Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-04-16 | Page 1 | Kingfish Defies Chief of P W A

KINGFISH KIN G ASH DEFIES B E S CHIEF OF P W A AD D Dares ies Government to tol Withdraw Funds I BATON ROUGE La a. a April 16 UP Senator UP-Senator Senator Huey P. P Long today I defied the fe federal government to withdraw a P W VT A allotment allotment allot allot- ment from Louisiana and said I Secretary of oC Interior Ickes can go I to hell for all I care I IThe The KIngfish's comment came after he read a statement by Ickes that P W V A money allotted to Louisiana must be spent under conditions specified when the money was bor bar rowed Ickes was quoted in Washington ton tonas as saying that interference by state courts with the New Orleans sewerage sewerage sewerage sewer sewer- age and water board which is headed headed head ed by Mayor T. T Semmes Walmsley foe of Long would cause withdrawal o of federal funds The board is empowered empowered em em- pow powered led to spend the allotment Legislation to make Senator Long Longa a virtual dictator of ot Louisiana relief took k form today at a special session in which 26 bills were dumped into the house Long prepared to go before the ways and means committee to demand demand de do- domand mand a favorable report One measure measure measure mea mea- sure pr provides vides for lor a state board to direct direct di di- spending of ot all public improvement improvement improve improve- ment money granted to the state fl the federal work- work relief act Long that he planned t r three state supreme supreme su su- preme court cout justices including Chief Justice JustIc O ONell ONeIl Nen who do not share his political l views