HITLER CONDEMNED
20,000 Anti-Fascists Meet at New York MENACE TO WORLD" CELeceived 17, 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 16. The speakers at an anti-Nazi meeting if 20,000 at Madison Square Garden, at fhich Herr Hitler was condemned, inluded Mr John Lewis, General Hugh rohnson and Dr JBohn. Mr Lewis said industrjal democracy ras the best guarantee against Fasism. He asserted that Herr Hitler iad crushed the German Labour mov«»aent. General Johnson said Mr La Guardia Mayor of New York) was right in iranding Herr Hitler as a menace to he world, causing the crowd to stand nd cheer. Dr Bohn cbarged Herr Hitler with lanning to make war. As soon as his rmy was ready, he would strike as the Caiser had struck, in the belief that Iritain would stay out of the war. A Iritish declaration proclaiming umty tith her natural allies was essential to eace to-day. The gathering was sponsored by "ewish organisations. Mr La Guardia appeared unexpectedy at the meeting and told the audience o pay no attention to anything Hitler ays. He ended his remarks with a lerman phrase which he later told reiorters meant: "Hitler can't take it."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 52, 17 March 1937, Page 5
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