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Another challenge to the programs and policies of the New Deal came from a "radio priest" in Royal Oak, Michigan. A Catholic priest named Father Charles E. Coughlin, who had been broadcasting his radio show since the mid 1920s, began attacking communism. The popularity of his show grew enormously during the early days of the Depression. In 1934 Coughlin received more mail than any other American, and an estimated 30 million to 45 million Americans listened to his show each week. At first Coughlin supported Roosevelt. During the 1932 election he told his audience that it was "Roosevelt or ruin," and in 1933 he said that "the New Deal is Christ's deal." Yet Coughlin soon turned against Roosevelt. Blaming the Depression on Jews and Communists, he began to espouse what analysts of his broadcasts have called an ideology of fascism. By 1935 Coughlin was calling Roosevelt...
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