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VOL. 53 NO 10
MARCH 6, 1975 -ADAR 23
enate Unit Releases 1500 Names On Arab
imposing Anti-Semitism Pattern
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON,
The U.S. Army Engineer
Corps acknowledged Felt). 26
that American contractors it
selects for its many projects
in Saudi Arabia are subject
to rejection by the Saudi
government while the State
Department declared that
"quiet diplomacy" is the
best means to deal with the
Arab boycott of companies
identified in. any way with
Israel. These statements
emerged at the hearing
conducted by the Senate
Foreign Relations Sub¬
committee on Multi-national
Corporations concerning the
boycott and Saudi Arabia's
visas to American Jews.
Sen. FYank Church (D. Ida.)",
panel chairman, issued at
the start of the hearing a list
of 1500 names on the Arab
boycott list and urged that it
be given | the widest
publicity. Church said the
list should foe given full
publicity so that everyone in.
this country would know of.
ADL Charges Major U.S. Firms With
Discimination Resulting From Arab Pressure
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Frank Church CD-
Idaho), 'chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, holds a
Saudi Arabian edition of an Arab League list of United
States companies being boycotted for doing business
with Israel. The list, obtained from the State Depart¬
ment and made public at a subcommittee hearing, has
1,500 names on it, including such large corporations as
the Ford Motor Company, Xerox and Sears, Roebuck
&Co.
In a press conference, President, Ford spoke out
against Arab attempts to discriminate against
financial "institutions or individuals on) religious or
ethnic grounds.',' He said that discrimination "has no
place in the free practice of commerce as it has
flourished in this country."
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
By Yitzhak Rabi
NEW YORK, (JTA) -The
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith on Feb. 26
charged that a score of
major American companies
and two federal agencies are
discriminating against Jews
and refusing to do business
with Israel as a result of
Arab pressure and economic
warfare against Israel and
Jews. At a press conference
at the . ADL- offices here,
"Seymour Graubard, ADL
chairman, charged those
companies with "sub-
vergence of the American
Constitution" and with
violating American policy as
set forth in Federal export
control regulations which
discourage boycotts against
friendly nations, and the
anti-discrimination pro¬
visions of the 1964 Civil
Rights Act.
Graubard called for "an
immediate government
probe, a clear statement-of
federal policy, im¬
plementation of U.S.'
. regulations, and the adop¬
tion of new legislation, if
necessary,        to       halt
dishonorable  and  illegal
business practices." Ac¬
cording to  Graubard,   a
nationwide,   on-going   in¬
vestigation conducted by the
ADL   revealed   that   while
there  are  American com-,
panics    resisting     Arab
demands,     others     are
yielding to Arab coercion
and discriminate against
Jewish employes and refuse
to do business with Israel..
Graubard charged further
that some American c6m-V
panies are voluntarily ex¬
cluding Israel and American
Jewish management and .
professional staff in the U.S.
and abroad "as they make a
wild scramble for a piece of
the Arabs' new wealth." The
principles of Hitler "are
being approached by the
Arab nations," Graubard
said, adding that; "Jews are
once again being singled out
as the scapegoat for
economic imperialsim.",
Arnold Forster, ADL
associate director and
general counsel, who
directed the nationwide
investigation through the
agency's      fact-finding
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
CJF Chairman Cites Progress Of
United Jewish Fund Campaign
"As we approach the
midway point in our cam¬
paign, we are confident that
we will be able to achieve the
goals which we have set,"
said Millard Cummins,
General Campaign Chair-
man- of the United Jewish
Fund Campaign, "if the
response of oiir worker^ and
our prospects continues and
expands.*V Mr. Cummins'
noted (hat the campaign has
now raised more' than
-$1,625,000 from about 1100
prospects.
The c amp a lg n
achievement, according to
Mr. Cummins, "cannot be
allowed to remain static, but
must grow as the campaign
progresses. Last ' weeks
Advance Gifts Dinner, and
the special Women's
Division meeting, both of
which featured addresses by
Robert St. John, spurred
many workers to increase
giving and «xtra work in
soliciting prospects. The
imputance given to these two
divisions must continue. In
the same way, the forth¬
coming Trades and
Professions Dinner,
featuring Haifa University
President, Eliezer Rafaeli,
must serve to spur that
division on."
Jeffrey Paine, Chairman
of the Young Men's Division,
pointed out that the
achievement of the Young
Men's Division this year has
grown, and that the Hubert
Humphrey "Night For Life"
program was a particular
inspiration to his division.
