POLITICAL NOTES: Comedie Louisianaise

"He told me to go to Hell."

Seldom does Senator Huey Pierce Long publicly admit that anyone has told him to "go to Hell." Yet last week he announced the fact with evident delight. His own man, Governor Oscar Kelly Allen, had, he said, given him that unpleasant consignment.

When another of his men, buzzard-bald Thomas Semmes Walmsley, Mayor of New Orleans, broke with Boss Long six months ago, the Louisiana "Kingfish" was less delighted. Last week he began his battle for revenge, a titan struggle of political machines,...

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