Arab intervention into internal American Jewish life was revealed last night at the launching of the 1966 fund-raising campaign of the United Jewish Welfare Fund here. Addressing the gathering, Albert A. Spiegel, general chairman of the campaign disclosed that Republic Pictures had been banned from a number of Arab League countries because one of its principal stockholders is Victor M. Carter, former general chairman of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, who has also served as vice-president and treasurer of the Jewish Federation-Council here.
The distributor of Republic Pictures products in Beirut, Lebanon, said he could no longer distribute such products “because of the affiliation of Mr. Carter with the Zionist Organization Federation of Jewish Welfare, ” Mr. Spiegel reported. He pointed out that Republic Pictures was punished by the Arab boycott discrimination not because of dealings with Israel but owing to Mr. Carter’s affiliation with a philanthropic organization which supports 169 non-sectarian health, welfare, and educational institutions as well as hospitals.
“This act of intimidation against a private American citizen exposes the Arab boycott as being not only against Israel but against Jews wherever they are, ” he said. The Arab boycott blacklist is therefore really an honor roll on which we may soon find the names of all those active in Jewish life, ” he pointed out.
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