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Into Manhattan's Mecca Temple last week crowded several thousand New York City Republicans to pick a party candidate for Mayor. There was only one avowed candidate-Congressman Fiorella H. La Guardia-after Congresswoman Ruth Pratt had withdrawn because she would not "scramble for votes." So, as Hobson's choice, the convention designated Mr. La Guardia to make the race against Tammany's James John Walker...
Nominee Hylan hopes to gain Republican support as a fusion candidate. Against his hopes looms the short, swart figure of Manhattan Republican Congressman Fiorello H. La Guardia, who expects the Republican mayoral nomination. By way of preparation, Congressman La Guardia last week went to the U. S. Army hospital at Hot Springs. Ark., had his tonsils removed...
Quick to his feet rose New York's short, swart Congressman La Guardia. The La Guardia corpuscles, and many a La Guardia constituent, are Latin. Mr. La Guardia arose to defend the fame of that late great Latin, Christopher Columbus. "The House,'' he cried, "ought not to attempt to write history." While expressing 'the greatest admiration and love and affection for the people of Iceland." he clung to the "tangible historical record of the discovery by Columbus...
...Guardia, who aspires despite a number of Irish politicians to be Mayor of New York, was not to be talked out of his contention in behalf of Columbus. His objections were overcome only when Congressman Burtness consented to strike the whole preamble out of his resolution, to leave the question of America's discovery, so far as the House of Representatives was concerned, wide open. Grinning with satisfaction, Congressman La Guardia sat down and the resolution was passed...
...York's Congressman La Guardia issued the civil war warning, thus: "At some place at some time the wrong person will be shot and the people of that locality will retaliate. When that happens such a spirit may sweep this country that our people will rebel against this tyranny. Prohibition is not worth plunging the country into civil...