We are not talking about money. we are talking about responsibility. The reason for talking about responsibility is that that is the way in which to bring about a resettlement primarily in the Arab lands. where there is plenty of room. and where resettlement is not only practical but also constructive in economic terms. I hasten to add that I believe. and. believe very strongly. that Israel will need to make room for a fair portion of the Arab refugees. But not all the Arab refugees can continue to be sent to Israel now. as the Arabs have been contending all along. A resettlement plan should have the following parts: First. it should require the Arab States to assume responsibility. Second. it should require Israel to assume. responsibility. Third. it should require. the world to take some responsibility. Mr. President. it seems to me that just as heretofore we have tried to resettle refugees throughout the world by having various .nations take their fair share. certainly we should try again in respect of the present situation. because that is the way in which we have successfully brought about resettlement in other casesnotably. in the case of the. European displaced persons. I point. with pride to the fact -that in the Refugee Relief Act which we passed a few years ago we provided for the admission to the United States of several thousand Arab refugees from Palestine. So that inherent plan would also be the basis for some worldwide action. just as we acted in respect of the -displaced persons of Europe. Whatever may be the objections of Arab spokesmen to the proposition that the Arab refugees were made to leave what is now Israel by exhortations of the Arab leaders. who in 1948 asked them to get out of the way of the invading Arab armies in preparation for a triumphant return after the Jews had been pushed into the sea.-and that is a grim and ugly fact in connection with the 1948 exodus of the Arabs from Israel. who were induced to leave by the statement to which I have just referredthe uinfortunate fact is that for 10 years there has been no Arab cooperation in their resettlement. and they have been used largely as a political dagger pointed at the heart of Israel. Recent reports indicate that 1.400 jobs for refugees went unfilled when exit permits were denied them by Arab host governmentshost governments which also have rejected plans for extensive development programs for resettlement. Mr. President. there are other cases of embarrassment of the United Nations. agencyUNWRAwhich is charged with the administration of this matterfor instance. when it was compelled by Syria and Lebanon to transport sup-� plies for the refugees by railroad. rather than by the less expensive truck methodall directed toward making the work of the agency somewhat more difficult. Mr. President.
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