Mobil Accused of ‘sabotaging’ Effective Anti-boycott Legislation

Mobil Oil Corporation was accused today by the American Jewish Congress of “sabotaging at shareholders’ expense the broad national consensus that supports effective anti-boycott legislation.” The charge was made by E. Stanley Topek, a member of the AJ Congress, in presenting a resolution at Mobil’s annual meeting in the Houston Civic Center calling on the company to report to shareholders its response to Arab boycott demands.

In his statement, Topek said that Mobil, which has been running ads in various newspapers, had spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars–perhaps millions–in company funds to attack anti-boycott legislation. By its conduct, Mobil has furthered the Arab boycott and revealed itself to be outside the mainstream of public and business support for effective anti-boycott legislation.” The AJ Congress resolution presented by Topek was introduced in the name of six company stockholders who are members of the organization.