...Long is the New Deal Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana, U.S. Senator, and a champion of the common man. Long believed that government’s place was to protect and support all citizens—specifically the most prominently vulnerable ones—regardless of social hierarchies due to race or class. Long’s most celebrated policy, which had established him as a viable presidential candidate before his assassination, was famously known as his “Share Our Wealth” platform. Perhaps the most famous opponent to the New Deal, which was a series of domestic programs in response to the Great Depression, Long viewed the movement as an unconstitutional failure that did not do enough for those in poverty. In Long’s address to the nation in his speech “Every Man...
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...Cameron Spencer HIS 201 Comparison Essay 20 Nov 2012 New Deal Under Attack During the middle of the Great Depression many opposed the New Deal. I’m going to compare document 24-3 with document 24-5. I intend to describe the opponents of the New Deal, and the differences between Herbert Hoover and Huey Long’s plans. The first document is about Huey Long’s beliefs and his redistribution of wealth plan. He expresses his sheer disappointment over Roosevelt’s New Deal program and regrets supporting him in the election. The second document is about the conservative criticisms of the New Deal. Herbert Hoover’s anti-New Deal campaign speech centers on limiting government involvement and self-reliance of the people. Minnie Hardin’s letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, it comes straight from the heart of every conservative that looked down on these “reliefers” for “voting theirself a living at the expense of tax-payers” (184-185). Huey Long and the conservatives agreed on their disappointment of the New Deal, but they differed almost entirely on policy. I’m going to compare the two in order to find out how much both Hoover and Long actually differed. Huey Long was a Southern wing Democrat and former Governor of Louisiana that challenged the New Deal during the devastating Great Depression. The reforms of the New Deal failed to reduce poverty and the suffering of Americans. In 1932, he was elected into the United States Senate. There he introduced his “Soak the Rich Tax Bill.” The Senate...
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...Senator Huey Long was the 40th well known Governor of Louisiana who was known as a radical populist. In the year 1934, Long delivered a speech which I thought to be a very persuasive one because of many reasons. One of these reasons being, he gave the American people hope by telling them that there will be less American citizens working too much, idle too much, wealthy too much among other reasons. He believed that the wealth of the nation should not only be placed in only four percent of the American population as well as there should be order in the nation. The Populist was very critical in relation to capitalism especially banks (finances) and railroads. In addition they also associated themselves with labor movements. During this era in the United States, populist thought that the economic, social and political conditions were unfair. These unfair conditions was what led Senator Huey Long to the proposals he made in the speech. I believe that the speech stressed on the economic conditions in which Americans were facing during this time. In addition, I also believe that Long was not being selfish rather willing to compromise with the wealthiest men in the nation at that time. The economic inequality was what led Long to made this free speech since he was against inequality of all sorts. In the speech Long mentioned that he does not usually speak or make speeches for free therefore this indicates that Huey Long was being genuine about what he said during the speech as well...
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