4•1100.1•• ■ • Lebanon Can't Support Refugees; Threatens Split from Arab League Boris Smolar's Between You ... and Me° (Copyright, 1959 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) The Khrushchev Visit: On the eve of the Soviet Premier's arrival in the United States, the Kremlin is taking a second look at its "Jewish prob- lem" ... Reliable information reaching American Jewish groups in this country indicates that differences of opinion are now de- veloping among the Communist leadership as to appropriate "solutions" for this problem . . . Obviously, Khrushchev is pre- paring himself for all kinds of questions with regard to Soviet treatment of Russian Jewry which he apparently anticipates will be put to him during his stay in the United States .. . He has before him a report on the talk which Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan had with leaders of the American Jewish Com- mittee in New York early this year . . . And he also has a mem- orandum on the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union sent by the American Jewish Committee to Mikoyan, subsequently to the discussion in New York . . . The text of this memorandum, which expresses anxiety concerning the condition of Soviet Jewry, has been made public by the American Jewish Committee this week . .. And it is in this memorandum that Khrushchev will find the questions to_ which he will be expected to give an answer in the United States . . . One of the basic questions requires a clear Soviet statement as to what is the meaning and the purpose of the present Soviet policy toward its Jewish citizens . . . The memorandum sent by the American Jewish Committee to Mikoyan in Moscow touches upon every form of discrimination against Jews now practiced in the Soviet Union ... It contains verified facts and figures, which neither Mikoyan nor Khrushchev can deny . . Thus, it puts Khrushchev in a position where he must clearly state what is in store for Soviet Jewry, if he does not want to stand accused of suppressing Jewish culture and religion, denying to Jews equal opportunity for education, and eliminating Jews from higher positions in government offices. * Jewish Plans: Some of the major Jewish organizations in this country are mapping separate plans to reach Premier Khrushchev with their views on the Soviet treatment of Jews during his stay in the United States . . . There is little hope that any of their leaders may have an opportunity to discuss the matter with Khrushchev face to face . . . However, ways and means will be found to impress the Soviet Premier through influential non-Jewish per- sonalities of the resentment on the part of American Jewry over the suppression of Jewish culture . . . It was this way also with Mikoyan when he visited the United States . . . Through important non-Jewish channels he was stimulated to invite leaders of the American Jewish Committee for lunch and hear their grievances . .. Little came out of that meeting, but more can come out if Khrushchev himself would follow Mikoyan's impulse to have a talk with American Jewish leaders . . . Some of these leaders may—as individuals—be present in New York, or Washington, or Chicago, or San Francisco at the official receptions for Khrushchev . . However, such receptions are no place for a frank exchange of opinions, especially when the U.S. Government is determined not to cause any embarrassing moments for Khrushchev . . . In some Jewish circles the idea is advanced that all major Jewish organizations should approach Khrushchev jointly—and not separately—in a concerted effort to impress him on behalf of all the five million Jews in this country . . . Those advocating concerted Jewish action point out that, in 1919, before the Paris Peace Conference, Jewish organizations did make such a joint effort . . . They sent a Committee of Delegations to the peace conference and secured national minority rights for Jews in countries where Jews had no equal rights .. . However, there is not the slightest chance now that the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress will join in common action, although both condemn Soviet suppression of Jewish culture and institutions. JERUSALEM, (JT A) — A Lebanese Cabinet Minister warned other Arab countries that Lebanon will not continue to support Arab intransigence in refusing the re-settlement of the Arab refugees, and that his country may split off from the Arab camp on this issue. Commenting on the Arab League's outright rejection of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's report on the refugees, Pierre Jumeil, Leb- anese Minister of Labor and leader of the Christian Falange coalition party, declared that this was the last warning to the Arab countries that Lebanon cannot support a negative at- titude, and, unless Arab leaders swiftly find a constructive so- lution to the refugee problem, Lebanon will have to go its own way. The Minister explained that small Lebanon cannot any longer carry the burden of 100,000 refugees who form 11 percent of its population, while Lebanon's own citizens are forced to emigrate. The Arab governments can- not reject all constructive sug- gestions while failing to pro- Argentine Ex-President Welcomed in Israel duce their own feasible pro- posal, Jumeil said. He proposed that the Arab countries ask the United States and the Soviet Union to jointly work out a solution of the Arab refugee problem. Behind Jumeil's firm words seems to be the fact that Leban- ese political balance is based on an uneasy equilibrium be- tween the Moslem and Christian populations with 90 percent of the refugees being Moslems while most of the emigrants are Christians, thus threatening to upset the balance. Arab League delegates, meet- ing in Beirut, cautiously re- jected the terms of Hammarsk- jold's suggestions about inte- gration of the refugees into the economic life of the host countries, while repeating dema- gogic statements about the im- pending return of the refugees to what was formerly Palestine. ing with the right to buy Leban- ese land, The New York Times reported from Beirut. Deputy Kamel el Assad re- marked that the measure would enable Jews of Lebanese de- scent to buy large tracts of land in Lebanon for Israel. "I don't believe Lebanese Jews owe al- legiance to Lebanon," Deputy Takieddin Solh stated. "It is to Israel that their allegiance goes." Defense of the Jewish com- munity came from D e p u t y Joseph Chader. He told the Parliament that no Jew, in Lebanon or Syria, had been con- victed of spying for Israel. He asserted that Jews in Lebanon "are more loyal to this country than many other citizens." The bill was then referred to the Committee for Justice and Ad- ministrative Affairs. * * * Jews of Lebanon Get Verbal Knocks, Praise The Shippan Point, NEW YORK, (JTA)—Loyalty of Jews in Lebanon was at- tacked and also defended in the Lebanese Parliament at a stormy session at which the question was debated whether to include Jews in a bill deal- JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Maj. Gen. Pedro E. Aramburu, ex- President of Argentina, started a week's official visit to Israel with a call on President Itzhak Ben Zvi. Following his recep- tion by Ben Zvi, Gen. Aram- buru had a long conference with Foreign Minister Golda Meir, then was the guest of honor at a luncheon tendered by Mrs. Meir. 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There are basic differences of opinion between them over the report by U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold recommend- ing the resettlement of the refugees . . . Jordan, which has the majority of the Palestine refugees on its soil, is against rejecting Hammarskjold's recommendations . . Egypt opposes Jordan's stand in this matter because Nasser does not want Jordan to profit from the huge funds which Hammarskjold, recommends for productive absorption of the refugees . . . Also, because Nasser still wants to use the Palestine refugee situation both for propaganda against Israel and for restlessness within Jordan . . . Lebanon, where the Palestine refugees constitute about eight percent of the total population, is also against the absorption of the refugees, but for a different reason . . . Moslems and Christians maintain a delicate numerical balance in Lebanan, and the absorption of about 100,000 refugees would tip the scale, giving the country a Moslem majority . . . However, Jordan is so strongly for the Hammarskjold report that it may put forward at the United Nations its own "positive" plan even against the wishes of the other Arab states . • . A delegation of refugees from Palestine will come to New York early next month to influence behind the scenes the U.N. debates on the fate of the Arab refugees . .. Meanwhile, one can already hear severe criticism of the Arab Refugee Office in New York among members of the Egyptian delegation to the United Nations . . They claim that Dr. Izzat Tannous, the head of the office, does not speak in the name of the refugees, simply because he sides with Jordan on the Hammarskjold recommendations. WW3 . note the new high rate! Savings Insured to $10,000 by an Agency of the United States Government AMERICAN SAVINGS current rate on ALL Savings a - % Dexter at Cortland Livernois at W. 7 Mile Rd. W. 9 Mile Rd. near Coolidge Main. 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