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2 U.S. Committees Probe Arabs' Boycott, Discrimirfation ByJoMiiliPgiakoff WASHINGTON (JTA) The House Foreign Affain and Banking Committees have undertaken aeparate Inveitlgatloaa into ttie Arab boycott and dlacrinilnatkHi agaimt tome XfiM Amcrkan
companiet and against Saudi Arabia's feneral prohibition against American Jews, even those engaged in U.S. otndaJ business. The Senate Foreign Rdatkms Subconunlttee on Multinational Corporations
Nationwide ADL Call Heard by Omahans ^•OMAilA - Several of f Omaha's Jewish community leaden sat in Monday on a
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nationwide conference call (rom Seymour Graut>ard to learn what the Vnal B'xlth Antt-Detanution League Is doing In light of charges tliat a •core of m«)or American cofflpmlas and two federal agencies are-discriminating
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Sitting in on UM eall which was taiwn In the office of Harlan Noddle, Jewish
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Lois Friedman, MIml Wakbaum and Ernie Wlntroub, who were Joined by Bob KuUy. WIntroub is past chairman of the Community Relations Committee, of which KuUy Is s member.
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I Hie call was placed by AOL p-^kataman Graubard to the • ADL's V regional offices. Graubard told regional directors—including Plains t States' Howard Weinstein of f, Omaha-rthat he plans to talk ' with Congressional sub' committees investigating charges lodged against the arms and federal offices. GrariMfd said be has already
met with Secretary of SUte Henry Kissinger on the matter. Allsr IhaplMM can, Wlntroob uqsd Omiriui's Jewish ooBBiDomy Hi write rrssaMB Ford oKprasaing their Anb-lnsplrsd senl a oapgr of UMir lattsn to htan tai care of the CRC Offloe, tS7 Securities Building, Omaha, Neb. anOB. The ADL charged the firms and two offices are discriminating against Jews ar.d refusing to do business with Israel as a result of Arsb pressure and economic warfare against Israel and Jews. Arnold Forster, ADL associate director and general counsel, cited the two government affiliated agencies as the Overseas Prlrate Investment Corporation, which is empowered to stimulate Investments abroad with s flOO mlUlon credit from the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Army Corps of Engineers, which overaees construction work In SaudlArabU. Forster gave, as an example I Continued on Page 7)
Oyf There's The 'Rub' By Gerry Tauehner Editar's Note: Mr. Tauehner Is the husband of the tonner Miriam (Mibcy) Brooks, daughter of Rabbi and Mrs. Skkiay H. Brooks of Temple Israel In Omaha. Hie oot^iie live in Iowa City, Iowa. DBS MOINES-Readers of the "personals" classified ads column in a recent Des Moines Regisitf may have been putzled by an offer of a "Purlm Massage". A maatagr for PurlmV To the casual observer this could be possible, particularly as neartqr ads offered the reader the services of massage parlors, nude dating lervices, and so forth. At the HilM Houw on the Unhwnily of Iowa compus tai Iowa City some studsrts spswilatod that the "Purlm couU well be Uw nudn leature o( a Purlm No, alas. RegMar readers were not in on the genesis of a new Purlm custom. Just a newspaper misprint. The advertisement, apparently placed by a De* Moines area person Interested in converting Jews to Christianity, was actually advertising a recorded telephone'' message'' that extolled the virtues of "the messiah Jesus" as a salvation, using a Purlm theme.
