Nazi racial intolerance was denounced by Mayor LaGuardia Saturday evening at a dinner in honor of Mrs. Mark Harris held at the Hotel Ambassador by the vigilance division of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League. Mrs. Harris is head of the women’s division of the group.
“The German people,” the Mayor said, “cannot expect either our friendship or our sympathy as long as they will tolerate this sort of government.”
The Mayor affirmed his belief in the anti-Nazi boycott, saying it is “effective” and Nazi Germany is “feeling it.”
Telling his audience that “wrong and oppression simply cannot continue,” the Mayor said, “While we are trying to eliminate racial prejudice in Europe, let us be sure that we have none of it right here at home.”
George Meany, president of the New York State Federation of Labor, urged the continuation of the boycott with renewed vigor. Other speakers included Borough President James J. Lyons of the Bronx, Estelle Sternberger, Rabbi Israel Goldstein, George E. Harriman, Alan G. Trebach and Mrs. Harris.
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