Relief That Fails To Relieve
Father Coughlin criticizes President Roosevelt's New Deal program and the Works Progress Administration. He attempts to remove wealthy financiers from positions of power, comparing his efforts to the biblical story of Jesus clearing the temple of money changers.
Charles Edward Coughlin, commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Dubbed "The Radio Priest " and considered a leading demagogue, he was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience. During the 1930s, when the U.S. population was about 120 million, an estimated 30 million listeners tuned in to his weekly broadcasts.
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“Relief That Fails To Relieve.” Father Coughlin. Radio broadcast, April 11, 1937.
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