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Show Huey's Heirs Battle i Louisiana in Turmoil as Election Day Nears '$f By JAMKft MARLOW NEW ORLEANS Louisiana voters- will decide In the Democratic Demo-cratic primary January IS whether they wish to retain In the saddle the political heirs of Huey P. Long or overthrow the . state's strongest political machine ma-chine since Reconstruction davs. Governor Earl K. Long, seeking seek-ing to keep his Job,, has campaigned cam-paigned as a friend of the poor man, the brother of Huey, and a man bitterly persecuted by his enemies. More than 300 Indictments' have been returned against onetime one-time strong-men or hangers-on of his administration, but he has protested that he came before the electorate with clean hands. He has made prime capital of his relationship to the late King-fish King-fish of Louisiana polities and, when sharply reminded by his foes that he had once been Huey's bitter enemy, has protested that the quarrel was patched up before be-fore Huey's death. Scandals Big Issue The opposing gubernatorial candidates, Sam Jones, State Senator James A. Noe. James H. Morrison and Vincent Moseley, have all based their campaign on this Issue: Throw out the pres-"ent7ifflceholderi pres-"ent7ifflceholderi because during"" their term of service the worst scandals In SO years broke. These opponents maintain that dictatorial Taws were Instituted by Huey, fostered by his henchmen hench-men and political heirs, and thus, through closing state records to the public, made possible an era of colossal graft and corruption. A new deal open records, economy, solicitude for the "little man" and various promises of public works has been promised by Long's opponents who swear they will prosecute all guilty of wrongdoing. Impartial observers generally believe Jones has the best chance to unseat Long. Jones, Lake Charles attorney and former commander of the American Legion Le-gion In Louisiana, has built up a strong campaign organization In the state and has concentrated his fire mostly on Earl Long. Returns Compliment Long, returning the compliment, compli-ment, has turned his heaviest guns on Jones, complaining that he is a corporation lawyer with a war chest filled by big business. Noe, once an ally of Huey but now a staunch foe of his onetime one-time cronies, Is an oil man who promises to carry out the work 1 ' m aMMHRHMmiWHn EARL LONG: "Friend ef the poor." fThe1aledicTator, which he as-scrta as-scrta was interrupted when the present administration took over; In contrast to the other candidates, candi-dates, all of whom are In their 40s, Morrison, 31-year-old Hammond Ham-mond lawyer, has come closest to Huey's stump technique. He waves his arms, rants, roars, pulls open his collar and takes a "convict parade" around the state with him. This parade, made up of farmers who dress in convict suits to suggest the fate in store for some of the highest 1 men in the present administration. administra-tion. Says He's Poor While denouncing Long with great abandon, Morrison at the same time says he is the "real friend of the poor man in the present campaign and, like the governor, declares Jones is a corporation cor-poration lawyer. Morrison, a Tu-lane Tu-lane university graduate, sleeps In farmers' homes, protesting that he is poor and without ample am-ple campaign funds. Moseley, an Opelousas attorney and World war veteran, denounces de-nounces both Long and Jones with equal vehemence, asks a chance to show his stuff, and upon occasion quotes a little Lall to bring home his points. .5v J1 : . asss sj ' atfsssawr f '''''' 'y " 1 JAMES A. NOE: He fell eut wiU his former cronies. SAM JONES: They say he's Big I Business' little pal. I JAMES H. MORRISON: on the stump, he out-Hueys Huey Long. ' |