Evening star., 1935-07-20
.HUEY LONG LEVELS
|GUNSAT NEW DEAL
Senator Says AdminiStra-
ton Is "Tyrannical" and
"Outrageous."
By the Associated Press.

Senator Long, Democrat of Loui-
siana, took two occasions yesterday,
his first day back in the Capital
from recent legislative triumphs in
his home State, to denounce the
high handed, tyrannical, outrageous
Roosevelt administration and to de-
clare again Louisiana's "independ-
ence."
The Senator spent busy day, first
slashing at the administration from
the Senate floor, and last night fac
ing a micrUphone to continue his
tirade Of denunciation.
There never was known such q
high handed, tyrannical, outrageous
system of government, since the days
Of Nero, or during the days OF Nero,
as has been perpetrsted by this out
landish system of Roosevelt's brain
trust bureaucratic alphabetical con-
RIomeration of everything except
sense and justice" Long said.
He said Congress had given over
to the President so many OF its
powers that it ought to be ashamed
to draw money as lawmakers any
longer"
Defiant on p. w. A. Issue.
Long was particularly defiant, as he
had been on the Senate floor. because
the Government had cut off Public
Works Administration funds from
Louisiana.
He gave a long review of his lnan-
cial record in his home State and
declared "if we need any money We
can sell the bonds of the State oi
Louisiana on the open market with
out asking the Federal Government
to lend us any P. w. A. money
"Our hope lies in the ultimate
victory for the share wealth
plan" Long declared. saying the
President had "gummed up the old
age pension plan we had"
Packed galleries in the Senate heard
Long proclaim Louisiana is not in
the Roosevelt column. and you
couldn't put it there if you spent the
whole five billion dollars down there. .
He asserted the State would file
suit in the Supreme Court-and would
win-to prevent the Federal Govern
ment from setting up boards within
| the State for the disbursement OF
funds. He said educational boards
and other agencies had been created
for this purpose without constitu-
tional authority"
Plays to Galleries.
Long amused the galleries. which
had been packed an hour before he
began. But the reaction Of Senator
| Connally, Democrat, of Texas, was far
from amusement. From a desk just
a few feet away the Texan warned
Long angrily:
Don't get funny with me, either
here or any other place"
A few moments earlier Connally
had protested that the galleries, which
were laughing at some of Longs re-
marks, were not in order.
This Is not a vaudeville show
though it may seem to be-" Connaly
told the presiding officer.
When Long concluded his speech
there was the usual disorder as the
spectators pushed toward the doors oi
the galleries. Connally again pro-
tested.
l The show is over" Vice President
Garner shouted from the rostrum
You can get out of the gallery"
Long based his remarks about de
NAL of P. W. A. grants on newspaper
reports. He said he had not received
the announcement.
Jokes of Ickes' DiscOrd.
st don't know how the President
or Secretary Ickes addresses me-" N
said, adding that so far as Ickes va
concerned II have no direct diplo
matte contact with him"
Our talking reminds me Of son
in-law and mother-in-law Il
louisiana" he said. They wouldn'
speak to each other, so when they hat
something to say they would speal
to the cat. -
But the State of Louisiana ism
concerned about these dire pronounce
ments. Now, just five months befor
our State election, we are told Louis
lana is to have no more P. w. A
funds. Last year We allowed f1v
Representatives to come back her
who, because they were avowedly anti
Long, were to get P. w. A. funds.
But now it seems, like Benedic
Arnold, the deserters will not ge
their 30 pieces of silver. They havI
my sympathy, but not my support
They have my sympathy for having
like myself, trusted a certain gen
tleman once too often"