The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-27
Senator Huey Long
 Took Final Reuenge
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(Continued 1 cies going. Whether the adminis- tration would be able to tap other appropriations still was in doubt as administration leaders soughts ome way out, but there was a growing belief that social security, railroad pensions, and the Guffey Bill coal board all would have to wait until January to begin life.
 With every senator in the cham Der against him, Long talked from dusk until midnight. Both the senate and the house previously had agreed to adjourn at midnight. Un- der senate rules there was no way of stopping him and, despite the fervent pleas of colleagues to sit down and permit the deficiency bill to pass, Long kept right on until the adjournment resolution took effect. Long was fighting for the senate rider to the deficiency bill, calling for a 12 cent cotton loan and a 1 1-2 cents wheat loan.
 This issue prevented congress from adjourning Saturday night dS 6Cllcuu AO0bCAAoy >oA- dent Roosevelt mediated between warning congressional factions, arr ranged a compromise. The cot ton farmers were to get a 10 per cent loan, a cent advance over the loan set by AAA. The wheat farmers were to get nothing.
 Long Won Nothing
 Longs tireless oratory won noth- ing, either for cotton or wheat farmers, but effectively killed the deficiency bill. The cotton farm- CTS will get their 10 cent loan, but because the AAA had pledged 1t before the last senate session even convened. The wheat farmers still are minus the subsidy the coalition of cotton and white sena- tors had hoped to obtain for them.
 What Long himself gained was problematical. Some believed he had created an effective issue with which to promote his share-the- wealth candidacy for president in 1936, enabling him to appeal to farmers "as the man who fought for you in congress" Others be- lieved he harmed himself political by offending labor and accom- plishing nothing for the benefit of agriculture. Long himself re- alized his was a hair-trigger de- cision. At one point he said: May be Swan Song
 "This may be my swan song. I'm in an election next year."
 He provided dramatic but grim ending for congress which has been in session eight months and which adopted intricate, far reaching legislation bearing on the lives of the entire population of the United States. Just as the session was crammed with bitter ness and portents of the future 1t saw the historic battle of the New Deal versus the utilities hold ing companies and the defeat of the bonus bloc by the administra- tion after long struggle-it end ed in bitterness with portents bear ing on the political future of many who participated.
 All outgoing trains carried con- gressmen toward their home dis. tricts today. Long is up for re. election in January. His enemies are combining to bring about his political death. Senator Joseph T Robinson, administration floor | leader, faces bitter election fight in Arkansas next year as does Sen. ator Pat Harrison, another admin. istration stalwart. in Mississippi Long has promised to work for the defeat of both. Defeat in his own election, or failure to capture Arkansas and Mississippi might end his hope to weld his share the wealth followers into a third political party.
 Before Crowded Galleries | With this as background, the senate drama was enacted before crowded galleries last night. Ir the house chamber, the navy band played folk tunes. Representatives sang and amused themselves witt pranks. The house had recessed waiting for the adjournment hour Many representative stood in tho back of the senate chamber watching the perspiring Louisiana kingfish storm up and down tho aisles, waving his arms, shouting and cajoling.
 Long was following out a split. second decision, probably the mos important of his turbulent career He could heed the demands oi labor and permit the deficiency bill to pass, or make a desperate tes stand in behalf of cotton and wheat farmers.
 He chose to appeal to farmer. and the choice indicated to observ. CTS that he intended to swing into the farm states in his campaign against President Roosevelt and for his own political advancement | Turned Down Labor
 Long made his choice even after two letters had been delivered tt him by his secretary, bearing pleas from two of the most powerful labor organizations in the United States-the United Mine Worker, of America and the Railroad Brotherhoods. Each asked that hs permit the deficiency bill to pass The cotton bloc already had wor It's victory. It got the 10 cen loan and concessions in the matter of immediate payment and ths averaging of market prices daily Instead of by the season.
 The hour hand of the big sen. ate clock was resting solidly or "i2" and the minute hand was only n shade away when Senator Lewis schweilenbach. d.. Washn.. one oi the back-bench freshmen senators who curbed Long's i5h hour fili.