Friday, June 10, 1977 5 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS U.S. Boycott Legislation Is Called Reasonable by Business and Jews FRUIT BASKETS ment's implementation of the new policy. • But both sides are—and have good reason to be—proud of themselves." Stanley Marcus, the 35- year-old Connecticut lawyer- who served as counsel to the Senate banking sub- committee that drafted the bulk of the legislation under the direction of Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-I11.), is the new deputy assistant secre- tary of commerce with re- sponsibilities to implement the measure. Bronfman, a member of the Bnai Brith Anti-Defa- mation League, the Ameri- can Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Con- gress—the three groups that negotiated the legisla- tion with the Business Roundtable consisting of 170 corporate chief execu- tive officers—gave much credit to Irving Shapiro, the Roundtable's chief, for the legislation which had bog- ged down in a dispute be- tween Jewish and business leaders. When Shapiro, chairman of I.E. DuPont de Ne- mours, Inc., read in the Wall Street Journal "an angry two-page ad placed by Dresser Industries, an oil equipment company, damning the proposed anti- boycott legislation altogeth- er, he phoned one of ADL's principal negotiators, Wash- ington lawyer Max Kampel- man, and proposed the two sides try meeting again, with all recent enmities put aside," Bronfman wrote. "Within a week, both sides were meeting again in Washington and New York." After that "Shapiro went to work on his business con- stituents" to approve the 3 Times Daily Nation-Wide Delivery Soviet Prison Torture Filmed WASHINGTON (JTA )— The Senate adopted by a voice vote the Senate-House Conference Export Adminis- tration Act with its provi- sions countering the Arab boycott of Israel. No dis- sent was heard as the legis- lation was approved with- out debate. Edgar M. Bronfman, chairman of the World Jew- ish Congress coordinating committee on the Arab boy- cott, described the legisla- tion as "reasonable" and that "sensible legislation a l at the Arab boycott' w4., reached in discussions between American busi- ness, the American Jewish community and the Carter Administration. Writing in the New Repub- lic, Bronfman said: "From the point of view of the American Jewish commu- nity, the bill certainly is not perfect, but it is a good bill squarely putting the United States and its business com- munity on record against boycott practices. From the standpoint of American busi- ness, - the legislation may still cause some difficulties, but it is reasonable. Much is still to be worked out in the Commerce Depart- N! SELW ECTIO N G BIG 0 Wedding– Party— . Bar Mitzva $39 To $139 ALL SIZES —7STo 44 54 SOUTH WOODWARD (Nr. 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