led by Sen. Frank Church (D., Idaho), which made public the American firms being boycotted lor having dealings with Israeli enterprises or including Jews in their management. Is already deeply engaged In probing the Arabs' world-wide discriminatory and antiJewish tactics as Ihey affect the United SUtcs. Four executive brancli departments — State, Defense, Treasury and Commerce — are Involved in the probing within the Administration. Preildsnt Ford has called for reports and recommsndatlona to rilminate the boycott efieets. Testiinony thus far aUcttad by lbs Chird)
aubeommittee abows that the U.S. Anny gave Saudi AraU opttona to sllmlnste American oaatradon Md bar Jewish peraniaisl tram satsring the eamtrf. Ibe State Dapartnsat was diaekiasd as maUng the agrMmenU wUeh Ibe Amqrcarrlsdeut. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Trade and Commerce headed by Rep. Jonathan Bingham (D., NY) planned a hearing with government and private witnesses testifying on aspects Involving manufacturers and distributors of commodities, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was informed. The House Banking Sub-
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committee on IntematkMial Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy, led by Rep. Thomas Rees (D., Calif.), will explore the boycott as it affects banking and Investment, including Arab purcliases of stock in American companies. Saying that his panel will seek facts Iwfore It schedules a hearing, Rees described tlie boycott as "terribly serious." "Hie boycott, be told the JTA, Is dealing with public paHcy of tbe United SUtas that "has very little refattOMtaip to larad. It aOfecIs American dtlsens who happen to be Jewish. It ti antl^emitlc and > way beyond the bounds of Rees otwerved his subcommittee has Jurisdiction
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Fried: it's A treasure to Solicit Zaiicin: i\/lore Volunteers Needed OMAHA - Sam Fried, chairman of the Men's Telethon (or the 1»7S Jewish Philanthropies Campaign, said Sunday each campaign worker should feel "it's s pleasure to solicit for Philanthropies this year." "I feel it's our duty to do it," said the president of Master Electronics. Fried spoke during a meeting Sunday morning (March 2> at the Jewish Community Center. He explained by saying that, kxiking at the Arab pressure situation and today's economy, "this Is the first time since we lost six million of our own in World War 11" that we have liad a chance to do something ahead of tim«. "Would we have cared il we could have put out more ellori tlien? Today we have more opportunity to save lives. I was one of the survivors of Nazi Germany. If we would have known how little ellori was made (on behalf of German Jews then), we would have given up. "We must make tbsm (tbs people) aware. Tliay mMt not be abia to say, *! did not know.' It Is time to teU people what's going on. We dhki't do tt beiore - so (M( - but let's this tine." Fried, who came to tlie United States from post-war Europe, says he was asked to talk on antl-SemltIsm at a local high school recently and said that nearly every studeni
Jtwith rnn Ptiote General Men's Chairman David Goldstein, left, and Fried listen to rtisrtisslao at Sunday's meeting. asked the same question: "Why Is It we are not told what's going on? Nobody wants to talk, not)ody wants to know," related Fried, father of three. "I'm sorry, tnit there's no nicer way of bringing the message. "The last time, we lost six million of our people. If we don't do anything now, we will lose what's left. That's It." General Chairman Ell Zalkln suggested solicitors point out to potential donors that "they are not giving anything - they're buying. They are buying Talmud Torah. the ^ler Home, their own survival as Jews."
ZalUn said the biitial response has been gratifying "because our (PhllanIhroples) committee seems to realbe the difficult times we're to." But, he said. In attending some of the workshop sessions, "it Is noticeable that some committees are understaffed, and Ihey have a great workload this year. "Anyone who has l>een overlooked as a potential solicitor — this Is a Invitation to come and help. Just call the Philanthropies office at the Center and volunteer. "If more volunteer, each person will have less to do." Zalkln said.
over all foreign investments In the United States and indicated It would examine them. Meanwhile, the U.S. ,SUte Department declared that "quiet diplomacy" is the best means to deal with the Arab boycott of companies identified in any way with Israel. Sen. Church issued at the start of tbe hearing a list of l,SM names on the Arab hoycett list and ursad that tt be givsn tbe widsal publicity. CliuTGta aaid tbe IW sbMdd be givan tuD ptAlictty so that everyone in this country would know of Saudi Arabia imposiiig a pattern of antiSemitism "on our country." U.S. agencies "with our money" are acquiescing In discriminatory 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 atisolutely prohibited from sales in Arab countries. He said. "Ford, for example, has l>een prohibited from selling a car or truck since 1966 In any Arab country." Church also pointed out that "this very day" (Feb. 28) a private investment company is signing an agreement with Saudi Arabia In which the United States government Is providing Insurance againsl loss. Church said the sul>committee would dVafl legislation to provide equal treatment for "all our citizens" by government agencies. He said, after the hearing, that the subcommittee was not prepai-ed to say what tlie next step In tbe sulx:ommlttee's procedures on either legislation or hearings would be. (President Ford expressed concern, at a press conference In HoUywood, Fla., Feb 26, over earlier reports that Arab oil producing nations were boycotting International banks In which Jews has interest. He said "such discrimination Is totally contrary to the American tradition and repugnant to American principles "He said any allegations of such discrimination would be fully investigated and appropriate action taken under the law. I Col. William Durham, director of milil.ir.v con.structlon for the Army Corps of Engineers, testilird a1 tl» sut>commitlee hearing lliat the Corps had no bl.-icklist ind that he had "never seon one." Durham also said th.it ihe Corps submits to the Saudi government a list of up lo 10 companies to handle n projccl and it also lists the three most qualified in the Army's opinion. He said Saudi Arabia had never turned down any of Its recommendations. He said projects involving the engineers have included television, radio and ordinance over the past 20 years. (Cont i nued from Page 21