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  Charles Coughlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coughlin asserted that the Depression was a cash famine, and he proposed unorthodox monetary policies and the elimination of the Federal Reserve as the solution.
Coughlin later returned to broadcasting, however, though the popularity of his broadcasts fell rapidly as his radicalism grew, and, in 1942, church authorities ordered Coughlin to stop his radio broadcasts and return to his duties as a parish priest.
Coughlin is often credited as one of the major demagogues of the 20th century for being able to influence politics through a wide audience, without actually holding a political office himself.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Charles Coughlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Father Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan, a priest from Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church, and one of the first evangelists to preach to a widespread listening audience over the medium of radio during the Great Depression.
Coughlin fought strongly for the nationalization of banks.
After 1936, Coughlin increasingly expressed support for the fascist policies of Hitler and Mussolini as an antidote to Bolshevism, though this was before World War II began, and his radio broadcasts became overtly anti-Semitic.
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 Charles E. Coughlin
CHARLES E. Charles E. Coughlin (1891-1979) was an American Catholic priest and a popular radio figure of the 1930s.
Coughlin also accused American Jewish financiers, primarily the Wall Street firm of Kuhn-Loeb, of collaboration with the Bolsheviks in their efforts to uproot Christianity in Russia.
Coughlin was thus the most visible of the American right-wing activists during the 1930s and his antisemitism deeply troubled American Jewry.
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 Father Charles E. Coughlin, The Radio Priest
Coughlin continued to serve as pastor of the Shrine of the LIttle Flower until his retirement in 1966.
Charles E. Coughlin attacked everyone from Franklin Roosevelt to big coporations in his radio program and his newspaper "Social Justice." Some echos of his populist rhetoric can still be heard in today's political debates.
Coughlin was born of an Irish family Oct. 25, 1891, in Hamilton, Ontario, where his father was sexton at St. Mary's Cathederal.
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 Charles Edward Coughlin
Charles Edward Coughlin, the son of third generation Irish immigrants, was born in Hamilton, Canada, on 25th October, 1891.
Coughlin was highly critical of the government in the Soviet Union.
Coughlin developed a reputation for being an expert on the growth of the Communist Party in the United States and in July 1930, Hamilton Fish invited him to appear before the House of Representatives Committee to Investigate Communist Activities.
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 Religoius Movements Homepage: Father Charles Coughlin
Utilizing his natural talent of public speaking, Father Charles Coughlin was able to gain the support and attention of nearly 40 million American listeners as he preached his sermons on the Columbia Broadcasting Service.
As a young boy, Charles Coughlin was strongly urged by his mother, Amelia Coughlin to become a servant of God and enter into priesthood for the Catholic Church.
Coughlin is of the Catholic faith, however over time there has been much discussion on his adherence to several Catholic doctrines for the clergy (in regards to the vow of poverty and celibacy doctrines).
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 The American Experience | America and the Holocaust | People & Events | Reverend Charles E. Coughlin (1891-1979)
Part of Coughlin's appeal can be credited to his understanding of what the American public wanted to hear, but many attributed his popularity in part to the sound of his mellifluous voice.
In the 1932 presidential election campaign, Coughlin was a staunch supporter of FDR, avowing that it was either "Roosevelt or Ruin." For Coughlin, the highlight of the campaign was an invitation to speak at the Democratic National Convention.
In the summer of that year, Coughlin published a version of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." A virulently anti-Semitic piece of propaganda that had originated in Russia at the turn of the century, the "Protocols" accused Jews of planning to seize control of the world.
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 coughintro.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Father Charles Edward Coughlin is considered by many the "Father of Hate Radio." Coughlin pioneered the use of radio as a medium for attacking government policies and other social ills.
Coughlin was a staunch supporter in the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.
Coughlin's return to the airwaves was marked by a strong anti-communist, anti-Semitic message.
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 Between the Wars: FDR
At first Coughlin welcomed Roosevelt's administration and pledged his support: the New Deal, he told his audience, was "Christ's deal." But he quickly soured on the President, disgusted by both the slow, compromised pace of New Deal reform and by Roosevelt's unwillingness to involve Coughlin himself in decision making.
Coughlin began the speech in quiet tones, arguing that twenty years ago, Americans entered World War I soley to protect the investments of bankers and capitalists.
Coughlin's growing extremism, his increasing determination to cast political problems in terms of free-floating conspiracy, and his persistent attacks on a popular president made many of his fellow Catholics nervous.
