The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
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IF (Copyrlght, 1888, by United Press)
 Royal Oak, Mich, (UP)-Father Charles E. Coughlin, whose coun- sel was limited to mere handful of parishioners only seven years ago, now reaches many thousands, who hear, or read, his sermons weekly.
 Twice day a truck drives from the small building that Is the Shrine of the Little Flower to the Detroit post office and comes back loaded with heavy sacks of mail. An Average of 100000 letters a week pour in on the man who once described himself as "the gloomy cleric of Royal Oak" After his New York attack on Al Smith late last month his "fan mail" increased.
 Letters Ask Help
 The letters ask for advice. A man inquires whether he should leave his home and seek a job in another city. A farmer asks for Father Coughlin's opinion of the hog program. People ask for copies of his last sermon-the priest mailed out 100000 copies of ser mons free last season.
  unsolicited contributions that range from the pennies of school children to checks signed by wealthy bus mess men.
 It takes approximately 100 clerks to sort the mail.
 Father Coughlin's radio parish, from a humble beginning, has be- come a vast business organization. As one expense, broadcasting time alone costs almost $8,0O0 a week over the chain of 25 independent stations. k
 Heavy Expenses
 There are large clerical expenses and the cost of printing copies of the priests sermons. Also, trav- cling expenses for Father Coughlin as he goes about the country gath ering material.
 All these expenses are met by voluntary contributions and by voluntary "dues' of the League of the Little Flower, whose 90,000 members are supporters of the priest and pay $1 each yearly. On Father Coughlin's recent trip to New York, for instance, his travel ing expenses were paid from the shrine fund and the rental price of the theater in which he spoke was paid by New York supporters.
 Father Coughlin prepares his sermons personally, and spends most of the wei doing 1t. He reads them before delivery to his spirit ual superior, Bishop Gallagher of the Detroit diocese, but the bishop does not attempt to censor them. Bishop Gallagher has maintained a "hands off" policy on the ad- dresses.
 Shrine Crowded
 On Sunday afternoon at the ap- pointed hour the small shrine is packed to it's 450-seat capacity. outside thousands of automobiles line the avenue. Autoists unable to get into the church but listen- ing by means of the radios in their automobiles.
 Father Coughlin enters from a side door and steps to the pulpit. He reads from a prepared speech, but often deviates from the pre- pared text to give a graphic, ex- temporaneous illustration.
 He discusses national and in- ternational topics, and problems of Catholic dogma. Many of his sub jects are taken from. papal en- cyclicals, and he frequently quotes from encyclicals to justify his right to fight for the temporal as well as outspoken as before.
 people,
 Busy Priest
 But Father Coughlin does not cenfine his activities to sermons alone. He manages his parish and office staff, teaches the catechism to children, and operates Gods Poor Society" which feeds and clothes thousands of persons an- nually.
 A new shrine is being built to provide better accommodation for the widening activities. It will cost $750,000, and most of the money was contributed.
 Father Coughlin's home was bombed not long ago., but he Was not injured. Royal Oak police in-