THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8 Friday, October 15, 1976
Ford Criticized for Action on Boycott Controversy
(Continued from Page 1)
the country explaining
the President's views on
the Arab boycott of Is-
rael. Fisher addressed
the letter to the reci-
pients with an explana-
tion of President Ford's
actions against a boycott.
Accompanying the
Fisher letter is a long
White House Fact Sheet
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boycott, presenting
Ford's role in it and em-
phasizing that the Presi-
dent had acted firmly
against any boycott of Is-
rael.)
The National Jewish
Community Relations
Advisory Council,
charged in a statement
that "parliamentary
obstructions" with the
backing of the Administ-
ration had prevented
Congress from enacting
amendments to the Ex-
port Administration Act
that would have prohi-
bited U.S. firms from par-
ticipating in the boycott
against Israel, thus al-
lowing the act to expire
Sept. 30.
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Jewish organizations and was not required, Nessen
100 Jewish community re- replied that Ford opposed
lations councils in cities legislation because he
throughout the country, had "already taken" ef-
branded the Administra- fective action against the
tion's arguments against boycott in November
the amendments as "a 1975. At that time Ford
shameful knuckling under expressed the opposition
to Arab attempts to dictate of the Administration to
American policy and the discrimination against
business conduct of Americans as a result of
the boycott.
American companies. -
Some of the amend-
In- Washington, the
ments had passed the, Commerce Department
Senate and others the has accused seven rela-
House by majorities of 5-1 tively small American
in both chambers, corporations with know-
NJCRAC stated.
ingly violating federal
The NJCRAC state- law by failing to report
ment asserted that laws requests to take part in
are needed "to deny the the Arab boycottof Is-
Arab states the means of rael.
playing off American
The. department de-
businesses one against
it had "reasonable
the other; to protect clared
cause to believe - that the
American companies seven firms were asked to
against unfair competi-
in the boycott and did
tion from other com- join
file reports on those
panies less scrupulous in not
approaches. There is no
their business ethics and penalty for compliance,
sense of fair play."
only for not reporting re-
Meanwhile, White quests to comply.
House press secretary
The seven firms may
Ron Nessen claimed that
Ford had a "responsible contest the charges. A
compromise ... a reason- department spokesman
able compromise" over the said a variety of penalties
anti-boycott providions in may be applied if the
the Export Administration firms are found guilty.
act extension bill which Export privileges could
died when Congress ad- be withdraWn for Minor
journed Oct. 2 without act- violations. Major viola-
tions will be turned over
ing on the measure.
He said that Ford to the Justice Depart-.
wanted to present the ment for criminal pro-
compromise and that it secution with possible
was "pushed through the fines of up to $10,000 and
Congressional liaison of- jail terms of up to 10 years
fice" but "Congress went for those found guilty.
The firms named by the
away without doing it."
Nessen did not describe Commerce Department
the nature of the com- were Henry Stern and
Co., Hartsdale, N.Y.; L
promise.
Asked why the Presi-
dent had advanced his CJF Conference
compromise legislation Held in Detroit
three days before Con-
NEW YORK — More
gress adjourned when he
had felt previously that than 50 controllers and
anti-boycott legiSlation other chief fiscal staff
members of Jewish feder-
ations and affiliated
agencies representing 34
communities in the Un-
ited States and Canada
this week attended the
Fine Quality
Controllers Institute
Conference sponsored by
Contemporary
the Council of Jewish
Clothing
Federations and Welfare
Funds at the Somerset
Shirts
Inn, Troy, (Mich.).
& Neckwear
Representatives of the
national United Jewish
Appeal and United - Israel
Appeal joined federation
controllers at some 20
discussion and workshop
sessions addressed by
specialists in banking,
taxation, computer audit-
ing and management.
Anna Chapin of the De-
troit Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration was among the
conference coordinators.
Among the particip-
ants were Detroit consul-
tants Harold Minkus,
Marvin Novick and John
McGraw.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower,
daughter of former Pres-
ident Nixon, interviewed
former Premier Golda
Meir at her home here.
Mrs. Eisenhower is
writing a book on six pen--
sonalities including Mrs.
Meir.
and M Export Co., Dow-
ney, Calif.; Longhorn
Machine Works, Houston;
M. Swift and Sons,
Hartford; Pako Corp.,
Minneapolis; Stafford
Miller Export, Jersey
City; and Wilk Industries,
New York.
Meanwhile, the presi -
dent of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America,
Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein,
challenged the president
of the Mobil Oil Company,
M. P. Tavoulareas, to a
face-to-face public forum
in New York or
Washington, D.C. within
the next two weeks.
The ZOA recently took
issue 'with a series of ad-
vertisements sponsored
by Mobil which argue
against what the company
considers hasty legislation
against the Arab boycott.
The ZOA, in letters and
advertisements, has been
arguing that Mobil's ad-
vertising has served to pit
Americans against
Americans and that the
company's point of view is
not in the best interests of
the United States.
In Montreal, a National
Commission on Economic
Coercion and Discrimina-
tion was established to
investigate the applica-
tion of the Arab boycott in
Canada.
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