Evening star., 1935-08-28
LONC'SPO[|T|CAL
DEATH PREDICTED
House Probe of "Dictator-
ship" Looms as Woodrum
Scents His Decline.
BY the Associated Press.

SSSIIAS
BY the Associated Press.
The future of Senator Long, Demo-
crat. OF Louisiana, became a subject
of renewed speculation today as the
Capital heard a report that the House
may investigate his Louisiana "dic-
tatorship" and a prediction that Long
is dead politically.
The prediction came from Repre-
sentative Woodrum, Democrat, OF Vir-
ginia. who declared that in the fill
buster with which Long wound up the
session of Congress Monday night the
Senator was trapped and led to the
"executioner's block by his colleagues
in the Senate"
Longs filibuster defeated a sl02.-
00o,o appropriations measure. Wood
rum argued that Long made many
enemies because the bill contained
funds to start such programs as social
security, coal regulation and railroad
pensions.
Long SCOTS at Inquiry.
Long, who said he was fighting for
amendments calling for l2-cent Gov
ernment loans on cotton and so-cent
loans on wheat, said in New York last
night:
That filibuster won't hurt me, 1t
will help. dare President Roosevelt
to 60 on the air and defend his action
in refusing to let Congress vote on
wheat and cotton"
AS for the House investigation,
Long said. scofhng:
IT don't care. Let them investi-
gate. Well be glad Of it."
The Capital awaited with interest
today the appointment by Speaker
Byrns of a committee which, informed
legislators said, may delve into Longs
regime.
The inquiry would be held, they
believed, under a resolution passed
just before adjournment.
Resolution Considered Routine.
Most members paid slight attention
when the resolution was adopted; they
thought 1t a routine matter. A COM
mittee is appointed every two years
to investigate campaign expenditures
by House members.
This year, however. the resolution
was worded differently at the insist
ence, one source said, Of Louisiana
Representatives opposed to Longs
Gk1no hov,aoU
The new language broadened the
scope of committee operations, au-
thorizing it ito act upon its own
initiative and upon such information
which In its judgment may be rea-
sonable and reliable" This some Rep
resentatives interpret as SUFFICIENT au-
thority for a House inquiry into
whether Louisiana has "the repuh-
lican form of government guaranteed
by the Constitution.
GranfieId Slated for Chairman.
How far the authority in the reso-
luton will be exercised in investigating
Longs machine was said to depend
on the membership of the committee.
Since Representative Granfield, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts was author Of
the resolution, it was assumed he would
be named chairman.
Concerning Mondays filibuster Rep
resentative Woodrum said:
How ironical it all was! The spec
tacle of the great champion Of the
aged and the infirm and the weak
and the farmers and the toilers was,
in order to exhibit his prowess, de-
feating the bill that carried the appro-
priations for all these humane and
beneficial activities"
First Direct Probe Of Long.
The move TO investigate Long Is the
first effort undertaken for a direct
probe of his campaign activities.
A previous investigation was under
taken following the election of Sen
ator Overton, Louisiana junior Sem
ator, but that involved Long only in
directly. 1t was based on charges that
Overton was illegally elected because
Of support given him by the Long
machine.
The Senate Elections Committee
held hearings in Louisiana. but re-
ported only a general condemnation
of political conditions in the State,
(see LONG, Page -