The Golden Eagle, A Napoleonic France after the Peace of Vienna

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Composition of the Congress:

((Senate))

((House))​

 

[Whiteshore]

Who is the current Speaker of the House?

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

"Every man a King, but only President Long wears a Crown"
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Long barely stepped in the White House, he didn't even unpack his things before he went to the Oval Office, pulled the chair, grabbed a paper, and sent his first proposal. The "Farmers' Relief Act", designed to increase the prices of agricultural products by giving subsidies to not plant new crops and buying surplus products. The act was passed, even with the opposition from Liberal Republicans, Long didn't waste time and sent another proposal on the 1st of April (which made some mock it initially as a joke), he proposed the creation of a Wealthy tax that increased progressively for every million dollar one had. Progressives went behind it as well as some democrats, but most of the congress and Senate opposed it. After the bill was closely defeated, Long wrote an executive order creating the Tax, getting himself several protest letters by even some progressives worried about abuse of power by the executive.

In a meeting with the Speaker of the House and Air pioneer Charles Lindbergh, President Long supposidely said "The Congress is dominated by Rich politicians that never had to starve in their lives, if they won't take care of the people, I will have to force my pen." Lindbergh said after the meeting, "Every man is a King, but only President Long wears a Crown".

Over the following months, Long made several executive laws creating social security programs. Every time the congress voted him down, he pushed it throughout his mighty pen. Until he was finally catched by the Supreme Court, his act created by Townsend to found a pension program was struck down as unconstitutional in August. What followed next was a war of the POTUS vs the SCOTUS, several acts made by Long were struck down while the President prepared his big guns: An act to increase the number of Justices to 15, where Long would appoint 6 Pro-Long justices and get a majority in the court.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Did the act pass ?

 

[Whiteshore]

Did the act pass ?

Narrowly, yes.

 

[traveller76]

I expect President Long to have the FBI crackdown on the KKK, Mafia and some of the 'corrupt' labor unions.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Okay, I'm going to spoil it: There will be a Business coup against Long, led by Lindbergh, MacArthur, Moseley, Stephenson, and a Industrial committee of industrials led by Henry Ford. There are two ways that this can end, and none of those are pretty for American Democracy:

1) Succesful Coup and the rise of a Ultranationalist USA.

2) Long defeats them are solidifies his powers, using the FBI of J. Edgar Hoover (That he controls by blackmail) against his opposition and creating a political machine based on Populism, Corruption, etc. to keep himself as essentially President-for-life.

 

[Virginia Liberal]

The first sounds too much like lot USA today I vote for long

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

The first sounds too much like lot USA today I vote for long

A Fascist military junta looks like USA Today ? Really ? Are you serious ?

 

[Virginia Liberal]

Ment a corporate domination on the us sorry

 

[Rheinbund]

I would say Long, go crush KKK, I hope it will not haunt me when he will became crazy.

 

[SkylineDreamer]

Long

 

[Whiteshore]

Long as the lesser of two evils!

 

[Kenten]

The King Fish must rule for the good of the workers and the farmers.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

War Plan White
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America was supposed to be the land of freedom, land of democracy, but on August 20th it wasn't anymore. Using of his political machine, President Huey Long packed the Supreme Court, 6 new Hardline Longists were now tipping the balance in favor of the President, giving a blank cheque for his increasingly authoritarian executive orders. Using his "War Chest", Long brought deputies and senators left and right, making a base controlling up to 45% of the congress. Something had to be done.

A conspiracy had been unfolding from the moment that Long announced his candidacy, Charles Lindbergh, General Douglas MacArthur, General George van Horn Moseley, Henry Ford, and the Klan leader Stephenson, created a plan called "War Plan White". It was a plot to launch a coup d'etat against Huey Long and make Lindbergh President, plotting an assassination attempt followed by the military invasion of the White House and arrest of his Cabinet and Vice-President Olson. It was to happen on the 21st, but the discovery of the plot by the FBI put the plan into action.

9:12 AM, Washington, White House.
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President Long was having his usual breakfast, today he was going to send another bill to congress, it was for the creation of a Industrial recovery administration, Quentin's old plan for... Industrial Recovery. He was calm, he knew that the bill would either pass with a few tricks or he would force it with his pen. "All for the good of the people." He thought, until he was rudely interrupted by an explosion.

