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WAS THE 40th GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA FROM 1928 TO 1932. HE WAS ALSO A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FROM 1932 TO 1935. HE WAS AN IMMENSELY POWERFUL...
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| 00:00:51 |
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WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED FOR A GREAT DEAL OF FREE TIME DURING OUR SYMPOSIUM TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT DURING THE LUNCH HOUR AND LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...
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| 00:04:21 |
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BE WITH YOU TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SECOND DARDENNE. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE OLD STATE CAPITOL FOUNDATION. I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE LONG...
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| 00:18:45 |
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KNOW, MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT JIMMY LONG, WHO IS MY COUSIN, AND I CALL HIM CUZ, IS A LOUISIANA LEGEND. I SEE BETH COURTNEY LAST YEAR. HE WAS...
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| 00:31:56 |
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I CAN'T FOLLOW ALL THAT. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN BUT I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FAMILY FOR LETTING ME BE ON THIS PANEL AND EVEN...
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| 00:41:55 |
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BOB. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL,
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| 00:42:03 |
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I THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- A VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY TED. I'D LIKE TO THROW THIS QUESTION OUT TO THE GROUP AND...
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| 00:43:10 |
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WITH THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT. THERE'S CONSISTENTLY BEEN ALLEGATIONS THAT HUEY LONG, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN 13 LONG...
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| 00:46:09 |
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LITTLE TO THE COMMENTS THAT RUSSELL JUST MADE. I AGREE THAT THERE WAS VERY STRONG SENTIMENTS AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT -- AND I'M GOING TO TELL A LITTLE...
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| 00:49:47 |
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A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSED HUEY LONG? IT WAS PEOPLE WHO HAD WEALTH OR VESTED INTERESTS, AND WHO FELT THREATENED BY THE...
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| 00:52:17 |
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ISSUES THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS PANEL WAS THE ROLE THAT HUEY LONG PLAYED IN THE CREATION OF LSU AS A PREMIERE UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY, CERTAINLY...
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| 00:53:28 |
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YOU. LET ME RESPOND TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION MORE THAN THE FIRST, BECAUSE WE ARE TODAY EXPERIENCING SOME REALLY VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN...
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| 00:56:43 |
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QUESTION, BOBL. IT HAS BEEN A SOMBER TIME IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND MY GOOD COUSIN HERE AND I HAVE SAT THROUGH SOME MEETINGS WHERE YOU SEE UNIVERSITY...
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| 00:59:37 |
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THE LAST THING YOU OUGHT TO CUT IS EDUCATION. WHEN YOU LEAD, YOU SHOULD CALL THE LEGISLATURE IN AND SAY, LOOK NOW, BOYS, WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO...
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| 01:00:32 |
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BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER BUT I WANT TO DEVELOP IT A LITTLE MORE AND THAT IS THE ISSUE OF RACE AND WHY THE LONGS AT A TIME WHEN SOUTHERN POLITICIANS FROM...
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| 01:01:02 |
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QUESTION, AND I THINK HUEY SPOKE ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT HE DIDN'T EXPLOIT RACE FOR POLITICAL GAIN IS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT...
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| 01:04:35 |
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JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. BECAUSE I REMEMBER MY EARLY DAYS IN THE LEGISLATURE, WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH THE ISSUES OF REMOVING MANY, MANY PIECES OF LEGISLATION,...
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| 01:06:19 |
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THAT THE LONGS NEVER RIDICULED OR CONDEMNED ANYONE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RACE. THEY DIDN'T MAKE JOKES ABOUT PEOPLE. THEY WERE STORYTELLERS TO ILLUSTRATE...
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| 01:06:47 |
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A GENERATION TO RUSSELL LONG, WHO IN HIS OWN RITE WAS A VERY POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL LEADER IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IN THIS STATE, BUT WHOSE APPROACH...
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| 01:07:45 |
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LOT OF TIME WITH RUSSELL LONG WHEN HE WAS A UNITED STATES SENATOR, AND HIS APPROACH TO POLITICS WAS DIFFERENT FROM HIS FATHER. NOW, THERE WAS PEOPLE...
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| 01:12:03 |
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BRIEFLY. I KNOW THE TIME IS GETTING CLOSE, BUT I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO WHAT TED SAID THAT RUSSELL LONG WAS PROBABLY THE BEST UNITED STATES SENATOR...
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| 01:13:16 |
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THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN ON THIS TOPIC, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THAT I REMEMBER SITTING WITH MY GRANDFATHER NUMEROUS TIMES AND TALKING WITH HIM ABOUT HIS...
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| 01:15:38 |
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ONE RUSSELL LONG STORY, IF I MAY. THIS IS A SHORT ONE. RUSSELL WOULD LISTEN TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WHEN THEY WANTED TO CHANGE SOME THINGS AND...
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| 01:16:13 |
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OF BIPARTISANSHIP, MY FRIEND THE LATE REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN HANKAL WHEN DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT ETHICS REFORM SAID THAT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.