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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-14 | Page 1 | Outbreak Mars Senate Hearing

Type issue
Date 1933-11-14
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Outbreak Mars Senate Hearing
Type article
Date 1933-11-14
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text OUTBREAK MARS SENATE HEARING League Drops Prosecution of Huey Longs Long's Machine Primary Vote NEW NEV ORLEANS Nov 14 UP UP- UP An unruly demonstration disturbed the senate subcommittees subcommittee's Investigation tion Lion of ot Louisiana's senatorial election today resulting in an m order to United St States marshals to catalog caWog every sp spectator spec spec- c- c with a a. view to citations s of c con contempt i tempt Tho The outbreak occurred after alter Edward Edward Ed Edward ward counsel for the Honest Ele Election league United anti States Senator Huey Hucy P. P Long mg group dramatically dramatically cally announced withdrawal of the he league from the inquiry read reada a statement protesting the committees committees commit committees committee's tees tee's attitude The Honest Election league had been prosecuting the thc case of ot Edwin vin S. S Broussard defeated in the 1932 primary mary by Senator John H. H Overton of the Long political al forces Broussard Broussard Brous Brous- sard signed the statement read today by Lie Hurled at Long Lone The withdrawal came soon after the thelie thelie thelie lie was hurled at Long a Q lie you never fired my husband in your life shouted Mrs Hilda Phelps Hammond head of the Ithe womans woman's organization s seeking king removal re re- re moval of the Long regime from LouIsiana Louisiana Lou Lou- politics Long had testified he had fired Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond from two state jobs paying monthly each and when challenged by Mrs Hammond replied Ill Til prove it if it that's thal's what whaP whaP-ou you want Dislikes Patronage Discussing patronage Long said sid s We gave Jobs to the people who supported us u.s. We practice politics in Louisiana like they do every place i else ebe Th jobs go to our friends I But a dozen patronage votes votes' arent aren't worth one farmer vote Every time we we gave one man a job we made ten enemies I wish we didn't have any patronage at all all Wed We'd be better off oU
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