CLIFFORD HOPE. of Kansas. and HENRY TALLE. of Iowa. and each of them participated in the discussion. If my information is inaccurate. then I challenge any member of the committee to give us accurate information. I challenge all the members of the committee to give this House one scintilla of evidence which contradicts the statements which I have made concerning the costs involved in resettling and rehabilitating Jewish refugees. Frankly. I must confess that I was shocked and amazed when I was told that it would cost 2.800 American dollars per person to resettle and rehabilitate Jewish refugees. You might be interested in knowing something about the number of Jews that have been going to Jerusalem. In April. according to this report. more than 30.000 Jews went to Israel. Certainly. some of them were refugees. On the other hand. I know that some of them went to Israel from all parts of the earth merely because they wanted to go to the promised land. Certainly all of them were not refugees. certainly all of them were not persecuted. and certainly all of them were not well advised about conditions in Israel. The open immigration policy was and is to the effectcome one. come all from all parts of the earth. We will welcome you in Israel. I know that all of them are not persecutees or refugees. I saw them boarding the planes in Bagdad. 150 packed into one plane which was built to take only 50 passengersthey were packed in those planes with nothing but knapsacks on their backs and they were landed at TelAviv Airport only to become charges upon the charity of the people of this country and upon the charity of the people of other parts of the world who believe in this movement of the Jewish people. Israel does not have an agricultural back country sufficient to support the people who are already there.
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Generalization that all Jews going to Israel are not refugees or persecuted, and are a burden on charity.