Trouble that had been anticipated at the Mecca Temple reception to Vladimir Jabotinsky, as a result of a Nazi meeting that had been scheduled for another part of the building, failed to materialize.
The Germans, upon a request of the Mecca Temple management, moved their rally to a hall at Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street. A detail of thirty policemen, on hand to preserve order, had little to do.
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