The Boston Jewish Community Council reported it was watching closely the reported sale of extensive properties in Boston to Kuwaiti interests. Albert Schlossberg, Council President, said the properties included in the reported sale “have as tenants a high percentage of residents and professional people who are Jewish.” He said if indications of discriminatory action developed, the Council would “take all steps required to protect the rights of the tenants.”
Schlossberg said the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination had met with the sub-committee on the Arab boycott of the Jewish Community Council’s legal committee and then issued a statement indicating that the commission too intended “to monitor all situations with potential violations of the laws against discrimination, particularly with regard to the Arab boycott.”
Noting that the sale of property is a legitimate right of any American, Schlossberg said the Jewish Community Council would “in this instance be vigilant in its monitoring of the situation because of the seemingly reliable report that the local agents will be purchasing the property for Kuwait Arab interests. Our concern in this instance is with the reported purchaser.”
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