Evening star., 1934-08-01
WALMSLEY RAISES
FORCE OF 1.4(O TO
FACE LONG ARMY
Senator Pits Guard Against
Police in Battle for New
Orleans Control.
BOTH LEADERS PLEDGE
BITTER-END STRUGGLE
City Tense Awaiting First Hostile
Move That May Precipi.
tate Violence.
~ .hs Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, August Fur
ther answering the challenge Of Sem
ator Huey p. Longs militia mobiliza-
ton south of the city. Mayor T.
semrnes walmsley today called 500
additional police TO duty from the
civil service lists, swelling the local
eonstabulary force TO 1.400 men.
Pull arms, including riot guns, were
issued to the augmented force at
headquarters. All officers now on
leave we're recalled to duty and H.
hour police shifts we're decreed for
the FIRST time here in IS years.
The rival forces stood ready to bat
Gle for control of New Orleans.
The city was tense. fearing the first
hostile move by either side might pre-
cipitate an actual clash.
Long, self-titled "Kinghsh," moved
about like a war general, command
ing" 500 National Guardsmen mobi-
lized at jackson Barracks on the edge
Of the city.
WalmsIey "Army" Ready.
The embattled Walmsley, once a
friend of Long, held his / 400 police
men In readiness to resist any possible
attempt of Long to usurp the city po-
lice power.
Almost two score militiamen held
the city registration voting of1ce
which they stormed Monday night.
Machine guns looked from the win
dows across narrow street toward
City Hall.
Gov. o. KI Aliens proclamation OF
partial martial law, applying to the
City Hall area, continued in effect.
Ward and precinct leaders Of both
factions muttered. Ordinary citizens
stared wide-eyed at the fully armed
State soldiers in the voting off1ce.
Some stopped to laugh and joke with
the Guardsmen.
Walnasley and Long lasnbasted each
other over the radio last night.
The whole affair pointed TO the
coming congressional primary In Sep
tember, In which walnsley and Long
are supporting rival candidates
Mayor Sees Long isuse.
Along with that issue was Longs
announced determination TO clean up
the "vice and corruption" in the city,
which Walmsley interpreted as q ruse
for Long to seize control Of the New
Orleans administration.
The main point at issue today re-
volved about the new police board
authorized at the recent Long-con-
trolled legislative session to take the
police power away from Mayor Walms-
ley.
The board, composed of representa-
tives selected by various civic or
ganizations, was scheduled to assume
control at noon today, but the city
administration obtained a court order
yesterday temporarily restraining 1t
from taking authority pending hear
ing Monday.
wallnsley armed his policemen and
stationed them at headquarters with
instructions to resist any attempt TO
dislodge them.
: Long and Allen were noncommuni-
cative about the presence Of the 500
NdNlOllut at eAAN StAAA@SN1'
Infantry. artillery and cavalry troops
were ready for action.
Walmsley in his radio address last
night described Long as 8 "cringing
coward" hiring bodyguards like 'an
Al Capone" and said the Senator
would pay the penalty as other car
pet-bagEers have done" If a single
life be lost in defense of the city.
Calls Charges Lies"
He branded as lies" charges made
b. Senator Long in previous address
that the PSNce Department was thriv-
ing on graft and that the city was
overrun with gambling establishments
and houses Of prostitution that had to
pay tribute to WalmSley.
The mayor said, We will never sur
render to this madman, and compared
the Louisiana Senator with "Caligula,
Nero, Attila, Henry the Eighth, Louis
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