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VOL, 55 NO. 7
FEBRUARY 17,1077 - SHEVAT 2!)
Pres. Carter Endorses Anti-Boycott Legislation
Ethnic Remark Stirs Storm
NEW    YORK    —    Federal    Trade    Commission
Chairman Paul Rand Di\on (right i publicly described
consumer advocate Ralph Nader (lelli as a "dirty
Arab." and stirred up a storm ol controversy. Mr
Dixon, who made his remark at a trade industry
meeting on Jan 17, at hrst relused to upologiz.e.to Mr..
Nader, who is ol Lebanese descent, but did tell an Arab
American group.Jhat he wasn't rclerring to Arai;sjV
generally Later he apologized in a letter to Mr Nader. '
which the consumer'advocatereiected.> i
-_ Strong public protests, including criticism by. Jewish
groups and congressional deipand$ lor'resignation,
have been directed against the FTC commissioner
—The incident brought "an oiler from the National
Conference ol Christians and Jews to provide
sensitivity -training programs lor lederal ollicials to
avoid future "bloopers" such as Mr Dixon's remark,
and earlier, slurs hy Gen George Brown, chairman ol
the Joint Chiels of Stall, against Jews.'aud In former'
Secretary ol Agriculture Earl Butz against blacks,
,     - 7f RELIGIOUS NEWS SER VICE PHOTO
State Dept. Bars
From Re-Entering The Country
,Xi*MKJ%f&*}tt
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Snbn Jiryis the Palestine
Liberation Organization
oflicial who was invited to
address the conlorence on
the Middle East sponsored
by the American Friends
Service Committee, which
was held'Feb 11-14. was
toured Irrtm re-entry to the
..United Slates by' the State
IX'parlment
State Department
spokesman Frederick Z
Bro'wn said Feb H that Sabri
would need twoAvajvers lorr
re-entry, one involved in his
tnelnfiershtp in a proscribed
■ organization, the PLO. and
the other on the ialse
information he supplied in
Ins Vy visa when he was
admit(ed last fall'. Subrf was
ordered to leave theU.S last
November after it • was
discovered that while he was
bom in Haila lie had written
on his entryjipplicutinn that
the Suda/t was his place ol
birt,h.  '    '■-.--
"We,; have occasionally
allowed : a- /Plio
representative or -people
atiiliatcU with the PLO |<»
come to the'U.S. bul not tor
.political * activity,"' Brown
sj'iid; '
"In the case ol Jiryis. ii he
were to give ji speech at this
Quaker meeting, thai would
be reasonably construed as
- political activity. For that
reason our recommendation
v was n<>' in favor ol the
waiver "
Brown     acknowledged.
under questioning, that
Secretary ol State (\i;us K
Vance's visit to the Middle
East "is one ol the lactors
taken fiilo acconnl" in the
government's decision Io bar
.Jir\ is Israeli Ambassadoi
Simcha Dinit//in a meeting
'with Vance Feb. 7 asked the
US to keep I he PLO
representative out
The Quaker group has said
that il js" Jiolding the
conlorence as parl,ol its
Campaign to convince the
Carter Administration dial
the PLO should lie included
in Mideast negotiations
B\ Joseph I'ol.ikofl
(( opy right. 1<>77. .IT V, Int.)
WASHINGTON UTAi -
President Carter has
.strongly endorsed lederal
legislation Io combat Arab
boycott methods that
discriminate- agains'l
American companies doing
business w ilh Israel or those
owned by Jews or which
liave Jews in management
positions' I
Carter! who had stated in
his election campaign that
he opposed boycotts direcled
against American citizens,
elaborated on his views'Feb.
!) during a tour __ ol the--
Department ol Commeice.
The President stressed the
need'I or lederal legislation
in the interests of
unitorniity,   ,
He pointed out that while
New York lias a "strong"
anti-boycott, law. New
Jersey has "a weak one"' so
"when the Arab countries
wa.nl (o come and trade, they
lust bypass New York, come
into New Jersey and can
discnminatcagaiiist Jewish,
citizensaccordmgljr," <,
distinction* between a
primary boycott and
secondary aridv tertiary
Ixiycotls According lo the
oflicial     While     House
transcript ol hjs remarks, he
said that "primary bin colt
is perleelly acceptable in
international allairs "
He noted that the U S has
a primary boycott. against
Cuba ,ui(l "it is perleutly
alright lor the Arab
countries to say we are not
going Mo trade with Israel
But it does create a problem
thai I hope to eliminate
(which) is lor , the Arab
countries lo say lo us 'you
cannot trade with Israel and
also'trade with us' or 'you
cannot trade .with us., the
Aral) countries, il \ou have
Decision Due Soon On Sale Of
Concussion Bombs To Israel
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
President Carter is oxpeclcd
to make a decision soon on
whether Israel will receive
the concussion bombs prom¬
ised if by the Ford Admin¬
istration.
At his news conlerence
Feb. 8, jCarter said "the sale
of concussion bombs to a lor-
eign country is an i{em lhatv
concerns yafie very much."
Carter said he has the option
ol blocking the sale but has
not made a decision yet.
