Refugee Settlement in Arab Lands
Held As Solution to Mid-East Unrest

Arab insistence on repatri- adds, on the belief that: (1)
ation to Israel as a solution to Peace would be re-establiShed
the plight of nearly 1,000,000 immediately; (2) A neighboring
Palestinian refugees is neither independent Arab state would
"practically feasible, legally be created; (3) Israel 'would be
sound nor morally justified,"
accepted in the region; and (4)
was asserted here by Dr. Joa- Israel would have to absorb ref-
chim Prinz, president of the ugees from Europe only. None
American Jewish Congress.
of the assumptions proved valid,
Dr. Prinz made his statement the report comments.
in releasing a 15 - page docu-
Three. choicesaffecting the
ment, "The Arab Refugees — A Arab refugees lie before the
Problem of Resettlement," pre- world, according to the AJC
pared by the AJCongress com- document. They are: (1) con-
mission on international affairs. tinuance of the status quo; (2)
"The only solution to the repatriation; and (3) resettle-
wretched plight of the Arab ref- ment. The latter remains the
ugees is resettlement in the vast only possible realistic approach
untenanted Arab lands," Dr. to the problem, it is asserted.
Prinz declared. "Such a reset-
tlement plan, accompanied by Chilean _Jews Enjoy
large - scale, internationally - fi-
nanced development projects, Complete Equality,
could restore the refugees to a
useful and productive life. It Representative Says
would, at the same time, remove
The Jews in Chile enjoy
a major threat to world peace complete equality with their
which their homelessness rep- fellow citizens in all walks of
resents."
life. This report on the situa-
The American Jewish Con- tion of the community, which
gress leader endorsed the posi- numbers about 30,000, was
tion adopted by the United given by Senor Enrique Testa,
States during the current de- vice-president of the Represen-
bate on the Palestine refugee tative Committee of Chilean
problem in the Special Political Jewry, at a conference with
Committee of the United Na- leaders of the World Jewish
tions General Assembly.
Congress and the American
At the UN, George McGregor Jewish Congress in New York.
Harrison, U.S. spokesman, said
Senor Testa, who is a cor-
A was "not good enough" • to poration lawyer and professor
perpetuate relief and that some of commercial law at the Uni-
alternative must be found. The versity of Santiago de Chile,
United Nations aid program for said that there are Jewish
Palestinian Arab refugees is members of the national legis-
scheduled to expire in 1960.
lature and that others hold
Under the heading, "Is Re- positions of high responsibility
Patriation Possible?" the Amer- in the public life of the coun-
ican Jewish Congress document try. In the fields of culture,
points out that even if Israel, commerce and jurisprudence
with her 2,000,000 population, they play their full part in the
were physically able to absorb development of Chilean life.
the 900,000 Arab refugees, "it
Senor Testa stated that the
would be politically impossible Chilean community had never
for her to do so."
experienced racial or religious
The statement reads, "What- discrimination and he ex-
ever contribution Israel may le- pressed confidence that under
gitimately be called an to make the new President, Dr. Alles-,
towards the solution of the prob- sandri, the democratic institu-
lem—•nd she has already taken tions and traditions of the
in a number of Arab refugees country would be preserved
and unfrozen $7,000,000 of and strengthened.
blocked refugee assets — that
contribution cannot be national Anti-Semitic Literature
suicide."
The American Jewish Con- Flooding South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) —
gress report notes that in De-
cember, 1948, the United Na- A new batch of anti-Semitic
tions General Assembly called leaflets by Einar Aberg of
for the repatriation "at the Sweden have been mailed to
earliest practical date" of "refu- South African residents and is
gees wishing to return to their being delivered by Union post-
homes and live at peace with men, the South African Board
their neighbors . . . "
of Deputies revealed. The board
But UN acceptance ten years plans to renew representations
ago of the principle of repatri- to Swedish diplomats in this
ation was based, the report country.

WEN/

BY HENRY iFnNARD

Ambassador Tsur
Tells of France's
Friendship for Israel

French policy in the Middle
East is based on close friendship
with Israel as "the only staunch
supporter of democracy in that
part of the world," Jacob Tsur,
Israel's Ambassador to France,
declared upon
his arrival in
the United
States aboard
an El Al Israel
Airlines plane.
Tsur, who
has come here
for a tour of
communi-
ties in the
United States
and Canada to
promote t h e
economic
growth of Is-
rael through
sale of State
of Israel
Tsur Bonds, empha-
sized Israel's determination to
be "an example of progress,
development and well-being for
all the young States and nations
that have come into being in
the post-war years."
Tsur noted that "the present
French government, headed by
General De Gaulle, has shown
and is showing the same friend-
ship and interest in Israel's posi-
tion in the Middle East."

I Argentine Zionist Head Resigns
Post; Charges Internal 'Sabotage'

BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) —
Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, chairm - n
of the Zionist Federation of
Argentina for the last four
years, has resigned his post
with a sharp blast at the man-
ner in which affairs are con-
ducted by the Federation.
Dr. Goldenberg announced
his resignation at a convention
of the Poale Zion Organiza-
tion, of which he is a member.
He gave the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency the following reasons
for his resignation:
The Zionist Federation has
allegedly "sabotaged" and "tor-
pedoed" a resolution adopted in
1956 to back the Histadrut cam-
paign; the Federation's own
Honor Roll of contributors
shows that many of the Zionist
leaders "fail to fulfill their
obligations to the United Cam-

paign, and contribute ridicu-
lously low sums;" the present
structure of the Federation does
not represent the Zionist masses
and cannot fulfill its_ ideologie
obj ectives.
At the Poale Zion convention,
a number of resolutions were
adopted, calling upon Zionism
to strengthen its work in the
Jewish communities as a whole
and among Jewish college youth
in particular. The Poale Zion
also urged increased invest-
ments in Israel, greater im-
migration, and an increase in
Hebrew education in this coun-

try.

At the turn of the century, on
an average day, 15 million news-
papers were purchased. Today,
58 million newspapers are pur-
chased on an average day.

Farrell Book to Open
New Herzl Press

NEW YORK (AJP)—"It Has
Come to Pass," by James T.
Farrell, will be the first book
to appear under the imprint of
the new Herzl Press this
month, it was announced by
Dr. Emmanuel Neumann, Chair-
man of the Board of the Theo-
dor Herzl Institute.

Now celebrating our 75th Anniversary)

Your HANUKAH GIFT Problem Is Solved

Your Relatives and Friends Who Are

Not Yet Blessed With

THE JEWISH NEWS

As their weekly visitor will welcome

a gift subscription as a holiday remembrance.

THIS IS THE TIME TO ORDER

Your Jewish News Gift Subscription — for the

serviceman in our Armed Forces, for a relative in

another city, for a kinsman or friend nearby.

USE THIS COUPON FOR QUICK RESULTS -

r The Jewish News

MN 111111 NM EN NEI NE NEI NE

111111 NM MN ME En MN EMI EN NE

I

17100 West Seven Mile Road
I Detroit 35, Michigan

125

r

"Me worried, Sam? Ridiculous! Besides fears of
anti-semitism, unemployment, hydrogen war,
and my failing health ... what do 1 really have
to worry about?"

Copr.1958, Leonard P1. 11.11(111

Gentlemen: Please send The Jewish

News

to:

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY
ZONE
STATE
enclose $5.00 . .
(If to be sent as a gift, please give name of sender)
NAME

ON

EN EN

IN

NE

NM

J.

