Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Gov. Long to Garry Fight to People
As LEGISLATURE Kills Extra Session

~ NAr )'-rTuSIIhJcu GOV, Earl
X. Long today planned to
carry my fight to the people"
after a rebellious legislature
killed his special session before
1t was an hour old.
The Governor, trying TO rally
forces after a stunning and
swift defeat, had his sights set
tonight on a rally in downtown
New Orleans-home grounds Of
his political foe, Mayor deLes-
Seps Morrison, one Of his OPP
ponents in the December Demo-
cratic gubernatorial primary.
Gov. Long had little or Moth
Ing to say to newsmen after he
shuffled from the Legislature
ashen-faced, behind him the
echoes of lawmakers applaud
ing their adjournment victory.
But his cronies brushed aside
the sudden end as an act of
defiance. They contended that
Gov. Long, now cast in an I'M
derdog role, would make po-
htical hay out of the incident.
Vote Gain Claimed
This will mean 100000 votes
for the Governor" said 1t. Gov.
Lether FraZar.
Mr.. Frazar, who presides over
the Senate, was unsuccessful
in holding back an adjourn
ment stampede, after news got
to the Senate of the Houses
vote to quit.
Representative Ben Holt of
Rapides Parish, disenchanted
Long supporter, led the move
to cut short the 12-day session,
which would have cost an esti-
mated $4,000.
3 Mr.. Holt said the session was
called for vindictive and per-
sonal reasons"
= I'VE cannot permit the 10y
atty and friendship we feel for
3 any man to prevail over the
rights of the people of Louisi-
ana" he told the House.
Many members listening were
afraid of possible new wild out
bursts from Gov. Long such as
those which came at the much
'publicized fiscal Legislature in
May.
Gov. Long later collapsed and
was spirited by his wife to a
mental clinic in Galveston, Tex
Custer Row Ducked
The lawmakers also SHE'D
away from a fight brewing over
the Governors move to Dust
Theo Cangelosi as chairman of
the Louisiana State University
Board.
Mr.. Cangelosi, longtime po-
litical colleague and personal
family lawyer, tucked out of
. Gov. Longs domestic trouble
with his now estranged wife,
Blanche. Many viewed the
custer as undiSguised retribu-
ton.
Gov. Long. literally caught
sleeping as he mapped in the
mansion some blocks away,
rushed to the Senate after he
heard the House had voted,
71-25. for adjournment. But
he was too late:
Senator j. D. de Blieux of
Baton Rouge had made a mo-
ton to end the session. The
word Of the House spread and
legislators shouted, Let's goI
home"
There is no public need and
certainly no emergency in the
interest of the people for the
passage of any of the laws pro-
posed in the CALL" Mr.. de
Blieux said.
The Senate vote to go home
was 26 to 8.
Plans New Fight
Gov. Long had prepared 81
bills. one of them making it
more difficult to commit a per-
son to a mental institution.
Among the others were bills
to increase the pay of State
police, regulated loan sharks,
and make it illegal to fire air.
line hoStesSeS who marry.
IF that's the way you look
at it," Gov. Long told the
Senators, in a brief speech
after they voted, Il don't know
much I can do. I'm going to
carry my fight to the people.
If I was ever crazy, then I'm
still crazy"
AS newsmen and politicos
milled around him, Gov. Long
spoke vaguely of a new call
after a few days when he saw
the public's reaction.
Maybe it's a good thing"
he said of the sessions abrupt
end. 1T might be the diff
ference in life or death to me;
It'll give me a chance to get
a little better"
Yesterday Gov. Long, who is
suing Time, Inc, for Sc million
in a libel suit, barred two Life
Magazine representatives from
his Office.
After rejecting a request to
make some pictures during his
impromptu news conference,
Gov. Long grumbled They're
a bunch of filthy sapsuckers."
The Governor permitted one
other news cameraman to make
pictures freely, and five re-
porters nearby were admitted
briefly.
Esther Valdez, Gov. Longs
secretary, said the Life man
and woman team asked if they
could see Gov. Long. She
didn't know their names, but
news colleagues identified them
as Tom McAvoy and Jane
Scholl.
Gov. Longs libel suit charged
defamation in articles about