, 1935-03-12
COUGHLN ANSWERS
yOHNsON'5 SPEECH

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1chocolate soldier" playing the
role Of Man Friday" to Bernard
Baruch, the Rev. Charles L
CotsRhlin replied Monday night TO
the former NRA administrators
~Pied Piper" speech
THE money changers whom
the Priest Of Priests drove out OF
the temple Of Jerusalem" said
Father Coughlln, "have marshall
led their forces behind the lead
arship Of a chocolate soldier for
the purpose Of driving q priest
out OF public affairs"
Father Coughlin's reply was
made IN q 45-minute radio speech
over the same network johnson
used ut New York last week TO
car him and Senator Huey Long
sstwo mad Pied Pipers" appealing
10 ~the lunatic fringe Of the
people"
After hearing the speech IN
washington. johnson replied that
NJ was all "pious flubdub." He
said Father Coughlin and sena-
Tor Long we're economic snys-
ters" and promised an early reply
20 the priests attack.
Father Coughlin expanded his
rebuttal 10 take In Baruch, the
~warburgs. the Morgans, the
K~uhn-Ioebs and the rest OF that
wrecking crew Of International
ssts whose god Is gold and whose
emblem Is the red seal OF ex-
ploitation."
He declared he would oppose
these men until my dying days"
Barush. he said. was the ~un-
crowned prince Of Wall Street."
the unofficial acting president
OF the United States"
After declaring that johnson
was q political ~corpse"-the
~first great casualty Of the New
Deal" Father Coughlin answered
one phase Of Johnson's speech OF
q week ago questioning his citi-
KenShip. .
NV dear general" he said. 7
am ms much II not more an Am
erican citizen as you are or ever
will be. Your parents are but che
generation removed from Ireland.
Nv paternal grandfather's bones
are buried In Lackawanna, New
York. ! was always an American
citizen" He explained that he
was born Of American parents on
Canadian soil.
In asserting his right to speak
on political and economic topics.
rather Coughlin declared:
sSomeone. irrespective Of his
Catholicity. or Of his protestant
ism, or Of hts Jewish faith. was
required TO raise his voice, II for
no other reason than 20 condemn
those, who refusing 70 leave this
land Of sorrow. obstructed our
passage to the land Of prosperity.
In accepting the dignities
which my religion conferred up
on me, I sacrifice IN no respect
the rights identified with my
eitizenship."
IN assailing the former NRh
chief for classifying him with
TaIleyrand OF France and Judas
Iscariot, Father Coughlin said:
General, what insanity possess
cd you TO say such things? What
desperation forced you to utter
such exaggeration7"
Admitting that his Radio Lea
que Of the Little Flower gained
$4,000 by an investment In sill
yer futures. Father Coughlin said
~ had brought him no personal
profit.
General Johnson" he said,
@some Of your fair weather friends
have heaped upon my desk the
fulsome record Of your personal
life. sssI disdain 70 refer 70
A. .
Il am not important. nor are
you. but the doctrines ! preach
are important. While you we're
content to vomit your venom up
on my person and attack my
character, the American public
A fully cogrizaut that not once
did you dare attack the truths
which 7 teach. need not
condemn you. You have con-
demned yoursslf By emitting this.
= Th1e CRY babies which
you 50 inadvertently called them.
these cry babies o: yours whose
tears have welied to their eyes
because ycu and your kind have
lRsfed them a: the pillar OF pow
erty VIII never forget you
and your Wall S~treeters. 80"
MY friends. ! appeal to you
ses To bear no III will against
General johnson. Today he
befcre ia a n figure 10