THREE JEWISH-OWNED FUR FIRMS HAVE BEEN “FINED” $75,000, THE MONEY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG VARIOUS CHARITIES, BY AN ARBITRATION COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE COMPANIES AND THE JOINT BOYCOTT COUNCIL, WITH DAVID L. PODELL AS IMPARTIAL CHAIRMAN, WHICH, IN ITS MAJORITY DECISION, FOUND THE FIRMS GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE ANTI-NAZI BOYCOTT.
THE FIRMS, EITINGON-SCHILD FUR CORPORATION, BALKAN IMPORTING COMPANY AND ALEXANDER BERNSTEIN COMPANY, ALL OF NEW YORK, WERE ACCUSED BY THE BOYCOTT COUNCIL OF HAVING RECEIVED LARGE SHIPMENTS OF FURS IMPORTED THROUGH GERMANY AND PAID FOR THROUGH THE REICH CLEARING SYSTEM. THE DECISION WAS GIVEN AFTER HEARINGS AT THE GOVERNOR CLINTON HOTEL NOV. 3 AND 7. BOTH PARTIES TO THE ARBITRATION AGREED IN ADVANCE TO ACCEPT THE DECISION AND THE AGREEMENT PROVIDED THAT THE ARBITRATORS ACCEPT THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BOYCOTT.
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