Coughlin, known throughout the country as The Radio Priest and whose house was bombed shortly after he made open charges against two of Detroit's large banks some time ago, was to-day called before the special grand jury which is at present investigating the Michigan bank collapse, Only-a portion of Father Cough-lin's irony concerning the banking operations was revealed but the fact that, for many weeks, the has been in close contact with Mr. Harry 8. Toy, prosecuting attorney, was taken as an indication that be had evidence of value.
Replying to a question as to why he, a churchman, should enter national polities and attempt to correct conditions, Father Coughlin [declared that it was the priests to be courageous to improve conditions for peopl "Many priests, are courageous but President. Roosevelt is more courageous than ninety per cent.
them," Father Coughlin said. "He places men above bonds. of the prosecuting office indicated that the in a position to know at some of the things the because Detroit parish-foners had deposits of more" than $2,000,000 in th banks that}
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