A Rare Recording of Father Charles Coughlin : Vol. 2

Father Charles Coughlin was a controversial Canadian-American Catholic priest based in Michigan. Calling for monetary reforms, the nationalization of major industries and railroads, and protection of the rights of labor, Coughlin used weekly radio broadcasts to reach a mass audience of up to thirty million listeners during the 1930s.

An early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, Coughlin later became a harsh critic. Coughlin¿s commentary also became more anti-semitic, an…