U.S. Senate May Move. Against t Arab Boycott Three Israeli Officers Hurt in Efforts
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
manding U.S. firms provide data
of credit. It must even be certi- to Aid Jordan Civilians Under UN Eyes
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to enforce the boycott.
fied that orders cannot be shipped

WASHINGTON -- Senate action
will be sought early this year
against Arab harassment of Amer-
ican companies.
Administration aPpeasement of
the Arab-conceived conspiracy in
restraint of trade may be jolted
by a bipartisan Senate move.
American firms receive arrogant
questionnaires from the Arab
states. Blacklisting is imposed by
13 Arab regimes, many supported
economically by the United States,
if American companies reject anti-
Israel and anti-Jewish require-
ments. -
The mood of Congress is cur- I
rently responsible to Arab backing I
of the Pro-Communist Congolese
rebels, the burning of the U.S.
Information Agency Library in
Cairo, and the destruction of an
American plane by the Egyptian
Air Force resulting in the death
of the American pilot.
When businessmen ask Wash-
ington what to do about the Arab
questionnaire they may be told
that this government does not ap-
prove of the boycott. But the
trouble is that no one in the gov-
ernment tells businessmen that
they have • a right to throw the
questionnaires away. Chambers of
Commerce, lacking clear guidance
from Washington, help to certify
the firms in compliance with the
insulting Arab demands.
Senator Harrison A. Williams,
New Jersey Democrat, will re-
introduce legislation he initiated
last session to protect business-
men. He introduced an amend-
ment to the Export Control Act
to prohibit the Arabs from de-

A number of Arab states insist-
ing on their "right" to boycott
American companies trading with
Israel have violated and ignored
the American strategic boycott of
communist Cuba.
Sen. Williams pointed out that
while the government does not
condone. Arab tactics, Washington
has not moved to protect Ameri-
can concerns from the effect of
the blacklist. His bill would put
the law behind those who throw
the Arab questionnaires in 'the
waste basket.
The senator said his opposition
to the Arab "inquisition" was not
directly linked to his admiration
for Israel as a friendly nation. He
said that to assert the right of
Americans to do business where-
ever they please "we insist that
the American flag must not be
lowered in surrender to piracy,
whether by cutlass or question-
naire."
Co-sponsors assembling behind
the Williams bill include Sen. Ja-
cob K. Javits, New York Repub-
lican, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff,
Connecticut Democrat, and others.
The questionnaires ask compan-
ies if Jews are on their boards, if
the companies grant use of their
patents to Israel, if they render
technical assistance to Israeli
firms. if they maintain branches
in Israel, and so forth.
Many American com p an i es
would have traded in Israel or in-
vested there but were deterred by
Arab threats. rn addition to the
questionnaires the Arabs require
certificates of origin and letters

JNF Month Is Pro claimed in State;

Special Activities Slated by Groups

The period from Jan. 4 to. Feb.
2 has been designated as "JNF
Month," to be observed in Detroit
and in the entire state of Michigan
by Jewish individuals. schools and
organizations.
The purpose • of, and the tasks
for, "Jewish Na ti o n a 1 Fund
Month" as announced by the JNF
through its president, Dr. Israel
Wiener, are:
To avow full solidarity with the
State of Israel.
To focus attention on the activ-
ities of the Jewish National Fund
in building the land of Israel and
strengthening its security with spe-
cial emphasis on the new and first
Detroit development area project
in northern Galilee, on the bor-
ders of Syria — the reclaiming
and rebuilding the settlements of
Gadot and Mishmar Hayarden.
To deepen JNF sentiment among
the masses of the Jewish people.
To mobilize the broadest pos-
sible support for the JNF through
the widest possible use of JNF's
traditional collection methods.
To place another thousand Blue-
White JNF boxes in Detroit and
Michigan Jewish homes.
To plant more trees in the Mich-

Czech Journal Carries
Unpublished Nazi Papers
on Murder of Jews

LONDON (JTA)—The current
issue of the Czech Journal, "World
in Pictures," contains a series of
hitherto unpubliShed Nazi docu-
ments. The documents, found in as
yet unpublicized German archives,
deal with the slaughter of Jews
and other victims in western Rus-
sia in 1941 . and 1942.
One document tells how the Ger-
mans killed 23,000 Jews in Ka-
menetz-Podolsk on Aug. 30, 1941.

igan section of the John F. Ken-
nedy Peace Forest, which will be
dedicated to . peace and friendship
of the people of America and the
people of. Israel.
To remind Jews to remember
the JNF in their wills, thus link-
ing their names forever with the
land of Israel.
One of the features during
JNF Month, which embraces the
Hebrew month of Shevat, will
be "JNF Month for Landsman-
shaften," during which landsman-
shaften societies will promote
project in northern Galilee, a
security- forest in the Gadot
Mishmar Hayarden area. These
activities will culminate with a
special evening' dedicated to
JNF on Jan. 28 at the Labor
Zionist Institute.
The traditional Itu b-Shevat ac-
tivities in schools. synagogues, and
organizations will also be part of
this period. JNF Sabbath in Mich
igan will be observed Jan. 16.
The Women's Auxiliary donor,
culminating three months of in-
tensive campaigning, will be held
Jan. 26 at Temple Israel.
Functions for the benefit of the
JNF program of land reclamation,
road building, and securing Isra-
el's northern border areas, are be-
ing planned by many interested
organizations - and family clubs.

