TALKED TO STANDSTILL
SENATOR LONG COLLAPSES.
SPEECH LASTS 15£ HOURS.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.'m.) Washington, June 14. Relentlessly waiting him out, the Senate watched Senator H. P. Long speak himself into a collapse after 15 £ hours continuous talk. When he was no longer able to utter anything above a whisper and was so weary that he had to be helped from the Chamber, the Democratic leaders whipped through the N.R.A. stop-gap measure by 41 votes to 13. , It was the second longest filibuster in the history of Congress. Senator La Follette in 1908 spoke for 18 hours One group of Senators declared: . We were disposed to sit here indefinitely to stop Senator Long from controlling, this body."
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Southland Times, Issue 25312, 15 June 1935, Page 7
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