16 • Friday, May 23, 1975 -
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Belgian Seeks Help to Bring
Nazi War Criminals to Trial
BRUSSELS (JTA) —
Maurice Pioro, president of
the Belgian Union of Depor-
tees and Families urged
Nazi victims to help bring
war criminals to justice by
pressing charges against
former SS men and other
Nazi officers responsible for
crimes committed during
World War II.
According to Pioro, West
Germany has started civil
actions against four Nazi
war criminals but it is tak-
ing an inordinately long
time to bring them to court
because there is no outside
pressure.
The four criminals in
question are Constantin
Canaris, Kurt Ashe, Ernst
Ehlers and Karl Fielitz. The
Belgian government trans-
ferred over 6,000 documents
to the West German author-
ities earlier this year to fa-
cilitate the prosecution.
SEC Urged to Demand Its Members
Publish Complicity With Arab Boycott
to the economic interests of
the investor.
• The possible adverse
financial impact on a corpo-
ration of participation in a
boycott, and the rights of
stockholders to be aware of
such potential impact.
• Preventing fraud in the
To
financial and investing com-
munity.
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In a statement submitted
to the SEC, American Jew-
ish Congress Pcesident
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg
said that just as investors
had a right to know about
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whether it was "polluting
In
a
letter
to
SEC
Secre-
doned and released two
the physical environment,
Nazi criminals serving life tary George A. Fitzsim-
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tion to women and racial
member of the AJCommit-
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and ethnic minorities, lend-
tee's national legal com-
ing assistance to the
mittee, pointed out that
maintenance of a govern-
pressure was being ap-
mental system of segrega-
plied to American compa-
tion in South Africa or com-
nies to capitulate to the
Arab boycott of Israel if plying with the Arab
boycott."
they wished to benefit
The SEC is currently
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from Arab petrodollar
holding meetings in Wash-
purchasing power.
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American Jewish Commit-
tee has urged the Securities
and Exchange Commission
to require any company that
participates in any boycott
or engages in any discrimi-
natory practices to make
such information public.
This position was ex-
pressed in response to a
SEC request for public com-
ment on a projected SEC
regulation to require disclo-
sure of matters of social sig-
nificance in registration
statements, reports, and
other documents filed with
the SEC. Heretofore, SEC
has not required such state-
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In a statement by its
president, Elmer L. Win-
ter, the AJCommittee
noted that International
Business Machines Corp.
and the Bank of America
had made their positions
clear on this issue in re-
cent public statements,
explicitly declaring their
unwillingness to engage in
any discriminatory prac-
tices.
The IBM position was ex-
pressed by its board chair-
man, Frank T. Cary, at its
recent annual stockholders
meeting in Pittsburgh. In
response to a query from a
stockholder asking if the
corporation had been sub-
jected to any threats or
pressures because of its
business interests in Israel,
Cary replied that "We do
business throughout the
world, in the Middle East
and in Israel. We have not
been blacklisted in any
country. We have not re-
ceived any such pressures.
We are not aware of any
such pressures. Should we
receive any, we would resist
them."
The Bank of America,
through its president, A. W.
Clausen, likewise reaf-
firmed its commitment to a
non-discriminatory policy
in a letter to its officers.
Clausen's letter stated:
"Because of widespread
publicity regarding Arab
boycotts and blacklists, this
is an appropriate time to
renew our commitment to
our traditional non-discimi-
natory policy.
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat and Premier Yitzhak
Rabin of Israel has special
"As you know, it has importance. He pointed out
long been a policy of the that it is significant that the
Bank of America to refuse Jewish community will be
to entertain questions of mobilized "to show the Ford
race, color, creed, or na- Administration how united
tional origin in its busi- we are."
ness dealings. It is neither
Three major figures at
right, nor in the best inter- the United Nations will
est of the bank, to partici- among the speakers
pate in any credit or other dressing the assembly,
business venture where a Rabbi Miller said. They are:
condition of the venture is Yosef Tekoah, Israel's UN
discriminatory."
Ambassador; John Scali,
In Albany, the New York the U.S. Ambassador to the
State Banking Department UN; and Arthur Goldberg, a
has warned banks in the former U.S. Ambassador to
state against yielding to the UN.
Arab economic pressure to
In Montreal, Prime Minis-
disciminate against Jews.
ter Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Acting Superintendent of affirmed that the Canadian
Banks Ernest Kohn has sent government opposes all dis-
letters to bank presidents crimination against those
across the state reminding Canadian companies which,
them that state law forbids because they trade with Is-
discrimination by banks rael or have Jewish direc-
and advising them that his tors, have been placed on the
department would check on Arab boycott list.
compliance with the law
In the House of Com-
through its regular bank .mons, the prime minister
examinations.
spoke in replay to a ques-
A new effort to mobilize tion posed by John Rob-
public support and under- erts, Member of Parlia-
standing in the United ment from St. Paul,
States for Israel will be Ontario. Roberts re-
launched at a two-day na- quested that Trudeau
tional leadership assembly reassure the House that
of the Conference of Presi- the Canadian government
dents of Major American wholeheartedly disagrees
Jewish Organizations Mon- with trading restrictions
day and Tuesday. The as- based upon race or reli-
sembly will be attended by gion.
more than 300 delegates
Roberts further asked
from all over the country that Canada condemn those
and will be held at the Del- countries which do comply
monico Hotel here.
with such trade discrimina-
Rabbi Israel Miller, tion. Reportedly, the Arabs
chairman of the presidents have placed 150 Canadian
conference, said at a press companies on their boycott
conference that the meet-
ing will aim at reaching
the Jewish community and
all other segments of
American society and will
mobilize "public support
and understanding of the
moral and strategic imper-
atives of American sup-
port for Israel."
list.
In London, the World
Jewish Congress Executive
meeting here for two days
set up a committee to coun-
ter Arab boycott activities.
This was the first meeting
of the newly-elected Execu-
tive under the chairmanship
of WJC President Dr. Na-
Another important item hum Goldmann.
on the assembly's agenda
The Executive decided to
will be the Arab boycott and form a special committee to
its implications for Ameri- deal with the Arab boycott
can society. Rabbi Miller under the chairmanship of
maintained that holding the Edgar Bronfman, chairman
assembly on the eve of Pres- of the North American Sec-
ident Ford's meetings with tion of the WJC.
Ford Appoints Jewish Leader
to Refugee Advisory Board
CHICAGO (JTA) — advisory committee to reset-
Philip M. Klutznick, inter- tle Vietnamese refugees.
nationally prominent Jew- The committee will be
ish community leader, was headed by John Eisen-
named by President Ford to hower.
a newly-created 17-member
Klutznick is a member of
the board of the Jewish Fed-
Hebrew U. Picks
eration of Metropolitan
Chemist as Rector
Chicago and was elected
chairman of the executive
JERUSALEM — Prof. committee of the World
Gidon Czapski, Sonneborn Jewish Congress at its re-
Professor of Physical Chem-
international meeting
istry, was recently elected cent
in Israel.
rector of the Hebrew Uni-
versity.
Former U.S. representa-
Prof. Czapski, 43, will tive to the United Nations
begin his three-year term as Economic and Social Coun-
academic head of the uni- cil where he held the rank of
versity at the start of the ambassador, he is presently
honorary
international
coming
academic year, in president of Bnai Brith.
autumn 1975.