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A— LEADERS AT 003 ONLONE'S POVER Nye Thinks Louisianan Would Have Entered Third-Party Move. By the Associated Press. ‘Whether a strong threat to Pres- 1dent Roosevelt's re-election died with Senator Long was a subject of dis- egreement today among political lead- ers in the Capital. “Long might easily have held the balance of power in 1936,” said Sen- ator Nye, Republican, of North Da- kota. “There is little or no doubt he would have been a candidate at the Democratic convention. he would have gone then into a third party movement. It is difficult to estimate his following, but it would have been material. “His death lessens the possibility of & division in the Democratic party and to that extent strengthens the administration. “Most_emphatically, there is no one on the horizon to take his place.” Other Views Differ. But Senator Thomas, Democrat, of | Utah, Senator Norris, Republican, of | Nebraska, and a number of others placed different estimates on the pos- sible consequences. Expressing belief that Long’s death would not affect the outcome of next year's election materially, Thomas as- serted a bolt by the Louisianan from the Democratic standard would have given the Democratic presidential candidate a conservative vote-getting | appeal. ‘Thomas said no third party move- ment ever had been effective in the United States, and added Senator Long was “born in the wrong place to do damage to the Democratic party.” “Suppose he had joined the Social- ists. Where would the votes have come from?” he demanded. “He would have wrecked his own following, because they are not the type who follow Norman Thomas. “Suppose he had connected up with the Progressives. If President Roose- velt has any marking at all, it's Pro- gressive. “Fascism would have had no appeal whatever nationally. If we ever nave & Fascist group in America, its leader | will be very, very different from Sena- tor Long. “His great strength was his ablility to stand alone. done it more effectively.” Place Could Be Filled. Thomas, who was chairman of a committee paign expenditures in Louisiana a few years ago, emphasized he had no in- tention of belittling Senator Long or his following. He said, however, that some one | else—"“using his methods"—could take Long’s place. Senator. Norris said he doubted that | the administration would be either strengthened or weakened politically &s a result of the assassination. | “I doubt very much if he would | have organized a third party, or sup- | ported a Republican nominee unless | that nominee were some one whom he | thought superior to the Democratic | candidate,” Norris added. Senator Donahey, Democrat, of | ©Ohio, who lived in the same apart- ment building Long did, likewise held that “whether the Senator lived or died wouldn’'t have changed the re- sult in 1936." | “It is my opinion he was a Demo- crat at heart,” Donahey asserted, | *and that he would have been guided largely by the line-up that presents ftself at the conclusion of the con- ventions, It is probable he would have supported the President unless the | opposition had presented a progres- sive candidate who met his ideals.” Discounting third party possibili- | ties generally, he expressed belief that “no one man can line up the progres- sives in this country.” EXTENT OF LONG'S FORTUNE UNKNOWN/ | Recent Statement in Senate That He Earned $25,000 Last Year Recalled. By the Associated Pr-ss. Although Senator Long was re- garded as well-to-do, little was known here as to the amount of his fortune. He told the Senate last Spring that his income for 193¢ was $25,000. It | was during debate on a measure to| repeal the publicity provision of the income tax law. “Well,” observed Senator Tydings, Pemocrat, of Maryland, “the Senator's | salary was only $9,000. Where did the rest come from?” “It was paid by people who didn't have the sense that I have and hired | me as their lawyer,” Long answered | with a grin. In response to a query by Senator | Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia, as | to what he did with the money, Long | said: “I spent it on brass bands, foot ball games and drinks for my friends.” JOINS G. U. FACULTY Dr. Daniel D. V. Stuart, jr., of | ‘Washington, has been appointed to | the faculty of Georgetown University | School of Medicine as adjunct pro- fessor of neuropsychiatry. He for-| merly held the post of professor of neurology, but resigned two years ago. Dr. Stuart is scheduled to give a series of lectures on the borderland conditions which link the fields of I think | Probably no one has | which investigated cam- | | by Gov. Star safety campaign. Long (Continued From Pirst Page.) in an American State, of his legis- lative coups that made him a dic- { force his will, | homage at his bier and give him a leader’s burial. The rotunda of the ornate $5,000,000 State Capitol, which he built to a height of 33 stories when Governor, was chosen