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who increase mass misery in their
effort to make their workers pay for
the capitalist crisis. The growth of
-Semitism is one Of the menac-
ing marks of the advance Of the
fascist offensive.
AS Banker Won Schroeder intro
duced anti-Senite Adolph Hitler to
Won Papen and secured financing
for the Brown Battalons in Ger
many, Banker Warburg, Merchant
Rosenwald and Banker Lehman's
Jewish Committee stands up for
Anti Semitic Coughlin in the United
States. Thus, placing class inter
ests above racial considerations, and
using racial feelings to further class
interests, they execute the anti
working class policies Of their more
powerful "Aryan" financial associ-
ates, with whose wealth theirs
merges. Even when this means
sponsoring anti-Semitism.
COughlin Is Jew-Hater
Father Coughlin is the primary
.r1ass-teacher of anti-Semitism in
the United States. The form letter
reproduced with this article, urging
the Jewish press to display
Coughlin speech "conspicuously," is
on the letterhead of the American
Jewish Committee. 1t bears the
names of the executive committee
of the organization, including r.
wing Lehman, brother of the Cover
nor. and the others named above.
The Governor was on the executive
committee of the American Jewish
Committee until his election re-
quired that he sever his formal
connection. He is known to be still
closely associated with the commit
tee. The letter is signed by Morris
D. Waldman, secretary OF the COM
mittee. 1t is recognized that the
committees policies are supervised
in detail by the Warburgs, Lehmans
and Rosenwalds.
Coughlin further identified him
self with fascist thought by declar-
ing to the Daily Worker that Hitler
and Mussolini-whom Coughlin has
attacked indirectly to mislead anti
fascist iisteners-"di a good thing
for their countries insofar as they
saved them from Bolshevism.' This
attitude is coming to be the trade
mark of both conscious and uncon-
scious fascists. Coughlin is in the
first group. He is deliberately trying
to deceive the American masses to
keep them quiet while the prelimi-
nary steps toward fascism are ex-
ecuted. although he is on record as
having known long ago that Wall
Street financiers were already try
ing to build a fascist army.
Plots More Imitation
Just about a year ago, Senator
Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma told
me in his Office in Washington that
he. Coughlin, and the COMMITTEE
for the Nation" hackers, such as
Banker Frank A. Vanderlip and In
dustrialist James H. Rand, Jr were
"all working together" In the same
Office two weeks ago Father Cough
lin sat for an interview with the
washington press. Coughlin hao
spent the day before this in secret
conference in the Willard Hote.
with Thomas and a number Of lead
ers of big-farmer, veterans, and
middle class home owners organi-
cations, drawing up monetary
reform" program which boils dowr
to another big dose of imitation.
The Daily Worker correspondent
asked Coughlin to state his attitude
toward the workers right to strike
"StrikeS are absolutely unneces-
sary," the priest intoned. After 6
pause, he added: THAT is, provided
t he United States Government
through the Department Of Labor
will guarantee q just and living
wage to all those willing to work
In the event the government en-.
deayors to settle disputes on basis
other than just and living wage
there is only one recourse left tt
the working man, and that is tt
strike"
I'm view of the record of the gov.
eminent during the last year O.
strikes, do you think there is any
prospect of the Labor Department
guaranteeing Just and living
wage'9"
ANY prospect?" Coughlin spared
for time. IT certainly hope there
is"
Coughlin must know very well OF
what an open shop, subsistence
Standard basis the Roosevelt gov
eminent settles strikes and strik,
threats, especially in Detroit, wher,
the automobile workers budding
general strike was sold out by Amer
lean Federation of Labor leader
and President Roosevelt in the nov
Infamous auto agreement. Just f;
: few days after Coughlin mad
this statement, President Roosevelt
: blandly renewed the auto code
against which the workers organ
: lied to strike in the first place.
Favors "Shop" Unions
"Are you for or against the EN-
ployees' representation or compan,
union plan?' Coughlin was asked.
I'm in favor of unions, shol
unions. I believe every man shout
join union"
Here was typical example of
the Coughlin demagogy. He put
himself on record for fascist shop
unions" but deliberately used the
word unions" without the quail
fication, both before and after the
telltale admission. In just this
way Coughlin regularly employs
popular phraseology to adorn and
disguise the most reactionary
projects.