The appearance here of Douglas Brinkley in a pro-Nazi address was marked by a lively discussion by the city fathers as to whether a city auditorium, the Institute of Arts, should have been rented for that purpose.
Councilman Edward Jeffries declared that “they can’t say anything worse than some of the speakers in Grand Circus Park, and for $150 I am in favor of letting them say anything.” The City Council finally approved the action of Clyde H. Burroughs, secretary of the Arts Commission, who rented the auditorium, despite protests from Irwin Hamburger and others.
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