Memo to Chris Matthews. These headlines are from a New York Times story, 60 years ago, when it was not verboten to speak openly about a special interest aimed at American foreign policy:
ISRAELI ‘INFLUENCE’ IN U.S. IS OPPOSED; ‘Lobby’ Presses State Policies, Lessing J. Rosenwald Tells Judaism Council Parley Scores Israeli Bond Campaign Says “Pressure” Continues
By IRVING SPIEGEL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();April 14, 1951,
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CHICAGO, April 13–Lessing J. Rosenwald, president of the American Council for Judaism, criticized the influence of the Zionist movement on American Jewish institutions today and charged that Zionist influence was aimed at implementing Israeli national policies among American Jews.
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