riot amendment. You were remind- ators and Congressmen. "You joined the
ed that "the initial and primary responsibil- politicians captive of the Zionist political
ity for enforcement of Section 1201 (anti- octopus," this Insolent wire declared.
riot amendment) rests with the local grantee - "United States politicans consistently be-
agencies responsible for those projects." That trayed the good name and best interest of the
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remains true and I. must look to you for full
implementation of this OEO policy.
"Lest there be any misunderstanding about
what OEO policy has been and continues to
be, let me make it unmistakably clear once
again. There will be absolute insistence that
every OEO employee and every employee of
an OEO grantee scrupulously avoid and re-
sist participation by OEO-funded resources
in any activities which threaten public order
in any community. I shall insist upon im-
mediate and full penalties for any indi-
viduals, found guilty of wrong behavior in
this connection. Furthermore, I shall insist
upon the withholding of OEO funds from
any grantee or delegate agency which is
shown to be encouraging or tolerating such
behavior.
"We must not, and will not, permit the
reckless behavior of any individual or group
to jeopardize the continued existence of the
OEO programs which have started to bring
hope and escape from poverty for millions of
Americans. Your personal assistance in see-
ing to it that this policy is fully understood
and scrupulously followed is deeply appre-
ciated.
1 / "SARGENT SHRIVER,
jV G "Director."
ARAB AGITATORS MEDDLE IN U.S.
POLITICS
(Mr. MULTER (at the request of Mr.
BEVILL) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, it appears
that most Arab organizations are at-
tempting to influence U.S. foreign policy
with lies and false propaganda.
The Palestine Arab Delegation's arti-
cles appear in such anti-semitic publi-
cations as Common Sense and Gerald L.
K. Smith's, The Cross and the Flag. The
Palestine Arab Delegation also main-
tains relations with the Neo-Nazi Na-
tional Renaissance Party.
I commend to the attention of our col-
leagues an article written by James H.
Sheldon for the August 10, 1967, edition
of the American Examiner.
The article follows:
ARAB AGITATORS MEDDLE IN U.S. POLITICS
(By James R. Sheldon)
On June 21, the Palestine Arab Delegation
(N.Y., N.Y.) wired President Lyndon B.
Johnson:
"We were greatly disapointed by your state-
ment today ... the peace you seek is a Zion-
ist imposed peace permitting the treacherous
aggressors retain fruit of their criminal
war . . . this dangerous US policy will .
liquidate United States interests in the Mid-
dle East."
This telegram was released to the press and
sent to a fairly extensive mailing list which
the Palestine Arab Delegation maintains. The
Arab delegation further charged, untruth-
fully, that President Johnson had employed
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE August 15, 1967
United States for the Jewish vote and other The activities of the New York office of the marily the product of extremely rapid
considerations," the message impudently Palestine Liberation Organization likewise and unexpected shifts in population and
continued. require an airing. The Palestine Liberation unforeseen local economic changes.
It is difficult to realize that a "delegation" Organization, as most of our readers know, The survey of critical hospitals re-
representing an important official Arab is the official agency of the Arab League leased last year by the Department
agency would dare mix into American do- states which has been engaged in organizing
mestic affairs in this way-but that is pre- guerrilla bands in the Middle East. it is Health, Education, and Welfare shows
cisely what the Palestine Arab Delegation headed by Ahmad Shukairy, who some that 69, or about 40 percent of what was,
has done and it is evidently proud of its months ago said: "It is our purpose to destroy at that time, 143 critical hospitals in the
work, for it distributed news releases to all Tel Aviv." This outfit also disgorges great Nation, were located in the South.
who could be persuaded to read. quantities of printed propaganda, helps line An analysis shows that the smallest
The Palestine Arab Delegation is in fact up the support of Arab students in the critical hos-
had a community population with a under critical the
the local agency of the Arab Higher Commit- United States behind Nasser's projects, and southern
tee for Palestine, an international Arab orga- addresses itself to the people of our country pital
nization formed at Cairo in 1946, under the on the radio and through television, and by largest had a population of over 100,000
chairmanship of the ineffable Grand Mufti a campaign of letters to the editors of our but the median population for all the
Mohammad Amin el Husseini-the same newspapers. communities involved was just under
noisome personage who had earlier served as We wonder what would happen if the 5,700. Clearly, this is a problem that cuts
Hitler's advisor on "the liquidation of the Zionists attempted to set up an office in Cairo across the entire spectrum of American
Jewish question." The Mufti's committee to advise Nasser on the shortcomings of his social, economic, geographic, and pOliti-
maintains offices in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon foreign policy, as the Palestine Arab Dele-
and Iraq besides its overseas representatives gation has seen fit to do with respect to our cal life and, for that reason, the "hos-
In the United States and elsewhere, statesmen? We wonder what would happen pital emergency assistance" program
The Palestine Arab Delegation is regis- if an organization devoted to setting up has been tailored to cut across that spec-
tered with the Department of Justice as a guerrilla bands for the purpose of fighting trum, too, and reach into every situa-
foreign agent, and in its official statement it against Nasser were to try to set up an office tion where its help is needed. It is neither
declares that one of its purposes is "to win in Damascus? Obviously, such speculation a big city program, nor a rural program.
sympathy and understanding of the Ameri- is ridiculous in the extreme. Is it not equally It is a national program to meet a na-
can government and people." If propaganda obvious that the time has come for our coun-
such as the above is a way of "winning sym- try to give a second look at some of the tional problem.