9:14 AM, Washington, White House.
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The explosion woke up the dead, when the guards rushed into the room, finding the President in the corner, knocked unconscious by the shockwave and thrown against the wall. Seeing his pulse, he had no heart beating, his chief security ordered him rushed into a Hospital.

9:20 AM, Washington, Pensyilvannia Av.
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It wasn't a coincidence, a Klan rally of over 50,000 members was happening at that moment. The explosion and incapacitation of the POTUS caused panic, most of them fled the scene and dispersed across the city. But a small group of 500 armed Klansmen marched in a military fashion to the White House, overwhelming the defenses of the building and taking control of it. It was revealed that Stephenson himself was leading these men, declaring Huey Long dead to the people of Washington.

9:40, Washington, US Capitol.
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Next step was the legitimacy, Charles Lindbergh introduced a vote, calling the impeachment of Floyd Olson, accusing him of conspiring with the KKK to overthrow Huey Long. His lack of proof was evident, but what encouraged the congressmen wasn't the questionable legality of this action or their own hatred of Long, but the presence of army troops and Klansmen that were guarding them.

9:47 AM, Somewhere south of Washington​

The plan was going smoothly, the voting continued with no Nay votes yet, the Klan held the White House and its staff as hostages. But no one found Long's body or Floyd Olson, Moseley was starting to get worried that Long may have survived, he was sending men to every Hospital of the city, until he saw a man rushing into his room. Bringing a telegram of Lieutenant Miller that his lifeless body was found the way to a hospital. General Moseley was relieved, he asked to see the body and then despaired, that man wasn't Huey Long.

9:50 AM, Baltimore, Maryland
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The President was warned by the FBI of the incoming coup attempt a few hours before it happened. He fled the city at the middle of the night, stealthily avoiding attention by going in a common car and before his staff (other than a few securities of his trust) heading to the Governor's house. He heard the news of what was happening in Washington, he just turned to the man at his side. "It is time, General, it's your time to save America." "What about you, sir ?" "I will call the people."

11:39 AM, Washington, US Capitol
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The vote was smooth, Half the deputies voted and there was not a single vote against it. Lindbergh was scared on just how smooth the process was, and he was now thinking on how to deal with the Klan and the Generals once he became POTUS. Until he heard the sound of a plane, then two, then at least a dozen, then several squadrons and his heart sunk, he didn't recall anyone in the Airforce in the plot.

11:57 AM, Washington, Skies above the city.
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Curtis' Squadron was spearheading the attack, he was briefed by Patton that a enemy conspiracy was taking Washington and he called his wingmen in the new P-36 aircraft, a plane much superior to the previous P-26. He was surprised that he found no aerial resistance, it seemed like the enemy didn't bother to recruit anyone in the airforce, they would Pay for that mistake. He and his men went for the White House, blasting a group of hooded men with Machine Guns, the battle for Washington had begun.

12:38 AM, Washington, 4 miles from the White House
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Patton's 2nd Armored Division clashed with the coupists. The new M-2 tanks were superior to anything their enemies could have, the new models with support of Air attacks and infantry waves proved to Patton that his combined arms attack could overwhelm any defenses, or at least makeshift barricades. The coupist forces were being pushed back from all sides, when Moseley called for MacArthur by phone. "General macArthur, where are you ? We need your reinforcements, Patton is outnumbering and outgunning our forces !" MacArthur calmly replied, "I think you should turn on your radio."

12:40 AM, Baltimore, Radio Station
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"My fellow Americans, I am talking to you from a radio station in the outskirts of Baltimore, to tell you. A coup was orchestrated by Ultranationalist forces in our country, Washington is a battlefield now. All I did was to help the people, this nation was built on the sacred idea of liberty and equality, and now these are being threatened by a clique of military generals and KKK members. So I call every American to make the Second amendment be worth the paper it was written, and save American Freedom and Democracy from its extinction." That moment Moseley turned his radio off, with MacArthur not coming and the vote ended after the Capitol was hit by a bomb, it was over.

