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VOL. 54 NO. 31
JULY 29,1976-AV 2
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JERUSALEM (WNS) - Lady Bird Johnson, the
widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson and her two
daughters, Mrs. Luci Nugent and Mrs. Lynda Robb,
and their husbands are'Visiting Israel. "I am touched
by the feeling for Lyndon I find in this land — and
-grateful," Mrs. Johnson wrote on a copy of the late
President's book, "The Vantage Point" on display at
the Hebrew University. Mrs. Johnson and her,
daughters are meeting with • top Israeli officials
■ including Premier Yitzhak Rabin. They also spent an'
evening with Mrs. Miriam Esiikol, widow of the late
Premier Levi Eshkol, the Israeli leader who struck up
a war relationship with Johnson during the mid-1860's.
PARIS (WNS) — Ugandan President Idi Amin has
released to France the hijacked Air France plane after
the French reportedly paid a "bill" of 500,000 Francs
(about $110,000). The Ugandan ruler said this was due
. him for the upkeep of the aircraft and means and
accommodations for the hostages during their week-
^ long stay at Entebbe Airport under the guns of pro-
Palestinian terrorists and Ugandan troops. The bill
comes to about 200 Francs ($45) a day-for food for the
. hostages.' Before   takeoff  from - Uganda   French.
; technicians repaired bullet holes in the fuselage
incurred during the Israeli rescue mission. -        '
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Jimmy Carter's Campaign
■ Committee is to spend about $1 million on newspaper -
advertising for the Presidential election campaign and
the bulk of it will go to newspapers serving Blacks and
Jews in states critical to him, according to Editor and
-. Publisher. Only about three percent of Carter's ad-,
*   vertising budget for the' Democratic Presidential
primary was spent in newspapers, the weekly media
.-...^publication Reports ..in its current issue, but that
percentage is expected tojumpjto between 10 and 12
i percent of, the $£$10 million scheduled to be allotted to
advertising tot the election race. As in the primary
" campaign, the report by Jon Consoli said many of the
"   ads Will be targeted "at a specific audience such as^ the
Blacks, where Carter wants to solidify his apparent
strong support and Jews, where Carter aides feel he
!   could have stronger support."
isoiminatioii Battle Reaches
PHILADELPHIA . (JTA)
— The Philadelphia Chapter
of the American Jewish
Committee (AJC) July 21
hailed what it termed "a
landmark agreement"
between the Pennsylvania
■ Human Relations Commis¬
sion' and the Provident
Mutual Life; Insurance
Company, a major national
insurance   company   with
' headquarters   in   Phila-
~ <le]phia, to broaden the in¬
volvement of Jews in the
, management of that
company,
The agreement — under
which Provident Mutual will
start an affirmative action
program — Stemmed from a
complaint, brought^ by the
AJC chapter together-with
the   Jewish' Employment
s Vocational Service of Phila*
delphia, charging that the
- insurance company had dis¬
criminated against Jews in
its hiring and promotion poli¬
cies, especially at executive
levels., , \
- ^ ,-The j '-Human-- .'Relations -
—Commission found probable
cause in the complaint,- and
" the' insurance" company,
without admitting any
violation of .the State Human
Relations Act, agreed to
initiate an affirmative action
program   to   remedy   the
situation.
Michael Steinig, chairman
of the AJC chapter's
executive advisory
program, "in , a letter-r' to
Joseph X. - Yaffe, chair¬
person of the, Commission,
stated: "To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first
case of its kind in the country
where a Human Relations
Commission has found a
pattern of exclusion .with
regard to Jews existing in a
company and entered into an
affirmative action program
with   that   company   to
remedy the situation.
. "It is our hope, and indeed v
expectation, that the process
worked out in this instance
can serve as a precedent in
the battle against 'executive
suite'   discrimination" that
has   plagued   the   Jewish'
community for decades."   ^
Steinig,-  in   a   separate
statement,,pointed out that,
as part of the agreement
-with the Human Relations
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
B'nai B'rith has charged
President Luis Echeverria
of Mexico with reneging on
"unequivocal assurances'.'
that his government would
abstain "from supporting
anti-Jewish actions.
In a letter sent July l!Uo
Echeverria and madepublic
July 22, David M. Blumberg,
"abrupt cancellations"- of
Mexican participation in
international chess and
table-tennis tournaments
scheduled for Israel, Blum¬
berg said: "Those actions
have revived the suspicions
and uncertainties" ' which
Echeverria's assurances
were intended to allay.
, Following the May 24
meeting,    " Blumberg J
circumstances," he must
"regretfully decline" an
Invitation Echeverria had
extended to him to attend the
President's address to the
Mexican Congress and the
inauguration of the Third
World academic center in
September.
