GBB-F-002472-0000 1939, 8 may , WASHINGTON, USA : The United States Mayor of New York City FIORELLO LA GUARDIA (1882 - 1947). Manhattan Mayor praises relief program. Washington, D.C., May 8. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, Mayor of New York, testified before the House WPA Investigating Committee with gestures. He praised the federal relief program as 'the American way' dealing with unemployment and termed its discontinuance as tragic. He appeared as a representative of the U.S. Conference of Mayors of which he is airman. Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Photographer: Harris and Ewing Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 5828 X 4843 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 49 X 41 Image sizes (MB): 7.26 Color space: RGB