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The Detroit Jewish News, 1975-02-28

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18 Friday, February 28, 1975

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

ADL Hits Firms, Agencies

(Continued from Page 1)

tunities in every Middle
Forster gave as an ex- East country except Is-
ample of OPIC's complic- rael, the second issue men-
ity, its action in organiz- tioned Israel only in pass-
ing a mission of American ing.
business representatives
In addition, Forster also
to the Middle East and cited several architectural
North Africa this month. firms on the East Coast
OPIC asked one of the without identifying them by
firms involved to with- name.
draw a Jewish vice presi-
A Chase Manhattan
dent proposed as a partici- spokesman denied the
pant and send a non-Jew ADL's charges that the
instead, Forster said.
bank refused to open a
The Army Corps of En- branch in Israel so it could
gineers, he continued, al- do business with the Arabs.
though directly involved in "We did not open a branch
projects which exclude in Israel because of eco-
Jews, has issued no in- - nomic and business consid-
structions regarding such erations," the spokesman
discriminatory conditions. said. He denied that there
"The question to be asked was any Israeli official de-
of the Defense Depart- mand that the Chase Man-
ment," he said, "is whether hattan open a branch in Is-
or not the Corps is obliged to rael, adding that the bank
comply with the U.S. anti- was handling Israeli bond
discrimination law."
business here for many
Among the companies years. He admitted, how-
named were: Interna- ever, that the Chase Man-
tional Schools Services, hattan is planning to open a
Princeton, N.J., a teacher branch in Amman, Jordan
recruitment agency, for in addition to its branches
issuing job orders in be- in Beirut and the Persian
half of the United Arab Gulf.
The president of the In-
Emirate state of Dubai
which prohibit applica- ternational Schools Services
tions by teachers who are Dr. John Sly, said in re-
Jewish, have Jewish sur- sponse to the ADL's accusa-
names or Jewish ances- tion, "We are a private, non-
tors.
profit organization. We do
• Guaranteed- Mortgage not discriminate against
Services, Inc. and Wizard anybody." Sly said that his
Mortgage Banking Corp. of organization did not get any
Lakewood, Colo., for a letter order from Dubai against
(Sept. 11, 1974) written by recruiting Jewish teachers
an official of Guaranteed, but he added that it was
on Wizard stationery, offer- doubtful that any Jewish
ing short and long-term in- teacher would receive a visa
vestment funds to a Denver to enter Dubai.
bank — with the provision
Graubard gave the fol-
that "no board member or lowing ADL recommenda-
director shall be Jewish and tions "for ending a dis-
no stock-holder controlling graceful and dangerous
20 percent or more of the trend:"
banks outstanding stock be
• Intervention by federal
Jewish."
and state anti-discrimina-
• Bendix-Siyanco in Col- tion agencies to prevent
umbia, Maryland, a joint American business firms
venture of Bendix Field from barring Jews in an ef-
Engineering Corp. and fort to win Arab contracts.
Saudi Maintenance Com-
• Strengthening by the
pany Ltd., which — under U.S. Department of Com-
the supervision of the U.S. merce of section 30 of the
Army Corps of Engineers — export control law which
recruits management per- now declares: "It is the pol-
sonnel, technicians. and in- icy of the United States to
structors for the Saudi Ara- oppose restrictive trade
bian Ordinance Corps practices or boycotts fos-
program and has an em- tered or imposed by foreign
ployment application re- countries" against friendly
quiring applicants to state nations and requires that
their religion.
the Department of Corn-
• Pacific Pump Corp., merce be notified of re-
Huntington Park, Calif., a quests for such discrimina-
subsidiary of the Dresser tory compliance. The law
Corp., Dallas, Texas, for should be amended to carry
cancelling a pending con- penalties for failure to re-
tract to sell $2 million worth port and for complying with
of industrial equipment to the demand for discrimina-
an Israeli corporation in tion.
capitulation to the Arab
• Broadening the inves-
boycott.
tigaTions of all congres-
• Ashland Chemical Co., sional
committees and fed-
Ashland, Kentucky, for eral agencies currently
specifically stating that it probing the extent of Arab
has a corporate manage- investments in the U.S. to
ment position of not dealing examine evidence of Arab
with Israel "either directly anti-Israel or anti-Jewish
or indirectly" because it demands as the price of the
"represents too serious a investment.
risk to even consider."
• Instruction by Presi-
• Chase Manhattan dent Ford to federal agen-
Bank for refusing to open cies and departments in-
an office in Israel while volved
in
promoting
doing business throughout international trade or doing
the Middle East. The first business with foreigh na-
issue of the bank's new bi- tions that they must abide
weekly report, "Mid-East by American legal prohibi-
Markets," described po- tions against religious and
tential investment oppor- racial discrimination.

