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VOL. 53 NO. 14
APRIL 3, 1975 --NISAN 22
Administration To Re-Examine Mideast Policy;
Ho One To Be Blamed For Negotiations Failure
Scouting Award Presented
Agudas Achim is proud to announce that the Ner
Tamid award for scouting was presented to Elliot and
Richard Fishman sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fish¬
man at its annual Scout Sabbath Service.
Ford Instructs Agencies To
Act Against Arab Boycott
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Government agencies have
been instructed by President
Ford to implement his
condemnation of
discriminating against
American citizens by the
Arab boycott "and those
agencies are following his
instructions," White , House
Press Secretary Ron Nesseri
said. He said the Depart¬
ment of Commerce is in-
"yestigating the boycott
practices and "intends" to
take legal  action  against
-American companies that do
not report boycott practices.
Several members of
Congress have criticized the
Commerce Department
because, while' they have
forms in which companies
are to list boycott practices,
there are no penalties if the
forms are not filed. Com¬
merce Secretary Frederick
Dent has sent a letter to Sen.
Jacob K. Javits (R. NY) in
which according to Nessen,
Dent said "the boycott
requests  reported   to   the
department by American
exporters ... do not appear
to constitute an attempt on
the part of the boycotting
countries to prevent routine
exports of U.S. products to
Israel or to deny trade op¬
portunities to U.S. exporters
on religious or ethnic
grounds." -Dent also noted
that even if a shipping
company, or a bank does not
report a boycott request it
does not mean the exporter
did not report it. Meanwhile
the Defense Department
said it has removed clauses
from its $77 million contract
with the Vlnnel Corporation
which specifically banned
the hiring of women and
apparently Jews to work in
Saudi Arabia. However, an
aide to the House Sub-
, committee on International,
Political and Military Af¬
fairs, suggested there may
be "hundreds of such con¬
tracts around the world"
containing illegal
discriminatory   provisions.
•WASHINGTON (WNS) —
The Ford Administration is
re-examining the Middle
East situation and American
policy   toward  that  area.
"The re-examination will
lock into all aspects and all
countries  in the Middle
East," White House Press
Secretary Ron Nessen told
newsmen after President
Ford and Secretary of State
Henry A: Kissinger briefed
congressional leaders on
Kissinger's   15   days   of
negotiations in the Mideast.
Nessen said that Ford did
not intend to blame anyone
for the failure of Kissinger's
attempt   to ' negotiate   a
second   -   stage   disen¬
gagement   agreement
between Israel and Egypt.
However,  observers noted
the   whole   tone   of   the
discussion       by       Ad¬
ministration leaders seemed
to put Israel in a defensive
position! The State Depart¬
ment   indicated   the  re¬
examination would include a
reduction in American aid to
-Israel. -Howevery —later
Kissinger after testifying
behind closed doors to House
Foreign Affairs Committee
denied    that    the    Ad¬
ministration    was    con¬
sidering a sharp cut in aid to
Israel. ' "Our   policy   0f
reassessment is directed
toward developing the best
policy of peace in the Middle
East   and   Israel   can't
possibly have anything to
fear from an  attempt to
bring peace in the Middle
East."    '
Kissinger told the com¬
mittee that now is "not a
time to assess blame on any
party in the negotiations"
for the failure of the
negotiations.   He ^ repeated
his statement that "all
parties made a serious effort
but for a variety of
reasons ... did not take the
final step to make
agreement possible." The.
committee voted 26-6 to hear
Kissinger testify in
executive session. Rep.
Benjamin Rosenthal (D.
NY), who was one of those
objecting to the public cut¬
off noted that, "We are on
the verge of a national
debate concerning the Ad¬
ministration's reassessment
of. policy in the Middle
East." Rosenthal said that
while the Administration
was saying publicly it was
not .assessing   blame   the
the peace by helping to
maintain the balance of
power in the Middle East,"
Jackson said. He added "For
Israel's chief ally to hint at
cuts in support that might tip
the military balance, is
certain to enhance the
prospects for armed , con¬
flict." However, Kissinger
stressed at a press con¬
ference that the U.S. was not
considering punishing
Israel. "The punishment of a
friend cannot be a purpose of
a national policy," he said in
reply to, a question.
Kissinger told the House
committee that, the U.S. will
stand by its commitments,
will work for any reasonable
Administration through the;  solution to the  Mideast
newspapers was attributing   conflict and will consult with
the breakdown to "short
sighted" attitude of Israel.
In Baton Rouge, La., Sen.
Henry M. Jackson (D.
Wash.) criticized the White
House "hints" at a reduction
in aid to Israel. "The fun¬
damental core of American
policy has been to preserve
other nations. "The U.S.
cannot wash its hands of the
problem," Kissinger said.
But he conceded that "the
step - by -step process no
longer can be pursued, at
least in the same pattern."
