One thousand delegates from all the Jewish groups in Chicago were told about plans for the mammoth Jewish Day celebration to be held at Soldier Field on July 3, as part of the Jewish Day celebration at the Century of Progress, at an inter-organization conference at the Hotel LaSalle last Sunday afternoon. Judge Harry M. Fisher was chairman of the temporary committee which called the meeting. A permanent organization was formed and officers were elected.
More than 150,000 persons are expected to attend the Fair that day because of the Jewish interest. Jacob M. Braude, president of the Zionist Organization of Chicago, declared. Rabbi Solomon Goldman, chairman of the pageant committee, and Meyer W. Weisgal, executive director of the Jewish National Day committee, will be among the speakers Sunday. Others will be Miss Pearl Franklin, honorary president of the Hadassah, and Gerson Zybert, member of the common council of Warsaw, Poland.
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