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Strict Neutrality And No Cash And Carry

# Radio Episode Plot Summary Father Coughlin delivers his second speech opposing the plan to get rid of the arms embargo law. He warns that the government's "Cash and Carry" plan will turn into "Credit and Carry," where American troops will be sent to protect American money overseas. He asks his listeners, "Will we forget about all the death and destruction caused by international bankers?" He predicts that women and children will work in factories making weapons while men go off to fight and die. He also says the government will control rent prices and take over transportation systems. He uses quotes from a book by Leo Cherne to support his arguments. Father Coughlin sings "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and compares Jesus on the cross to being against the "Cash and Carry" idea. He describes war as "a dripping, scary hand reaching toward our country." He asks people to march to Washington to show they want peace instead of war.

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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“Strict Neutrality And No Cash And Carry.” Father Coughlin. Radio broadcast, September 17, 1939.

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