While Carter did nol men¬
tion Israel it was obvious he
was referring to the sale ol
the bomb which was prom¬
ised Israel'last October by
Ford The Administration
lias been studying the sale ol
the bomb as well as M-(i(i
tanks. l.M-mm sell-propelled
howitzers and a night-vision
system which Ford prom¬
ised Israel last October
At his pews conlerence
Carter stressed the Ford
Administration's "an¬
nouncement that concussion
bombs would be sold was nol
cleared with the Stale De¬
partment nor the Defense
Department I've asked
them to analyze the political
.and military consequences
ol the sales"    ,
The concussion bomb,
which causes widespread de¬
struction over an arelnif sev¬
eral hundred feet, has never
lieon sold abroad
Jews   on   your- board   ol
directois." " Carter said
He declared that "This, in
.my opinion, violates the
Constitutional rights ol
Jewish citi/eas It also is
completely obnoxious to me
in a society, like our own"
built on principles ol non¬
discrimination in race,
religion or sex'
The Piusidenl noted lh.it
"We now have several bills
that have been introduced m
the House and Senate" and
"we have a cohesive group
of businessmen and labor
leaders.- many" ol whom
liappen to be Jewish, who
are working on the
principles that ought to be
included in an anli-bovcott
Senate Hearings Due On Boycott
IS\ Joseph INilakoiT '■',
„ WASHINGTON UTA> -
Senate hearings on
legislation to combat Hie
Arab boycott ol American
companies doing business
with Israel have been re¬
scheduled >to lollow
Secretary ol State Cyrus |{.
Vance's one-week trip lo I he
Middle East, which began
Feb l."i
The hearings on. measures
v proposed by Sen Adlai
Stevenson d> 111.) and
William Proxmire, i D Wj>>. i
, had vbeeh tentatively
/scheduled ,!<«■ • early    this
' month- but'' are now
M'licdulcd lor Feb. 21-22. and
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A report by columnists
Evans and Novak said that
President Carter's policy on
anti-boycott, legislation is to
"delay Congress as long as
possible in hope, thai /real ■
progress .toward a "Mideast
settlement will be made."
They rfaid (he., requested,
delay Indicated ",a
surprising hint ol llcxibilily
on I'.tf moves against the
Arab boycott ol Israel "This
was , cliaraclcn/.cfl", as
"nonsense" by 'reliable
Capitol Hill sources
They'pointed out thai the
Kyo\\vcek _ postponement, ot
llu\ hearings neither
weakens the substance o| tlu>
proposed    legislation   oi
law"   '
lie was apparently ■
relcrruig lo The Business
Knundlnble. an organization
composed of chiel
executives' ol 170 major
American corporations
headed by Irving S.-Shapirn
who is chairman ol the board
ol the DuPont Co The,
organization mel, recently
with the Aiiti-Dclamation
league ol B'nai B'rith lor-
llle purpose ol exchanging
views on eltorts to reach a
mutual accommodatiou-w ith
respect, to Arab boycott
issues
The President said "I will
support ^those < groups i I
think it is tune for ns to ronl
(ttit the concept of Hie
secondary and lertiar\
Uiycolt. never, permit a
loreign .n.ition lo
discriminate against any ol
<xir ciliz.ens who happen lo
be Jewish , with legal
|X,rmission.Vlrom our own
go\ernnien'( And.wc also
uecd'tohasc.as^i last Hung
unitorniity ."unmng the
dillerent slates"ol the n.ition
in dealing .with 'the .uili
rlH>>ct>t,Uegi%-lal!"ii "•""■ft ;'.
1977 UJF Campaign Nears The $2 Million Mark
The 1977 United Jewish
Fund Campaign exceeded
the $1,800,000 mark al its Ad¬
vance Gilt function, Sunday
eveping, Feb 6.
This" event marked a his¬
toric first in the Columbus
Campaign when men and
women individually an¬
nounced their personal com¬
mitments to the l')77 Cam-
%paign. The results-represent
a 15% increase over the
same pledges for 1976,
The announcements were
only one of the highlights ot a -
gala and exciting evening ol
"Conversation. and
Canapes ]' The distinguished
guest speaker, General
-Shaul Rosolio, was hosted by
Mr. and Mrs Bernard
Yenkin and introduced by
Mrs. Yenkin,
In addition, those present
were privileged to meet five
Israel Air Force officers:
Major Jacob Toren and his
wife,  Tova;   Major  Meier
Lavi and his wife, Zahava:
Major Dori Sarid and his
wife, De,vpra; Major Ronnie
Dayan and his wife, Malka;
' and, Captain Ehud Toledano,
v   who was accompanied by a
date,  Diana  Rifkin,  para-
. .chutist   with   the   Israel
, Armed  F^rces^  Conversa¬
tions _ with   these   Israeli
guests created a warm and
enjoyable beginning to the
.   evening.
General Rosolio spoke of
some of the problems relate
ing to potential peace nego¬
tiations with Israelis Arab
ICrV. '1NUFDON PAOF 11)1
ISJOl   hA&U."" we cmv'ivw
Shown with General Shaul Kosolio (center), the
lormer inspector general ol the Israel State Police, al
"Conversations and Canapes." held on Sunday. Feb <;.
are Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan and Millard Cummins,
function co-chairpersons.
All segments of the 1977 United Jewish Fund Cam¬
paign were represented at this Advance Gifts function.
Some of the representatives are shown with General
Rosolio (second from right), They are (left to right) B.,
Lee Skilken. Advance Gifts Division chairman: Murry
Greenberg, Advance Gifts Division co-chairman; Mrs.
Gerald Swedlow. Women's Division chairwoman:' and
Irving Schottenstein. 1977 United Jewish Fund Cam¬
paign general chairman.
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