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Begin-Sadat Urge
U.S. Businessmen
To Invest In
Their Countries
NEW YORK (WNS)-Is-
raeli Premier Menachem
Begin and Egyptian President Anwar _ Sadat urged
American businessmen to invest in their two countries.
Begin, in an address-to more
than 150 businessmen at a
luncheon here sponsored by
the U.S.-Israel Business
Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Mar. 28,
' made a pitch for both countries. He urged Americans to
invest in Israel where he
said they would find the combination of "inventive
brains" and "skilled labor"
needed to make investments
profitable. He also stressed
that Israel's free enterprise
policy and stable political
conditions offer a fertile
ground for investment. He
promisedthat all bureaucratic obstacles would be removed 'tot American investors. Begin also urged
American, investment in
Egypt to help end its poverty
and set an example to other
Mideastern countries, that
peace brings prosperity."
He - stressed that "Egypt
needs help" to overcome its
economic and social problems: "I, a Jew, an Israeli,
appeal to you, to invest in
Egypt and help them rebuild
their economy,"' he said.
Begin' also1 noted that the
peace treaty Israel signed
With Egypt Mar. 26 ended
Egypt's participation In the
Arab economic boycott of Israel.' Begin devoted much of
his speech to - warning
against Soviet machinations
in the Middle East and denouncing the oil sheikhdoms
that try to dictate policy to
the free world. He said Israel
had been seeking to diversify
its oil sources even before
. the downfall' of the Shah of
Iran. He stressed that Sadat
has pledged to provide Israel
with oil from the Sinai. Begin
said that although the U.S.
has pledged to provide Israel
with oil for the next 15 years
if it cannot obtain oil from
other-sources, "we will do
everything possible" not to
have to invoke) the American
promise. Vice President
Walter Mondale, who introduced Begin to the luncheon
as a warrior for peace, told
reporters earlier that the
Arab states have not threatened to reduce oil supplies to
the U.S. as a result ot the
Egyptian-Israeli , peace
treaty. "There hav&been absolutely no threats of oil
source restraints nor do we
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An Exclusive Interview
By Trude B. Feldman
White House Correspondent
Washington, D.C.
President Carter Js confident that Arab terrorism and
violence in response to the
signing of the Egyptian-is-
raeli peace treaty will only
be "transient in nature" and
that the rest of the Arab
world will soon see the benefits of joining the peace process.
In an exclusive interview
in the Oval Office this week,,
the President voiced optimism that the treaty signed by
Anwar Sadat and Menachem
Begin  would  demonstrate
a genuine interrelationship
among both peoples.
"Open borders, free trade,
the exchange of students and
tourists, the establishment
of diplomatic relations, the
appointment of ambassadors—all these can make
permanent what has been
achieved thus far," he said.
President Carter is of the
opinion that many people in
Jordan and Syria genuinely
want peace with Israel—
"just as the Egyptians do"—
but he conceded that it might
take some time before that
came about. One problem is
the future of the Palestinians
on the West Bank and Gaza.
Asked about JBegin's claim
that tjie West Bank territor-
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the advantages of peace and >ies ofYfifdea and Samaria
prove to the whole Mideast   belong to Israel because of
Major, participants in last Tuesday evening's community wide commemoration of
/ ^ the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty are pictured above as they prepared to. lead Cplumbus' Y
~ official celebration of the treaty signing. Shown (left to right) are Mayor Tom Moody,
Chamber of Commerce Board Member Rowland C. W. Brown, Columbus Egyptian.
Community Representative Dr.'Saad Z. Nagi, Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein, Roman
Catholic Bishop Edward J. Herrmann, Acting Chairman of the, Federation's Community Relations Committee J. MaynardKapIan, Methodist Bishop Dwight E. Loder,
Reverend John Buchanan, Metropolitan Area Church Baord Director Reverend John
T. Frazer, United Auto Workers Representative Joe White and Cantor Marshall
■Portnoy. Cantor portnoy, of Louisville, Kentucky, is also shown at bottom left as he .
led the congregation in songs of peace. A view of the filled sanctuary, with forms of
peace graphically displayed, is pictured at bottom right.
Peace... Shalom... Salaam
Celebrated At Special Service
By Chronicle
Special Reporter
As the true meaning' of
peace-rang throughout the
world last week, a special interfaith service held in Columbus reinforced that spirit
of hope and faith expressed
by the United States, Israel
and Egypt. On Tuesday
evening, Mar. 27. nearly 700
persons of all races and religions joined together at the
Broad Street Presbyterian
ing and smiling as he sang
songs of peace in English,
Hebrew and Arabic.
.The words "Peace,
Shalom and Salaam" set the
tone for the celebration and
were clearly visible on banners decorated the church's
pulpit. The blue and white
graphics were created by
Columbus Outdoor Advertising, compliments of Thomas
Kaplin, Jr.
The peace treaty was hei;-
Church   to   commemorate   aled by many key leaded
the   Israel-Egypt   peace    from  the  Cofumbus corn-
treaty, signed the day before, at a community-wide
thanksgiving observance.
Perhaps the best description of peace was that expressed by the music of Cantor Marshall Portnoy of
Adath, Jeshurun Congregation in Louisville, Kentucky.
Guitar in hand, Cantor
Portnoy easily involved his
audience in clapping, sing-
munity. Heading the list of
notables was Columbus
Mayor Tom Moody, who
called the observance "A
prayerful celebration of a
single step."
v Representatives of both,
the Columbus Jewish Community and the Columbus
Egyptian Community symbolized that friendship which
is currently developing be
tween the two groups. Dr.
Saad Z. Nagi, a member of
the Columbus Egyptian
Community and a professor
of Sociology at The .Ohio
State University, called the
trealy signing "A hopeful
artd solemn occasion of
Thanksgiving." j.
He noted th&t it is fortunate that the three nations
(U.S., Israel and Egypt)
have embarked together in
peace and he commended
the United States for its insistence upon fairness and
rightness for all the involved
parties. **
J. Maynard Kaplan, representing the Jewish Community, lauded "the vision and
daring of Anwar Sadat" in
bringing the peace to reality.
The acting chairman of the
Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation'also pointed
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that "hatred and animosity
-, and terror can be replaced
with hope and prosperity and
friendship.
"My hope is that the new
Egyptian-Israeli relationship will prove so clearly
benelicial that the other
. countries—Jordan and Syria
in particular-^will see the
advantages of working together toward common
goals and seize the common
opportunities that peace
makes possible," he said.
Noting that "Sadat and
Begin and Carter will not be
\ in office many years under
\ya& best of circumstances,"
the President said he'hoped
to help turn the formal words
of the treaty into what he
called a "kind of peopie-to-
- people commitment based
not on a relationship between heads of state.or formal documents but rather on
their -historic 'association
with the Jewish people, Carter replied: .7
j "I'd rather not predicate
modern day boundary lines
ofl the Bible, but I can certainly understand the sense
, of concern about security
that must exist among the
Jewish people, ^particularly
those who live in Israel,
where they are so constantly
todanger." :;'
Garter expressed both
sympathy and understanding for the Israeli position.
"Israelis are still an extreme minority in the," he
told me. "They have a very
tiny piece of land in contrast'
to the nations around them.
Their history, and the
horrors. that have befallen
Jews throughout the world in
this generation, the threats
to their own nation and. the
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A Historic Moment
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President Carter signs the historic Middle East
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt in a special
ceremony on the North Lawn of the White House.
Looking on and preparing to add their signatures are
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to President Carter's
right, and Israeli Prime Mininster Menachem Begin to
hisleft.
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