as the place for his body | to lie in state, surrounded by a guard | of honor of National Guardsmen and iUnlverslty cadets, from 1 p.m. (Cen- | tral standard time) today until time | for the funeral at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Will Lie on Capitol Lawn. | the capitol. | Services will be in charge of the | Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, a leader in | Senator Long's country-wide “share- our-wealth” movement. The clergy- man was close by when Dr. Carl A. Weiss, jr., Baton Rouge physician, mortally wounded the Senator and was riddled with bullets by Long's bodyguards. A site on the capitol grounds for the burial place will be selected by a committee of the Legislature This was the final day of a special legis- lative session called to act on bills presented to it at the Senator's bid- ding before he was shot down None but members of Senator Long's family and close friends were per- mitted to view the body before it was removed under a heavy guard of the capitol. Long's associates planned to make his funeral one of the most impressive in Louisiana’s history. Allen Directs Program. Arrangements were in the hands of the Senator’s closest friends, headed leaders have turned for temporary leadership in the crisis brought on by the assassination. In Washington, Senators Caraway of Arkansas, Overton of Louisiane, Minnesota were named to represent their colleagues at the funeral. The flags on the National Capitol and the ered to half staff. They will iy there until the burial. Hundreds of persons poured into Baton Rouge, taxing hotels and pri- throngs. city on first news of the shooting and held it in somber silence after th= death of Senator Long yesterday gave way today to a subdued flurry of speculation over what would become of the all-powerful Long State politi- cal machine. Whether Mayor T. Semmes Walms- | ley of New Orleans, Long's bitterest political foe; the Square Deal Asso- ciation, anti-Long organization wtih which his troops clashed on the streets of Baton Rouge last January, or others would come into power and break the Long machine entered the specula- tion. Program Fate Uncertain. The fate of the “share-our-wealth” movement, which Long built to Na- tion-wide proportions and hoped to use as a stepping stone to the Presi- dency of the United States, also was considered uncertain. Leaders here announced Gov. Allen would direct its activities; others predicted that with- out Long it would break up. The inquest called to establish the ‘WILL YOU LET US EXPLAIN WHY Are the only burners that follow the four laws of burning oil at all times, Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. organic neurology and mental disease. Phone Potomac 0970 tator, of his use of the militia to en- | turned out to pay| 24 of his beloved Louisiana State | He will be buried on the state house | lawn, in the slim, graceful shadow of | State police from a funeral home to | Allen, to whom the Long| ‘Thomas of Oklahoma and Schall of | Senate and House Buildings were low- | vate dwellings to accommodate the | The sense of shock that gripped the cause of Senator Long’s death resulted | in a verdict from the East Baton | Rouge Parish coroner’s jury that he | “came to his death from gunshot wounds of a homicidal character.” As is customary in Louisiana, the verdict did not fix responsibility for the act. Inability to round up the body- guards who pumped their guns into Dr. Weiss until they had riddled him with 61 bullet holes forced postpone- ment until next week of the inquest into the eye specialist’s death. The general impression among officials was that the bodyguards would be ab- solved. The Senator's 82-year-old father, Huey P. Long, sr., arrived here from Winnfield and viewed the body of his | son last night. Body Clad in Tuxedo. The body, clad in & tuxedo, lay in a massive bronze casket in the chapel of the mortuary in exactly the same spot where the day before the body | of Senator Long’s assassin, Dr. Weiss, had rested in a gray cloth casket,| | which was sealed. A number of State officlals, includ- | ing Gov. Allen, visited the funeral| home. The chief executive was visibly | | moved as he looked on the face of his long-time friend. Mrs. Long and the | children, Rose, Russell and Palmer | | Reid, did not go to the home, but re- | mained secluded in their hotel. A score or more State policemen stood guard at the mortuary, from | which the body later was moved to | the capitol with an escort of Na- tlonal Guardsmen. Flags at the capitol and on other public buildings here and in New Or- leans and in many other cities were flown at half staff. New Orleans schools and State and city government offices will be closed | | tomorrow for the funeral. —_— Coughlin (Continued Prom First Page.) | the question directly up to the Presi- | dent and received a confirmation. The President was represented as saying that he did not give out the news