GENEVA (JTA)—The Pales-
tine Arab' refugees living in
transit camps in a number of
Arab states in the Middle East
have decided to take matters
into their own hands and seek
a solution to their economic
problems through direct nego-
tiations "with any country."
This disclosure of the refu-
gees' determination to act in
their own behalf, without tying
their fate to the wordy politi-
cal pronunciamentos of the
Arab_ states' leaders, was made
here for the first time.
The announcement to cor-
respondents came after a top
NCRAC Re-Elects
David Ullman
David L. Ullman, Philadel-
phia attorney and Jewish civic
leader, was re-elected chairman
of the National Community Re-
lations Advisory Council for a
second term
at the close of
the 17th . ple-
nary session
of the NCRAC
at the Somer-
set Hotel,
Boston, on
Monday. A 11
other officers
also were re--,
elected.
Action 'tin
a comprehen-.
sive statemen
of concerns:
for Jewish`
community re- . :Ullman
lations agencie& -- A u r in g the
coming year 'featured the last
day --Of the three-day session.
:_Adopted in substance, the
statement was referred to a
committee for editing. It is to
comprise part of the NCRAC's
annual joint program plan for
1958-59. Publication of the com-
plete program plan is contem-
plated in the early fall.
Another vital session dealt
with the implications for Jew-
ish community relations of the
recent bombings of synagogues
in the South. The meeting was
attended by 150 delegates from
six national Jewish organiza-
tions and 42 local Jewish com-
munity councils from all over
the country.
The delegates also heard a
discussion of interreligious re-
lationships in America today.
They were addressed by Msgr.
Francis J. Lally, diocesan
editor; Prof. Edward Dowey,
Jr. Protestant prof e s s or of
divinity; and Leo Pfeffer, of
the American Jewish Congress,
an authority on state-church
matters.
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secret meeting here last month
of refugee representatives who
set up a non-political organiza-
tion to enter into such nego-
tiations.
The ten Arabs at the meeting
claimed to speak for some
900,000 men, women and chil-
dren scattered through Syria,
the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Saudi
Arabia and the Persian Gulf
states. They elected 39-year-old
Tewfik S. • Toukan, a former
Jaffa landowner, as their
spokesman.
•'We are ready," Toukan. told
•correspondents, "to. sit together
With any country under control
of the United Nations to finds a
justifiable sctition of our case
which will enable the refugees
to bettergheir economic concliz
tions." .. te added that no cin •
except the refugees the
selveS, could represent the
on the following questions.:.:
1. Direct refugee 40elop-
ment; 2. A settlenient , •:.iegard-
ing: Arab property. rio-W in the
hands of the Israel: - custodian
of abandoned property; and, 3.
Limited resettlement schemes
for those Arab refugees willing
to accept resettlement on a
United Nations indemnity basis
rather than return to Pales-
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Toukan revealed that he sent
a letter to UN Secretary Gen-
eral Dag- .Jlammarskjold outlin-
ing these points. In part, that
letter declared: "According to
the wishes of the overwhelm-
ing majority of the Palestine
Arab refugees we have opened
in Geneva a non-governmental
office for Palestine refugees to
deal with personal problems of
the refugees and their legal
rights, independent of any
political solution."
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Preparations got under way
this week in communities
throughout the United States
and Canada for a High Holiday
effort for Israel Bonds which
promises to be the most produc-
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drive, Adolph L. Hamburger, of
Baltimore, national High Holi-
day chairman, reported.
The High Holiday effort is the
opening phase of the Fall cam-
paign for Israel Bonds, Ham-
burger noted. In past years, he
said, the High Holiday program
has resulted in more than 10
percent of the year's total of
Israel Bond sales.
Hamburger issued his report
as be left for the West Coast
to discuss plans for the High
Holiday effort with leaders in
communities there. He is visit-
ing major cities to help plan
the High Holiday program.
A group of outstanding Jew-
ish leaders are associated with
Hamburger in visiting commu-
nities to discuss plans for the
High Holiday Israel Bond effort
with local leaders, synagogue
presidents and rabbis. The most
active members of this group
are Rabbis David Monson and
Stuart E. Rosenberg of Toronto,
Rabbis Nathan Drazin, Israel M.
Goldman and Samuel Rosenblatt
of Baltimore and Bnai Brith
leader Milton Seiderman of Balt-
imore.
Detroit's chairman is Phillip
Stollman.
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3-THE D ETROIT J EWISH NEWS -- Friday, Ju ne 20, 1958
Arab Refugees Seek Independent
Solution to Economic Problems