Date of Award

7-1966

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

Abstract

Having ripped off his Roman collar at the climax of his speech delivered at the July, 1936 convention of the Townsend movement in Cleveland, Ohio, the Reverend Charles E. Coughlin accused President Franklin D. Roosevelt of being a "liar and a great betrayer" because the President had not carried out his promise to enact monetary reforms. "Intoxicated by the oratorical spell he was casting" Coughlin accused FDR, whose initials stood for "Franklin Doublecrossing Roosevelt," of receiving support from the Communist Party. Such a dramatic gesture is an example of the radio priest in action, and is basic to an understanding of his anti-semitism during the period from 1930 to 1938.

Comments

A Research Paper submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the History Department, Marquette University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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