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 these are only a few of the features you'll find weekly in The Jewish News order a subscription or gift subscription today! I The Jewish News II 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 I Southfield, Mich. 48075 I I - I Gentlemen: I Please send a (gift) subscription: I NAME I ADDRESS CITY From: I If gift state occasion $1 5 enclosed STATE ZIP 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.