He said the settlement
process will now be enlarged
and the Middle East will go
"from a local to a global
basis and from a bilateral to
multi - lateral" negotiations.
This appeared to be, an
allusion to the involvement
of the Soviet Union in the
process. A,report from Paris
said that American and
Soviet representatives are
expected to start discussing
a tentative date for the
resumption of the Geneva
peace conference. The U.S.
and the Soviet Union are co-
chairmen of the conference.
However, Israeli Am-
bassador Simcha Dinitz
interviewed on CBS-TV said
the Geneva conference was
"not a place for making
peace" but for declarations
since it was "nothing but a
UN." However, Israeli
Premier Yitzhak Rabin told
the Knesset in Jerusalem
that Israel was prepared to
seek peace through any
means . "including through
the Geneva conference."
Dinitz said on the CBS
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Opening Of Resler Wing Reaffirms Community
Sponsored Homes As Nursing Home Leaders
By Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle Special Reporter
The executive director of
Heritage House is hopeful
that the dedication of the
new Resler Wing at the home
will serve as a reaffirmatidn
of the traditional position of
Jewish community - spon¬
sored homes for the elderly
as leaders in the nursing
i home field.
Gerald N. Cohn bid the
Chronicle that there is a
need for more reassurance
Israel Action Committee Supports Israel At OSU
By BUI Cohen
; Chronicle Special Reporter
Although it is less than half
a year old, the Israel Action
Committee already has
begun several educational,
political, and fund - raising
project in supportof Israel in
the Ohio State University
area.
I The group was formed in
late 1974 by students who
were "frustrated" by the
United Nations' recognition
of the Palestine Liberation
Organization and its leader,
Yasir Arafat, according to
Ben Simon, President of the
I.A.C.
Since then, the group has
set up "information" tables
on the Mideast conflict in the
campus area, has raised
money for the Israel
Emergency Fund, and has
circulated petitions con¬
demning U.N.E.S.C.O. for
barring Israel from' par¬
ticipation in the U,N.
agency.
Simon, a 19-year old OSU
Sophomore from Salem,
Ohio, told The Chronicle one
of the functions of the
Committee is to "combat
Arab propaganda" on
campus.
When political' ad¬
vertisements attacking
Israel appeared in the OSU
student  newspaper,   The
Lantern, members of the
Israel Action Committee
countered with their own
letters.
With the Hillel Foundation
unable to make political
statements as an institution,
the I.A.C. was created "so
Jewish students could take a
political stand," according
to Simon.
''There's no party line.
The organization doesn't
have a specific political
viewpoint," Simon said.
But the literature being
distributed by the group
generally supports, defends,
or explains Israeli govern¬
ment policy regarding its
dealings with Arab countries
and the P.L.O.
The Committee recently
passed out fact sheets,
stressing the P.L.O.'s
terrorist activity and its (ong
- standing pledge to replace
Israel with a "democratic,
secular state of Palestine."
Although some members
of the group may be critical
of certain Israeli govern¬
ment policies, the Jewish
community should not
publically criticise Israel
while it is under such great
stress,. said Debbie Fried-
- man, Vice President of the
Committee.' ,
. "There is a time when
criticism is necessary. But
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in the face of growing fear
caused, by the continuing
revelations of financial and
human scandal in privately -.
operated nursing homes,
particularly in the New York
area. .
A Senate committee, the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare and
the New York State
Department of Health and
Welfare are all investigating
allegations that operators of
private - nursing homes,
including a prominent New
York rabbi, falsified federal
, Medicaid reimbursement
documents and > permitted
actual abuses of patients in
their facilities.
"My concern," Cohn told
the Chronicle, "is for those
people who truly need the
services of a home for the
aged. The decision to place a
loved one in a home is
always difficult. If we add to
their fears, we are in ac¬
tuality permitting more and
more homes to operate in the
wrong way."
Cohn said there are two
basic differences between
private, or propietary,
homes and community "
sponsored homes.
Financially, he explained,
proprietary homes are in
business to provide care
while making a profit.
"Eighty per cent of all
nursing homes are
proprietary," Cohn said. "Of
course, that does not
necessarily .connote poor
care. But to make a profit in
the face of mounting, in¬
flation, something has to
give. What often gives are
the things that make the
difference between a facility
— or in some" cases a
warehouse — and a real
home."
Cohn said that since
government agencies set
minimum standards to
qualify for reimbursement
andithen pay all homes at the
same rate, there is no
financial incentive to do
more than meet minimum
standards.
"But a non-profit home
cannot ethically or morally
operate that way," Cohn
said.
"The community backs
these homes," he said. "The
community provides
financial support, it provides
volunteer assistance, and in '
return demands of the staff
of the home that extra
something usually called
'tender, loving care and
devotion.' •• "
Cohn said that despite the
growing publicity over
inhuman conditions in some
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