LOUISIANA: Sam Jones Comes to Town

Bright & early one morning last week Citizen Sam Jones got up, piled his family into an automobile, and rode through the downtown section of Baton Rouge. Ahead of him sputtered motorcycle police, behind him came the Lieutenant Governor-elect of Louisiana, the Attorney General-elect, many another bigwig, State University cadets. Crowds cheered, bands played themselves red in the face.

Out to the Louisiana State University stadium (built by Huey Long) rode smiling Citizen Jones. Solemn-faced, he put his hand on a Bible opened to Exodus, pointed a finger at the Commandment which says, "Thou Shalt not Steal," raised his...

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