THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 34 Friday, November 1, 1980 3-M Pays Penalty for Alleged Arab Boycott Compliance LOWEST PRICES—HIGHEST QUALITY ON VERTICALS—DRAPES—BLINDS 559-8209 CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE unequalled Service Since 1952 • YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3-M) Co. of St. Paul has agreed to pay civil penalties of $137,500 for a total of 230 alleged vio- lations committed by the parent company and nine subsidiaries of U.S. laws against the Arab boycott of Israel, the Department of Commercen announced. Out of the total fine, $80,000 is for late reporting or failure to report 133 in- stances of alleged violations and $57,500 is for supplying prohibited information about the sale of U.S. goods to Middle East buyers in 97 alleged instances. In addition, the 3-M organization agreed to strengthen its existing anti-boycott compliance program related to the pro- visions of the U.S. Export The Cultural Commission of Congregation Shaarey Zedek Cordialtv Invites You to Hear ON ON FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. - 8 P.M. SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 8-11 A.M. MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 11 8 P.M. (DURING SHABBAT SERVICES) DR. LEONARD FEIN DR. GEOFFREY WIGODER Eloquent interpreter of contemporary Jewish life. Writer, activiist, scholar, win- ner of the Smolar Award for distinguished contributions to Jewish Journalism. Historical Director "Hatefutsot" — New Museum of the Diaspora in Israel. Also Director of Oral History Division and of RAD Film Archives at Hebrew University. Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia Judaica. SPEAKING ON Friday: "DEFENDING JEWISH INTERESTS IN THE 1980's" SPEAKING ON Saturday: "PRESERVING JEWISH VALUES IN THE 1980's" "JOURNEY THROUGH THE MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH DIASPORA" (LECTURE TO BE ILLUSTRATED WITH SLIDES) SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY THE SARAH W. DAVIDSON AND THE WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON FAMILIES THE IRWIN T. HOLTZMAN FAMILY At TWA Banned Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield No Charge Administration Act. In making the an- nouncement, the De- partment of Commerce pointed out that these al- leged violations were "voluntarily brought to the attention of the Office of Anti-Boycott Com- pliance" of the Depart- ment of Commerce by 3-M. The alleged violations implicated 3-M itself, its subsidiary, 3-M-Middle East in St. Paul, the Bird Corp. in Palm Springs, Calif. and the following subsidiaries overseas: 3-1\ Deutschland in West Ger- many; 3-M Belgium; 3-M United Kingdom; 3-M Mid- dle East in Nicosia, Cyprus; 3-M Nederland; 3-M Italia; and 3-M France. According to the Com- merce Department, the par- ent company itself trans- ferred U.S. produced goods from St. Paul to Bandin, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt in the period Feb. 27, 1978-Feb. 6, 1979 that created alleged violations of the law. Dan Hitt, assistant gen- eral counsel for 3-M in St. Paul, said that "We are pleased that the Commerce Department Saw fit to note 3-M's cooperation through- out the investigation, re- flecting the fact that every shred of information bear- ing on the settlement was discovered and volunteered by 3-M." "Nearly all of the sub- stantive violations did in fact occur at a small European facility that was dealing with Middle East customers only be- cause normal 3-M opera- tions in Lebanon were disrupted by fighting in Beirut," Hitt said. "The people involved were unaware of the corn- pany's policy and U.S. regu- lations because they nor- mally were not involved in transactions of this kind." Hitt pointed out that "outside the U.S., 3-M has nationals in 50 countries handling more than a quar- ter of a million invoices a month. We chose this set- tlement rather than face the potential for long and costly litigation," he said. "Part of the problem stems from a fine point of the law. It is lawful, for example, to say on an invoice where goods were made but it is illegal to state that the goods were not made in a boycotted country." He emphasized the - "There should be no ques tion as to our policy" which is "to comply with all appro- priate foreign laws and all U.S. laws affecting overseas commerce." The Community Is Invited - TUNIS (ZINS) Trans World Airlines has been placed on the Arab boycott list, according to Reuters, because TWA refused to an- swer Arab Boycott Office queries. Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.