THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Congress Probes Enforcement of U.S. Anti-Boycott Laws
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A Congressional inquiry
into the administration of
federal regulations against
the Arab boycott of Ameri-
can companies engaged in
trade with Israel was indi-
cated following a reported
shift in the enforcement of
the regulations by the De-
partment of Justice.
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal
(D-N.Y.), chairman of the
House government sub-
committee on commerce,
consumer and monetary af-
fairs, asked for an examina-
tion of the circumstances to
determine whether the Jus-
tice Department's position
results in a weaker
enforcement of the anti-
boycott regulations.
The matter arose after
the department was seen as
retreating from a strong
anti-trust stand against the
Arab boycott following
complaints by multi-
national corporations, the
Business Roundtable, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and the State and Com-
. merce Departments.
The Commerce De-
partment said it is sym-
pathetic to the concerns
of the business groups
that the Justice Depart-
ment stand is incompati-
ble with the Commerce
Department's regula-
tions regarding the
boycott.
The issue arises from a
Justice Department state-
ment of policy in its anti-
trust suit against the
Bechtel Corp. of San Fran-
cisco, one of the nation's
largest construction firms
with extensive contracts in
the Middle East. Bechtel
was accused in January
1976 of illegal participation
in the boycott by serving as
a third party to ensure that
the Arab market was closed
to U.S. suppliers blacklisted
by the Arabs.
Bechtel and the Justice
Department agreed to a set-
tlement last year, but the
company now says that new
anti-boycott regulations
should prevail.
In its latest brief on the
case, the Justice Depart-
ment continued to hold
Bechtel to its agreement,
but in a footnote said its ear-
lier policy statement, was
retracted because "it may be
subject to misinterpreta-
tion." That statement re-
ferred to the department's
stringent enforcement of
anti-trust laws concerning
boycott-related activities.
Bechtel contends that the
statement is more stringent
than the Commerce De-
partment's regulations.
The case is in the form
of a consent decree that is
now in the hands of the
U.S. District Court in San
Francisco.
In Montreal, it was re-
ported that the government
of Canada has decided to in-
Nazi Can't Be Extradited: Court
AMSTERDAM (JTA) —
The higher district court in
the town of Hamm in
Westphalia, West Ger-
many, decided that it is very
likely that Dutch war crim-
inal Siert Bruins, who was
arrested July 4 is now a
German national and,
therefore, cannot be extra-
dited to Holland.
Bruins was sentenced in
absentia to death by a spe-
cial Dutch tribunal in April
1949 for having personally
killed, on one of the last
days of the German occupa-
tion of Holland, Jews who
had been discovered in their
hiding places. He was re-
cently discovered in West
Germany where he has
lived ever since May 1945.
The Hamm court took the
view that by joining the
Nazi SS during World War
II Bruins was certified as a
German national under a
decree issued by Hitler in
1934.
For the time being,
however, Bruins will not
be released from deten-
tion but will be kept in
preliminary detention
pending an investigation
to determine whether he
committed war crimes in
Germany as well.
troduce legislation which
will establish a comprehen-
sive reporting mechanism
for all Canadian companies
involved in trading with
Arab countries.
The decision to introduce
legislation was greeted by
the Canada-Israel Commit-
tee "as a most welcome de-
velopment."
The committee, repre-
senting the Canadian
Zionist Federation, Cana-
dian Jewish Congress and
Bnai Brith, considers that
"the data provided by this
legislation will enable both
the government and the
Canadian public to deter-
mine the scope of the (Arab)
boycott in Canada and
whether further federal ac-
tion is required."
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Hitler's decree, that those
joining the SS auto-
matically received German
nationality, has never been
applied to Dutch nationals
of Dutch origin who volun-
teered for the SS, as Bruins
did.
In West Berlin, it was re-
ported that Hans Filbinger,
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state governor of Baden- Franz Wagner has denied at
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hearing responsibility for
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in a Polish concentration
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can people now as never be- general amnesty for Nazi
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Columnist Issues Warning
`Don't Fall for Sadat Line'
Exposing the pressures
from Egypt that have ag-
gravated Israel's relation-
ship with the U.S. Charles
'
Reese, writing in the
Sen-
tinel Star, warned in a re-
cent column: "Don't fall for
the Sadat line."
Reviewing the positions
of Begin and Sadat as well
as of President Carter,
Reese wrote:
"What Sadat is trying to
do is split the Israelis, both
iii their own country, and
from the sympathy of the
American Jews and Ameri-
can gentiles.
"We shouldn't fall for it.
We should be putting
pressure on Sadat to
make some real conces-
sions and get the peace
talks going on a serious
basis. If Sadat refuses,
then we should do all we
can to make sure that Is-
rael has the arms she
needs to defend.herself.
"I think Sadat was ready
to negotiate seriously until
he met President Carter
and realized what a bowl of
Jell-o he was. Since that
Torahs Stolen
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Several Torah scrolls were
stolen recently from
synagogues throughout the
country, especially in
Jerusalem, it was reported.
Five scrolls were stolen
last week from a synagogue
in the Neve Yaacov
neighborhood in Jerusalem,
worth some IL 320,000. Two
of the scrolls were found
torn. near a village in the
Rehovot region.
Jerusalem synagogues
are installing special locks
and alarm systems to pre-
vent further thefts.
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parently hidden four de-
cades ago, was discovered
when workmen started to
install a new TV antenna.
The owner of the items
was identified as Erich Im-
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across the street and hid the
items in 1939 when the
British began their search
for Nazis in the region. The
family, meanwhile, plans to
keep the objects.
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