18 June 25, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Anti-Boycott Bill Passes Mass. House, Stuck in Senate
BOSTON (JTA) — A bill
to outlaw the Arab boycott
in Massachusetts remains
stalled in the State Senate
where serious opposition
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developed last week after
the measure passed the
State House of Representa-
tives.
Sen. Jack Backman
(D.Brookline-Newton), one
of the sponsors of the legis-
lation, temporarily post-
poned action to provide ad-
ditional time to clarify its
language.
The corporations most
vigorously opposed to the
anti-boycott bill are the
Raytheon Corp. and the
Perini Construction Co.
Their representatives said a
meeting at the office of Sen-
ate President Kevin Har-
rington that while the firms
do not favor the Arab boy-
cott, they felt the bill, as
written, could be injurious
to their business and was an
unconstitutional state usur-
pation of federal power that
could be harmful to U.S.
trade abroad. Lobbying by
Raytheon is believed to have
turned many Senators
against the pending legisla-
tion, seriously jeopardizing
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its chances of adoption in its
present form.
Bank, two of Chase Man-
hattan and one branch of
Citibank. All of the banks
opened at their regular
time, however.
Proponents of the bill
who attended the meeting
pointed to the need to pre-
vent Arab countries from
imposing their religious,
racial and sex discrimina-
tory practices upon Ameri-
can businesses.
The Raytheon Corp. is one
of the 200 companies re-
cently named by the Bnai
Brith Anti-Defamation
League as aiding the Arab
economic boycott of Israel.
Last March, according to a
report in the Boston Globe,
Raytheon was charged with
violation of state and fed-
eral laws in connection with
a technical school in Saudi
Arabia. Raytheon recently
concluded its largest cash
commercial sale with Saudi
Arabia for $1.1 billion
which is believed to include
at least six "Hawk" anti-air-
craft missile batteries.
In another boycott devel-
opment, Rep. H. John Heinz
(R.Pa.) charged before the
House International Rela-
tions Committee last week
that Aramco (Arabian-
American Oil Co.) had deli-
berately backed out of a
contract with the Delaware
Port Authority because of
anti-boycott measures cur-
rantly pending in the Penn-
sylvania State Legislature.
The Delaware Port Author-
ity has jurisdiction over the
port of Philadelphia. New
York and Maryland have
passed anti-boycott mea-
sures.
In New York, a group call-
ing itself "Save Our Israel"
(SOIL), attempted to pre-
vent 10 New York banks
from opening for business
last week because of their
alleged compliance with the
Arab boycott of Israel.
A spokesman for one of
the banking companies said
an unidentified sticky sub-
stance had been found in
some locks but did not pre-
vent the doors from open-
ing.
In Paris, a group of
French economists, busi-
nessmen and lawyers an-
nounced the establishment
of a National Movement for
the Freedom of Trade to
combat trade restrictions
imposed on religious, racial
or political grounds.
The group hopes to help
French deputies with legis-
lation that would prevent
French banks and compa-
nies from complying with
boycotts stemming from il-
legal grounds.
Meanwhile, in Amster-
dam, the Netherlands Cen-
ter for Trade Promotion in
Rotterdam has stated in
connection with several
huge orders which Dutch
industries have received
from Saudi Arabia and
other Arab countries, that
apparently Dutch special
know-how and skills are
more important considera-
tions for these countries
than Holland's alleged
sympathy for Israel.
At any rate, nothing can
be seen of any Arab boycott
of Dutch industries. Saudi
Arabia has just placed huge
orders with the "Holland
Beton Group" and "Adriaan
Volker" for constructing
harbors in Damman and
Jubail. Philips has received
a large order for expanding
the telephone system in
Saudi Arabia.
An anonymous tele-
phone caller told news
media that the group had
poured "liquid steel" into
the locks of seven
branches of the Chemical
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THE POLITICAL SCENE: Now that it is almost cer-
tain that Jimmy Carter has all the chances to be nominated
by the forthcoming national convention of the Democratic
Party as candidate for President of the United States, one
can hear the question among many Jews in the Eastern
states and in the Midwest: Who is Carter? . . . Is he good
for the Jews?
