Evening star., 1936-09-27

bonds in exchange and permitted to
issue currency against them. The
interest, he said, would double the
amount in 18 years. The bankers.
he said, gave the President q rubber
check" for $4,000. .O00, 900.
The taxpayers, he said. will have
to work 72.000 000, 900 hours in order
to pay back the money created by
the bankers with . fountain pen"
Roosevelt Defeats Self"
Lemke asserted, I'VE do not have
TO defeat Roosevelt"
Roosevelt has defeated himself
with broken pledges and unfulflled
promises" he said. He had the
greatest opportunity that ever came
to a President, but he got tangled up
with a brainless trust and we've got
to untangle him.
I'VE do not have to defeat Landon.
We can't defeat dead ones. He went
back seven years TO get his start and
he hasn't started yet What do We
care which of these two gold dust
twins is the hindermost One Of them
is the head end and the other the
tail end of Wall Street and We don't
give a damn for either Of them. What
do We care for these two coupon
clippers.
I'VE will throw this election into
the House Of Representatives and Mr..
OBrien will be elected Vice President
and I will be elected President"
After speaking for an hour, Father
Coughlin returned to the radio tower
to broadcast over a Western network,
not included in his FIRST broadcast.
Hits Devaluation Move.
He called 1t the largest studio
broadcast in history because surround
ing me are perhaps some 10000
persons"
He said Secretary Morgenthau had
contended that the devaluation OF the
American dollar had improved foreign
trade, adding that as q result Of the
present revaluation of the French
franc, q Frenchman must now spend
23 francs for a dollars worth OF
American goods. where yesterday he
need spent but fourteen or fifteen"
War threatens, he continued,
adding:
I'VE will not vote for Mr.. Roosevelt,
Mr.. Landon or Mr.. Lemke until they
stand up before a national microphone
and pledge and promise that no matter
what happens we will not 60 to war
in 1887 or 1888.
"I challenge the candidates to
stand up like men before the American
people in the face Of the European
crisis and promise that they will not
be making cannon fodder OF our
children"
Referring to critics, Father Coughlin
said in his radio address:
"One word Of direction for my crit
les. At Cincinnati this week I chal-
lenged the press Of the Nation to print
seven specific points around which the
entire issue Of the distribution OF
wealth revolves. Instead Of doing
that-and the challenge still holds
good-the papers Of the Nation have
seen At to becloud the issue BY pub
fishing q statement from an anony-
NOUS cleric who was characterized by
Bishop Gallagher of Detroit As that
unnamed high American prelate.'
Quotes Prelate's Criticism.
Moreover, an American prelate has
seen At to criticize my Cincinnati
statement without having verified its
context or text. reiterate what said
Thursday night In Cincinnati, namely,
II the causes which beget communism
are not removed in America-and am
quoting not Q bishops words but the
words of his holiness Piux XI-Let
nobody. persuade himself that the
peace and tranquility Of human So
ciety can be effectively defended
against the forces Of revolution!'
If and when that day will arrive
and God forbid it-if and when ballots
will have proven useless, then as one
American, imbued with the tradition
Of Washington, I shall not disdain
using bullets for the preservation OF
both liberty Of consc.ence and liberty
Of Constitution.
II can conceive of no red-blooded
American differing with me on this
point"