Evening star., 1935-04-22
HUEY LONG CALLS
PRESIDENT BACKER
OF CORRUPT GANG
Declares Roosevelt Aiding
Effort of Foes to Seize
Louisiana Control.
THOUSANDS TURNED
AWAY FROM SENATE
Senator Barred by Debate Rules
From Speaking Over 40
Minutes.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Senator Huey p. Long. Louisiana
kingfish, charged on the floor Of the
Senate today that President Roosevelt
Is trying to foist again on that State
the "corruptionists" whom Long had
driven out.
Senator Long. after charging rot
tenness" and "debauched corruption"
against men and agencies in the State,
said that Louisiana has now been re-
lieved of some Of the debts and bonds
imposed upon them.
Louisiana has been rescued from
that gang" said Senator Long. How
rotten and corrupt that gang was is
known to the President of the United
States.
II say known to the President of
the United States, for he has talked
with me about this. Yet the agencies
of the President are now trying to
reinstall that gang in Louisiana. 1
say known to him, the President. not
to Ickes or Farley. but to the Presi-
dent of the United States"
Senate Galleries Jammed.
Back of the demand of the ad-
ministration that it shall control the
expenditure of money in Louisiana,
Senator Long charged. "lay the effort
Of the gang to be reinstated in the
State"
Senator Long, clad in a cream
colored suit, flashy brown necktie,
lavender shirt and sport shoes, took
the floor almost Immediately after
the Senate convened at noon to con-
ministration. An enormous crowd
filled the galleries of the Senate to
overflowing. Thousands sought in
vain to obtain admission. The fact
that Senator Long had planned to
reply to the attacks made upon him
by Secretary Ickes. public works ad-
ministrator, and Harry L. Hopkins,
r. e. r. A. administrator, had been
widely advertised.
Owing to the limitation on debate
imposed under q unanimous consent
agreement entered into Friday. when
Senator Long was absent, the Louisi-
anan found he was able to speak
only for 40 minutes.
Turns Satire on Ickes.
The Louisiana Senator said the
newspapers have been much con-
cerned about what cabinet members
and near cabinet members have had
to say about affairs in Louisiana.
While the Louisiana Legislature has
been in session, he said. a series of
instructions have come from Wash
ington from the relief administrator
and q series of ultimatums from Sec
retary Ickes.
wise sayings and salubrious imagi-
nation Of the public works admins
TRAITOR" said Senator Long. referring
to the attacks which 1ckes has re-
Gently leveled against him and the
laws which the Legislature has passed
at Longs dictation. -.
louisiana has had its floods and
other disasters in the past" said Sen
ator Long. 1T is having its dust
storms from the West. But this is
new event in our lives"
Long referred to this as the third
year of st. Vitus." He said that the
royal prerogatives of some of the ad-
ministration leaders have not yet been
recorded in history.
Ridicules Other New Dealers.
II might refer to some of their titles
in the order of their respective impor-
tance," said Senator Long. For
instance:
mo. /. The prime minister-James
Aloysius Farley. the nabob of New
York.
mo. 2. The lord high chamberlain.
Harold Ickes, the chinch-bug of
Chicago.
mo. 3. The expired and lamented
royal block. Hugh (sitting Bulb
mo. 4. The honorable destroyer,
Henry Almighty Wallace, the igno-
ramus of Iowa"
Long described what has been done
In the way of public road construction
in Louisiana since he became Cover
nor and later Senator. He said Louis
lana has built splendid roads at a
cost of less than $4,000 a mile, "a
cost never equaled by another State"
He said the Federal Government Is
now going to spend money in Louis
lana.
Says He Rescued" State.
'They send and call into Washing
ton repudiated, conscienceless char
acters. men who squandered $61 .000.-
600 on roads at an earlier date" said
Senator Long. They call in these
swindlers, this gang of brigands. and
say to them. You're invested with the
authority Of spending millions in
Louisiana
Senator Long said that after he be-
came Governor in 1928 the State had
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