Mayor LaGuardia yesterday when told that handbills distributed in Yorkville advertised a mass meeting in the Yorkville Casino at which the Mayor would be attacked for his stand on the boycott said:
“That’s fine. That’s all right with me. I believe the American people recognize the principles involved in the boycott against the German Government. This will not be the first time I shall be opposed or attacked for my views.”
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