The importance of resettlement of Palestine-Arab refugees in Arab lands — in addition to repatriation and compensation by Israel — was stressed here today by leaders of the Jewish War Veterans in a 20-minute talk with President Kennedy in the White House.
National Commander of the JWV, I. L. Feuer, urged the President to consider resettlement of the Arabs as a vital part of any just and practical solution of the refugee problem. National executive director Joseph Barr said that President Kennedy’s attention was drawn to reports that he had omitted mention of resettlement in his letters to the Arab rulers, referring only to repatriation and compensation of the Arab refugees.
White House spokesman Andrew Hatcher, commenting on the JWV meeting with the President, said that Mr. Kennedy concurred in hopes for peace in the Middle East. Mr. Hatcher did not amplify this statement.
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