Henry Morgenthau, Jr., chairman of the Board of Governors of the State of Israel Bond Issue, left for Israel yesterday to study the economic situation there and to confer with Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan on American financial participation in the development of its industry and agriculture. Mr. Morgenthau was accompanied by Mrs. Morgenthau. The couple were married earlier in the day at a private ceremony by r. Julius Mark, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El.
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.