10—Friday, April 5, 1968
THE 1:/ETRO1111 JEVIISH NEM
Jewish Labor Committee Conducts
National Effort to Boycott California
Table Grapes in Support of Workers
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
1 the farm workers' leader, was the
to The Jewish News)
I speaker. More than 100 labor, civil
NEW YORK—The Jewish Labor rights and religious leaders at-
Committee reported Wednesday it tended the luncheon and heard a
was helping to organize a nation- plea for the grapes boycott. In
wide boycott against California Boston, the JLC office helped to
table grapes as part of its cam- arrange a reception-luncheon for
paign in support of efforts by Chavez which was sponsored by
farm workers at the Glum arra and attended by Sen. Edward Ken-
Corp. in California to obtain recog- nedy. Chavez also has appeared in
nition of their union.. A strike Detroit in the past. The JLC
against the corporation by the spokesman said the organization's
United Farm Workers Organizing Los Angeles office was playing a
Committee, AFL-CIO, is now in its major role in helping the farm
eighth month.
workers and seeking support for
A JLC spokesman said that the their organizing drive.
JLC had organized a number of
Jewish organizations for a con-
certed effort to persuade the New Hebrew U. Students Hit
York metropolitan wholesaler of Jailing of Arab Israeli
table grapes, Victor Joseph Co., to
JERUSALEM — A number of
stop buying grapes from Giumarra.
The New York firm handles most Hebrew University students and
of the Guimarra grapes sold in lecturers demonstrated last week
against what they said was the
this area.
The JLC regional offices in De- improper imprisonment of an Arab
troit, Philadelphia, Boston and Israeli student.
Mohammed Yuse Tsadik, a resi-
Minneapolis all are active in back-
dent of Shfaram, in Galilee, was
ing the organizing effort.
In Detroit, the Michigan Com- arrested in December on suspicion
mittee to Aid Farm Workers, of crossing to Jordan and making
whose activities are being coor- contact with Jordanian intelligence.
dinated by Jack Carper, director No formal charges were made until
of the local JLC office, arranged a judge threatened to release him.
In mid-January, Tsadik was de-
a conference of union and com-
munity groups from 12 states to tained under an administrative
rally support for the farm work- order for three months, still with-
ers.
out being charged.
The protestors said that "dozens
In Philadelphia, the JLC office
cosponsored a luncheon with the and perhaps hundreds" of others
Negro Trade Union Leadership , had been similarly jailed without
Council at which Cesar Chavez, charges.
40,00d Will r lUrch tp 5th 'Avenue ein HOnor of Israel
NEW YORK—More than 40,000
students and adults — organized
into contingents from New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut—will
march in a three-hour parade up
Fifth Avenue April 28 in the Salute
to Israel Parade which is the New
York area's largest community-
wide celebration honoring Israel's
20th anniversary.
In making the announcement,
Theodore Comet, parade chair-
man, said that the parade, which
includes floats, bands, marching
dance groups and choirs, will have
as its guest of honor Gen. Yitzhak
Rabin, ambassador of Israel to the
United States.
Mayor John V. Lindsay of New
York will be in the reviewing stand
and will greet the parade which
begins at 11 a.m.
Theme of the parade is "Jeru-
salem the Golden."
Harvey Rothenberg of the office of
About 100,000 are expected to the mayor of the city of New York,
view the celebration.
Leading the parade will be
THE PAYOFF
Grand Marshals Sanford D. Gare-
Good resolutions, kept, increase
lik, chief inspector of the New in value by setting an example for
York City Police Department, and others to follow.
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