The Unofficial Huey P. Long Fan Club

"Long was a Louisiana politician who was in favor of a redistributing wealth in American society in order to close the gap between the different socio-economic classes. Even though he initially supported FDR, by 1933 he was very much against his policies. He felt that FDR's New Deal only helped elites and was not doing enough for the common citizen. His goal was to ultimate challenge Roosevelt in the election of 1936 but he was killed before he had the opportunity to run."

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"Long was a Louisiana politician who was in favor of a redistributing wealth in American society in order to close the gap between the different socio-economic classes. Even though he initially supported FDR, by 1933 he was very much against his policies. He felt that FDR's New Deal only helped elites and was not doing enough for the common citizen. His goal was to ultimate challenge Roosevelt in the election of 1936 but he was killed before he had the opportunity to run."


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"A vocal critic of corporate greed and government incompetence, Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth" political movement swept the nation during the Great Depression, garnering millions of supporters and threatening the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt."

"Long was revered by the masses as a champion of the common man and demonized by the powerful as a dangerous demagogue."

Since it is mainly the powerful who decide what will be published in texts or "historical" films and novels, we've been handed the "demagogue" impression of Long. Go past that to find out why he was beloved.

http://hueylong.com/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/volong.htm This is a recording of a speech.

Huey Long, 1935 Radio broadcast of Senator Huey Long speaking on his Share the Wealth plan, 1935.

"Long created a public works program for Louisiana that was unprecedented in the South, with a plethora of roads, bridges, hospitals, schools and state buildings that have endured into the 21st century. During his four years as governor, Long increased paved highways in Louisiana from 331 miles to 2,301, plus an additional 2,816 miles (4,532 km) of gravel roads. By 1936, the infrastructure program begun by Long had completed some 9,700 miles (15,600 km) of new roads, doubling the size of the state's road system. He built 111 bridges and started construction on the first bridge over the Mississippi entirely in Louisiana, the Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish, near New Orleans... All of these projects provided thousands of much-needed jobs during the Great Depression, including 22,000 – or 10 percent – of the nation's highway workers."

It would be interesting to know if any leader at any time as done more to provide necessary infrastructure and gainful employment in so short a time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long

Huey Long - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A Democrat, he was an outspoken left-win...