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Fiorello La Guardia talks to the people. He talks about battlefront conditions in relation to sacrifices at home; defeat of Germany; current freight embargo and its effect on coal and food; meatless Tuesdays and Fridays; attacks New York Times article on food usage; cooperation of hostels and restaurants; meat consumption; fat conservation; price ceiling, tie-in sales; children's clothes; attacks gamblers on bribing of Brooklyn College basketball team; attacks newspapers for gambling coverage, race report communications; Bingo games and churches.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 53764
Municipal archives id: LT4083
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Fiorello H. La Guardia
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The famous Sunday afternoon talks by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, “the people’s mayor.”
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