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...minute chat with the new President of Israel, aging Dr. Chaim Weizmann (see FOREIGN NEWS), who presented him with a Torah covered in blue velvet. Confided Harry Truman: "I always wanted...
Last week a weary, gentle man, who has been a citizen of two nations, sailed from New York to become President of a third. Israel's President Chaim Weizmann was born in Russia, had served Britain brilliantly as a chemist in World War I, and had lost a son in the R.A.F. in World War II. But his journey would not take him through his second homeland. "To our great sorrow," explained Mrs. Weizmann, "the attitude of Great Britain has prevented us from going to London . . . We don't wish to come to England on sufferance...
Said ailing Dr. Weizmann: "We have reached the culmination of a great idea. It's a long road beset with many difficulties . . . With the blessings of God, we will succeed...
...three places in the land of his destination, Dr. Weizmann's countrymen were challenging their difficulties with different degrees of success...
...Chaim Weizmann, 73-year-old Jewish leader who was elected President of the Provisional Government of Israel, made his first state visit this week to the President of the U.S. Blair House, official guest house for visiting foreign dignitaries, hung out the blue and white flag of the world's newest nation. For Zionists it was another moment for rejoicing...