Evening star., 1933-03-27
HUEY LONG FACES
$5DO,0()D LIBEL SUIT.
AnseII Quotes Statements
and Claims They Were
Sent Over U. S.

A libel suit for s50000 was filed in
District Supreme Court today against
Senator Huey P. Long Of Louisiana by
Samuel T. Ansell, former judge advo-
cate Of the Army.
The suit Is based on alleged libelous
statements made by Senator Long in =
speech on the floor of the Senate and
subsequently mailed by him to persons
in Louisiana and other sections OF the
country
Several weeks ago Ansell filed 4 suit
against Senator Long for slander, based
on speech made on the floor OF the
Senate. Senator Long replied to this
suit by indicating that anything said
before the Senate was privileged and
that he would claim this immunity Al
though the suit filed today was based
on the same speech, it was contended
the act Of sending 1t through the mails
removed the immunity surrounding ad-
dresses made before Congress by Sen
ators and Representatives.
The speech severely criticized Ansell
for his part as counsel for a senatorial
committee investigating the recent elec-
tfon OF John H. Overton as Senator
from Louisiana.
Condemns Election.
Ansell says in his suit that he pre-
sented evidence to the committee at
the recent hearing in New Orleans
which he still believes tended to prove
that Overton had been elected fraud
ulently and unlawfully as the result of
the operation OF political machine Or
sanized and operated by Senator Long,
and that fraud, corruption, force and
intimidation were means deliberately
chosen by Sentor Long for procuring
the election Of Ovcrton"
The declaration alleges that on March
Senator Long had reprinted from the
Congressional Record copies of a speech
he made on the floor. These copies, it
was said, were widely circulated by Sen
ator Long throughout the country.
The plaintiff complains in particular
OF several subheads which he said had
been written into the speech" while
IT was being reprinted.
One of these subheads, according to
the suit. referred to Ansell as the dog
son OF wolf 1t is alleged he was
described as "a burglar" in anoth
subhead. while other portions OF the re-
pint said he had practically forged
his own appointment as judge advo-
cate and that he had been con
demned by the Government as q thief
Scoundrel and crook"
Quotes From Attacks.
The suit also set forth the following
paragraph, alleged to have been in the
speech mailed out by Senator Long:
No, sir, l 90 not claim any privilege
from this scoundrel tAnselD anywhere
on earth under Gods living sun.
invite him to sue me in any court Of
competent Jurisdiction, and l will not
defend the suit, except ON the ground
that he is scoundrel and 4 thief and
rascal and a crook and has been
determined to be such by an investi-
eating committee of Congress"
AnSell's suit alleged that some of the
copies Of the speech mailed out were
accompanied by a letter from Senator
Long expressing hope that the recipient
would read the material
1t was also charged that on Febru-
ary II Senator Long was responsible
for the distribution OF placards in New
Orleans which described the proceed
lngs OF the investigating committee as
a kangaroo court" The suit was filed
by Attorneys Burr. Tracy. Ansell and
George M. Wilmeth