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Food shortages, low cost clothing, Mayor Gaynor. Fiorello La Guardia talks t the people. Broadcast on WNYC, February 18, 1945.; La Guardia talks about meat shortage Armed Forces food consumption OPA price violations warns poultry dealers about overcharging low cost clothing New York Times article on meat shortage manufacture of rayon underwear coal and kerosene shortage numbers games and odds and practices of gamblers admonishes Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to alter number quotations gambler convictions thanks New Jersey for fighting gambling urges listeners to write Representative about gambling legislation.; La Guardia also reviews book on life of Mayor Gaynor asks James J. Walker if he followed Gaynor's ideas Gaynor's handling of police his philosophy on police action compares himself to Gaynor traffic problem with interstate busses transportation problem at Brooklyn Naval Yard, Brooklyn Civic Center investigation of college basketball at Madison Square Garden, proposed changes in seating and gambling Committee on Consumer Assistance usury laws shelter for neglected children WNYC American music series creation of music during war period Lend-Lease philosophy.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 54806
Municipal archives id: LT4085
