Incensed by Nazi conclaves in Yorkville Casino, 210 East Eighty-sixth street, members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, A. F. of L., which is the lessor of the hall, yesterday called upon union officials with the demand that the Friends of New Germany be prevented from meeting there.
Edward Canavan, chairman of the local, was out of town, and Harry Friedman, who received the delegation, informed them that this Sunday’s ball positively will be the Nazis’ last affair in the establishment.
As stated in the Jewish Daily Bulletin last Friday, Harry Stromberg, who does booking for the Casino, forwarded a notice to the Friends of New Germany that in view of protests from various quarters, they will have to hold their Tuesday mass meetings elsewhere.
For some time now, in addition to the Casino, the Friends of New Germany has been meeting at the Kreutzer Hall a few doors away, where the storm troops hold their drills Thursday nights. Street corner meetings also have been regularly conducted by the pro-Hitler element of the Yorkville section.
Among those in the musicians’ delegation which called on Friedman yesterday were George Eisenberg, Albert Lesko and Albert Lipskin.
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