THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8 Friday, August 6, 1976
U.S. Spokesmen Pull Out of Maine Conference on Mideast Trade
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Responding to Brown's
assertion, Peter Hale, di-
rector of the Commerce
Department's acting
group for the near East,
telegraphed Brown, stat-
ing: "Your allegations
that our decision was
somehow based upon re-
ligious or political pres-
sures are entirely un-
founded and do credit to
no one."
Hale reminded Brown
that he had broken his
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since he had assured him
in June that the discus-
sion of the Arab boycott
would be limited to an
agenda item called "the
Legal Framework of the
Boycott." But now, Hale
said, panelists planned to
tell participants at the
conference how to be de-
listed. "The principle way
for companies to be de-
listed from the blacklist is
to comply in some degree
with the requirements of
the boycott," Hale said,
noting that Congress has
charged the Department
--of Commerce with en-
couraging American
firms not to comply with
it.
Hale also noted that
when the Commerce De-
partment participates in
a conference on the Mid-
dle East, "generally Is-
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rael should not be
excluded." He said the
conference had not in-
cluded Israel but now,
"belatedly you have of-.
fered Israel representa-
tives an opportunity to
participate."
The cancellation by the
Commerce-- Department
followed a protest to the
State and Commerce De-
partments by Rep. Sid-
ney R. Yates (D-Ill.), who
said he felt it was "dis-
criminating" against Is-
rael and companies doing
business with Israel.
Responding to his let-
ter, Charles W. Hostler,
Deputy Assistant \Sec-
retary of Commerce said
that neither State nor
Commerce is acting as a
co-sponsor of the confer-
ence and the only Com-
merce participation
would be the presence of
field service officers. Now
these have been with-
drawn. Israel expres-
sed some concern about
the appropriateness of
U.S. official participation
in the conference which
may recommend policy
actions contrary to stated
U.S. policy.
Treatment of the Arab
boycott was of special
concern. Israel, after
Iran, is America's best
trading partner in the
Middle East if the sale of
American weapons is
excluded from the totals.
Meanwhile, a strong
measure has advanced in
Congress to counter the
Arab economic boycott
against Israel and dis-
crimination against
American Jews and com-
panies doing business
with Israel.
The House, by a voice
vote, and without dissent,
adopted an amendment
last Thursday to the In-
ternational Banking Act
that requires foreign
banks, in their operations
in the United States, to
adhere to national and
state civil rights laws in
the same manner as-
American banks. They
will not be permitted to do
business in the U.S. un-
less they agree to comply
with these laws. The
amendment has gone to
the Senate for approval.
The House Subcommit-
tee on financial institu-
tions led by Rep. Fernand
St. Germain (D-R.I.) said
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operate in more than one
state, and approximately
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Under the amendment,
all would be covered by
federal and state laws
that bar discrimination
on grounds of race, relig-
ion or sex.
The author of the
amendment aimed at
stopping. Arab 'boycott-
related discrimination is
Rep. James J. Blanchard
(D-Mich.), who declared,
"The boycott has in-
volved religious dis-
crimination against per-
sons of the Jewish faith. -
That kind of discrimina-
tion "has no place in the
United States," he added.
Blanchard noted that
James Smith, U.S. Comp-
troller of the Currency,
last year notified all
banks in the nation that
some might have been of-
fered loans by foreign in-
vestors on the condition
that "no member of the
Jewish faith sit on the
bank's board of directors
or control any significant
amount of stock." Smith's
letter warned against
cooperating with such of-
fers.
Blanchard also cited
the testimony of a U.S.
Commerce Department
lawyer that some Ameri-
can firms have reported
receiving requests to en-
gage in religious dis-
crimination in connection
with the boycott and he
mentioned the refusal of
former Secretary of
Commerce Rogers Mor-
ton to deliver to Congress
information on com-
pliance by U.S. firms with
the Arab boycott.
The purpose of his
amendment, Blanchard
said, is "to clarify the
views of Congress on dis-
crimination, for all of
those both in this country
and abroad who are un-
certain about our inten-
tions." Enforcement of
his amendment would -be
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Ad Called Violation
TORONTO (JTA) —
The Canadian Jewish
Congress Central Region
has submitted a com-
plaint under the Human
Rights Code against the
Maclean Hunter Publish-
ing Company of Toronto
and the Robert Matthew,
Johnson-Marshall and
Partner of London,
The complaint cited a
display advertisement in
the June edition of "Con-
struction Today, Middle
East," asking for "Mus-
lim" surveyors, en-
gineers and other profes-
sionals and technicians.
