Huey's legendary deduct box never found

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Among the many legends and greatest mysteries revolving around Long is something called the deduct box. Every state employee who received a job from Long was expected to pay between 5 percent and 10 percent of his salary -- estimated at more than $1 million annually -- to Long's political machine, biographer White wrote. Those funds were kept in the locked deduct box.

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The locked box where legendary Louisiana Gov. Huey Long kept “deducts” from state employee salaries to fund his political operation. Estimates suggest Long collected between $50,000 to $75,000 each election cycle from government workers. The deduct box was kept at his Roosevelt Hotel headquarters in New Orleans. After being shot in 1935, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports Long was asked on his deathbed by Roosevelt Hotel owner Seymour Weiss, “Huey, where is the deduct box?” Before falling into a coma, Long responded, “I’ll tell you later, Seymour.”

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