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VOL. 54 NO. 7
FEBRUARY 12, 1976 - ADAR I 11
iongress Urged To Curb Sales Of Arms By
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Towards laciai Harmony
In aNew York wall painting, black and white hands
hold a dove, symbolic of the racial harmony which is
one of' the aims of Brotherhood Week. The annual
observance, to be held this year from February 15 to
22, is sponsored by the National Conference, of
Christians and Jews.       .    - ,      ■ * •' •* ■■ '—
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vernon Slgl
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON  (JTA)  -
Sen. Clifford P. Case (R. NJ)
opened Senate debate Feb. 4
on   the   new   Foreign   Aid
Authorization  Bill   for   the
countries of the Middle East
and     other     areas     by
requesting Congress to "put
some   shackles"   on   sales
of   conventional   arms   by
U.S.     manufacturers.
Amendments   in   the   bill
approved last week by the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee are designed, he
said, to give Congress as
well   as   the   Executive
Branch the opportunity to
veto   or   alter   proposed
military   assistance   and
commercial sales  projects
which could adversely affect
local balances of power. At
least 15 transactions worth
more than $25 million each,
Case said, were handled by
commercial,   arms
manufacturers and. dealers
in J975. These, included a
complete   "Hawk",   anti¬
aircraft , missile system for
Saudi Arabia for $266
million; C-130 transport
planes to Saudi Arabia for
$68 million; and helicopters
to Israel.for $63 million. A
proposed, $300 million
"Hawk" missile system for
Jordan is a government, ,not
a commercial transaction.
Under the amendments, any
Economic Aid To Syria Reduced
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON  (JTA)  -
The      Senate      Foreign
Relations Committee cut the
Ford    Administration's
recommendation     in
economic    supporting
assistance for Syria almost
in     half     because     the
government   in   Damascus
has   not   shown   serious
intention   to   negotiate   on
issues  in  the Arab-Israeli
conflict. This came to light
Feb. 4 in the Committee's
report to the full Senate on
its   authorization   measure
for the fiscal year 1976 of an
aid program totalling $4,397
billion plus an additional 25
percent for the transitional,
budget  quarter of three
months that  precedes the
new    fiscal    year    1977
beginning   Oct,   1.   "The
Committee'. Has generously
funded   the   programs   for
Middle   Eastern   countries
because it strongly supports
the   Sinai   agreement  and'
efforts  to achieve  further
disengagement of forces and
movement toward peace
among  all  parties  in  the
Middle East conflict," the
Committee's report said.
"The Committee has
reduced the proposed
program for Egypt by only
$50 million despite budget
stringencies because "Egypt
has responded positively
toward U.S. efforts to secure
peace in the Middle East and
is beset with serious
economic problems," the
report continued. "The
request for Syria was cut
more severely, however,
because Syria has not yet
demonstrated that it
seriously      intends      to
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WASHINGTON (WNS) - Secretary of State Henry
A. Kissinger has charged that Congressional action in
adopting legislation in the Trade Act of 1974 and the
U.S. Export-Import Bank Law that linked U.S. trade
benefits to the Soviet Union to Soviet emigration policy
has caused a .drop in emigration. Speaking in San
Francisco at a meeting,of the Commonwealth Club of
San Francisco and the World Affairs Council of
Northern California, Kissinger- said: "The human
rights issue is a matter of deep and legitimate concern
to all Americans. But the Congressional attempt to link
it openly with economic relations, without subtlety or
understanding of Soviet politics, both deprived us of
economic levers and sharply reduced Soviet
emigration. Other industrial countries have stepped in
to provide credit and technology with less concern for
the objective of inducing political restraint which we
had envisioned."
But in New York, Sen Henry M. Jackson (D. Wash.),
in an address to the Queens County Council on Soviet
Jewry, said he will "never retreat" from his efforts to
promote free emigration from the USSR and other
East European countries. "If' we back down on the
Jackson Amendment now, we lose all right to call
ourselves the leaders of the free world," he said.
Jackson declared that "tens of thousands" of Jews and
non:Jews "escaped frorn captivity because of the
Jackson Amendment." He said it was only after
Kissinger "pledged that the" Administration would
destroy the amendment that the Kremlin tightened the
screws once again."
transaction worth more than
$25 million would be
channeled through the U.S.
government's Foreign
Military Sales Program
where, under amendments
to the Nelson-Bingham
legislation passed in 1974,
such sales would be subject
to Congressional review and
possible   veto   if   Congress
Resolution Urges
Express Support
WASHINGTON ( WNS) -
Sens. Clifford Case (R. NJ)
and Henry M. Jackson (D.
