European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday april 15,1990coalition to fight a Green Collar fraud Washington up a four Western retail and grocery chains joined environmental groups Friday in announcing a program to let shoppers know which products meet Tough environmental standards. The program s targets include advertising claims. A a there a too much a Green Collar fraud in the marketplace a said Craig Merrilees of the National toxics Campaign. A a there a too much undocumented unsubstantiated false and misleading  under the program products would be rewarded for meeting strict guidelines that Benefit the environment. Manufacturers would pay an Independent group the Green Cross certification co., on a fee for service basis to audit their products to qualify for a Green Cross recycling Seal of approval or the More comprehensive Green Cross environmental Seal of approval. Products would get the recycling Seal if they contain the maximum recycled Content level. The environmental Seal would be awarded if a product is made from at least 50 percent sustainable or recycled materials has no detected residue of highly toxic emissions and will not contribute to depletion of the Ozone. This Seal would also be Given out if advertising claims for the product and packaging can be verified or if the manufacturer adopts an aggressive solid waste reduction policy. Meyer. Calif., Ralphs grocery co. Of Compton calif., and Abco markets inc. Of Phoenix a will display Point of Sale seals on store shelves. Manufacturers Are recognizing that a number of Consumers Are becoming environmentally aware but Merrilees said some environmental claims Are false and misleading. He cited Dow chemical  Ziploc storage bags which claim to be made from a recyclable and photo de tradable a polyethylene. Merrilees said the claim is deceptive because plastic is not generally recyclable and for something to be photo degradable it must be exposed to the Sun bags Are sent to landfills which have no Sun exposure melees also criticized a Hughes markets a lactic grocery bag that claims to be made from recycled my Renals and to be non toxic recyclable and photo dem Clafin 3 fraud ent and deceptive new York attorney general Robert Abrams said he applauds the formation of the coalition of retailers and environmental groups and noted that he and seven other attorneys general Are investigating false Environ Quot mental advertising claims. Abrams said he Hopes the Federal Trade commission will adopt National uniform standards for Usine such words As a biodegradable a a non toxic and a Are  Lee Peeler the it cd a assistant director of the Bureau of consumer Protection said the Agency is now considering the need for National guidelines meanwhile he said the Etc is a interested in going after claims that Promise environmental benefits that Consumers Arentt going to  deadlock blamed on Leader in Brooklyn new York apr in the israeli town of far chabad a Tudor styled anomaly rises amid the holy lands Jumble of ancient and Modem edifices. It is a replica of another building 6,000 Miles away at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn a the Headquarters of menace hem Mendel Schneerson the 88-year-old Leader of the Lubavitcher hasidim. It is also a Symbol of the fealty of Schneerson a followers. That loyalty some political observers say scuttled an attempt last week by the labor party to form an israeli government. Two members of the Knesset israelis parliament refused to Back labor citing Schneerson a opposition to trading land for peace a Cornerstone of the labor platform. Schneerson a has again obstructed the formation of a government in Israel a Allan Nadler who teaches jewish studies at Mcgill University in Montreal said in a column in saturdays new York times. Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky a spokesman for Schneerson denied that the Lubavitcher Leader had issued any dictum to the two rebellious legislators. The rebbe or grand rabbi had not talked to either Kunsky said and had taken no sides in israelis political crisis. Schneerson did comment obliquely on the land for peace Issue in a speech several weeks ago. And one of the two legislators rabbi Avraham Verdiger called the Rebbey a office to ask if Schneerson had changed his position. Told that he had not Verdiger repudiated labor a on his own initiative a Krinsky said. A a Zubavitch has not been involved in any of the political horse trading that a going  Schneerson a name has come up in previous israeli controversies. Opponents said he was behind efforts to Amend the Law so converts of non orthodox rabbis would not gain automatic citizenship in Israel. In the United states his followers have earned the enmity of other jewish groups by supporting moments of silent prayer in Public schools and by pressing for the right to erect hanukkah menorahs in Public places. The Man at the Center of these disputes is a Small figure distinguished by his Black Fedora White Beard and penetrating Blue eyes. Bom in Russia an immigrant in 1941, he has never been to Israel. In fact apart from twice yearly visits to his father in Laws grave in Queens he has not left Brooklyn since he took office in 1950. Schneerson is the seventh in the line of Lubavitcher Rebibes going Back to his great l Iju Jfe Vita amp in. Iiiuiiuji.wlluljlwjulubuotijllujjjjlljii.ijujmwh58wswg><s6gsfr a Menachem Mendel Schneerson Speaks to his followers from his base in Brooklyn. Shneur Zalman an acolyte of the founder of hasidism the Baal Shem Tov. The Lubavitcher like other hasidim Are pious Folk. The men Wear Black and Are bearded the women Cut their hair and Wear wigs after marriage. But unlike the others the Lubavitcher Are outward looking eager to persuade other jews to become Awre observant. Schneerson has presided Over a rapid expansion of the Lubavitcher universe. More than 1,000 a Cha bad houses have been established around the world to spread the word. The Rebbey a speeches sometimes extending six hours Are sent by satellite to Cable systems around the Globe. Recreational vans known As a jewish tanks a roam the country to promote jewish ritual. Lubavitcher officials claim a million followers around the world. Others dispute that figure but agree that the movement is influential. Schneerson is the movements soul. More than 125 volumes of his talks and writings have been published. His pictures hang everywhere in Israel. His followers recall seemingly miraculous consequences of Schneerson a suggestions a lives that were saved babies that were bom marriages that were made. These stories have led some to ask whether the rebbe is actually the Messiah come to Earth to redeem the jews. Such talk outrages other jewish leaders. And Schneerson has never claimed to be the Messiah. Krinsky said Only that if the Messiah should come the rebbe a said to be a descended of King David so would be qualified. There can be no dispute about one thing Krinsky said a a there a no greater spiritual Leader m the world jewish  Sellers compiled by the new York times fiction 1�?the Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum last week 1 weeks on list 5 2�?oh. The places you la go by or. 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