Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-23 | Page 19 | Share Wealth Chief Attacked

1 I SHARE WEALTH i i L CHIEF ATTACKED NEW ORLEANS La Oc Oct 23 INS The INS The The Rev Gerald K Smith Vho who ho recently announced the formation formation forma forma- tion lion tion of a Nationalist party was attacked by three unidentified men In a a. radio studio here last night after he had finished a blistering Attack attack on the administration of I i Governor Governor Richard Leche heir to the the political machine of the late lete Senator Huey r V. V Long it was WIlS re rei re- re i pealed veal d today 9 t Without announcing themselves the men walked into the studio j Smith was listening to a reply to his address by Major Clinton Clinton Clin- Clin iton ton ton Wunder One of the men wung swung a hard blow at Smith landIn landi land- land i ingon Ing In on on the chest I I S FoU Followers w rs of the Rev Mr Smith took up up the he cudgels in his behalf r and a brief furious fight ensued I j The trio that started the skirmish fled The radio studio where Smith oke denied all knowledge of the affair However It was waa confirmed by Smiths Smith's secretary A share wealth the the wealth leader in the organization 12 of 1 the late te Senator Long Smith denounced denounced Governor Leche as 8 a of his f betrayer great principles and anda a betrayer of the people He charged Leche had taken the tax off the Standard Oil company and placed it on the overburdened backs of the poor Smith has been much in the limelight limelight lime lime- light in recent months He joined up with the Townsend pension I movement a few months ago but this week in Chicago it was announced announced an an- by Dr Francis Townsend that Smith was no longer associated associated associated asso asso- with the organization Smith said his new party was formed to to fight communism He 1 said he was a follower of Jefferson Jetterson Jeffer Jetter- son Jackson and Long All An we we want he shouted la L God fearing Americanism In his reply to Smith Major Wunder termed him a hireling of h hate te and a paid prop propagandist A bulky towering figure Smith has oratorical talents similar to those of Long He formerly was pastor of the fashionable First Christian church at Shreveport