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...second major diplomatic assignment was as the new state's first minister to Moscow, where she organized the legation on kibbutz lines, taking her turn at washing dishes. Recalled to be Minister of Labor in 1949, she began a crash program of building housing for immigrants and goldene wegen, as Israelis then called their new roads. In 1956 she was promoted to Foreign Minister, a post she held for a decade that was marked by at least one violent disagreement with Ben-Gurion over recognizing West Germany; she still refuses to ride in a German-made car. More constructively...
Then George Jennings, a nurseryman, the biggest customer the Ralston post office has-he sends out some 300 letters and bills a month-heard what Mrs. Groene wegen was up to. On his mail is a picture of the post office and the legend: "Oldest U.S. Post Office Building." Mr. Jennings was indignant. Said he: "This building ... is our only claim to fame. It means a lot, too, to stamp collectors who want the Ralston postmark in their albums." Mr. Jennings wrote to New Jersey's Senator W. Warren Barbour, asked him to take a stand...
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