yesterday, intending to save it | for the press conference scheduled for this morning in the President’s home. This conference was later postponed until this afternoon, when the Presi- dent and members of his family and a few friends were to gather on the lawn of the Val-Kill section of the Roosevelt estate for an old-fashioned picnic. Talked About Half Hour. The President’s confirmation did not give any idea of the length of the talk, but it was understood they talked for nearly half an hour. Father Coughlin motored to Hyde Park from New York with Mr. Ken- nedy in the latter’s large limousine. While there was no real affiliation between Coughlin and Long in their ardent advocacy of leftist principles and their criticlsm of the New Deal, they had much in common because of their championship of what they claimed to be the interest of the poor and their fight against concentrated wealth and power. Early in the Roose- velt administration Father Coughlin was more or less friendly to it, but as time went on he became a severe critic, his explanation being that the New Deal was breaking faith and not living up to promises. Twenty-five Washington Rapid Transit Co. bus drivers who have operated from one to three years without accident today received honor medals from Commissioner Hazen, who is the medals. At the same time officers, drivers and employes of the bus company joined 100 per cent in The n in the center pinning on one of ~—Buckingham Photo, LOKGS LASTBLLS WLLPASSTODAY Spirit of Slain Senator| Guides Legislature in Special Session. By the Associated Press. SDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1935. Long’s Private Life at Capital Was Marked by Contradictions FATE OF NACHNE INALLEN HANOS Governor, Ally of Long for Years, Faces Heaviest Responsibility. By the Assoclated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., September 11. —Heavy-hearted over the death of Benator Huey P. Long, his boyhood friend, whose political decisions he followed without question, Gov. Oscar Kelly Allen, titular heir to the power- ful Long political machine, faces the responsibility of providing a leader- ship that will keep it intact. ‘The mild-mannered chief executive, who took as much pains to keep out of the spotlight as Senator Long did to catch its full glare, in the emergency has pledged himself to carry on with the principles of his assassinated friend. Like Long, the 52-year-old former school teacher, now none too robust, has come a long way from the red clay hills in Winn Parish, where he and the Senator grew up on adjoining farms. Their Rises Differed. Long's rise, however, was meteoric; Allen's without spectacle. Both shook Off their early poverty to become rich, Long through his law practice and Allen through business ventures and oil operations. Allen gave Long financial backing in his race for railroad commissioner in 1917, and when Long was elected Gov- ernor in 1928 and Allen was elected to the State Senate, Long made him ad- ministration floor leader and later chairman of the Highway Commission charged with launching a $30,000,000 road program. Long went to the Senate and backed his friend for the governorship, which he won. The boyhood friends now sat side by side in ruling the State, Long, the “dictator,” and Allen, his loyal ally, a combination of opposites until it was broken by the death of Long. ‘Was Born in Log Cabin. Gov. Allen was born August 8, 1882, in a log cabin on his father's farm in ‘Winn Parish. He got his early educa- tion between crops by riding a mule from his home to the nearest school house. At 16 he was given a teacher’s BATON ROUGE, La., September 11. | —The spirit of Huey Long guided to an end today his final special session of the Louisiana Legislature. | long had been assassinated the | | second night of the five-day session, | | but his majority forces in both houses | could be relied on to vote “aye” on his dictatorial measures as surely u! though he were directing their passage | from the chamber floors, as was his | wont. The “death” session was scheduled | to end by noon, central standard time. George M. Wallace, first assistant attorney general who collaborated on the bills with Long, took the Senator’s | accustomed place at the controls of the legislative machinery. He steered them toward final passage without much debate and without the cunning “explanations” of bills which | Long gave at the head of the com- | mittee table. Thirty-eight of the thirty-nine bills were up for final passage today in the Senate. One of a minor nature had | been withdrawn. The House was called to act on amendments and complete its routine. 