What is especially frustrating. however. is the apparent inability of established institutions to prevent this type of barbarous act that seems to be occurring with increasing frequency. Perhaps. if the recommendations in this resolution are followed. we will be able eventually to start reversing this trend. But going beyond the prospect of better enforcement measures. surely the time has come for a converted effort by all nationsa "crash program"-to end the festering Palestinian refugee problem. One can hope that a genuine offer of a massive program of resettlement and economic assistance would. if effectively presented. appeal to the mass of refugees and isolate the fanatics and opportunistic politicians who thrive on the refugees misery and hopelessness. Certainly the United States. which took the lead for all of Western Europe in developing the Marshall plan. should be able to assume leadership in developing a way out of the Palestinian refugee morass. Mr. Speaker. for years we have tended to believe that a solution of the Palestinian refugee problem could only take place as part of an overall settlement of the ArabIsraeli conflict. But is it not just possible that a massive effort now to.resettle the refugees could win a breakthrough toward settlement of the larger conflict? Certainly it is worth a try. We might even be so bold as to hope that a successful effort to solve this problem could. by its example of fruitful nonviolent action. help bring an end to the violence that is every day cutting down the lives of young and old alike in Indochina. in Northern Ireland. and elsewhere.
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