Pierpoint's Charges Against U.S. Jewry
Explained by CBS, His 'Rights' Defended

NEW YORK (JTA) — A
CBS radio- executive told the
JTA that public protests,
though "significant," were
not the deciding factor in an
editorial broadcast by WCBS
radio in New York that dis-
agreed vehemently with the
position on the Middle East
of CBS White House corre-
spondent Robert Pierpoint.
Pierpoint, in a CBS radio
network news broadcast from
Washington March 7, criti-
cized the White House for
following a "double stand-
ard" in its responses to acts
of violence and terror by
both Israelis and Palestin-
ians.
The .WCBS editorial, re-
ted six times on March
nd twice on March 17,
ed: "If we Americans
1.?.act differently to Arab
terrorism than we do to Is-
raeli actions that result in
civilian deaths, it is because
the two are fundamentally
different. It is not, as has
been suggested, because
there are more well-organ-
ized Jews in America than
there -are Arabs."
(Pierpoint's charges were
discussed in The J e wish
News Commentary column
in last week's issue).
David L. Nelson, vice-
president of the CBS Radio
Division and general- mana-
ger of WCBS radio, told JTA
that the editorial was "abso-
lutely not" in response to
pressure but represented a
concensus of the WCBS man-
agement. He - said WCBS
radio was considering edi-
torializing on the subject,
especially after the downing
of a Libyan airliner by Is-
raeli fighters over Sinai Feb.

21 and that the views ex-
pressed by Pierpoint helped
crystalize the opposite views
expressed in the editorial.
Nelson said that before
preparing the editorial, the
WCBS management had con-
sulted with Richard Cohen,
associate executive director
of the American Jewish Con-
gress and with a representa-
tive of the Middle East Co-
ordinating Committee, a pro-
Arab group. He said that in
keeping with WCBS policy, a
spokesman for the latter
group was given an oppor-
tunity to reply to the editor-
ial on the air.
The WCBS editorial char-
acterized the Libyan airliner
incident as a "tragic blun-
der" on Israel's part but ob-
served that the Israelis "did
not know what was on that
airplane. Had they known of
its innocent nature, they
would not have shot it down.
But the Arab terrorists had
no doubt what they were
facing when they murdered
the diplomats in the Sudan
or the athletes in Munich or
when their agents poured
into a Tel Aviv airport with
guns blazing."
Pierpoint had charged in
his broadcast that "Israelis
have and utilize a formidable
political a n d propaganda
force in this country in the
form of six million Jews."
He u r g e d Americans to
"apply more study, balance
and fair play to the difficult
problem of the Middle East."
(In Washington, CBS vice-
president William Small de-
fended the use of the net-
work's facilities for Pier-
point's broadcast. Respond-
ing to a question during a

Detroiters Dedicate 2 Forests

panel discussion at the 40th
anniversary conference of the
AJCongress' Women's Di-
vision, Small said "it was
perfectly proper" for Pier-
point "to do what he did"
because "reporters have the
f re e do m to interpret the'
news." However, Small de-
plored Pierpoint's remark
which implied that six mil-
lion American Jews acted as
a block in support of Israel).

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dance party 9 p.m. April 20
at Alvaro's Restaurant, Royal
Oak. The Ultra Sonics will
provide music and there is
an admission charge. For in-
formation, call Helen Rubin,
557-6538.

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