The Archive · 1938

Mayor of New York Has Further Comments

Herr Hitler Criticized for Czech Dispute Phenix, Ariz, Sept. 14 Mr. Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Mayor of New York and well-known for his vitriolic blasts against Herr Adolf Hitler, today severely criticized the German Chancellor's intervention in Czechoslovakia.

Mr. LaGuardia,: stopping here en route to the Los Angeles American Legion Convention, declared that the situation in Europe was alarming and that something should be done in the way of economic sanctions to curb "this fanatic's actions,"

The New York Mayor was also critical of the declaration of a mistrial in the James J. Hines conspiracy case, saying that it was a great mistake and that the judicial system is wrong which permits such an occurrence.

Discussing the Maryland election, the Mayor said he considered the outcome bad news but was not surprising.

The New York Executive then shifted the political scene to himself, saying, "let me spike this talk of me running for President in 1940. Why, my term of office as Mayor does not expire until 1941. I hope after that to become a teacher of Government. Believe me, that's what I want to do."—United Press,

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