Arthur Lourie, political secretary of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is on board the S.S. Statendam en route to New York, it was learned today. His trip is in connection with the forthcoming visit to the United States of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency and of the World Zionist Organization. Dr. Weizmann, has not yet fixed the date of his departure or his route, but expects to be in America by the end of December at the latest.
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