10 Friday, November 16, 1919
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Army Engineers, UN Units Participated in Arab Boycott
NEW YORK — The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
and two United Nations
agencies participated in the
Arab boycott of Israel, ac-
cording to government
documents obtained by the
American Jewish Congress.
The findings are disclosed
in the current issue of
"Boycott Report," a news-
letter published by the
American Jewish Congress.
The documents, filed with Report," the Army Corps
the Commerce Department, of Engineers invited bids
were obtained in a Freedom for goods intended for a
of Information lawsuit. As a Saudi Arabian army as-
result of the decision, some sistance program, con-
1,659 reports on Arab taining the requirement
boycott activities in that "all proposers must
America filed prior to Oct. 7, assume that their com-
1976 were turned over to pany or corporation is
the American Jewish Con- not owned in principle or
managed by personnel
gress.
According to Will Mas- having extraction from,
low,' editor of "Boycott or an interest in, any
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country not recognized
by the SAG (Saudi Ara-
bian Government)."
A spokesman for the
Corps of Engineers said in
Washington that the corps
"never had a policy of
encouraging this sort of
thing .. c' Call it an error or
an isolated case."
Three other documents
revealed boycott requests
made at the behest of
United Nations agencies.
Twice, in 1966 and 1967, the
UN's World Health Organ-
ization ordered goods bound
for Arab states from U.S.
firms, insisting that the in-
voices state: "Goods are not
manufactured in Israel nor
are they of Israeli origin."
Another document said
that the UN Food and Ag-
riculture Organization had
requested a certificate from •
an unidentified American
company guaranteeing that
the plane carrying ordered
goods did not carry Israeli
goods or stop at Israeli air-
ports.
Other documents ob-
tained by. the American
Jewish Congress revealed
that Caterpillar Tractor
had complied with the re-
quirements of the Arab
boycott but had concealed
this from its stockholders.
"This company on three
different occasions complied
with the request to declare
`solemnly' that it was not a
`Jewish company nor con-
trolled by Jews or Zionists'
— in April 1969, in a sub-
mission to the Iraqi gov-
ernment; in February 1972,
in renewing its trademark
registration in Iraq; and in
April 1975, in registering
its trademark in Saudi
Arabia."
The report said, "Particu-
larly disturbing is that at
Caterpillar's annual meet-
ing on April 13, 1977, the
company distributed a- re-
port to the shareholders
present declaring that
`Caterpillar has not
encountered any effort on
the part of Arab interests to
require it to discriminate
against any employee or
supplier on racial or reli-
gious grounds. The com-
pany would not agree to any
such request.' "
The American Jewish
Congress newsletter also
found evidence among the
documents, in forms sent to
American firms from var-
ious Arab nations, that the
Arab boycott is not only
anti-Israel but anti-Jewish
as well.
"A total of 66 reports in
the batch contain reference
to Jews, Zionists or deriva-
tive terms. Of these, 29 con-
tain a question along these
lines: 'Are the goods you are
shipping or their containers
stamped with a six-pointed
star?' "
•
Detroit School Psychologist
Helen E. Fenton Dies at 74
Helen Esser Fenton, a
school psychologist in the
Detroit Public Schools who
was active in Jewish and
civic affairs, died Nov. 9 at
age 74.
Born in Russia, Mrs. Fen-
ton was graduated from the
Ganapol School of Music
and performed in many
fund-raising concerts. She
was graduated from
-Columbia University and
the University of Michigan,
earning BA and MA de-
grees. She later joined the
psychology staff at U-M.
In 1929, Mrs. Fenton be-
came the first psychologist
at Children's Hospital. She
completed courses in
medicine at Wayne State
University's medical school.
Mrs. Fenton held mem-
bership in Hadassah,
Women's American ORT,
Fresh Air Society, Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, Temple Beth El
Sisterhood, Shapero
School of Nursing and
Sinai Hospital Guild. She
edited the guild's publi-
cation, "The Pulse,"
which she originated, for
the past 26 years. Mrs.
