In a telegram to President Eisenhower, the Hadassah advised him that it had planted 18 trees in Israel in his name today. Mrs. Samuel J. Rosensohn, president, explained in the telegram that the number 18 was selected because in the Hebrew it is the symbol of life. The message expressed “supreme faith” that the trees planted for him “will grow and thrive, offering their protection to those who need it, in measure with your own demonstrated efforts to comfort and encourage all those in need until they are able to stand on their own feet.”
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