Wash.)   and   Rep.   James
Scheuer   (D.   NY)   have
introduced    concurrent
resolutions in the Senate and
House urging Congress to
"express the solidarity of the
American people with the
efforts  to enlarge  human
freedom   in   the   Second
Brussels Conference", on .
iSoviet   Jewry.   The .three
sponsors sent a letter to all
members of Congress saying
that the Brussels Conference
is a signal to the Kremlin
"that   the  civilized   world
expects the Soviet Union to
abide by all the international
resolutions and declarations
of human rights to which it
has  subscribed"   including
the Helsinki Declaration and
the   UN   Declaration   of
Human      Rights.  :   The
resolution   notes   that   the
struggle for Soviet Jewish
emigration has continued in
the face of severe repression
.and   on  .the, eve   of   the
Brussels.Conference there is
marked, increase  in. the
"intimidation    and
persecution of,Soviet Jews
who seek to emigrate" and a
"new   .and    widespread
campaign ol anti-Semitism"
within the Soviet- Union. In.
another development it was,
reported that 13 .prominent
U.S;-. Christians will attend
the conference and issue a
"Call     to ■   Conscience"
demanding    that    Soviet
authorities   provide .full
human rights to Soviet Jews
including   the   right   to
emigrate. The delegation
will represent the National
Interreligious Task Force on
Soviet   Jewry,   a   group
founded in 1972 and made up
of     Roman ■    Catholics,
.Protestants,    Evangelicals,
Eastern Orthodox and Jews.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem),
Moshe    Rivlin,    director
general   of' the   Jewish
Agency, reported that the
Arab states were pressuring
the Belgian government to
cancel    the    conference.
Belgium has rejected the
Congress To
To Conference
pressure which was applied
by Iraq which claimed it was
acting for all the Arab
states, according to Rivlin.
In Brussels, the Belgian
Foreign Ministry said that
country has traditionally
permitted "all conferences
as.long as they do not create
a public disturbance or are
contrary to public morals."
disapproved within 30 days.
Another amendment
sponsored by Sens. Case,
Hubert H. Humphrey (D.
Minn.) and Jacob K. Javits
(R. NY) — all members of
the foreign relations
subcommittee on' foreign
assistance — would
terminate " military
equipment transactions or
training if American citizens
are barred from
participating in the projects
because of their race,
religion, sex or national
origin. "The American
government cannot
acquiesce in discrimination
against its own citizens. We
cannot sell out our own
people" because of the
prejudices of kings and
sheikhs," Case said. The
proposed supervision of
weapons sales will not
damage    the    American
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Elected JFS officers left to right seated, Stanley G.
Krupman, V.P.; Mrs. Martin Godofsky, V.P.; Victor
Krupman, Pres. Standing left to right, Alan Weiler,
Treas.; James Feibel, Secy, and Jeffrey Paine, Assoc.
Treas.
Jewish Family Service Elects
Victor S, Krupman was
elected to his third term as
President of Jewish Family
■ Service at the agency's
Annual Meeting held
February 1,1976. Previously
serving, as the  agency's
, Associate .Treasurer and
then Treasurer, he was first
, elected JFS President, for
the 1973-74 term and re¬
elected,for the. 1974-75 term.
Serving with Mr.,Krupman
are Mrs. Martin Godofsky,
Vice-President; Stanley G.
Yenkin, Vice-President;
James Feibe.1, Secretary;
Alan Weiler, Treasurer; and
Jeffrey Paine, Associate
Treasurer..
An overflow gathering of
125 people convened at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Kauffman for the
meeting. New Trustees
elected to the JFS Board of
Trustees are: Ronald .Blank.
Gary Cheses, David Derrow,
Martin Goldman, Jeffrey
Grossman, Heinz' Hoffman,
Mrs. Henry Kogan, Mark
Rosen, Lee Schulman, Mrs.
Neil Schultz and Mrs. Bruce
Siegel.
In addition to the election
of Officers and new
Trustees, volunteers
assisting in the agency's
New Americans
resettlement program were
honored. They are: Mrs.
Michael Albrecht, Abraham
Kirkel, Mrs. Henry Kogan,
Mrs. Fred PogUs, .Mrs.
Samuel Portman, Mrs.
Henry Rogosin, and Mrs.
Neil Schultz.
Additionally, families
participating in the Adopt-A-
Family program in which a
community     family     is
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