Fenton also was affil-
iated with the Michigan
Association of School
Psychologists, archives
HELEN FENTON
-
of the Detroit Institute of
Arts and its Founders
Society, Spectrum Art
Club, Music Study Club
and Franklin Hills Coun-
try Club.
For many years, Mrs.
Fenton was a science
teacher at various Detroit
high schools, but for the
past 15 years held the psy-
chology post.
For her volunteer serv-
ices she received the Red
Feather Award and the
United Cominunity Serv-
ices' Heart of Gold Award.
Mrs. Fenton leaves her
husband, Joseph; two
daughters, Mrs. Michael
(Suzy) Levitt and Sally of
Milwaukee, Wis.; and three
grandchildren.
Irving Robinson
M. Rosenbaum
Irving Robinson, retired
former owner of Robinson's
Leather Shop, died Nov. 11
at age 76.
Born in New York, Mr:
Robinson lived many years
in Detroit prior to moving to
Plantation, Fla. He retired
in 1973.
Mr. Robinson took over
Robinson's Leather Shop
from his father more than
50 years ago. He was a
member of Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Pisgah Lodge of
Bnai Brith, Mosaic Lodge of
the Masons and the Detroit
Club of Miami.
He leaves his wife, An-
nette; two daughters, Ellen
and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy)
Hack; a brother, Dr. How-
ard of .Clearwater, Fla.; a
sister, Mrs. Sigmund
(Edith) Rosman of Hol-
lywood, Fla. Interment De-
troit.
Manuel Rosenbaum, a
title insurance consultant
for more than 50 years, died
Nov. 13 at age 71.
Born in Toronto, Ont.,
Mr. Rosenbaum lived 50
years in Detroit. For the
past six years, Mr. Rosen-
baum was affiliated with
the American Title Corp.
He previously was affiliated
with Lawyers Title Corp. for
many years.
He was a member of the _
Michigan Home Builders
Association and its board of
directors and Bnai Brith.
He leaves his wife, Lil-
lian; two sons, Dr. Martin
and Jan; three sisters, Mrs.
Fannie Stockier, Mrs. Ann
Goodman of California and
Mrs: Simeon (Charlotte)
Freedman; and two
grandchildren.
Betty Goldin, 72 9
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
Betty Goldin, an active
member of synagogues and
Jewish women's organiza-
tions, died Nov. 12 at age 72.
Born in Russia, Mrs. Gol-
din lived 56 years in De-
troit. She was a member of
Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Cong. Bnai David and Cong.
Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses. She also was active
in efforts on behalf of
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah.
Mrs. Goldin held mem-
bership in Hadassah, Na-
Strategic Gift
tional Council of- Jewish
Women and Jewish Na-
The international fron-
tier between Syria and tional Fund.
She leaves her husband,
Palestine, arbitrarily de-
termined by the United Nathan; two brothers, Jack
Kingdom and France after Ross and Robert Ross; and
World War I, placed the two sisters, Mrs. Sam
Golan Heights • in Syria. It (Jeanette) Herman and
gave that country a great Mrs. Harold (Charlotte)
Schatz of Sherman Oaks,
military advantage over Is-
rael. Calif.
Age of Maturity
(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)
A boy is held responsible
and obligated at the age of;
13 while the age of 18 is co
sidered the proper age fo
his marriage.
Eighteen is the age men-
tioned in the Ethics of the
Fathers (Chap. 5). The
commentaries on the
Jewish Codes explain that
his responsibility for mar-
riage was delayed because
he was obligated to study
Talmud at the age of 15 and
at least three years were
allowed him for his study.
Thus the obligation for
marriage was postponed
until the 18th year of his
life. It is also claimed that it
is not until about the age of
18 that he has reached that
stage of maturity which is
required for the manage-
ment of family responsibil-
ity.