Critics of the New Deal

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Critics of the New Deal

• 1. Liberty League Financiers, industrialists,
  corporation lawyers, conservative       
  Democrats

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Liberty League

• Attacked the New Deal as a dangerous departure
  and actively opposed measures like the national
  Labor Relations.

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American Socialist Movement

• Grows to about 10,000 members

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Dr. Francis Townsend

• 1.        Old Age Revolving Pension Plan
• 2. 200 per month to people over 60
• 3. Must be spent within the month

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Rev. Charles Coughlin

• the National Union For Social Justice
• NEW Deal didnt go Far Enough
• Radio Programming
• Anti-Semitic Pro-Fascist

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Senator Huey P. Long

• 1.        Share our Wealth Movement Everyman a
  King
• Guarantee every family an annual income of
  2,000.

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And the Kingfisher promised

• and a homestead or 6000 to build a home, radio

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To pay for this,

• the govt. would nationalize all banks, and allow
  no one to be over a ten millionaire

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