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VOL.54   NO. 12
MARCH 18.1976 - ADAR1116
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - The Palestine Libera¬
tion Organization believes that Israel can be destroyed
if Palestinian refugees are allowed to return to their
homes and property which they left in 1948 and 1949, a
right which the PLO's observer at the United Nations
claims is inherent in UN resolutions. The PLO
observer, Zehdi Labib Terzi, told the Committee on the
Exercise,1 of the Inalienable Right of the Palestinian
People, that the return of the Palestinians "would alter
the demdgraphic balance of Israel to such an extent
that it would destroy its (Israel's) Zionist exclusionist
character." Terzi said only after this return was
Accomplished could the Palestinians set up a separate
State. He1 said the return should be conducted in two
stages in'the West Bank and Gaza and then to what is
now Israel.
WASHINGTON (WNS) — United States supportof
Israel is not a partisan issue, President Ford told a
delegation of B'nai B'rith Women at the White House.
"Great Democratic Presidents, great Republican
-Presidents have stood firm and fast in recommending
programs, recommending policies, recommending
appropriations for the security and survival of Israel
and this Administration is doing exactly the same
thing," Ford declared. The President, v/ho made an'
unscheduled appearance in the White House East
Room where the B'nai B'rith Women were partici¬
pating in a Bicentennial presentation, also said: "I
know that in the breasts and minds of each and every
one of you, as it is in all of your fellow Americans, (is) a
great sense of pride in this country..."
JERUSALEM (WNS) — A group of 12 district
attorneys from the United States said they found no
traces of racism during their nine-day tour of Israel.
The members" of the National District-'Attorney's-
Association had come to Israel in cooperation with the
American Zionist Federation at the invitation of
Justice' Minister Haim Zadok. The district attorneys,
led by Robert Leonard, of Flint, Mich., the
Association's president, said their visit only confirmed
their condemnation of the United Nations General
Assembly's resolution equating Zionism with racism.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Gov. Hugh Carey officially
designated the Central Synagogue, a Moorish-style
structure housing a Reform Congregation in
Manhattan's affluent upper East Side as a national-
historical landmark. The turreted building, built in
1872 and the oldest synagogue in continuous use in New
York City, was designated a landmark by the U.S.
Department of Interior in 1966. Rabbi Sheldon
Zimmerman is spiritual leader of the congregation 'of
1025 families.
arge More Than 200 U.S. Corporations,
25 Major Banks Iniolved In Arab Boycott
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith Mar. 11 charged
that "more than 200 U.S.
corporations and 25 major ^
commercial banks, many in
alliance with Arab American
Chambers of Commerce, are
waging economic war
against Israel in collabora¬
tion with the Arabs."
Describing the group as a
"Who's Who of American
banking and industry," the
ADL said "they are in
flagrant disregard of U.S.
anti-boycott policy, with the
banks also flouting Federal
Reserve Board warnings
against participation in the
boycott." '
At a news conference at
ADL's national head¬
quarters here, Seymour
Graubard, ADL national
chairman, said that
"reliance on voluntary
compliance with current
U.S. policy has failed and
therefore new, strong
legislation , which bans
American participation in
'"ffie'Arab" Boycott is^essen-'
tial."
With such legislation, he
said, the banks cited act as
agents of the Arabs by
demanding proof of boycott
compliance from American"
exporters; the corporations
cited either submit evidence
of boycott compliance or are
an integral part of Arab
, American Chambers of
Commerce which regularly
validate boycott documents
for the Arabs.
Among the banks named
by the ADL as processing
boycott-tainted   letters   of
credit are six of the nation's
largest financial institutions
— Bankers Trust, Chase
Manhattan, Chemical Bank,
First National City and
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company, all of New York,
and the Bank of America,
San Francisco.
Other banks cited included
First National Bank and
Continental Bank, both of
Chicago; First .National
Bank of Minneapolis; First
National Bank of St. Paul,
Minn.; Central National
Bank and National City
Bank, both of Cleveland, and
Philadelphia National Bank,
Provident National Bank,
and the Continental Bank, all
of Philadelphia.
Among firms cited for sub¬
mitting to Arab restrictions
are: Aramco', Bausch &
Lomb, Flintkote, General
Mills, Ingersoll-Rand,
Pillsbury and Rubatex.
Some 200 corporations
named by the ADL as parti¬
cipants in the Arab
American Chambers include
such major oil companies as
American . Independent,
Amoco International,
Aramco, Continental,
Exxon, Gulf and Occidental,
and such other companies as
Merrill    Lynch,    Pierce,
Report Nixon, Ford Assured Arab Leaders
That U.S. Favored Israeli Withdrawal
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA)-A
report in the magazine
"Foreign Policy," -that
Presidents Nixon and Ford
in 1974-75 "secretly assured
Arab leaders that the United
States favored ah Israeli
withdrawal to its 1967
borders" brought an official
U.S. reiteration last week
that the United States stands
by the United Nations
Security Council Resolution
242.' •.■•:
. ■ According to the article by
Edward R. F. Sheehan,
''How Kissinger Did It, Step
By Step In the Middle East,"
Nixon made ''significant
promises to the Arab chiefs
of state" that "involved the
American interpretation" of
that resolution during his
Middle East trip in June,
1974 when he met with
Egyptian President Sadat,
Syrian President Hassad
and Jordan's King Hussein.
