THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12 Friday, July 25, 1975 ADL Charges NY Shipping Concern With Discrimination NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Bureau of Ship- Anti-Defamation League of ping (consultants to the in- Bnai Brith filed complaints ternational maritime indus- Monday with federal and try) with illegal New York state agencies discrimination against two charging a division of the ,American Jews seeking en- gineering posts with ABS 'SH• - 10 ro operations in Arab coun- DAILY, THURSDAY 'TIL 9 tries. 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The ADL complaints were made to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. naTri= time Administration, and the New York State Division for Human Rights. They charge the ABS subsidiary with violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Execu- tive Order 11246, which prohibit American compa- nies from discriminating on the basis of religion, na- tional origin, race or sex in hiring. The complaint to EEOC, signed by Justin J. Finger, assistant director of the League's civil rights divi- sion, seeks the following: a finding of "probable cause" that ABS Worldwide Tech- nical Services discriminated and continues to discrimi- nate against Jews in their hiring policies; that an ac- tion be brought by EEOC to end the discriminatory practices and to obtain dam- ages of back pay to those not employed because of them; SPECIAL!!! 4g 43 BACK TO SCHOOL 41 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' SALE ENTIRE INVENTORY including New Fall Shoes & Gym Shoes 41 1 43 0°/0 OFF s a t si° si* ONE WEEK ONLY (July 25 to July 31) 43 Striderite, Fleet Air, Zulick, Jumping Jacks, Converse, Keds DISCONTINUED BACK TO SCHOOL SHOES 4 43 43 41 43 43 1 /3 OFF LAST WEEK MARTINS SHOE 9 MILE & COOLIDGE OAK PARK, MICH. 9:30 to 6 P.M. MON . TUES. F. RI & SA T. WED. LI 1-1 108 8 1' Li* 3. 33. 8 si. 9: 30 to 9 P.M. THURSDAY that, alternatively, EEOC grant ADL a right to sue ABS in federal court. The ABS annual report lists among those serving on its board of managers and committees officials a broad spectrum of American ship and ship-building compa- nies, steel and oil corpora- tions, insurance, underwri- ters, colleges and government agencies. volved in boycott-affected transactions. They include Todd Ship- yards, U.S. Steel, Atlantic Mutual Insurance, Tex- aco, Exxon, Getty Oil, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, Massachu- setts Institute of Technol- ogy, the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and the assistant secretary of commerce for maritime affairs. The ADL filed complaints on June 10 with EEOC charging Aramco, the worlds largest oil combine, Bendix-Siyanco of Mary- land, Hospital Corporation of America, Tenn., and In- ternational Schools Services of Princeton, N.J. with ac- cepting and complying with the anti-Jewish practices of Saudi Arabia and Dubai. The ADL also purged "immediate implementa- tion" of recommendations made by a committee of generals to end the Army's discriminatory practices in assigning Jewish soldiers, representatives of other mi- nority groups, and female military personnel overseas. President Ford had ini- tiated a General Officers Steering Committee on Equal Opportunity to inves- tigate charges made by ADL and others that the Army was acceeding to Saudi Arabian demands that no Jews be sent there. The figures revealed that in 1973 some $7 mil- lion worth of American- made goods were involved in transactions in which the exporter was asked for information related to the boycott which emcom- passes firms which do business with or in Israel, and in some cases firms with Jewish owners. In 1974 the dollar value of goods in such transactions rose to nearly $10 million. However, this year there has been a surge of such transactions, with the total so far approaching $204 mil- lion. 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The American 'Jewish Congress also urged Presi- dent Ford to end the "odious practice" of discrimination against Jewish Army per- sonnel. In his letter to President Ford, Howard M. Squadron of New York, chairman of the American Jewish Con- gress Governing Council, wrote that the prohibition against religious discrimi- nation in the selection of government employes was "particularly clear." Meanwhile, in Washing- ton, Sen. Harrison A. Wil- hams, Jr. (D-NJ) has dis- closed that there has been a huge jump in Arab boycott l activities involving U.S. firms in the past three years. He said figures sup- plied by the Department of Commerce show a nearly 30-fold increase in the dollar value of U.S. exports in - p t .1‘ ktAt s: FORESTS that bear your name Long after you have gone, forests in Israel renewing themselves in the cycle of sea- sons, will keep your memory ever green. 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