Huey Long
Excerpts From Huey Long's |
It may be true that every little boy and girl in America dreams of growing up to be President of the United States. It is certainly true that many prominent politicians harbor such dreams. But only Huey Long would be so brazen as to detail his dreams in a 146-page book published in 1935, on the eve of the 1936 Presidential elections in which Long was expected to be a candidate. In this book, "My First Days in the White House," Huey Long holds imaginary conversations with the nation's power brokers and even names his cabinet appointees and provides the text of the Supreme Court decision that will uphold the constitutionality of his "Share the Wealth" plan. Rarely, if ever, has an American politician be so unguarded in sharing with the nation his little boy dream of someday growing up to be President. |
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| All excerpts are from My First Days in The White House, by Huey Pierce Long, The Telegraph Press. 1935. |
