President Truman during the week-end received the personal thanks of the Zionist Organization of America, conveyed by its president, Benjamin G. Browdy, for support of Israel through American cooperation in the three power resolution to end the Near Eastern arms race. It was the first meeting of a Z.O.A. president with an American President since the late President Roosevelt met with Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver in 1944.
Mr. Browdy said the President reaffirmed that he thought the arms agreement would bring lasting peace to the Near East. The Zionist leader, who visited the White House with Rep. Abraham J. Multer, said the resolution was a “relief” to Israel.
President Truman was asked approval for the establishment of a village in his name in Israel in honor of his contributions to the Jewish state. The President’s reaction was “very favorable,” Mr. Browdy said. The site of the village will be in Northern Galilee and it will house an initial population of 1,000 families. Construction will be sponsored by the entire Zionist movement. It will be known as the “Harry S. Truman Village.”
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