President Ben Zvi to Be Sworn in Today at Elaborate Ceremony

Itzhak Ben Zvi, the new President of Israel, will be sworn in tomorrow at an elaborate ceremony in the Israel Parliament. A salvo of 21 guns and the sound of Shofars blown by two rabbis will announce his assumption of the Presidency.

President-elect Ben Zvi spent today as usual working at his desk at the Institute of Near East Research. The news of his election was conveyed to him yesterday by Premier David Ben Gurion and other members of the Cabinet.

The streets leading to Parliament will be lined with troops tomorrow when the President-elect is escorted by a guard of honor to the building. The sergeant-at-arms will meet the new President at the door of the Knesset chamber and will lead him down the aisle where Speaker Joseph Sprinzak will be waiting to administer the oath of office.

MAY HAVE TO COPE WITH RESIGNATION OF CABINET

The first problem with which President Ben Zvi may have to cope is the expected resignation of the Ben Gurion Cabinet within the next few days. Mr. Ben Gurion’s action is expected to be taken in view of the fact that the leaders of the Agudah Labor Party — Benjamin Mintz and Rabbi Kalman Kahane — who had agreed to enter the coalition government, again called on the Premier last night and officially informed him that they are not rejoining the Cabinet.

It is understood that the two Agudah Laborites reversed their decision to join the Cabinet because of heavy pressure from leading members of the Agudas Israel Organization in Jerusalem. They told the Premier that they were forbidden to enter the coalition government by top religious leaders as long as the government insists on mobilization of Orthodox women for military service.

In order to put an end to such pressures, Premier Ben Gurion, it was learned today, will submit the resignation of his Cabinet to President Ben Zvi before the next Cabinet meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday. The President will then invite Mr. Ben Gurion to form a new Cabinet and may also call a special session of Parliament, it was indicated.

The Israel Post Office today issued a special Weizmann memorial stamp, imprinted with a profile of the late President flanked by an Israel flag. The first stamp of the issue was presented yesterday to Mrs. Weizmann by Minister of Posts Mordecai Nurok, who travelled to Rehovoth to make the presentation. Today is the thirtieth day after Dr. Weizmann’s death and marks the end of the month-long period of official mourning. (In New York, the end of the 30-day mourning period will be marked by a meeting in Carnegie Hall tomorrow night, under the sponsorship of the American Zionist Council.)