Standard of California Is Condemned for Damaging 'Oil Letter'

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Yaroslaysky called the let-
ter an effort to induce the
American p e o p le t o "ex-
change Jewish blood for Arab
oil." He said members of his
organization were planning a
"project bonfire" at which
they will burn Standard Oil
credit cards.
Sanders said the letter ap-
parently proposed "an un-
warranted and irresponsible
interference with s t a t e d
American foreign policy ob-
jectives in the Middle East."
He added that the letter
raised "serious ethical and
moral questions as to the util-
ization of a vast profit-mak-
ing organization to influence
American foreign policy."
Tunney called the letter
"counter-productive to peace"
in the Middle East and said
"we cannot solve our fuel
crisis by selling out Israel."
A company spokesman de-
fended the letter as "a per-
fectly proper procedure" by
which the company was
"making our viewpoint known
concerning the importance of
Middle East oil to the United
States and the necessity for
peace and stability in that
part of the world."
Sisco: Oil Affects
U.S. Mid-East Policy
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
United States' need for Arab
oil sources is a factor in
Washington's policy in the
Middle East. This assertion
was made here in a television
interview by Assistant Secre-
tary of State Joseph J. Sisco.
T h e American diplomat
stated it would be "fool-
hardy" for anyone to deny
that this is so and emphasized
that while American and Is-
raeli interests are parallel
they are by no means identi-
cal.
Sisco also expressed Wash-
ington's continued irritation
with the lack of progress
toward an Arab-Israeli peace
settlement and noted, "The
longer there is no solution,
the harder it will be to
achieve a solution." He said
that the U.S. has important
economic, political and stra-
tegic interests in the Middle
East, the Persian Gulf or the
Arabian Peninsula.
"There is increasing con-
cern in our country over the
energy question, and I think
it is foolhardy to believe that
this it not a factor," he said.
In his television interview,
Sisco called on both Israel
and Egypt to reassess their
position and get negotiations
started.
Earlier in the week, he ex-
pressed the same views in an
interview with Maariv editor
Arye Dissentchik and in a
discussion with Simha Di-
n•tz, Israel's ambassador to
the U.S.
Foreign Min is t e r Abba
Eban said that American
foreign policy is not influ-
enced by oil interests. Speak-
ing to journalists at Lod Air-
port as he was departing for
Brazil and Bolivia, he said
the U.S. veto in the Security
Council of the anti-Israel
draft resolution supported,
this view.
Both visits are technically
return trips: Bolivia's For-
eign Minister Mario Gutier-
rez was here in 1971, and
Brazil's Foreign Minister
Mario Gibson Barboza in Feb-
ruary, 1973.
Barromi said Eban was
planning a further South
American trip after the fall
elections.
Both Brazil and Bolivia are

not members of the non-
aligned bloc of 56 nations
which is so consistently hos-
tile to Israel in the UN and
other forums.
On the contrary, both have
sympathetic voting records
on the issue of the Middle
East.
Eban plans to visit New
York on his way back from
South America and will meet
with United Nations Secre-
tary General Kurt Waldheim,
who is to visit the Middle
East, including Israel, in the
near future.
2 Congressmen Charge
Standard Oil Interests
Above Those of U.S.
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Two congressmen have ac-
cused Standard Oil of Cali-
fornia with putting its own
interests above these of the
United States in a letter sent
to its stockholders urging
more positive support by the
U.S. for "the aspirations of
the Arab people."
Sen. Alan Cranston (D.,
Calif.) in a letter sent to Otto
N. Miller, chairman of the
board of Standard Oil, said
that the company is far more
dependent on Arab oil than
is the United States. "I do
not share your apparent in-
ference," Cranston wrote,
"that what is good for Stand-
ard Oil is necessarily good
for the United States."
In fact, he said, the best
guarantee of continued oil
production is neace in the
Middle East, "and American
support of Israel is the best
guarantee of peace in the
Middle East. It is a stabiliz-
ing force designed to main-
tain a balance of power by
offsetting Soviet aid to the
Arab nations.
Cranston pointed to the re-
cent Senate decision to pro-
ceed immediately with the
Trans-Alaska pipeline as an
indication of "American de-
termination not to become de-
pendant on Mideast oil."
Rep. Bertram Podell (D.,
N.Y.), in a speech -on the
House floor before Congress
adjourned for its summer re-
cess, said that Saudi Arabia
"supplied more than three
times the crude oil that Stand-
ard Oil produced in the U.S."
"It becomes immediately
apparent," he said, "why
Standard Oil is so concerned
about U.S.-Arab relations."
He said Standard Oil has in
effect told "the Arabs that
their political blackmail has
found a willing victim . . .
A letter such as this can by
no stretch of the imagination
be in America's best inter-
ests."
Standard Oil Buildings
Vandalized in California
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —
Police reported Tuesday that
buildings of Standard Oil of
California have been splat-
tered with red paint as Jew-
ish protests mounted against
the oil firm's public stand for
a change in United States
policy in the Middle East to
meet "the aspirations of the
Arab people."
In San Francisco, four
plastic bags filled with a red
substance were t h r o w n
against the company's build-
ing.
The Los Angeles bureau of
the Associated Press receiv-
ed a telephone call from an
unidentified woman who said
the paint symbolized "the
death of Jews" and who de-
manded a "retraction" of the
company's "policy." She end-
ed her call with the words:

