He promised to retire if his candidate for president, the little-known North Dakota congressman William Lemke, received less than 9,000,000 votes.
He promised to retire if his candidate for president, the little-known North Dakota congressman William Lemke, received less than 9,000,000 votes. When he got about a tenth of that number, he did retire, only to return in 1937, eight years after he had founded his magazine, Social Justice. Employed at the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan, FTP, identify this Roman Catholic "radio priest" who attacked the New Deal and promoted Fascism during the 1930's.
He promised to retire if his candidate for president, the little-known North Dakota congressman William Lemke, received less than 9,000,000 votes.
Father Charles Edward Coughlin