15:33 PM, Somewhere south of Washington
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The Battle would rage a few hours more, The 2nd Division and groups of militias finally pushed the coupists back, and the White House was retaken, Lindbergh was arrested and Stephenson fled, there was only one thing left to do. General Moseley pulled the trigger as he heard the enemy forces closing in his room in the bunker, he wouldn't leave the satisfaction to the enemy. It was over now, it was Long's America now, and he didn't want to live on it. The Coup failed, and now Huey Long would deal with his enemies.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Welcome to Longmerica
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After the coup attempt on the 20th of August, Long received a blank cheque to destroy his opposition. After a day of mourning for the killed in the battle of Washington, Long unleashed the FBI over several opponents including even the Justices of the Supreme Court (The so-called 4 horsemen that formed the Conservative resistance against Long and struck down many of his acts). Generals, Congressmen, KKK, none were safe from J. Edgar Hoover's legions. Arresting people even remotely associated with the plot, or that Long believed them to be like the Governor of Ohio. Long declared Martial Law, putting all those that tried to sabotage the necessary changes of America in jail.

In the FBI archives he found a way to give a death blow in the Klan, the Klan leader Stephenson was in the list of "untouchable" of the FBI, until now. Huey Long used a secret case that was hidden, involving Stephenson's rape and murder of several women in Indiana, some of them teenagers. Long exclaimed "We got him", releasing the files to the Media and spreading it across the nation. Even the Klan members were horrified by their leader's actions, Stephenson tried to deny it as Longist propaganda, but the sheer amount of evidence made the claim undisputable for even KKK members. Stephenson was arrested by the FBI, sentenced for life imprisionment, Klan membership would go downhill from there as other crimes were exposed, many didn't want to associate themselves with "Rapists that tried to overthrow the President". That would be the downfall of the Second Klan.

Long filled the officer corps with Generals loyal to him, and with that assured, he arrested over a hundred congressmen, all vocal opposition members. With the remaining congressmen, Long approved 3 Constitutional ammendments: Ending Prohibition, Allowing the government to arrest someone for "Threatening the American Way of Life", and securing several Social security policies like Pensions and Minimum wage. Thanks for Long's Political Machine and the disorganization of the opposition, his policies were approved, the 22th amendment (the second one) was made sufficiently ambiguous to arrest anyone expressing opposition against Long.

Newspapers and radio stations started to suffer the censorship of the new "Committee of American Social Order" (CASO), headed by Eugene McCarthy, a radical anti-Pelletist and converted Long supporter. The committee was tasked to create a police state in America, arresting or exiling Long oppositors. The Committee had extrajudicial powers, superior even to the Supreme Court and answering only to the POTUS. By 1938, The American government was a de facto dictatorship, elections were still allowed but the lack of term limits, gerrymandering, and Long's popularity amongst workers assured his eternal reelection.

((Eugene McCarthy, Chief of the "CASO"))
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Long's new order started to go in a crusade against Long's enemies, Ford and several other industrials that were part of the conspiracy, including the Standard Oil, were arrested and had their Industries nationalized. Trade Unions had a general reorganization, private ones being banned and instead it was created the "American Union of Workers" (AUW) as a Central State Union for American workers. Many bosses of the old Unions were arrested as "Pelletists" for calling for a revolution. The next target were the rich, Wealthy taxes were raised, a tax on mansions, wine, and jewels was created. That money would be used to feed Long's programs. Long also opposed the Klan and other white supremacist organizations, he said "Both the whites and blacks deserve their fair share." He included blacks on several government programs and opposed segregation in southern states, but not going as far as giving equal rights just yet.

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[Tales Weaver]

Name: Sir Alfonso Ferrero
Home: London, the UK (in exile)
DOB: June 5, 1894
Gender: Male
Culture:Italian
Politic: Constitutionalist, Democratic Pelletist
Description: a skilled Marksman, he was knighted due to his actions during battle of Milan, saving 12 wounded soldiers. after the war, he initially leaned towards Pelletism, but after disagreements due to Bordiga wanting revolution while Ferrero prefering electoral means, he chose exile to Tunis. there, he reconnected with his old friends, Ignatius, and Alfonso Ferrero. he was elected to chamber of deputies in 1928, he became a leader of Italian labour party. after D' Annunzio overthrew King Umberto, he fled to london with him.