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The AFL-CIO Executive
Council at its quarterly
meeting July 19 adopted twin
statements on the subjects
of terrorism and the Arab
. boycott, >it was announced by
Jacob Sheinkman, president
-of the JewishLabor Commit-.
tee.*-' >.   -        ' '" ;
j Despite their preoccu¬
pation with the endorsement
of a candidate for President,
the Executive Council "con¬
gratulated the people of
Israel for their bold
initiative and commended
the people of Kenya."
The statement also noted
that "Israel's courageous
action demonstrates the only
effective method of dealing
with terrorists and putting
an end lo their bloody plots.
The rescue is. a -clear
example of how the free
world must henceforth deal
with hijackers ,and political
blackmailers."
,The Council's statement
called upon "the nations of
the free World" to "work
together for effective
methods of dealing 'with
terrorism, including strong
political and economic sanc¬
tions against any govern¬
ment which harbors,
encourages .or supports
terrorists."
In another statement, the
Executive Council declared
that the Arab boycott
"raises issues,which tJO.Jfar
-beyond-those of Israel's
rights as a free nation. By
imposing secondary and
tertiary boycotts, the Arabs
' have put at issue America's
willingness to defend its own
principles and sovereignty."
In demanding an end to
cooperation with the Arab
boycott on American' soil,
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Commission,     Provident^ .•„
Mutual had "agreed to notify-'
all    employees   of   the"
existence of the agreement,
reaffirm its non-discrimina¬
tory   policy, -advertise' in
- media specifically directed
toward the Jewish
community, and conduct"
management seminars for
officers and supervisors
once a year emphasizing its.
equal -     employment
• opportunity   policy   with
regard to Jewish persons."
The AJC expressed some
- reservation with regard to a
portion of the agreement in
which the company stated it
would "make every good
faith effort''* through its
hiring, transfer, retention'
and/or promotion'
procedures to achieve at
•least1 a 5.3 percent rep¬
resentation of Jewish
persons in its total officer
work force, and nine percent
Jewish persons in several of
its top job classifications by .
.June, 1979.
Steinig-stressedthe AJC's
concern-that "in the process
of broadening the involve¬
ment of Jews in the manage¬
ment of the company,- the
percentage figures not
become quotas. The
American Jewish:
Committee is not opposed lo
goals and timetables except
when they lead to quotas."
B'nai B'rith's president, told f announced that B'nai B'rith
the Mexican leader that the
'.'continuity" of recent,ahti-
Israel actions "cannot be
reconciled" with Eche¬
verria's assertions of
"Mexico's concord and spirit
of cooperative enterprise
with Israel" that were made
personally to Blumberg
when they met May 24 in
Mexico City. "    -
- Citing Mexican support of
anti-Israel resolutions that
sought to politicize the UN
Habitat conference and
World Health Organization
assembly, Mexicp's "distor¬
tion of reality" in' con¬
demning the rescue of
hostages from Uganda -and
would resume tours to
Mexico in its group travel
programs. Earlier, the B'nai
B'rith ban had continued
after other Jewish groups
had re-instituted Mexican
tours.
Mexico's "pattern" of
continued anti-Israel
decisions cannot be "ade¬
quately explained" to B'nai
B'rith's constituency. All
"will serve the friendship we
have for the people of
Mexico and our regard for
Mexico's democratic
traditions,'* Blumberg
advised Echeverria. _..
The B'nai B'rith president
added   that   "under   the
liss Universe Captivates
By Yitzhak Rabi
' NEW YORK (JTA) --The
first army sergeant to
become Miss Universe, the
strikingly   beautiful   Rina
.Messinger of Israel, on
July 20 held her first press
conference in this country
, and simply captivated the
tough New York press corps.
It was not only her beauty
but also her warmth, charm
and sincerity that dazzled
the scores of reporters and
onlookers that surrounded,
the 20-year-old Miss
Universe for 1976, at the
Promenade Cafe at Rocke¬
feller Plaza in Manhattan.
Wearing a green dress and
her Miss Universe crown, -
which she won July 11 in
Hong Kong, Ms. Messinger
said: "I am so surprised by
New York City. I thought
New York must be ugly or
unpleasant, you know, I saw
all those movies about New
York ... But New York is
beautiful and the people here
are really nice."
Ms. Messinger, who is the
first Israeli ever to capture
the title of the "world's most
beautiful woman," said that
she does not see her future as
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METULLA, ISRAEL — An elderly Lebanese woman
waits patiently for treatment at an Israeli Army
medical center near Metulla in northern Israel. Almost
3,000 villagers from war-torn Lebanon have been
• treated by Israeli medical teams in recenTmonths.
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