EGG-THROWING ANGERS ARABS.
Received Friday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, May 12. The six Arab delegations that stalked oiit of the ' General Assembly last night in protest against Israel's adrnission. returned todav as the Politieal Committee made a final attempt to lind an aceeptable formula for disposing of tHe fornier Italian colonies. Outside the building, however, all was not so pea&eful. Jamil Baroody {Saudi Arabia) reported that his car hadv-been pel.ted wit.h eggs as his chauffeur drdve it froin the garage to Baroody 's apartment to take him to Lake Success. He asked the United States to protect delegates against "isneh cheap attacks. " Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt later told the Social Committee that she wished to express regret for the egg-throwing Whieh she was sure was the work of a group of irresponsible hoodlums. A eheering and jostling crowd of Jews swarmed around United Nations guards as they hoisted the Israeli tlag outside the United Nations on a flagpole that had been built in anticipation of Israel's admission. The Israeli fiag now stands alongside the flags of the 58 other United Nations.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 May 1949, Page 5
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