The charge that the indemnification claims of Jewish survivors of the Nazi regime are not being paid off with sufficient promptness by the German Government was made here yesterday by Eric Lueth, acting chairman of the Society for Christian and Jewish Cooperation in Germany, who came here on a four-weeks lecture tour. He voiced this charge at a luncheon tendered in his honor by the American Christian Palestine Committee.
“Each day,” he said, “these claimants are dying off, and in many cases without adjudication of their claims.” Mr. Lueth also discussed the Arab-Israel controversy in the Near East. “Germany,” he declared, “has a special responsibility in helping to bring about peace in that area. Because of Hitler’s fight against the Jews, we have a special credit in the Arab countries. This credit is not very flattering to us, but it should be turned to account in effecting a reconciliation.” Mr. Lueth pointed out that he had visited Israel in 1953 and 1955, and was much impressed by the work of rehabilitation in that country.
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