Committee Reports Strides Taken
by U.S. Business to Get Rid of Bias
NEW YORK (JTA)—American
business, when confronted with evi-
dence of anti-Jewish discrimina-
tion in its ranks, is visibly taking
steps to rid itself of such prac-
tices, Morris B. Abram, president
of the American Jewish Commit-
tee, reported at the annual meet-
ing of the organization which
closed here Sunday after four days
of deliberation.
"We seem to be heading into a
new era in this work," Abram said.
"Up to this point the thrust has
been largely to prove to American
business, whether or not it has
been aware of it, that discrimina-
tion has been far too common.
"Now we are in the heartening
position of finding American busi-
ness saying to us. in effect, yes,
we have been wrong, and we want
you to show us how we c a n
change."
Abram, who is a member of the
President's National AdVisory
Council on Economic Opportunity,
explained first that the American
Bankers Association, trade associa-
tion for the nation's 15,000 com-
mercial banks, earlier this month
had renewed a pledge to promote
equal employment and promotion
opportunities within the banking
system.
dent of the American Bankers
Association, he had learned that
the organization was already en-
gaged in a comprehensive pro-
gram to carry out the principles
implied in its pledge.
had expressed marked hostility to
published for Catholic children in
elementary and secondary paro-
chial schools, and a similar effort
is being made to remove distor-
tions and polemical antagonisms in
Protestant texts.
The AJC concluded its meeting
with the re-election of Abram as
president of the organization. Bert-
' ram H. Gold, executive director of
the Jewish Centers Association of
Los Angeles, was chosen as execu-
tive director succeeding Dr. John
Pittsburgh Passes Goal
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The
United Jewish Federation cam-
paign for 1967 concluded here with
a total of $1,903,450 raised, exceed-
ing its goal by more than $3,000.
It was the second successive year
in which Pittsburgh has met its
goal.
Jews and Judaism have been re-
vised or eliminated.
2. While progress is less ad-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
vanced in Italy, the conference of
8—Friday, May 26, 1967
bishops has established a commis-
Abram also reported that the sion to deal with the revision of Slawson, who is retiring after 24
top managements of New York textbooks. Revision of elementary years as executive head of the
City's mutual savings banks, which and secondary texts is in progress. AJCommittee. Dr. Slawson has be-
were revealed by the AJC's New
3. Intensive studies of French- come executive vice president
York Chapter in October 1965 as
language Catholic textbook s, emeritus.
engaging in slOile facto discrimina- widely used in France, Belgium,
At the concluding session, it was
tion" against Jews, had increased
Switzerland, and Canada, have announced that the AJCornmittee
the number of their Jewish execu-
been virtually completed at Lou- is establishing the first all-inclusive
tive trustees by more than one- vain University, Belgium, under
Jewish Oral History Collection, to
third.
the sponsorship of Leo Cardinal "Chronicle and preserve the rich
In addition to the industry-wide Suenens.
and unique American Jewish ex-
action of the two banking groups,
From New York May 31
4. An investigation of Austrian perience of the last seven dec-
Abram revealed some preliminary
ades." The collection will even-
Via Lisbon and Marseilles
results of a year-long study, spon- books has been started by an inter-
tually include thousands of tapes,
faith
commission
headed
by
a
sored by the American Jewish
with accompanying transcriptions,
Committee, on the hiring and up- Catholic scholar at the University
From New York June 30
reminis-
grading practices of three indi- of Vienna, under the patronage of of interviews, speeches,
Via Lisbon and Cannes .
cences,
conversations, poems, and
Franz
Cardinal
Koenig.
vidual large manufacturing con-
sermons.
cerns in the Cleveland-Akron area.
5. Other studies are under way
From Haifa to New York,
Plans to raise a special fund
Philip E. Hoffman, who was in West Germany, Portugal, and
June 16 and July 14 via
elected chairman of the AJC execu- England, and in at least one East to be named in honor of Dr.
Genoa,
Cannes and Lisbon
Slawson
in
connection
with
his
tive committee at the annual meet- European country: Poland.
retirement
were
announced
at
ing, reported that a movement is
O. Catholic educational centers
the annual dinner of the organi-
now going on in many parts of the on the European Continent are
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to Dr. Slawson and the fund will
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Highlights of Hoffman's report were other parts of the world, notably be used for research, training
the following:
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Latin America. Beyond this, Cath- and education.
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1. The most striking progress olic authorities in several Latin
President Johnson, in a message
He also pointed out that, in has been made in Spain, where American countries have conducted to the 1,200 guests at the dinner,
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