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...subject of the cartoon (Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, defying Louisiana's loud Democratic Senator Huey Pierce Long) and the caption ("The real issue in Washington . . . Patriotism vs Communism") were not very exciting. But the U. S. flag held by Senator Robinson and a Communist banner brandished by Senator Long, were in vivid, eye-smashing red. The U. S. flag's blue field was not shown; there was no other color in the picture. But the force of the cartoon was immeasurably increased by its red blotches. A patriotic eye could even imagine...
...galluses; finger-jabbing people in the chest while conversing; messing in the kitchen; carrying love charms; wearing No. 17 celluloid collars on No. 15 neckbands; general orneriness. Prominent in an alleged membership of 400,000 are Governor James ("Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr.; of California, Speaker John Nance Garner, Senator Huey Pierce Long of Louisiana, the entire Anti-Saloon League...
...King of Louisiana went up to Richmond, Va., last week to a conference with other Governors. When Lieutenant Governor Paul N. Cyr jumped at the governorship last October and was caught politically off-base, Governor Long had Senate President Alvin Oliver King sworn in to take his place. When Huey Long went to the U. S. Senate, his friend Alvin King stepped into the Executive Mansion, leaving Louisiana with no Lieutenant Governor, no Senate President. Next person in line to substitute for Governor King was Alice Lee Grosjean. She is a good friend of Huey Long's, used...
...great American Nestor. Reposing in a sumptuous room in the new and brilliant Waldorf-Astoria, Senator Long pointed out that "the trouble with Washington is its remoteness from civilization--I never saw a place in my life that was so far away from the American people". But Huey Lond is no mere doctrinaire; he can treat the most practical problems with resource and agility. The case of the Waldorf sandwich is a case in point. With all the gilt and glitter of the new Astoria has come a change in the institution's culinary department. The new Waldorf sandwich lacks...
...coldest place on earth". Then that agile intellect kept to the present state of American crime as illustrated by the disappearance of the Lindbergh baby. With due deliberation the Senator declared that the present situation undoubtedly resulted from persistent violation of the law. In a few short days Huey Lond has made clear what is wrong with America...