Name: Spada Paladino
Home: London, the UK (in exile)
DOB: June 5, 1891
Gender: Male
Culture: Italian
Politic: Constitutional Monarchist, Conservative democrat
Description: After graduating from Military Academy, Spada Palladino served with Prince Umberto during World War. he rose up to his ranks in the military until he became general in 1928. he escaped when D'Annunzio couped the government with Spada Paladino ,Ignatius Da Savoy and King Umberto as he was one of targets during the coup.

Name: Herbert Samuel
home: Liverpool, UK
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Culture: British
Politic: Constitutional Monarchist, Liberal
Background: born into Jewish background, he was elected to Parliament in Cleveland By-election in 1905, as a Liberal party candidate. he put a motion for granting woman suffrage and eligibility to run for MP in 1922, which passed by 249 to 100. he became a leader of liberal party in 1929. he also served as home secretary under prime minister Stanley Baldwin from 1926 to 1928.

Name: Ignatius Da Savoy
DOB: June 5, 1893
Home: London, the UK (in exile)
Gender: Male
Culture: Italian
Politic: Constitunal Monarchist,Liberal Democrat.
Description: born into a noble family, he was a close friend of Umberto, he was known for trips with him. after he studied to become a deplomat, he rose up within the ranks of foreign ministry until he was elected to chamber of deputies in 1921, becoming leader of Liberal Democratic Party in 1925. After D'Annunzio overthrew Umberto, he escaped tunisia with king umberto, general Alfonso Ferrero, and war hero Alfoso Ferrero to britain, where they formed a government in exile.

 

[Tales Weaver]

Name: Amelia Earhart
Home: London, UK (in exile)
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Culture: American
Politic: Democrat
Description: she earned pilot's license in 1920, she became an aviation pioneer. after becoming member of american Aeronautical Society in 1926, she became first woman to cross the atlantic in 1929. and she also became first woman to solo across atlantic in 1931. When she began her flight around the world with Fredrick Noonan in 1937, it turned into flight of exile as Huey long took power.

 

[Whiteshore]

Home: Johann von Hohenzollern
Age: 27 (1935)
Home: Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Culture: German
Politics: Moderate, constitutional monarchist
Background: John von Hohenzollern is the first-born son of Crown Prince Wilhelm Rudolf von Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Leonora. He takes mainly from his mother in his physical appearance but is similar to his father in terms of personality. In addition, he is amongst the members of a small but vocal faction in the German military calling for more usage of more advanced tactics like more usage of war trucks and airplanes, mechanization of the military, and so forth along with Heinz Guderian, Erwin Rommel, and Erich von Manstein.

Home: Arnould Daviault
Age: 49 (1937)
Home: Montreal, Canada
Gender: Male
Culture: Quebecois
Politics: Democratic Pelletist and Canadian Nationalist
Background: Arnould Daviault, hailing from a modest lower middle-class family of shopkeepers in Montreal, is the current President of Canada after Canadian elections in 1934 led to the Canadian People's Party, a fusion of smaller "agrarian populist" and Democratic Pelletist parties, winning a landslide victory due to the failure of President Bennett of Canada to handle the Great Depression. As President of Canada, he has pursued many policies meant to boost the Canadian economy via state involvement in the economic reconstruction of Canada. He is also a staunch Canadian nationalist who as part of his program of reconstructing the Canadian economy has built up the Canadian military as well.

 

[HIM Dogson]

Home: John von Hohenzollern
Age: 27 (1935)
Home: Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Culture: German
Politics: Moderate, constitutional monarchist
Background: John von Hohenzollern is the first-born son of Crown Prince Wilhelm Rudolf von Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Leonora. He takes mainly from his mother in his physical appearance but is similar to his father in terms of personality. In addition, he is amongst the members of a small but vocal faction in the German military calling for more usage of more advanced tactics like more usage of war trucks and airplanes, mechanization of the military, and so forth along with Heinz Guderian, Erwin Rommel, and Erich von Manstein.

Could have at least called him Johann