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Israel Minister Presents Jerusalem Bible to U.S. Postmaster General

January 6, 1961
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A silver-bound copy of the Bible printed in English in Jerusalem, was presented today to Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield by Israeli Minister of Posts Benjamin Mintz. In exchange, the Postmaster General presented Mr. Mintz with a leather bound album of American stamps.

The Israeli Minister, here on a study tour, also met today with John Day, the Postmaster General designate of the new Administration. In both meetings the Minister was accompanied by the Israeli Charge d’Affairs, Mordechai Gazit and the director general of the Israeli Ministry of Posts, Chaim Ben-Menachem.

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