Evening star., 1936-10-11
COUCHL|N OFFERS
PROOF CHARTERS
New Deal Linked to Della
ware Instruments-Ryan
Answered in Address.
" the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, october 10.-Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin tonight reiterated
his assertion that President Roosevelt
has "Communistic tendencies ana OF
fered las proof" the charter OF cor.
poration which. he said, was formed
In Delaware under New Deal auspices.
Replying to an address by Right Rev.
John A. Ryan of the Catholic Uni
versity. taking exception to Father
Couehlin's criticisms of the New Deal.
the priest said that this corporations
charter contained authority to man
age and maintain projects and struc.
lures of every kind, nature and
description"
In addition, he said, the charter
empowered the corporation to acquire,
bv purchase, exchange or otherwise,
all or any part of, or any interest IN
the properties, assets. business anc
good will of any one or more firms
s'' organized under the laws OF
Delaware"
Charter Held Withdrawn.
"s Though the New Deal ad-
ministration has withdrawn this hid
den charter from the flles OF Dela-
ware" he said. 1.-The deed was done.
ACQUISITION of private property by any
means whatsoever was manifested as
part of its program"
Father Coughlin listed six corpora
tions, charters for which, he SAID,
were filed in Delaware between Octo-
ber 4. 1888. and January 2, 1884. He
said they were:
The Federal Surplus Relief Corp,
the Commodity Credit Corp. the Pub
lie Works Emergency Housing Corp,
the Federal Subsistence Homesteads
Corp, the Electric Home and Farm
Authority Corp. and the Public Works
Emergency Leasing Corp.
Speaking of the sixth, he said: Per
nit me to read for you excerpts from
the charter of this Communistic. un-
American organization" He then
read excerpts which, he said, were
from the charter.
Given Various Titles.
In the course of his speech. deliv-
cred by radio preliminary to an ad-
dress before a Maryland rally OF the
National Union for Social Justice
Father Coughlin referred to Msgr
RYAN as ''the ecclesiastical spokesman
for the Democratic National Commit
tee," and as "the right reverend New
Dealer"
Read the history of the first or
second or third international conven-
tions of the Communists" Father
Coughlin continued. "Scrutinize the
economic laws or edicts which have
emanated from Moscow since 1917
and I challenge you to discover more
comprehensive theoretic onslaught
against private property than was eX-
pressed in these paragraphs which ]
have Just read-paragraphs conceived
in Washington and executed in Dela-
ware, paragraphs which legalize the
theoretic confiscation of any private
property, paragraphs which prepare
the way for the commisSars OF COM
munism to acquire in any manner
whatsoever'-the words Of the char
ter of the corporation"
At another point in his address
Father Coughlin said
May I point out that the right
reverend clergyman did not see fit to
attack even one Of the principles ad-
vocated by the National Union fol
Social Justice. May I regretfully
draw your attention to the fact that
he compromised himself by speaking
under the auspices Of the Democratic
National Committee. which paid fol
the costly radio time which was en-
ployed in castigating me. This has SO
colored his utterances as to render
their validity questionable, even at
the outset.
Charge Called Straw Man.
"1nferentially. I was classified by
7 this right reverend gentleman as one
who either cried Communist at Mr.
Roosevelt or as one who accused him
of leaning toward communism. To
my knowledge, no reputable person In
public life has yet classified Mr.
Roosevelt as Communist. Thus
when the ecclesiastical spokesman fol-
the Democratic National Committee
raises this point, he is merely build
ing up straw man to be blown down
by the blast of a radio utterance.
However, do belong to that group
Of persons intemperately character
ICED as towards by this right rever-
end Democrat, who maintain that
Mr. Roosevelt and his agents both
possess Communistic tendencies.
ITO clarity the attitude of the Ma
tional Union for Social Justice and
myself toward the New Deal admins
tration. I have supported all salutary
reforms advocated by the New Deal
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