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VOL. 53 NO. 31
JULY 31,1975-AB 23
Sanada Refuses To Hold Crime Conference
OTTAWA WNS) - The
Canadian government's
announcement "that Canada
does not wish to proceed with
the Fifth United Nations
Congress for the Prevention
of Crime" scheduled for
Toronto Sept. 1-12 has been'
hailed by the Canada - Israel
Egyptians Agree To Renew U.N. Mandate S^SbST"1^
Responding to a last-minute appeal from the United ,
Nations Security Council,' Egypt decided to permit
renewal of the mandate of United Nations peace¬
keeping forces in Sinai for three months.
In left photo, Egyptian U.N. Ambassador Ahmed
Esmat Abdel Moguid (left) calls on U.N. Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim to relay the decision to the
U.N. official. The Egyptian ambassador said he hopes
the continued presence of U.N. troops In the Sinai
would help the talks with Israel on an interim set¬
tlement.
At right, Simcha Dinitz, the Israeli Ambassador to
the U.S., talks with newsmen outside the White House
after meeting with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Behind him is Undersecretary of State Joseph Sisco.
Mr. Dinitz said he had received from Mr. Kissinger the
' Egyptian response to the latest Israeli proposals for
breaking the deadlock in the negotiations on a new
-Egyptian - Israeli agreement in Sinai. He declined to
give details of the Egyptian response.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
which represents the
Canadian Jewish Congress,
the Canadian Zionist
Federation and B'nai. B'rith,
said that the statement by
Allan- McEachen, Canada's
Secretary of State for Ex¬
ternal Affairs, "in total
thrust represents a morally
and politically courageous
stand supported by the
overwhelming majority of
Canadians." McEachen in
making the announcement to
the House of Commons said
-that he had sought UN
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim's cooperation and
that. Waldheim "has un¬
dertaken to study the
situation in order to clarify
his position." The Foreign
Secretary added that the
Canadian government
believes that "this Congress
cannot be held successfully
anywhere this year." At the
UN, the 22-member Com-.
• mittee on Conference, which
includes ■ Canada, has
decided to hold a meeting to
consider all the options in¬
cluding postponing ■ the
' conference..
The Canadian govern¬
ment's decision came after
strong  opposition in the
country to admitting
representatives of the
Palestine Liberation
Organization to Canada to
attend the conference' as
observers. The opposition
was voiced within Prime
Minister Pierre' Elljott
Trudeau's own Liberal party
as well as the opposition
Conservative and New
Democratic parties. In
addition, the provinical
government . of Ontario,
whose capital  is Toronto,
Federation Leaders Meet In
Israel To Adopt Budget
B'nai B'rith To Silence Dissident Staff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The top - level personnel
policy committee of B'nai
B'rith International has
Urged "strict disciplinary
action" against any member
of its professional staff who
takes a public position in
opposition to any "Supreme
Lodge policy." The new
initiative, broad in its
wording but specific in its
. application, is directed
against employees of B'nai
B'rith or B'nai B'rith Women
who advocate any kind of
accommodation between
Israel and the terrorist
Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO), or even
public discussion of the
issue. Earlier this year the
B'nai B'rith Board of
Governors took a policy
position which declared
"unconditional support of
the government of Israel in
its refusal to negotiate with
the PLO."  This govern¬
mental policy, which has
been questioned by a "few''
leaders of the political op¬
position in Israel and by left -
leaning critics in America,
may, according' to the
proposed action, no longer
be debated or discussed by
B'nai B'rith professionals in
any public forum.
The sponsor of the
proposal, which must be
ratified at the forthcoming
meeting of,the Board of
Governors in Houston,
Texas, is New York Attorney
Lawrence Peirez, long
prominent in the affairs of
the Anti-Defamation League
and how chairman of the
personnel policy committee.
"In these times of peril for
the. people and State of
Israel," notes- Peirez, "we
can no longer. allow our •
employees to take positions
which are inimical to our
interests as we perceive
them."  The  action is  in-.
tended as a warning to B'nai
B'rith" staff' that vague
slogans about "free speech"
and "academic freedom" do
not apply to those whose
salaries are paid by the, dues
of the half-million strong.
B'nai B'rith family.
Although the ruling does not
yet apply to B'nai B'rith
members, it is the hope of
the sponsor that they will
voluntarily accept the
discipline which is being
imposed upon the
professional staff. B'nai
B'rith is the first American
Jewish organization to take
this pragmatic position as an
affirmation of the ideal of
Jewish solidarity. Should the
leadership of B'nai B'rith
vote favorably on the
measure, it is anticipated
that they will urge - other
Jewish organizations to
initiate similar action within
their own ranks.
JERUSALEM - The
fourth Annual Jewish
Agency Assembly recently
concluded its proceedings in
Jerusalem, which brought
more than 80 Jewish com¬
munity federation leaders of'
the United States and
Canada to join with 200 other
leaders from communities of
the free world to "deal with
Israel's massive human
needs," "and to adopt a
budget to meet those needs."
Ben1 M. Mandelkorn,
Executive Vice-President of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation, represented
Columbus as one of the 80
American delegates at the
Assembly. Mr. Mandelkorn
served as professional aide
to one of the eight com¬
mittees of the Jewish
Agency, the Rural Set¬
tlement Committee.
