Israel/Lebanon (JCRC Trip, Jewish Community Relations Council), 1982

August 15-22, 1982. Letter to the editor of the New York Times by group including Tom Hobart re visit to Israel and Lebanon, September 3, 1982; letter as printed, signed by Bayard Rustin (A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund) on behalf of group, September 10, 1982; typed statement about the letter, adding further points, unsigned; statement by Hobart, n.d.; APRI press release by Bayard Rustin, The Truth about Lebanon," September 16, 1982; booklet, "The Israeli Incursion into Lebanon: A personal report and reflections on my trip to Israel and Lebanon, August 15-23, 1982," by Bayard Rustin; booklet, "A View of the 'Defense of Galilee Operation' Israel-Lebanon," by Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr, August 1982; background papers on the AFL-CIO position on Israel and Lebanon, with cover memo from David Dorn to Tom Hobart, urging him (at Al's [Shanker?] suggestion) not to introduce a resolution on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, September 27, 1982; reprint of article by Norman Podhoretz in Commentary, "J'Accuse," with cover note from Al Shanker, received by Hobart's Office of the President, September 20; press release from BASIC (Black Americans to Support Israel Committee) by Bayard Rustin, "The Vibrancy of Israel's Democracy," October 7; outline of talking points for JCLC luncheon, with handwritten notations, November 6, 1982; newsletter, AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News, "The Israeli Incursion into Lebanon," by Bayard Rustin, September 1982; ADL Bulletin (published by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith), "Lebanon: Where It Went Wrong," criticizing the press for inaccurate coverage, December 1982; Columbia Journalism Review article, "Beirut - and the press - under siege," November/December 1982; correspondence between Hobart and Israeli resident Shalom Levine, October 1982-January 1983; newsletter, Labour in Israel (published by Histadrut, General Federation of Labor in Israel), "Histadrut's Position on Middle East Crisis," September 1982; list of participants in trip to Israel-Lebanon by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Inc., August 23, 1982; memo, Jewish Labor Committee's Position on Current Developments in the Middle East, February 7, 1983; Jewish Labor Committee's Statement on Current Israeli Issues, January 17, 1983; Jewish Labor Committee minutes of special joint meeting, National Executive Board and National Trade Union Council, October 5, 1982; newspaper clippings from NY Times and others