S8 Ep338: THE TOWNSEND PLAN AND THE BREAK WITH FATHER COUGHLIN Colleague David Pietrusza. Francis Townsend proposes a popular plan to give the elderly $200 a month, pressuring Roosevelt—who disliked the "dole"—to introduce Social Security. Meanwhile, the radio prie
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
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1936 HUNGARY
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| 0:47.0 | This is CBSI and the world with David Petrucia, the author of the new book, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation. |
| 0:47.9 | I'm John Batchelor, and we're about to look at two of the most important figures of the |
| 0:53.6 | 1936 election who were not elected, |
| 0:56.9 | but made very important contributions to how the president, Franklin Roosevelt, saw his campaign |
| 1:04.4 | ahead. |
| 1:05.4 | The first is Francis Everett Townsend, born 1867, a senior figure who is a physician, and he comes forward with the Townsend plan. |
| 1:15.9 | This is in the time of great want and doubt for the people who are elderly in America. |
| 1:23.7 | At that time, that was considered 60 years plus was elderly. |
| 1:28.5 | David, Francis Townsend looks to be an amateur. |
| 1:32.6 | And the fact that he enters into politics at all is so unlikely. |
| 1:36.8 | What do we need to know about how Roosevelt thought of Townsend? |
| 1:41.0 | Well, Townsend was this old geezer doctor who writes a letter to the local paper |
| 1:46.9 | saying we've got to have this plan, which is going to give $200 a month to everyone over 60, |
| 1:55.2 | and they will have to do two things for it. One, not work anywhere, and two, spend it all in 30 days. He thinks |
| 2:02.7 | this is going to be, create a velocity of money. It's sort of like priming the pump, getting |
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