Evening star., 1935-04-28

salvos of cheers from the Holiday As
sociation convention crowd, estimated
at 10000 by L. M. Peet, convention
manager.
THE Lord has called America to
barbecue" Long shouted. land 50,-
900 900 people are starving"
There were numerous interruptions
by his hearers who clapped their
hands and stomped their feet to reg
lister their approval.
The self styled Kingf1Sh called for
a vote as he finished his address and
thousands extended their hands into
the cold wind which swept the State
fair grounds.
You newspaper men take that vote
and record it," the Senator directed
as he stepped away from the table OF
microphones.
Long denied his intention OF criti-
cizing either of the major political
parties at the start of the explanation
of his program, but inserted into his
speech denunciations of every admin
istration since Woodrow Wilson.
He handed to President Roosevelt
the title of Prince Franklin, Knight
of the Nourmahal," and repeated his
designations of Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace as Lord Destroyer" and
Secretary of the Interior Ickes as
Lord High Chamberlain, the Chinch-
bug of Chicago"
Bigger Than Roosevelt.
when Roosevelt was about to run
for President, I was bigger man
than he was Long said. Il could at
least control my state delegation
which was more than he could do"
Laughter swept the grandStand when
the senator told the crowd i
don't intend to oppose either one
of the political parties. I'm like a
sinner in a church: I've been con-
verted by both preachers SO many
times I'm still in good standing in
the Democratic party-at this time"
Roosevelt and Hoover have agreed
in the purpose of decreasing extreme
wealth. cutting down the big men
and building up the small men," Long
told the audience; land they said the
same words for which ! have been
called a radical"
The only difference" Senator Long
said, ''is it's all right to say it but
be damned sure you don't intend to
do it,
He mentioned Secretary Wallace
only in passing to the "share-the-
wealth" subject and asserted there
is a burglars code among politicians"
not to talk about each other in their
home towns.
The speaker turned his attention
to the administration when he said
"and now. down in Washington, they
are proposing to lend a little more
money Shylock's one pound of flesh
Is not enough; 2 pounds or 10 pounds
is not enough. And the debts are
owed by rs per cent of the people who
haven't got anything"
Roosevelt and Democratic leaders
once proposed sale tax "on the people
who haven't got anything" the Sena-
tor shouted, land we told them then
there'd be no tax until the millionaire
and the Millionaire had been brought
down to frying size"
THE only difference between the
Democrats and the Republicans is that
one is skinning from the ankle up and
the other from the head down." he
said in one reference to the parties.
The speaker quoted from what he
called agricultural bulletin. No. 296,
right out of the mouth of the st. Vitus
of the st. Vitus government" to sup
port his contention there was a
scarcity of food when the Department
of Agriculture was formulating Its
crop reduction plans.
Destruction Of Cotton.
Hoover proposed to plow up every
fourth row of cotton" he said. "Roose-
velt went him one better and plowed
up every third row.
They burned up the surplus and
eased the pain for people who didn't
have enough by putting 1t out OF
sight"
He switched from his arthimetical
thesis to quote the Bible and chorus
of amen went up from the stands.
He quoted history and the Declaration
of Independence and the audience
cheered.
You don't have to understand 1t,
Long shouted to his listeners. Shut
your damned eyes and don't try"
Concluding, Senator Long told his
audience, Il don't know what the
political outlook is and I don't care
personally.
From the deception. false pledges
and promise breaking by politicians,
it looks like it's almost hopeless to
look for the American people to be
relieved"
Long followed Reno, National Holi-
day president. on the program. Reno
had assailed the national administra-
ton for what he said were broken
promises. Reno introduced the visit
ing Senator as "a man qualifled to
meet the situation. A man who has
CUTS"
Sinclair Urges Action.
The association today made public
a letter from Upton Sinclair, defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor Of
California. in which he urged farmers,
workers and unemployed middle classes
in the country to combine, agree
upon a program and capture the DEM
ocratic party in a majority Of States
next Spring" rather than form third
party.
Sinclair was invited to attend the
associations annual convention here
today, but wrote he was unable to
come.
1T we are going to solve our
problem peaceably and without resort
to dictatorship and civil war with its
frightful waste Of human life and eco
nomic resources, we must find q way
to do it by democratic action, and
this action must be political" he
wrote.
In the letter, Sinclair urged against
the formation of third party, and
said 1.-The same amount Of educational