The Assembly is the
ultimate governing body of
the Jewish Agency, which
allocates funds raised for
humanitarian programs in
Israel through federation
. supported United Jewish
Appeal campaigns in the
United States, and the Keren
Hayesod in other free world
countries.
On his return to Columbus,
Mr. Mandelkorn reported
that the Jewish Agency has
adopted a "needs budget" of
$701 million for the current
fiscal year of 1975-76. Of that
amount, it defined $541
million of priorities to
conform to the identified
prospective income. "The
Assembly urged an all-out
effort to obtain, the full
.sum,"   Mr.   Mandelkorn
Ben M. Mandelkorn
stated, "and our current
Cash Mobilization is a
response to the manifest
needs so clearly expressed in
Jerusalem."
Among the larger items in
the priorities budget are the
following:
Immigration and Ab¬
sorption: $97,991,262. The
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refused  to  host  the  con¬
ference if the PLO attended.
McEachen told the House
that  since  Toronto  was
approved by the UN General
Assembly as a site for the
conference "there has been
a steady deterioration of the
atmosphere  in   which   in¬
ternational conferences are
held."    He    cited    the
"discord" which marked the
last General Assembly, the
UN Industrial Development
Organization,     the     In-
ternational     Labor
Organization  and. the   In¬
ternational  Women's  Con-
' ference    meetings    and
declared they were marked
by "excessive confrontation
on  issues  that  were  not
related to the subject matter
• of the conferences." He also-
cited "the public outcry for
- or against admission to
Canada"  of the PLO ob-
' servers and said the
government could not ignore
! the risk of public disorders."
, McEachen also added that
: Canada would "resist" any
! attempt to exclude Israel
; "or any other country" from
1 the proceedings of the next
General Assembly which
| opens Sept. 16.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli
' government  praised  the'
. Canadian     decision.     A,
Foreign Ministry spokesman
said  by  its  decision   the
Canadian     government
- disassociated itself from the
practice   of  exploiting   in-
' ternational conferences for
political  purposes.   "Israel
' appreciates the fact that the
government of Canada made
a public declaration of its '
. adherence to the univer¬
sality of the UN. and of its
. opposition to any attempt to
adversely affect the par¬
ticipation in the UN General
Assembly of Israel or any
other country," the
statement said.
ADL Charges Shipping Bureau
Miles Labs Healthy Despite Boycott
(Editor'! Note; Is It passible (or
American business to defy the Arab
boycott of Uriel and thrive?
Definitely, tayi a >poke>man for a
large Indiana pharmaceutical firm
which has been doing business In
Israel tor more than a decade and
intends to continue. The following
article, by a Los Angeles Times
correspondent, tells why.)
By William J. Drummond
Los Angeles Times Service
HAIFA, Israel—For more
than a decade,  the Arab
"We just do not do any
business at all in the Arab
countries," says an official
of Miles, which boasts of
operations iri 140 other
countries.
The Arab world is a big
and potential lucrative
market for such Miles
consumer products as its
new vegetable protein food
line, which is being
economic boycott has been I developed as a meat sub-
directed against Miles ' stitute. The boycott has
Laboratories Inc., of effectively squeezed Miles
Elkhart,- Ind.,' the big out for over 10 years, except
pharmaceutical    company,   for  a   trickle  of  covert
trading.
"The company had the
option in 1966 to get off the
list — by liquidating all
operations-here in Israel,"
the Miles spokesman says,
"But the company made the
decision to cope with it,"
Miles Laboratories has, in
fact, annually been calling
the boycott's basic bluff that
Arab economic power can
cripple a major company.
The American firm has been
continually expanding its
investment in Israel — and
making a profit at it.
The boycott, backed by the
20-nation Arab League, has
become a prominent factor
in international business life,
especially since the 1973 war
when the Arabs discovered .
their economic clout with the
oil embargo.
Two days after the out¬
break of the war, Miles
Laboratories phoned Israel
to announce that the com¬
pany had approved a new
project in the country, and
currently a $5 million in¬
vestment is being made in a
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NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Anti - Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith filed complaints
July 21 with federal and N.Y.
State agencies charging a
division   of   the  American
Bureau of  Shipping   (con¬
sultants to the international
maritime industry)  with
illegal     discrimination
against two American Jews
seeking   engineering   posts
with ABS operations in Arab
countries.   According   to
Seymour Graubard, national
chairman of the ADL, ABS
Worldwide  Technical   Ser¬
vices, Inc. rejected the two
engineers — Erika Wagner
of Manhattan, and Leonard
Messer of Elmont — under
different circumstances. Ms.
Wagner was turned down
after she identified herself
as a Jew. Messer, asked if he
or any member of his family
is Jewish, said "no" because
he wanted the job. However,
he later informed ABS Tech
his wife is Jewish and was
told by a corporate official
that this disqualified him '
even though she would not be
accompanying him over¬
seas. Both Ms. Wagner and
Messer     had     answered
classified advertisement for
the jobs which are in Iraq
and  Bahrein   Island.   The
ADL complaints were made
to the Equal Employment
Opportunity     Commission,
the   U.S.   Maritime   Ad¬
ministration, and the New
York  State  Division  for.
Human*     Rights,     They
charged the ABS subsidiary
with violation of the 1964
Civil    Rights    Act    ahd
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