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Coughlin had a well-developed theory of what he termed 'social justice,' predicated on monetary 'reforms.' He began as an early Roosevelt supporter, coining a famous expression, that the nation's choice was between 'Roosevelt or ruin.'He viewed FDR as a radical social reformer like himself.
A federal grand jury indictment was made against Father Coughlin and his organizations for violation of the Espionage Act.
At this time Coughlin's primary means of funding was through mail solicitation, however he and his organizations were stripped of their second-class mailing privileges and the Bishop ordered Coughlin to cease broadcasting.
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 HighGround   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Coughlin is frequently asked to offer his professional opinion on political issues that affect the state and the nation.
Coughlin is currently engaged in various client projects, utilizing a full palette of communications skills and strategies: From grassroots coordination via the world-wide web, to polling, advertising, and face to face lobbying, Coughlin's extensive background and keen sense of Arizona's political pulse has resulted in many important campaign and public affairs victories.
Coughlin lives in Phoenix with his wife Michelle their daughter (9), their older daughter (24) also lives in Phoenix with their grandson (4).
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 Social Security Online History Pages
Coughlin had a well-developed theory of what he termed "social justice," predicated on monetary "reforms." He began as an early Roosevelt supporter, coining a famous expression, that the nation's choice was between "Roosevelt or ruin." Later in the 1930s he turned against FDR and became one of the president's harshest critics.
Father Coughlin was an early and passionate supporter of President Roosevelt, since he viewed FDR as a radical social reformer like himself.
In the early 1930s, Coughlin was, arguably, one of the most influential men in America.
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 ipedia.com: Charles Coughlin Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Father Charles Edward Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan, a priest from Shrine Catholic Church, and one of the first evangelists to preach to a widespread listening audience...
In 1940, authority figures in the Church ordered Coughlin to stop his radio broadcasts and return to his duties as a parish priest.
Coughlin was a supporter of the fascist policies of Hitler and Mussolini as an antidote to Bolshevism during his tenure as a radio preacher, though this was before World War II began.
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 National Catholic Reporter: Radio Priest: Charles Coughlin: The Father of Hate Radio. - book reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charles Coughlin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Mich., whose 1930s Sunday afternoon broadcasts held millions spellbound and at whose command hundreds of thousands of telegrams would bombard Congress on Monday morning, backing the priest's latest cryp-to-fascist notion of social justice -- and slamming Jews.
In November 1938 Coughlin hit a low point with a series of broadcasts identifying Jews with communism and purporting to demonstrate that the Jews were themselves responsible for Hitler's moves against them.
Coughlin is fascinating enough in his own time and place -- a time when, unfortunately, much of the Catholic community did not feel sure enough of its own strengths, its rightful place in the American context, to deal with the madman in their midst.
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 The Authentic History Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But somehow or other you are satisfied to sustain the wives and children of those who do the coining and regulating of money, who live in their palaces, and travel in their yahcts...you want that, you voted for that, you have that, and it's time that you take that.
During the 1930s, Father Charles Coughlin's "Golden Hour of the Little Flower" was the country's most popular religious radio program, attracting as many as forty million listeners every Sunday.
Coughlin, a Canadian-born Catholic of obvious Irish descent, broadcast his quasi-religious sermons from near his small parish in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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 David M. Kennedy, "Freedom from Fear"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Coughlin became the pastor of a tiny new parish in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, its church designated as a shrine to the recently canonized St. Therese of the Little Flower....
Coughlin's little congregation, composed mostly of autoworkers just prosperous enough to move to suburbia from the soot and clang of Detroit's inner city, represented a rising force in American political life....
Father Charles Coughlin and several isolationist senators filled the airwaves with denunciations of Roosevelt's impending request to amend the 1937 statute.
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 Irish Echo Online - Arts
Charles E. Coughlin was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1891, the descendant of immigrants from County Cork.
Coughlin in turn enjoyed his role as populist too much to throw his unconditional support to FDR and the New Deal.
By this time Coughlin had begun to express growing admiration for fascist governments of Hitler and Mussolini and a not-so-subtle anti-Semitism in his incessant denunciation of "international bankers." He also faced greater scrutiny at home due to the arrival of a new archbishop who was not pleased with his high-profile forays into politics.
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 Coughlin, Charles Edward. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In 1934 he organized the National Union for Social Justice, which denounced President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and advocated such measures as silver inflation as well as the nationalizing of banks, utilities, and natural resources.
