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LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: The war in Europe. Appeal to the people to disregard victory rumors. Appeal to guard against premature rowdy VD celebrations. Office of Price Administration. hearings in which LaGuardia testified. Meat shortage & high prices. Office of Price Administration. mistakes and recommendations. Issuance of licenses to slaughter houses. Continuance of meatless Tuesday & Friday. Clothing drive appeal. Circular from the County Lawyers' Assn. Legal Aid society. Loan sharks. Critical shortage of freight cars

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LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: I am an American Day. War in Japan. Meat situation. Why do we have Office of Price Administration. Livestock Feeders Assn. Poury situation. Office of Price Administration. violators. W.P.B. release of control on 1200 civilian items. City cancer hospital named for James Ewing. Signing of agreement for tropical disease hospital. Traffic congestion in mid-town Manhattan. All bus terminals must be west of O 8th Ave. Agreement with Port Authority to establish terminal west of 8th Ave. Agreement with Port Authority to establish terminal west of Eighth Ave. Shortage of personnel in the hospitals. New wage scale for nurses. Physical therapist scholarships by National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. P.A.L. appeal. Merchant Marine exhibit

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. War in Japan. Opportunity to see B-29 at Municipal Airport (4th anniversary of Army Transport Corps). Announced demobilization of the auxiliary fire corps. His announced refusal to run for re-election. Food & meat situation. NY Times editorial on slaughter houses. Poury situation. Low-priced garment situation. Housing. Lack of personnel in hospitals. P.A.L. outing and contributions to P.A.L.

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents. Letters requesting proclamation of a price control week. Need for extension of Office of Price Administration. Meat situation. Part 8 of the proposed plan to control meat production and distribution. Permitting custom slaughtering for groups of retailers or cooperatives. Unrest among fruit and vegetable dealers. Letter from citizen complaining that a dealer refuses to sell to him. Low-priced garments. Inquiries concerning why the city lights are still dim. Gambling and race tracks. Article in Readers Digest of June 1945: "Case dismissed". Book-making at the race track. New appointments. The extradition of Herman Powell to Georgia. Thanks to contributors to P.A.L. Advertisement for a summer camp by a school teacher. The problem of children continuing or discontinuing their educations

Police Department NYC Presentation of awards and promotions to policemen and firemen

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Tribute to the martyrs of Lidice. U.N. Eisenhower's reception in NYC on June 19. Tribute to Journal-American. Problems of retailers. Citrus fruits and ceiling prices. Central bus terminal. Complaints from residents of Queens county about race track betters who park their cars on private property

LaGuardia. Talk to people

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Arrival of the last half of the army's Timber Wolf Division. The army's demobilization schedule. The Pacific theater of war. Newspaper strike. Openings in the city for vets who are lawyers. Meat and food situation (NY Times articles). Prices of eggs. Cantaloupes. 94.55 % of taxes collected from NYC Real estate taxes. Glass milk bottle, appeal to return them to stores. 1939 milk strike. The milk fund and H.S. scholarships. Letter from Eisenhower. Reading comics: "Dick Tracy". Playgrounds. Red Cross

La Guardia. Groninger, (?) Homer (Major General). Presentation of New York City's greetings to Major General Gronbinger for his accomplishments in the port of embarkation (NYC)

Sharkey Bill. Public hearings on the arguments for and against the Sharkey Bill governing Office of Price Administration. violations

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Speech by President Truman in Berlin. Meat situation. Butter. Slow down on buying green beans. Food items worth buying. Vegetable and produce dealers who closed stores because of disagreement with Office of Price Administration. Plans for Tropical hospital construction in Queens and federal grant. Gambling. Court of Appeals. Noise in summertime. Lewisohn Stadium concerts

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Expression of sympathy to families of victims of accident at Empire State Bldg. Letter from . Gen. Deputy Commander of U.S. Air Force. Memorandum of agreement for the construction of the Colonial Houses. Board of Estimate approval for construction of wholesale fruit terminal market. Tropical and contagious disease hospital. Idlewild leases are ready to be signed. Sharkey Bill. British elections. Role of labor in reconversion. The science of forecasting ...

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: 30th anniversary of the Army Air Force. Sugar situation. Problem of tipping. Establishment of joint procurement Department for the Army & Navy in NYC Water supply in Flatbush. Appeal for P.A.L. Gambling. Request to appeal for vote for shut-ins. Appointments of Phillip Thurston and John A Dwyer. Openings in the Department of Investigation. 155th anniversary of U.S. Coast Guard.

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Appeal to New Yorkers to await official announcement from Washington of Japan's Surrender

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LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Need to resume hard work for reconversion. NYC's post-war program of construction and improvement. The garment industry. Food situation and continuation of meatless Tuesdays and Fridays. Tipping racket (grocers and their helpers). Potatoes, meat, butter. Discontinuance of paper collection. Closing of the city fuel admin. Advice to veterans to have discharges recorded in office of county clerk so there will be a permanent record. Gambling. Fire losses. Announcement of the annual Sanitation Department vs. Police Department ball game. Announcement of NYC's pending reception for Gen. De Gaulle. "The true glory" (movie)

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Signing of the Japanese surrender. Tribute to American labor. Responsibilities of labor in reconversion. Terms of agreement are binding on both employer and employees. Labor and racketeers. Recommendation for merging of AFL and CIO. Need for employment on an annual basis. Labor leadership in building new world of peace. "The true glory" (movie). Liberation of France

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Jewish New Year's greeting. Opening of the school year. Appeal to parents of school children urging them to persuade children to complete their education. Appeal to child to finish his education regardless of what career he chooses. Vocational high schools. Singing of God bless America by high school choir. Democracy and education

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Discontinuance of meatless Tuesdays and Fridays. Need for caution in using heavy cream. Enforcement of ceiling prices. Recommendations made on the capital outlay budget for 1946. Post-war building program. Jurisdictional disputes and possible solution. The coming of prosperity based on immediate use of savings and cashing of Series E bonds. Amendments to unemployment insurance law. Garment industry. Appointment of inter-departmental board for the protection of sanitary controls and the public water supply. Report from the Commissioner of Investigation of loan sharks. Jobs for vets in the Board of Transportation. Provisions for discharged veterans to complete their high school educations. Benefit concert for relief of Italy

LaGuardia, Fiorello H. Talk to the people. Contents: Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall. City Center program. Proposal of U.S. peace treaty with Italy. Ration points lifted from utility meat commencing Oct. 1. Comparison of utility meat and prime choice meat. Enforcement of ceiling prices in city markets. Housing situation. Commissioner Valentine pins badge on Wallander