Evening star., 1934-01-03
CITY PARTY CHIEFS
VOTE WAR ON LONG
New Orleans Attack on Sem
ator Precedes Fight Over
Representative.
- a va
and navigator.

The dominance Of Senator Huey
Long in Louisiana politics vas the oo-
Ject of a threefold assault today with
the latest blow coming from New Or
leans where a caucus OF Democratic
ward leaders voted to wage a war to
the death on the Long machine.
News of this action was received here
today by Edward Rightor OF New Or
leans. who has come to Washington to
assume charge OF the election contest
CT Jared Y. Sanders. il, for the right
to represent the sixth Louisiana dis
trict IN Congress.
The telegram was from Mayor T,
SemmeS Walmsley OF New Orleans. who
also is chairman Of the State Demo-
cratic Committee. Mr. Rightor pre-
dicted that the declaration of war VIII
mean defeat for the Long machine in
the municipal elections on January %
and the ultimate diSintegration of the
Long influence in other sections of the
State
Sees Tactics Criticized.
From Congress today came the pre-
diCtiOn by Senator Connally, head of
the special Senate Committee which in
veStigated the election OF Senator John
H OvertOn. that the committee Will is
ste report strongly condemning tactics
used BY the Long machine. Senator
COnnaliy said the tentative report had
been prepared. and that he might call
his committee together tomorrow to
consider it.
In the ether wing of the Capitol,
Louisiana members OF the House said
they had agreed to refer to an elections
committee the contest involving the
right of Mrs Bolivar Z. Kemp to rep
he jStl0
Congress This agreement was reached,
it was said to prevent long debate on
the House floor and to obtain more
thorough study of the claims of Mrs.
Kemp and Mr.. Sanders to the seat.
The contest will be referred. the LouiSi-
anans said. to House Elections Commit
tee No 8 headed BY Representative
Kerr. Democrat. Of North Carolina.
The other attack came from the
Wcmen's Committee Of Louisiana. which
renewed its demard that Long be ousted
from the Senate. The committee
asserted that sufficient reasons for the
removal of Lcng "ara proved in the
written record of the Senate committee
which investigated OVert0n'S election
..Truculent and Defiant"
This attack was contained in two
petitions addressed by the committees
chairman, Mrs. Hida Phelps Hammond
CT New OrleGns, to Vice President
Gamer. One CT the petitions asked the
Senate judiciary Committee to act upon
charges against Long that have been
referred to it.
The petition said:
AT the senatorial hearings, the said
Huey Pierce Long. a United States Sen
ator, was truculent and defiant to the
subcommittee, manipulated witnesses,
encouraged them to be contemptuous
cf the Senate's committee insulted and
berated the Senate's counsel and the
committee chairman (the late Senator
Robert B. HoWelD and behaved in a
manner disgraceful to his status as
Senator and offensive to decent pub
lie,
while a United States Senator. the
said Huey Pierce Long has dic-
tated to the officials representing the
people Of Loulsiana-eSpecially in the
election of John H. Overton to the
United States Senate-thereby depriv-
ing the citizens Of this State of the
right of franchise and divesting Louis
lana of a republican form of govern
ment."