The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-01
Huey's Widow, Named to u. S. Senate,
Reported Ready to Revive Fight for
Kingfish's Share ur-W ealth' Program
Mrs. Long Is Appointed to
Late Husbands Post
by Gov. Noe.


of Mrs. Huey P Long, appointed to
serve the unexpired Senate term Of
her slain husband, believed today
that she will attempt to revive his
share -our-wealth movement and
follow his independent policies.
Receiving flowers and messages of
congratulations by hundreds today
in the $4,000 home her husband
left her, Mrs. Long refused to dis
cuss her policies. She will go to
Washington within a few days to
become the countrys third woman
Senator.
Mrs. Long is native of Green's
burg, Ind.
Reviews of iner recent past I'M
covered little to help those inter-
ested in her future conduct, for she
had remained in the background of
Longs career for several years, but
observers recalled with new inter-
pretations that she had obtained
clear title to copyrights, patents and
the mailing list of his Share Our
Wealth Clubs.
When Long was making his first
meteoric assaults on Louisiana po-
litical redoubts Mrs. Long, prefer
ring domesticity, proved herself a
capable political worker. Long re-
peatedly attributed his first election
successes to her.
Reared Three Children
In Washington, with the assets of
the Share Our Wealth organization
and with the congressional mail
Thanking privilege at her command,
she may decide to seek power on
her own account, friends believed.
Long built the Share Our Wealth
clubs through use of the franking
privilege. employing large staff to
maintain contacts. He claimed
100000 members. The Rev. Ger
aid l.. K. Smith, his principal aid.
has worked hard to keep the clubs
alive since the Kingfifsh was slain.
The magic of the Long name might
rejuvenate them.
Aside from reorganization of the
Share Our Wealth clubs, no one
among either the Long factions
friends or enemies could predict
with any plausibility what Mrs.
Long would do. She is woman of
polished manner and great personal
charm. She has three children
whom she reared almost alone while
the Kingf1sh fought his later DO
litical wars. She has had small
part in public affairs.
She's Proud of Honor
1t was possible to assume, and
many did, that the Long machine
had not appointed a successor to
Long who would upset its applicant.
It Mrs. Long gives loyalty to her
husbands organization she probably
will be forced to fight many anti
administration battles before her
term expires next year.
But Mrs. Long refused to COM
ment. She was appointed yesterday
by Gov. James Albert Noe. In
formal statement she said she was
proud of the honor" and hoped ito
be able to render profitable service
to the people of louisiana"
She will find at least one close
friend in the Senate, Mrs. Hattie
Caraway Cd, Ark. Mrs. Caraway
went to the Senate in similar cir
cumStances as her husbands sue
cessor, and won reelection in 1882
because Huey Long took his sound
truck and his oratory to her aid in
one of his most spectacular cam
paigns.
Long Faction Is JubiIant
Leaders of the Long faction were
jubilant at Mrs. Longs appointment.
They had been worried by the I'M
planned elevation of Noe, former
Lieutenant Governor, by the death
of former Gov. o. K. Allen. Today
they accepted him as dependable
wheelhorse.
Most enemies of the machine
adopted an attitude of tolerance.
Frank j. Looney, Shreveport at
torney, who unsuccessfully opposed
Allen for Longs senatorial place in
the recent primary, said that she is
"a fine little woman and if I had to
select somebody from that crowd I
would rather pick her than any one
else"