November 18, 1945

Seated at his desk in City Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia makes his final radio talk to the people of New York as mayor Dec. 30, 1945.

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Description from the Municipal Archives card catalog:

Defense bonds. Milk situation. A labor plan for our country. Management-labor conference in Washington. Jurisdictional disputes. Strike at Pier 13. Labor situation in Staten Island. Housing shortage. Inflation. Temporary housing. F.H.A. bill in Senate. The gambler, the delinquent and the taxpayer. Small loan corp. Steingood decision. Problems of retirement and manpower shortage in the police dept. How to increase the police force. Announcement of the retirement of certain city commissioners. Hebrew free loan society. Establishment of non-interest loan for city employees.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 71071
Municipal archives id: LT2569