I suggest that good will is a twoway street and certainly countries who are eager. if not anxious. to obtain our tax dollars either by means of direct. or indirect. grantsinaid should illustrate some slight concept of public relations and show a desire to court the socalled good will of all our United States citizens whose tax dollars make these grantsinaid possible. It is no secret here in the Congress that American citizens of Jewish ancestry are not permitted entry into the Arab States by virtue of having proper United States passports. However. it may surprise many of our citizens to know that we Members of Congress who would like to see both sides of the Middle East problem at firsthand. are refused entry into Arab countries if an Israeli visa has been stamped on our Congressional passports first. Congressmen have the choice of visiting the Arab countries and not Israel. or Israel and not the Arab countries. I feel that there are many sins being committed in the name of international amity and international good will. While I do not want to offend the sensibilities of our Latin good neighbors. I feel that -the State Department in passing out largess via a tremendous tax burden on all our citizens. should at least receive back in return simple courtesies of ordinary travel. These. of course. should include the issuing of visas to our taxpaying citizens whose moral character is of such a nature as to permit the State Departments issuance of a passport on their behalf. While at this time I am not going to suggest any extraordinary measures. such as the cutting off of American tax dollar supported grantsinaid to a country such as El Salvador which does not honor passports of all qualified American citizens to visit its country. I have written Secretary Dulles. asking for a reappraisal of this situation.
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