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VOL. 53 NO: 40
SEPTEMBER 25,1975 -TISHREI20
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JERUSALEM (WNS) - Yom Kippur was peaceful
throughout Israel although the memory of the fateful
Day of Atonement in 1973 was still fresh in everyone's
. minds. Memorial prayers were offered for the fallen of
the Yom Kippur War and previous wars. The Western
Wall was heavily visited and synagogues were full
throughout the country. In the border towns, villages
. and kibbutzim, worshippers prayed with M-l rifles
slung over their shoulders. Army units, border police
and civil guards were out in force, especially along the
northern border.
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - The Middle^ East
- situation requires "a global solution which will take
into account all the aspects of the problem including
recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people," UN
Secretary General Kurt Waldheim told a gathering of
diplomats at the annual Dag Hammerskjold memorial
scholarship' luncheon. He also warned that the Sinai
agreement must not be allowed to create "dangerous"
complacency and that the momentum of negotiations
must be maintained in the effort to reach overall
peace.
LONDON (WNS) — An attempt by young Liberals to
have Said Hammami, representative of the Palestine
Liberation Organization in London address the Liberal
Party conference, was defeated by an overwhelming
"majority. Christopher Mayhew, a pro-Arab
propagandist, said the PLO group is a moderate
organization which has wrongly been accused of
terrorism. Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe
denounced the PLO as "the most appalling
organization with blood on its hands."
TEL AVIV (WNS) — A five-man Israeli weightlifting
team, the first Israeli athlete? in the Soviet Union since
'*1973; were- swarmed over by thousands of Moscow
,v .•.J^ws^MejrrM^sh^i; captain of .the team.toldfriends
'' Here by telephone' that' they'could hardly enter the'
Moscow Synagogue for Kol Nidre services because
Jews tried to embrace or touch mem. When the team
marched into the Luzinsky sports stadium with an
Israeli flag it was cheered by hundreds of Jews, many
of whom held up signs saying "Shalom."
dngress Sues Commerce
cott
WASHINGTON, D.C,
Sept. 22 — The American
Jewish-Congress today filed
suit under the Freedom of
Information Act to require
the- Department of
Commerce to make public
the names of American
companies involved in the
Arab boycott of Jewish
business interests or
companies that trade with
Israel;
Secretary of Commerce
Rogers C. B. Morton and
Rauer H. Meyer, director of
the Department's Office of
Export Administration,
were named as defendants in
papers filed in the U.S.
District Court for the
District of Columbia.
The American Jewish
Congress action seeks an
injunction to bar the Federal
officials from withholding
their files on U.S. firms that
are asked to comply with the
Arab boycott. The suit also
asks for a declaratory
judgment' "that such
withholding is nqt authorized
.bylaw," .   t_:,2 v ,
The suit was brought after
the Jewish group, in
accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act,
had exhausted its efforts to
obtain the material from the
Commerce Department.
Last week, in a letter to the
American Jewish Congress,
Secretary Morton rejected
the organization's appeal
from an earlier ruling by Mr.
Meyer refusing to make the
information available.
In his letter, dated Sept.
17, Secretary Morton said
that reports on Arab boycott
requests filed with the
Commerce Department by
American companies under
the Export Administration
Act ' of 1965 were
"confidential" unless he
judged  that  withholding
them was "contrary to the
national interest."
Asserting that he was
"unable to conclude that
withholding of the material
you have requested would be
contrary to national
interest," Secretary Morton
wrote .that disclosing the
identity of such firms
"might reveal to their trade
competitor's valuable
intelligence" and could
expose them "to obvious
countermeasures and
pressure by various
individuals and groups."
-Secretary Morton said that
making public > such
information would not
"serve a constructive
purpose or contribute to the
national welfare" and that
] "disclosure.'..,. would be of
great potential damage to
the small exporting
companies now developing
their trade in. Middle
Eastern markets and
gaining a toehold in this
highly cothpetitive region."
