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and Browder," said Father Coughlin
after the conference.
In his reference to Landon In the
address. Father Coughlin said: To-day
when Mr.. Landon advocates the res
toration of the gold standard. am
forced to repudiate his philosophy and
platform as a return to the days OF
economic slavery"
organizations would retain their sepa-
Coughlin told the delegates the three
rate identity, but that they would work
for the same principles.
There is your DR.. Townsend; there
is the Rev. Gerald Smith" he said.
With those two I stand four square.
How many Of you will follow DR..
Townsend?"
Roosevelt Critics Assailed.
Southern delegates who claimed the
support of Townsendites from Is States
had voiced diSapproval last night Of
speeches criticizing the Roosevelt ad-
miniStration and started q drive
against aff1hation with any third party.
Father Coughlin said in the course
of his speech: I'm your assembly there
are some Southern delegates who
think more OF their jobs than they do
of DR.. Townsend"
Dr.. Clinton Wunder, Townsend East
ern regional director, took up the at
tack on the administration where Fa-
ther Coughlin left of.
THE 'Dummycrats' in Washington
have cited DR.. Townsend, John Kiefer
Of Chicago, q Townsend director, and
I for contempt" said Wunder, "and
what our contempt Is for those Dunn
mycrats' in Washington"
He referred to the action taken by
the House Of Representatives in citing
the three men after DR.. Townsend
defied a committee investigating his
movement and Kiefer and Wunder
failed to answer committee subpoenas
Crowd Demonstrative.
The crowd was in demonStrative
mood and Wunder set them of again
In a roar Of wild cheering when he
pleaded with the delegates to stand
behind that human rock Of Gibraltar.
DR.. Townsend"
IF those ''Dummycrats' in Washing
ton send DR.. Townsend to jail, how
many Of you would go to see him
raise your hands" said Wunder, and
the crowd was of on another demon
stration.
Wunder assailed the activities OF
Representative Bell. Democrat. Of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the special commit
tee which investigated the Townsend
movement, and he suggested that Con-
gress investigate itself.
The third party alliance bringing
together Coughlin. Townsend and
Rev. Smith was formally announced
after a conference of the three
leaders
Smith Assails Roosevelt.
Townsend said Chairman James A.
Farley of the Democratic National
Committee was trying to throw brick
bats in our convention" and Smith
assailed the Roosevelt administration
as q subtle plot to communize the
Nation"
Dr.. Townsend was greeted with an
outburst Of enthusiasm as he appeared
on the stage of Public Hall.
Willis Mahoney, Democratic nomi-
nee for the Senate from Oregon, the
first speaker, said:
when this great leader of ours
stood before that inquisition in Wash
ington he showed himself a true
American"
my slogan Is, 7 want to be elected
so can 60 to jail with DR.. Town
send.'"
Representative Martin L. Sweeney
Of Ohio, critic of the administration
and a follower of both Father Cough
lin and DR.. Townsend, said:
I'm Democrat, one Of the origi-
nal Roosevelt men at Washington, but
I despise dictatorship. I am not
afraid to condemn the administra-
ton"
j. w. Brinton of Washington, D. c.,
said the administration had decided
to use the political arm" of the Gov
ernment to persecute DR.. Townsend.
Southern delegates already had
voiced loud disapproval of convention
speeches criticizing the Roosevelt ad-
ministration and claimed that Is
States, including four in the East, were
behind them in their drive against
afiliation with any third party.
Bid Several Months Ago.
Townsend headquarters announced
last night that the National Union for
Social Justice leader had accepted an
invitation delivered several months ago
by DR.. Townsend and later oficially
extended by DR.. Frank Dyer, conven-
tion secretary.
Father Coughlin, principal back
er of Representative William Lemke
for President on the new Union party
ticket, was quoted as saying Monday
night he had declined to address the
conclave. DR.. Townsend said the same
night that he could think of Eat least
a dozen men" he would prefer to
Lemke as President.
The elderly pension chief and Rev.
Mr.. Smith soundly lambasted the
New Deal in addresses yesterday, and
Smith declared, My friends, we are
not going to lose with Lemke, we are
going to triumph with Townsend"
Smiths statement touched or .