business.”

“Well put! I think my friends will have an interesting evening in store for them.” Then turning to Joseph he asked, “Yussef, are you ready?”

“I sure hope so.”

The men finished up their preparations just as the first guests began to arrive. Fazzi greeted and introduced each new arrival to Richard and Joseph. Joseph knew most of them and invited them to partake of the refreshments. Even the tailor that he had met that morning was there. As soon as the guests were settled Fazzi introduced the people sitting on the dais, and Richard began his presentation.

“If any of you have trouble understanding any thing I say in my presentation-feel free to interrupt and either Mr. Muhammad or Mr. Benson will try to explain it in Arabic. We want every investor here to feel that he is completely informed and familiar with the way in which his money is being handled.” Worthington emphasized as he turned to Joseph and asked him to translate his last statement into Arabic. He then proceeded to go through his presentation. He proceeded slowly and surely, with few interruptions, point-by-point, until he completed his presentation.

“Now I will take questions.” He said as a few hands went up. “Yes?” he asked one of the elder men. “What is your question?”

“Will we have the final say on what stocks are purchased?” the man asked.

“Of course you will, it is your money. Let me assure you that you will have complete and final say on how and where your money is invested. You will set up an investment committee and they will review each stock and approve or disapprove it. No stock will be purchased without the committee's approval. I don't understand why a question like this would even be raised. Perhaps you would tell me why you would think that I'm going to invest your money in a company that you might have objections to.”

“Yes I will tell you.” He said. “You see Mr. Worthington this money is 'Arab money' and we would not want it invested in 'Jewish' companies or in companies that have any dealings with the Jewish occupiers of our homeland. Neither would we like this money invested in companies that have Jews on their boards of directors or that employ many Jews.”

Worthington was shocked. “That my friend would be impossible. For one thing I can't go asking a company to provide me with that kind of information. Not only is it illegal - it is wrong and un-American. No employer is even allowed to ask questions about the religion of its employees. I don't even know how many Jews, Moslems or Christians I have in my company. All I am interested in is-if that employee is working his hardest to enrich the company. Let me make it absolutely clear. This is America and I don't give a damn where you come from - if I think that a company is a good investment I will recommend it. If you are foolish enough to refuse my advise, that is your right to do so. I am here to advise you only. If someone should suggest some other companies to invest in, my job is to give you my opinion, nothing else. Like I said before. It is your money. If you want to earn only 4 or 5 percent when you could be getting 10 to 20 percent, I would suggest you put the money in a savings