The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith today commended the U.S. Commerce Department for its handling of the Lockheed Corporation’s violation of the anti-discrimination provisions of the Export Administration Act. The ADL had earlier brought the violation to the attention of the Department.
Abraham Foxman, ADL’s associate national director and head of its International Affairs Division, said the ADL had informed the Commerce Department that a Lockheed subsidiary, Lockheed-EMSCO of Houston, posted an internal job notice for research chemists in Soudi Arabia which stipulated: “The customer has stated no Jewish applicants or women would be acceptable.”
Under the terms of a consent agreement announced on January 18, Lockheed was fined $10,000 and stripped of its export privileges to Soudi Arabia for a one-year period.
In praising Commerce’s action, Foxman declared that “it is a clear reaffirmation of the Department’s determination to combat Arab boycott activity, including religious discrimination against Americans.”
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