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Being born in Detroit I heard about father Coughlin my entire life. Almost all of it was negative. Did you know that after losing his radio show the post offi
by rmason 6y ago
Being born in Detroit I heard about father Coughlin my entire life. Almost all of it was negative.
Did you know that after losing his radio show the post office refused to let him distribute his newspaper, Social Justice?
Despite many catholic parishes having closed Father Coughlin's church is still active.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_the_Little_Flower_Basilica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_the_Little_...
- shadowgovt 6y agoThe Wikipedia summary of the story with the post office is absolutely fascinating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin#Cancellation_of_his_radio_show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin#Cancellation_... It appears that FDR's attorney general put pressure on the post office to revoke Coughlin's 2nd-class mailing privileges. In the end, the privileges weren't revoked, but (due in part to FDR putting pressure on the Catholic church itself), the bishopry commanded Coughlin to restrict his activities to local ministry.
- rmason 6y agoFather Coughlin was a strong supporter of FDR dating back to when he was Governor of New York. It is only when he broke with FDR in 1936 that he started having problems.