Opposition from the Left

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Journalist reporting in Pennsylvania, 1933
"Vast numbers of workers were right on the edge and it wouldn't take much to make Communists out of them."
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Toledo, Ohio, 1933
Two strikers were killed - indicated growing influence of left-wing extremists
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American Communist Party
Polled a record 102,000 votes in 1932 - but far behind Roosevelt's 22.8 million
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Communist party members
30,000 by 1934 - small, but the failures of the New Deal could lead to a surge of support if one charismatic leader could create a mass movement
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Father Coughlin
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Two strikers were killed - indicated growing influence of left-wing extremists

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Toledo, Ohio, 1933

Card 3

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Polled a record 102,000 votes in 1932 - but far behind Roosevelt's 22.8 million

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Card 4

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30,000 by 1934 - small, but the failures of the New Deal could lead to a surge of support if one charismatic leader could create a mass movement

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