12 Friday, December 17, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS VISIT SHIFMAN-TODAY Agnew Charged With Pleading Arab 'Right' to Demand U.S. Business Boycott Compliance AND KEEP THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE WARM WITH THE FINEST IN OUTER WEAR! NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith charged that Spiro Agnew is now pleading "the Arabs' right to demand Ameri- can business compliance in their anti-Israel boycott." Furthermore, ADL said, he justifies his position "by parroting the Arab propaganda claim that Israel has `seized, occupied and is now in the process of col- onizing their lands.' " According to Arnold Forster, ADL's associate director and general counsel, "Agnew's latest promotion of the Arab cause" is a major thrust of the second and most re- cent issue of "Memoranda," official publication of Education For Democracy, the tax exempt foundation he heads. 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OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Reynolds Aluminum and Scott Paper. Beginning next February, stockhol- ders will be voting on AJ- Congress resolutions at meetings of: Alcoa, Bethlehem Steel, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Goodyear, Mobil Oil, Pfizer, Proctor and Gam- ble, Reynolds Industries, Tenneco and 23 other firms. In a separate sharehol- der resolution, banks and bank holding companies will be asked to cease pro- cessing letters of credit from Arab buyers that re- quire certificates of com- pliance with boycott regu- lations as a condition of payment. Targets of the campaign are J.P. Morgan & Co., First Chicago Corp., Philadelphia Na- tional Corp. and six other financial institutions. For the first time, pen- sion funds, foundations, university endowments and other large institu- tional investors will be solicited to support the anti-boycott resolution, Maslow disclosed. In Washington, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has pledged to refuse as- sistance to American companies complying with the Arab boycott of Israel and the Overseas Private Investment Corp., also a federal agency, may follow suit, Ribicoff Critical of Treasury Department Stand on Boycott Complete Selection of Children's Hanuka Books Records, Toys & Games Fantastic Selection of ter said, "even goes as far as including attacks on President-Elect Jimmy Carter, the United States Congress and American Jews." "Memoranda" calls Car- ter and members of Con- gress "political oppor- tunists" for denouncing the Arab boycott operation in the U.S. and says they have yielded to "the American Zionist machine." Forster pointed out that the former Vice Pres- ident "has been prospect- ing. for Arab petrodollars through his consulting firm, Pathlite, Inc." He cited Agnew's travels to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Jordan and his meeting in Washington with the Saudi Arabian oil minis- ter, Zaki Yamani, about doing business with that country. Meanwhile, 52 major U.S. corporations have agreed in writing to resist Arab boycott demands in response to an American Jewish Congress- sponsored shareholder campaign, the organiza- tion reported. Among the corpora- tions that have given written pledges to the Congress in opposition to various phases of the Arab boycott, he said, were Borden, Control Data, Eastman Kodak, Ford, National Can, „. WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D.-Conn.) has accused the U.S. Treasury De- partment of having both "failed to implement" and "seriously undermined" the anti-Arab boycott provisions of the Tax Re- form Act of 1976. Ribicoff was the princi- pal author of the legisla- tion that prevents U.S. firms from receiving tax benefits related to their overseas trade if the firms participate in the boycott. The Treasury Depart- ment on Nov. 4 issued "proposed guidelines" in- terpreting the anti- boycott measures. Ribicoff attacked the guidelines in a letter Dec. 7 to Treasury Secretary William Simon. He sent a copy to President Ford. The guidelines provide information on how American companies can participate in the boycott and, at the same time, con- tinue to take the tax be- nefits, Ribicoff charged. He said the guidelines "are an affront to the Con- gress, the President and his Administration, and a disservice to the Treasury Department." Sen. Ribicoff's criticism closely paralleled that submitted by Washington attorney Paul Berger, on behalf of the National Jewish Community Rela- SEN. RIBICOFF tions Advisory Council. Berger had earlier, on as- signment by the NJCRAC Israel Task Force, sub- mitted recommendations to the Treasury Depart- ment for its guidance in drawing up regulations for enforcement of the amendment. - "The guidelines," Berger wrote in a letter transmitting his com- ments, "would appear to countenance the chief methods now being used to effectuate the boycott." Beyond that, he wrote, "the guidelines appear to be purposefully structured to guide tax- payers on how to formu- late their agreements in the future so that they may continue to partici- pate in the boycott with- out losing their tax be- nefits." Rep. Benjamin Rosent- hal (D.-NY) said. In a related develop- ment, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis acted to ensure that Massachusetts' state government will in no way support the Arab business boycott. Appearing before a meeting of the American Jewish Congress, Dukakis became the first _ governor in the nation t , sign an executive ordei which requires busines- ses contracting with the state to agree not to par- ticipate in or cooperate with international boycotts conducted on the basis of color, creed, relig- ion, or national origin. The executive order specifies that any firm contracting with the state after Jan. 1, 1977 for an amount of $5,000 or more must agree not to participate in an interna- tional boycott. The order gives the state the right to cancel the contract if the company violates that agreement. Anti-Zionists Gain in Baghdad LONDON (JTA) — De- spite scanty coverage in the world press, a recent Baghdad international conference is another step on the road to giving anti-Zionism intellectual respectability. This is the conclusion of a report by the Institute of Jewish Affairs on an "Ideological Symposium on Zionism as a Racist Phenomenon" held in the Iraqi capital Nov. 8-13 under the auspices of the Center for Palestinian Studies at the University of Baghdad, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Arab League. The gathering was at- tended by 300 delegates from 46 countries, includ- ing Britain, France and the United States as well as the Soviet Union, Eastern bloc and Third World countries. An Iraqi news agency reported that the sym- posium's proceedings will eventually be published and widely disseminated. It added the symposium was marked by a deep academic spirit. Grade's 'Yeshiva' Translation Due An English translation of "The Yeshiva" b: Chaim Grade will be pub- lished by Bobbs-Merrill Co. on Jan. 27. In a translation from the Yiddish by Curt Leviant, the novel is a tale of Jewish life in East European towns and vil- lages between the two world wars. "The Yeshiva" is the story of Tsemakh Atlas, a member of the Musar sect of strict ethical conduct. It tells of Tsemakh's struggle to renounce his non-observant but beaut- iful and wealthy wife and of his efforts to found his ownyeshiva. (