The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21

l Sdlo IIldU EddlcT OOuRIlllIlS repeated charge that the Jewish banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,, helped finance the Russian Revolution was false, and it is. Father Coughlin, speaking of this charge, said on November 27, 1888: "The chief document, treating of the financing of the Russian Rev. olution, is the one drawn up by the American Secret Service and transmitted by the French high commissioner to his government" On Monday, November 28, 1888, the Treasury Department in Washington issued the following press release over the signature of the Chief of the U. s. Secret Service: '"The only U. s. govern mental agency having the name of Secret Service,' is the United States Secret Service, which is division of the Treasury Depart ment. I have investigated our records and questioned members of the service who were on duty from 1916 to 1920, including my predecessor, Wm. E. Moran, with respect to the statements made and quoted by Father Coughlin. They know of no such investiga- ton or report as that which Father Coughlin discussed, and 1t is quite certain that no such re- port was ever made by the U. s. Secret Service" Put that on the next meetings agenda, MT. Ayotte. also said that Father Cough lin's name was greeted with pro- longed cheering at the recent meeting of the German-American Bund in Madison Square Garden, that copies of Social Justice" were on sale at that meeting, and that Fritz Kuhn invited the Nazis to assist the Coughlinites in picketing Radio Station WMCA. I know this to be true because I was there.
 If any further "proof" is need ed, permit me to refer MT. Ayotte to the recent articles on Father Coughlin in the "Commonweal" and Current Affairs" by Father John A. Ryan of Catholic Uni- versity. and to last falls radio addresses to Rev. Michael Joseph Ahern, reported in TIME, for Nov. IA, 1888.
 Father Coughlin's blatant anti semitism shames the whole Chris tian world. No less an authority than the late Pope Plus XI de- nounced anti-semitism in the fol- lowing terms: "It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-semitism. Anti semitism is inadmissibie. We are all semites spiritually"
 If opposing Father Coughlin and the things he stands for makes one a Catholic batter" then Father Ahern, Father Ryan, Car dinal Mundelein, and the late Pope are also Catholic -baiters". Either that or MT. Ayotte is mistaken, unthinkable as that may be.
 MT. Ayotte calls my veracity into question in no uncertain terms. The tendency is to reply in like terms. but when I was a child I was taught that that sort of thing is simply in bad taste.
 This branding" that MT. Ayotte threatens sounds quite medieval and intriguing. It ought to be very Interesting especially if per- formed on the Green at high noon. But when lived in Montana and watched the yearly roundup on the range, noticed that unless the one who did the, branding was cleverer than the steer he frequently got burned himself.
 Sincerely,
 ALISON J. SMITH. OPINIONS ARE PERSONAL
 MINISTER HAS GOOD
 COMPANY IF HE'S
 CATHOLIC-BAITER
 Thomaston, Conn.
 March 18, 1889. Editor of the Waterbury Demo
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 Dear Sir--r recently read a let ter in your columns vigorously criticising Rev. Alison J. Smith for opinions he had expressed about a certain radio commentator, known as Father Coughlin. The letter was a strange mixture of pugnaciousness and inconsistency.