USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert A. Taft, powerful Republican Senator from Ohio from 1939 to 1953. Taft was the leader of the Republican Party’s conservative wing; he consistently denounced the New Deal as “socialism” and argued that it harmed America’s business interests and gave ever-greater control to the central government in Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -He framed his campaign as a referendum. If he won, he presumed the public supported his programs over the opposition of the legislature. If he lost, he promised to resign. His opponent was incumbent Joseph E. Ransdell, the Catholic senator whom Long endorsed in 1924.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its membership consisted primarily of wealthy business elites and prominent political figures, who were for the most part conservatives opposed to the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The group emphasized private property and individual liberties.

Detailed explanation-4: -The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of Louisiana State University. “Every Man a King” is also the title of a speech delivered by Senator Huey Long in 1934. The slogan became a catch-phrase of Long’s Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression.