SHARE OUR WEALTH THE SLOGAN OF THE HOUR. FRIENDS OF LOUISIANA, GREETINGS: . . O.K. ALLEN, GOVERNOR | GERALD L.K. SMITH, NATIONAL HEAD, SHARE OUR WEALTH SOCIETY.
[Baton Rouge: 1936]. Folio broadside, 9-3/8" x 17-1/8." Printed in two columns, union bug at the bottom margin, several type sizes and styles. Mounted at the upper blank verso on pale blue paper. Fine.
O.K. Allen became Louisiana's governor in 1932 when Huey Long resigned the office to become a U.S. Senator. "Allen was considered a political stooge for former governor Long. His brother Earl Long once joked that a leaf blew into Allen's office one day and that he signed it, thinking it was legislation from Long" [Wikipedia]. Gerald L.K. Smith "began his career as a leader of the populist Share the Wealth movement during the Great Depression. . . He was a preeminent antisemite and a white supremacist" [Wikipedia].
This broadside supports Allen's campaign to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Huey Long's 1936 assassination had rendered the seat vacant. The broadside announces the unbreakable partnership "between the Louisiana Democratic Association of which O.K. Allen is the Head, and the Share Our Wealth Society, of which Gerald L.K. Smith is the Head." They have vowed to carry on the work of "our late beloved Senator Long." Allen died a week before the election.
Not located on OCLC as of July 2024. Item #40262
Price: $750.00