A Comic Report: Sen. Clark's One Day in Jordan
By MILTON FRIED3IAN
(Copyright, 1967, JTA, Inc.)
WASHINGTON — The recent
"report" to the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee by Sen. Joseph
S. Clark, Pennsylvania Democrat,
Outlining a detailed solution of the
Arab refugee problem, was based
on only one day's visit to Jordan.
This single day apparently gave
Sen. Clark adequate information
to report that the Arabs "wanted
only to go back to the villages in
Israel . . . from which they had
been driven in 1948." Sen. Clark
urged, among other recommenda-
tions, that the United States "uti-
lize diplomatic pressure on Israel
to repatriate a substantial number
of refugees who might be per-
suaded to return to their own
villages inside Israel."
When he later briefly visited
Israel, Sen. Clark found "there is
no real economic need for more
(Jewish) immigrants." He assert-
ed that "as of last fall almost the
entire class of spring graduates
from the engineering school of the
technical university was unemploy-
ed. Unemployment is becoming
chronic and persistent . . ."
Rep. Seymour Halpern, New
York Republican, analyzed the
Clark report. He commented:
"With all due respect to the dis-
tinguished Senator, a serious prob-
lem requires serious study of all
factors involved. The Arab-Israel
situation is too complex to benefit
IRV KATZ
from sweeping conclusions based
on a one-day stand."
Rep. Halpern said: "One of the
criticisms that Sen. Clark makes
of Israel is that Israel has a dras-
tic new problem of unemployment.
Yet, he apparently wants to solve
this by forcing back into Israel,
at a time of unemployment, thou-
sands of hostile Arabs. What would
they do in Israel? Start a Viet
Cong-style revolution? Would the
Senator turn Israel into another
Vietnam? It seems to me that we
already have enough problems
with peoples who differ so violent-
ly in Vietnam."
It was pointed out by Rep. Hal-
pern that he recently found him-
self spending a half-day in Cairo
while changing planes en route to
Ethiopia. "Perhaps I should is-
sue half a report on the military,
political, economic and sociological
situation in Egypt. But this would
be absurd. I only interviewed one
taxi driver, one camel driver, and
a waiter at the Nile Hilton. Of
course, an Egyptian diplomat and
representatives of the U. S. Em-
bassy, through protocol courtesies
to a visiting Congressman, welcom-
ed me to Egypt."
"I could only report," said the
New York Congressman, "that the
diplomats were polite, the Nile
looked like a big river, and a
camel driver, although he knew I
was Jewish, cheerfully accepted a
tip."
Sen. Clark's report on Jordan
included four pages of fine print
based on one day of research into
the politics, sociology, and econo-
mics underlying current problems.
Sen. Clark conceded: "It would be
presumptuous indeed for a single
Senator, on the basis of one day's
visit, to suggest the answers. Yet,
presumptuous or not, it might be
suggested that the United States
policy" move in new directions in-
cluding "diplomatic pressure on
Israel" to force return of Arab
refugees.
State Department sources com-
mented that previous reports to
various Congressional committees
by traveling members of Congress
amused the Department. Such re-
ports are known to some diplomats
as "comic papers" or "waffles —
because they contain a lot of air
but little real content."
The report offered quick solu-
tions to the most complex issues
that
have defied solution after
"I even got to see the moonlight
on the Nile. But I felt in no posi- study for years by the United Na-
tion to report back to Congress tions, various commissions, and in-
on dramatic findings that could stitutions of higher learning.
change the course of history," said
One State Department official
Rep. Halpern.
said "The typical Senator arrives
in the morning and is met at the
airport by the U.S. Embassy staff.
He is taken in an official limou-
sine to his hotel by us or by the
host government. He then inter-
views the hotel barber about con-
The state of Jewish education, its ditions while getting a shave. He
role and function, needed changes then calls briefly at the Embassy
and structural rearrangement, will and is later wined and dined by
be outlined by Rabbi Rosenzweig, the host government. He leaves
who authored the document em- the next morning, stopping on his
bodying the agreement and code of way to the airport to buy a souve-
practice of the Hebrew teachers nir for his wife. But there is no
time to rind the souvenir and still
and the UHS.
The dinner program will include make the flight. So someone on the
dances by the Jewish Center Embassy staff is detailed to ob-
Young Dancers Guild, under the tain it after his departure. We
direction of Mrs. Harriet Berg; mail it to his office."
songs by Ilse Roberg and Cantor
"Then," said the diplomat, "we j
Louis Klein; and piano selections read in the newspapers about the
by Mrs. Bella Goldberg.
most profound observations, con-
For reservations, call Mrs. Ap- clusions, and policy recommenda-
plebaum, 545-0467.
tions that the Senator has offered
in a lengthy report on his return
to Washington. It is hard to say
whether we are more amused or
amazed."
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Syria and Egypt Differ
on Defense Against Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Syria ment of Egyptian airbases in
and Egypt have apparently failed Syria, he said: "There are enough
to reach agreement on moves to airbases in Syria and there is
strengthen their mutual defense no room for establishment of
pact against Israel, the Washing- new ones."
ton Post reported Saturday from
Gen. Sweidani said certain pro-
Beirut.
visions of the defense pact had
Speculation has mounted follow- been discussed with the Egyptians.
ing the Israeli-Syrian air clash but this did not include the ques-
earlier this month that basic lion of Egyptian bases.
changes in the operative sections
of the pact were under considera-
tion. A rider in last year's agree- Social Work Building
ment specified that "limited ag- at Hebrew U. Dedicated
gression" by Israel would not auto-
JERUSALEM — The $1,000,000
matically require Egyptian inter- new building of the Paul Baer-
vention. Egyptian Air Force Com- wald School of Social Work at the
mander Lt. Gen. Sidky Mahmoud Hebrew University was dedicated
paid an unscheduled visit to Syria here April 20 in a ceremony at-
last week and Egyptian Prime tended by President Zalman Sha-
Minister Mohammed Sidky Soli- zar and 600 other dignitaries.
man is there now.
The building was donated by
First indications that no sub- the American Jewish Joint Distri-
stantial progress was made came
bution Committee. Walworth Bar-
in reports from Damascus that
bour, United States Ambassador
Gen. Mahmoud, was highly cri-
to Israel, representatives of social
tical of Syrian air defenses. The
agencies, government officials and
report of no progress was con- Hebrew University officials at-
firmed by the Syrian Chief of tended the ceremony.
Staff, Maj.„ Gen. Ahmed Swei-
Originally located in Paris, the
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