pathy," then we think it is long since time strange propagandists who represent official The distinguished Senator from Ala-
for the Grand Mufti to be permanently re- Arab causes here? bama, the Honorable LISTER HILL, has
tired to the ranks of other criminals of proposed legislation strengthening and
World War II. expanding the existing Hill-Burton pro-
Ostensibly, of course, the primary purpose THE CRITICAL HOSPITALS SPEAK gram, which comes up for renewal next
of this "delegation" is to represent the
Mufti's committee before the various organs (Mr. OTTINGER (at the request of year. Over the past 20 years, Hill-Burton
of the United Nations. Actually, most of its Mr. BEVILL) was granted permission to has been one of the most successful Fed-
work seems to have consisted of issuing in- extend his remarks at this point in the eral aid programs of all time and I am
discriminate attacks upon any Americans RECORD and to include extraneous mat- proud to have sponsored Senator HILL's
who happen to be friends of Israel (includ- ter.) new legislation in the House. If this con-
ing myself). Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, the In- cept of Senator HILL'S is adopted next
As I have pointed out in earlier editions terstate and Foreign Commerce Com- year, I believe that we will have the tools
of this column, this "delegation" maintains
relations with some of the most undesirable mittee has reported one of the most im- to prevent the development of "critical
elements on the American political scene. portant pieces of legislation to come hospitals" in the future. In fact, if the
Not long ago, its postage meter was used to before this House this session, the Part- administration, which has repeatedly
distribute a mailing of James H. Madole's nership for Health Amendments of promised to come forward with recom-
National Renaissance Party Bulletin-a pub- 1967 (H.R. 6418). This is the adminis- mendations in this area, had pressed Mr.
lication of a group described in a staff report tration's major health proposal for this HILL'S formula 3 years ago, the emer-
of the House Un-American Activities Com- session as amended to include the ur- gency program in the "Partnership for
mittee as avowedly neo-nazi in character. gently needed "hospital emergency as- Health Amendments" would not have
(An earlier issue of the same publication
had carried the headline: "Adolf Hitler: The sistance" program. been necessary. It is necessary, however,
George Washington of Europe"). Of all the features of this excellent and we must help these critical hospitals
In its December 26, 1965, report to the bill, none is more important than this now.
Foreign Agents Section of the Justice De- provision which will help critically over- But let the hospitals speak for them-
partment, the delegation lists amongst its burdened hospitals in the Nation over- selves:
activities a "lecture by Benjamin H. Freed- come grave deficiencies in their facilities JASPER COMMUNrrY HOSPITAL,
mangy evaluation of the appointment by and services-deficiencies that deprive Jasper, Ala., July 6, 1967.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson of the Hon. RICHARD L. OTTINGER,
Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg as the communities they serve of needed Member of Congress,
the ambassador from the United States to health care and thus jeopardize the pub- Washington, D.C.
the United Nations," Freedman, although lie health, safety, and welfare. DEAR CONGRESSMAN: I am very much in-
born a Jew, has long been an ardent advo- The committee's report-House Re- terested in your position entitled "Many Hos-
cate of anti-Israel causes, and the financier port No. 538, pages 26-28-sets forth pitals Worse Off Than Patients" as per article
of full-page advertisements attacking Israel persuasively not only the need for the in the Birmingham Post Herald today.
and Zionism. program but an explanation of the way We have a non-profit Hospital of 54 beds,
Long articles issued by this "delegation" 46 of which are located in a three story build-
ing been reprinted in Common Sense, the that its modest $58 million authorization ing erected in 1923, which while fire con-
vicious anti-Jewish hate sheet printed in will deal with these critical hospital sit- trolled, is classified as a non-fireproof build-
New Jefsey, and in Gerald L. K. Smith's anti- uations. ing and which inspite of the fact that we
Semitic monthly, The Cross and the Flag. But the most persuasive and compel- have spent about one hundred thousand dol-
In short, it is time to ask the question ling arguments of all are in the letters lars in a renovation program the State Board
whether the United States has any obligation that I have received from the officials of Health wants us to replace at a cost of
to longer tolerate this kind of hate propa- of the hospitals themselves-the dedi- one million dollars of which we have been
ganda and this kind of attack upon our cated men and women who are daily offered grants totaling 80% of the cost.
elected statesmen, at the hands of a foreign Since this is a depressed area we must
agency financed by the Grand Mufti's com- wrestling with the frustration of trying accept many indigent patients and since any
mittee. to provide adequate health care with monies for indigent care come through the
This country welcomes representatives of inadequate tools. County Board of Revenue they funnel all of
all- responsible nations and political agen- Before reading a selection of these let- it to the County owned Hospital, and we
cies-but they must function within reason- ters into the RECORD, I want to point out must absorb our loss which is pretty hard to
able limits. There is serious reason to believe that the most striking characteristic of do. We have a $200,000.00 mortgage on our
that this kind of intervention in our domestic these problem hospitals is that the are new wing and part of renovation cost of the
affairs goes fax beyond the purposes for which found in all types of communities, large old building, we have tried to get the holder
the Palestine Arab Delegation is registered, of this mortgage to advance us the $200,000.00
and it is time that the appropriate law en- and small, in all sections of our Nation. we will- need to match offered grants, and
forcement agencies gave the subject a thor- They are not the result of any failure in since our Hospital is located on a full block
ough investigation, the existing aid program. They are pri- in a desirable location, we would when our
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