)ON, FEBRUARY 2, 1956

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Runoff Cancellation

; Will Face Court Test

Long Forces in Complete! Control of Democratic) Party Machinery Under Reorganization of Committee

BACK IN THE SADDLE, AGAIN—Gay. Earl K. Long emerged yesterday as the "strong man" in the Democratic party in Louisiana when the party's State Central Committee elected his choices for party offices and followed his bidding on other matters. Mrs. Long, left, was named National Committeewoman.

By ED CLINTON Remember Huey Long? He was Earl's brother.

And if the ghost of Huey w a s sitting on the sidelines yesterday, there was no occasion for it to offer advice.

Instead, it was getting a lesson in political maneuvering that topped even the high-stepping machinations attributed to its mortal forebear .

As a result, with the help of carefully pre-counted votes, Earl K. Long and his jubilant followers grasped perhaps the firmest grip ever attained on the Democratic Party machinery in Louisiana.

His bandwagon, loaded to t h e

!gunwales with members of both

Cthe old and new State Central C Committees including some mem

bers who have bitterly opposed him

in the past, proved to have a heavy steam-roller attachment that flattened the opposition like day-old pancakes.

Personal Show

And there wasn't much doubt that it was a personalized show. The governor-designate arrived -in the Senate chamber only a few

(minutes before the 2:30 p.m. start

ing time for the committee meeting and went directly to a chair reserved for him among a group of women who included his wife; a sister-in-law; Mrs. Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker, a long-time supporter and active campaigner reportedly slated to return as Director of Commerce and Industry; and Lucille May Grace, first primary winner for her old post as register of state lands.

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THE INDEX

AMUSEMENTS . ,    Pap 1141

CLASSIFIED        Pane 12-II

COMICS    Page 6-5

DEATHS     Pas* 6-A

EDITORIAL        Pam 4-A

FINANCIAL     Paw* 6-A

RADIO-TV        Pigs 10-8

SOCIETY     Pegs 54-A

SPORTS     Page 8-11

Hard to Find

Gov.-Designate Long planned to "head for the country" today and said he expected to be "hard to find for a few days."

"If we stop this second primary, I'm going away from the city and get some rest," he said, adding that he ex-