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 Plan 2. $200 per month to people over Must be spent within the month
Rev. Charles Coughlin the National Union For Social Justice NEW Deal didn’t go Far Enough Radio Programming Anti-Semitic & Pro-Fascist
Senator Huey P. Long 1. Share our Wealth Movement = Everyman a King Guarantee 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”