Page 2 - The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, August 13, 1976 World News CAP Al/6UONi ft)rmTSi:Pto WASHINGTON (JTA] — The Senate has voted 86-1 to penalize American corporations that resort to bribery or compliance with the Arab boycott of Israel to generate sales abroad. The Finance Committee acted in the wake of disclosures that some, of the nation's largest corporations cooperated in the Arab boycott of Israel and Jewish businessmen in the U.S. and that others routinely paid bribes to foreign officials to generate business. The anti-boycott, provisions would affect transactions made 30 days or more after the prpvision becomes law. The anti-bribe section would become effective retroactive to Jan. 1. 1976. Meanwhile, another strong measure, has advanced in Congress to counter the Arab economic boycott against Israel and discrimination against American. Jews and companies doing business with Israel. The House, bv a voice vote, and without dissent, adopted an amendment to the International Banking Act that requires foreign banks, in their operations in the United States, to adhere to national and state>eivil rights laws in The same inanner as American banks. They will not be permitted to do business in the U.S. unless they agree to cx)mply with these' laws. The amendment has gone to the Senate for approval. The Jewish Telegraphic .Agency was informed by the House Subcommittee on flnancial institutions, led by Rep. Fernand St. Germain (D.R.I.), that about 50 foreign banks operate in more; than one state; and approximately the same number within —one state. Under the amendment, all would be covered by federal and state laws that bar dis-critnihation oh grounds of race, religion or sex. The author ; of the amendment aimed at stopping Arab boycott-related discrimination is Rep. James J. Blanchard (D. Mich), a first-term Congressman who declared, "the boycott has involved religious discrimination against persons of the Jewish faith,** That kind of discrimination '"has.no place in the United States," he added. Blanchard noted that James Smith.- U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, last year notified all banks in the nation that some might have been offered loans by foreign investors on the condition that "no member of the Jewish faith sit on the bank's board of directors or control arty significant amount of stock." Smith's letter warned against cooperating with such offers. Blatichard also cited the testimony of a Commerce Department lawyer—that some American _ firms have reported receiving requests to engage in religious discrimination in connection with the boycott and he mentioned the refusal of former secre-tarj' of commerce Rogers Morton to deliver to Congress information on compliance by U.S. firms with the Arab boycott. The purpose of his amendment. Blanchard said, is "to clarify-the views of Congress on discrimination, for alj _ of those both in this coiintry and abroad who are uncertain about our intentions." Enforcement of his amendment would be put in the hands of bank regulatory agencies such as the Federal Reserve System. ^uuumutuuiiuuuiHHiuiiiuiuiiiiutuuiiuiiiuinuHuuuiumuuuiinuitmuiiiniiiinn report from WZOIfinds By YITZHAK SHARGIl TEL AVIV (JTA I— About 7.000 of the estimated 300.000 Israelis living abroad are expected to return to Israel this year with the help of the World Zionist , Organization. This was estimated in a 16-page report by a special WZO unit dealing with returning Israelis. The unit is headed by Eli Paz who is also the advisor to Yosef .Almogi. chairman of the WZO executive. The report. Medical which was discussed by the WZO executive, noted that the proportions of returning Israelis among all Jews settling in Israel has been going up. Yordim accounted for 26.6% in 1973 and reached nearly,45% last year. The returning Israeli is Ukely to be in his '305. with a better-than-aver-age education and a professional in the fields of engineering, science or the liberal arts. The report estimated that 30''o of the yordim were Sabras. more than 50°o were born ifi Europe or the Western Hemisphere and 20% are from Africa and Asia. Almogi said that 85% of the yordim continue to identify themselves as Israelis living abroad, tem- porarily, who expect to return home. He said because of the decline in aliyah. the yordim must be regarded as a valuable source of settlers. Almogi urged the public not to label them as deserters since this might alienate them. He was apparently hinting at criticism of the yordim by Yitzhak Rabin. Leon Dulzin. WZO treasurer, drew a distinction between Israelis who left before the Six Day War because of economic conditions and those who left after 1967 when conditions were better but wanted to seek adventure. He opposed helping the yordirn organize themselves abroad since this might give their continued absence from Israel a mark of legitimacy. 1 Israeli soldiers search Lebanese civilians as they cross the border in s = Metulla in riorthern Israel, fn ^recent weeks, thousands of villagers S S from war-torn Lebanon have been crossing into Israel to receive medical S = treatment, to buy food and to sell their tobacco. (Religious News Service) = liititiiiniuiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiniiiintiiiiiiiiiutiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiimiiiiuwiiin attract visitors TEL .AVIV — Those who adhere to cultural stereotypes have it on the best authority that every Jewish mother wants her son (now. even . daughter) to be a doctor. And nowhere better does this adage hold true, than in Israel; The small country now supports four major medical schools — at Hebrew University. Haifa. Tel Aviv and Beh-Gurion. For the physician traveling to Israel this affords an excellent way to combine pleasure with academic and professional contact. Dr- Abraham Rapoport. physician-in-chief for three years at Toronto Western Hospital, has visited Israel five times, as a guest lecturer and ,.tourist. Under an invitation from the dean of Tel Aviv's Sachier Medical School he was here recently to deliver lectures on kidney disease. The Sachier school, he noted, attracts fewer foreign students and many of ' the Israelis, following army s^rvicei enter the faculty as mature stu-. dents. Rapoport; a full professor at the University, of Toronto's medical faculty, was irhpressed with Tel: Aviv's teaching hospitals. ■The Ichilov Municipal Medical Centre is involved in advance study in orthopedics, centring on the faster healing of fractures. Tel Hashomer hospital, said the specialist, has an up-to-date kidney dialysis unit and researchers there are investigating the mechanism of acute kidney failui-e. 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