The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-14

conquest of small countries and at that time you and your party &C., cuseh all who wanted to help them of btdng War-mongers and members of ycIr party picketed our National l. Capitol in an effort to keep help [ from going to Finland and Poland. Russo accuses the Rev. Charles E. ' Coughlin of being pro-Axis, well such an accusation from you is not surprising because you do not recog- nize that a person can be 100 per cent American, 100 per cent anti Communist and 100 per cent anti Nazi at the same time.
 Father Coughlin has repeatedly denounced Hitler as often as he has ' denounced your cOmrade Joe Stalin, but he has consistently followed the teachings of Pope Leo 13, Plus XI, and Plus XII by refusing to com- promise even temporarily Christian | principles even if that refusal meant that present evils should continue for a century or longer and this thought was the main theme of the Pope's reply to Myron Taylor the i personal representative of President Roosevelt to the Vatican.
 You Russo claim that Father Coughlin hides behind the cloak of protection which the Dies Commit tee has thrown around him, but also remember that you and your llk praised and supported the Dies Committee while it dug up Nazis and Fascists, but quit your support just as soon as it turned the light on Communism and from them on Martin Dies was smeared even cali- ed un-American.
 Right now your crowd is sitting pretty over 2,000 of them in posi- lions in our government, men and women who are members of or sympathizers with system that has pledged itself to the overthrow of our government.
 At this time also we the real Americans have your support be- cause we have gone all out to help your fatherAnd, but if and when Russia makes a separate peace and becomes an ally of Germany for the partition of Europe, or becomes an ally of Japan for the purpose of partitioning China, then your sup port shall cease.
 At that time you will find out who }re the real Americans who arc filing to fight for America alone, willing to sacrifice their lives and property anywhere in the world under any president regardless of how we had formerly disagreed with him.
 admire the Russian people for the magnificent defense of their home land against the German in- vader and their spirit of sacrifice and fight is possible only by people who are fighting for their homes and I sincerely hope that they are victorious over the Germans and when 1t Is all over, and the invaders are beaten, hope that the Rus Sians, conscious of their strength, will turn their weapons on their Atheistic Rulers whose interest are foreign to the welfare of the peo- pie of Russia.
 Father Coughlin has proven his Americanism on many occasions and has courageously criticized politi- clans, churcllmen, financialists or other classes which have worked to the detriment of the general well fare, regardless of their religion, political affiliations or race, and with the same consistency of Amer icanism he has decided to submit to and support the decision of the United States Congress in its dec- laration of war.
 If and when that separate Rus sian and German peace takes place it Is you Russo, and not Father Coughlin that will renew the acro- batic act of changing alliances-by transferring your allegiance to Rus sia.
 Father Coughlin has supported our war effort by buying $25, ,OOO in war bonds but has publicly pledged to donate any interest earned on these bonds to soldiers. sailors, nurses and chaplains engaged in the war as he personally refused to take any pro-