8ince no effort was made at this session to repeal laws giving the State | control of Federal loans and grants to Louisiana, Secretary Ickes said yes- terday in Washington the Govern- ment would not remove its restric- tions against Louisiana applications. | Long added fuel to the fire in his quarrel with the Federal Government at this session with his so-called “State’s rights” bill. He said these bills would prevent Federal boards from exceeding their “constitutional authority in the State” and would force State approval of Federal highway projects. His redistricting bill for Judge N. H. Pavy of Opelousas, father-in-law of Dr. C. A, Welss, jr, the man who assassinated Long, aroused the ire of anti-Long leaders, but a motion to table the bill was promptly over- thrown. This bill was aimed at defeating Judge Pavy in the January election by annexing his parish to St. Landry to the fifteenth district, where the Long forces counted on ocarrying the election against him. New Orleans, whose government vir- tually was seized by Long, fared bet- ter at this session, as it was planned to restore to the city a million dol- lars in revenue taken by the State while Long was battling the city gov- ernment under Mayor T. Semmes ‘Walmsley's control. (LT e T Move to Escape Taxes. Because so many people have moved into the adjacent country to escape taxes the authorities of Glasgow, Scotland, plan to extend the city boundaries. BACK-TO-SCHOOL W HETHER YOUR CHILDREN'S REQUIREMENTS CLOTHES ARE FOR SCHOOL ADDITIONAL FUND§ A GLASSES DENTAL WORK TUITION BOOKS OR OTHER NECESSARIES WE OFFER OUR SERVICES TO YOU IF RE NEEDED TO GET THEM READY FOR SCHOOL. (QUR OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO MAKE LOANS FOR SUCH- WORTHWHILE PURPOSES. LOANS MAY BE MADE FOR A YEAR REPAYABLE BY MONTHLY DEPOSITS. MORRIS PLAN BANK 1408 H ST. N.W. certificate and with money saved from his teaching he went for a time to a | school at Springfleld, Mo., and later to Trinity College at Waxahachie, Tex. He taught for a time after that and then entered the business world, where he forged ahead on a program of hard work and thrift. Gov. Allen married Miss Florence Love of Paris, Tex., in 1912. They have three children, Joyce Love, 22; O. K. Allen, jr., 19, and Asa Benton, 9. Snell (Continued From First Page.) former N. R. A. chief and now New York rellef adrainistrator; R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State; | James Roosevelt, son of the President; Postmaster General Farley; R. Richberg, another former recovery administrator; Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming; Secretary Wallace and Prof. Raymond Moley, original brain truster. Snell asserted it was beyond the imagination of those who heard Roosevelt take his oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution™ that “midway of his term he would commit the unthinkable act of openly flaunting that oath because he found the United States Constitution stood between him and the realization of his political fantasies, as embodied in the New Deal.” Scores N. R. A. Decision Views. ‘The minority leader also scored the Executive's “horse and buggy days” comment on the N. R. A. decision, declaring that “when the choice be- tween the United States Constitution and the New Deal was placed squarely before him for & decision, he dis- honored his oath of office and de- cided in favor of the New Deal” “There is the issue” Snell con- cluded. “The Constitution must give way to the socialistic, un-American policies of the New Deal, or they must give way to it. It is an issue which has been drawn by the President. is of his making. He has forced ft upon the country. “The Republican party is prepared to meet that challenge. We will wel- come & straight-out fight to the finish on that issue.” THROAT Smoked-Out? Excessive smoking dries your throat. Mucous glands clogged with particles of carbon and “to. baccotar” weaken. Result: Germs can thrive—bacterial-mouth. count is out of balance making ou a “set-up” for catarrh or chitis. Gargle with LA LASINE full strength, or 50-50 with water. Double-action relief comes! The antiseptic foam of La Lasine flushesout theirritants. Its -restoratives quicken your salivary glands so that they releasetheirenzymes and ferments. Bac- terial-mouth-count comes back to nor- mal. LaLasineissafe LA Lasine muu!‘.a‘cmnm Donald | It| Scorned White House Formal Functions, but Sometimes Surprised Other Occasions With Bodyguard. By the Associated Press. Prom start to finish Senator Long's private life in the Capital was a never- ending extravaganza of contradictions. His ways here were as unpredictable as they were novel. Senators, who were astonished to hear the senior member from Lou- isiana mispronounce the simplest words, were even more amazed when Long used in the next breath correct- ly such a word as “petroglyphic.” He sald “ain’t” and “Herod-o-tus” and then would quote Vergil without a falter. Sometimes at night, after lying for hours in bed copying passages from the Bible, friends said today, they had seen him suddenly, in a burst of profanity, decide to tour Washing- ton's fashionable night clubs. 