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By Mll.,TON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1963, JTA, Inc.)
WASHINGTON — State De-
partment professionals, abrogat-
ing to themselves a role in legis-
lative policy making, were
behind the resurrection of the
dangerous Johnson Arab refugee
proposals in a recent Senate
subcommittee report.
The proposals, abandoned last
year by the Administration, were
objectionable to both the Arabs
and Israelis. They were drafted
by Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, spe-
cial representative of the United
Nations Palestine Conciliation
Commission. The United States
is a member of the PCC.
Dr. Johnson's proposals were
not officially reported out or
adopted by the PCC. The White
House dropped the idea after
realizing it would turn the Near
East into even worse chaos. But
the State Department kept the
file open, looking for a new
chance.
Everyone thought the plan
was dead when a mischievous
and vigorous - ghost emerged
in the report of the unwary
Senate Subcommittee on Refu-
gees and Escapees. Chairman
Philip Hart, Michigan Demo-
crat, is an old-time friend of
Israel and former member of
the American Christian Palos-
tine Committee. Sen. Hart was
embarrassed to learn that his•
insufficiently alert staff, and
his own negligence, had per-
mitted crafty State Depart-
ment professionals to slip the
Johnson revival into the report
published under the imprint of
his subcommittee.
The Hart subcommittee report
generally endorsed the Johnson
proposals, terming them "a care-
fully conceived and detailed
plan for progress."
This gave the State Depart-
ment ammunition for use against
Is r a e 1. Department officials
could cite the Senate report, tell-
ing Israel that it was the view
of Congress that Israel should
surrender to its recommenda-
tions.
Having failed to sell the John-
son concept to the White House,
the State Department infiltrated
it into Congress.
Rep. Seymour Halpern New
York Republican, charged that
"State Department elements have
sought to push these ill-advised
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proposals even though they were
abandoned by the White House
and the Administration."
He said that "instead, we
should have a true initiative for
a general peace settlement. This
would be a more sensible ap-
proach for the State Department
to push."
Hope was expressed by Rep.
Halpern that the Senate "return
the ghost of the past to a restful
grave." He said "there are
enough current problems in the
Near East without digging up
ghosts."
He told Congress it was "ob-
vious that peace is a prerequi-
site to any massive scheme
for moving mobs of bitter
people across disputed fron-
tiers. They would not come as
peaceful immigrants, but as
mortal enemies dedicated to
Israel's destruction."
He noted that the Arabs de-
spise Israel so much they re-
jected the Johnson proposals be-
cause even repatriation would
not satisfy their "brutal objective
of driving the Jews into the sea
and wiping out Israel."
He called attention of Con-
gress to a perceptive editorial
on. the issue by Philip Slomo-
vitz, editor of The Jewish News
of Detroit.
Sen. Hart has now written Mr.
Slomovitz that "certainly it was
not my intention even by impli-
cation to accept the report of
Dr. Johnson as a solution to the
Arab refugee problem . . . a
realistic, practical solution must
be found. Isolated treatment of
the refugee problem is not the
answer."
Sen. Hart stressed that "any
settlement must guarantee Is-
rael's integrity as a nation. This
country is obligated to fulfill its
commitment to see that Israel's
independence is not violated ...
support of the democratic people
of Israel is essential in our
struggle to free the oppressed.
The fires of hope in others will
soon die should we default in our
promises to the Israelis."
This made clear where the
chairman of the subcommittee
stood. It also served notice to
both the subcommittee staff and
the State Department that eyes
have been opened.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Jewish Restitution Successor Or-
ganization, recognized under
American law as the group en-
titled to receive funds left on
deposit in this country during
World War II by German Jews
who died in the Nazi holocaust
without heirs, has received an
award of $500,000 from the
United States Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission.
Of the total, $50,000 has been
earmarked for Protestant and
Catholic relief organizations.
The remainder will be allocated
by the JRSO board for relief
and rehabilitation purposes of
Jewish Nazi victims. In accord-
ance with the terms of the
award, the funds must be ex-
pended only in the United
State s, and no part of the
monies can be used for admin-
istrative purposes.
The $500,000 award is the
first given by the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission
under the General War Claims
Bill enacted by Congress last
October. The bill dealt with
claims against funds, stocks and
other assets of German nation-
als seized by the U.S.A. during
the war.
JRSO officials said that a
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LONDON—Egypt successful-
ly fired an anti-aircraft ground-
to-air missile for the first time
Monday, it was reported here
Tuesday from Cairo.
The launch was watched by
President Nasser, Field Mar-
shall Abdul Hakim Amer, the
Supreme Commander and the
heads of Egypt's ground, air
and sea forces.
No details on the capacities
of the new missile were dis-
closed, but Egypt was believed
to have several types of mis-
siles.
It had been reported pre-
viously that Egypt planned a
display of its new missile arm-
ory during a July 23 parade in
Cairo to mark the 11th anni-
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5 -- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, July 19, 1963
Senator Philip A. Hart's Position on
Middle East Situation Fully Clarified