Israeli newspapers predicted today that Premier David Ben-Gurion would at least pay a courtesy call at the White House during his forth-coming flying visit to the United States to accept an honorary degree from Brandeis University at Waltham, Mass., on March 9.
The Israeli Premier, the newspaper said, would also call on United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in New York and would stop over for one or two days in a West European capital en route home.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.