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     By Roger Simon
     (c) 1979 Chicago Sun-Times
     CHICAGO-The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has made clear to influential
Arabs that he will help win over the hearts and minds of the American
people for the Palestine Liberation Organization in exchange for Arab
support and dollars.
     An Arab source who attended two meetings that Mr. Jackson
conducted, told me: ''Jackson told us that if we came up with the
money, he would put his neck on the line for us.'' Then, according to
the source, Jackson bragged: ''But don't worry, we (American blacks)
have some necks.''
     Mr. Jackson, who told the Arab-Americans he considered the PLO ''a
government in exile'' and was not about to reduce it ''to a terrorist
organization,'' said one way to gain support would be for Arabs to
pay for the trips of influential Americans to Arab countries.
     ''The Israelis have been parading people to Israel since 1948 and
when the people come back, they argue the Israeli case,'' Mr. Jackson
reportedly said. ''You must do the same.''
     ''You have been subjected to vicious propaganda attacks,'' Mr.
Jackson also said. ''When (PLO chief) Arafat waves a gun in the air,
(Israeli Prime Minister) Begin gets a phantom jet. When Arafat shows
a bullet, Israel gets a cluster bomb.
     ''But do not worry, right now we are riding with the right tide of
history.''
     Mr. Jackson, the national director of Operation PUSH, confirmed the
quotations to me Monday night. ''Yeah, those are accurate quotes,''
he said. ''Understand, the symbolism of violence becomes the basis of
instilling fear. They (the PLO) must reassess that. Their very image
must be reassessed.''
     At a Saturday meeting with Arabs and a few blacks, Mr. Jackson told
the Arabs specific ways to improve the PLO image with Americans.
     ''Jackson told us that the PLO was using the wrong rhetoric, that
it wasn't using the English language in the best way,'' the source
said. ''Jackson said that we shouldn't use words like 'Zionism is
racism' and that we couldn't use phrases like 'We must push Jews into
the sea.' ''
     ''I know that you don't mean those things,'' Mr. Jackson reportedly
told them.
     Ironically, however, the Arab source indicated that Mr. Jackson
might be somewhat naive on that point. ''Actually, some of the Arabs
at the meeting do agree with those things,'' the source said. ''Not
all, not most, but some. Some, let's say one or two, definitely
believe that armed violence is the only way.''
     Not only was virtually every major Arab organization in Chicago
represented at the meeting at PUSH headquarters, but there were also
persons unofficially representing foreign governments, including
Jordan and Libya. Jackson stated that the meeting was closed to the
press, but those attending could report the events to the Arab press.
     The Arabs included what was described as a ''hard-core'' business
group, a business group that does not normally come out for Arab
functions. ''These were serious donators,'' the Arab source said. ''I
have never seen Arabs in this city so united before.''
     Mr. Jackson raised $10,000 in Arab pledges and contributions for
PUSH at that meeting and told the Arabs not to worry about what
others might think of his solicitations.
     ''I am not going to apologize for raising funds,'' he reportedly
said. ''There is the idea that if we get money from you, we are
intimidated by you. We get white dollars and whites don't intimidate
us; we get Jewish dollars and Jews don't intimidate us.
     ''We want to do something in Chicago,'' Mr. Jackson is quoted as
saying, ''that will be a model for the rest of the nation.''
     Earlier, at a meeting with Arab leaders on Aug. 28, Mr. Jackson
created an intriguing two-man committee made up of Mahmoud Naji, an
Arab businessman, and Clifford Kelley, the black alderman from the
20th Ward.
     According to one source, the purpose of the team was to solicit and
funnel contributions from Arab oil nations to the black community.
When I called Kelley, he confirmed he was working with Naji but was
less clear on his purpose.
     ''We are getting together to draft statements on what continuing
dialogue can take place between Arabs and blacks,'' he said. ''Fund
raising was to come later.''
     Naji said that Mr. Jackson might certainly have success in getting
large contributions from Arab oil nations, but said he and Kelley did
not expect to be directly involved.
     At the Saturday meeting, Mr. Jackson also outlined a multi-point
plan that included:
     -More exposure for the PLO cause on radio and TV.
     ''Jackson said he was invited to speak on Kup's Show (columnist Irv
Kupcinet's talk show) and that Kup had Jews on the show but no
Arabs,'' the source said. ''He said Irv Kupcinet did not want to put
Arabs on his show and that we had to fight for the right to express
our views on TV and radio.''
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     Editors: For the convenience of editors holding morning news
conferences, we now move a summary of what has been on this wire
during the night.
    
    WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17, l979
    
    DOMESTIC
    
    CHICAGO (Simon - Sun-Times - SIMON) - In giving public relations
advice to Arabs, the Rev. Jesse Jackson indicates he will help win
over the hearts and minds of the American people for the PLO in
exchange for Arab support and money. Exclusive. (1,250) - a602,
a603FNSPM.
    
     CHICAGO (Nicodemus-Clements - Sun-Times - POLES) - Leaders of
Chicago's huge Polish-American community plan to push for a six-month
boycott of Poland's cultural exchange programs to protest spying on
them by Polish secret agents. (650) - a644FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Hines - Sun-Times - MOON) - The discovery of a 14th moon
circling the giant planet Jupiter by the spacecraft Voyager 2 last
July is confirmed. (750) - a604FNSPM
    
    CHICAGO (Talbott - Sun-Times - BYRNE) - Mayor Jane Byrne says she
would campaign for President Carter in early primary election states,
including New Hampshire, if the President asked. (700) - a605FNSPM
    
     UNDATED (Finley - Sun-Times - SEARS) - A Federal Trade Commission
judge has ruled that Sears, Roebuck & Co. falsely advertised the
capabilities of its dishwashers for five years. (400) - a638FNSPM
    
     CHICAGO (Talbott-Hough - Sun-Times - CARTER) - Chicago's dispute
with the federal government over school integration might be solved
best in federal court, President Carter suggested in a town meeting
near Chicago. (1,150) - a639, a640FNSPM
    
    FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (Heath - Newhouse - AGENT-ORANGE) - Air
Force alumni of the massive Agent Orange defoliation project that
became one of the most controversial military operations of the
Vietnam war have volunteered for one more ''herbicidal mission.''
(800) - a053 - (Newhouse 005).
    
     CHICAGO (Stevens - Sun-Times - BLACK) - Many black leaders say
Carter's comment that the neighborhood schools battle may fare better
in court will further cut support for him among blacks. (650) -
a641FNSPM
    
     CHICAGO (Kelly - Sun-Times - NOBEL) - Nobel winner Theodore Schultz
is a critic who is not afraid to go against the tide. (800) -
a642FNSPM
    
     CHICAGO (Shaffer - Sun-Times - PUSH) - A court freezes the payroll
account of Operation Push in connection with a debt PUSH owes a PR
firm. (200) - a643FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Cobun - Newhouse - WALLACE) - Many of George Wallace's
oldest cronies are attempting to persuade him to seek a fourth term
as Alabama governor in 1982. (500) a071 (Newhouse 007).
    
     WASHINGTON (Rousmaniere - Baltimore Sun - ECON) - Unemployment will
rise in the South Atlantic region in the coming economic slowdown,
but not nearly so much as it will in the more industrialized
Northeast and Midwest, according to studies by the Treasury
Department and by Chase Econometric Associates, Inc. (600) - a645FNSPM
    
    
    WASHINGTON
    
    DOLTON, Ill. (Olson - Baltimore Sun - CARCUBA) - President Carter
pledges that the U. S. will not recognize Cuba until it withdraws
troops from other countries, releases political prisoners and stops
interfering in other nations' affairs. (650) - a606FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Baltimore Sun - OPEC) - The administration denounces the
new oil price increases of Libya and Iran and urges other oil
exporting nations to hold the line to prevent a new round of price
rises. (700) - a607FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Warren - Sun-Times - PROBE) - Paul Curran, the special
counsel investigating loans to the Carter peanut business, says no
criminal charges will be filed against President Carter, his brother
Billy or anyone else. (800) - a608FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Myers - Sun-Times - ROSTY) - The House Intelligence
Committee demands to see the spy secrets reaped from an informant
through whom the FBI passed information on U.S. citizens to the
Communist Polish intelligence agency. (300) - a609FNSPM
    
    WASHINGTON (Bernstein - Newhouse - ENERGY) - As a less glamorous,
but far more effective alternative to its synthetic fuels plan, the
White House is developing a national program of subsidies to
homeowners and businesses, and ''productivity grants'' to industry.
(900) - a072, a075 (Newhouse 008, 009).
    
     WASHINGTON (Trewhitt - Baltimore Sun - SALT) - A compromise on the
Backfire in the SALT II pact is accepted by the administration
because it's the best it can get. (750) - a654FNSPM
    (MORE)
    
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