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re: Huey P. Long was shot on this date 90 years ago at the Capitol
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:30 am to kingbob
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:30 am to kingbob
My uncle (LA political history buff) said Huey's wound wasn't fatal and the BR doctors didn't provide treatment to their best efforts. Huey had ticked off white collar Louisianians to the point that they let him bleed to death in the hospital.
T Harry Williams' book is a must read. Williams said that in the hours before Huey's assignation, Carol Weiss was calling hit patients rescheduling appointments for the next few days. You don't reschedule future appointments if you plan to be on the run. For that reason, I don't believe Dr. Weiss was the shooter.
Williams' book also says that after Huey's death, when the Earl Long regime was ruling LA, Walt Disney came to the state with big plans to build Disney World on the Northshore. In the meeting Earl's people purely focused on how many dollars they could soak out of Disney and into their pockets. Walt was so disgusted, that he abandoned his Louisiana plans and switched his location to Orlando.
What could have been. F Huey Long
T Harry Williams' book is a must read. Williams said that in the hours before Huey's assignation, Carol Weiss was calling hit patients rescheduling appointments for the next few days. You don't reschedule future appointments if you plan to be on the run. For that reason, I don't believe Dr. Weiss was the shooter.
Williams' book also says that after Huey's death, when the Earl Long regime was ruling LA, Walt Disney came to the state with big plans to build Disney World on the Northshore. In the meeting Earl's people purely focused on how many dollars they could soak out of Disney and into their pockets. Walt was so disgusted, that he abandoned his Louisiana plans and switched his location to Orlando.
What could have been. F Huey Long
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Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:34 am to TigerinKorea
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That's what I believe. As a senator, his message was beginning to resonate with the rest of America during the Great Depression, a time when Americans were searching for answers. FDR was unable to help Americans dig themselves out. Long posed a threat to Roosevelt's presidency, whether directly or indirectly, and I believe FDR understood that.
Have you seen any evidence of this? FDR had the strongest incentive to kill Huey, but I just haven't found any research that would connect the dots.
It that time, so many people wanted Huey dead that it could have been anybody.
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