Huey P. Long files, 1932-1969 (bulk 1934-1939).

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Huey P. Long files, 1932-1969 (bulk 1934-1939).

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Telegrams, letters, memos, and newspaper clippings from the office files of Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents in the Bureau's New Orleans office pertaining to the activities of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana. Materials in the files concern Long's bitter conflict with the New Orleans City Commission Council and the legislative investigation of New Orleans city government that he instigated; the declaration of martial law in New Orleans following contested elections in 1933-1934 and the stationing of National Guard troops at the New Orleans Registrar's Office; the assassination of Long in 1935 and the conspiracy theories and rumors that swirled around his death; Assistant Attorney General O. John Rogge's indictments of key associates of Long after his death, among them Mayor Robert S. Maestri of New Orleans and Seymour Weiss, the former treasurer of Long's political organization; and possible tampering with Rogge's grand jury investigations of various Long allies. Among the persons mentioned in the papers are Louisiana governor and Long ally Richard Webster Leche; Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long, Huey P. Long's brother; Long associate Abraham Shushan, who was indicted on tax evasion charges in 1935 (later acquitted) and indicted and convicted for using the mails to defraud in 1939; and Louisiana Governor James Albert Noe. Files also contain several letters and memos written by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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