Similar questions are also being asked by liberal Pro-
testants and Catholics in these states. A former Governor of
Georgia, Carter was almost unknown outside the South un-
til he began campaigning for nomination for President.
COMPARING VIEWS: Jews, as other ethnic and reli-
gious groups in this country, are influenced in their voting
by special group interests. This is considred natural. The
majority of them — 85 percent — are as a rule inclined t
vote for the Democratic Party, but in the last Presidential
elections, in 1972, only 66 percent of all the Jewish votes
wei*cast for McGovern. This is because he was not clear on
the Arab-Israel issue.
Carter's stand on the Middle East is by now clear. He
says that Israel may have to turn over certain occupied ter-
ritories to the Arab countries, but that he would not have
the Israelis relinquish control over the-Golan Heights or the
holy places of Jerusalem. He proposes that the Palestine
Arabs have their own territory to be administered by
Jordan.
He publicly committed himself never to yield, as Presi-
dent, on the point that Israel must have "defensible" bor-
ders and that peace in the Middle East must he based on
"absolute assurance of Israel's survival and security." He
pledged American economic and military aid to Israel "to
defend herself against any foreseeable future." He called
for major concessions by the Arab states as part of a settle-
ment, including face-to-face negotiations with Israel, diplo-
matic recognition and relations with Israel, open frontiers
in the Middle East, an end to embargoes and an Arab peace
treaty with Israel. The Palestine Arabs, he stated, have
rights which must be recognized in any settlement, but
there can be no reward for terrorism.
The United Nations was openly criticized by him for
equating Zionism with racism. "Indeed, Zionism has been,
in part a response to.racism against the Jewish people," he
stated. He also strongly condemned former Vice President
Spiro Agnew for his "false, malicious, and anti-Semitic
remarks."
His expressed views on Israel are now being analyzed
for comparison with the policy on the Arab-Israel conflict
now being pursued by President Ford with whom Carter
may be competing later this year for election to the White
House.
JEWISH VOTES: In eight states with large Jewish
populations — New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, California and Flor-
ida — Jewish votes are often the difference between victory
and defeat. In New York State Jews cast between 16-20 per-
cent of the vote in general elections. In New York City,
where one of every five residents is Jewish, they cast nearly
half of the votes in Democratic primaries. Nationally, they
cast four percent of the votes. Because the majority of the
Jews are concentrated in large electoral vote states, their
votes are enough to provide national victory in close elec-
tions.
It is estimated that American Jews donate more than
half the large gifts to national Democratic campaigns, and
that they comprise between 10-20 percent of all those ac-
tively involved on the Democratic side of American politics
today.
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Tunney: Support of Israel
Is in American Self-Interest
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MONTICELLO, N.Y.,
(JTA) — Sen. John Tunney
(D.-Calif.) declared that the
United States is pledged to
assure a free and secure Is-
rael because American sup-
port for Israel is an Ameri-
can "self interest"
commitment, "not a Jewish
issue."
Sen. Tunney addressed
800 delegates on the closing
day of the 67th annual con-
vention of Bnai Zion, a na-
tional Zionist fraternal or-
der.
Tunney listed four posi-
tions he said the U.S.
should support: Rule out
any role for PLO chieftain
Yasir Arafat "who is an
outlaw" in dictating pol-
icy to the U.S.; ban pres-
sure by U.S. oil suppliers
and illegal boycott tactics
against American firms
and individuals engaged in
commerce with Israel; re-
sist Arab oil pressures to
"sell out Israel," and end
energy dependence on for-
eign suppliers by estabilk
lishing research program
for alternative energy
sources.
Tunney also lashed out at
the Soviet Union for not
abiding by the Helsinki
agreements it signed with
respect to the civil rights, in-
cluding emigration, of Jews
and other citizens.