The Washington times., 1938-01-07

abruptly from broadcasting last
October, is trying a comeback
over an independent hookup, one
that it is eventually hoped will tie
in some so stations over a period
of II weeks.
Why? To the direct question,
Father Coughlin, without heSita-
ton, gave this direct answer:
II am returning to the air for
two reasons.
The first is in order to
clarity my position. There
exists in the minds of many
Catholics a state of confusion
with regard to the attitude of
the church towards me, and my
attitude towards the church.
wish to clear that up.
"The second reason is that
think I can contribute towards
helping and building up the
morale of people who are in
need of it today.
SUNSHINE OF CHARITY
'The spirit Of fear, mistrust
and hatred throughout the
country, instead of melting
away, is solidifying. hope to
pour a little of the sunshine Of
charity and justice onto this
hard, dangerous surface"
He spoke softly, and except for
his endless pacing, seemed sub
dued.
Coughlin is PAGER. To picture
him in a private interview, you
must visualize him in his black
frock, pacing restlessly up and
down his small, narrow study in
the rectory at Royal Oak, never
stopping his march.
LIKE BUSINESS MAN
He is pink complexioned, square
faced, bland, bespectacled. He
looks like a frocked business man.
He looks like the mellow, kindly
figure of the business man that
is always used in magazine adv r.
tisements when the advertiser
wants to inspire confidence in his
produc: s..5.g
He tells you that he will touch
on politics. He will touch on
every subject that has not yet
been defined by the Catholic
Church. He will talk upon
economics, war, peace, labor
unions, government, agriculture,
legislation, etc.
But! Is this to be the new
Father Coughlin? He said:
Because man is a priest is
no reason for not speaking his
mind upon any subject, pro.
vided he preserves the conVen.
tionS of a priest"
On Sunday he will speak of the
New Deal, and the two important
principles it had established, hui
man rights over financial rights,
and the right of labor to organize.
"These things are so. They
have come to stay" he said.
whether or not we agree, we
must adjust our lives to them.
Let us be realists and have done
with endless theories. Those
things are facts. Let us go
ahead on that basis"
CITES CLIO COMPLAINT
Of the CIO, he said:
81 oppose the CIO not in or
ganizing principles, but in prac-
tice. There must be ways of
coming to an agreement with
capital other than Seizing or
destroying property, or forming
political party to seize the
reinS of Government.
Il fear living under labor
Government as much as I fear
living under a plutocratic one.
Government is for all Human
beings must learn to live to-
gether and for each other
MY intended contribution in
this series is to try to help stamp
out class conflict. Capital has
had its eXcesses because it has
been in power. Labor is headed
for it. We are not only in a
financial, but also in a philo-
sophie recession. The latter is
the more dangerous. We are
flirting with too many foreign
1smS,' including atheism. Peo-
pie have been going back to the
pagan dump heaps to reSurrect
ideas that never worked in the
first place.
Ninety per cent of labor is
we'll meaning. It's errors are
due not to bad hearts, but to
bad heads. Politicians are cap
italizing on the inability of
labor leaders to think straight"
COMMENDS ROOSEVELT
Up and down the room, speak
ing softly.
Il am for "a new deal. am
against rugged, ragged indi-
vidualiSm. have nothing
against Roosevelt. He is trying
his best. I merely disagree with
some of his experimentation.
But every American should
know that he means well and is
trying to help and is not sitting
down there at his desk in the
White House, trying to wreck
things. That notion is absurd.
But there will always be crit
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