N.Y. Mayor urges speedy action on housing bill. Washington, D.C., Aug 3. Resorting to the old political harangue, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City and President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, today appealed to the House Banking and Currency Committee to speed action on the Wagner-Steagall Housing Bill before adjournment. Throughout the country thousands are living in "firetraps" and "dangerous surroundings", Mayor La Guardia told the Committee, 8/3/37