56 November 7, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sadat's Remarks are Milder in Congress Speech WASHINGTON (JTA) — Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, speaking to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, appealed "in the most emphatic terms" to lend the Palestinian peo- ple your understanding and support." He also sought to back away from his National Press Club comments, at the start of his 10-day U.S. tour, in which he attacked Jews and Zionism. Sadat said that he noted "certain promising signs in the past few weeks" with some Senators and Repre- sentatives who were "demonstrating a keen in- terest in the cause of the Pa- lestinians and exploring ways and means of solving their problem and putting an end to their predica- ment." Sadat did not mention the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization as such. Without mentioning Zionism or Jews, Sadat emphasized, "We Arabs have no problem what- soever co-existing with --- ANWAR SADAT others of different ethnic or religious back- grounds." He referred to che teachings of Islam and mentioned the revelation given to Arabs, Abraham, Isaac, Moses and Jesus and to "all prophets of their Lord." Sadat praised President Ford as "man of vision, deep understanding and compas- sion" and paid homage to American leaders including Washington, Lincoln, Wil- son and Kennedy. Sadat's remarks were de- signed to avoid any touchy subjects, such as arms and economic aid that he expects to get from the United States. He never mentioned Israel nor the United Na- tion's anti-Zionist resolu- tion. Observers said he was trying to present to the Con- gress what he thought Americans wanted to hear. The public galleries were not completely filled and many seats on the Congress' floor were vacant. However, in accord with the traditions of Congress to welcome and respect leaders of foreign governments, he was ap- pfauded warmly. 'Outside and inside the Capitol, security was very tight. Sadat said, "Of Almost all nations, the United States remains as the sole dissenter in the long over- due trend of establishing contacts with the Palesti- nians." He said, "Con- tacts bring understand- ing" and "understanding helps develop solutions." In urging Congress to give the "Palestinian people" support, Sadat said the con- tinuation of neglect and de- fiance is but an open invita- tion to violence, negativism and extremism." On the lawn facing the Capitol, two sets of demon- strations were conducted simultaneously without in- cident. One was by the Louis D. Brandeis Zionist District of Washington, and the Seaboard Region of the United Synagoguge of America. The other was by a group of predominantly black sympathizers with the Palestinians and Arabs. Reps. Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Abner Mikva (D-Ill.) were among members of Congress who refused to attend the speech. Rep. Sidney Yates (D- M.), who had opposed giv- ing Sadat an opportunity to speak to Congress, told his constituents in a letter that House Speaker Carl Albert (D-Okla.) had "little choice except to give his approval because the Department of State had already pre-empted the matter by assuring the Egyptian government that the invitation to Sadat would be forthcoming." Yates wrote that, "It is true that the Speaker might still have vetoed the pro- posal, but under the cir- cumstances such an action would have been a shatter- ing rebuff to an important foreign leader whose good will is being nurtured by the Israeli Reporters Charge Bias During Sadat's U.S. Tour WASHINGTON (JTA) — Three accredited Israeli cor- respondents in Washington have accused State Depart- ment officials of cooperat- ing with Egyptian officials in discriminatory practices that hampered their cover- age of President Anwar Sadat's visit to Washington and other American cities. Dan Margalit, of Haaretz, Nissim Kivit of Yediot Ah- ronot and Jacob Achmier of the Israel State radio, said that they encountered ob- stacles in carrying out their assignments as professional journalists during the Sadat tour. . But a fourth Israeli re- porter, Samuel Segev of Maariv, said he saw no evi- dence of discrimination on the part of U.S. officials and said the only place where Is- raeli reporters were barred was at Blair House, the offi- cial residence for visiting heads of state, which was occupied by Sadat and his entourage. According to Se- gev, that was not a depar- ture from normal procedure since visiting heads of state decide whom to invite. The National Federation of Israeli Journalists lodged a formal protest with U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon in Tel Aviv, charging that Israeli re- porters were barred from covering events connected with Sadat's American visit in violation of the principles of freedom of the press. They asked the American envoy to convey "our strongest protest to the White House, the State Department and the press association in Washing- ton." Segev said that "at the National Press Club" where Sadat spoke and answered questions, "I know of no Is- raeli correspondent who was denied access because of being an Israeli." The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reporter, an Ameri- can, was denied his request to be included in the jour- nalists' pool covering Presi- dent Ford's state dinner for Sadat. He was told by White House officials that the list was closed. A State Department source said that "everything was organized by the Amer- icans" on Sadat's tour and it "was open to coverage for all accredited reporters." He said the Egyptians "ran their own affairs." He said buses and planes carrying reporters had been chart- ered by the Egyptian Em- bassy. Egypt Asks General Assembly to Include PLO at Geneva UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — A resolution under which the United Nations General Assembly would confer on the Palestine Lib- eration Organization the right to full participation as an equal partner in the Ge- neva Middle East peace con- ference was introduced in the Assembly Wednesday by Egypt. The resolution offered by Egyptian Ambassador Es- mat Abdel Meguid would accord the PLO representa- tion at the long-dormant Geneva conference "on an equal footing with the other participants." They are Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Israel. The United States and the Soviet Union are co-chairmen. The resolution would instruct Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to inform the U.S. and USSR about the resolution, if adopted, and act to ensure that the PLO was invited. The current setup of the Geneva conference gives each participating country veto power over the addition of any other parties to the conference. Ford Administration." Yeates said that, "when the speaker was assured by the Department of State that a similar invitation to address a joint meeting of Congress would be extended to the Prime Minister of Is- rael, he gave his assent." Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin is expected to visit Washington in January. In Jerusalem, Rabin said that Sadat's attacks on Zionism during his U.S. visit "have proved once more that a sharp transi- tion to a state of peace be- tween Israel and the Ar- sharp transition to a state of peace between Israel and the Arabs was not possible." He said he believed Sadat made a tactical error "in not presenting himself in the United States as a moder- ate, peace-seeking leader." At the same time, former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said that the U.S. had the power to make Egypt end its state of belli- gerency against Israel but up to now has not used it and, instead, pressed Israel to relinquish important ground without removing the threat to its security. abs was not possible." Rabin said he was not surprised by Sadat's allega- tions that Zionism brought "violence and hatred" to the Middle East and that Jews had controlled Egypt's econ- omy since 1952 and took orders from Zionists be- cause they were "charac- teristic of the Arab position which is hostile to the state of Israel and its existence." He said Sadat's remarks "are indicative of the deep anti-Jewish feelings preva- lent among Arab leaders and countries and have proved once more that a 429 Congressmen Hit UN Draft WASHINGTON (JTA) — The House of Representa- tives, with near unanimity last Friday, condemned the United Nations Third Com- mittee draft resolution equating Zionism with rac- ism and urged its rejection by the General Assembly. The House resolution was signed by 429 members, in- cluding all 16 members of the Congressional black caucus. In San Francisco last Thursday, President Ford, during a political speech, vowed his Administration will fight the slander in the General Assembly should the committee's draft reso- lution get there. He did not, however, mention Egyptian President Sadat's National Press Club remarks attack- ing Zionism and the Jewish people. In Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Yigal Allon told the Israel Cabinet that several delegations in the United Nations were working to postpone the vote in the General Assem- bly plenary on the Third Committee's anti-Zionist draft resolution. He said that there were better prospects to achieve this goal than to secure a majority vote against the draft. There were reports that Chile had withdrawn its support of the resolution and would change its vote when the measure is pre- sented to the General As- sembly. Meanwhile, Brazil has refused to alter its vote. A group of Brazilian Jews were to meet with govern- ment officials this week to protest against Foreign Minister Azeredo da Sil- veira's recent attack on the Brazilian Jewish commu- nity for allegedly support- ing Israel over Brazil. Da Silveira attacked Brazilian Jews for their vigorous condemnation of the UN resolution. The Foreign Minister said the Jewish reaction was "anti-patriotic" and that "Brazil cannot accept that some Brazilians feel more tied to their racial origin than to Brazil proper." Brazil's stance was criti- cized by Bnai Brith Presi- dent David Blumberg at the annual convention of the Bnai Brith Brazilian district in Brasilia. In Mexico City, Dr. George Wise, former presi- dent of Tel Aviv University, accepted Mexico's highest award for a foreign citizen, the Aztec Eagle, bestowed upon him by President Luis Echeverria. Only last week, Tel Aviv University students de- manded that Echeverria re- turn the honorary doctorate awarded him by the univer- sity on his recent visit to Is- rael because of Mexico's support. Histadrut Secretary Gen- eral Yeruham Meshel, who was attending a conference of the Free Trade Unions Confederation, denounced the anti-Zionist resolution at a Mexico City press con- ference as a pretext for de- faming Israel and the Jew- ish people. . The UN resolution was criticized in many coun- tries. Protests were held in Montreal, as well as in the U.S., and a delegation of 23 American labor leaders met Tuesday for 40 min- utes with Daniel Moyni- han, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, to denounce the adoption of the anti-Zion- ist draft. Their words were echoed by AFL-CIO President George Meany, amidst a report that the U.S. this week would notify the Inter- national Labor Organiza- tion in Geneva that it was withdrawing from that UN body. The AFL-CIO withdrew from the American delega- tion in June after the ILO gave the Palestine Libera- tion Organization observer status. At the same time, 62 rep- resentatives and observers of Non-Governmental Or- ganizations accredited to UNESCO have approved a statement denouncing the resolution on Zionism. The resolution was also denounced by Dr. Frank- lin H. Littell, president of Christians Concerned for Israel; the American Fed- eration of Jewish Fight- ers, Camp Inmates and Nazi Victims; Catholic Archbishop Thomas Don- nellan of Atlanta and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Dr. David Hyatt, NCCJ president, called the act of equating Zionism with rac- ism "racist discrimination," and called it a tragedy "that anti-Semitism plays so strong a role in the hallowed halls of the U.N." The Amsterdam News in New York, meanwhile, the nation's largest Black newspaper, assailed New York Mayor Abraham Beame for his "racist ac- tion" last week in not greeting Sadat before his UN speech. The paper also attacked Moynihan for his criticism of Uganda's Idi Amin. In Detroit, Dr. Allen Pol- lack, a member of the na- tional executive committee of the Labor Zionist Alli- ance challenged the annual LZA Seminar to fight the linkage of Zionism with rac- ism. Sunday, the seminar's plenary voted to work with the Detroit Zionist Federa- tion to organize a press con- ference in Detroit Tuesday. The Detroit Jewish Com- munity Council also urged individuals and organiza- tions to commend President Ford, Moynihan and UN representative Leonard Garment for their state- ments defending Zionism. Egypt Will Get Nuclear Reactors JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (JTA) — Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger said Sunday that the United States would provide Egypt with two nuclear reactors "under the most stringent safeguards in existence for any country." He said the agreement, which is now being worked out, would bar the use of the reactors for even a peaceful nuclear ex- plosion. He said a similar offer with the same stringent controls would be made to Israel when Premier Yit- zhak Rabin comes to the United States, probably in January. Kissinger said the nuclear reactors will be paid for out of new economic aid funds for Egypt. Ford's foreign aid request submitted to Congress last week asked for $750 million in economic aid for Egypt. Egyptian of- ficials have said the nuclear reactors would be used for water desalinization to cul- tivate the desert.