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rector delivered eulogies. The
Kaddish prayer was delivered by
Rabbi Zevi Tabory.
Memorial services were also
held at headquarters of Hadas-
sah where eulogies were deliv-
ered by Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsy
and Mrs. Rebecca Shulman, lead-
ers of the Women's Zionist or-
ganization. The national board
of Hadassah voted to name the
new Hadassah-Hebrew Univer-
sity Medical Center, to be built
in Ein Kerem outside of Jeru-
salem in honor of Dr. Weizmann.
The American Zionist Council,
in which all Zionist groups are
represented, announced it would
hold a meeting of all Zionist
organizations in this country in
about 30 days in memory of the
beloved Israel leader. The Zion-
ist Organization of America an-
nounced that it • would be repre-
sented at Dr. Weizmann's funeral
by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, Amer-
ican member of the Jewish Agen-
cy executive.
In Washington diplomats and
others have visited the Israel
Embassy to sign a register of
condolence. Among those who
have signed so far are the diplo-
matic representatives of Ger-
many, Japan, South Africa,
Great Britain, Norway, Belgium,
France, Dominican Republic,
Yugoslavia, Luxemburg, Liberia,
Turkey, Argentina and Chile.
At the United Nations, before
resumption of general debate on
Tuesday, Israel delegate Abba S.
Eban expressed "deep gratitude"
for the silent homage paid by
the General Assembly on Mon-
day to the memory of Chaim
Weizmann, who he said "is be-
ing laid to rest at this very
hour."
Mr. Eban spoke of President
Weizmann. as "the embodiment
in modern times of the kingly
and prophetic tradition which
once flourished in Israel and
became the most abiding source
of light and redemption for suc-
cessive generations of men.
"He led Israel
for 40 years,"
the Israeli dele-
gate .said,,
"through a
wilderness of
martyrdom and
anguish, of sav-
a g e • oppression
a n d frustrated
hope, across the
sharpest agony Abba Eban
which has ever beset the life
of any people, and at the end
of his days he entered in tri-
umph upon his due inheritance
of honor as the first President
of Israel."
Mr. Eban was a protege of
President Weizmann and his
voice was choked with emotion
as he paid this final tribute to
his late Chief on the podium of
the UN. "His Presidency," Eban
said, "symbolized the swift jour-
ney of the Jewish people in this
it's most awesome decade from
the horrors and depredations of
European slaughterhouses and
Oriental ghettos to the shelter
and freedom of the sovereign
state securely established in the
international family."
In Jerusalem Premier David
Ben-Gurion, at a special meet-
ing of the Cabinet called on the
occasion of the death of Presi-
dent Weizmann, eulogized him
as the "first citizen of the Jew-
ish nation." The Premier said to
the members of his government,
and to the co-chairmen of the
Jewish Agency, Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann and Berl Locker, who also
attended the meeting:
"I would not try now to ap-
preciate the personality and the
activity of the nation's choice.
There was nobody like him since
Ilerzl and many books should be
written about him and about the
two crowns he wore—the crown
of statehood and the crown of
science. Even in those few years
when he was not elected presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization,
Dr. Weizmann was the first citi-
zen of the Jewish nation, sym-
bolizing our urge and striving
for the national revival named
Zionism."
Queen Elizabeth II in a
message to Acting Israel Presi-
dent Joseph Sprinzak, said, "I
learned with deep regret of the
death of President Weizmann.
who devoted his life whole-
heartedly, to the welfare of his
people. Please convey my sin-
cere sympathy to his family."
Winston Churchill, in a rnes-
sage to Premier
David Ben-Gu-
r i o n, declared,
"I am deeply
grieved to hear
of the death of
my friend, Dr.
Weizmann. The
world has lost a
distinguished
citizen, and Is-
rael • a faithful
son. I would be
grateful if you
would convey
my sympathy to
Churchill
Mrs. Weizmann." British Jewry
joined in sending messages of
condolence to the Weizmann
family.
A meeting of the Jewish Agen-
cy executive was held later, and
Dr. Goldmann and Locker also
eulogized the President.
When the news of Dr. Weiz-
mann's death reached the na-
tional conference of the United
Israel Appeal at the Hotel Com-
modore, New York, the 1,200 as-
sembled delegates converted the
session into a memorial service
at which Arthur Lourie, Consul
General of Israel, spoke. Eulogies
were also delivered by Louis Lip-
sky, Chairman of the American
Zionist Council, who worked
with Dr. Weizmann from the
early days of the Zionist move-
ment, Rabbi Irving Miller, pres-
ident of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, and Rabbi Max
Kirshblum, Mizrachi leader.
Dr. Weizmann left his mark
on the Jewish and non-Jewish
world as a scientist, statesman,
organizer and administrator. The
contributions of countless Jews
in all parts of the world were,
in the eyes of many, brought to
a synthesis in the chemist whose
contributions to a world at
peace and at war paralleled his
position as the diplomatic rep-
resentative of the Jewish people
who—until his 73rd year—had
no state machinery, no army, no
navy and no treasury to give
him support.
The man who was destined to
interpret to the non-Jewish
world the hopes and ambitions
of the Jewish nation was born
in the small Russian town ' of
Motyli in 1874. His early educa-
tion he obtained in Russia, but
his universityteducation he re-
ceived in Germany and later in
Switzerland where he earned his
doctorate in chemistry.
During World War I, the
chemist was not neglected while
the Zionist worked. Dr. Weiz-
mann made gigantic contribu-
tions to the British war effort,
including the discovery of a for-
mula for acetone, an important
ingredient of explosives. He took
advantage of contacts with Brit-
ish leaders to press for the cre-
ation of a Jewish homeland.
Negotiations, begun in 1914,
paid off in 1918 when the fa-
mous Balfour Declaration told
the world of Britain's guarantee
of a Jewish homeland in Pales-
tine.
During the next decade Weiz-
mann the Zionist was busy criti-
cizing the British administra-
tion in Palestine and, finally,
taking the leadership in the
movement to resist British at-
tempts to limit the Jewish com-
munity in Palestine. That decade
saw the years of World War II
and Weizmann's contributions to
the Allied war effort were again
outstanding.
The aged Weizmann in 1946
took the stand as Zionism's fore-
most spokesman, testifying be-
fore the Joint Anglo-American
Commission of Inquiry on Pales-
tine. The following year he ap-
peared before the United Na-
tions Special Committee on Pal-
estine, which eventually recom-
mended the partition of Pales-
tine. Later that year he stood
before the UN General Assembly
to plead his people's cause.
The results are in the history
books. On Nov. 29, 1947, the UN
decided in favor of partition and
the establishment of a Jewish
state. The following May 18, four
days after the Jewish state had
been proclaimed and while the
Arab armies were already tear-
ing at the body of newborn Is-
rael, the first session of the first
Jewish Parliament in nearly
2,000 years elected Chaim Weiz-
mann the first President of Is-
rael. He was reelected President
in November 1951.
The most complete tribute to
Weizmann was a simple state-
ment made by David Ben-
Gurion on May 15, 1948:
"Whether he holds an official
position or not, whether one
agrees with his views or not, he
will always remain the chosen
leader of his people. No man liv-
ing has contributed so much tip
the constructive achievement!
and political gains of the Ziolits.
ist movement as Dr. Chain%
Weizmann."
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