"Naziism is a defense against communism!"

     Streightmatter chooses to start the section of "Defending the Nazis" with the line "In late 1938, Coughlin took a stand that was nothing short of FANATICAL...."    Because the legendary Radio Priest defended  the Nazi persecution of Jews.  I can't agree with Streightmatter's choice of wording, in reference to fanatical, I don't think fanatical even begins to explain the malevolence that is Father Coughlin.
     According the Coughlin it was the Jews the brought communism to Russia and pushed the Germans to come up with the concept of Naziism as a desperate attempt to save Germany from communism
     But Coughlin wasn't going to get away with these heinous lies so easily.  Many radio stations that had broadcast Coughlin's horrible defense of the Nazis immediately denounced it.  The first to start denouncing his lies was WMCA in New York.  The second after the broadcast the station told its listeners, "Father Coughlin has uttered certain mistakes of fact." WMCA asked Coughlin to submit his scripts to them 48 hours before he aired them and when he refused WMCA dropped him from its schedule.  Schedule other stations did the same.     But of course Coughlin just wouldn't be stopped.  After defending the Nazi persecution of Jews 6,000 New Yorkers gathered outside the WMCA station to show their support for him.  After still refusing to air his scripts his faithful supporters organized massive picket lines in front of the station, with 2,000 people demanding that the station keep their favorite radio voice on the air.