[20][149] Roosevelt's son, Elliott, would later note that in this instance, his father "may have been the originator of the concept of employing the IRS as a weapon of political retribution". Faulkner occasionally really touches it. "[189], As the 1936 election approached, the Roosevelt Administration grew increasingly concerned by Long's popularity. [241][242] As well as two television docudramas,[243][244] Long was the subject of a 1985 Ken Burns-directed documentary. [170] Though he had no constitutional authority, Long continued to draft and press bills through the Louisiana State Legislature. According to Long, his club's mission was "to run things, laying down certain rules the students would have to follow". [188] Democratic National Committee chairman James Farley commissioned a secret poll in early 1935. Long denounced Parker as corporate "chattel". [152] He attested Standard Oil had corrupted the Bolivian government and organized the war and that Wall Street orchestrated American foreign policy in Latin America. [121], When Long arrived in the Senate, America was in the throes of the Great Depression. [47][note 2] The campaign sometimes descended into brutality. [172], Long continued to maintain effective control of Louisiana while he was a senator, blurring the boundary between federal and state politics. (Source: Redhawk NEO) 16. "[81] Receiving death threats, he surrounded himself with bodyguards. [105] Although traditional politicians would have been ruined by such a defeat, Long became a national figure and cemented his image as a champion of the poor. Long; and brother, Governor Earl Long, among others. He works at various other sites with Egyptologists like Flinders Petrie until 1899. Les Dix Commandements, un film de Cecil B DeMille | Synopsis : Réduit en esclavage, le peuple d'Israël doit travailler pour le Pharaon. That same year, Long entered the race to serve on the three-seat Louisiana Railroad Commission. [49] Although Long's movement faded, Roosevelt adopted many of his proposals in the Second New Deal, and Louisiana elections would be organized along anti- or pro-Long factions until the 1960s. He would appear unannounced on the floor of both the House and Senate or in House committees, corralling reluctant representatives and state senators and bullying opponents. The firm was established to obtain leases on state-owned lands so that its directors might collect bonuses and sublease the mineral rights to the major oil companies. [57][58] When an opposing legislator once suggested Long was unfamiliar with the Louisiana Constitution, he declared, "I'm the Constitution around here now. For decades after his death, Long's political style inspired imitation among Louisiana politicians who borrowed his rhetoric and promises of social programs. Following a brief private legal career in which he represented poor plaintiffs, Long was elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. His bills met opposition from legislators, wealthy citizens, and the media, but Long used aggressive tactics to ensure passage. [5][33][90] The New Orleans mayor labelled it "the most heinous public crime in Louisiana history". [1] Although Long often told followers he was born in a log cabin to an impoverished family, they lived in a "comfortable" farmhouse and were well-off compared to others in Winnfield. By 1935, the society had over 7.5 million members in 27,000 clubs. [5][87] To combat this, Long purchased two new $30,000 sound trucks and distributed over two million circulars. [5][133][134], During the first 100 days of Roosevelt's presidency in spring 1933, Long's attitude towards Roosevelt and the New Deal was tepid. Living with his brother George, Long attended for only one semester, rarely appearing at lectures. Long produced a round robin statement signed by fifteen senators pledging to vote "not guilty" regardless of the evidence. [119] Through tax reform, Long made the first $2,000 in property assessment free, waiving property taxes for half the state's homeowners. [49][227] Peter Viereck categorized Long's movement as "chauvinist thought control"; Victor Ferkiss called it "incipient fascism". In 1938, Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal encountered rural children who not only insisted Long was alive, but that he was President. Since the 1877 end of Republican-controlled Reconstruction government, they had controlled most of the state through alliances with local officials. [78] He took his case to the people with a mass meeting in Baton Rouge, where he alleged that impeachement was a ploy by Standard Oil to thwart his programs. In a single night, Long passed 44 bills in just two hours: one every three minutes. [141] Long drew international attention: English writer H. G. Wells interviewed Long, noting he was "like a Winston Churchill who has never been at Harrow. Long made a profit on the bonuses and the resale of those state leases and used the funds primarily for political purposes. [132] In May 1932, The Washington Post called for his resignation. Their break was largely caused by Long's demand and Parker's refusal to declare the state's oil pipelines public utilities. He further argued that American involvement in the Spanish–American War and the First World War had been deadly mistakes conducted on behalf of Wall Street. [127][128][note 10] During the campaign, Long gave 39 speeches, traveled 2,100 miles (3,400 km), and spoke to over 200,000 people. [5] Of the two trucks that delivered mail to the Senate, one was devoted solely to mail for Long. He built 111 bridges and started construction on the first bridge over the Mississippi entirely in Louisiana, the Huey P. Long Bridge. [16][17], Long enrolled at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans in the fall of 1914. Although he claimed it was to educate poor doctors, it may have been based on a personal vendetta against. Although Long successfully petitioned to fire the principal, he never returned to high school. He represented poor plaintiffs, usually in workers' compensation cases. This oak is an immortal spot, made so by, The conclusion that Long was progressive on the, One of Long's subordinates claimed in an affidavit that an intoxicated Long had told him to kill Representative. He successfully defended from prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 the state senator who had loaned him the money to complete his legal studies, and later claimed he did not serve because, "I was not mad at anybody over there. [51], Some fifteen thousand Louisianians traveled to Baton Rouge for Long's inauguration. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Russell shaped the nation's tax laws, advocating low business taxes and passing legislation beneficial to the poor like the Earned Income Credit. According to historian William Ivy Hair, Long's political message: ... would be repeated until the end of his days: he was a young warrior of and for the plain people, battling the evil giants of Wall Street and their corporations; too much of America's wealth was concentrated in too few hands, and this unfairness was perpetuated by an educational system so stacked against the poor that (according to his statistics) only fourteen out of every thousand children obtained a college education. [202] Long died at 4:10 a.m. on September 10, 31 hours after being shot. [114][115] He constructed new buildings, including a fieldhouse that reportedly contained the longest pool in the United States. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a coup d'état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. [142][143], Roosevelt considered Long a radical demagogue and stated that Long, along with General Douglas MacArthur, "was one of the two most dangerous men in America". He was instrumental in securing Roosevelt's 1932 nomination but split with him in 1933, becoming a prominent critic of his New Deal. Long concluded that extra-legal means would be needed to accomplish his goals: "I used to try to get things done by saying 'please.' "[5][note 1] In the 1890s, it was a bastion of the Populist Party, and in the 1912 election, a plurality (35%) voted for the Socialist presidential candidate, Eugene V. Roosevelt. [159], In March 1933, Long revealed a series of bills collectively known as "the Long plan" to redistribute wealth. Zac Efron et Russell Crowe en remplacement chez Peter Farrelly ? Despite disagreeing with their politics, Long campaigned for Catholic U.S. [112], Long was an ardent supporter of the state's flagship public university, Louisiana State University (LSU).