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Arab refugees as a political
weapon and a means of politi-
cal maneuvering," and called
upon our Government to sup-
port Dag Hammarskjold's
plan, proposed to the United
Nations, for the reintegration
of the refugees. He also ap-
pealed to Israel to provide
financial aid for such a pro-
. gram and "to facilitate the
reunion of Arab refugee
families." He scored Egypt
for "denying Israel freedom
of passage to the Suez Canal."
Ehrmann deplored the rise
of prejudices in Morocco, "with
Jews as prime targets." He said
the Alliance Israelite and other
Jewish organizations were ham-
pered in their work by the new
Morocco anti-Jewish policies.
The AJCommittee heard a
statement from its president re-
garding the efforts that were
made by 20 national Jewish
organizations to secure an inter-
view with Nikita Khrushchev
during his visit here recently.
Ehrmann's lengthy statement on
the subject reviewed the •events
that led up to the negotiations
for such a meeting. He said
that in spite of the fact that
a request for such a meeting
with Khrushchev was made
much earlier by the AJC, the
Committee informed the other
national Jewish organizations
that it would participate in such
a conference "only if we felt
that such a joint meeting would
be beneficial and not harmful
to our fellow Jews behind the
Iron Curtain."
Ehrmann said in his state-
tient that, two weeks before.
Khrushchev's visit here, Presi-
dent Eisenhower, "on a strictly
confidential basis," informed a
prominent leader that "he
would bring up the problem of
Russian Jewry with Mr. Khrush-
chev should the opportunity
present itself." Ehrmann's state-
ment continued:
"The recently widely pub-
licized statement of the role
of a certain national Jewish
agency in President Eisen-
hower's intercession with Mr.
Khrushchev is, in our view,
harmful to the cause of Rus-
sian Jewry because it may
give the impression to the
Soviet leaders that important
American personalities on
their own are not concerned
with the problem, and that
they have to be prodded by
Jewish organiiations. This im-
pression is unfair to the per-
sons who have discussed the
issue with Mr. Khrushchev.
The lesson that we should
learn from this experience is
that premature publicit y
might bring about undesir-
able results. It is the welfare
of the Jews in the Soviet
Union and in other countries
that is at stake. For the
Ameriican Jewish organiza-
tions,\ who may be the only
ones in a position to help,
this should be the only con-
sideration."
(The "certain national Jewish
organization" which purportedly
played a role in President Eis-
enhoWer's intercession, referred
to by Ehrmarin, was the Bnai
Brith. The • news about Presi-
dent Eisenhower's intercession
with Khrushchev was made
known by Label Katz,: president
of Bnai Brith, on the basis of
a letter he received from Gen.
Wilton B. Persons, assistant to
the president. See Oct. 16 issue
of The Jewish News.)
The past five years have
witnessed a "gradual crum-
bling" of the walls of "ex-
clusionary social practice in
the residence, the fraternity
and even the town and city
social club," Dr. John Slaw-
son, executive vice president
of the American Jewish Com-
mittee, reported. He stressed,
however, that exclusions in
the "executive suite" — the
top management echelons —
of the American corpora-
tions, "still persist on a wide
scale."
Dr. Slawson stressed that
according to recent committee
studies, current social exclu-
sions "are not based primarily
on ingrained hostilities, but
more importantly on the status-
striving tendencies of the ex-
clusionary groups." Therefore,
the restriction of social oppor-
tunity, which is closely related
to economic opportunity, "is
apt to be more prevalent among
higher income groups."
"There is a determined
fight by the government of
Poland against any manisfes-
tations of anti-Semitism in
the country," Jacob Blaustein,
honorary president of the
American Jewish Committee,
reported.
Blaustein said that "t here
are no anti-Jewish incidents" in
Poland today and "at the pres-
ent time there appears to be
little discrimination with regard
to employment." Before Hitler,
there were 3,500,000 Jews in
Poland. The latest estimates
give the Jewish population at
about 32,000, including about
12,000 repatriates whom Russia
had been holding since the last
world war.
The AJC leader said that the
Polish government officials had
advised him they would prefer
Jews to remain in the country
since they believe "they can be
desirable and useful citizens."
At the same time, he expressed
the belief that the Polish gov-
ernment "will in no way oppose
the continuation of the slow
and orderly voluntary emigra-
tion of those who wish to
leave."
Rev. Francis B. Sayre, Jr.,
dean of the Washington Ca-
thedral, grandson of President
Woodrow Wilson, warned that
unless the United States liberal-
izes its immigration policies it
is in danger of losing prestige
"in the eyes of the rest of the
world," and he said that the
U.S. legislative picture on im-
migration has been "a disap
pointing one."
Israel Ambassador Avraham
Harman, speaking at the AJC
meeting, called for considera-
tion of regional disarmament
schemes, with appropriate guar-
antees, to • safeguard Middle
Eastern peace. He said a re-
gional disarmament based on
renunciation of force and sign-
ing of non-aggression pacts
would remove tensions and pro-
mote social and economic de-
velopment.
Harman emphasized that "Is-
rael stands ready at all times
to negotiate any agreement on
any issue and it would regard
non-aggression pacts leading to
agreed regional disarmament as
a suitable starting-off point for
the peace process which is de-
sired. The will to peace can only
express itself in direct com-
munication between states," he
said.
(In an interview with the
New York Times correspondent
in Israel Premier David Ben-
Gurion said that Israel will
strive with every means at her
disposal for general disarma-
ment throughout the Middle
East." We will be ready at any
time for mutual inspection," he
declared. "We will ask for dis
armament in any form avail-
able to us, and we will make it
clear to the Egyptians that they
can come and see that we have
done it.")
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American Jewish Committee Hears Reports on German
Anti-Semitism; Deplores Acts During Khrushchev Visit