Word: laguardias
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...millions of Germans have been waiting for what Der Führer calls "the occult forces of World Jewry" to be exposed in "their citadel, New York." Last week came what Nazis took to be the long-awaited break. For what seemed to them exceedingly occult reasons, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia abruptly took action which had the effect of barring Germans from being granted New York City licenses as masseurs, locksmiths, itinerant musicians, operators of newsstands, keepers of fruit or soda water booths, bootblacks on outdoor stands, operators of employment agencies, ping- pong galleries, pool and billiard parlors, shooting galleries...
...German trade treaty of 1925. Specifically, in the case of an obscure German who has been trying for months to wangle a renewal of his masseur's license out of Commissioner of Licenses Paul Moss. pugnacious Fiorello LaGuardia snarled: "Wherever anyone is depending on this Treaty to get a license he won't get it! ... The issue is: should we extend privileges to German citizens here when similar privileges are denied to American citizens in Germany? . . . This is a great big thing. This is a broad interpretation of treaty rights . . . worth fighting...
...keep the issue broad. Mayor LaGuardia angrily refused to reveal the aspiring German masseur's name. This antagonized reporters to the point of hinting there was no such masseur, caused excited Mr. Moss to vow, "On my word of honor as a gentleman and as a Commissioner, there is such...
...news readers in Germany it was indeed suspicious that Mayor LaGuardia remained adamant last week, after his own legal adviser twice told him that his interpretation of the treaty was wrong, and after the U. S. State Department crossed its fingers with an intimation that no German discrimination against U. S. citizens is "of record'' in its files...
...Since this was the best proof of German discrimination Mayor LaGuardia presented last week, Berlin's Angriff, personal newsorgan of Minister of Propaganda & Public Enlightenment Dr. Paul Josef Goebbels. thundered against "NEW YORK'S JEWISH MAYOR.-. . . It is to be expected that American authorities will look thoroughly into the activities of LaGuardia and his wire pullers in the world metropolis of Jewry! . . . We expect with certainty that the United States and their President will draw a distinctive line between themselves and this peace-disturber LaGuardia...