, THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS .1 4 7 . 61*, April '5, 1968 27 - Foreign Businessmen Hit Red Tape in Israel, Want Improved Climate; Plans for Economic Growth Outlined . (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM — Jewish business leaders from abroad, attending Prime Minister Levi Eshkol's world economic conference here, voiced sharp criticism Monday night of red tape and bureaucratic obstructionism in Israel and urged that steps be taken to improve the climate for foreign investments in the country. One of the sharpest critics, Victor M. Carter of Los Angeles, complained that approval of an investment in Israel required 28 consecutive procedures which he said had a deterrent effect on potential investors. But, Carter noted, the conference's Ameri- can regional committee, of which he is chairman, has already con- cluded 32 deals between Amer-• can and Israeli firms. Lord Sieff of Great Britain said Israel needed a thorough revision of its tax and dues system. Abe Bronfman, of Canada said that many investors had been dis- appointed by the depletion of the value of their investments. Israel must create an economic climate to make profits and, even more important, the government must streamline its process for handling investments, he said. Eshkol outlined a program of major economic growth for Israel during the next four years. He pre- dicted that Israel's gross national product would increase at the rate of 8 per cent a year between now and 1972 and that while imports may still exceed exports by $400,- 000,000 in that year, Israel's ex- ports will have grown by 80 per cent. The prime minister said that Is- rael's economy would he able to abLc:L adriitional 200,000 work- ers over the next four years. He estimated that the nation's popula- tion will exceed 3,000,000 by 1972, not including occupied territories. He said that 70 per cent of the population rise would be through natural increase and 30 per cent will come through aliya (immigra- tion). Eshkol called on the Jews of the world to "invest their Jew- ish spirit and Jewish intelligence" to help achieve Israel's economic goals. A program offering new in- centives to investors from aboard was submitted to the conference participants. Among the meas- ures, which were approved Sun- day by a committee of Israel's economic ministers, was one permitting investors to withdraw the sum of their investment plus profits in foreign currency at the official rate of exchange. Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir disclosed that Israel was consider- ing new patterns of transportation in keeping with its geographical position between Africa, Asia and Europe. Baron Edmund de Rothschild, of France, said the conference could set an example for the eco- nomic growth of underdeveloped nations and that Israel's Arab neighbors could also benefit from irmael's experience if they want peace. Two majoi:‘ _financial ventures in which investors' from abroad will participate with Israeli busi- nessmen took shape at the con- ference. They are a $45,000,000 re- insurance company and a finance and investment firm, to be capi- talized at more than $50,000,000, that will go a long way --vard furthering the growth of industry. The reinsurance firm is to e established in Israel by 300 in- vestors; each to contribute at least $150,000. It will back up Israeli and other insurance companies, according to Sir Isaac Wolfson of Britain, who proposed it. The fi- nance and investment company would provide Israeli companies with working capital to relieve their dependency on loans which now forces them to operate on excessively high profit margins. Charles Clore, British shoe man- ufacturer, announced that one of his companies will soon establish a new shoe factory in Israel. Two subsidiaries of the Clore group will enter the knitwear and elec- tronics industries respectively. Joseph Hoyt, senior vice presi- dent of the Miles Laboratories, which already has plants in Haifa and Rehovot, said the company will invest an additional $100,000 for the production of isotopes in Israel for export. He reported that Miles' Israeli subsidiary has been successful since its establishment six months ago and will double its output this year. Israel's minister of tourism, Moshe Kol, assured the confer- ence that Israel has no intention of resorting to "Zionist rhetoric" to persuade businessmen to in- vest in unprofitable enterprises. He said that Israel's state-owned industries are seeking commercial results no less than those under private ownership. Earlier, Finance Minister Sapir gave the conference dele- gates a list of Israeli firms that will put up shares for sale. It included an electric corporation and fertilizer and chemical plants in Haifa and the Negev. Louis J. Fox, president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, said: "The one and a quarter billion dollars we provided before the war—and the many millions since — has done more than just