The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-28
REV. CHARLES E. .COUGHLIN TALKS
Radio Priest Will Continue { to Attack AtheistiC Jews is Over Radio

Detroit, Nov. 28-(UP)-The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin planned today to exentd the Jewish Communist controversy with renewed attacks on "Atheistic Jews"
 Station WMCA of New York which accused Father Coughlin of preaching mistakes of facts" in his weekly talk week ago and assert cd that his speech was calculated to stir LID religious and racial hatred and dissensicn," barred it yesterday along with stations WJJD of Chi cago and wind of Gary, Ind. WMCA refused to broadcast Faether Cough 1in's speech because he did not pro- vide station officials with a copy of 1t in advance. Father Coughlin said the stations showed very poor in telligence." He said they cancelled his speech because they are Jew ish-owned stations" He said he would devote his talk next Sunday to the same subject.
 In yesterdays talk, Father Cough lin reiterated the views he advanced the previous Sunday and broadcast a transcription of that talk which brought protests from prominent Liberals and Jews. It alleged that Jews were leaders of communism in Russia and in Germany before the advent of National Socialism in 1883.
 He said yesterday that he had been accused of making most Un-A n-American speech, of defense of Naziism and the Nazi progrom, of being a sadist, and of gross errors in fact" Introducing the transcript ton, Father Coughlin said 1t would prove that the charges against him were gross misrepreSentations of fact"
 Admittedly" he said, T did at- tack and will continue to attack Atheistic Jews and Atheistic Gen. tiles. But will prove that actually 1 invited and still invite the Non- Communist Non-Atheistic Jews, whom I respect and with whom I deeply sympathize, to join me in combating communism.
 Proof He Condemned Nazis
 T will prove that I did not de- fend Naziism but condemned it vig- orously. will prove that l con- denned the Naz progrom."
 When the transcription of the controversial portion of the previous sermon had been broadcast, Father Coughlin quoted what he said was proof that Kuhn, Loeb and company of New York helped finance the Russian revolution. Quoting the book, "The mystical body of Christ in the modern world" by Prof. Denis Fahey, of Dublin, he said:
 'The chief document treating of the financing of the Russian revol- utiOn is the one drawn up by the American secret service. It was found the following persons were engaged in this work of destruction: Jacob Schiff, Guggenheim, Kuhn, Loeb and Co., of which the following are the directors: Jacob Schiff, Felix Warburg, Otto Kahn, Mortimer Schiff and s. H. Hanauer." Jewish Firm Denies It
 Tn New York, Lewis Strauss. a partner in Kuhn, Loeb and company issued a statement saying that "The charges and inferences he (Father Coughlin) makes as to the support of Communism by my firm are ab- solutely untrue"
 Treasury officials in Washington disclaimed knowledge that the secret service had compiled the document which Father Coughlin mentioned.
 If it is un--American to bestir sympathy for persecuted christians, then I must plead guilty" Father Coughlin said. If am an advocate of Naziism when decry both com munism and Naziism, then plead guilty.
 "There is evidence that Jewry is silent on Communism and is reluc- tant to oppose it. There is the ques- tion of so-called anti-semitism which is really anti-communism. If Jews persist in supporting Commun- ism directly or indirectly, that will be regretable. By their failure to fight Communism as vigorously as they fight Nazism, they invite the charge of being supporters of Com munism"
 Radio President Explains
 In the time usually allotted to Father Coughlin, WMCA broadcast an announcement by its president, Donald Flamm, that the station did not believe it was "in the public interest to broadcast material which will stir up religious or racial strife and dissension in America.
 we realize that every effort will be made to distort our action into false issue of freedom of speech or censorship. We have tried to live up to o'lr obligation as American broadcasters.
 Freedom of speech is precious privilege. That is why those of us who are entrusted with the instru- nents of free speech must be so careful not to permit anyone to de- file them"
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