The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05

Ford on the Jewish situation in Ger many in his Sunday radio speech yesterday.
 The accusation was developed in an attack on newspapers in which Father Coughlin, asserting that Nazism was "a defense mechanism against Communism" said that the press had Intentionally dodged the issue by endeavofing to confuse the public mind, particularly through the use of managed editorials and mismaraged interviews.
 He then told of Henry Ford's statement of last week which was issued by Rabbi Franklin with the approval of Ford and was given wide publicity. Ford was quoted as favor ing the admission of Jewish refugees to the United States up to the limit of the immigration quotas, and as deploring the campaign against Jews in Germany.
 What Ford Really Said
 Rabbi Franklin came to see MT. Ford to ask him if his factory would assimilate Jewish refugees, the re- suit of Nazi persecution Coughlin said. "Mr. Ford said he believed there was little or no persecution in Germany; if any it was due not to the German government, but to the war-mongers, the international bankers"
 Ford's statement, as issued by by Franklin, was written by Franklin and approved by Ford, Father Cough lin said. Later, Franklin asked per- mission to change the statement into the first person, he said, and this permission was granted. As publish ed in the press, the statement was not entirely accurate, he said, and its use was entirely inaccurate.
 Ford Manager Backs Him
 Father Coughlin gave as his au- thority Harry Bennett, manager of the service department of the Ford Motor Company. Franklin would make no statement, saying anything that was to be said would have to come from Ford or Bennett. Bennett could not be reached.
 Father Coughlin characterized Ford's statement as "a gigantic at tempt to put into the mouth of Americas foremost manufacturer, words he did not say"
 In his two previous broadcasts, Father Coughlin had asserted that Jews took leading part in the Rus sian revolution and in Communism, charge that has led several radio stations to cut him off the air.
 Newspapers Dodge Issue
 Father Coughlin defended his statements yesterday by asserting that newspapers had dodged the is- sue of "excesses of Communism" He asserted that repeated attacks on his broadcastS would force non-parti- san observers to conclude ''that this is related to their desire to protect Communism"
 Alexander Kerensky, vice. -presi- dent of the first Russian provisional government after the 1917 revolution erred when he asserted that mo Jewish bankers financed the revolu- tion of my government" Father Coughlin said, adding that accord ing to reputable testimony, it ("the revolution) was financed by Jacob Schiff.
 He (Schiff) financed the enemies of autocratic Russia and used his financial influence to keep Russia from the money market of the Uni ted States, the priest asserted and said he quoted the New York Jew ish Communal Register.
 First Revolution Failed
 Father Coughlin asserted that the first Russian revolution was a fail ure possibly because it was not managed by the revolutionary athe- iStic Jews, although it was financed by MT. Jacob Schiff, the senior part ner of Kuhn, Loeb and Company"
 Kuhn Loeb and Company of New York has denied previous Father Ccughlin charges that it or any of its partners had participated in financing the Russian revolution.
 Father Coughlin said he had tele- phoned Dr. Denis Fahey in Dublin, Ireland, his original authority, for proof that British White Paper" from which Fahey quoted in the book Father Coughlin quoted, con- tained statement that Kuhn, Loeb and Company had an interest in "fnnQnfincy Tom
 Defense of Priest
 Boston, Dec. 5 - U.P.) - Ford Hall forum officials refused today to name clergyman who rose in the midst of an anti-Father Cough lin demonstration of 1000 forum members to defend the radio priest against accusations of spreading false propaganda" against the Jew ish race.
 The purported clergyman, des- cribed by friends as a Catholic priest, shouted his defense of Cough lin above loud applause that follow ed a statement of the main speak CT, Editor Herbert Agar of the Louisville Courier-J Journal, that:
 I think it is revolting that a Cath olic priest should play up anti-Sem itism. He (Fatber Coughlin) is a nuisance and a deleterious influ- ence. l am convinced that he is do- ing it to gain popularity. He failed before with monetary theories which were the crackpot ideas coming to light every depression
 Millions are being spent for anti Semitic propaganda, and I think that the non-JeW in America should spend millions to defeat that move ment. believe (however) that peo- pie have a right to hear what they want to hear, and if people want to hear Father Coughlin have not the right to bar him from speaking"
 Interrupting, the so-called clergy man charged that Agar was using the same emotional appeal to arouse the audience for which he condemn ed the radio priest.
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