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16 Friday September 3, 1976
liberty Lobby' Loses Court Bid to Sue ADL, Mutual Radio
NEW YORK — The ex-
treme right-wing Liberty
Lobby has lost a bid in
federal court to sue the
Anti-Defamation League
of Bnai Brith and Mutual
Broadcasting System
over the network's can-
cellation of "This Is Lib-
erty Lobby," a daily radio
program which ADL
charged with "peddling
anti-Semitism."
A U.S. District Court in
Waco, Texas, dismissed
the suit on both grounds
claimed by Liberty Lobby
—that the defendants in-
terfered with its freedom
of speech and that they
conspired to violate the
anti-trust laws.
Dinitz Outlines Peace Plan
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NEW YORK (JTA) —
Simha Dinitz, Israel's Am-
bassador to the United
States, outlined to the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations what he said
are Israel's "five cardinal
points" necessary to achieve
a Middle East settlement.
According to sources,
they are: the Soviet Union
should be kept out of the
negotiating process since it
could jeopardize the realiza-
tion of a just and lasting
peace; a strong Israel is a
necessary precondition for
free negotiations; a security
margin which would protect
Israel against invasion; no
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foreign guarantees as a sub-
stitute for a negotiated
settlement; and no imposed
peace.
told
the
Dinitz
Presidents Conference
that there is no progress
toward a Mideast settle-
ment at present because
the Arab states are first
waiting for the Lebanese
crisis to end.
He said Israel has offered
the Arabs the option of an
overall peace settleirient or
the American - suggested
state-by-state end of
belligerency agreement. He
said each week he asks
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger if the Arabs have
given an answer to the
proposal and each week he
is told, no.
Prevent Genocide
Attorney Urges
WASHINGTON —
Morris B. Abram, former
U.S. Representative to
the UN Human Rights
Commission, charged
that restrictive and in-
flexible American immig-
ration policies sealed the
fate of European Jews ex-
terminated by the Nazis
in World War II. He urged
that the President be
given discretion to vary
immigration policies for
the victims of genocide to
avoid a similar disaster in
the future.
Testifying before the
House Foreign Policy Re-
search and Development
Subcommittee, Abram, a
New York attorney who is
honorary president of the
American Jewish Com-
mittee, also urged Con-
gress to ratify the UN
Genocide ConVention, to
maintain "absolutely
firm and unmistakable
commitments to the sec-
urity of Israel," and to
adopt legislation aimed at
preventing discrimina-
tion•against American
citizens and firms result-
ing from the Arab
boycott.
Abram urged that the
U.S. maintain a flexible
immigration policy with
respect to victims of
genocide and an "unyield-
ing position against
genocide on behalf of
human rights."
Turning to U.S. failure
to help European Jews
survive, Abram charged
that the State Depart-
ment had reliable infor-
mation on Hitler's plans
to exterminate all Jews as
early as 1942, However,
he added, both the U.S.
and Britain rejected re-
quests for cooperation in
rescue efforts during the
war and immigration of-
ficials here so adminis-
tered the law that few
Jewish refugees from
Germany were permitted
entry into this country.
The suit was filed after
Mutual's 1974 termina-
tion of a distribution con-
tract with the Wash-
ington-based propaganda
apparatus under which
the program was trans-
mitted for optional use by
the network's 600 af-
filiates.
ADL had publicly ex-
posed the anti-Semitic
content of the five-minute
broadcasts and of Liberty
Lobby materials, as well as
the longtime anti-Jewish
activities of Willis A.
Carto, its founder.
In dismissing the suit,
Judge Jack Roberts ruled
that under the First
Amendment, Liberty
Lobby had no cause of ac-
tion against ADL and
Mutual — neither of
which are government
Unionist Honored
at Bonds Dinner
WASHINGTON (JTA)
— A national employer-
union salute honoring
Edward J. Carlough,
gneeral president of the
Sheet Metal Workers' In-
ternational Association
(AFL-CIO), produced
close to $2.5 million in Is-
rael Bond sales.
More than 1000 promi-
nent industry and union
personalities from all
parts of the United States
and Canada attended the
event, which was spon-
sored by the union and
leading management fi-
gures in the sheet metal
industry, in cooperation
with the Israel Bond Or-
ganization.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson
(D. Wash.) and Simcha
Dinitz, Israel's Ambas-
sador to the United
States, were among the
principal speakers at the
testimonial dinner. Di-
nitz presented the Israel
Prime Minister's Medal
to Carlough.
Rosenthal Scholar
Fund Established
WASHINGTON (JTA)
— Establishment of a fel-
lowship fund in the name
of Harold W. Rosenthal,
who was killed by Arab
terrorists at Istanbul
Airport three weeks ago
as he was, boarding an El
Al plane, Was announced
at a memorial service in
his memory in the
Dirksen Senate Office
Building.
Speakers included Sen.
Jacob K. Javits (R-NY), on
whose staff Rosenthal
was serving when he was
gunned down.
Ken Colburn, a Con-
gressional aide and a
friend of Rosenthal, an-
nounced that a fellowship.
in international relations
will be set up and ad-
ministered by a national
organization concerned
with American-Israeli re-
lations.
It was also announced
that the Van Leer Insti-.
tute in Jerusalem, which
was where Rosenthal was
bound for to attend an
academic seminar, is set-
ting up a perpetual semi-
nar in Rosenthal's name.
nor against
agencies
two private individuals
named in the suit —
Seymou.r Graubard,
ADL's national chair-
man, and Arnold Forster,
the ADL's associate di-
rector and general coun-
sel.
Referring to ADL,
Judge Roberts pointed
out that: ". . . a defen-
dant who is not licensed
by the FCC has at least as
much freedom to act as he
desires as does a person
who is licensed by the
FCC."
The court, citing a 1945
precedent involving the
Rev. Carl McIntire, the
right-wing radio preach-
er, said there is no
reason why a station may
not refuse to sell air time
to anyone (barring a vio-
lation of the Federal
Communications Com-
mission regulations or of
anti-trust laws).
The district court re-
jected Liberty Lobby's al-
legation of anti-trust con-
spiracy by drawing a dis-
tinction between competi-
tion of goods and services.
in commerce, and "com-
petition of an ideological
and political nature, to
which the Sherman Anti-
Trust Act is not properly
extended."
According to Lawrence
Peirez, chairman of
ADL's civil rights com-
mittee, although the
Mutual cancellation dep-
rived "This Is Liberty
Lobby" of direct access to
its affiliate stations, the
program continues to be
aired on more than 250
independent broadcast
outlets around the coun-
try.
Jewish Officer
Appeals Dismissal
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
hearing was held on the
complaint of a Hasidic
Jew who claims he was
forced to resign his posi-
tion as a federal protec-
tion officer because of his
beard. The Federal Pro-
tection Service provides
security personnel for
federal facilities.
The hearing was on a
complaint filed last
March with the Equal
Employment Opportun-
ity Officer of the Federal
General Services Ad-
ministration. The com-
plainant, Gershon
Eigner, is being rep-
resented by the National
Jewish Commission on
Law and Public Affairs
(COLPA).
Witnesses at the hear-
ing, including Eigner,
testified that it is a com-
mon practice of black fed-
eral protection officers to
sport small tufts of hair
between their lip and
chin. A decision by the
GSA • is expected within
the next two months.
Rabbi Michell Geller,
represented by Nathan
Lewin, a COLPA vice-
president, was recently
ordered reinstated by a
federal judge as a chap-
lain in the U.S. Air Force.
Geller was separated
from the Air Force be-
cause he refused to shave
his beard which he wears
as a matter of religious
observance.