help the unem- ployed, the sick and the aged. While our dollar gifts were turned into pounds for humanitarian uses in Israel, the equivalent hard currency was used to make the critical purchases Israel had to make abroad." A series of new projects to aid Israel's economy, stimulate tour- ism and promote the sale of Is- raeli products abroad emerged from a three-day conference of young business leaders from vari- ous countries that ended in Re- hovot Sunday night. The 100 par- ticipants moved to Jerusalem morning to join the world con- ference of Jewish businessmen and economic leaders. The preliminary conference, held at the Weizmann Institute of Science, was billed as the first in- ternational young leadership con- ference. The gathering agreed to establish special bodies to promote housing; a profit-making company to devise projects to attract more tourists; building and loan associa- tions; an insurance corporation to invest in rental housing and a body to promote a closer relation- ship between scientific research in Israel and private industry. It was also decided to create a "volun- teers for Israel products" group in as many countries as possible. Canadian businessmen at the con- ference announced the establish- ment of a summer camp in Israel for 1,000 teen-agers from abroad. Downtown Synagogue to Join Church for Service ‘. _ .i 1 I r. Boycott 6cposes N. Y Ath et C ub's P r e dices 4 By JESS SILVER (Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.) Back in 1962, 20 pickets from the Congress of Racial Equality marched outside Madison Square Garden during the New York Athletic Club track meet. They carried signs that charged the NYAC with bias against Negroes and Jews and asked shot putter Gary Gubner not to compete in the meet. Gubner competed and set a world indoor record. "It's been going on a long time," Gubner said in 1962. "NYAC has always been this way. People have always known about it. It's a pri- vate organization and they have a right to choose who they want in the club. I wouldn't want to join anyway." Six years later the NYAC policy is just about what it was in 1962. This year many outstanding athletes refused to compete in the club's 100th annual indoor meet. The boycott turned up two Jewish members of the NYAC, John and Edwin Mosler. John, former chair- man of the Mosier Safe Co. and president of the New York Urban League, resigned from the club when officers refused to answer charges of discrimination. His brother Edwin, treasurer to the AAU, was attending the Olympic Games in Grenoble, France, at the time. Mosler said he joined the club three years ago, and knew of no other Jewish members. He believed his admission at the time was symbolic of a "liberali- zation" of the club's custom of restrictions against non-whites and non - Christians. He had hoped, he said, that his presence might "show them we don't have horns" and effect an even more liberal policy as he worked as a "catalyst from within." Mosler became discouraged when club officials would not discuss the matter t•-yen privately with him. He decided there was "no dia- logue" and no reason to continue membership. The Anti-Defamation League, of the Bnai Brith, along with the NAACP and the Urban League, issued a statement that called the boycott of the track meet, "a long overdue protest against the New York Athletic Club's discrimina- tory membership practices." "What may be the largest pri- vate club in the largest city in the world still uses race as a membership criterion. Not only in the New York Athletic Club in flagrant disregard of the axiom that creed and color bear no rela- tionship to athletic competition, but it is completely out of step with the prevailing spirit of our time," the statement said. Catholic schools such as Villi- nova, Georgetown and Manhattan withdrew from the meet, and a group of 50 Notre Dame alumni asked fellow alumni to resign from the NYAC. Kenneth L. Woodward, religion editor of Newsweek Maga- zine, spokesman for the group, said: "The New York Athletic Club has a reputation of being a Catholic club—more particularly an Irish Catholic hangout. This brings it very close to Notre Dame. We ask all Catholic clergy to resign from the club if they are convinced that the club follows racial discrimina- tion in its membership policy." A handful of Jewish athletes have been allowed to join the NYAC over the past decade. These include world sculling champ Don Spero, oarsman Dr. Richard A. Schwartz, water polo A joint Passover-Easter program will be held by St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church and Downtown Synagogue 8 p.m. Monday in the Gabriel Richard building, 305 Michigan, Viscount Samuel to Speak Among the participants will be Viscount Edwin Samuel's ad- Rabbi Noah M. Gamze, of the Downtown Synagogue; the Rt. Rev. dress on "Israel: Front-Page Msgr. Francis J. Flynn, pastor of Politics and Behind-the-Scenes St. Aloysius; the Rev. Richard J. Intrigue" will take place 8:30 Wednesday at Temple Is- Ward And the Rev. John L. Heiner, p.m. rael. both .'