Coughlin also published a magazine, Social Justice, in which he expressed pro-Nazi opinions and made increasingly anti-Semitic remarks directed especially at Jewish members of Wall Street.
The magazine was barred from the mails by the U.S. government for violation of the Espionage Act and ceased publication in 1942.
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 TRIO: Father Coughlin, Page 1
Charles Edward Coughlin, 1891-1979, (pronounced coglin) was born the only child of third-generation Irish immigrants to the North America on October 25, 1891, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
When Father Coughlin hit the radio airwaves as a part of the Shrine's ministry in October, 1926, his message was Catholic in nature and intended for children.
By the early 1930s, Coughlin saw much joblessness and insecurity in the Detroit area and, thus, his radio messages and public speaking became adult-oriented and focused on social reform, with an emphasis on the distribution of wealth in the nation.
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 SALON Daily Clicks: Sneak Peeks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Coughlin was the first personality to bring his own version of politics to the airwaves, and he railed against "banksters," "plutocrats," "atheistic Marxists," and especially "international financiers" (read: Jews).
Coughlin's influence became enormous: He had an embattled relationship with Franklin Roosevelt (Coughlin called him "anti-God" on-air), he led the Christian Front (the 18 Freemanesque Brooklynites indicted as members of a national paramilitary organization) and was purported to have been funded by the Nazis.
And although Coughlin is fascinating, it's easy to feel bombarded by Warren's scattershot facts while his strangely formal, awkward prose style obscures his subject.
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 "What He Has Done Is Sickening to Contemplate": Catholic Liberal John Ryan Denounces Father Charles Coughlin
Father Coughlin has succeeded in persuading his hearers, or at least a large proportion of them, not only that his money theories and remedies are supported by the papal encyclicals, but that his economic teachings in general are on a level with the infallible pronouncements of the Church.
They are particularly incensed at the statement in my speech that his explanation of our economic maladies is at least 50 per cent wrong and his monetary theories and proposals at least 90 per cent wrong, even though the overwhelming majority of the economists would put down these estimates as understatements.
But the main good effects of my address upon the group of Catholics that have been attracted by Father Coughlin’s speeches are and will be felt by those who had already begun to waver in their allegiance to him and by those who had not yet become convinced adherents of his doctrine.
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 Father Charles Coughlin
Charles E. Coughlin was an American Catholic priest and a popular radio figure of the 1930s.
In the first year of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, Coughlin supported the Democratic president, but broke with him after a short time.
Coughlin repeatedly used the “Judeo-Bolshevik threat” as a theme, asserting that the entire Soviet leadership, including both Lenin and Joseph Stalin, was Jewish.
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 The American Enterprise: Reviews of New Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Born in Toronto in 1891, Coughlin was ordained a Catholic priest and joined the Detroit diocese in 1916.
As the Depression deepened he scourged Communism and international banking, and crusaded for "social justice." Coughlin supported Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 candidacy, telling listeners that America’s choice was "Roosevelt or ruin." But he later broke with fdr and blasted the New Deal as statist and collectivist.
Coughlin sank into obscurity as a parish priest, retired in 1966, and died in 1979.
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 SDSU: Athletics: Hall of Fame -- Charles Coughlin
The first inductee to the South Dakota State University Hall of Fame was a 1909 electrical engineering graduate, Charles Coughlin.
Coughlin was honored as an SDSU distinguished alumnus in 1961 and presented an honorary doctor of engineering degree in 1954.
Coughlin gave the Coughlin Campanile to SDSU in 1929 and it has become one of the university’s most recognized symbols.
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 Father Charles Coughlin
Starting in 1926, Coughlin built an audience of Sunday listeners of his religious/political radio program, reaching over 30 million at its peak.
Initially supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt (it was he who coined the phrase "Roosevelt or Ruin"), he turned against him once the full ramifications of the New Deal became clear -- that its changes to society were not radical enough, and they were the wrong kind of changes.
Today Coughlin is considered one of the great demagogues of the 20th century.
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 Coughlin - Facing the Corporate Roots of American Fascism
Smedley said that Coughlin, the famous "radio priest" whose voice he recognized, had approached him by telephone and that the call was traced back to Coughlin afterward.
Butler mentioned the Coughlin plot again to an FBI agent in 1940 in connection with what he termed dozens of "screwball" organizations that had invited him to appear as a speaker.
Although Coughlin was criticised by some high-ranking Catholics, he was never defrocked for hate-mongering, political campaigning or deceptive fundraising.
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