• Investigation by the
U.S. Attorney General of
possible anti-trust viola-
tions and, where found, im-
mediate prosecution.
Graubard also called
upon American business
leaders "who have a high
regard for this nation's
constitutional precepts
and democratic practices"
to join together "in con-
demnation of Arab black-
mail demands and those
who capitulate to them."
He said, "Principles must
come before profits."
At - his press conference
Tuesday, Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger said that
the U.S. basically favors
Arab investments in Ameri-
can firms but opposed dis-
crimination by the recipi-
ents. He said the U.S. would
use whatever moral pres-
sure can be brought to bear
in cases of discrimination
against banks.
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers acknowledged
Wednesday that American
contractors it selects for its
many projects in Saudi Ara-
bit, are subject to rejection
by the Saudi government
and the State Department
declared that "quiet diplo-
macy" is the best means to
deal with the Arab boycott
of companies identified in
any way with Israel.
These
statements
emerged at the hearing con-
ducted by the Senate For-
eign Relations subcommit-
tee on multinational
corporations concerning the
boycott and Saudi Arabia's
visas to American Jews.
Sen. Frank Church (D-
Idaho), panel chairman, is-
sued at the start of the hear-
ing a list of 1,500 names on
the Arab boycott list and
urged that it be given full
publicity so that everyone in
this country would know of
Saudi Arabia imposing a
pattern of anti-Semitism
"on our country." U.S. agen-
cies are acquiescing in dis-
criminatory practices, he
said, adding "We had better
get this out into the open."
The list includes such
firms as Ford, RCA, Coca-
Cola and Xerox which
Church said are absolutely
prohibited from sales in
Arab countries. Sen. Church
said, "Ford, for example,
has been prohibited from
selling a car or truck since
1966 in any Arab country."
Church also pointed out
that "this very day," a pri-
• ate investment company is
signing an agreement with
Saudi Arabia in which the
United States government is
providing insurance against.
loss.
Church said the subcom-
mittee would draft legisla-
tion to provide equal treat-
ment for "all our citizens"
by government agencies. He
said, after the hearing, that
the subcommittee was not
prepared to say what the
next step in the subcommit-
tee's procedures on either
legislation or hearings
would be.
Col. William Durham, di-
rector of Military Construc-
tion for the Army Corps of
Engineers, testified at the
(Continued on Page 19)

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Aliya Month Activities Support
World Immigration to Israel

NEW YORK (JTA) —
Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson,
chairman of the American
Section of the World Zionist
Organization, last night
promised American Jews
emigrating to Israel that
they will have "the contin-
ued interest and support of
those you left behind."

ter. The group will hear Israeli President Ephraim
Gil Oppenheimer, Mid-
Katzir and Premier Yit-
west organizer for Garin zhak Rabin, received an
Neot Midbar of Noam, Is- award symbolizing the $36
rael. The meeting is open million raised by the Foun-
to the public, and will fo- dation since its establish-
cus on questions about ment 15 years ago.
aliya and the Garin Neot
The conference launched
Midbar.
the 1975 drive for deferred
For information about gifts and annuities to bene-
the meeting call Irene fit Histadrut's health, edu-
Speaking to some 100 per- Burg, 544-9587, or Morrie
cational and welfare pro-
sons at the concluding ses- Cooper, 548-3773.
grams
in Israel. During the
sion of the sixth annual na-
The Israel Aliya Center in conference, $1.76 million
tional convention of the Oak Park reports that thou- was
raised as the first step
Association of Americans sands of jobs are available toward the $50 million pla-
and Canadians for Aliya in Israel for technicians and teau to be reached within
(AACA) at the Sabra East, engineers in electronics and the next year or two, offi-
an Israeli night club, Mrs. manufacturing. There are cials said.
Jacobson declared that the also more than 1,000 open-
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HARRY THOMAS

Mrs. Zenallarmon, a for-
mer member of the Knesset,
urged the potential immi-
grants to help combat the
Arab propaganda which is
distorting the aims of Zion-
ism. She also urged them to
go to Israel with humility
ready to become part of the
country and contribute
their skills to it.

IDA

33 Years of Love, Devotion
& Understanding

RUBE

Other speakers at the
weekend convention in-
cluded Rabbi Israel Miller of
the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American
Jewish Organizations;
David Rivlin, Israel's consul
general in New York; and
Irving Bernstein, executive
vice president of the United
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were workshops yesterday
on practical and ideological
aspects of Jewish immigra-
tion, special projects for in-
dividuals and families plan-
ning to emigrate, and a
series of audio-visual pres-
entations on immigrant life
in Israel.

The convention adopted
resolutions welcoming the
new awareness of the entire
American Jewish commu-
nity towards the import-
ance of aliya, urging the
creation of more programs
for group aliya, and urging
immigration programs for
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