Pinhas Lavon, secretary general of the Histadrut, Israel’s General Federation of Labor and a former Minister of Defense, arrived here today aboard an E1 A1 Constellation for a three-week visit in the United States. He made the trip at the invitation of George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, to address its bi-annual convention scheduled to open in San Francisco on September 17.
Mr. Lavon will be the luncheon guest of Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell in Washington on September 9 Other guests at the luncheon will be members of the executive board of the AFL-CIO and high officials of the State and Labor Departments.
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