"Never Again! Remember
the King David Hotel."
"Never again" is the slo-
gan of the Jewish Defense
League. The King David
Hotel in Jerusalem was blown
up by an underground group
during the British Mandate.
Shortly after the San Fran-
cisco incident, an unidentified
caller told the AP bureau
there that four bags of blood
had peen thrown at the
Standard Oil building and
that "never again will Jew-
ish blood be spilled." Police
said it was not known im-
mediately whether the liquid
was blood or
rouglas Ring, a business-
man, announced formation of
a coalition to boycott Stand-
ard Oil of California. He said
he was supported by Rabbi
Max Nussbaum, former presi-
dent of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, and Rabbi
Meyer Heller, head of the
Board of Rabbis for . Los
Angeles.
Ring said the Standard Oil
letter had aroused the Jew-
ish community more than
any incident since the 196'7
Six-Day War.
Otto N. Miller, chairman of
the board of Standard Oil
Co. of California, who sent
the damaging letter to stock-
holders, has written to the
Jewish Community Relations
Council of San Francisco,
stating that U.S. efforts to
bring peace in the Middle
East should be based on "the
legitimate interests of Israel
and its people as well as
the interests of all other
states in the area." Miller's
original letter did not men-
tion Israel.
"The essential point of my
letter," Miller wrote to Rich-
ard M. Kaplan, the council's
president, "was that a peace
agreement fair and equitable
to all states in the area, con-
sistent with their independ-
ence and sovereign integrity,
is essential to the United
States."
JWV Urges Boycott
of SOCAL Products
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA)
—The national policy com-
mittee of the Jewish War Vet-
terans, meeting here at its
78th annual national conven-
tion, recommended that its
membership and friends in-
stitute an immediate boycott
of the products of Standard
Oil of California and its sub-
sidiaries.
JWV issued a statement
saying that the letter to stock-
holders issued July 26 was
"nothing more than a cynical
and self-serving attempt to
urge its stockholders to use
the tools of Arab oil black-
mail to subvert the existing
foreign policy of the United
States in the Middle East."
Continuing, the statement
said: "In a blatant attempt
to place the business interest
of Standard Oil of California
above the national interest of
the United States in the
Middle East, the company
has in the opinion of JWV,
abdicated its right to the
patronage of Americans who
fought and died for the prin-
ciples of a free people mak-
ing free decisions above petty
selfish business interests."
Standard Oil of Indiana
Says It Is Not Connected
With Calif. Standard Oil
Reacting to the flurry of
phone calls, protest letters
and returned credit cards,
Standard Oil of Indiana is-
sued a statement to The
Jewish News in which it de-

dared that Standard dealers
in Michigan are in no way
connected with Standard of
California.
The statement insists that
"U.S. foreign policy is the re-
sponsibility of government."
Sam Van Sickle, vice presi-
dent of the Great Lakes
Region, Standard Oil Divi-
sion, AMOCO Oil Co., with
headquarters in Detroit, made
the following statement:
"Various news media across
the country have reported
stories on public reaction to
a letter from the board chair-
man of Standard Oil Co. of
California urging 'more posi-
tive support of Arab efforts'
in the Middle East.
"This letter, however, was
not issued by Standard Oil
Co. of Indiana, the company
which has the exclusive
right to market petroleum
products under the Standard
name in this area. Standard
of Indiana has been com-
pletely separate from all
other companies bearing the
Standard name for more than
60 years.
"Standard of Indiana and
Standard of California are
entirely different companies,
under separate ownership
and separate management,
and in fact compete vigor-
ously with each other in the
market place.
"Standard of Indiana has
made no public statement

Yavneh Convention

NEW YORK—Yavneh, Na-
tional Religious Jewish Stu-
dent Association, will hold
its 14th annual national con-
vention Aug. 30-Sept. 3, at
Camp Moshava, Indian Or-
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supporting either side in the
Mideast conflict. It is our
position that the U.S. foreign
policy is the responsibility of

government, acting on behalf
of all citizens who are free
to express their individual
beliefs."

12—Friday, August 10, 1973 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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