Sen. Clifford P. Case, New Jersey Republican, today asked Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor for an early report on action taken to deal with the Arab boycott under the anti-boycott clause of the newly adopted Export Control Act.
In a letter to the Secretary, Sen. Case said that restrictive trade practices like the Arab boycott of firms dealing with Israel “should not be permitted to influence American commercial policy one day longer than necessary.”
Sen. Case pointed out that he favored a measure stronger than the one adopted. He would have flatly prohibited American firms from supporting the Arab boycott in any way. He said, however, that he hoped the weaker measure would prove effective against boycott. “If experience shows it to be ineffective, however, I shall be among the first to urge amendment of the law,” Sen. Case informed the Commerce Department.
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