In the United States, where Western political power was centralised in the 1960s and most of the American Bishops represented at the Council were staunch supporters of a pro-Jewish statement and a declaration on religious liberty—with the notable exception of Cardinal James Francis McIntyre—-there was anxiety about the way the Second Session had ended voiced at the National Catholic Welfare Council. During Paul VI’s visit to East Jerusalem, he travelled briefly through what was the State of Israel but was bogged down defending the record of Pius XII in light of "The Deputy" and made a speech hoping for Jews to convert to Christianity. The concern of the American Bishops was shared by the two secular Jewish points-of-contact for the American Bishops and thus the Vatican; Zacariah Shuster of the AJC and Joseph L. Lichten of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (Frith Becker of the World Jewish Congress also kept an eye on the happenings, but was not as interested in directing documents). On the contested deicide issue, Cardinals Joseph Ritter, Albert Gregory Meyer, Richard Cushing and Francis Spellman were particuarly insistant on supporting the Jewish position, as were Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle and Bishop Stephen Aloysius Leven; they also had the support of the Catholic Media Association. Some hope had been restored after six AJC members, headed up by Rose Sperry, had an audience with Paul VI in Rome and he personally agreed with the sentiment of Cardinal Spellman on the deicide issue.