The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-28

visit. My! My! How interesting. And how is Fritz feeling? They say he packed 'em in" at Madison Square Garden. They cheered Father Coughlin's name you stated in your article. That's nothing new MT Smith, every Sunday according tc the Gallop Poll, his name is cheered by million listeners. Be reasonable Can Father Coughlin help it if he's popular? The fact that they cheered his name does not make him a Nazi sympathizer. Last month at a Com munist meeting they cheered Pres ident Roosevelt. Does that make him a Communist? Don't be ridiculous.
 In paragraph g of your billet Doux", excuse my French, you asked if further proof is needed, to refer to recent articles in the Common veal. I'm going to loaf on this one I will let one of the most prominent Catholic writers in America answer this argument. In Social Justice Aug. 1, 1888, Rev. Lodge Curran, Ph D.-LLD-DD. says If the Con- monweal is a Catholic Magazine then it's pious refusal to grow indig- nant over the chickering's by Red Loyalists, of the thousands of Cath olic Priests and Nuns, and the de- struction of religion, deserves boy colt by every Catholic reader and advertiser worthy of the na.le.' Again he states, "If the Common veal is a secular Magazine as an- nounced at its recent reconstruction then it has merely gone over to the list of those journals in Amer ica which are so left that they can- not see even a millimeter of an inch, right of center"
 Time Magazine and its reference to the "Crucifixion Tower" as g silo, sticks in the crop of many Catholics and Protestants who con- tributed generously towards the erection of this, tower. As Minis ter of the gospel you should bow your head in shame at this desecra- ton of the Crucified Christ. Do ] need to elaborate? The Editoria Staff of Time Magazine (Higf Time) is composed of Communists and you offer such a source of in formation as authentic?
 You seem to stress the point that Father Coughlin and President Roosevelt have disagreed on tht truth of certain statements. Vel what do you think of a man, who makes promises and fails to fulfil them?
 At the Chicago Convention of tht Democratic Party, he promised tht electorate to chase the money changers out of the Temple. Did ht keep his promise? By the Nationa Banking Act of 1885 he nationalizec our gold and made it unlawful foi you or me to own a gold coin. The government repudiated its obliga- tions to redeem its notes in gold placing the coining and regulating of our sovereign money in the hand, of the Federal Reserve Banks. Wa. that honest Reverend? He promised us prosperity; what have we today 12,000,000 unemployed and twenty million citizens on a government dole. Nice going, eh? Until the great mass of the American people learn to reason from effects and causes instead of just gazing at the sur face, as long as they are content tG remain blind to incontrovertiblt facts, we will have depressions, un- employment and want in the midst of plenty.
 The question has been asked many times if Father Coughlin has a right to deal with economic ques. tions. In his Encyclical "Quadrages. imo Anno" Plus xI laid down thu principle long since established by Leo XIII, that "it is our right ant duty to deal authoritatively witt social and economic problems" Con tinuing he says, Economic Sci ence and Religion are two differen sciences. Although each is guided b! its own principles and in its owl sphere, it is false to say that thu two sciences are so distinct that tn former in no way depends on tn latter"
 It is time that all liberty lovinl Americans tie 8 tin-can to the tail which are wagging on our premise -tails whose heads are eating ou of trough in Moscow.
 Today in our schools and univer sities we have so-called educator who are advocates and supporter of Communism. We wonder wher' our young men and women get th' lhalf-cooked poisonous virus that i