Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-03-04
ROBINSON G0ADED
bYL0NG ONFARLEY
Kingfish Insists Murphy Ex-
pected to Succeed Party
Chairman.
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and suggested the Louisiana Senator
might want to be present when the
report was sent in.
Continuing the discussion, Long, re-
ferring to the Ickes report, said: II
haven't read 1t, but know what's in
the report without reading 1t. It took
too long to get it. Sending this in
here this late Is an effort to white
wash Mr.. Farley" 1t was at this
point the discussion turned to reports
Of Farley's possible resignation.
When the controversy between Rob-
inson and Long had become acrimo-
NOUS and Robinson was striding
toward the Louisiana Senator, Senator
Logan Of Kentucky rose for q point
Of order.
Vice President Garner raped Wig
orously, insisting that order be re-
stored in the chamber.
Logan's point Of order was a de-
mand that the Senate proceed with
the regular order" which was the
consideration Of the calendar. The
first bill was taken up Immediately
Senator Long took the floor again.
He insisted that the resignation of
Postmaster General Farley, according
to reports he had had, was to be
handed the President or had already
been given the President.
Senator Robinson called attention
to the denial of the President which
he had just made.
II have known the President to be
mistaken in the past" said Senator
Long.
Senator Robinson insisted that the
President would not forget the pres
entation to him Of a resignation Of a
member Of his cabinet.
Long strongly urged that the Post
ONCE Committee Of the Senate, headed
| by Senator Mcclellan OF Tennessee
proceed Immediately with the in
vestigation Of the charges he has made
against Farley.
"A whole lot of time has been
wasted already" said Senator Long
1T Is due the President and the SEN
ate and Mr.. Farley that this investiga-
ton be made"
Senator Mcclellan announced that
his committee would meet at 2 pm,
In executive session. He asked II
Senator Long desired to be present.
| Long replied that the committee had
| all the charges before it and he sup
posed it would go ahead and order the
inquiry. Long then listed the charges
ne had made against Farley, one OF
them being that he was responsible as
chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee for the appeals made for
the contributions to the Democratic
party.
Senator Robinson interrupted.
Il ask the Senator from Louisiana
II he has not caused employees Of the
State OF Louisiana to be solicited for
campaign contributions?"
Long replied that he had done
nothing in violation Of the law.
That's not an answer to my ques-
tion," said Senator Robinson. IT ask
the Senator from Louisiana If he did
not IN the cloak room in the presence
OF Is other Senators say in regard to
campaign contributions they ought
to do 1t the way we do it in
Louisiana"
Cites Federal Law.
Long answered that there was no
State law against collecting campaign
contributions from employees Of the
State.
But there Is Federal law against
collecting campaign contributions from
Federal employees" said Senator Long.
"Of course, we've collected contribu-
tons from the State employees for DO
litical campaigns. Those contribu-
lions were all Of them voluntary, as
the Senator knows"
smile when he made this last COM
ment and Senator Robinson laughed
heartily.
1t developed during the debate that
the IckeS report had reached the Cap
itol today. but had not come to the
chair when the discussion started and
had not yet been laid before the SEN
ate. After the debate had been in
progress for more than half an hour,
Long made a demand that the chair
nand down the report, which would
get it before the Senate Robinson
objected on the ground that the re-
port should 60 to the committee
considering the Long investigation
resolution. At this point Senator Lo-
gan for the second time pointed out
that the debate was interfering with
the regular order of bills on the cal
endar and his request for the regular
order ended the discussion for the
time being.