The word Muslim was
capitalized in the adver-
tisement.
The CJC complaint
stated that this was a
clear violation of the On-
tario Human Rights
Code.
The Maclean Hunter
Publishing Company is a
large firm which pub-
lishes numerous trade
journals and Macleans
Magazine. The firm also
owns radio stations and
has a distributing franch-
ise for other periodicals.
put in the hands of bank
regulatory agencies such
as the Federal Reserve
System.
Earlier last week the
Senate adopted a provi-
sion in its Tax Reform Act
that would bar tax ben-
efits to American con-
cerns that boycott Israel
*
and business executives
would face up to a year in
jail if they failed to report
any earnings in any
country that requires
participation in a boycott.
These provisions were
adopted 86-1 and are now
in the House for consid-
eration.
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Jews Boycotting London Hotel
LONDON (JTA) —
Since being taken over by
a group of Arab
businessmen last month,
London's famous Dor-
chester Hotel has begun
to lose some of its oldest
and most valued clients.
At least seven of the lead-
ing Jewish organizations
have cancelled functions
they were to have held
there, or are in the pro-
cess of doing so.
. They include the
Friends of the Hebrew
University, the Anglo-
Israel Association, the
Joint Israel Appeal, ORT,
the Anti-Tuberculosis
League of Israel and.the
Jewish Blind Society. The
Wolfson Foundation has
cancelled a luncheon, and
Marks and Spencer, run
by the Sieff family, has
announced that it will no
longer hold its annual
shareholders meeting at
the hotel.
The mass walk-out
seems to be a spontane-
ous reaction to the Arab
take-over rather than an
organized campaign.
Some of those contracted
were reluctant to admit
that their change of plans
was connected with the
Dorchester's new owner-
ship. They also seemed a
trifle surprised, and even
relieved, on being told
that they were not t
only group acting in t.
way.
The hotel itself is trying
to play it all down. "It's all
very unnecessary. The
hotel has changed in no
way," a press officer said.
Moreover, there were no
signs yet of the Dorches-
ter's private Jewish
clients deliberately avoid-
ing it. Only last week, the
banqueting manager had
received inquiries about
Bar Mitzva and wedding
parties.
Nevertheless, there
seems no doubt that the
Anglo-Jewish leadership,
despite protestations
that it opposes boycotts
on principle, is for the
fir-st time retaliating in
kind to the Arab boycott
of Israel and its suppor-
ters.
Cynthia Ozick's `Pagan Rabbi'
a Laudable Collection of Tales
By HEIDI PRESS
"The Pagan Rabbi and
Other Stories" by Cynthia
Ozick presents the serious
reader with a new style of
writing which lends itself to
careful scrutiny.
Paperbacked by Schocken
Books, "The Pagan Rabbi
and Other Stories" is a col-
lection of short narratives
written in a style which can
only be described as cynical-
witty-tongue-in-cheek-ear-
thy.
The stories are worthy of
consideration in that they
expose human beings for
what they really are — falli-
ble. There's no glitter or.
grandeur , just an expose of
man's struggles with his
conscience and with the out-
side world.
To summarize each in a
sentence would be a trav-
esty, therefore, no sum-
mary. However, a look at
the subject matter may
prove interesting. The lead
story concerns a rabbi's
conflict of interest — wor-
ship of God and worship of
nature, there also are com-
petition among Yiddish
writers in America, pla-
giarism, the "have I got a
nice boy-girl for you" syn-
drome and more.
In each of the stories
there is a moral, yet these
are not just morality tales,
they are stories to ponder
over, to measure the sanity
of one's environs, to lead one
to ask, "is this what's really
happening around me?"
Nominated for a National
Book Award, Cynthia Oz-
ick's "The Pagan Rabbi and
Other Stories" is a work of
fiction worthy of serious
consideration.
Taboo Against
Self-Destruction
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
Accoraing to Jewish
law a patient is not al-
lowed to refuse medical
treatment.
Generally speaking,
self-destruction is forbid-
den by Jewish law. The
Bible commanded the
Jew to "live by them" (i.e.,
the ordinances of the
faith) and "not to die."
The Talmud (Pirke Avot)
emphasizes that a person
is "compelled to live" and
obligated to protect that
life.
Maimonides states that
every person is obligated
to seek the advice and
treatment of a compet
physician.
The basic contention is
that life belongs to the
Almighty and man in ob-
ligated to preserve it as a
trust given to him by the
Almighty until He Him-
self asks for man to re-
turn the life He gave him.
Remove not the ancient
landmark;
And enter not into the
fields of the fatherless.
—Proverbs