-tsistant pastors, and Ruth The British statesman will be Galarowc of the Christian con- delivering the annual Sophie and cerns coin _ 'ittee of St. Aloysius. cerns Daniel M. Hass Memorial Lec- Rabbi Gai. 'e will discuss the ture, which is open to the com- of the Seder." munity at no charge. "Mystic Symbt., \ ii players George Lindenblatt and Ervin Veg, wrestler Steve Fried- man, and a few fencers. The New York Athletic Club didn't start out with a policy that excluded Jews. As early as 1872 Daniel M. Stern became a member of the club. A member until his • ' , A " death in 1923, Stern brought glory to the NYAC when he became the first United States walking cham- pion. At the national AAU meet in 1876 Stern won the one- and three-mile competition. That same year he was elected first lieutenant of the New York Athletic Club. Rabbis List Rules for the Passover; Institute to Take Up Queries Tuesday In issuing its annual Passover message to the Jewish community of Detroit, the Vaad Harabonin, Council of Orthodox Rabbis, urged that every Jew observe the laws of Passover. The statement stressed that care should be exer- cised in purchasing all food prod- ucts. "It is the sacred duty of every Jew, before sitting down to his seder table, to contribute to the traditional Mo'os Hitim campaign which is held every year before Passover, and to see that every Jew has what he needs for Yom Toy," said the Vaad. Following are the points men- tioned in the appeal: 1. Matzo baked during the year are not for Passover use. All Mat- zo must be properly designated "Kosher for Passover." 2. Every product must be certi- fied by a known rabbi or rabbin- ical organization; attached labels with the words "Kosher l'Pesach" do not make the product permiss- ible for Passover. 3. All bakeries, groceries, and delicatessens are asked to sell their hametz through a rabbi no later than 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 12. A certificate issued by the rabbi who arranged the sale should be displayed in the bus- iness place. 4. For the duration of Passover, it is prohibited to buy or sell ha- metz, even to a non-Jew. 5. The search for hametz takes place Thursday evening. 6. Siyum B'horim (The Fast of ==- the First Born) is he",M April 12. 7. No hametz may be eaten after 9:30 a.m. April 12. 8. Selling of hametz must take place before 10:30, April 12. 9. Removal and burning of ha- metz must be done before 10:30. 10. Bakeries will be closed from April 12 until Passover. Bakeries making any preparations on April 20, before 8 p.m., are in violation, and these products cannot be eaten even after Passover. Many other questions will be answered at the Passover Insti- tute, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. at the Vaad Harabonim Center. Magazine Poll Finds Athletic Clubs Have Only a Token Number of Jews By JESSE SILVER (Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.) In a follow-up to the boycott of the New York Athletic Club track meet, Sports Illustrated magazine conducted a survey of the ranking athletic clubs in 2i) ina j . cir the U.S., and found, "the case of the New York Athletic Club and its discriminatory membership pol- icies is neither isolated nor un- usual." Most clubs were discovered to have only a token number of Jews. "Where the attitude towards Jews is a little more liberal, there is a feeling that they should not `get out of proportion.' "One midwestern club admits Jews only if they join a Protestant church. In Salt Lake City much Jewish acceptance is based on economics. Clubs have found their Jewish members spend more money on the premises than other members." Sports Illustrated concluded: "The NYAC, boycotted and under siege, may be getting the head- lines, but its policies are hardly unique." Steve Cohen of Penn State, the 1967 NCA all-around gymnas- tic champion, was named the best individual athlete by the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Runners-up were Michael Gold- man, Miami, Ohio Lidtke, Louisville; --N-min a n Early, American U.; -Mortan Glanz, Western Reserve, and Bruce Kaplan, NYU. * * * Israel defeated Switzerland, 2-1, in a soccer match played before 12,000 fans in Tel Aviv. Both Israeli goals were scored by Mor- dechai Spiegler. It was the first victory for the Israelis over the Swiss in three meetings. However, five days later, fielding the same team, Israel lost 3-0 to Sweden. Gaza Oranges' Price, Quality Low in Europe BRUSSELS (JTA)—Oranges from the Gaza Strip are being marketed in Europe but their quality is poor and the price they bring is low, it was reported here. Gen,. Dayan Saved from Cave-In by Red Mogen David Equipment General Moshe Dayan is shown resting at Tel Hashomer Hospital near Tel Aviv after rescue by Magen David Adom (Israel's Red Cross Service). It was reported that his life was saved after the archaeological cave-in primarily because of American donated equipment.