, 1935-01-16
The World
AT Glance
BY LESLIE KICHEL
Central Press staff WRITER

NEW YORK. Jan. Ia Senator
Huey Long Of Louisiana N not
half the clown his opponents wish
he were.
He has a shrewd mind. q gen.
erals mind. NO. N dictator's mind.
He maneuvers always with a view
OF gaining an added segment OF
the proletariat behind him m each
new encounter.
II Huey's opponents paint him
as q clown. he uses the accusation
a. q new means OF gaining adher-
ents. You see" the Kinefish says.
I'm effect, TO his followers. "thcy
can think OF no answer except
ridicule. That's what happens to a
man who fights for the underdog."
president Roosevelt may speak OF
the underprivileged. but Huey gets
closer home by speaking OF the
undertook
II. On the other hand. Haey's op-
ponents picture him MS q dictator,
Huey retorts with words some
thing Ike this: That's what priv
LEGGED interests and corrupt pol
iticians cry when their privilege Il
taken away from them."
What attack can be made on q
man who thrives ON attacks7
Greeting him with silence viii DO
no good. either. for nothing n
silent when Huey Ia around.
The other day. when Huey lam
basted President Roosevelt In the
senate, did any senator answer
None. except to confirm. There was
standing room only. on the floor
and IN the galleries. And II was
merely by the narrowest margin
that applause was preyented-ap-
plause for this man attacking
President Roosevelt
Men are afraid Of this "ruftian"
Pounds Administration
When Huey, In a later radio
speech. asserted that there was no
further hope from Roosevelt pro-
grams. the impact evidently was
greater than the administration
would be willing To admit.
Glfn.. annnmfaA that nmmm4lmmA
Roosevelt had failed" In these
promises:
'First-That the size or the biz
mans fortune would be reduced 70
a6 10 give the masses nc the bottom
enough 10 wipe out eli poverty, and
"Second-That the hours OF labor
would be 80 reduced that all would
share in the work to be done and
In consuming the abundance man.
kind produced
Nor are descriptions. such a. this,
OF the American plight" likely 70
make people contented with mod
crate" legislation:
All the people Of America have
been invited 70 a barbecue. God in
vited us all to come and eat and
drink all we wanted. He smiled on
our land and we grew crops OF
plenty To eat and wear.
He showed Us IN the earth. the
iron and other things 10 make any
thing We wanted. He unfolded TO
las the secrets OF science 40 that
our work might be easy. God call
ed: Come 10 my feast
Then what happened7 Rockefel-
len. Morgan and their crowd step
ped up and took enough for 100
100000 people and left only enough
for 100000. And No many millions
must 60 hungry and without these
good things God gave us. unless we
call on them.
Hucy Longs Program
A capital levy tax on all wealth
above 8 100000 LID to ga per cent
on the eighth million dollars and
100 per cent on all over that.
A proposal 70 limit the amount
any one man al Earn I'm one year or
inherit TO 8 l.000,000.
Throw into the treasury money
and property Of wealthy TO be re-
distributed TO provide every family
a home and the comforts or home,
including a radio and an automo-
bile.
Guarantee food and clothing and
employment for everyone chiefly Nv
providing work through shortening
the hours OF labor 10 30 hours per
week. maybe less. and TO III months
per year. maybe less
Extend the louisiana plan" w
apply TO all the people 70 provide
a. college education for every child.
Pension all persons above 90
years OF are. excepting those who
earn $1,000 per year or who are
worth $4,000.
Until I'VE could straiehten things
out land we can strai9hten things
out IN two months under our pro-
gram, We would grant q moratorium
OH all debts which people eve that
they cannot pay"
~share Our Wealth"
Huey Long actually has a. more
definite plan of action than either
President Roosevelt o. Father
1CouRhlin. His plan for q tax on
wealth. as outlined In literature for
his Share Our wealth" orRAniKA-
ton, Is a bit too specific FOR the
men who oppose him. II In only
when Huey begins TO talk Of dis
tribution that ne becomes necessarily
vague. Basically. distribution N not
a mere matter OF dividing wealth,
but an entire REIMBURSEMENT on "A
social and economic system. econ
omAsts toll uB.
And one cann0t b. To surs that