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Senate Colleagues Consider Russell Long Unpredictable
By HALE MONTGOMERY
United Press International
Washington (UPI) Sen. Rus
sell B. Long, scion of the
lusty Long dynasty, has spent
14 years in the U. S. Senate.
But even his colleagues can't
predict today how he may
vote tomorrow.
An independent and unpre
dictable lawmaker, he has
been thrust into new promi
nence this year.
He ranks as the No. 2 Dem
ocrat on the tax-writing senate
finance committee, moving up
to the seat once occupied by
the "uncrowned king" of the
senate, the late millionaire
Sen. Robert S. Kerr, D-Okla.
Often a colorful debator,
he isn't shy-just cagey. Hence,
it is not clear, what role he
will play in the congressional
fight over President Kenne
dy's plan for a net $10.3 bil
lion tax cut.
Long is in position to take
over chairmanship of the fi
nance committee upon the de
parture of 75-year-old Sen.
Harry F. Byrd, D-Va.
Open Mind on Taxes
As for Kennedy's lax pro
gram, he said he had found
"surprisingly little enthusi
asm" for it at the capitol. Ho
emphasized, however, that he
was keeping "an open mind"
and wants to see wnai Kina oi
a bill the house passes before
he commits nimseu.
He cautioned that if the
President insists that revenue-
Pulcinella's
'Birth' Said
Authenticated
Naples, Italy - lUPII - A Sev
enteenth Century comedian
was annoyed by the noise
from a carpentry shop adjoin
ing his theater and decided
the best way to get rid of the
carpenter was to ridicule him.
The result, according to an
Italian scholar, was the birth
of Pulcinella, the popular
Neapolitan puppet known in
the English-speaking world as
Punch.
Pulcinella, with his mix
ture of quick wit, dumbness,
bragging, aggressiveness and
perennial hunger for spa
ghetti, has long become a
symbol of Naples. His adven
tures. In which he always
ends by liberally swinging his
club, have made the Joy of
many generations of children
j. and quite a few adults ns
well. But until now ms origin
was obscure.
Silvio Florillo
It was known that he was
first played by an actor
named Silvio Florillo. But
from where Fiorillo drew his
insplralon had been a matter
of heated controversy.
Now Ulisse Prota Ciurlco,
one of the leading students of
Neapolitan antiquities, has
come up wllh good documen
tary evidence to support II.
Going through the archives
of the Naples Archbishopric
for the year 1603, he found
liit Mariolto Policenclla, aged
45, had a carpentry shop ad
joining a theatre. The shop,
according to the document,
caused a considerable noise
and comedian Lutio Fcdele
(ran pi iii nod to Policen c 1 1 a
against the hammering and
sawing.
The carpenter told Fcdrle
to mind his own business. The
actor complained to high
authorities, but got nowhere.
Tougher Stand
In 1801), Fiorillo's troupe
took over from Fedcle and
the new comedian decided lor
a tougher aland. When Po
licenclla aguin refused to
stop the noise, Fiorillo wrote
a new play - "Policenclla
Servo Sciocco" (Policenclla
The Dumb Servant),
The leading character, sure
enough, resembled his enemy
the carpenlcr-a hooked nose,
a hunchback - and was dress
ed In a white linen shirt
which (hen was the trade
mark of carpenters. As a deli
cate hint of matrimonial
troubles, he was carrying a
big horn, which later develop
ed into Pulcinella's club.
Prola Giurlco's documents
contain no information about
the public's or Poliienclla's
reaction to Ihc play. But they
do show that the following
year Pollccnella moved his
carpentry shop to another
silo, a good distance away,
Soviet Tourist
Bureau Bombed
Bcilin-4'rH-The West Ber
lin city government Wednes
day condemned the bombing
of the Soviet tourist buu-au
here as "only making the
summon more difficult."
The blast laic Tuesday
night smashed the show win
dows and furnishings of the
Soviet Inlourist Bureau and
damaged surrounding apart
ments In the center of the
city, Just off the Kurfuersten
dnmm main street.
The head of the city gov.
eminent Security department,
newly named Deputy Mayor
llcinrrlch Alberti, said "ex-
ploiivu are not a means of
solving political problems."
producing reforms be tied to
any tax cuts, it will "jeopard
ize passage of the bill." He
added "I'd be very surprised
if some major reforms are not
stricken from the bill."
Elected from a mineral-rich
state, Long expected to stand
with the oil industry in oppos
ing Kennedy's suggested re
visions in the 27 per cent
depletion allowance.
Long hammers away at his
favorite subject-what he calls
the "tight money and high in
terest rate policies" of the
Kennedy administration.
Charges Default
"I went all over the south
land with Kennedy during the
(1960 presidential) election
saying we are going to get
away from it." he said. "We
haven't. I think this adminis
tration has defaulted on its
promises in this area."
Reminiscent of the kind of
sharc-the-wealth philosophy of
his father, Long also thinks
corporate monopoly has
grown too much. He said Ken
nedy has a "worse record than
any other Democratic admin
istration toward monopoly."
An avowed champion of the
"little people," Long always
has sponsored higher welfare
benefits for the needy, aged,
thtc blind, disabled and de
pendent children. But this at
titude is strongly temperated
when it comes to Kennedy's
controversial program to fi
nance a basic package of
health benefits for the na
tion's 14 million elder citizens
through higher social security
taxes. He voted against Medi
care last year.
Votes With South
On civil rights Issues, Long
votes with the South, but he
is no radical on the racial
question. Politically, he has
abandoned an ambition to be
governor of his stale. He be
lieves his Senate seniority is
too valuable now to toss it
aside.
"I like to think I am serv
ing my slate better up here,"
he said.
Now 44, Long bears a re
markable physical resem
blance to his flamboyant
father, the late Huey (King
fish) Long. The younger Long
was 29 when first elected to
the Senate in November,
1948. He turned 30 before he
was sworn in on Dec. 30 of
that year.
Long is proud of his her
itage, but squelches any talk
about his becoming another
Huey.
"I never tried to be like my
father. I'm not: I'm Russell.
Trying to act like two people
. . .well, I just can't. Someday
I may say something of what
I feel about my father, but
not now."
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FIGHTS FOR TAX CUT-An independent and unpredictable
lawmaker, Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.) will be prominent in
President Kennedy's fight for a tax cut this year. Long, son
of former Louisiana Gov. Huey long, now ranks as No. 2
Democrat on the tax-writing Senate Finance committee. (UPI)
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The average (median) fam
ily income in the United
States in 1959, as reported in
the 1960 census, was $5,700.
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