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...governor of Louisiana, Huey P. Long liked to boast that he could buy & sell legislators "like sacks of potatoes." As far as the New Orleans Item (circ. 96,000) is concerned, things are not much different under Governor Earl Long, Huey's brother. Last week, when a legislative committee voted one way on a tax bill, then flip-flopped when the order came down from Governor Long, the Item sourly commented: "The large majority of our distinguished Senators and Representatives have about as much independence as trained seals. When their trainer barks, they jump...
Very Sassy. The man responsible for the murky brown medicine is Louisiana's plump State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc, 56, who had to rustle up a new business after he made the mistake of running for governor in 1932 against a Huey Long candidate. Recovering from a bout of rheumatism when his doctors gave him vitamin B-complex, LeBlanc saw that there was money as well as health in vitamins. He boned up on the subject by reading at home, decided that vitamins would be better if mixed with minerals...
...King's Men. Broderick Crawford as a ruthless backwoods politico who strongly suggests the late Huey Long (TIME...
...King's Men. Broderick Crawford as a ruthless backwoods politico who strongly suggests the late Huey Long (TIME.Dec...
...King's Men. Broderick Crawford as a ruthless backwoods politico who strongly suggests the late Huey Long (TIME...