N. Y. State Commission Hears Arguments on Aramco’s Anti-jewish Policy

The American Jewish Congress charged today that the employment policies of the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) had made the company “ju denrein”–free of Jews. In oral argument before the State Commission for Human Rights, Shad Polier, chairman of the national governing council of the AJC, said the oil company “at the bidding of its business partner, King Saud of Saudi Arabia,” was guilty of barring Jews from employment both in Saudi Arabia and in New York.

The State Commission heard arguments at its offices here on a complaint by the American Jewish Congress that Aramco’s anti-Jewish job practices violate the New York State Fair Employment law. The three members of the Commission who heard the arguments reserved decision. A ruling on the complaint, initiated by the AJC in 1958, is expected in mid-June.