e (4 ved President
Laid to Rest in Rehovoth

In Atlanta, Ga., President-
Elect Eisenhower interrupted
his vacation to cable the sym-
pathy of "Mrs. Eisenhower and
I" to Mrs. Vera Weizmann, wid-
ow of the late leader.
Alli Israel Government offices
in the United States as well as
all offices of Zionist- groups were
closed Tuesday in' respect to Dr.
Weizmann.
In New York, officials of the
Israeli Consulate, the Jewish
Agency and other organizations
met at the Consulate for services

Many Gather to Offer
Tribmte to Dr.Weinnann

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TEL AVIV—Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Israel's first Presi-
dent, was on Tuesday afternoon laid to rest in the garden of
his home at Rehovoth.
In the two days before his funeral the President lay in
state in a coffin on a platlbrm in front of his home. 250,000
Israelis filed past to take their last view of the beloved
leader.
Present at the funeral were about 400 persons includ..
ing members of the family, personal friends- from various
parts-of the world, members of the government, parliament,
diplomatic corps and national
institutions.
the prayer for the dead, by
The participants at the fu Chief Rabbi Benzion Uziel.

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ously been sanctified by the
army's chief chaplain. Army
and police units at , the grave
presented arms as the coffin
was lowered into its final rest-
ing place.
Dr. Weizmann's son, Benja-
min, recited the prayer for the
dead and turned the first shovel
of earth onto the coffin. Friends
and intimates .in the govern-
ment followed him to the grave
to add their shovels of earth.
Moments later a 21-gun salute
by a battery nearby roared out
the signal that the ceremony
had ended. Air force planes
flew overhead during the cere-
money.
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Over 50 wreaths which had
been sent to the President's
home by heads of various
governments and friends were
laid on the grave. The first
wreath was laid by Mrs. Vera
Weizmann, and bore the legend
in Hebrew and in English ."To
My Beloved Husband."
Among the wreaths were

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those from Queen Juliana, of
Holland, which were flown to
Israel in a special plane, from
President Juan Peron, of Argen-
tina, President Einaudi, of Italy,
and from the widow of Gen.
Orde Wingate, beloved British
organizer of Haganah and per-
sonal 'friends of the Weizmanns.
Messages of sorrow and of
grief came by the thousands to
tiny Israel. They came from the
powerful, the influential and
from the common man.
Notes of sym-
pathy were
forthcomi.ng
from President
Truman, Presi-
dent Elect Ei-
senhower, Brit-
a i n' s Queen
Elizabeth a n d
Prime' Minister
Winston
Churchill.
Nearly all
Truman
Jewish organi-
zations—whether Zionist or not
— issued statements 'expressing
the great loss caused by Presi-
dent Weizmann's death;
Locally, statements were made
by many members of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, whose
flag is being flown at half mast;
leaders of. the Zionist Organiza-
tion, whose_ spokesmen were
Leon Kay, president of the
Michigan Zionist Region; La.wr-,
ence W. Crohn and A. C. Lappin,'

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Moslem garb and representa- President's home the silence dor Abba Eban to express Presi-
continued
as•
army
of
ficers
tives of various Christian,
dent Truman's sorrow on tho
churches represented in Is- hoisted the coffin to their death of Dr. Weizmann, Others
rael. Each of the mourners shoulders, and in measured who paid their resr:cts were
passed the coffin and then steps began the procession Henry A. Byroade, Assistant
took a position in a square in through the green woods to the Secretary of State, and Parker
nearby grave, which had previ-
front of the platform.
T. Hart, director of the Office of

Shortly before 2:30 p.m.;
members of the President's fam-
ily and close friends came out
doors and began assembling for
the procession. Behind them
came members of the govern-
ment, heads of the Jewish Agen-
cy Executive and others.
Ten lieutenant colonels and
10 brigadier generals of the Is-
rael. Army took positions around
the coffin. The religious services
were begun .by Chief Rabbi Isaac
Herzog, and were concluded with

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THE GREATER DETROIT

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neral passed through two lines When the services came to a
of fully-armed paratroopers and close a siren sounded in Reho-
approached the _coffin, which voth. Simult aneously sirens
was guarded by high officers sounded throughout the length
of the Israel Armed Services. - and breadth of The land, and all
Among those who arrrived movement came to a halt as the
for the funeral were Chief people of Israer maintained a
Raj:obis of,israel and major two-minute period of silence in
cities thrOugho* the world, Memory of their dead chief.
In the square in fron't of the.
Arab clergy in traditional

led by Ambassador Abba Eban.
A memorial service was also held
at 'the offices of the Jewish -
Agency, at which Louis - Lipsky,
chairman of the American Zion-
ist Council, and, Gottlieb Ham-
mer, the Agency's executive di-,

Near Eastern Affairs, who con-
veyed also the condolences of
Secretary of State Dean Ache-
son.
From the White House, Presi-
dent Truman said, "Mankind
has lost an able leader in the
death of Chaim Weiz.mann . . .
His devotion to the establish-
ment of a homeland for the
Jewish people, both before its
realization and as the head of
the new go Vern iii. e n t, has
brought him the respect and
gratitude of Millions. He was a
man of wisdom and I was hon-
ored to know him."

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