Judge Harry M. Fisher, who is credited with having brought about the reconciliation at the Zionist convention in Cleveland, was the principal speaker and guest of honor at the “Peace dinner” of the Zionist organization of Chicago, today, at the Palmer House. Judge Fisher, who will soon leave the city in connection with his duties as the member of the Council of Illinois engaged in revising the Criminal Code of the State, told of some of the proceedings behind “the scenes” at the convention. Pearl Franklin, honorary president of the Chicago Hadassah, G. George Fox and Max Shulman, who were delegates to the convention, also spoke
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