For the first time three scientists from the Soviet Union and a number from Poland, Rumania and Czecholovakia are attending an international scientific conference being held in Israel. They are among the representatives of 20 countries at the world conference of the Commission on Macromolecules of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry which opened today at the Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovoth.
The parley was opened by Premier David Ben Gurion who pointed out that world peace was an absolute necessity for scientific achievement and for the maintenance of an atmosphere in which scientists could contribute “their talents for human benefit.” He cited scientific contributions to the rehabilitation of arid areas in Israel and to the development of its industry.
The conference will deal principally with the development of basid plastic materials and other long molecule products. Among the scientists present are 13 from the United States, eight from Britain, six from France as well as delegates from Japan, India, Sweden and the Communist countries. Sweden’s delegation includes Prof. Jorna Tiselius, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1948.
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