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Long Filibuster Stalls Deficit Bill In Senate Fight
Huey Long’s seven hour filibuster blocks the third deficiency appropriation bill to funding pensions for the aged railroad retirement and disabled children. A cotton and wheat loan compromise is debated with western and southern senators divided on loans and social security funding.
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House
Senate
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Robinson
Controller General
AAA
Washington
Roosevelt
McCarr
McCarl
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
RFC
Congress
Crossett Lumber Company
Alabama
Jones
House of Representatives
REO
Crossett Company
Ohn G. Winant
New Hampshire
Social Security Board
Winant
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Wisconsin
Vincent Morgan Miles
Fort Smith
Ark
New York
Edwin S. Smith
Massachusetts
J. D. Ross
Securities and Exchange Commission