"There, are still many
hundreds of cards that have
not yet been covered, and
these people have not been
given the opportunity of
participating in the major
needs of this years cam¬
paign," said Mr. Cummins.
'The needs of Israel today,
of local agencies and in¬
stitutions in Columbus, and
of organizations throughout
the United States which
depend on the United Jewish
Fund Campaign for support,
are such that we must ex¬
pand our campaign. Only
through the efforts of all of
us can we hope to achieve
the minimum goals; which
. we have set for ourselves."
COPY DEAOlJNB
IS FRIDAY NOON
Soviet Church
Repression Of
By Bill Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
Three top Soviet church
leaders said last week that
there is no persecution
against Soviet Jews simply
because of their religion, but
that there are political
problems when Soviet Jews
try to emigrate, according to
the head of the local Soviet
Jewry Committee who met
with the Soviets in Colum¬
bus.
Gerald Swedlow, Chair¬
man of the Soviet Jewry
Committee of the Com¬
munity Relations Committee
of the"-Columbus Jewish
Federation, was one of
several Jewish leaders who
. talked about the problem of
Soviet Jewry with the three
churchmen.      ;    .■•'.-..;,"
The Soviet delegation
included Archamandrite
Guhdyaev: CyriW( jRector of
•the Leningrad 'iSjeoIci^cal
Academy ahdfeSeimhary;
Archpriest Mathew Stad-
niuk, Secretary of the
Patriarch of Moscow and all
Russia; and Bishop Arseny
Berberian, President of the
Department of Interchurch
'Relations of the Armenian
.Apostolic Church. ,v".
The Soviet church leaders
met with representatives of
several,'   Protestant
Leaders Deny
Soviet Jews
denominations at services
and meetings > that were
covered by the news media.
But news reporters were
barred from the meeting on
the Soviet Jewry question by.
officials of the Metropolitan
Area Church Board, which
served as host for the three
clergymen.
A spokesman for the
Community Relations
Committee had said earlier
he had no objection to the
meeting being open to the
media.
Following the 50-minute
discussion at the O.S.U.
Hillel .Foundation, Swedlow
gave his impression of the
Soviets to reporters.
"They emphasized' that
the official government
policy is anti-religious, not
anti-Jewish," he said,
Swedlow said the three
stayed away from any
political matters, such as the
issue of Jewish emigration,
saying it was not a religious
question.        .
At a press conference
"Friday morning, Bishop
Berberian stressed - that
Soviet church leaders do not
speak of political or social
issues from the pulpit. He
maintained that Russian
churchgoers expect their
leaders' to  speak  about
(CONTINUED ON'PAGE 13)
Saudi Arabia imposing a
pattern of anti-Semitism "on
our country." U.S. agencies
("with our money" are
acquiescing in. discrim
natory practices, he said,
adding "we had better get
this out into the open." The
list includes such firms as
the Ford Motor Co., RCA,
CoCa-Cola and Xerox which
Church said are absolutely
prohibited from sales in
Arab countries. He said
"Ford, for example, has
been prohibited from selling
a car or truck since 1966 in
any Arab country." Church
also pointed out that "this'
very day," a private in¬
vestment company is
signing an agreement with
Saudi Arabia in which the
United States government is
providing insurance against
loss.
Church said the sub¬
committee would draft
legislation to provide equal
treatment for "all our
citizens" by government
agencies. He. saidr after the
hearing, that the sub¬
committee was not prepared
to say what the next step in
the subcommittee's
procedures on either
legislation or hearings would
be. (President Ford ex¬
pressed concern, at a press
conference in Hollywood,
Fla. Feb. 26, over earlier
reports that Arab oil
producing nations were
boycotting international
banks in Which Jews had
interests. He said! "such
discrimination is totally
contrary to the American
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 30)
Center Camp
Registration
Now Open
Registrations are novr
being taken for all six
^'Summer Adventures For
'75" Camps sponsored by the
Columbus Jewish Center,
Camps begin June 30 and run
through August 8.
( The six camps available
for youngsters 3 years thru
grade 8 are as follows: Camp
Yelodim, 3 year olds; Camp'
O'ra, pre-school age; Camp
. Nitzanim, first grade; Camp
rCojacee, grades 2 . & 3;
Pioneer Camp, grades 4 & 5;
Twpen Camp, grades 6-8.
Registrations by May 1 will
receive a $10,00 discount.
Complete information on
these camps, registration,
transportation, fees, and a
registration blank are to be
found on page 16 and 17 of
this Week's Chronicle.