critics of the new deal
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Critics of the New Deal
1. Liberty League = Financiers, industrialists, corporation lawyers, conservative Democrats
Liberty League
Attacked the New Deal as a dangerous departure and actively opposed measures like the national Labor Relations.
American Socialist Movement
Grows to about 10,000 members
Dr. Francis Townsend
1. – Old Age Revolving Pension Plan2. $200 per month to people over 603. Must be spent within the month
Rev. Charles Coughlin
the National Union For Social Justice
NEW Deal didn’t go Far Enough
Radio ProgrammingAnti-Semitic & Pro-Fascist
Senator Huey P. Long
1. Share our Wealth Movement = Everyman a KingGuarantee every family an annual income of $2,000.
And the Kingfisher promised
and a homestead or $6000 to build a home, radio
To pay for this,
the govt. would nationalize all banks, and allow no one to be over a “ten millionaire”
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