Catholics and Politics

Index to Documents

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Biography
Speeches and Pamphlets
Correspondence
Reactions and Responses

Biography

Louis Ward, Father Charles Coughlin: An Authorized Biography, 1933

Ruth Mugglebee, Father Coughlin, the Radio Priest of the Shrine of the Little Flower: An account of the life, work and message of Reverend Charles E. Coughlin, 1933

Speeches and Pamphlets

Selected Coughlin Radio Sermons: "Prologue" and "Christianized Democracy," Father Coughlin's Radio Discourses, 1931

John Ryan, Shall the NRA Be Scrapped?, 1934

Charles Coughlin, "The National Union for Social Justice: Preamble and Sixteen Points," November 11, 1934, in A Series of Lectures on Social Justice

Charles Coughlin, "Share the Profits with Labor," December 2, 1934, in A Series of Lectures on Social Justice

John A. Ryan, "Quack Remedies for the Depression Malady," April 1935, in Seven Troubled Years, 1930-1936: A Collection of Papers on the Depression and on the Problems of Recovery and Reform

John Ryan, The Message of the Encyclicals for America Today, 1936

Charles Coughlin, "Father Coughlin's Weekly Letter: Stand By!" Social Justice, June 12, 1936

Charles Coughlin, "Speech at the Townsend Convention in Cleveland, OH," July 16, 1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Speech Delivered to the New York State Democratic Convention," September 29, 1936

John A. Ryan, "Roosevelt Safeguards America," October 8, 1936

Charles Coughlin, "A Reply to Right Rev. Monsignor John Ryan," 1936

Charles Coughlin, "An Open Letter," November 8, 1936

"Text of Address by Father Coughlin Announcing His Retirement from Radio," New York Times, November 8, 1936

Correspondence

Charles Coughlin to Rev. Earle B. Jewell, November 27, 1934

John Ryan to Raymond Moley, November 29, 1932 and Moley's response to Ryan, February 21, 1933

Charles Coughlin to a Member of the NUSJ, April, 1935

FDR to John A. Ryan, September 24, 1935; Ryan to FDR, September 24, 1935

Rev. John J. Burke to Archbishop Edward Mooney, July 17, 1936

Anonymous Letter to Charles Coughlin, September 28, 1936

John Ryan-James Hoey Correspondence, September-November 1936

Jessie Horton to John Ryan, October 8, 1936

E. Doskey to John Ryan, October 8, 1936

Mrs. Joseph G. Caskey to Charles Coughlin, October 12, 1936

Mary Rose Hyland to John Ryan, October 12, 1936

Thomas Kenan to John Ryan, October 23, 1936

Mary Roth to John Ryan, November 8, 1936

Anonymous Letter to Charles Coughlin, November 15, 1936

Bishop John Peterson to Rev. John J. Burke, October 1936

FDR telegram to John Ryan, November 1936; John Ryan to FDR, November 12, 1936

John Ryan to FDR, November 12, 1936

Fr. Maurice Sheehy to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 3, 1940

Catholic Involvement in the 1936 Election: Reactions and Responses

Rev. John J. Burke, "The Catholic Church on the Radio," N.C.W.C. Review, October 1930

Memorandum on the Involvement of NCWC Staff in Politics, April 1933

Memorandum on the Involvement of NCWC Staff in Politics, March 3, 1936

"Ohio Voters Go to Primaries Fired by Talks of Fr. Coughlin" Social Justice, May 15, 1936

"Coughlin Impugns his Bishop's Intelligence--Bishop Replies," Central North-West Topics, October 9, 1936

"Bishop Gives Approval to Social Justice Pastor," Social Justice, August 3, 1936

"Coughlin Again Backs Bullets in Ballot Fails," Washington Post, September 27, 1936

"The Spoken Word," Los Angeles Evening News, October 9, 1936

Two Political Priests," Baltimore Catholic Review, October 16, 1936

The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971

Voting Statistics from Boston

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