Foreign Minister Golda Meir served as chairman today at the first meeting of the Israel Committee for the Henrietta. Szold Centennial. The committee approved a series of observances to be held throughout the world, commemorating the birth of the founder of Hadassah and the Youth Aliyah movement. The worldwide commemorative events will be under the aegis of a presidium which includes Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive.
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