"President Ford reaf¬
firmed Nixon's position on
the 1967 frontiers to Sadat
last June in Salzburg,"
Sheehan, a former U.S.
foreign service officer,
claimed. Concerning
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger's position, Shehan '
wrote: "On the territorial
dimension of 242, Kissinger ,
has commonly been accused
of making contradictory
> promises to ' Arabs and
Israelis." He added: "But,
in fact, such duplicity is
difficult to establish ...
Certainly Kissinger allowed
the Arabs to think he favored'
complete' or substantial
Israeli withdrawal,','
Sheehan quoted Sadat as
Fenner and Smith, Inc.,
Uncle Ben's Rice, and
Bechtel Corp. (Bechtel was.
sued by the Justice Depart¬
ment, on Jan. 16, 1976 for
anti-trust violations
regarding the boycott.)
The ADL charges were
based on the findings of a
national field investigation
conducted under the
direction of Benjamin R.
Epstein, the League's
national director, and
Arnold Forster, general
counsel.
Graubard made clear that
ADL is not objecting to the
bonafide promotion of trade
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having told him (Sheehan)
"I have assurances from
Kissinger," on total with¬
drawal but Sheehan said,
"this may have been Sadat's
wishful exegesis of 'Mr.
Henry's' conundrum."
Sheehan reported that
"according to an Israeli
journal" Kissinger told
American Jewish, intel¬
lectuals on Dec. 3, 1973 that
Israel would not have to
withdraw to its 1967 borders
but stressed that Israel
would be obliged to return
"substantial territories."
Regarding the alleged
Presidential remarks
claimed by Sheehan, the
State Department said that
it "is not going to "comment
on alleged conversations
between the President and
other leaders." The Depart-
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Sen. Taft Is Keynote Speaker
At Heritage House Annual Meet
Sol Morton Isaac,
Chairman of Heritage House
Annual Meeting Planning
Committee, announced that
Senator Robert Taft, Jr. will
be the Keynote Speaker at
the 14th Annual Meeting of
Heritage House on Sunday
March 28, at 1:30 p.m.
The Honorable Tom
Moody, Mayor of the City of
Columbus, will introduce
Senator Taft to the Annual
Meeting.
Senator Taft has been a
member of the United States
Senate since .1971 and is
currently Ohio's senior
senator.
Senator Taft serves as a
member of the following
committees of the Senate:
Labor and Public Welfare,
Myer Mellman
Campaign Passes The
Two Million Dollar Mark
The United Jewish Fund
Campaign has passed the
two million dollar point,
according to Myer Mellman,
General Campaign
Chairman. "We have now
received pledges for
$2,112,798." said Mr.
Mellman, "which represents
a 5.9% increase—for the
same cards as in 1975*-over
last year's results. All
divisions are ahead of 1975,
which was the greatest
campaign year in our
history, except for the
wartime campaign of 1974.1
am confident that when the
campaign, ends we will have
met our $3,500,000. goal."
"The Young Men's
Division, with a card-for-
card increase of 36.4% is
setting the pace for this
year's campaign," said Mr.
Mellman, "but the increases
are evident in every division.
The percentage increases
range from 2.5% to 29.6% in
the other divisions."
Mr. Mellman urged all
members and contributors
to help bring the campaign
to a speedy and successful
conclusion. "Workers must
personally   call   on   all
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Sen. Robert Taft, Jr.
Armed Services,4 Joint'
Economics Committee,
Select Committee on
Nutrition and Human Needs.
He is the Ranking
Republican Member of
subcommittees on
Employment, Poverty and
Migratory Labor; Military
Research and Development
and Economic Fiscal Policy.
Prior to his election to the
U.S. Senate, Senator Taft
was a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
from 1967-1970, and a
member-at-Iarge to ■ that
body from 1963-1964. He also
served in the Ohio House of
Representatives from 1955-
1962.
' Senator Taft received a
B.A. degree from Yale
University; L.L.B. from
Harvard Law School and
L.L.D.    (Honorary)    from
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Family Festival Planned To
Commemorate Bicentennial
A committee of Columbus
Jewish business and
community leaders are
forming plans for a major
outdoor Jewish community
festival this summer
complete with musical
entertainment, dancing,
games, displays, sports
exhibitions, refreshments,
and carnival rides,.
According to Gary Cheses,
.chairman of the Only in
America committee, the
purpose of the festival
planned for 1-8 p.m., June 20,
is to "promote the Jewish
tradition of family
togetherness by holding an
everybody come, family-
type    festival    at    the
■ Columbus Jewish Center."
He said the event will also be
' a two-fold commemoration'
of the United States bicen¬
tennial celebration and the
50th anniversary of the .
Columbus Jewish Federa¬
tion. The theme chosen for
the festival is "Only in
America — The Columbus
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