Evening star., 1935-03-06
LONG OPENS WAR
NF0ES IN SENATE
Bitter Clash With Robinson
Launches Campaign on
RooSeveIt'S Aides.
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left the gallery and searched him,
but found no arms. Longs associates
Indignantly declared Brothers was no
bodyguard, but was here represent
ing the port Of New Orleans.
Jurney had started to take Brothers
to his ONCE, but Earle Christenberry,
Longs secretary, insisted he be
searched In public. Jurney did 50.
IT felt it was my duty to investi-
gate, In view Of the statements on
the floor" Jurney said, but I found
he was not armed"
Long had kept the Senate in an up
roar during most of the day and he
was either shouting In characteristic
fashion or an aroused Senator was
shouting at him. Robinson's shout
that the time had come to stop
the Louisianan,s rawlings" and his
"egotism, arrogance and ignorance"
had Senators sitting on the edge of
their seats.
After q lengthy TRADE by the
Louisianan, Robinson whipped the
"Kingfish" with words that almost
cracked.
Garner HaIts Applause.
Contending Long had not replied
to johnson, but chose to attack him
through Baruch, close friend of
President Roosevelt. Robinson as
serted:
Month after month the Senator
from Louisiana has disguised this
body with his repeated attacks upon
men who are superior to him. with
repeated efforts to diScredit the Presi-
dent and humiliate him. and now it
is about time that the manhood in
the Senate asserted itself"
Applause had to be stopped by the
Vice President at this point.
1T is about time that he Gong)
should be made to know and take his
proper place in a body composed for
the most part Of gentlemen" Robin
son shouted.
"Innuendos, insinuat tions and
threats cannot prevail in the Senate
Of the United States unless We have
descended to the level Of mediocre
degenerates.
II have spoken earnestly and !
realize that there are those who are
listening to me who will say, Why pay
any attention to the rawlings of one
who anywhere else than in the Senate
would be called madman.'
Now 1t is regrettable that this
should be the forum for the display
Of such character and disposition as
the Senator from Louisiana has ex-
emplified In this body today. do not
know what hts end will be. I do not
give him warning. It would do no
good.
Yelled Prophecy.
"I do not tell him that II he at
tempts to promote his own personal
ambition by the degradation in his
address Of those to whom he owes
allegiance, by the attempt, often re-
peated, to discredit men far greater
and much better than he has ever
been or ever can be. he may come to
the end which he prophesies for
others"
Long had stepped out Of the cham
Der during Robinson's assault, but
later returned and got q fill-in on the
address from his secretary. He then
asked that Robinson be sent for to
hear his reply.
II never have made any personal
reflection on the Senator from
Arkansas" he began and his tone was
more moderate than in his first speech.
He proceeded to relate conversa-
ton he said he once had with the
President. In which Long asked about
the Senate leadership.
Long said he was told some things
mot very favorable" to Robinson on
that occasion. As Robinson shook his
head, the Louisianan said his own
memory evidently was better than
Robinson's.
Long said he could go down the
line and show where former Senator
Sm0ot Of Utah was more liberal than
the Senator from Arkansas"
He said Robinson's suggestion to
him that he Tight it out with johnson
in the "old-fashioned way" outside
the Senate was not in accord with