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Conspicuously present at the dedication of Louisiana State University's new $2,500,000 Medical Center in New Orleans last May was Louisiana's self-styled political "kingfish," Senator Huey Pierce Long. Conspicuously absent were officials of Tulane University, who thought Senator Long was meddling with medical education for political reasons, that nearby L. S. U. was a trespasser in New Orleans. Last week Louisiana's simmering medical pot boiled over...
...Irwin said Senator Long had repeatedly offered him other jobs to get him out of his position. To these offers he replied: "Huey, you are materialistic...
Decision to take this radical step was not Manager Farley's. He had called a "pep meeting" for Roosevelt leaders. Bruce Kremer and Senator Wheeler, both of Montana, began to urge a change in the rules to help their candidate. Senator Huey Long, Louisiana's "Kingfish," delivered a loud yawp for the same thing, swung the meeting completely off its balance. Josephus Daniels of North Carolina and Senator Hull of Tennessee chimed in. Manager Farley lost control of the meeting and the Roosevelt movement passed momentarily into the little hands of little men from the South and West. The meeting...
Built in New Orleans during the red-hot political regime of Huey Pierce Long, opened to medical students last autumn, the Medical Centre of Louisiana State University was dedicated during last week's A. M. A. meet. Said Dean Dr. Arthur Vidrine: "We have no apologies to make for the dedication of this medical school. Neither have we any explanations to make for our motives. Instead, we are glad to have beaten down the petty prejudices of petty politicians who every time the project was mentioned would try to put a stop to the move...
...Dedicated at Baton Rouge last week with the inaguration of Oscar Kelly Allen as Governor of Louisana (successor to Alvin Oliver King, acting Governor since Mr. Long went to the senate.) was the State's new $5,000,000 Capital with a 33-story tower, locally nicknamed "Huey Long's Silo...