In a statement responding
to  Mr.   Morton's  letter,
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New York City Employers Are Warned
Against Bowing To Boycott Prejudice
By David Friedman
NEW YORK (JTA) - New
York City Human Rights
Commissioner- Eleanor
Holmes Norton on Sept. 18
warned' New York City
employers ■ not' ' 'to
discriminate, -against Jews
under pressure from the
Arab boycott. In a press
conference announcing- that
she has sent a letter to city
trade associations warning
that such discrimination
would   violate   the   City
. WASHINGTON(WNS)   -
The  United  States  will
supply Israel with "various
substantial   amounts   of
military hardware," but
there is no U.S. commitment
to provide Israel with long-
range "Pershing" ground-
to-ground, missiles or the
new, highly sophisticated F-
16 fighter planes, President
Ford told  an  impromptu
White      House      press
conference..   Ford's
CQip'menis:came iri response- ■
to press reports that the U.S.:
commitments to provide
Israel with theF-l&'s which
are not expected to go into
production until 1978 and the
"pershings" are part of the
Israeli-Egyptian   Sinai
accord. The missiles with a
460-mile range and nuclear
war capability, could reach
Egyptian   targets   from
Israel. Ford said the F-16's
, and the "Pershings" are "on
the shopping list between the
U.S. and Israel and they will
be       discussed       with
-representatives of the Israeli
government." The President
said the arms that have been
supplied to Israel and will be
in the future are to assure
Israel's survival. Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissinger
in a press conference in
Cincinnati reaffirmed that
the U.S. had only agreed to
discuss the possibility of
supplying Israel with F-16's
and the "Pershing"
missiles. However, when
asked if Israel would have
signed the accord without
the prospect of the two
weapons, Kissinger said,
'JThatishardtosay," Israeli
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres, who arrived in the
United States for talks on
Israel's amis requests, said
he did not want to talk about
what Israel will be asking
for, "Ground-to-ground
missiles are already in the
Mideast," Peres said noting
thai the Soviet Union has
supplied Egypt with the
"Scud" and "Frog" missiles
and that. Israel will be
getting the "Lance" missile
from the U.S. along with F-1S
fighters. But Peres
emphasized that Israel will
not  ask  the  U.S.   "for
anything that has nuclear
potential and capability."
Later, speaking at the
National Press Club, Peres-
said that Israel was ready to
guarantee that it will not put
nuclear warheads on any
U.S. weapons it receives that
is capable of delivering such
warheads. .
President Ford urged
Congress to approve the -
military and economic aid
for Israel which is part of the
Sinai agreement. Speaking
at a White jiouse press
conference, Ford noted that
76 senators sent Mm a letter
last spring "urging that I
recommend, to Congress
more money for Israel and
no guarantees of peace,
whereas, at thepresent time
we have made this
agreement — that is Israel
and Egypt have made this
agreement — and the
prospective cost to the
United States is less than
what the ; 76 senators
recommended. So we not
only have peace and a step
toward a broader peace, but
at a lesser cost than what the
76 senators promoted." Ford
also said that he believes
that U.S. sources available
to Israel will provide that
country with adequate oil
supplies after Israel returns
the Abu Rodeis oilfields to
Egypt. "We're not
concerned that these (Israeli
Oil) supplies will be turned
off," he said, and "therefore,
it will have no adverse
impact as we see it on bur
own supplies," However,
Undersecretary of State
Joseph Sisco, testifying
before the House
International Relations
Committee, said the U.S. has
not given ' Israel "a
guarantee" of oil supplies in
the event of an Arab
embargo. According to the
text of a secret U.S.-Israel
memorandum disclosed in
the press, the U.S. "will
promptly make oil available
for'purchase" by Israel if
that country is, unable 2 to
purchase its oil heeds. Sisco
told the committee "It is one
thing to assist in making
(oil) available for purchase
. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
Human Rights Law, Ms.
Norton said the City
Commission on Human
Rights believed that the best
way to combat
discrimination was to
prevent it before it occurs.
The Commissioner made her
statements in announcing
that'~the~ Commission has
found probable cause in a
complaint charging a New
York City oil company with
discriminating in the firing
of a Jewish receptionist-
typist in Feb. 1974 whose job
required the greeting of
Arab visitors.
Ms. Norton said that
Stacie Schwerner of Queens
charged that the American
Independent Oil Co., which
doe&agreat deal of business
with Arab companies, fired
her after they learned she
was Jewish. The case will
now proceed to a bearing
before a hearing officer,
after which a final decision
will be made. Ms. Schwerner
will be represented by the
Commission's attorneys.
Ms. Norton said this, is the
first such case that has gone
to a public hearing. She said
the case Was referred to the
Commission by the
American Jewish Congress
which she. praised for its
action. She stressed that
individuals who feel they are
discriminated against can
appeal to the Commission
and noted that the city law
protects individuals from
retaliation. Any firm' found
guilty of discrimination is
liable to pay both
compensatory damages as
well as damages for pain and
suffering,    Ms."   Norton
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
CJF Annual ieeting Will
Focus On 50th Anniversary
Sidney 1. Blatt, President
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation will preside at
the 50th Annual Meeting of
the Federation on Sunday
evening, October 5th, 1975 at
6 p.m. at Winding Hollow
Country Club. The Annual
Meeting, open to the
community, will feature a
major address by Rabbi
Eugene B. Borowitz on "The
American Jewish
Community: An Historical
Perspective".
Norman Meizlish,
Chairman of the Nominating
Committee, will present a
full slate of officers, and
Board members for the
coming year (as previously
printed in the Ohio Jewish-
Chronicle), and all members
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation (contributors of
$10 or more to. the United
, Jewish Fund Campaign) will
Sidney I. Blatt
be able to vote for the
officers and board members.
The invocation will be
delivered by Rabbi Nathan
Zelizer, Rabbi Emeritus of
Tifereth Israel, and the
benediction by Dr. Jerome
D.      Folkman,      Rabbi
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