=.7 Vatican Pessimistic on Arabs' Transfer _Aground the World... A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from Dis- patches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other News Gathering Media. ROME, (JTA) — Osservatore Romano, newspaper voice of the Vatican, said that political and economic policy was slow- ing unification of the Arab world. The Vatican organ was especially referring to a re- port of a contemplated "migra- tion" of Palestine refugees from Jordan to jobs and land in Iraq, now part of the newly- merged federation. The newspaper said that such a move would be considered by many Arabs a victory for Israel which, it added, had refused to "return the Palestinians to their -homes." No Arab leader would expose himself to the accuse; tion that he favored the Israeli cause, even indirectly, Osserva- tore Romano said. United States WASHINGTON—The Jewish War Veterans' National Com- mander Benjamin H. Chasin assailed the Administration plan for action by Congress that would- make American taxpayers "assume double liability for former Nazi assets valued at over one-half billion dollars" and pointed out that the German gov- ernment agreed by treaty to reimburse its own nationals in return for America's agreement not to ask for either reparations or repayment of sums advanced before the 1952 Bonn treaty .. . Pinchas Saphir, Israel Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with William Rountree, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and other U. S. officials, with whom he discussed questions involving American-Israeli economic cooperation and Israel's application for an $18,000,000 loan from the U. S. devel- opment loan fund . . NEW YORK—The Conference on Jewish Material Claims announced that extension until Dec. 31, 1958, of the filing of restitution claims has been approved by. the German Bundesrat at Bonn under the German Restitution Law (BRUEG) which Trial of Buchenwald was enacted by the German Parliament last year providing for payments to Nazi victims tallying 1,500,000,000 marks ($375,143,- Officer Finally Set 000), in compensation for loss of non-traceable properties, in- BAYREUTH (JTA) — The cluding bank accounts, securities, jewelry and personal valu- district court sitting in this Ba- ables . . . varian city has finally opened the case of Martin Sommer, Israel former concentration camp ov- JERUSALEM—It was announced here by Dr. Blessin, head erseer at Buchenwald. The case had been postponed for years of the Bonn Finance Ministry's Compensation and Restitution because Sommers was suffering Department, who visited here with three other Bonn officials, from the after-effects of wounds. that, while the deadline for filing indemnification claims with Though the prosecution has German authorities will not be extended beyond March 31, Ger- evidence intended to prove the man officials will handle any claim reaching them before the murder of some 200 Jewish and deadline. . . . A new postponement of the hearing before the other victims, the court will Moscow Chamber of Commerce arbitration tribunal on Israel's hear evidence on only 53 so as , suit for $2,000,000 damages resulting from Soviet unilateral to spare the defendant t h e breaching of an oil delivery agreement, raised the question whether the Soviet Union again is reversing its tactics. The lengthy trial. - Witnesses will testify that he illness of one of the commissioners, Ramzaytsev, was given as the personally beat or throttled to excuse for the repeated postponements .. . death dozens of prisoners and Europe introduced at the camp a LONDON—Barnett Janney, president of the Board of Depu- "thrashing block" designed for more efficient beating of pris- ties of British Jews, made a plea for Austrian government rec- ognition of its responsibility toward Jewish victims of Nazism, oners. and noted that 20 years after the "Anschluss" of Nazi Germany Montreal Hospital Accepts and Austria nothing had been done "to remedy the wrongs inflicted upon the Jews" . . . Jewish women among • families Kashrut Supervision repatriated from the Soviet Union are blamed by Folkstimme, MONTREAL (JTA) — David Yiddish Polish newspaper, as the "main force" driving them to Kirsch, president of the Jewish emigrate to Israel. General Hospital,. announced that an agreement has been Latin America reached with the Montreal BUENOS AIRES—Responding to the invitation extended to Jewish Community Council for supervision of Kashrut at the him by Israel Ambassador Arieh L. Kubovi, Argentine's Presi- hospital. dent-elect Arturo Frondizi said that he will definitely visit Israel but cannot fix the time now . . . When 300 Jewish For a Strictly Kosher leaders gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the & Enjoyable Passover Spanish-language Jewish daily, "Amanecer," it was pointed out Make Your Reservation that many Jewish families have been in Argentina for several at generations and since they cannot speak Yiddish they must get KAHN'S their news from a periodical like "Amanecer" . 1 Mapai Leaders Hear Ben-Gurion Outline Relations with Big Powers JERUSALEM (JTA)—A ser- ies of long-range predictions involving Israel's relations with various world powers was pre- sented by Premier David Ben- Gurion to a closed meeting of Mapai leaders in Tel Aviv. The discussions of the reali- ties of Israel's foreign policy took place in a Mapai "ideo- logical circle" where one of the participants was recently retired Army Chief of Staff Brig. Moshe Dayan. Ben-Gurion reportedly made the following points: 1. There is no likelihood in the foreseeable future of any basic change in Soviet policy toward Israel. 2. There is little chance that Communist China will revise its attitude toward Israel. 3. The United States is ex- tending Israel important, multi- faceted aid, but it will not sup- ply arms. 4. There is no sign of India's entering into diplomatic rela- tions with Israel, despite prom- ises to do so. 5. The attitude in Britain toward Israel is changing in a favorable direction, but the British government's Middle East policy is still determined by its oil interests. 6. The unification of West- ern Europe increases the im- portante of that area—particu- larly Germany—for Israel. In that connection, Israel's close ties with France are of utmost importance and will remain so in the future. 7. 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