Austrian Prof Honored
for Fighting Anti-Semitism

VIENNA (JTA)—The Union of
Jewish Communities of Austria
awarded its medal for outstanding
services in the fight against neo-
Nazism and anti-Semitism to Prof.
Franz Gebhardt, director of the
Teachers Seminary in Graz.
The citation noted that when
neo-Nazis in Graz were showing
films from Nazi Germany, he pro-

Another is a log book of an SS
battalion which operated in the tested openly on several occasions
Minsk district, recording that on to the authorities for allowing the

June 27, 1942, an "operation" took
place in Baranowice. Another
"operation" in Slonim, called

"clearing of the Ghetto," described
the burial of 400 Jews.
The publication. commenting on

the documents, added that a num-
ber of participants in these crimes
are "free and prosperous" in West
Germany.

showings. He also banned the
theaters showing the films to his
students, placing the theaters out
of bounds to the students.
He was denounced by the neo-
Nazis and by right-wing members
of Parliament, who said he was
interfering in affairs which did
not concern him. The denuncia-
tions failed to halt his protests.

in ships that ever touched an Is-
raeli port.
Not all have been intimidated.
Some airlines and hotel chains
were strong enough to defy
Arab threats because the Arabs
needed them as much as they
needed the Arabs.
Business International reported
earlier this year that the Arab
boycott has become more efficient
and intensified. Many American
businesses have been injured. As
of January. 1964, at least 164 U.S.
firms were on the blacklist.
Sen. Williams has emphasized
that the Arab boycott if unchal
lenged, would make "American
businessmen into unwilling pawns
in every trade war in the world."
Tomorrow the Indonesians can
tell American businessmen that
they cannot sell their goods to
Malaysia. There are many other
areas of regional conflict where
this could occur," said Sen. Wil-
liams.
No one knows how many firms
have succumbed to the threat of
blacklist because they have been
coerced by Arab economic pres -
sure. "But." said Sen. Williams,
"we cannot ask them to be more
valiant than their own govern-
ment."
Sen. Williams' bill would amend
th e Export Control Act, under
which the Commerce Department
regulates exports to further the
foreign policy of the United
States. He said, "I want it clearly
spelled out by Congress that it is
in fact our foreign policy to op-
pose and condemn any trade boy-
cott directed against foreign
countries (like Israel) with which
the United States maintains
friendly relations."
The bill would also specifically
outlaw the giving of information
which could be used to further
such boycotts or the signing of
actual boycott agreements. Under
protection of the Williams bill, any
American businessman could, with
impunity, flatly refuse to divulge
any information about his dealings
with Israel and reject any agree-
ment not to trade with Israel.

Syrian gunners attacked three
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three
Israeli policemen were wounded Israeli tractors southeast of Lake
Tiberias Tuesday using machine
in a gun battle with Jordanian
troops on -Mt. Scopus when Israel - guns, recoilless guns and armor
piercing shells. Israeli troops re-
sought to make a humanitarian
turned the-fire.
gesture to Jordanian civilians un-
der supervision of the United
United Nations observers called
Nations Truce Supervision Orga- for, a cease fire three hours after
nization.
the shooting b eg a n. After the
After exchanges of fire, the cease fire became effective, the
UNTSO managed to intervene to tractors completed their assign-
save the three wounded. One was meat. Israel said there had been
seriously hurt. The Jordanian fired no casualties. The Syrians also used
from the top of Augusta Victoria in the attack a tank stationed at
tower in a deliberate abuse of ar- Tawafique village, which is actual-
rangements made by UNTS0 for ly a Syrian army strongpoint.
Jordanian civilians to work on
The. Syrian incident erupted 24
fields.
hours after the flareup on the Jor-
The uneasy silence which pre-
vailed during the holidays along danian border, in which mortars
wailed
the Israel-Jordan border erupted were used. A Jordanian jeep was
into violence Monday when Jordani- hit and set afire by the Israelis.
Israeli newspapers reported on
an troops fired on Israeli patrols
at two points on the Sharon plain. Tuesday that King Hussein had in-
Israel returned the fire. No cas- structed Jordanian troops to re-
ualties were reported on the Israeli frain from causing incidents along
side. Following Monday's incidents the border.
two complaints were submitted by ,
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel to the United Nations Truce
Friday, January 1, 1965-7
Supervision Organization.

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