Evening star., 1934-08-18
"HeI Huey" Is Louisiana Cry
As Long Wins Dictatorship
Der Kingfish Creation of Secret Police
and Use of Militia as Army Is
Ratified by Legislature.

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that this hearing has the sound Of q
burlesque, and the house roars louder.
Senator Fred Oser Of New Orleans,
another of Huey's boys, interrupts
with furious demand for the expul-
sion of Leon Trice, a photographer
for the lying press. He is trying to
shoot a lying picture Of the COM
mittee in session. Mr.. Oser. sitting
next to Der Kingfish, doesn't want
his picture taken. The chair warns
the photographer not to shoot, and
Fred Brodtman, one Of the opposition,
says he isn't ashamed of his face.
The photographer is nervous but
game and a few minutes later the
flash-bomb goes of In the bottle. The
chairman lets out a yell and cites the
kid for contempt of the committee,
which evokes another laugh. You
are wondering what power on earth
could raise the committee to the
level Of the photographers contempt
when Senator Joe Bistes intervenes.
He is the other anti-fuehrer man.
He didn't snap that picture" says
Senator joe "I snapped 1t myself"
Cite me for contempt. Go on, cite me
II you want to cite somebody"
The chairman subsidies and Mr..
Trice withdraws to the next room. A
few minutes later another flash goes
of In the doorway and the chairman
yells again. Huey calls on the
sergeant at arms to arrest Trice. No
body moves and Huey yells to Joe
MeSsina.
Pretty soon Messina comes back
with Trice and reporter, Ed Herbert.
Trice has hidden his plates In q
locker. Messina is charged with in
terfering with the arrest Of Trice.
Secretary Intervenes.
Dick Leche, the Governors secre-
tary, intervenes as counsel for the &C.
cused. They stand before the chair,
grinning.
What I want to know. az counsel
for these men," says Mr.. Leche, 'is
what about it, now? Are they charged
or discharged?"
Discharged" says the chair.
"That'n cost you $2," says Mr.. Leche
10 his clients.
Up hops Senator Wingrave, the
crap-shooter, with an indignant roar.
Got a lot Of pikers around here, +"
he bellows. mo wonder Louisiana
lawyers can't make any money with
50 lawyers around"
The bills are moving briskly through
the committee. The crap-shooting
Senator puts in q challenge at one
point.
IT want to find out what I'm doing
sometime, you know" he protests.
Huey explains what he Is doing and
he does it.
They get down to a bill to suppress
lotteries in New Orleans. This will
discipline the underworld and hence
forth any lotteries which wish to do
business will have to do business with
Der Kingfish first.
The crap-shooting Senator's loyalty
to Der Kingflsh wobbles at this point.
He is up on his feet calling the bill q
bad bill. He says you can't enforce it
because everybody plays lottery.
You amt going to suppress church
lotteries are you? Aw, Senator. Don't
do that"
II don't care what law you've got,
I'm a crap-shooter. I'm going to
shoot crap in the cathedral when get
ready. Make the minimum penalty
10 bucks instead of 5000 and I'm for
it. I don't care what you make the
uptown figure If you make the min
imum 10 bucks"
Doesn't Dare Fight Churches.
mo" says Huey and swings out into
space in a neat political speech. The
churches are running numerous lot
teries and he doesn't dare fight the
churches.
This business of hiding behind the
churches to carry on q criminal busi-
ness doesn't sound good to me-" says
Huey. THE church has got no more
right to violate $40 law than 5000
law"
They say there will be no march Of
embattled farmers and other citizens
on Baton Rouge. This sort of dem
onstration might be effective but for
an unfortunate incident which oc-
CURED during the last session Of the
Legislature. In that case, a whole
train load Of New Orleans city en-
ployes advanced on the capitol as an
army of protest. Their pay was docked
for the cost Of the trip. But the en-
battled citizens, demonstrating under
orders of their own political boss, got
drunk on the train and made spec
tacle of themselves.
That Is why a mass demonstration
at this time doesn't seem advisable.
Der Kingfish might call them just
another lot Of pay roll drunks and
call on the people Of the State to wit
ness the character of those who op-
pose the preservation Of the pure bal
lot in Louisiana.
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