32,000 Messages in Day. He would ignore messages from leading citizens on occasion, yet his secretaries said he never refused a request for an autograph. He sent autographs despite the fact he signed his name daily to hundreds of busi- ness letters. Once he received 32,000 letters and telegrams in one day. He spent large sums on expensive, exquisitely-tailored clothes. He would turn down thousands of social invita- tions, stating he did not care for a gay life, and then out of a clear sky would show up at some highly formal function, startling the hostess with the presence of his bodyguard. Long refused every formal invita- tion which he received as a Senator to attend affairs at the White House. A secretary said he had not worn a full dress suit since he was Governor of Louisiana. Frequenters of the Shoreham Ter- race regarded Long as one of Wash- ington’s latest night hawks, but at the Congressional Country Club he was regarded as one of the city’s earliest risers. He often arrived at the club shortly after daybreak for an 18-hole golf game. Had Few Intimates. His score seldom was under 100. Invariably his foursome consisted of himself, his secretary and two of his guards. He had only a few intimate friends, his secretaries sald, listing as one of his clorest acquaintances Senator Wheeler of Montana. On rare occasions he went to call on the Wheelers at their home. Besides his tours of the night clubs, | where his arrival always created a stir, the Senator’s social life was limited virtually to the lobbies of the | Senate, where he chatted with his | conferees, and to his office, where often he talked until midnight with members of his staff. . Wednesday was a fast day with Senator Long, and although he was passionately fond of beefsteaks, he al- lowed himself only one a week. Rigidly he was following a diet prescribed to | keep down his weight. On Wednes- day's his only food was liquid. Geneva (Continued Prom Pirst Fage) sat silently as Sir Samuel delivered what they interpreted as a friendly warning to Premier Mussolini that Britain would be strong in urging opposition to any unprovoked war against Ethiopia. The British foreign secretary plead- ed for a calm, dispassionate consid- eration of the Italo-Ethiopian prob- lem, but warned that this could not | be done in an atmosphere of war | threats. Baron Aloisi, sitting in the center of the hall, listened intently. A stir of excitement ran through the auditorium when Sir S8amuel said that a spirit of war, “even of war for war's sake,” has “raised its head | in more places than one.” Peaceful Changes Demanded. | As the British foreign minister de- | clared slowly and earnestly that, if changes must come, they must come “by consent, not dictation; by peace- ful means, not war or threat of war,” Aloisi stroked the back of his neck nervously. | The foreign secretary said: “If only these war clouds could be dispelled, with how much greater effect could we turn to those economic questions that often matter so much more in' More miles per gallon— More miles per do Beiter performance You get them BENZOL-BLENDED BETHOLINE Yes—you're missing something if you haven’t tried Betholine at the new low price. You're pay- ing for Betholine’s superior performance—right now—and not getting it! For Betholine—at the new low price of only 2¢ more than'straight gas- oline—actually costs you no more per mile to use! 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You'll performance. LONG DEATH ENDS NOVEL LIBEL SUT Ansell Action, First of Kind, Had Promised Color- ful Trial. Samuel T. Ansell’s $500,000 libel suit against Huey P. Long, which fixed the right of a citizen to sue a Sen- ator, will be dropped within the next few days because of the assassination of the Louisiana legislator. Counsel for Senator Long said they would file formal notice of his death with the District Supreme Court in the near future and the case will be automatically dropped. Charges Broadcast. ‘The suit grew out of an investiga- tion of Louisiana politics by a Senate committee which Ansell served as counsel. After the investigation Sen- ator Long attacked Ansell in a speech on the Senate floor and later broad- cast his charges in pamphlet form When suit was threatened, the Sen- ator announced he would not plead congressional immunity, but after it had been filed he exhausted every legal resource to avold trial. His principal contention was that a Sen- ator, while attending a session of Con- gress, could not be served with process in a civil case because of a consti- tutional provision protecting Congress- men from arrest. Case Before High Court. ‘The case went to the Supreme Court on this point and that tribunal de- cided service of civil process did not constitute an arrest wichin the mean- ing of the Constitution. Back in the lower court Senator Long pleaded his immunity and also asserted his ex- pectation of proving his charges. It had been expected the case would | be tried this Fall, with Senator Long acting as his own attorney. 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